said Inhabitants shall any wise be disturbed for the future in the free Exercise of their Religion on the severe punishment that is expresly set down in the 26th Article of the Diet of Sopron Notwithstanding which when the said Protestants of Cassovia and Epperies would have freely us'd and enjoy'd their Right Establish'd by His Majesty's Warrant and continu'd their way of Worship as also the Instruction of their Youth within the said Cities and their Walls as places provided by the above-mention'd Articles and formerly us'd and allow'd they were not only not admitted but severely prohibited and hindred by the Magistrates and Clergy of these Cities nay sent away and Banish'd till this time to the fore-specified places in no wise convenient for them as if they were Strangers and wholly incapable of the Common Liberties of the Kingdom Wherefore in this Point also Relying on the Gracious Resolution of His most Sacred Majesty and the Articles he has been pleased to make with us We do most Humbly implore a lawful Restitution and firm Establishment of the free exercise of our Religion in its former State according to the said Article 1st Anno 1608 viz. within the Walls of the said Cities We also submissively beg that till we have a convenient opportunity of Building and Erecting new Churches Schools and Parishes which by reason of our great Poverty and the vast Taxes and Contributions to the present War we are not able now to perform it be graciously granted to us that we may anew freely enjoy the said exercise of Religion in certain private and convenient places and have Schools for the Instruction of Youth Thirdly Though the indifferent and common life of Bells and Burials was every where permitted as well to the Protestants as Catholicks by these express words of the 26th Article of the Diet of Sopron The free use of Bells and Burials is left to the Catholicks of those places as well as to those of the Helvetian Confession and of that of Ausbourg Which nevertheless the Catholick Magistracy and Clergy of Cassovia and Epperies have fully deny'd and do still deny the said free use of Bells and Burials to the Protestant Inhabitants of the said Cities forbidding them with most severe Threats to perform the usual Ceremonies of Burials within the Walls of the said Cities notwithstanding the gracious resolution of His most Sacred Majesty made to the illustrious States of the Kingdom in the Diet of Sopron December the 10th Anno 1681. So that we earnestly desire the common use of Bells and Burials for the Protestants as well within as without the City Walls free from any molestation or disturbance conformable to the Pious Grant of His most Sacred Majesty Fourthly It is evident also that by Vertue of the general Clause inserted in the end of the so often mention'd 26th Article in these words Provided always That the Laws of the Kingdom confirm'd by the Royal Charter be not hereby prejudiced The standing Laws of the Kingdom concerning the Ecclesiastical Revenues of those of the Helvetian Confession and of that of Ausbourg were left in force and consequently any Arbitrary proceedings forbidden especially such as against the instinct of Nature tend to the enriching of some Persons to the Damage and Wrong of others Nevertheless the Roman Catholick Magistrate and the Clergy of Cassovia and Epperies by their own Authority and by Force have taken and appropriated to themselves all the pious Legacies and Gifts left by Will through the pious zeal of the Protestants for the use of Protestant Churches and Schools viz. in Cassovia four Houses standing within the Wall of the said City one of which the Magistrate has sold and alienated to the illustrious Michael Domeczki a Garden and certain Plow Lands lying in the Territory of the same City as also a Vineyard formerly called Varghaszóló lying in the Territory of Tokai And in Epperies certain Vineyards likewise lying in several Territories of Upper Hungary together with their Revenues actually retaining the same for their own use and for the most part turning them into prophane uses against the 11th and 14th Articles of the year 1647 to the great injury and damage of the Protestants Wherefore in this Case also the Protestants appealing to the aforesaid Laws and Constitution of the Kingdom do lawfully require that all the pious Legacies and Church Lands violently taken away and retain'd from them who are the right Owners be restor'd together with their Revenues according to that Rule of Common Justice Render to every one his own Fifthly It is certain likewise that for the paying of the Protestant Ministers and of the Catholick Curates it was evidently enough provided not only by the often mentioned 26th Article in these words Nevertheless the Catholicks shall not be obliged to pay any thing to the Ministers of the Protestants nor the Protestants to the Curates of the Catholicks But also by the 11th Article of the year 1647 in these words Let no Protestant be obliged to pay any thing to the Catholick Curates nor the Catholick to the Protestant Ministers Nay in the following 12th Article of the said year 1647 are contained these words Concerning any use whatever of the Ministerial Functions but where the Protestants have no Parishes let them pay the Ministers that they employ as the Catholicks are to pay their Catholick Curates and where hitherto the Protestants did pay nothing to the Catholick Curates they shall not be obliged hereafter to pay any under any pretence whatsoever nor the Catholicks to the Protestant Minsters Which words together with these of the same 12th Article concerning the Revenues of Schools but in any place whatsoever the Catholick Curates and the Protestant Ministers shall receive the Revenues of Schools from their respective Followers only Establish this positive Law and Constitution that the Protestants pay the Protestants and the Catholicks the Catholicks Notwithstanding this the Protestants are forced maugre themselves to pay the Catholick Curates whilst not only a Weekly allowance together with other perquisites is constantly paid to the Catholick Curates by the Magistrate out of the publick Purse wherein the Protestants put most being three for one Catholick but also the Revenues of Schools are adjudged and paid to the same Catholick Curates and with the greatest injustice deny'd to the Protestant Ministers and School-Masters Therefore they demand with all Submission and Justice that the Protestant Ministers and School-masters be allow'd out of the publick Purse a Salary equal with that of the Catholick Curates or that neither of the Parties be paid out of that Fond but each by their respective Followers according to the intention of the before mention'd Articles Sixthly Every body knows that by Vertue of the 25th Article not only a free return and stay in the Kingdom is granted to the Banisht Ministers and School-masters but also a free exercise of their Religion and Profession and by Vertue of the following 26th Article it is Order'd That amongst
Resolution were known to the great prejudice of a Spiritual Exercise which suffers no delay and to the diminishing of the Right granted to the Protestants by the Articles and confirm'd by Your Majesty's Favour Therefore they do wholly Rely on the Articles and Your Majesty's Grant and Humbly beg that not only convenient and fit places within the Walls of the said City be appointed to them for the Building of Churches and Schools and Erecting Parishes but also that they may have a Free Exercise of Religion together with the common and indifferent use of Bells and Burials according to the aforesaid 26th Article of Sopron and as they had formerly The Grievances of the Imperial and Free Protestant Cities Veterozolium Breznobania and Libethbania ALL the Protestants of the same Imperial and Free Cities set forth their most lamentable Case in respect of Religion that whereas they should not be hinder'd to enjoy at least in private the free Exercise of Religion granted by the Articles of Sopron to all and every where in the Kingdom without excepting any part of it and less the fourth State which comprehends all the Imperial and Free Cities of the Kingdom belonging properly to the Crown through His Imperial Majesty's Favour according to the clear and evident explication of the 1st Article made before the Coronation in the year 1608. and confirm'd in the 25th Article of Sopron but rather by virtue of the following 26th Article of Sopron which speaks in general of the Cities and by way of instance names only two of each sort viz. of the Mountain Cities and of the Free Cities His Majesty's High Commissioners appointed in the year 1688. should also have appointed them commodious and convenient places for the building of new Churches and Schools and erecting Parishes yet they have obtain'd nothing On the contrary the Ministers have been turn'd at and expell'd by the High Commissioners and the Protestants have been most severely forbidden by the same to exercise their Religion in private or to go to any Neighbouring place where their Religion is Exercised Moreover against the express grant of the 11th and 12th Article in the year 1647. maugre the Protestants and by force the said High Commissioners have assign'd and appropriated all the proper Revenues of Schools and Churches to the Catholick Curates which they have brought in and have very few Followers in the Cities of Veterozolium and Breznobania and but one in Libethbania In fine the said High Commissioners did by all means and do still compell without distinction all the Protestant Inhabitants and Citizens especially the Trades and Handy-craft-men to Ceremonies contrary to their Religion therefore the said Protestants humbly beg the same Liberty of Religion as is granted in the Articles and enjoy'd in other Cities since these in no wise deserve a worse case and that there may be assign'd them convenient places for the building of new Churches and Schools and erecting Parishes The Grievances of the Free and Imperial Cities St. George Bazinga Tyrnaw Szakoliza Kussegh and Rust THese Free and Imperial Cities do also lament and set forth their desolate Case and great Unhappiness in respect of Religion that whereas according to the genuine Sense of the Articles of Sopron made in the behalf of Religion its free Exercise is granted to everyone and every where in the Kingdom they should not be hinder'd to enjoy at least in private the said free Exercise of Religion but by Virtue of the 26th Article of Sopron which speaks in general of the Cities Places should have been appointed them for the Building of Churches and Schools and Erecting Parishes yet they have obtain'd none of the premisses but on the contrary have been forbidden to exercise any way their Religion their Ministers have been expell'd and forbidden to come any more into the said Cities it is prohibited under the forest punishment to frequent the places where there is Exercise of Religion to go thither to have Children Baptiz'd or to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and to send for Protestant Ministers to Sick and Dying Persons in a word the whole Exercise of the Protestant Religion is forbidden against the sense of the aforesaid Articles and the Protestants are compell'd to Ceremonies contrary to their Religion therefore they humbly beg that they may enjoy the same Benefit as is granted in the Articles and have places appointed them for the Building of Churches and Schools and Erecting Parishes as well as the other Cities since that Privilege is equally granted to all and therefore the case of some ought not to be worse than that of others The Grievances of the Free and Imperial Cities Trenschin and Modra THese two Free and Imperial Cities complain with a great deal of Sorrow that by Virtue of the 26th Article of Sopron the Lords Commissioners did indeed assign to them places for the Building of Churches and Schools and erecting Parishes and grant them the free Exercise of their Religion but with such Limitation and Restraint as take away many things essentially requisite and necessary for the said exercise of Religion and are directly contrary to the genuine intention of the Articles as First The Lords Commissioners did lessen the Number of the Protestant Ministers and forbid others to be put in their room after their Death Secondly They did forbid all the Protestants to whom a free Exercise of Religion is granted by Virtue of that General Clause of the 25th Article to every one and every where in the Kingdom to frequent the Neighbouring Churches and perform in them any duty of Religion Thirdly They did forbid the Ministers to Visit the Estrangers were they never so Sick Fourthly They did Order that the Handy-craft-men and common sort of People should be compell'd under severe punishment to Ceremonies contrary to their way viz. To walk with the Catholicks in Procession and carry processional Trophies Fifthly They did forbid the Protestant Ministers to go and Administer Baptism or perform other Ceremonies in the Neighbouring Towns Sixthly They did appoint that there should be no petty Schools but such where Children could Learn only to Read and to Write The Grievances of the Counties of Vpper Hungary Semlin Abavivar Unghwar Saraz Tornaw c. and of all the Protestant Noblemen and Gentlemen living in the Mountain Towns of the Principality of Tokai THe same Protestants are forc'd to Represent to Your Most Sacred Majesty that although in the following words of the 26th Article of Sopron but in other Counties as in those of Salawar Vesprim Saraz Moramoruss Abavivar Sellia Semlin Ugoza Bodrogh Tornaw Komarra Barzod Sachsag Novigrad Zolnock Hewecz Pesth Pelicz and Soldth united Chege Unghwar and Zatmar since the Protestants are in possession of almost all the Churches there the same Churches are left for the use of the actual Possessors of them And in the following Clause of the said Article Finally the Churches which are actually possessed by those of the Helvetian Confession and of that
this side return'd to Vienna to give his Majesty new assurances thereof Wherefore now to proceed in the provisions for a War Alliances were to be cultivated and in the first place the Treaty with Poland was rather to be renewes than begun for as we have before mention'd the Poles had pressed the Ratification thereof with much earnestness but in regard the Emperor was entertain'd constantly with hopes and a prospect of Peace he deferr'd the Conclusion thereof for the last Reserve to help and conserve him after all other Negotiations proved vain and fruitless Count Wallestain was the Person appointed to perform and compleat this great Work and accordingly having received a Commission and Instructions for so great a Management he made a Journey to Warsaw in Poland Count Wallestain sent into Poland where he found the Diet then Sitting but embroil'd in a thousand difficulties and differences amongst themselves as is usual in all such great Councils and Assemblies representing Aggrievances and accusing great Men. The business of the high Treasurer of that Kingdom was then in Agitation and his Accounts and Administration of that Office were under Examination upon which many of the Nobility were so intent that when Count Wallestain arrived with Instructions and Plenary Power from the Emperor to conclude a League offensive and defensive with Poland they opposed his admission to Audience until such time as they had composed their own intestine Differences and provided in the first place for the safety of their own Kingdom And so far had some angry and turbulent Spirits pressed this Matter that the Diet was in danger of being Dissolved without any Conclusion either in reference to their own Affairs or League with the Empire But the King and principal Nobility joyning their endeavours with those of Cardinal Pio Nuntio of Pope Innocent the 11th His Negotiations there and of the Emperor's Ambassador represented unto the Diet in General the necessity of a speedy Union against the Common Enemies declaring the Turks and Tartars were ready on the very Confines to over-run all Poland Hungary and Germany And because that notwithstanding all that could be said there were still certain Spirits unsatisfied it was the care of the King and of the others to deal with them in private and conjure them to give no stop but to concur with them in this important Negotiation Thus whole Nights were spent in pacifying the Spirits of the Polish Nobility who love to exert their Authority and to have Applications and Addresses made to them and at length they were so prevailed upon that remitting the Affairs of the Grand Treasurer and of other Aggrievances to the consideration of the next Diet they resolved to Treat on no other for the present than what related to the making such Confederacies as tended to the security and safety of the Kingdom And in regard the several Points and Articles with Moscovy were intricate and requir'd time to debate it was agreed without descending to other particulars in that Treaty to renew the Truce for three years longer and during that time to enter into a League Offensive and Defensive with the Emperor and King of Poland against the Common Enemy of Christendom Thus with much Labour and Assiduity The League concluded between the Emperor and King of Poland the Providence of God assisting the Christian Councils as he did afterwards their Arms the League was concluded and sign'd on the 18th of April being the Day of the Festival of Christ's Resurrection with which the Diet was Dissolved to the General satisfaction of that whole Assembly The News hereof which filled all Christendom with an Universal Joy was immediately dispatched to Vienna by an Express who moving with the Wings of Messengers who carry such pleasing Tydings arrived in a very short time at the Emperor's Court to the unexpressible Joy of the whole Empire The Chief Heads of the Treaty were these First That the League Offensive shall continue until such time as that the Emperor and King of Poland shall make Peace with the Common Enemy but that the Defensive shall continue for ever Secondly That this Alliance shall be sworn unto by Cardinal Pio in behalf of the Emperor and by Cardinal Charles Barberini at Rome in the name and behalf of the King of Poland Thirdly That the Emperor shall Renounce and quit claim to all Debts and Sums of Money which were due to him from Poland on occasion of the Succours and Assistances he gave unto that Kingdom when it was Invaded by the Swedes And that the great Seal whereby the Emperor is impowred to nominate and make choise of a new King be Cancelled and Surrendred Fourthly That no Peace be made with the Turks without the privity consent and concurrence of both Parties and that the Heirs and Successours of them be equally obliged to maintain and confirm the present League Fifthly That this League be limited and understood of a War against the Turk only and not against any other Prince or Potentate whatsoever Sixthly That during this War the Emperor be obliged to maintain 70.000 Men in the Field besides 20.000 in Garrison And that the King of Poland shall conduct an Army of 40.000 Men and March at the Head of them in Person Seventhly That the Emperor shall act with the gross of his Army in the Lower Hungary against the Turk and with another Army in the Upper Hungary consisting of Six thousand Germans and as many Auxiliaries whose business shall chiefly be to subdue the Rebels and recover the places which they have taken And that the King of Poland shall endeavour to recover Caminiec and other places unjustly usurped by the Turk in Podolia Ucrania and Volhinia Eighthly That the Emperor shall lend unto the King of Poland 300.000 Dollars and the payment thereof to be secur'd on the Tythes of that Kingdom which the Pope hath lately granted to the King for carrying on this present War Ninethly That in case other Christian Kings or Princes shall desire to enter into this Alliance their admission thereinto shall be with the knowledge and approbation of both Crowns and that the Czars of Muscovy be particularly induced to joyn in this Alliance On these Terms was this League concluded so much the more to the comfort and satisfaction of all Christendom by how much it had been uncertain and doubtful before in regard the Divisions in the Diet it self were grown so high that it was believed no place could be allowed for the Debates of Foreign Matter which did not immediately concern their own differences and that the resentment which the King of Poland conceived against the Emperor for not closing with the Alliance formerly offer'd and importunately urged would have been invincible obstacles against this Union of which all the World despair'd But God who directs all things to that end which he designs had so temper'd and qualified the Animositis of the Poles one against the other that to the Joy of all
altè memorati Poloniarum Regis Domini mei Clementissimi Successorum ejus Rempublicam Polonam ex altra parte Serenissimi Potentissimi Musulmannorum Imperatoris ejusdemque Haeredum ex voluntate Clementia Dei perpetua stabilis firma inconcussa permaneat conservata atque custodita sit ab omni turbatione mutatione confusione violatione uno eodemque tenore firmissimè perseveret constantissimè continuet ut omnes omnino hostilitates amoveantur atque sustollantur quà m citissimè notitia praebeatur in Confiniis Praefectis Gubernatoribus ut sibi caveant ne imposterum transgressiones fiant neve altera pars alteri damna inferat Verùm enimverò omnes utrinque sincerè amicè sese praestent juxta istam almam Pacem Ut autem omnibus cognita comperta sit istius almae Pacis Conclusio triginta dies pro termino ponantur post quem nullus praetextus nullaque excusatio acceptabitur sed in eos qui adversabuntur editis Edictis exactam obedientiam merentibus severissimè animadvertatur Post Subscriptionem autem Instrumentorum utriusque Partis Ablegatus priùs à Polonia missus ad Fulgidam Portam veniens juxta antiquam consuetudinem afferat Regias publicas Literas Ratificationem Pactorum Instrumentis declaratorum continentes atque Literas Imperatorias ratificatorias item accipiat deducat Postea verò ad solennem confirmationem Pactorum Pacis perfectionem reciprocae sinceritatis absolutam terminationem mutuae Amicitiae dispositionem ac digestionem reliquarum rerum juxta laudatum veterem morem adventurus Magnus Legatus quamprimùm commodè fieri poterit moveat ac proinde undecim numero Pactis conclusa juxta istas conclusiones alma Pax ab utraque Parte acceptetur atque colatur Cùm verò altè memorati Illustrissimi Excellentissimi Domini Excelsi Imperii Plenipotentiarii Commissarii existentes Legati vi suae Facultatis auctoritatis Turcico Sermone exaratum legitimum validum instrumentum tradiderint ego quoque vi Facultatis Deputationis meae propriâ manu subscriptas Sigillo sigillatas à me praesentes Pactorum Literas tanquam legitimum validum Instrumentum tradidi THE TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN The Most Serene and Most Potent King AND Republick of POLAND AND The Sublime OTTOMAN Empire Made at Carlovitz in Sirmium in a General Congress of the Confederate Plenipotentiaries In the Name of the most Holy and Individual Trinity TO the perpetual Memory of the Thing Be it known to all and every one whom it may Concern Whereas there has been a long War between the Kingdom of Poland and the Sublime Empire to stop the Effusion of humane Blood and with Desires of Restoring a mutual Quiet the most Serene and most Potent William III. King of Great Britain France and Ireland and the States General of the United Provinces in order to set on foot this Treaty of a happy Peace have interpos'd their Mediation all the Duties and Conditions of which Mediation have with great Study and Industry been perform'd by their Excellencies the Plenipotentiary Ambassadors to the Fulgid Port on the behalf of his Britannick Majesty by William Lord Pagett Baron de Beaudesert in the County of Stafford Lord Lieutenant of the said County and on the part of the States General by Lord Jacob Colyer which War through GOD's Blessing by Reciprocal Inclinations on both sides has been Compos'd and wholly Extinguish'd at Carlovitz on the Confines of Sirmium where according to the Designment of the Illustrious Mediation a Congress of the Plenipotentiary Ambassadors was appointed and Treaties of Articles of Peace begun with the most Illustrious and most Excellent Lord Mehmet Effendi Creat Chancellor of the Sublime Empire and the most Illustrious and most Excellent Lord Alexander Mauro Cordato of the Noble Family of Scarlati and Privy-Counsellor of the Sublime Empire Ambassadors Extraordinary for the Treaty of Peace and after some Sessions at length by the Divine Goodness this Business of a happy and desir'd Peace was Digested into Terms agreed on both sides and a most entire Friendship and Peace was Perfected and Concluded Restor'd and Renew'd between the most Serene and most Potent Emperor Sultan of the Musulmen Sultan Mustapha Son of Sultan Mehmet and the most Serene and most Potent King Augustus II. my most Noble Lord and the Republick of Poland which Peace is to be Religiously observ'd betwixt both Dominions and is Digested into Eleven Articles which follow one by one I. BY the Help and Blessing of God Hostility with the High Empire founded on Eternity having for some time ceas'd and now the Ancient Friendship Agreeable to the Nature of Reconciliation and good Neighbourhood reviving that all Acts of Hostility may be prevented and the Subjects enjoy their Ancient Security Quiet and Tranquillity the Ancient Limits shall be establish'd and restor'd to what they were before the two last Wars and the Confines of the Provinces subject to Poland shall by these Ancient Boundaries be separated and distinguish'd as well from the Imperial Confines of Moldavia as of those of all other Countries subject to the Sublime Empire nor shall there on either side be any Pretension or Extension made but the Ancient Limits without Change or Disturbance shall as Things Sacred be Religiously observ'd and maintain'd II. Whatsoever Fortifications or Places great or less which before the War before this lay within the Limits of Moldavia and have hitherto been in the Possession of Polish Masters the Polish Garrisons shall be withdrawn and they shall be Evacuated and the Province of Moldavia shall remain as free as ever and in the same peaceable State it was before the last War III. The Fortress likewise of Caminiec being before the two last Wars situated within the Ancient Limits towards Poland shall be Evacuated and the Musulman Garrison withdrawn and shall be entirely left Nor shall the Sublime Empire hereafter make any Pretensions upon the Provinces of Podolia and the Ukrain and the Deputy of the Ukrain Cossacks who goes by the Title of Hatmannus now residing in Moldavia shall be remov'd And considering the Ancient Limits of Poland and Moldavia are very plain if the Season permits the Evacuations on this side shall be begun by the beginning of the ensuing March and the Polish Troops shall be withdrawn out of Moldavia as soon as possible and the Fortifications and Places shall be Evacuated and Moldavia left free And at the same time from the beginning of March the Evacuation of Caminiec shall Commence and the Business of the Evacution shall without Hesitation Neglect or Delay be put in Execution as soon as it can be perform'd and the said Evacuation of this Fortress of Caminiec shall at farthest be compleated by the 25th of May and that the Evacuation of the said Fortress may be perform'd with Speed and Ease The Poles shall as much as possible in order to the Lading and
his Excellency returned in the same manner to his Palace where was prepared a sumptuous Entertainment for all that accompanied him On the 16th of February N. S. the Turkish Ambassador had Audience of the Emperor and was conducted to the Palace The Emperor received him in the Council-Chamber seated on his Throne under a rich Canopy and attended by his Principal Ministers of State and other Persons of the first Quality The Ambassador when he entred the Room made a low Reverence another in the middle of the Chamber and the third near the Throne He went up the Steps of the Throne presented his Credentials and laid them on the Table that was before the Emperor and then returned to the Place where he made his Speech in his own Language containing an Assurance of the Sultan his Master's Friendship and sincere Intentions strictly to observe the Treaty between the two Empires lately concluded which being interpreted by the Sieur Della Torre the Emperor commanded Count Caunitz Vice-Chancellor of the Empire to return an Answer which he accordingly did in High Dutch and the same was Interpreted to the Ambassador by the Sieur Della Torre Then the Ambassador ordered hi Steward to bring in the Grand Signior's Presents a List of which he laid upon the Table with a Letter from the Grand Vizier and going once more up the Steps to the Throne kissed the Border of the Emperor's Robe his Attendants at the same time making a very low Reverence After which the Ambassador withdrew walking backwards while he was in the Emperor's Presence and making three Reverences in like manner as when he came into the Room and was reconducted to his House and nobly entertained A LIST of the Presents presented to the Emperor by the Turkish Ambassador A Large Tent or Pavillon very richly adorned with Testons of Gold Embroidery the Staves finely gilt and painted A Plume of Red and White Feathers set with 52 Diamonds great and small A Bridle covered with Gold and enamelled with Red and White set with 531 Diamonds and 338 Rubies the Bit Curb and other things belonging thereto all of fine Gold A pair of Stirrups of Gold set with 128 Diamonds and 204 Rubies A Housse wrought with Flowers in Gold richly set with Rubies Pearls and Emeralds A great Silver Mace inlaid with Gold and set with 16 Rubies and 25 Emeralds with Straps to hang it up by made of Red Brocado Silk embroider'd with Pearl Emeralds A red Velvet Saddle embroider'd with Pearl Emeralds and Gold A Velvet Saddle-Cloth embroider'd with 3 Gold Roses A Sumpture-Case of Scarlet Cloth embroidered with Gold A Bridle covered with Gold enamelled with dark Blue the Bit and other Appurtenances of Gold the whole set with 112 Emeralds 381 Rubies and 49 Diamonds A pair of Silver-gilt Stirrups A Housse embroidered with 26 Roses of Pearl and Coral A Velvet-Saddle wrought with Gold and Silver A Velvet Saddle-Cloth embroidered with three golden Roses A Sumpter-Case of Scarlet Cloth embroidered with Flowers of Gold A Piece of Amber weighing 89 Ounces Fifteen Bezoar Stones Ten Lumps of Musk. Two Pieces of Cloth of Gold Two Pieces of Red Sattin wrought with Gold Six Pieces of very rich Gold Brocado Four Pieces of Silk Brocado wrought with Gold Ten Pieces of fine Callico called Duezarhi Thirty five Pieces of fine Callico commonly called Imperial Twenty Pieces of fine Callico wrought With Gold Four Persia Carpets wrought with Gold Four other Carpets of Turky-work A Dun-coloured Horse of Turcomania A Bay Horse of Turcomania A Light-dun Horse of the Country called Beideleugh A Bay Horse of Arabia Two Silver Chains to fasten Horses to the Stall A Silver Trough for the Horses to drink in Two Leopards covered with Clothes of Persia Brocado and tied with Silver Chains Particulars of the Presents which the Emperor by his Ambassador gave to the Grand Seignior THirty-six Seiket Cups with Covers and Sotto Coppe Twelve Ewers and Basons six of which were gilt Ten hanging Clocks in Silver emboss'd Frames Eight great Clocks in form like the Pedestal of a Pillar and the Clock-work in the middle A curious inlaid Cabinet Abundance of very rich Brocades A great oval Looking-Glass in a square inlaid Frame A great Silver Fire-Pan alla Turca 1 ½ foot high from the ground curiously wrought and very substantial A Silver Screen six foot high very solid and the top made like a Schollop Shell A Fire Hearth alla Franca the Bars of which were of polished Steel the sore part of it of Silver at each end it had a pyramid of Silver and in the middle a great Ball. A pair of Tongs Fire-Shovel and Proger of polished Steel with Silver Heads Twenty-four Silver Sconces with Looking-Glasses in the middle of them Two great Silver Tables alla Turca at least an Ell in Diameter Twelve gilded Tumblers Two great Silver emboss'd Dishes at least 7 foot in Diameter Two great gilded Ewers and Dishes of the same bigness Six great Silver Flower-Pots Six standing Lamps emitting Branches like those in our Churches A Silver Fountain 8 foot high in Foliage-work Two Frank Tables and two pair of Stands very prettily inlaid Two standing Clocks the Cases of which were of the same Work A great Looking-Glass set about with Stones of divers colours having a Dial-Plate in the middle of it and the Figure◠ingeniously cut The Last Account of Count TEKELY TEKELY was a Count of the Kingdom of Hungary and one of the most Ancient Families thereof and one of the most Zealous Professors and Assertors of the Protestant Religion which caused him to joyn with the Turks through the whole Course of the last Wars of which we have given an ample Account in the due places of this History whereby appear the great Services which this Noble Person did them and how ill and barbarously they sometimes used him I have particularly instanced how this present Sultan being at Belgrade where having occasion for this Tekely's Services he sent a Capugi-bashee or two to fetch him thither from Constantinople where he had Lodged himself for Recovery of his Health being informed by the Physicians at Constantinople that the Air of that City was much better than that of Adrianople The Officers who are sent from the Grand Seignior to execute any of his Commands do commonly perform them without any Consideration or Ceremony or Respect to the Person to whom they are sent and so they did to Tekely whom finding in his Bed labouring under a grievous Fit of the Gout they rudely forced him to arise and without any Remorse threw him into a Waggon and hurried him away to Belgrade to receive such Commands as the Grand Seignior had to employ him in and on all Occasions as the hopes of a Peace appeared the Neglects put upon him did daily increase It is commonly the Humour of the Turks after they have done with the Service of any Person never more to treat them kindly nor if they can to suffer them to Live Of
Vizier on the way as he was carrying the Articles of Peace to be Ratify'd by the Emperor and took from him his Horses and Money with his Dispatches which they for some time detain'd and restored not without much difficulty The Emperor being inform'd of this Affront cited the Chief Lords of Hungary to appear at Vienna Where the Prince Lukovitz President of the Imperial Council told them That the Conditions of Peace which his Master the Emperor had concluded with the Turk were not so disadvantageous as they imagin'd for that the first overture of Peace came from the Turks themselves with whom it was agreed and concluded that Transilvania was to continue in its ancient Liberty and not subjected to the Government of a Pasha in nature of a Mahometan Province That the Counties of Zatmar and Zambolish which were anciently esteem'd dependencies on Transilvania were to be transferr'd into the power of the Emperor That the better to secure the Frontiers of the upper Hungary and to prevent the Incursions of the Turks on the other side of the Danube It was provided in the Capitulations that the Emperor might Build Forts on each side of the River Waagh which would very much annoy and restrain the Turks of Waradin and Newhawsel from making Depredations or Incursions on that side of the Country Now considering that this Peace was thus advantageous as well to Hungary as to the Hereditary Dominions his Imperial Majesty judged it convenient to embrace so fair an opportunity expecting that the Hungarian Lords would likewise concur with him in Confirmation of the Treaty and restrain their Soldiers from committing farther Outrages on the Frontiers That his Imperial Majesty as to his part was resolved to withdraw all his German Regiments out of Hungary Provided That they themselves would take care to furnish and supply those Garrisons with Soldiers of their own and at their own charge repair the Fortifications of Levents Schentra Neutra Schella and Gutta which are Neighbouring places to Newhawsel and to furnish them with all sorts of Ammunition and Provisions necessary for their Maintenance and Defence The Hungarian Lords returned no present answer to this Discourse having not Authority so to do until they had first consulted with the Nobility of the Upper Hungary who had often protested that they would never agree to any thing which was concluded without their consent and revenge themselves on their Palatine in case he should engage them in matters without their Privity or Concurrence first obtain'd In fine after Consultations had with the Estates an answer was giving in Writing to this effect That to conclude a Peace without the Privity and Concurrence of the Estates was against the Statutes and Privileges of the Kingdom That in case they could flatter themselves so far as to believe that true Tranquillity and Ease would be the effect and consequence of the late Truce made with the Turk which would be the greatest blessing that could befal a Nation which above all the People in this World had been harassed with War Yet it was difficult and almost unpracticable for them to build the Fortresses intended upon the Waagh and in the mean time restrain the Turks from their Incursions and let them do what was possible for them yet still Hungary would lie open and exposed for at least 60 Leagues space to the Incursions of the Turks and to the extortions and insolences of the German Soldiers In short therefore they resolved to Ratify nothing they would neither exchange the Garrisons nor Build new Forts nor Repair old ones but leave every thing to his Majesty to provide what was necessary for the defence and conservation of that miserable and unfortunate Kingdom This memorial being given in with a kind of sad and a discontented behaviour despairing as it were of the welfare of their Country the Hungarians were retiring from the Emperor and his Council when the Prince Lubkovitz reassum'd in a calm and sober manner his former Discourse which he pressed on them with new and perswasive Instances Telling them That he could not imagin upon what Grounds or Reasons they did desire a continuance of War the Stage and Theater of which was to be their own Country That out of a sence of those Miseries which were to ensue and from a pious and gracious regard he conceived for the repose of Hungary the Emperor had concluded a Peace with the Turk which he was contriving to secure against all violences and irruptions of the Enemy And that entire satisfaction might be given to the Hungarian Lords his Imperial Majesty declar'd That he would build those Forts upon the Waagh which were design'd to restrain all Incursions from the Garrison of Newhausel The Emperor's Grant to the Hungarians at his own expence and charge That he would withdraw the German Troops from burdening the Country and quarter Hungarians in their places That whilest these Forts were in Building the Guards thereunto belonging should consist of Hussars and Heydukes That all places of Trust and Profit both Civil and Military should be put into the Hands of Hungarians And that they might at their own will and pleasure put what Forces and Commanders they pleased into the Garrisons of the Mountain Towns and other places These Concessions from the Emperor being so gracious and free as nothing could be desir'd more ample and satisfactory the Hungarian Lords acquiesced and signed the Treaty with the Turks So that all things began to put on a Face and clear aspect of Tranquillity and Repose as well in reference unto Foreign Wars as to civil and intestine differences And thereupon the Crown wherewith the Hungarian Kings were usually Crown'd and which the Lords had removed from Presburg to prevent the Emperor from taking it upon him with Right of Inheritance was again return'd by them and restor'd to its former place But these fair promises and assurances given by the Prince Lubkovitz in behalf of the Emperor proceeded no farther than to words for neither were their Churches restor'd Nor the German Forces recalled out of the Country Nor the Towns of Nitria and Levents lately taken from the Turks deliver'd into their Hands as was promised But instead thereof German Garrisons were put into Tokai Zatmar Kalo and Onod Towns which are bordering on Transilvania and were belonging to Prince Ragotski In short nothing being perform'd as was promised the Spirits of the Hungarians were so exasperated that they desponded of any good from the Imperial Court but rather beheld it as a Cabal contriving and meditating only to bring them under an Arbitrary power and an unsupportable Slavery And this general Humour of discontent so spread it self in the Minds of the People that they grew Sullen and Angry in an Instant and both the Roman Catholicks and Protestants and all sorts of Religions in that Nation became so concern'd for the Liberty and Privileges of their Country that they freely and openly declar'd That they would rather subject themselves
to the Turks than become the Slaves of the Germans The consequences of which War have been so dismal and even the Imperial Victories gain'd at the expence of so much Blood and Treasure as all Germany as well as Hungary has felt the fatal effects of it So that Men are apt to look back with Indignation on the Authors of these Troubles and to think them worthy of the extreamest Punishments that have brought their Country to such Ruin and Desolation The greatest part of which Censures will without doubt fall upon the Protestants whose Arms have wanted even Success that popular justification and whose Cause labours under two such fearful appearances as a defection from their Prince and the joyning with the Common Enemy of Christendom tho' perhaps a considering Man will be apt to reflect on that Cruel severity which forc'd them to take shelter in the Arms of an Infidel at least he will see a fatal instance of the unhappy Consequences of driving Men to Despair by subverting their Laws Liberties and Religion I shall therefore give an impartial Account of the Causes that exasperated the Protestants of Hungary to this degree and leave them to the Readers judgment either to be condemn'd or acquitted And therefore let us hear what Account the Protestant Writers give of this matter when the Protestant Religion began first to insinuate it self into Hungary under the Reign of King Lewis Anno. 1523. it met there with the same fate it did in other Countrys viz. Opposition and Persecution But this King unhappily engaging himself in a War against the Turks fell in Battle and leaving no Heir Male the Hungarian Nobility were divided in the choice of a Successor one part Electing John Zapolya Vaivode of Transilvania and the other Ferdinand the first But John dying soon after his Election Ferdinand remain'd in sole possession of that Kingdom who the better to gain the affection of his Subjects granted free exercise of Religion to Cassovia Bartphia Eperias Leuchenia and Libinia the five free Towns of upper Hungary and afterwards to several of the Towns of lower Hungary besides the same Privileges which he gave to divers of the Nobility Notwithstanding which there being several Commotions and Disturbances on account of Religion still remaining in the year 1606. at the Pacification of Vienna made between Rodolph Emperor and King of Hungary and Stephen Botscai-Kis-Maria in the first Article it was said That as to the business of Religion that notwithstanding the first Constitutions and the last Article of the year 1604. according the Resolution taken by his Imperial Majesty All the Inhabitants and Persons of what Order or Condition soever within that Kingdom as well the great Lords as the Cities and Privileg'd Towns immediately belonging to the Crown or upon the borders of that Kingdom as likewise all the Soldiers of Hungary shall have free and entire Liberty of Conscience without being troubled or molested Nevertheless without prejudice to the Roman Catholick Religion so that that Clergy the Churches and the Temples of the Catholicks may remain in the State wherein they are without Violation or Molestation And that those which had been taken by one side or other should be restor'd to their lawful owners Afterwards the Emperor Matthias himself explain'd that Clause nevertheless without prejudice to the Rom. Cath. Religion by assuring them That it was put in upon a good design and that it only meant that neither Party should be disturbed in the exercise of their Religion This liberty was afterwards often confirm'd as you may see in the Grievances presented to the Emperor which are affix'd to the end of this History The now Reigning Emperor Leopold solemnly confirm'd this Article at his Coronation Vide the sixth Condition in the Imperial Patent running thus Ordered That the exercise of Religion granted to the States of Hungary according to the Constitution of Vienna and those Articles establisht before our Coronation shall remain entirely free as well for the Barons Lords Gentlemen as free Cities and all Orders and States of the Kingdom of Hungary as likewise for the Towns Villages and Hamlets that will accept of it so that no Person of what Condition soever shall be hinder'd in the exercise of his Religion in what manner or under what pretence soever Given in the Royal Citadel of Posonium June the 25th 1655. In despight of all these Edicts made in favour of the Protestants the Clergy especially the Jesuits had so much interest in the Court of Vienna as to get a Manifest publish'd there and Entitled Truth declared to all the World or a Treatise wherein is proved by three Argument that his Caesarean Majesty is not obliged to tolerate the Lutheran or Calvinist Religion in the Kingdom of Hungary Writ by George Barzon titular Bishop of Waradin Priest of the Society and Councellor to his Sacred Majesty The first Argument was drawn from three Conditions under which the liberty of Religion was granted at the Pacification of Vienna The first That it should be with out prejudice to the Protestant Religion which Condition being impossible ought to pass for nothing The second That the Clergy and the Catholick Churches should remain in their former Condition without being toucht which was violated by Bethlem and Ragotski The third That what was taken either by one side or the other should be restor'd which the Protestants had not perform'd To this was answered That it did by no means follow that if one Condition or Clause was lookt upon as impossible and so null that the whole Treaty should be so also and besides that the Emperor Matthias himself had explain'd the Condition by declaring that it was not to be made use of for the ruining of that liberty which was granted That whatsoever Bethlem or Ragotski had done this Liberty was notwithstanding confirm'd by the Edicts and Ordinances of the Emperor That if it had been so that Protestants who being daily provok'd by the Papists had gone a little too far yet the innocent ought not to suffer That the Destruction of Temples which were made use of during the Troubles only regarded those that Botskai had taken in the War and not such as had been for a long time in their Hands The second Argument is That this liberty was not establisht by the unanimous consent of the States of the Kingdom to whom it belongs to make Laws with the Consent and Approbation of his Majesty and consequently that those Articles ought to be abolisht But it was urg'd that this was extreamly injurious to those Kings who had confirm'd and ratify'd them and who no question were not so ignorant of the rights of the Kingdom of Hungary That when this Affair was manag'd at Lintz 1645. Tho' the Arch-Bishop of Strigonium George Lippai and some seculars opposed it yet Count Palfy President of the Chamber and divers Catholick Lords consented notwithstanding that opposition so that the Affair being extreamly hindred by that Arch-Bishop
Disturbances and compose the Disorders of that Kingdom And indeed he so well behaved himself together with the Sovereign Council over which he presided that Justice took its course the Poor were relieved from the Oppression of their unmerciful Lords and a stop given to the proceedings of those wickednesses vice- The good Government of the Vice-King which in the Licentious times of War had passed without punishment All orders of Men began now to yield due obedience to their Superiours Innocence was protected and Offences punished the Soldiers lived under the good Discipline of their Officers and the Citizens in good Correspondence with the Soldiers Many wholsome Laws were made for the benefit of the People and for their Security from the violence of the Army especially in their Marches And above all the Vice-King endeavoured to reconcile the affections of the Malecontents by his gentleness and moderation towards them The Clergy disturb the quiet of the Country But what the Civil Magistrates acted in order to a composure and setlement was disturbed and over-thrown by the Ecclesiastical Courts whose business being to extirpate Heresie as they called it thy proceeded by methods agreeable thereunto which were to take away their Churches Seize and Imprison their Pastors and Teachers and prosecute the People with the severity of their Courts The which Persecutions so exasperated the Spirits of the Protestants against the Emperor and his Government that the Fire of War which had for some time been cover'd with Embers was ready to break out into a more violent Flame than before A War breaks out For now the Protestants were encouraged by an Alliance they had made with the Transilvanians and by the Protection which the Turk had promised to give them within his Dominions notwithstanding the assurances formerly made to the Emperor by the Vizier to the contrary The Transilvanians pretended a quarrel for recovery of the Counties of Zatmar and Zambolich belonging to their Principality which the Prince Ragotski had without right yielded to the Emperor The Turks declared themselves offended by the daily Hostilities committed by the Imperialists who pursuing the Malecontents within their Dominions did not abstain from those Violences which are usually practised in an Enemies Country and by such Actions as these both Nations were ready to break forth into an open Rupture With these hopes and encouragements the Malecontents betook themselves again to their Arms under the Command of Erdedi Petrozzi Succhai Kende Zepeti and several other Lords and Persons of power and interest in their Country The time appear'd favourable and advantageous to their enterprise for the Walls of most of the Towns were then beaten down and the old Works slighted with design to Rebuild and make them stronger according to the new way and manner of Fortifications The time chosen for the War Provisions were also wanting in most of the Garrisons and the German as well as the Hungarian Troops were in Mutiny for want of pay And this was the time which the Malecontents chose to put themselves in Arms and renew the War At the beginning whereof being 12000 strong they gain'd the Passage of Teyllas Colonel Soyer defeated and advanced as far as Cassovia which they blocked up and Defeated five Troops of Dragoons under the Command of Lieutenant Colonel de Soyer and by the advantage of a dark and a rainy Night cut them to pieces the Lieutenant Colonel only with some few of his Soldiers making an escape into Cassovia After this Success they proceeded to Esperies and took it without much loss by the Cowardice of the Officer which Commanded it and in divers other Skirmishes worsted the Imperialists The Emperor having received advices of this new Insurrection The Imperialists revenge themselves immediately dis-speed-General Kops with an Army of 10.000 Men into Hungary to which were 4 or 5000 Men more joyned under the Command of Count Esterhasi and Valentine Balassi composed almost all of Horse and of Men true and loyal to the Emperor's interest Such an Army as this could not remain long without Action both Parties desiring to come to an Engagement which soon afterwards happened at the Passage of Branitza where Colonel Smith and Count Palfi who led the Van-guard charged the Malecontents who defended some narrow Passes with so much valour that they killed a 1000 of them on the place besides many others who were wounded and taken Prisoners with the loss only of 15 or 16 Soldiers After this Defeat the Malecontents marched by the way of Serentz about two Leagues distant from Tokai and invested Zatmar but a Sally being made out of the Town by Lieutenant Colonel Staremberg who Commanded there in Chief they were forced to raise their Siege with the loss of several Colours and many Prisoners Likewise General Kops and Spankau pursued them so closely at the Heels that with great loss and difficulty they were enforced to pass the Theyss Divers places at the same time surrender'd as the Castle of Meges and the Town of Nagibania the which places were dismantled and their Walls thrown down And as the Imperialists were towards the end of the year returning to their Winter quarters they met a party of 500 Horse belonging to the Malecontented party of which they killed 300 on the place and took divers Prisoners one of which was the Son of Succhai one of the Chief Leaders of the Rebel party Thus whil'st it went ill in all places with the Malecontents the Popish Clergy took courage to assert their right to divers Churches and Chapels The Roman Clergy seize on the Protestant Churches which they pretended to belong unto them and to those of their Religion and by force of Arms took possession of them which they held until such time as that the Protestant party became strong enough to eject them and executed this design without much opposition in all the Counties of Nitria Trenschin Turoz Stranian Lippovia and in several Towns and Villages of the Mountains where they set up and exercised the Popish Religion with all the Rites and Ceremonies to the great Scandal and Displeasure of the Hungarians Particularly in the Month of June at a Town called Senetz the Curate of the Parish was zealous to celebrate in a publick and solemn manner the Festival of Corpus Christi A Bloody Outrage committed and to carry the Sacrament in Procession Which Feast happening to be on a day when a Fair was held at that Town which brought a great concourse of People thither the Priest fearing some affront from the Multitude desired the Governour of Branitz to afford him a Serjeant and 12 Soldiers to accompany the Sacrament and defend it from the violence and prophaneness of the Hereticks Which being granted as the Priest was carrying the Sacrament in Procession he was assaulted by the People and killed by them together with the 12 Soldiers which were sent for his Guard So soon as Count Staremberg had news of this
Sacrilegious Murder he marched to the Town with his own Regiment and several Troops of German Horse for punishment of the Authors of this abominable wickedness It is revenged which he executed with all the Rigour and Severity imaginable for he pillaged and burned their Houses and put every one to the Sword excepting those who saved their Lives by escaping into the Woods After all these Defeats and many others given to the Malecontents and this vast effusion of Blood it might well be imagin'd that an end would have been put to this War The obstinacy of the Malecontents which had neither a setled Council nor a Fund of Money nor an Interest of great Men to support it Howsoever such was the force and power which the Preachers used in their Sermons to the People inciting them to a Defence of their Religion the Exercise of which the Emperor as they said had determined to take from them that they resolved to die in the maintenance thereof being perswaded that their Friends and Companions who had already sacrificed their Lives in that Cause were real Martyrs and had obtained the Crown which was laid up in Heaven for them Nor were the Protestants only in the mind to Wage a War but even the Roman Catholicks also who being moved by another Principle of defending the Privileges and Freedom of their People thought it their Duty to rise up and assert the Cause of their native Country and Nation For tho' they owned all Duty and Obedience to the Emperor yet being but an Elective King and one to whom the People had sworn Allegiance on Condition that he should maintain them in the ancient Rights and Prileges of that Kingdom they held themselves no longer obliged thereunto after he had violated all their Laws and absolutely subverted the ancient Fabrick of their Government which he had apparently done in three instances First The aggrievances of the Hungarians In quartering German Soldiers in the Country and Towns with intent to over-awe and govern them by an absolute and an arbitrary Power Secondly By imposing a Vice-King upon them constituted solely by the Imperial Commission in lieu and place of a Palatine who according to the ancient Constitutions was to be elected by a Diet composed of the several Estates of that Kingdom And Thirdly Instead of such a Diet the Emperor was pleased to erect a Sovereign Council consisting of such Members as he himself did think fit to nominate and appoint over which the vice-Vice-King was as Chief Commissioner to preside And thus the Parties of both Religions being disgusted and animated to Fight pro Aris Focis for their Laws their Country and Religion Fury and Despair served them in the place of Counsel Money and other Nerves and Sinews of War So that when one party was cut off another arose in greater numbers and like Hydra's increased the more by being destroyed Amongst which appear'd a bold Fellow nam'd Strisiniski who pretended to be sent by the Governors of the Mountain Towns calling himself Duke John and with his own name signed and issued out Commissions and dispersed them every where as if he had been the Sole and Sovereign Prince of that Country Many persons adher'd to him and followed his Standard looking on him as a bold and a daring Fellow who seldom gave quarter to any much less to Jesuits and Priests Cruelties exercised on both sides to whom he never showed mercy whensoever any of that character fell within his Power The which was again revenged by Count Strazoldo in such cruel manner without distinction of persons either of guilty or innocent that the Imperial Council taking notice thereof sent their Orders to him to use better moderation in his future actings and to treat the Hungarians with more gentleness which tho' he observed in respect to the Sword of his own Souldiers who were forbidden to Massacre or shed their Blood yet being directed to take and bring them before the Courts of Justice by which a speedy Sentence was passed and some were condemned to be hanged some be quarter'd others to be empaled this way of process seemed much more cruel and severe than a speedy Execution by the Sword of the Soldiery ANNO 1674. The Turks underhand assist the Malecontents Tho' the Grand Seignior had not as yet publickly own'd the cause of the Malecontents howsoever the Pasha's and Officers had receiv'd private Instructions to countenance and favour their Cause without open denunciations of a War and many Turks in hopes of Plunder and Booty habited themselves in the Hungarian fashion and joyn'd with their Troops and several parties of Turks in great numbers pretending that the Christians in a Hostile manner had made Incursions within their Territories came openly to revenge them and march'd as far as Schentha from whence they carried away an Hungarian Gentleman with 7 Soldiers Upon this Advice Lieutenant Colonel de Soyer with his Dragoons and Hussars Sallied out of the Town to the rescue of the Prisoners but being surpriz'd by 5 Companies of Turkish Foot who issued out of an Ambuscade where they had conceal'd themselves Soyer himself was kill'd with 2 Lieutenants 1 Ensign 4 Serjeants and 80 common Soldiers The Garrison of Newhawsel encourag'd with this Success continu'd their Incursions along the River of Waagh and made some depredations but being pursu'd by the Hussars and Heydukes of Comorra they were forc'd to surrender 200 Head of Cattle together with all the Booty and Plunder they had taken Other Cruelties performed Thus whilst Matters succeeded with various Successes but most commonly in favour of the Emperor both Parties acted their Cruelties upon each other the Malecontents as often as the Priests fell into their hands they us'd them but very scurvily they buried one of them alive of others they cut off their Noses and Ears and hanged or strangled others In punishment of which the Emperor Order'd the Vice-King to drive the Protestant Ministers out of his Dominions and to seize upon all their Churches to the use of the Catholicks and not to suffer them to meet or exercise their Religious Worship therein In pursuance of these Orders The Popish Bishops seize the Livings of the Hungarian Clergy the Bishops of Colonitz and Javarow seiz'd upon all the Churches Schools Livings and Benefices whatsoever belonging to the Protestant Clergy within their Diocesses And the Archbishop of Strigonium Primate of that Kingdom cited all the Protestant Ministers to appear before him and put many of them to the Question forcing them to confess who those were who for the two last years were the chief Incendiaries of Seditions and Authors of the Rebellion Nor were the smaller sort of the Malecontents only persecuted but some of the great Men and chief Ministers in the Emperor's Court were suspected and accused of correspondence and intelligence with the Rebels The Prince Lubkovitz suspected and his Estate seiz'd The Prince Lubkovitz President of the Council was
manag'd the Treaty applying himself with much Zeal and Diligence that this Negotiation might be happily concluded ANNO 1679. This Treaty with a Cessation of Arms continu'd till the end of the year with hopes that the beginning of the next would make that poor Kingdom happy with a Peace But the Emperor having as it were secur'd a Peace with France which was one of the greatest fears he had upon him The Emperor falls off from his former Offers in case of a War with the Turks refus'd to yield unto the same terms which he had frequently offer'd in former times to the Malecontents It was now resolv'd that the Office of Palatine should for ever hereafter be extinguish'd and made void and that Kingdom govern'd by a Vice-Roy who was solely to be constituted by Commission from the Emperor 2dly The Protestants were not to have Churches in Towns or Cities but to content themselves with such as should be allotted them in Villages 3dly As a Preliminary to all the rest the Malecontents were to dismiss the Foreign Troops entertain'd in their Service before the Treaty upon any other Conditions and Articles should commence The very noise of this alteration in the Emperor's Councils An end put to the Truce put a stop to all proceedings of a Treaty and an end to the Truce and Cessation of Arms. And indeed the Malecontents were by this time so engag'd with the Turks that on their part also they had put themselves out of all possibility of Accommodation without their concurrence and concernment in the Treaty The Assembly at Oedembourg being dissolv'd A Diet at Coloswar the Malecontents held a Diet of their own at Coloswar alias Claudiopolis whereunto Prince Apafi and the Neighbouring Pashas resorted to treat and agree upon the measures which were to be taken for the ensuing year in order to carrying on the War Whilst they were upon this Treaty a Messenger arriv'd from the Grand Seignior who brought a Scymitar to Prince Apafi which was a certain Signal of the Sultan's favour and acceptance of his Services which was much to the joy of all Persons there present for that it was doubtful before how far the Grand Seignior would abott the Cause of Pedipol to whom as we have mention'd he had given his Commission to be Prince of Transilvania with exclusion of Apafi Nor was the News of less concernment to them brought at the same time that the Grand Seignior was upon conclusion of peace with the Moscovites The Turks jâ—yn with the Malecontents by which the whole Ottoman Empire would be at leisure to employ all their Troops against the Germans And with the same occasion the Pashas of Hungary were Commanded to joyn with Apafi and to assist the Malecontents with such Forces as they should desire of all which the Emperor having certain Intelligence from his Resident at Constantinople Order'd three Regiments to be sent into Hungary for recruit of the Forces under Count Lesley of which the Malecontents having Advice took the Field and passing the Theysse pitch'd their Camp near Debrezin to cover and relieve as occasion serv'd the Castle of Kovar Debrezin This City of Debrezin or Debrechim is situated between Tokai and great Waradin and is very Rich and Populous It was a Free Town and conserv'd it self in a Neutrality during the late Revolutions but after Zolnock and Cassovia were reduc'd the Magistrates thereof desir'd his Imperial Majesty to take them under his protection with which and by payment of a Tribute to the Port the Inhabitants liv'd quiet and free until the year 1676. when it was taken by Count Strazoldo upon pretence that it was become the place of Sanctuary and common Refuge of the Malecontents tho' afterwards upon complaints from the Turks the Emperor withdrew his Forces from thence leaving them free and in their former Condition of Neutrality In the mean time Tekeli falling in love with a Daughter of the Princess Ragotski Dowager who was extreamly zealous as we have mention'd before for the Emperor's Cause refus'd to bestow her Daughter upon him unless he would first Relinquish the Interest to which he had adher'd Tekeli revolts to the Emperor The passion which Tekeli had for the young Lady was more powerful than his Inclinations to the discontented Party so that first seeming cold in his Old pursuits and declaring his Mind freely in open Discourse his Troops began to suspect his Fidelity and left him and put themselves under the Command of Wessellini Tekeli endeavour'd to perswade Palfi Imbre to joyn with him in his Revolt but not prevailing he singly with some few Servants went over to Vienna Coming thus alone to the Emperor without his Troops he was the less welcome and indeed he was so little regarded and his Merit so ill accounted on that when he made applications to the Emperor for Restitution of his Estate which was Confiscated to the value of two Millions those who enjoy'd the benefit of so great Riches obstructed his Request Is slighted Representing unto the Emperor that the return to his Duty after a long continuance in Rebellion only in his own Person and without his Troops deserv'd nothing nor was it to be judg'd a satisfaction or an atonement for the many mischiefs and disservices that he had already done and that to recover the Emperor's favour there was something else to be done besides a bare surrender of his Person Howsoever fair words were given him for some time of which and of tedious Addresses and frequent Applications He returns again to the Rebels Tekeli growing weary he return'd to his Old Friends again with whom he was receiv'd and admitted to the Command of his deserted Troops About the same time the young Count Serini Son of Nicholas Serini who was kill'd in Croatia and not of Peter Serini who was Beheaded for High-Treason being now of years able to bear Arms in Service of the Emperor made his humble Petition that he might be restor'd to the Estate of his Father Young Count Serini restor'd to his Estate which was seiz'd and sequester'd by the Collectors of the Emperor's Revenue for the Lands and Demesnes of Peter Serini the Unkle whose Goods were confiscated for High-Treason The which Request being consider'd in the Privy-Council it was judg'd highly reasonable and just that this young Count should be restor'd to his Estate and so it was accordingly Ordered Tekeli being now return'd to his former Command that he might both assure his Associates of his Fidelity towards them and reproach the Imperialists for so lightly esteeming a Person that was able to serve them Tekeli takes Kremnitz he surpriz'd Kremnitz with three hundred Men under his Command and ruin'd and burnt all the Works and Store-Houses belonging to the Silver-Mines which with much Charge had been erected by the Emperor and afterwards retir'd into the Turkish Dominions Count Strazoldo having receiv'd Intelligence that Colonel Josua was advanc'd with
and down yet since the Troubles are appeased they desire in vain to reassume their publick exercise of Religion and to call back their Ministers being hinder'd from the same by the Earl of Hoffkirchen Governour of this Territory who every day growing severer forbids with greater Threats the total Exercise of the Protestant Religion Nay three Months ago the Roman Catholicks did Proclaim with the Beat of Drums that no Protestant should presume to go out of the Territory of Moramoruss to any Neighbouring to perform the Duties of his Religion nor Exercise it in his private House under pain of Imprisonment and of other severe Punishments Therefore they Humbly beg That this their Grievance may be redressed and they re-established in the Privilege granted by the Article It may be added to the foregoing Grievances that one Samuel Bizkey a Protestant Minister of a place of Lower Hungary called Hedes notwithstanding the Protection granted to him by the Council of War has been Plunder'd twice of all the means of Life Clothes Books and Furniture by some Emissaries of the Archbishop of Gran and at last on the 22d of the last Month of March was taken and carried to Presburg into the Prisons of the Archbishop where he has nothing allowed him but dry Bread and dirty Water Likewise the Protestant Minister of Tottfalu in Upper Hungary has been taken by a Jesuit called Father Ravasz residing at Naghybania and carried in Fetters into the Prisons of Zatmar where he is still detain'd and most barbarously used The XXI Article of the Diet of Presburg in the year 1687 in the business of Religion the 25th and 26th Articles of the year 1681 are renew'd with the inserted Decleration ALthough they of the Helvetian Confession and of that of Ausbourg by their protesting against the 25th and 26th Articles of the late Diet of Sopron have unworthily abused the same and thereby forfeited ipso facto the benefits granted in them nevertheless since His most Sacred Majesty tending the Union and the general quiet of the Kingdom through his great Favour and Clemency has most Graciously resolved that the said Articles shall yet be in force the States have Order'd That the same shall be lookt upon as renewed and reinforced notwithstanding the opposition of the Catholick Clergy and other secular Persons and that as far as they have hitherto been infringed through Abuses introduced by the one or the other party they shall forthwith be put in Execution To these Agrievances the Emperor returned a very Gracious Answer and made several Proposals tending to a Peace And First He offer'd a General Pardon unto all even to Tekeli himself provided he would personally appear to make his Submission Secondly That every Person should be restor'd to his Lands and Goods confiscated again restor'd Thirdly That free exercise of Religion should be allowed but the manner how and the Regulation thereof should be determined at a General Diet which was judged of absolute necessity for the repose and quiet of Hungary Fourthly That all the vacant Offices Governours and Balliages of that Kingdom should be indifferently conferr'd upon Hungarian Gentlemen who were capable by their Natural parts and Abilities to Merit and Discharge such Preferments And Lastly That his Imperial Majesty would vacate the Office of vice-Vice-King and return to the ancient constitution of a Palatine whose Election should be free according to the usage of former times The Plague which still Raged in Austria and Hungary prevented the proceedings of this Treaty which might have taken effect some time before How the Treaty was broken off and answer'd all the Demands of the Malecontents but now so much Blood had been drawn in all Parts and Corners of that unhappy Kingdom that it was past the Art of Man to stanch the Bleeding And besides Tekeli and his Malecontents were so nearly adjoyn'd and engaged in secret Leagues and Alliances with the Turk that it was almost impossible to destricate and disentangle themselves from the invitations they had made and from the Assurances and Pledges they had given to the Turks Howsoever the Emperor not to leave any means unattempted until all was become desperate dispatched Count Esterhasi into Hungary in quality of his Plenipotentiary to put those Overtures into Execution which had been fram'd and debated in the Emperor's Council But whilst these things were in agitation they received another Impediment by a discovery made of a Correspondence which several Principal Officers held with the Maleconts upon which Filek and two other Councellors and Mannagers of the Revenue of Hungary were Arrested and accused of having moved and promoted an Insurrection in divers Counties Towards the end of this year when the Armies were drawn into their Winter quarters new Treaties were set on foot The Baron de Kaunitz the Emperor's Resident at Constantinople labour'd to continue Kaunitz Treats with the Grand Seignior and renew the Truce but the Grand Vizier would not agree thereunto on any other Terms than that it might be allowable for the Grand Seignior to afford aid and assistance to the Malecontents But this was to cure a Soar with a greater Evil and what was inconsistent with Reason to make a Peace and yet to continue a War When the Emperor believed all Accomodation with the Malecontents impossible at least far distant Behold on a suddain and much unexpected the Counts Tekeli Tekeli and others offer Conditions Pestrozzi and Wessellino in despight of their Engagements to the Turks offer'd to make Terms by themselves and to abandon their People and their Cause in case they assented not thereunto The Conditions were to have all their Churches restor'd with their Goods and Estates which had been Confiscated To which the Emperor readily assenting there never appear'd at any time a greater probability and likelyhood of an Agreement than upon this overture But whereas to establish and confirm such an Accomodation it was necessary to convene a Diet which by reason of the present Contagion could not be done a Cessation of Arms was in the mean time concluded But whilst in order thereunto a Conference was held at Tokai Count Caprara unluckily march'd out of his Quarters with a considerable force towards that place Is again broken upon which the Malecontens were so Allarum'd that they Sallied out of their Winter quarters in great numbers leaving the Treaty imperfect and the Cessation of Arms broken and violated ANNO 1681. Notwithstanding the unlucky Accidents which had happen'd to hinder and disappoint the Progress of the aforesaid Treaties Yet at the beginning of this year new overtures were made to the Malecontents by the Bishop Sebestini And tho' some of the most considerable Persons of the Hungarian party refused to hearken to any Offers which the Emperor should make them yet Tekeli and others Tekeli and other chiefs send Deputies to Lintz formerly the most averse to all Accommodation did now at least in a seeming manner favour the Methods which
tended towards Peace and in order thereunto did not only dispatch Deputies as far as to Lintz to Treat thereupon with the Imperial Ministers but likewise entertain'd a personal Conference with Count Caprara and agreed with him to continue a Truce until the result of a Diet should be known which was to convene in the Month of Febuary That which in all appearance was most probable to administer the greatest difficulty and cause of dispute when a Diet should assemble was the restitution of the Churches Schools and other Foundations which the Malecontents challenged as their own and upon the Right and Title of having Erected and Built them at their own charge and expence They were also very positive to have their ancient Government by a Palatine restor'd and all the German Garrisons withdrawn out of Hungary at least that the Officers placed over the German Forces should be Hungarians the better to keep the Souldiers within some Terms of Moderation and Good Behaviour towards the People of the Country The time appointed for the Diet to meet being come the Emperor remov'd to Newstadt to be nearer to the place of Treaty But it being the Fate of that poor Kingdom to be unhappy something or other still intervened to prevent and disappoint the Endeavours of Peace A Plot to seize Tekeli during the Truce for whilst some labour'd in that good Work others made it their business to impede and divert it And so it was at present for whilst Tekeli was delighting himself at a House of Pleasure a Plot was laid to surprize and take him during the Truce of which Tekeli having notice How it was prevented he countermined the Plot by an Ambuscade which being opportunely disposed in the way where they were to pass the Party which came to seize him was totally defeated This and other Artifices of the like nature fomented jealousies and diffidences between the Parties that nothing was acted clearly and with a free Spirit but with such Caution and reserves as easily presaged the little hopes of an accommodation by way of Treaty Howsoever some Zealous Men such as Esterhasi and Forgatz who were passionate for the peace of their Country travel'd from County to County exhorting the People to lay aside all Animosities Esterhasi and Forgatz make offers of Peace and return again unto that Allegiance and Duty which they ow'd unto their Prince upon assurance that the Emperor would restore the State of Hungary to the same Condition in which it was in the year 1662. and grant almost all the other Propositions which the Malecontents did demand provided that the States of that Kingdom would declare the Arch-Duke Joseph Son to the Emperor King of Hungary To this Proposal the Malecontents were ready also to condescend on Condition that at the same time the Kingdom were declar'd Elective and some Acts repeal'd which in the year 1664 had made it Hereditary Notwithstanding this difficulty and divers others which were daily started displeasing to the Emperor the Meeting of a Diet at Oedemburg was so warmly press'd that the Emperor's Commissioners and fourteen Deputies from the Malecontents Assembled in the Month of February as was agreed tho' Tekeli refus'd to be there present alledging that the late Treacherous Design against his Person was a sufficient and a just Excuse for his Absence This and some Dispute about the place of Meeting which the Imperialists desired might be at Presburg occasion'd a Prorogation of the Diet until April next following The Diet prorogued until Aprâ—ll In the mean time the Malecontents held their Consultations in Transilvania concerning the Measures and Methods they were to take in the next Campaign and made use of the cessation of Arms to fortifie their Garrisons and supply them with Provisions The Clergy of Hungary finding in the Emperor a Spirit so inclin'd unto Peace that he was ready to condescend unto all the Demands of the Malecontents and with the rest to grant and yield unto them all the Churches of which they had been depriv'd they being touch'd with a sense of the mischief which might accrue to themselves thereby The Clergy endeavour to disturb the Diet. sent their Deputies to Vienna before the Convention of the Diet to represent unto the Emperor the great prejudice damage and scandal he would cause to the Catholick Religion by delivering up the Churches which were already Consecrated and Hallowed to the Service of God to be prophaned by Impious and Heretical Worships This and such like Speeches serv'd to trouble and distract the Mind of the good Emperor with a thousand new Scruples Howsoever being desirous to appease the Troubles in Hungary and not disappoint that August Assembly His Imperial Majesty a full Month before the Convention remov'd to Newstadt to be near and on all Occasions to be assistant to the Diet which notwithstanding the former Disputes to the contrary was to be held at Oedemburg The Deputies jealous of the Emperors Guards But whereas the Emperor was attended with three Regiments for his Guard the Appearance seem'd so extraordinary on such an Occasion that the Malecontents refus'd to send their Deputies fearing to be over-aw'd in their Debates and Votes by a Military power unless the Arch-bishop of Strigonium and other German Lords were first deliver'd into their hands for Hostages and Security of fair and faithful Dealings But to remove this difficulty the Emperor discharged his Regiments and with a Guard only of six hundred Hungarians The Emperor enters into Oedemberg and holds the Diet. made his Entry on the two and twentieth of May into Oedemburg where he was receiv'd between the double Files of Hungarian and German Soldiers and Conducted to the Lodgings prepar'd for him by the Commissioners and Deputies there present The Diet over which Count Swartzemburg presided in the Name of the Emperor had sat several days before his Majesty's Arrival And on the first day of the Session before they would enter upon any other Business the Election of a Palatine was propos'd and three Persons were Nominated thereunto viz. Esterhasi Palfi and Erdedi and accordingly were offer'd to the Emperor to make choice of the Person which he thought most worthy A Palatine offer'd and agreeable to that high Employment and Office of Trust But whereas this Prince was entirely in the hands and possess'd by Father Emeric lately made Arch-bishop of Vienna and Abelé the Secretary he refus'd to determine the Choice until such time as he had consulted with these two Confidents thereupon By this Retardment all other Matters mov'd slowly tho' the Diet sate eight hours every day The least point Administer'd matter of Dispute Affairs obstructed and what at the first appearance seem'd easie and of little importance was render'd difficult and intricate by reason of the Spirit of Dissention and Bitterness with which that whole Assembly was possess'd And moreover Father Emeric excepting against every Person which the Diet propos'd for Palatine gave
Example of so great a General To which the Duke rerurned answer That his Majesty had not only amazed him with the heroick and generous Act of so long and tedious a March but had astonished him with the excess of his Favour and obliging Expressions towards him That next to the Service of the Emperor he desired to live that he might perform something acceptable to his Majesty and to all his Relations That as to the Forms and Rules of War no Person alive was so well versed in them as his Majesty from whom all the Generals and Captains of the World might without discredit not be ashamed to learn the Lessons of Military Discipline After which the Generals of the Army the Nobility and Vice-Chancellor of that Kingdom came and paid their Respects to the Duke of Loraine And then being mounted on Horse-back the King having the Duke on the Right-hand and the Prince on the Left The order of their Supper they enter'd into Discourse concerning the State of the War and continued the same until they came to the Camp where in the King's Tent a sumptuous Supper was prepared at a long Table the King sate in the middle on his Right-hand the Duke was placed and on his Left the Prince of Poland after which the King ordered all the Nobility who came with the Duke of Loraine to sit also The Supper being ended at which various Discourses passed but most relating to the present Enterprise the Duke of Loraine returned to his own Camp much satisfied with the Courtesie and Resolution of the King who dispatched Messengers with all diligence to the General who brought up the Rear to hasten the March of the Army with all convenient speed And the next day the King dining with the Duke of Loraine at his Tent resolved to meet the Emperor at Krembs on the second of September where the Interview was appointed and there it was where all things were to be concerted about the Passage over the Danube and Conjunction of the Armies Whilest these things were projecting Count Sciamburg came from Nayburgh bringing Advice That the Elector of Saxony with his Forces could not be at Krembs until the third or fourth of this Month upon which it was computed that the Relief of Vienna could not possibly be until the 12th Intelligence of all these Matters being carried to the Emperor the Presence of his Imperial Majesty was judged necessary at Krembs where the place of general Rendezvous was appointed both to animate and inspirit the Army and to accommodate compose and silence such Quarrels and Punctilio's as might arise amongst so many Princes of different Countries concerning Place and Precedency but the Emperor in his way thither being taken ill of some Indisposition in his Health proceeded no farther than Lintz where he remained until he received the happy News of the Relief of Vienna and the Confusion of his Enemies In the mean time a general Council of War being held at Edendorf at which the Elector of Saxony was present the Duke of Loraine by his Prudence so ordered and disposed Matters that no Questions about Place or Precedence came into competion A meeting at Edendorf For so it was order'd That at a long Table the King of Poland should sit in the middle on his Right-hand the Elector of Saxony and next to him all the Generals of the Empire and on the Left the general Officers of Poland Over-against the King the Duke of Loraine took his Place who was to be chief Speaker at that Assembly A Council of War held there in regard he was best able to render a true Account of the State of the War The Council being sate in this form it was laid down as a general Rule That all Colonels with the Concurrence of their General Officers should give in writing to the King of Poland a true State of their respective Regiments and of the Places where they were Quartered and that from his Majesty they should receive Rules and Instructions for their March to the Relief of Vienna It was farther agreed after some debate That the Conjunction of the Army with the Auxiliary Troops should be on the 5th of September in the Plains of Tuln That the Army of Poland should pass the Danube at the same place with the Emperor's Army That the Forces of Saxony should pass the River by way of the Bridge at Krembs And that all the Bavarian Forces which lay encamped with some German Troops under the Command of Count Lesly should March directly towards Tuln to joyn with the Imperial and Polish Forces The execution of these Designs was deferred until the 7th when the King towards the Evening began to pass the River and was forthwith followed by the Duke of Loraine at the Head of the Imperial Army having first made a Detachment of three Regiments which were to joyn with three Thousand Poles to cut off all Communication of the Turks and Malecontents with the Vizier's Camp Colonel Heisler with his Regiment of six Hundred Horse was ordered to take his March by the way of Clossen-neuburg and to make Fires upon the Hills of Kalemberg to give notice unto the Besieged of their approaching Relief which was the Signal agreed between them But before we come to this glorious Atchievement let us see what was acting for Defence of the Town and Difficulties to which the Besieged were reduced Sept. 2. In the Morning of this second day the Point of the Court-Bastion was overthrown which gave the Turks occasion to carry their Galleries farther to the utter ruin of that Fort. Count Staremberg believing that the remaining part of the Bastion could not be longer defended gave Order to Huiternian a Captain of his Regiment whose turn it was to mount the Guard that Night to abandon the Ravelin in case he found himself over-pressed by the Turks and under covert of the dark Night to make his Retreat But this stout Captain having taken this Post with fifty Men so bravely defended the remains of the tottering Fortress that thô the Turks burnt the Palisadoes which were his chief Fortification yet he repulsed them by the Fire of his Musquets with loss of twenty of his Men and remained on the place until the Morning having killed two Janisaries with his own Hands 3d. Next day the Governour finding it impossible to maintain that Post any longer gave order to the Guards to retire and abandon it to the possession of the Turks who had little more to boast of than the acquist of that Ravelin after an Attempt of six Weeks continuance made thereupon The fourth was a bloudy day 4th both to the Christians and to the Turks for the latter had sprung a Mine under the Court-Bulwark which not only opened a Breach of seven Geometrical Paces but shook the whole City with the violent concussion of the Air. Five thousand Turks A bloudy Fight immediately with Cemyters in their Hands mounted the Breach
and the Unitarians or Socinians shall be permitted to exercise the Rites of their respective Religions and to have Liberty of Conscience equally indulged to them IV. That it shall not be permitted on any pretence whatsoever to molest the Priests or the Ministers of any of the aforesaid Religions in the due exercise of their respective Rites and Ceremonies nor disturb their Schools or Colleges the which with all freedom and liberty shall be allowed and permitted and defended by the Authority and Power of the Emperor V. That the Transilvanians shall be supported and maintained in their Civil Privileges and Franchises VI. In case any Foreign Power shall invade and attack the Country of Transilvania the Imperialists shall use all their power to drive them thence and defend the Country And the Transilvanians shall to that end enter into a defensive alliance with them the which shall by both Parties be confirmed upon Oath VII The Imperial Troops which have their Winter-Quarters in Cities Towns or Villages shall remain no longer therein than until the Spring when they shall be obliged to draw out of those Quarters into the Field that so they may be no longer a charge unto the several Cities and Countries VIII That in case the Weather and Season should be such or some other cause intervene that the Imperialists cannot conveniently draw out into the Field at the beginning of the Spring there shall be an Article expresly formed for this case that so an amicable understanding may be continued between the Emperor and Prince Apafi IX That a General Act of Amnesty or Oblivion shall pass of all Outrages and Hostilities which have been committed on one side or the other wherein all Strangers and Deserters shall be included X. That the Burghers and Citizens shall be continued in their Privileges of guarding the Gates and the Keys of the City shall be committed to the hands of the Saxon Consuls the which Gates notwithstanding are to be shut and opened at all times when the Imperial Governor shall command These Articles being agreed and concluded between the Duke of Loraine and the Prince and Estates of Transilvania and afterwards ratified by the Emperor the Troops marched into their Winter-Quarters and it was hoped that Moldavia and Walachia being Neighbouring Provinces would follow the Example of the more powerful Principality This Year's Campaigne being thus gloriously ended to the great and lasting Honour of the Emperor and to the Welfare and Safety of the Empire and of all Germany and as we may justly say of all Christendom The Imperial Court goes to Possonium The Emperor the Empress the Arch-Duke and the Arch-Duchess Elizabeth his Sister on the 26th of October left Vienna attended only with their ordinary Guards and Ministers and Officers of their Court and began their Journey towards Possonium at which place against this time circular Letters had been sent to convene a General Diet of the Nobles and States of Hungary This August Family were met on their way near that City by Two thousand of the Hungarian Nobility all well mounted with a splendid Equipage in the Plains of Chitzé not far from Possonium as also by two Imperial Regiments which attended their Majesties to the Gates of the City where the Recorder met them and having Complimented their Majesties with a most florid Oration offered the Keys of the City to the Emperor in the Name of the People who with loud Acclamations and firing all the Cannon on the Walls testified the Joy they conceived for the appearance of the most August and Illustrious Family The day following after the Mass was Celebrated Crown of Hungary setled the Assembly of the States of Hungary were convened where after divers Points were debated all Difficulties were overcome and agreed to the common satisfaction and with the general consent That the Hereditary Succession of that Kingdom should descend to the Eldest Son of his Cesarean Majesty and from him to all those who shall spring or be derived from him and for default of Issue in case that Line should come to fail which God forbid then the Crown should descend unto the Family of the King of Spain The day appointed for the Coronation being come the Emperor and Empress attended with a Noble and an Illustrious Train came to the Temple of St. Martin The Ceremonies of Crowning the King of Hungary where the Ceremony was to be performed and at the Gate thereof were met by the Archbishop of Strigonium Primate of that Kingdom assisted by all the Bishops who were Twelve in Number besides Fourteen Priors and Abbots clothed in their Pontifical and Canonical Habits who with the Sound of all sorts of Musical Instruments conducted their Imperial Majesties habited in their sacred Garments wearing their Crowns attended with a most pompous Train and with all the Signals of Empire unto the Altar and there seated them on their Thrones After which the Bishops and other Prelates returned to receive the new King before whom first marched the Heralds of the Kingdom of Hungary in their Coats After them followed the Guards next went the Lacquies and Pages all clothed in new Liveries these were followed by the Bishops and Chief Officers of that Kingdom with Ten Hungarian Knights each carrying a Standard in his hand representing the Ten Kingdoms anciently appertaining to the vast Dominion of Hungary After all which came the King clothed in the Hungarian Habit accompanied with Prince Esterhasy the Palatine and the Counts Stephen Ciaky Lord Chief Justice Nicholas Erdeody Ban or Prince of the Kingdom of Croatia John Drascoviz Steward of the Royal Houshold and Adam Zrini Marshal of the Kingdom the King himself being between Two Bishops was conducted to the Throne prepared for him not far from the High Altar at which Mass was Celebrated by the Archbishop of Strigonium Lord Primate of Hungary the which being ended all the Nobility did Homage to the King who having made profession of his Faith before the Altar he was Blessed and Consecrated by the Archbishop and Anointed in the Palm of his Right-hand on his Arm and Shoulders and then the Palatine holding up the Crown in his hand asked them with a loud Voice saying Coronabimus Josephum Archiducem Austriae in Regem Hungariae which is Shall we Crown Joseph Arch-Duke of Austria King of the Romans which being done Three times and answer made as often Coronetur or let him be Crowned the Crown was delivered by the Palatine to the Archbishop who set it on his Head and was clothed by him with the Royal Mantle of St. Stephen Then was the Sword delivered to one Hand and the Scepter to the other and thus being adorned with all the Ensigns of Majesty he was Proclaimed King with the sound of Drums Trumpets Acclamations of the People and all sorts of Musick the Cannon being at the same time Fired round the Walls and in the Fortresses Then was the King conducted again to his Throne and Te
Deum sung In the mean time the Mass was continued by the Archbishop who being come to the Gospel the Emperor himself arose and taking the Scepter in his Right Hand and the Globe in his Left he held the same in that manner until the Gospel was ended and then the Young King received the Sacrament All the Ceremonies being ended the King descended from his Throne and walked in Procession habited in his Royal Garments the Bishops and all the Orders of State marching before him to the Church of the Franciscans discalced all the Streets being hung with White and Red and Green Cloth and crouded with an infinite Number of Spectators Being come into the Monastery several Ceremonies were performed and the King having conferred the Honour of Knighthood on divers Gentlemen he was entertained with a Dinner and some Refreshments after the Solemnities of Four hours in the Refectory of the Convent After which the King mounted on Horse-back and being attended with a Noble Cavalcade of most of the Nobility of the Kingdom and always accompanied by the Prince of Salm his Tutor under Title of Lord High Steward of his Houshold he was conducted through the Gate of St. Michael to a Theatre erected against the Monastery called the Brothers of Mercy on which the King ascended and being Seated under a Canopy all the Guns from the Walls of the City and Fortresses were Fired and then the King in the face of all the People took an Oath to conserve all the Privileges of that Kingdom as lately agreed by the Estates in several particulars After which the Palatine turning to the People cried with a loud Voice Vivat Rex Hungariae Then the King descended and went in like manner as before to another Theatre raised on a little Hill near the Fish-gate where unsheathing his Sword he therewith made Four Crosses towards the Four Quarters of the World as a Signal that therewith he would Fight against all the Enemies of that Kingdom and of the most August House of Austria After which the King descended followed by the Lord High Chamberlain of the Mountain Cities and Baron Viechter of the Emperor's Privy-Council who scattered Money amongst the People and being entred within the Castle all the Canon were Fired and the King dismounting from his Horse was attended to the Emperor's Apartments with a splendid Train of the Nobility and Gentry and being thence conducted to the Imperial Hall he was entertained there with incomparable Musick both Vocal and Instrumental and with a Sumptuous and Royal Banquet where also all the Prelates Grandees and Strangers were treated at Eighty several Magnificent Tables After which the Solemnities and Triumphs of the day were ended with great Joy Honour and Satisfaction And now in this place it is worthy our Observation that whilst the Germans were employed in the Exaltation of Joseph the Arch-Duke to the Throne of the Kingdom of Hungary the Turks were on the other side busy in pulling down and deposing Mahomet their Sultan and in his place raising and setting up his Brother Solyman to be their Lord and Emperor Whilst these things were in agitation the Blocade of Agria continued and the place greatly straitned by Marquess Doria And the Duke of Loraine having agreed all things with the Prince and Estates of Transilvania and setled and secured his Army in their Winter-Quarters found a vacancy to absent himself from the Camp and ease his mind after the troubles of a long and hazardous Campaigne Accordingly the Duke in company with the Marquess of Baden Durlach took his Journey towards the Imperial Court and in his way visited Marquess Doria and taking a survey of the Blocade of Agria gave such Orders therein as were most convenient to force a speedy surrender of the place and thence proceeding to Possonium he was there received by his Imperial Majesty with such Honours and gracious Expressions as befitted the Worth and Merit of so brave and fortunate a General And having remained some few days at this place he took his leave of the Emperor and his Journey to Insprug being all the way honoured with the Praises Acclamations and Blessings of the People In the mean time Agria being miserably straitned for want of Victuals many died and others to avoid Famine abandoned the Town and fled privately to other places Those which remained within grew desperate of all relief For Tekely had promised them Succours and in pursuance thereof intended to pass the Tibiscus but meeting there with some Forces under Count Sarau was forced to retire leaving Agria to its own Fate Of which the People having Information they all arose and with one consent laying before the Pasha their miseries in which they must if not prevented in a short time inevitably perish they constrained him to propose a Treaty and send Two Hostages to the Imperial Camp which being accordingly done the Marquess of Doria accepted them and in exchange thereof sent Two others to the City The Articles were easily agreed but not so soon executed for the Pasha out of an unnecessary caution required that the Capitulations should be confirmed by the Hand of the Emperor in compliance with which demand Marquess Doria dispatched Count Anthony of Lamberg a Carinthian Gentleman with an Aga to make tender of the Articles to the Emperor the which having been examined were Approved Confirmed and Signed by his Imperial Majesty The Articles being returned with their Confirmation and the Writings of Treaty exchanged Count Marsigli with a Commissary of the Artillery was sent into the Town that with his usual Zeal and dexterous Management of Affairs which he had evidenced in several occasions in the Emperor's Service he might take notice of the state of the place and the Provisions belonging to it The Count being entred into the Gates was received kindly by the People and with much faithfulness was shewed all the Magazines Stores and Ammunition of the place We must not expect to receive any account of Victuals for those were long since consumed but as to Ammunition there were Twenty thousand Cannon-Bullets remaining of which Four Thousand were for Whole Cannon One Thousand hundred Weight of Powder Twenty thousand Hand-Granadoes besides great quantities of Bombs and Carcasses many thousands of Match One hundred and Ten Pieces of Cannon five Mortar Pieces and nine Mines and Countermines notwithstanding all which Famine being a stronger Enemy within than all the Troops and Forces were without on the 16th of December the City was surrender'd and according to the Capitulations Carts were provided and the Soldiers and Inhabitants with their Women and Children and with their Goods and Baggage were permitted to March out and then Russan the Pasha deliver'd up the Keys of the City Castle and Magazines to the Hand of General Caraffa who at the Head of the Imperial Troops ranged in good order stood ready to receive them General Caraffa treaâ—s the Pasha of Agria Then the General conducted the Pasha to his Tent
the hands of its late barbarous Masters In which Action this Noble person deserves as much Honour as he purchased in the Conquest of it It being no less a Vertue to defend and conserve than to gain or win according to that old saying Non minor est virtus quà m quaerere parta tueri It being a great eye-sore to the Turks to see Singh their own Native Habitation in the hands of the Christians they were moved with indignation and with a passionate desire to recover it again into their own possession In pursuance whereof Atleegick lately made Pasha of Bosna drew out his Army in sight of Singh The Turks endeavour to take Singh and encamped in the Plan of Clivino where he pitched many Tents and his Army being encreased by great Numbers of Albanians and the choicest Soldiery of the Provinces round about and provided with all sorts of Ammunition and Victuals both for Man and Horse and with a considerable Train of Artillery they thought upon their first appearance to affright the Garrison of Singh into a surrender But the place having before been well provided with all things necessary and defended by a valorous Garrison they contemned the Summons of their Enemies resolving to maintain the place to the last extremity Whereupon the Turks having raised their Batteries began to play upon it with their Cannon but without any damage to the Besieged Hereupon the Turks changed their Attack from that to another part where their Horse and Foot were drawn up in Military Order with resolution to Storm the place which they attempted by break of day in the Morning falling on with great fury Singh assaulted by Turks and with their Scemyters in their hands thought immediately by force of Arms to carry the place But the besieged so bravely defended themselves that they gave them such repulse as caused them to sound a Retreat leaving behind them many of their Soldiers dead on the place to the number of about Two hundred of which the greatest part were Albanians In the Town the loss was very inconsiderable They are repulsed there being only the chief Engineer killed and some few persons wounded In the mean time the Proveditor-General Cornaro being informed of these successes resolved to give effectual relief to the Town and accordingly he detached several Parties of Morlachs to infest the Enemy on all sides which they performed so successfully that they returned with the Heads of many Turks with Prisoners in Chains and with a considerable booty and Numbers of Cattle having had the fortune to defeat a Convoy which was sent with Ammunition and Provisions to the Turkish Camp Howsoever the Turks still continuing the Siege which had now lasted Seventeen days to which they had called all the Netferee which are the Trained-Bands of the Country and brought thereunto all the Cannon which remained in the fortified places round about they did not doubt in a short time of the success they desired The Siege raised But all these hopes vanished away so soon as News came to Atleegick that the Venetian Army was on their march to relieve the Town with which they were so alarum'd and affrighted that raising their Camp Tents and Baggage they quitted the Siege and ran away with a shameful and precipitate Cowardice And thus ended the Successes of this Year 1687 to the Glory of God and Confusion to the Enemies of the Christian Faith The Victories and Triumphs in Hungary gained by the Imperial Arms were almost miraculous as is before related the successes in the Morea with the subjection of Patras Athens and other places of Greece were wonderful and the relief given to Singh and taking of Castel Nuovo were all works of the Divine Providence And when we farther consider the Tumults Seditions and Mutinies amongst the Turks themselves to the deposing of their Sultan himself and destruction of their Chief and Principal Officers by the madness and fury of the Soldiers even almost to to the total destruction of their Empire we may believe that the Hand of God was lifted up against this People to bring them to the brink of Ruin and Misery and cause them to cease and be no longer a People Let us therefore proceed to the Ensuing Year and therein relate the sequel of the wonderful works of God in whose hands are the disposal of Empires and Kingdoms ANNO 1688. THE Emperor who had from the time of the Incoronation of the King of Hungary remained at Presburg otherwise called Possonium with all the Imperial Court returned now at the beginning of this year to Vienna and arrived there on the 26th of January The Emperor prepares for the next Campaign The Season was now come for making Preparations for the next Campaign against the Turks and Consultations were held not only to secure the new Conquests but to advance farther and to enlarge the Imperial Dominions at all which his Cesarean Majesty was pleased to assist in Person But in regard the Work was great and the Charges immense to Recruit the old Regiments and raise new to provide Ammunition Provisions and Forage for that vast Army which was designed for Hungary His Imperial Majesty was pleased to convene all the States of Austria and of his Hereditary Dominions who accordingly meeting and forming an August Assembly The States of Austria convened the Chancellor in the name of the Emperor declared unto them in a Florid Oration the neccessity that there was for a large supply of Money whereby to carry on the War against the Turks not only on the defensive part but also to advance forward in that way which God had opened and to enlarge the Dominions and extent of Christendom They promise Money At the Conclusion of the Speech the States of Austria having with most profound Reverence and Respect returned their most humble Thanks to his Imperial Majesty for his gracious Clemency they promised in the most submissive Terms imaginable to answer the just Demands of his Majesty to the utmost of their Power The like was done by the States of Stiria the Governour of which Province called Stubemberg having offer'd to his Majesty the Sum of Three hundred thousand Florins As do also the States of Stiria besides the One hundred and Sixty thousand which those States annually pay for Maintenance of their own Charges both Civil and Military and of the Militia which is quarter'd on the Confines of Sclavonia Moreover Messages were sent to the several Princes of the Empire to send their respective Quotas and Contingents and numbers of Soldiers according to the ancient Constitutions of the Empire And in the mean time the Imperial Chamber took such due means and measures in order to the preparations of all things necessary that Recruits were made the Artillery mounted the Magazines filled with Ammunition and Provisions and all sorts of Carriages Pontons Boats Barges and all other appointments for War were provided in great abundance In the mean