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A51894	The fourth volume of letters writ by a Turkish spy who lived five and forty years undiscover'd at Paris : giving an impartial account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable transactions of Europe, and discovering several intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1642 to the year 1682 / written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, and from thence into English, by the translator of the first volume.	Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693.; Bradshaw, William, fl. 1700.; Midgley, Robert, 1655?-1723.	1692 (1692)	Wing M565CH; ESTC R35021	169,206	386

or at least to render him suspected So that he who wou'd live peaceably here at this Juncture had need to be well skill'd in all the Secrets of Physiognomy and make frequent Use of his Looking-Glass lest any Oblique Cast of his Eye or Satyrical writhing of his Nose shou'd be Interpreted for Symptoms of Hidden Malice For now they 'll spy Treason in every Feature of a Man's Face As for me when I go abroad I conform to all Companies yet alter not my Address I neither play the Ape nor counterfeit a Statue But observing a Medium I pay a Civil Respect to all without being Courtly or Rude For this Carriage best Suits with my Circumstances Hence it is that no Body suspects the plain deform'd blunt Crook-back'd Titus of Moldavia to be what I am really Mahmut the Slave of the Exalted Port. Paris 14th of the 2d Moon of the Year 1652. LETTER III. To the Reis Effendi Principal Secretary of the Ottoman Empire THE Prince of Conde's taking up Arms has more puzzl'd the Counsels of the King of France and more embarass'd his Affairs than any Occurrence that has happen'd since the Death of his Father I have already inform'd the Kaimacham and others of all Passages hitherto relating to these Intestine Broils Since which they seem to be improv'd into a War wherein Foreign Nations take a Part. After the Return of Cardinal Mazarini to this Court the Prince of Conde was driven to great Streights being compell'd by the swift Marches of the King's Army to retire to Bourdeaux Where considering that it would not be so much his Interest to keep this Place as to encrease his Forces he sent Envoys to the King of Spain and Arch-Duke Leopold in Flanders to desire their Assistance The Former immediately dispatched away Orders for a considerable Body of Men to approach the Confides of Gascoigne where the Prince had a great Interest And the Latter lent him Eight Thousand Men to act on the side of Flanders and towards Paris as Occasion offer'd This is the particular Game of the Spaniards to take Advantage of the Civil Wars in this Kingdom that so by assisting the weaker Party they may balance the Contesting Powers of the Nation and keep 'em in a perpetual Quarrel Whilst in the Interim they gain Ground recover the Places which the French took from 'em in Time of Domestick Peace and so pave the Way to New Conquests In the mean Time the Parliament sent Deputies to the King beseeching him to remember his Royal Word by which he had for ever banish'd Cardinal Mazarini and representing to him the Fatal Consequences which were like to proceed from his Return But the King instead of complying with their Requests caus'd an Edict of Council to be Publish'd which justify'd his Conduct in this Matter He also writ a Letter to the Parliament full of Complaints that they had not yet publish'd any Order to hinder the Entrance of a Foreign Army into the Kingdom But all signified Nothing to Men passionately bent to maintain the Prince of Conde's Quarrel against their Sovereign He has but few trusty Men in that Senate and they are over-aw'd by the Rest Besides the Duke of Orleans bears a strange Sway both in the Parliament and Country At the Instigation of the Prince the Citizens of Orleans shut up their Gates when they heard the King was coming that Way in his return to Paris Yet the Country was open for the Prince of Conde a Subject He travell'd up and down the Provinces to make New Interests and confirm the Old leaving the Command of his Army in Gascoigne to his Brother the Prince of Conti. There have been many Skirmishes and Encounters between the King's Forces and those of the Male-contents and one fierce Combat wherein the Prince of Conde defeated the Vanguard of the King's Army as he was marching to this City Whereby getting the Start of his Sovereign he arriv'd here and was receiv'd in the Parliament whilst the Monarch was forc'd to lie encamp'd in the Field The Prince found a different Reception according to the various Humours of People The Greatest Part favour'd him and he receiv'd infinite Caresses from the Citizens of Paris But met with some Opposition from Persons of Higher Rank and more stedfast Loyalty to the Crown The Duke of Orleans is his greatest Friend and one for whom the Parliament have a great Deference Not so much in Contemplation of his Wit and Policy as for the Sake of his near Relation to the Crown he being Vncle to the present King Whereby he has a Right to assume more Authority than others in regulating the Disorders of the Court among which the greatest is esteem'd that of Cardinal Mazarini's Return In a Word both Parties serve themselves of those who have the greatest Interest and are most likely to compose the Quarrel The Exil'd Queen of England and her Son who have taken Sanctuary in this Kingdom from the Persecutions of their Own Subjects make it their Business to mediate between the Court-Party and the Faction of the Princes The Prince of Conde also sent Deputies to the King to represent to him That the only Means to give Quiet to the State was to banish the Cardinal-Minister And as they were delivering their Address Mazarini came in at the Sight of whom they aggravated their Charge and said to his Face That he was the Cause of all the EVILS which the Kingdom suffer'd The Cardinal Interrupting them turn'd to the King and said Sir It will not be Just that so Flourishing a Kingdom and to whose Grandeur I have contributed all that lay in my Power should ruin it self for my Sake Therefore I humbly entreat your Majesty to grant that I may return to my own Country or whithersoever my Fortune shall call me No no reply'd the Queen not without some Passion This cannot be granted The King had never more need of your Counsels than at this Juncture We cannot consent that so Serviceable a Man should be Banish'd only to humour his Enemies Therefore let us hear no more of that The Deputies perceiving nothing of Hopes return'd to Paris Then the Parliament deputed others to go to the King and Remonstrate the Deplorable Crate of the Realm This was done a few Days agoe In the mean Time we have been alarm'd here in this City with daily Insurrections of the Multitude The Occasion was some private Orders which the Duke of Orleans had given to the Provost of the Merchants relating to his Charge and the Welfare of the City This being misunderstood by the People who have not the Sence to distinguish the Good Offices of their Governours from Injuries put 'em all into a Tumult They assaulted the Provost in his Coach as he was passing the Streets And had he not escaped into an Apothecary's Shop they wou'd perhaps in their Fury have torn him in Pieces For so they serv'd his Coach as an after Revenge I am weary of beholding the

and to Nathan Ben Saddi to give them an Account of this Accident This goes along with the same Messenger for I durst not confide in the Posts during the Present Disorders of this Kingdom I receiv'd a Letter from thee wherein thou informest me of an Attempt that has been lately made to rob the Treasury of Venice Which according to thy Description is very Rich and Magnificent not to be match'd in Europe Perhaps if thou hadst seen the Wealth that is preserv'd in the Church of St. Denis a City not far from Paris thou wouldst be of another Mind But neither of us can make proper Comparisons having not seen both Places The French extol the Latter and say it far exceeds that of Venice But they may speak Partially it being the Humour of all People to magnify the Grandeur of their own Nation And the French come not short of the Rest of the World in Vain-Glory However it be it was a vast Attempt and full of Infinite Difficulties and Perils to Rob the Vaults of a Church in the Heart of that Great and Populous City where all the Riches of the Seigniory were Reposited It is an Argument of the Greatness of their Souls who durst undertake so hazardous an Enterprize But this is not the First Time the Venetians have been in Danger to lose that Prodigious Mass of Wealth A Poor Grecian once found a Way through Marble Barricado's under-Ground to enter those Golden Cells from whence he carried away to the Value of Twenty Hundred Thousand Zechins in Jewels But making one of his Countrymen acquainted with it the Villain betray'd him to the Doge who caused him to be Hang'd That Commonwealth has been all along very Happy in Discovery of Plots and other Mischiefs intended against Her I know not whether thou hast heard of the Famous Conspiracy of Tiepoli who not content with the Life and Estate of a Private Gentleman sought to render himself Sovereign of Venice And to this End insinuated into the Affections of many Thousands of the Citizens whom he kept in constant Pension for above Nine Years together under the Notion of assisting him to revenge certain Injuries he had receiv'd from a Roman Gentleman They were all to run with their Arms into the Streets when they should hear the Name Tiepoli utter'd aloud and often repeated But when the Day was come whereon he was to put his Designs in Execution and the Alarm was given in the Streets and Old Woman made such Haste to look out at her Chamber-Window to see what was the Occasion of the Tumult that she threw down an Earthen Vessel which falling directly on the Head of Tiepoli Kill'd him and so put an End to the Rebellion For which happy Accident the Senate setled a Yearly Pension of a Thousand Zechins on the Old Woman during her Life and the same to be paid to her Heirs and Posterity for ever Send me no Dispatches till thou hast receiv'd another Letter from me which will direct thee what to do Paris 27th of the 2d Moon of the Year 1649. LETTER V. To Mahummed Hadgia Dervise Eremit Inhabitant of the Prophetick Cave in Arabia the Happy THE Franks who are more ready to find Faults in others than to amend their own censure the Mussulmans for extending their Charity to Beasts Birds and Fishes They laugh at the Alms we bestow to feed Dogs Cats and other Living Creatures and ridicule the Tenderness of such as go into the Markets and buy the Birds that are there sold on Purpose to restore them to their Native Liberty They say 't is a sufficient Demonstration of Piety to relieve the Necessities of Men and that it is but a Fruitless Hypocrisy to shew Kindness to the Brutes who in their Opinion have neither Souls nor Reason and consequently are Insensible of our Good Offices toward them These are the Charges of Western Raillery the Scoffs of the Obdurate with which they load the Generous Orientals the Hearts transfix'd with Universal Love What would they say if they had heard of thy Heroick Piety who not only affordest Protection and Relief to those Creatures whereof we have no Need but even abstainest from the Flesh of all Animals though the Prophet himself has indulg'd us the Use of some for our Necessary Food and without which many plead that we cannot sustain Life Oh! excellent man born for the Reproof and Light of the Age how is the Soul of our Great Law-giver exhilarated when he beholds thy Innocent and Unblemish'd Life The Treasury of Heaven is enrich'd with thy Good Works the Fertile Harvest of Vertues the First-Fruits of the Purity of thy Nature From thy first Descent into that Holy Cave the Angels who Register the Words of Men Never heard thee utter a Syllable that could be reprehended Thy Thoughts ravish the Heart of God himself with Joy The Vniversal Spirit full of Eyes Watcher of the Vniverse would fall Asleep were it not Rowz'd by the strong Vibrations of thy sublime Soul Thy Contemplations are Themes for the College of Those who were Assistant in Forming of All Things Were it not for such as thee the Angel of the First Motion would cease to Whirl the Globes of Light through the Heavens The Orbs Above would grow Rusty and all the Wheels and Springs of Nature would stand still Oh Elect Idea before whose Purify'd Essence the Sun himself appears full of Blemishes Humane Wit cannot find thy Equal on Earth Thou art the Impress on the SEAL OF THE PROPHETS the Soul of the Soul of Mahomet In thus celebrating thy High Perfections if I have offended thy Modesty thou hast the Goodness to ascribe it to the Excess of my Affection which carries me beyond Human Regards I would fain be an Imitator of thy Incorrupt Life For let the Christians say what they please I will ever esteem Abstinence a Divine Vertue I have consulted the Sages of Old that I might learn what was the Practice of Former Times whilst Human Nature was yet in its Infancy before the Manners of Men were Debauch'd I have perused the Select Writings of the Ancients the Records of Truth and void of Fables And believing that such Memoirs will not be unwelcome to thee I presume to lay them at thy Feet as a Mark of that Profound Veneration I owe to the Tenant of the Darling of God These Historians say That the First Inhabitants of the Earth for above Two Thousand Years liv'd altogether on the Vegetable Products of which they Offer'd the First-Fruits to God It being esteem'd an Inexpiable Wickedness to shed the Blood of any Animal though it were in Sacrifice much more to Eat of their Flesh To this End they relate the First Slaughter of a Bull to have been made at Athens on this Occasion The Priest of the Town whose Name was Diomus as he was making the Accustomed Oblation of Fruits on an Altar in the Open Field for as yet they had no Temples a Bull came running

fighting under the Commission with the Seal I have sent a Letter to the Bassa of the Sea acquainting him with the News of this Expedition of the Cossacks Since which I am informed that these People are Headed by a famous Pirate in those Parts a Man of a daring Spirit and capable of the boldest Undertakings The French Merchants who have traded in the Black Sea give him a High Character and portend great Injuries to the Ottoman Empire from the Success of his Arms For they say he is a Good Captain both by Sea and Land I have heard several different Stories of his Birth and Education But this I am going to relate comes from the best Hands and seems most probable His Name is Pachicour a Circassian by Birth but bred up in a Sea-Town of the Vkrain near the Mouth of the Niester He left his Native Country at the Age of Twelve Years out of a Desire to see Foreign Parts Embarking himself unknown to his Parents in a Vessel of Podolia which then was ready to set sail from Bala-Clag He carry'd with him a small Sum of Money which he had purloyn'd from his Father and serv'd as a Fund of his future Fortune For arriving at a certain Town in Podolia he frequented the Keys and offer'd his Service to several Merchants one of which observing in his Face the Marks of a Promising Genius entertain'd him in his House He liv'd with him Seven Years and perform'd his Office so well that he made him his Factor to Constantinople Pachicour discharg'd his Trust there with much Profit to his Master and Honour to himself So that at his Return several Merchants entrusted him with their Goods and sent him to trade at Caffa and other Towns on the Black Sea His Judgment and Reputation encreasing with his Years he became in Time famous in all the Trading Towns And such was his Credit in the Vkrain that all the Merchants put their Vessels and Goods into his Hands So that he sail'd many Times with a Fleet of Twenty Ships having the Disposal of all the Goods committed to his Management He grew so Rich in Time by his Dealings that he was able to drive a Considerable Trade for himself And then it was he began to lay the Foundation of a Design which he has since executed His Genius was too Active always to be confin'd to this slow Way of growing Great Therefore he was resolv'd at one Blow to raise his Fortune to the Pitch he aim'd at He was the only Broker Banquier and Merchant where-ever he came It was no difficult Thing for a Man of so vast a Credit to raise an extraordinary Stock and Pachicour could easily silence the Alarms of Conscience There happen'd also a Juncture very proper for his Design For while he was at Isgaou a Port of Circassia Day and Night projecting how to exalt himself a War broke out between his Countrymen and the Mingrelians The Latter appear'd with a Navy at Sea which alarm'd all the Maritime time Parts of Circassia Pachicour whose Invention was always busy took a Hint from this to accomplish his Plot. Expedition was his chiefest Game Therefore he speedily made the utmost Use of his Credit among the Podolian Merchants and other Foreigners residing at Isgaou And when he had amass'd together prodigious Sums of Gold for which he only gave them Bills of Exchange he privately sends away this huge Treasure with all his Jewels Tissues and other Rich Merchandise to his Fathers House who liv'd not many Leagues from this Town Within Two Days after this the Mingrelian Fleet made a Descent at Isgaou sack'd it carry'd away Two Thousand Captives and went to their Vessels again Pachicour who knew how to make an Advantage of this Opportunity privately fled after his Wealth as soon as the Mingrelian Fleet appear'd before the Place And it happ'ned that most of his Creditors were made Slaves and transported to Mingrelia He had no Need to take any farther Care but how to secure his Riches from his Pilfering Neighbours For the Circassians are all Profess'd Thieves He therefore makes haste to his Father and having gratified him for his Trouble he in a short Time purchas'd Four Men of War with which he sets up for a Pirate infesting those Seas and Robbing all the Merchants except those who had formerly entrusted him His Bounty and Valour charm'd all that serv'd him And his Fame spreading with his wonderful Success many Circassians put out to Sea and join'd with him So that in a little Time he made no small Figure in the Kingdom of Neptune Seeing himself Commander of a Powerful Navy he found out quickly the Mingrelian Fleet and engaging with them got a Glorious Victory Soon after a Peace was concluded and Pachicour was declar'd Admiral of all the Circassian Sea-Forces To whom the Mingrelians were oblig'd by Treaty to join theirs and to obey Pachicour's Orders In a little Time this fortunate General became so famous that the Cossacks sent to him an Agent and enter'd into a League furnish'd out Three Hundred Vessels and join'd the Circassian and Mingrelian Fleets This is the Bottom of the New Expedition which makes so loud a Noise in these Parts Thou who art Master of the Arsenal wilt know what Measures are fittest to be taken against this bold Infidel if he persists to break the Peace of the most Serene Empire Yet though he is an Enemy let us not envy him the Praises that are due to his Wit and Courage He seems to surpass the Sneaking Thieves of his own Nation and undertakes Nothing but Sovereign Cheats and Noble Thefts such as would pass for Vertuous Actions in a Man of a Higher Birth I do not plead for Robbery nor take the Part of an Infidel but if I had Time to tell thee some Heroick Passages of this Pirate thou wouldst say he is worthy of a Generous and Favourable Usage should he become a Captive In another Letter I will oblige thee with a Relation which will not be unwelcome to a Man who gives not Sentence with the Vulgar I had more to say on another Subject but I am interrupted Pardon the Effect of my Duty to the Grand Signior Paris 19th of the 8th Moon of the Year 1649. LETTER XV. To Melec Amet Bassa THere is News arrived here lately of the Murder of the English Embassador at the Hague His Name was Dorislaus He was sent by the New Governors in England to make an Alliance with the States of Holland and to satisfie them in Reference to their late Proceedings against their Sovereign 'T is said his Negotiation would have had but little Success in Regard the Prince of Orange who is President or Chief over the States and who married the Daughter of the English King takes to Heart the untimely Death of his Father-in-Law and cannot be reconciled to his Murderers Yet 't is to be thought that Princes are no farther touch'd with one anothers Misfortunes than concerns their

Surplusage of Happiness Which thou wilt not fail to possess if thou inheritest the Vertues of that Bassa as well as his Office May his Soul now taste the Reward of his Just Life And I doubt not but he has made an happy Experience of my Wishes He sits down in Quiet under the Trees of Eden His Head encompass'd with a Garland of Flowers which never fade Vested with the Immarcescible Crimson and Purple of Paradise He reposes on his Bed of Delights whilst Beautiful Pages serve him in Vessels of Gold set round with Sapphires and Emeralds He drinks the delectable Wine which never Inebriates and eats of the Fruits every Morsel of which prolongs his Life for a Thousand Ages He hears Nothing but the Voices of such as are full of Benediction and Joy The Virgins of Paradise salute him with a Grace which cannot be express'd They chaunt to the New-come Guest Songs of Immortal Love To the Stranger from Earth they tell their Passion in Strains which ravish his Heart He is dissolv'd in a Thousand Ecstasies This is the Reward of a Pious Mussulman a Wise Minister a Just Judge of the Faithful Follow his Example and thou shalt be translated into his Company For he is in a Goodly Place near the Spring-Head of Perfect Bliss Thou wilt expect some News from me as a Testimony of my Respect And I cannot pretend there is none stirring at a Juncture when all this Part of the World is so full of Action or at least of Counsels Here has been great Rejoicings lately for the taking of St. Menehoud a Strong Town in the Hands of the Prince of Conde All the Officers of the French King's Army endeavour'd to dissuade him from the Siege of this Place but Cardinal Mazarini over-rul'd their Arguments and having reprov'd their groundless Fears caus'd it to be invested and attacqu'd the 22d of the 10th Moon Some say he had a Party there Yet it held out till the 27th of the last Moon at which Time it was surrender'd upon Articles to the King who was there in Person with his Brother the young Duke of Anjou the Queen the Cardinal and the whole Court They return'd to this City the Ninth of this present Moon They were receiv'd with great Acclamations and seeming Joy by those who wou'd have triumph'd more heartily had they been defeated or forc'd to raise the Siege For the Citizens of Paris wish well to the Prince of Conde's Arms Not so much out of Love to him as in Hatred of his Enemy the Cardinal-Minister And they are sensible that this Successful Siege will redound wholly to the Cardinal's Honour by whose sole Orders the Place was invested It is discours'd as if this Minister has some new Design on Foot to conquer the Kingdom of Naples This is certain a Mighty Fleet is fitting out to Sea Whither bound no Man knows but those of the Cabinet among whom the Cardinal is Chief In the mean while the Common People listen after certain Prodigies that have been seen in the Air. They say a Flaming Sword appear'd lately to rise in the North and take its Course South-Eastward From whence People make various Prognosticks as their Passions or Interests inspire ' em Some are of Opinion it presages the Conquest of Naples by this King 's Arms. Others apply it to the New Common-Wealth of England and to the Victorious Sword of Oliver who from General of the English Army is now in this very Moon exalted to the Height of Sovereign Power Governing the Nations of England Scotland and Ireland under the Title of their Protector Here are divers of his Subjects in this City and other English Scots and Irish who embrace the Interest of Charles the Son of their late Murder'd King who has been since Crown'd King of the Scots They give a different Character of Oliver yet all agree that he is a Wise Statesman and a Great General The Scotch King's Party speak contemptibly of Oliver's Birth and Education Yet thou know'st this hinders not but he may be a Man of Courage and Vertue They relate many odd Passages of his Youth which seem to me so many Evidences of an extraordinary Genius and that he is a Person of a deep Reach He tamper'd with several Religious Factions in England counterfeiting an Exquisite Piety whereby he first rais'd himself a Name among the Zealots of that Nation who look'd upon him there as a very Holy Person and one mark'd out by Destiny for Great Undertakings He soon got a Considerable Command in the Army of the Revolters Where he signaliz'd himself by many brave Actions which spoke him a Man of an Invincible Courage and Admirable Conduct So that at Length none was thought more fit than he to be General In fine he acquitted himself so gallantly in that High Office and has so wrought himself into the Affections of the People that they now look upon him as a Prophet or Saviour and the Divan or Parliament of that Nation have conferr'd on him the Sovereign Authority Those of the English which are Affected to his Interest speak Great Things in his Praise They call him another Moses or Joshua They prefer him to Hannibal Scipio and even to the Great Alexander It is difficult for them to speak of him without Hyperbole's 'T is said the King of France will court his Friendship Indeed all the Neighbouring Countries stand in Awe of this successful Hero And the Hollanders who are the only People that durst engage in a War with the English Common-Wealth now seek for Peace since he is invested with the Supreme Authority In the mean Time the Poor Exil'd King of the Scots takes Sanctuary in this Court with his Mother the Late Queen of England and his Brother whom they call the Duke of York The French King allows them all very Considerable Pensions And the Latter has some Command in the Army in Flanders There is another Brother also but little talk'd of as yet being the Youngest of the Three They are Generously entertain'd here it being the peculiar Honour of this Court to be a Hospitable Refuge to Princes in Distress Yet Observing Men say The King will in Time grow Weary of his Royal Guests It being very Chargeable to maintain them and their Burdensome Retinue Besides he will have some Reason of State to discard them if he enters into a League with Oliver the New English Sovereign who is courted on all Hands Eliachim the Jew of whom thou wilt hear in the Divan is just come into my Chamber and brings me Word that there is an Express newly arriv'd who informs the Queen of a Defeat given to the Spaniards near a City call'd Rozes which they had besieg'd in Catalonia The French were going to the Relief of this Place and the Spaniards set upon them in their March but were beaten into their Trenches from whence they fled by Night leaving Three Hundred Spaniards on the Spot almost Two Thousand Prisoners and all their