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A20888	The historie of the great emperour Tamerlan VVherein are expressed, encounters, skirmishes, battels, sieges, assaults, skalings, taking of cities and strong places, defended, and assaulted, with diuerse stratagems of warre, the which this great and renowned warriour hath conducted and accomplished, during his raigne of fortie or fiftie yeares: with other instructions for the warre, which should not be vnknowen of them that would attaine vnto the knowledge of armes. Drawen from the auncient monuments of the Arabians, by Messire Iean du Bec, Abbot of Mortimer. Newly translated out of French into English, for their benefite which are ignorant in that language. by H.M.; Histoire du grand Tamerlan. English	Du Bec, Jean, 1540-1610.; Mildmay, Humphrey, attributed name.	1597 (1597)	STC 7263; ESTC S109956	178,782	270

themselues would make triall thereof rather then to accuse the Gods of their ingratitude towards the Chinois repenting themselues that they did not satisfie our iust demands at the first comming of our army that they wold pay for it the which was reasonable and therfore they came to receiue the law of him seeing he was the conquerour and that nothing they should opposse against him could cut off his good happe they must needs be one of his limits vnto posterity The Prince hauing heard them the same being declared vnto him by Interpreters hee answered them that they had reason to trust vnto his mildnesse because that was alwaies more for the benefit of them that would trie it then were his armes and that the same was before any force offered vnto them the vse of the one being more agreeable vnto him then the other but the endes of the warres were for the most part enterprises for to come vnto peace and to make those vnderstand reason that refused the same but seeing at this present they desired it he would yeeld thereunto And this was the first word of curtesie he wold pronounce at their first comming it belonged now vnto them to offer the conditiōs wherewith he would acquaint his counsell Thereupon the Prince rose vp caused to be sayd vnto them that they shold deliuer their offers in writing that present answer should be made thereunto Thus went they out of the Princes presence with great ioy and as it were assured of peace and to recouer their former prosperities The cōditions which they offered were to leaue Paguinfou all the country beyond it with all the fortresses of the moūtains that they wold pay al the charges of his army since the day of answer made vnto his Embassadors that they wold giue two millions of gold for their king This being presēted vnto the Lord he made answer therunto which was that he wold keep that which he had cōquered within the coūtry the which was his owne iustly seeing his arms had giuē it vnto him that he wold haue the riuer where he was now encamped to be his frontier stretched vnto Hochioy Tahaucezug Cauchio Lulun euen vnto Poschio bordering vpon the sea that the king of China should pay vnto him yearly three hundred thousand crowns the which shold be deliuered at Paguinfou for acknowledgment of submission vnto the Empire as well for his successors as himselfe that they should pay fiue hundred thousand crownes in ready mony for the charge of the army that the king of China should be deliuered and all the Chinois prisoners shold pay ransome vnto particular men that took them except those which caried the name of kings who should pay one hundred thousand crowns for peace with his armes that no Chinois should be kept as slaue nor sold for such hereafter being vnder the Princes obedience that trafique and entercourse of Marchantes should be free betweene both the nations that the king of China should deliuer his brother as prisoner and two kings named with twelue principall men of the countrie for assurance who should come yearely with money for assurance of the peace Behold the Emperors answer his resolutiō but alas the armes of the Chinois and their forces were so weakened that they were yet glad to heare that they should be suffered to inioy that which yet remained they accounted al things so certaine by lost considering the ill haps which on euery side did ouerwhelme them their best men were dead and they which remained astonished The flower of their best mē of war with their king taken two battels lost and the two principall Citis of the kingdome taken and the hardest passages wonne so as they did see nothing but a certaine destruction of the conntry if they came againe vnto the triall of armes The king whose captiuity did greatly concerne them could not be recouered but by peace they were also aduertised that great store of new forces marched forward to refresh our army so as they did exspect nothing but their certaine destruction Therefore they accepted of such conditiōs of peace as pleased the conqueror hoping that time would bring againe vnto them their auncient liberty and that for a time it behoued them to beare with patience the yoke of their bondage Now the Prince had sent two thousand horse to fetch the king of China to the end that being at liberty he might sweare to the peace solemnly the which hee hauing performed at Quantoufou whither the Prince caused him for to come he brought with him vnto Paguin all the pledges and amongst the rest the kings eldest sonne and his brother The king being departed for to performe his promise according to the treatie by him confirmed hee was receiued and as it were worshipped within his countrie with all the ioy that might bee In the meane time the Emperour after he had prouided for the assurance of his newe conquest hee left Odmar there to gouerne them and gaue vnto him an estate of thirtie thousand horse and fifty thousand footemen to furnish all the fortresses and strong places the Prince hauing led with him many of the new conquered people desiring to haue them for to dwell within his country and to send other Colonies in their places to assure himselfe the better of the lightnesse of this people hauing noted them to be inclined vnto nouelties He gaue in charge vnto Odmar to make his principall abode at Quantoufou and to fortifie well the passage and also commanded a fortresse to be made at Dermio the better to strengthen his borders and after he had left him all thinges necessary he recommended vnto him the seruices of that Lord who had manifested vnto him his great affection The Emperour hauing well tried his faithfulnesse in his affaires as they fell out he caried with him a brother of his vnto whom he gaue great gifts within Sachetay Then we turned our faces straight vnto Cambalu hauing aduertized the great Cham of the happie successe of our affaires wherof many sayd he had lost the oportunity of vtterly rooting out the Chinois but they do nothing consider the difficulties therein as yet remaining and that we must sometimes content our selues with the meane and know how to preserue them without desiring at some time extreames whereby doth often happen such accidents as bringeth the losse of all and maketh that we retaine nothing of that which we accounted most assured for that we sought more then we should haue desired The Prince remained in deed king of China holding in his possession two of the fairest and greatest Cities of all the whole Countrie hauing an hundred good leagues thereof vnto himselfe and many lesser Cities hauing extended his borders vnto a riuer by which he might go vnto the enemy but they could not come vnto him without passing ouer the same hauing good meanes to keep it and with aduantage The king of China moreouer was

it was to vndertake this war for the better assuring of his estate seeing the king of China had much gone beyōd his ancient bounds So as our Prince had this iourney in his mind and prepared himselfe therunto he had not otherwise refused their counsell and the wise opinions they propounded vnto him being alwayes obedient vnto reason and not to any other passion and then especially when the question was of warre for the good of his affaires a thing for which he was as much to be cōmēded as for any other vertue whatsoeuer for by others he was esteemed strōg couragious stout but by this here mētioned he was accoūted wise vertuous which maketh kings to be honored admired wherof he that is the owner is Lord of one of the greatest Empires that men can obtaine for the wise man onely hath the dominion thereof And what auaileth it I pray you to conquer abroad when as home-matters are miserablie subiected vnder the f●ry of our foolish passions is it not very hard to cōmand another when thou commandest not thy selfe thou being the slaue of thy follies which do break thee with all their force against the moderate rock of wisdom which houereth about thee mocking at all that thou doest without her Salomon also the king of Israel praied for it so did our Prince often this was the praier he most commonly made vnto God and for this reason he honored greatly the counsel of the wise and respected not their pouerty some wondered that he hauing knowledge of a wise man would send for him vnto his Court and conferring familiarly with him would say vnto him My friend I pray thee let me bestow part of my goods vpon thee and doe thou impart some of thy wisedome with mee Hee was wont to say they presented him with golde and siluer with precious stones with faire and rich moueables where he abounded but that he found fewe which did beautifie his mind with good precepts instructions wherwith to gouerne so manie sundry people whome God had subiected vnder the obedience of his scepter He had in his Court a Christian whom he loued much and euerie one greatlie respected named Axalla a Geneuois by birth brought vp from his youth about his person This man principally did stir him vp vnto great enterprises and notwithstanding his religion hee trusted him Now he had all religion in reuerence so as it did worship one onelie God creator of all things He often said that the greatnes of Diuinitie cōsisted in the sundry kindes of people which are vnder the coape of heauē who serued the same diuerslie nourishing it self with diuersitie as the nature was diuers where it had printed his image God remaining notwithstanding one in his essence not receiuing therin any diuersitie This was the reason that mooued him to permit and graunt the vse of all religions within the Countries of his obedience alwayes prouided as I said before that they worshipped one onely God detesting the idolatrous and strange goddes in so much as he regarded not the diuersitie in religion if they were able to serue him so as this Christian attained vnto great honors and dignities neere vnto him as hereafter you shall heare Now to returne from my digression Our Prince was desirous of warres knowing that he could verie hardly maintaine his owne estate and so manie seruantes whose fingers would tickle if they were not employed in making of warres So he determined to make warre with the king of China who is called the Lord of the world child of the sun which was no smal enterprise But before he would begin the same he sent vnto the said king of China for to demand right for some countries which they cal Hordas abiding places townes or rather countries fit for the feeding of cattell the which this Prince of China had vsurped long before and euen the passages of a riuer called Tachij which is beyond his limits which are walles the which are between the kingdomes of the great Cham and of our Tamerlan builded of purpose by this king of China to defend him from the roades of the Tartarians and forces of our Prince so as this was begunne with the aduise of the great Cham and for his benefite as well as for the Princes Therefore to accomplish his enterprise in the meane time that he attended for the returne of his Embassadors he caused his forces to come forwards from all parts appointing vnto them for the place of meeting his owne at the Horda of Baschir where all his armie assembled and other ayding troopes of the great Cham in the deserts of Ergimul at a certaine day in which place he should ioyne with all his armie The armie of the great Cham consisted of two hundred thousand fighting men wherein were all the braue men of his Court who were accustomed vnto the warres the Emperor which then raigned was old hauing greatly increased his limits and conquered a great countrey so as these men were well trained vp in the warres and accustomed vnto trauaile and paines Now then the Embassadors which were sent returne and informe the Prince of the will of this proud king of the world this king of China who was named so who puffed vp with vaine glorie was astonished how any durst denounce warre against him making this proud answer that Tamerlan should content himselfe that he had left him that which he might haue taken from him and that his armes and forces were of another sort then those of whom he published the victory to bring thereby terror vpon his neighbours This answere being heard our Prince marched directly vnto the armie and gaue order for the conueyance of victuals from all partes sent to hasten forwarde his consederates emparted the answere vnto the Emperour by Embassadours dispatched from him caused the boldnesse of the king of China to be published to make manifest vnto all the world the iustnesse of his cause Before his departure he went to take leaue of his father who endued with a singular fatherly affection said he should neuer see him again and that he hastened vnto his last rest and hauing made solemne praiers ouer the Prince his sonne for his prosperitie kissing him a thousand times drew off his Imperiall ring and gaue it vnto him not asking whither his iourney tended and calling Odmar he bad him farewell recōmēding his faithfulnes vnto his son This was done with a grauity wherof the grace was more diuine then humaine then he departed and drew towards Samarcand where the Empresse his wife remained whom he carried with him as is the custome of that Nation after he had being religious visited the Tombe of his seruant H●lly he caused his soule three dayes to be praied for according to the rites of his law whereupon he presently departed hauing taken order for the well gouerning of his kingdome in his

haue said contained fortie leagues a matter which gaue cause of good aduisement vnto the Prince for Calibes who was an old Captaine found it a matter of great difficultie to go through this passage by force according to the view he had taken thereof and had caused the same to be reuiewed by others For it was carefully kept by the kings forces who was not wearie to be mounted on horsebacke assuring himselfe that fiftie thousand men the which he had placed for the guarde of the wall were sufficient to stoppe all that would enterprise to force the same So this Lord much made of and gayned thorough the good countenance of the Prince was a great furtherance vnto the good successe of this enterprise Then the Prince after he had heaped vpon him gifts of faire horses rich furres and other rare things he willed him to vtter that which he had to say vnto him This Lord spake then in this manner Know my Lord that it is but losse of time to thinke that with your armes you shold be able to force the wall which the Chinois haue built against the incursions of your subiects the defendants haue too much aduantage therein I doubt not of your souldiers stoutnesse of their courage I know you haue cōquered many Nations with them and that whatsoeuer you commaund thē they will die or do the same I know you haue great and wise Captaines with you that your person is only of all the world worthie to commaund them but all this will be but in vaine against the wall of the Chinois where I assure you there are fifty thousand men to keep it and you cannot stay there so short a time but there will come thither fiftie thousand more led by the Xianxi who hath such a commaundement The king of China will himselfe march forward also who will giue you battell with two hundred thousand horse and as many footemen After you haue fought I beleeue that the fortune and valour of your men may obtaine the victorie the which will cost you deare but for to shew vnto you how much the reputation and mildnesse of your men hath bound me vnto them I will shew you a meanes by the which you may cause fiftie thousand men to enter into the kingdome of China whom I my selfe will conduct and they shall be on them which keepe the wall in a manner as soone as they shall perceiue it In the meane time you shall cause your men to go vnto a place that I will tell you which will be very discommodious vnto the Chinois by reason of a mountaine ouer against them which you must cause them to win for I assure my selfe that when they shall perceiue your souldiers to be passed they will loose their courage and you may easily win the passage for to fauour those men of yours which shall be passed ouer with me And for to shew vnto you the affection fidelitie of that I speake I will deliuer into your hands an only sonne I haue and two little daughters with my wife I haue also one brother who I am assured will follow me to do you seruice The Prince hauing heard this Lord speake receiued great ioy thereof hoping that his affaires should happily succeede and this he kept very secret for euen the Prince of Thanais knew not the meanes that this Lord had seeing there was onely present the Prince an interpreter and the Prince after he had thus spoken vnto him gratifying him with all hee could possibly this Lord retyred himselfe accompanied with the Prince of Thanais who conducted him backe againe with all the honour that might be So the Emperour returned from thence into his quarter and the next day after he had imparted the whole vnto Odmar and heard Calibes concerning that which he had learned of the departing of the king of China and of his preparation which was great This enterprise seeming hard vnto him after due reuerence yeelded vnto the Prince he spake vnto him in this manner Know my Lord that I am your slaue for to obey you but seeing you require me to giue you an accoūt of all that I know of the estate of the kingdome of China for that I haue remained these sixe moneths vpon the borders by your cōmandement to hinder them from passing the same wherby they might hurt your enterprises I can affirme vnto you that the king of China who raigneth at this present is of great reputation and hath increased the limits of his kingdome more then any of his predecessors he is proud and bold he causeth himselfe to be named of his people Lord of the world All his strength consisteth in this wall opposed against vs the which he hath caused to bee made by reason of the ordinarie roades of our Nation I am of opinion that there be between fiftie and threescore thousand men at the guard of that wall men for the most part trained vp in the garrisons of the king of China and his best souldiers I know no good means to force this wall without great hazard and much losse of your men I haue vnderstood that towards the lake Hogeen you may find more easie entrance into the kingdome but this will be 7. or eight daies iourney for your army and there are many straite places where your army which is great will be long time a passing on the other side this will be a space of time wherein the king of China may giue order for his affaires who supposeth that hee hath not to deale but with me whom you haue left with cōmandement only of defence Yet I thinke this to be most for your aduantage for that victuals will be more easily conducted vnto your armie you know that this is the principall sinew to bring forth a strong and furious combat Therfore vnder correction of your graue and more wise aduise this is as much as I know hereof leauing vnto your selfe for to discourse of the inner parts of the countrey whē we shall haue set foot thereinto we will talke with you of the same The Prince hard him very attentiuely but he knew not at all that which the Prince had further learned insomuch as the Prince who would that his reputation and glorie should be attributed vnto his valour and vnto those of his army what practise soeuer he had in hand and after euerie one had declared his opinion he saied that he hoped the great God the vnitie of whom he would maintaine against such idolaters and his iust right should answere the reasons which do cōtradict his purpose and the valiant arme of his souldiers shall quite ouerthrow whatsoeuer opposeth it self against the same Behold how Princes make themselues wondered at for their forces whereas oftentimes they vse more the Foxes craft then the Lions strength Our Prince would wisely attribute vnto himselfe the reputation of ouercomming by open warre and concealed from his souldiers that which he held

all our munitions be there wee must in that place my souldiers and friendly followers passe ouer the rest of winter our cōpanions look for vs. The enemie is secure and looketh not for vs at this season of the yeare for he perceiueth that our Armie which is there is not sufficient for offence but only for defence You shall receiue double pay the better to furnish you against the iniurie of cold and as we shall be cloathed with double garmēts I hope we shal be also apparelled with double glorie Let vs march on merrily I my self will go with you and be companion of your glorie After he had thus spoken vnto his souldiers they all cried One God in heauen and one Emperour on the earth and bowing downe al their heads in token of humilitie they shewed how agreeable they were to obey that which he commanded Thus euerie one returned into his tent where they abode yet eight dayes more The Prince sent back again Zamai vnto Sachetay with some fiue and twenty thousand horse and fiftie thousand footmen for the saftie of his estate in those parts Thus after prayers were sayd all the Armie being assembled together in the presence of the Prince according to the custome of our Emperours our Armie began to march forward He forgat not likewise to dispatch one vnto the Emperour his vnkle to giue him vnderstanding of all this resolution the which he verie well liked of The Prince by the same messenger did beseech him to send vnto him in the spring of the yeare some fiftie thousand men to repaire his Armie and certaine money also for the payment of his men of warre which he graunted him Moreouer the conducting of good store of warlike munition plentie of victuals for to renew ours for this war was principally enterprised for the profit and greatnesse of the Tartarians for the importance which the losse of the Lordships of Paguin Quifu was vnto them wherby the king of China had greatly strēgthened and assured his estate in so much as he might at his pleasure enter vpon the Tartarians and the Tartarians could not enterprise against him without great forces for that hee had caused a wall to be made between the spaces of the mountains which was fortie leagues long so as they were defended hereby frō the ordinary incursions the which continually did greatly enrich thē because they brought much cattel through the same wherin the cūtry of China doth greatly abound by reason it is situated in a temperate aire being neither too hot nor cold This was the cause that made the Emperour his vnkle to desire this warre whom our Prince according to his duty would to the vttermost of his power gratifie as also his new subiects So we began to march and in eight thirty dayes we arriued at Cipribit the Army hauing found great discōmodities there had we newes of Clibes who was very glad to vnderstand how the affayrs had passed he came to visite the Prince who shewed vnto him a very good countenance and gaue him particular vnderstanding of his determination and vnderstood at large of Calibes al that had passed within the kingdom of China The next day the Prince mounted on horsebacke and came vnto Pazanfou where the forces commaunded by Calibes were at that present the which had often fought with and tried the forces of the Chinois but found thē much inferiour vnto their owne The Emperour caused a generall reuiewe to bee made of all the forces which were vnder Calibes and after hee beheld the countenances of these soldiers throughout all their ranks he caused thē to muster to receiue money euery one crying God saue the victorious inuincible Emperour according to their custome I had forgotten to declare vnto you how the Prince of Thanais who was left to command ouer the Parthian nation by the Prince at such time as Calibes went to meet him was left in the army to commād it where being desirous to shew his courage had made warre and meeting with foure thousand horse of China led by the king of China his brother he so allured thē to him that hauing entrapped thē he fought with and ouerthew them bringing a great number of horse and spoiles away and there remained dead vpon the ground fiue or sixe hundred the enemies being retired in disorder if the night had not bene hee had obtained a most notable victorie He had for this good fortune much honour at the arriuall of his Prince and he had also daylie greatlie wearied the Chinois with ordinarie incursions hee was sonne vnto one of the Princes sisters they greatlie honored him as wel for his vertues as the place frō whēce he was descēded He was as yet but young his father being dead old who had worthily serued the Prince as you haue heard against the Moscouites commaunding ouer the arereward who was notwithstanding a most sufficient politick Captaine Now he was desirous of glorie during the abode which he had made being the formost on the enemies fide and with great diligence had marked the wall and the places by the which he might enter by force and sent many spies into the countrey of China by certain litle wayes that were within the mountains who aduertised him of all He had also gained through his courtesie a Lord of the same mountaines called the Lord of Vauchefu who ruled a great Countrey with whom he had so well profited that he made him desirous of a new master and to submit himselfe vnto the Emperour receiuing daily great discommodity by the warres which the Tartarians and Chinois made so as he comming to visite the Prince of Thanais he assured him of his desire to doe the Prince seruice and to helpe him in the warre against the Chinois the which the Prince of Thanais had wisely cōcealed frō Calibes But as soone as the Prince was arriued hee imparted the same vnto him the which made Tamerlan desirous to haue some speech with him so that as soone as the Prince had receiued commandement from the Emperour hee sent vnto Vauchefu to aduertise him of the Princes arriuall and of the commaundement which he had receiued whereof the other was very glad and hauing appointed a day the Prince tooke his iourney without stirring of the army into the campe of the Prince of Thanais which was neere vnto the riuer of Languenne whither he had caused this foresaid Lord to come who met him there The Prince hauing spoken with him by his interpreters hee assured him of much friendship and the said Lord him of great fidelitie and seruice and after many promises made by the Prince vnto him for his greatnesse and quiet he discouered vnto him a passage by the which hee assured him of entrance into the kingdom of China with facility to set vpō the forces of the king of China which were appointed for safegard of the wall the which as I

for the meanest amongst them had much gold about him vpon the trappings of their horse The Lords had such store of precious stones as of nothing more They did bring all the prisoners before the Prince and when the two Allies of the king of China did come the king rose vp and did them great reuerence Then the Prince demanded of him by an interpreter who they were He answered him that they were his Allies and that he lamented more their fortune thē his owne and that he would die with them Now this barbarous king thought the matter should be handled after their maner when as they put to death their prisoners and feed of meat made of them as some of those countries are accustomed to doe Nowe the Prince hauing receiued them curteouslie did assure them of good entertaiment for the which the king of China did shewe himselfe greatly contented The one of them was the king of Chiampa the other of ●anchuichina vndervassals and tributories to the king of China Nowe he was of the age of thirtie yeares hee had a long visage his eyes blacke and great his beard long the which he stroaked often his nose was of a reasonable bignesse hauing a graue behauiour and well beseeming a great king These prisoner-kings did as it were worship in saluting of him and hee keeping his grauitie only commāded them to rise frō the ground He is surely a great Prince and which hath had two hundred famous Cities within his kingdome There be manie mynes of gold and siluer much muske and also of an hearbe which the Christians call Rubarbe There bee in like maner within the kingdome of China fifteene verie large Prouinces the which haue Gouerners It is reported that he hath threesore and ten kings wearing crownes tributaries vnto him We call this region China the which they in their language name Tamé and the people Tangis the which we call Chinois This kingdome doth abound in fish and in great numbers of wilde-foule by reason of the great aboundance of running waters which doe ouerflowe the countrie the which is reasonable temperate they abound greatly in silkes and the meanest are apparelled therewith hauing small quantitie of woll and not vsing the same they haue much cotten and linnen in steed thereof The men do weare their haire long the women combe them they haue as many wiues as they are able to maintaine Next vnto the king there is a Gouernor generall whom they call Tutan the which was the brother vnto the imprisoned king This is the cause wherefore he must not forsake the countrie but he requested his brother to accompanie him vnto this Battaile where they thought assuredlie to ouercome and was so wilfull that he did appoint a Lord in his place vpon whom the king of China did not relie so much as vpon his brother in so much as this made him sad considering the follie which he had committed in suffering him to come with him and to be both of them at one battaile Now for to returne vnto the king of China the Prince hauing assembled his counsell to the end he might be aduised how he should vse his prisoners and the rest of the victorie hee receiued newes by Odmar how that the kings brother was arriued at Quantou the which hee had fortified and that great store of forces did ioyne themselues vnto him This was the cause that the Prince hauing somewhat rested his forces commaunded two thousand Parthian horse to conuey the prisoners vnto Paguinfou and from thence after they had made abode there to passe ouer the mountaines and to remaine at ●urda a Citie of olde time faithfull vnto the Emperors of Scithia and there to keepe them faithfully This charge was giuen vnto Malaxen Lieutenant generall in the charge of Axalla Then the Prince made dispatches vnto the Emperour and to his Lieutenant ouer the Parthians and made them partakers of this great and happie victorie wherein had bene slaine so manie thousandes of the enemies and hee had lost so fewe of his owne I returne vnto the deliberation which the Prince tooke after that hee had discharged himselfe of much carriages the which hee had sent with the king of China before hee would goe anie further forward Nowe hee had also sent to hasten the fortie thousand footmen which should come from Sachetay and thirtie thousand Scithian horse making his account that they should haue come vnto him before the forces of the king of China could oppose themselues against him So the purpose and resolution of the Prince was that it behooued to assault Quantou and to shut vp if it were possible the kinges brother within the same being one of the principall seates belonging vnto the king of China and a citie greatly peopled and strong it was fortie leagues from the place where the battaile was fought But Odmar being aduanced thither would not retire before hee had expresse commandement from the Prince who hauing sent thither pitched his tentes round about the said Citie hauing summoned many small cities the which yeelded themselues wholly vnto the Princes mercie making great lamentation for their king taken and for the estate of their affaires the abasement being verie great throughout all the kingdome for all the diligence the king of Chinas brother could vse for the quieting of their astonished mindes and to exhort euerie one to take new courage Notwithstanding the gentlenesse vsed by the Conquerour made them to take all their losses with patience and because it was also reported that hee had vsed the king most friendlie and all the prisoners for the Prince cause his clemencie to bee published vnto all that would vouchsafe to cast themselues into his armes as he would also shewe his sharpnesse vnto all those which disobeyed him and would withstand his commandementes For it was the Princes custome to pardon the humble and to punish the proud throughlie knowing that reward and punishment are the thinges which doe greatlie increase estates And Princes must learne this as a generall rule that whensoeuer they vse those which are rebels vnto them as those that are obedient they shall receiue hurt thereby because euerie one will take libertie of ill doing seeing that the one and the other are equallie weighed and regarded by the Prince who ought to be a iust iudge and moderatour of euerie ones deserts Now our Prince had besides another maxime that is he straightly kept that which hee promised although his estate depended therupon if his word were once passed And you must beleeue that none of his seruants durst be so bold as to make request and speake to the contrarie so as this same being spread amongst the barbarous people they were assured when they had once his word now you must know that this is of no small importance vnto a victorious Prince to make his victorie perfect But to returne vnto my purpose our Prince hauing caused praiers to be celebrated

him euen vnto the sea coastes Three or foure dayes being spent the Prince tooke aduise for to passe ouer the riuer with his horsemen but not to aduance any further then 3. or 4. leagues beyond the water only he meant to hinder the kings brother from attayning vnto the riuers foord hauing receiued aduertisement that he would passe ouer for to succour Quantoufou As soone as the enemie vnderstood newes of the passing ouer of our army it did greatly astonish him therevpon retired ten great leagues frō vs bending towards the sea side into a hillie countrie and vneasie for our horsemen where he thought to find place of securitie for his armie and where the same might be intrenched within the mountaines And there at leasure he tooke aduise of the greatest about him to determine what offers they might make vnto the Emperour as well for the kings ransome as also for to assure that which yet remained for to make a peace the which must needs be had were it by gold or siluer seeing that bloud could doe no good therein which had not beene spared that there was no more to be done and that the goddes were offended Therefore it behooued with them to acknowledge Tamerlan they for to fauour him and we to serue him and hauing sent to demaund safetie for to 〈◊〉 the Prince graunted so much vnto them for such as would come vnto him In this meane time Quantoufou yeelded it selfe into the hands of Axalla who caused the garrison to come out of the same receiued the inhabitants into the Princes protection and they which would might remaine therein vnarmed and he entred thereinto with the ioy of all the inhabitants who did determine to receiue the Emperor into the same with all the magnificence that might be He caused 30000. men of war to enter thereinto vnto whō was money deliuered for to maintain thē there vntill such time as all the footmen shold receiue pay for 3. moneths due vnto them whereof the inhabitants of Quantoufou did furnish the Prince to the summe of eight hundred thousand Tentins the which do amount vnto foure hundred and fifty thousand crownes or therabout The Prince at this present sent me vnto Axalla whom I found feasting of his Captaines and souldiers staying for the cōmandement that I brought vnto him the which was to remaine within Quantoufou and to cause all his footmen to set forward directly vnto him the which was done by the Prince to the end it should strike a greater terror into the minds of the enemies who seeing all his footmen arriued he supposed they would nothing doubt Quantoufou being taken but that he would march forward insomuch as he hoped this would greatly aduance his affaires considering the estate they were in I returned from Quantoufou vnto the Emperour hauing seene a beautifull and great Citie well fortified and wonderfully peopled and round about it there was a fruitfull countrey Our armie had beene two monethes and a halfe before it and I thinke we should haue continued there one monethes longer for therein was no want of any thing but of men because many of them had beene slaine since the siege beganne This was the cause wherefore the Princes brother would haue conducted some thither was the occasion that made him aduance forward Many of our men were also dead by reason of the intemperatenesse of the aire and the heat of sommer the which we had passed wherwith our men had not bin accustomed so as those souldiers which we looked for were necessarie for vs to aduance forward if wee purposed to attempt any other thing Axalla who remained therein emploied all the paines he possibly could to repaire the walles and to winne the inhabitants good will vnto the Prince for not one of them was departed with the Gouernour for to serue the king of China he leading with him out of the citie but thirteene thousand of thirtie thousand souldiers some beeing dead the other remaining with the inh●bitants vnarmed for to receiue the law of the conquerour It was a thing very worthie the noting of their new Lord who was to commaund them to marke so great lightnesse and inconstancie in forgetting so soone him which had maintayned them he and his auncestors by the space of two hundred yeares with great pacience and quiet and preserued their wealth in great prosperitie This is the cause that they which gouerne common-wealthes ought to thinke that the peoples good will is certainely to be esteemed but withall they must not too much trust therunto This was the cause that Axalla marked that saying that hee was troubled to deuise how this great multitude might be contained in their fidelitie if wee should receiue any disfauour and commanded me to speake vnto the Prince for to treat before his Armie were any more decayed and after that it was very necessarie his wisdome should consider how to assure this citie in his absence the which was so peopled and the people thereof being so light and inconstant Now as I haue said there was almost a yeare spent since we began this enterprise and our men were greatly diminished the fall of the leafe also drawing neere the which for the most part doth yeeld euill fruit vnto armies after their trauels by the changing of humors the which engender sicknesse And this appeared alreadie within our armie which caused the Prince to consider of many things and not without cause he doubted also some change within his owne countrie the which long absences do often cause the honour being no lesse in preseruing of that alreadie gotten then in conquering of the same Our Prince also did neuer refuse honourable conditions the which he did more esteeme being obtained by peace then warre He thought that his conquest consisting of almost halfe the kingdome and in making the king tributarie for the rest he should haue sufficient wherewith to bridle him if at any time hee should deale badly and would thereof be well aduised and especially he hoped to assure the same so well as their lightnesse should be throughly punished at what time soeuer they would vse it He did thinke it conuenient if they came vnto profitable conditions for his aduantage euen as the conquered doe yeeld vnto the conquerors for to resolue himselfe to border his conquests on this side Thus the Embassadors being arriued who were of the kings chiefest vassals Tamerlan receiued them with all human●tie causing his greatnesse to appeare vnto them and therewithall the agilitie of his horsemen to make thē see with their eyes that it would be the destruction of the Chinois name if he proceeded any further So hauing saluted the Emperor with all reuerence they vttered their Embassage vnto him which was that the kings brother had sent them vnto him to treat for two causes the one was for the liberty of their king the other for preseruation of their country that he had vnderstood of his accustomed humanity that

would he affoord this honor vnto the Empresse that she shold assist the bringing of the body going neare vnto the same This he did the more to make appeare how much he honored the memory of the late Emperor in his wife being his daughter also to the end that if God did take him away his childrē being small she shold haue the greater authority be the better acknowledged worthy to gouerne in the minority of his children and also for that she had bene brought vp alwayes in authority euen since she was married The Prince desiring thereby the more to acknowledge the honour the Emperour his vnkle had done him by adopting him as his son and in hauing left him so great and large an Empire as that was whereof he left vnto him the possession Now the Emperour loued her onely hauing no other affection in such pleasure but only the happinesse of a faire of-spring the which he hoped for Now the body of the late Emperour being come vnto Cambalu he determined to conduct it vnto the buriall according vnto the accustomed ceremonie and to put the body with the kings Emperors his ancesters After he had from point to point performed the last will and testament of the late Emperor hee returned from thence vnto Cambalu where he spent all winter in tilt turneying going a hunting making his abode there because he was in a place nearest vnto the kingdome of China to know how matters passed there hauing now brought thither his last affaires purposing to go thither in person the next winter if Odmar did not make an end of the wars already begun and if the king of China did not submit himselfe wholly vnder his obedience hauing determined not to depart from Cambalu vntill this country were pacified the marke hee shot at being only to keepe that which his valour was able to conquer through his good fortune being desirous to spend the rest of his life in enioying the frutes of his trauels for to publish his praises vnto his people and with millions to maintaine them in peace He had also a purpose to bring vnto an end that which he had determined to do at Samarcand Now Axalla was at Quinzai as well vnto the cōtentment of al the men of war as the inhabitants who desired much to see their Prince and hauing caused Prince Axalla in their behalfe to beseech it that it wold please the Emperor to cause his son to be brought vp amongst them there the which he did grant vnto thē in fauour of the sayd Prince Axalla establishing him for to command in the absence of the Prince his sonne whom he made gouernour of Quinzai from Cambalu euen vnto the sea This country was replenished with some three hundred cities and was in largenesse more then foure hundred leagues besides an finite number of villages To make short it was that the Emperour his vnkle gouerned where this Prince Axalla was his Lieutenant general vnder the authority of the yong Prince his son vnto whom he deliuered him in charge for to be his gouernour authorising him vnto the gouernement generall of all his kingdoms for the great wisedome that was in this knight made him beloued in all the countries vnder the Emperours obedience the seruices also and great victories the which he had caused the Emperour to obtaine by his stout courage and good conduct who for these occasions put his principall trust in him and after himselfe he thought him onely worthy to preserue for his children his kingdome and Empresse Now he receiued newes that the Prince of Thanais set forward for to go into Syria and to ioyne with the gouernour for that the Soldan had these three moneths besieged Caire with a great army notwithstanding the inhabitāts had shewed great faithfulnesse they were indeed all new colonies not trusting vnto the old Citizens for had not that course bin taken there should haue bin many reuolts seene the gouerner not hauing sufficient forces to be able to assist it The Emperor once againe had giuē cōmandement vnto the Prince of Thanais to march thither in diligence with his army wherin were the old soldiers ordained by the Emperor his cōpaniōs in all his warres there were of them an hundred thousand of this kinde of warfarre amongst the which there were thirty thousand Parthian horse remaining continually in the armie Now they lamented much the absence of Axalla but next vnto him the Prince of Thanais was most beloued of them this Prince was the Emperours cousin germaine who as you haue heard had serued him very well he had bene continually in all the enterprises of warre vnder Axalla whom the Emperour had commanded fo● to leade him vnto all the seruices of warre to the end he might be made fit for to do him seruice so as the Prince of Thanais being in Syria and Prince Axalla at Quinzai they were established in the two furthermost partes of his kingdomes Princes and Captaines who had alwayes assisted and serued him faithfully So the Prince of Thanais being with Calibes and hauing gathered together part of the Great Chamberlaines forces vpon the coast of Babilon he marched directly vnto Aleppo hauing their forces ioyned together being two hundred thousand fighting men The Soldan perceiuing the Prince of Thanais to draw neare remembred well that those were they which had ouercome him But he encouraged him self because this great Tamerlan his fortune were not there present that he had to deale with a yong Prince desirous of glory who peraduenture to get it would do something vnaduisedly to resolue him selfe for to fight was a thing he had too much proued vnto his hurt except the hot bloud of this yong Prince did moue him inconsiderately to seeke for to force his trenches and succour the necessitie of those of Caire whose victuals failed thē So he intrēched himself all along the riuer by the which onely the inhabitans might be relieued for so great a citie cānot be victualltd by cartes but verie hardly he made his trenches euen at his pleasure our armie aduancing forward slowly The counsell of ours was to send throughout all Siria to gather together store of corne and to cause it to be brought vnto Alexandria by sea for to victual therewith Caire aswell from all the Isles of Greece as from all the sea coasts Being obedient vnto his cōmandemēt they shewed great diligence so as within short time there was gotten together a great quātity of corne Our army in the meane time marched continually forward drawing neare vnto Caire the enemy being retired at the same present seeing our armie come along by the riuer side hauing made great prouisiō of boats to passe ouer his armie for to keepe vs from the riuer In the end the Prince of Thanais hauing approched his army and marked the enemies countenance who was intrenched within his campe he entred into Caire where hauing with

double paying of his Armie that came into Persia vnder the conduct of the great Chāberlaine and Synopes Colonel generall in the imperial Armie the Emperour went vnto Quinzay for to see his sonne and visite the people of this countrie who desired his presence and also for the affaires which hee had not as yet established in these countries as he had done in all the rest of his kingdomes Prince Axalla not being willing to take so much authoritie vpon him although the Emperor had sent vnto him a speciall commandement of the same but hee doubting least this people would take some occasion to murmure and the fault thereof might haue bene laide vpon him being wont alwaies to say wisely that these maner of affaires were the prises of a skilfull Maister hauing alwayes referred thē vnto the Emperors comming Then did the Prince with equitie cause all to vse the like lawes the same waightes measures he imposed certaine tributes throughout all his kingdoms euerie one according to their abilitie for to help his affaires and lay the foundation of his reuenues and store-houses for victuals the which were dispersed as the want in his Armies required for the Emperour was wont to say that an Armie must be made like vnto the shape of a man he called the Captaines the head the souldiers the armes money the feet which made it for to march and victuals the bellie that nourished the whole In so much as he often said that an Armie was inuincible which had a perfect man for said he it fighteth when it will and neuer hazardeth any thing to ill purpose for the ouersights of warre do happen at such time as this body is lame of a leg or maimed in an arme or that the bellie is famished or when the head is sicke At such time as hee sent the Prince of Thanais against the Soldan he doubted nothing but the head and the bellie because the Prince of Thanais was a yong Prince and for victuals he had but bad prouision of them for he was wont at such time as he was to begin any war for to make a great collection of victuals the yeare before the which was not done now attributing this victorie vnto his good fortune which would not turne her backe vpon him and not vnto his wisdome So the Emperour arriuing neare vnto Quinzay Prince Axalla comming to meete him two dayes iourney off with all the chiefe Lords of the countrie together with the principall Citizens who were preparing for the Emperour the most magnificent receiuing that might be as well by water as by land As this citie is one of the richest in the world so is it one of the greatest and of the most wonderfull situation being all wholly diuided ouerthwarted with chānels vpon the which are framed wonderfull and stately buildings accompanied with an infinite number of bridges vpon the which they passe ouer channels this citie aboundeth with all kind of spices in great quantitie likewise with al maner of marchandizes The Emperour as soone as he was arriued receiued presents of the Citizēs the which were esteemed to be worth aboue two millions of golde with a wonderfull varietie of all rare and singular things the which they presented vnto him for to testifie the loue and obedience they did owe vnto him The Emperour was desirous to see his son whom they brought vp with the accustomed greatnes of Princes hauing caused the child to be brought before him being of the age of seuen yeares hee forbad from hence forward they should suffer him to weare any thing vpon his head himselfe did hang a bowe about his necke saying aloud that they which from their birth were called vnto soueraignties should bee vsed both vnto cold and heate and should be exercised in Armes betimes and not brought vp delicately and easily reprehending them which had the bringing of him vp demanding of them if they meant to make a woman of him And they answering that he was tender If he be not borne said he for to be strong in Armes he will not be worthy to succeed me for hee must not bee an effeminate Prince that shall preserue the Parthian Empire Nowe he had sent the Empresse vnto Samarcand to be deliuered where she was honorablie receiued hauing neuer bene there since she was married He receiued newes that she was there deliuered of another goodly sonne a thing which he caused to be published ouer all himself in token of ioy made feasts 15. dayes with all kinds of magnificent turneys this he did for to shew his agility vnto this people to the end that as he excelled all his court in vertues that they should also iudge him worthy to gouerne thē aboue all other men After he continued there a moneth and hauing visited all the sea-townes neare vnto Quinzai hunting all kinds of chases neglecting nothing notwithstanding which belonged to his charge saying often that the recreations hee did take were helps for to ease him in the pains of his pubpublike affairs wherunto God had called him Hauing vpon his return called together all the people he published his lawes which were all reuerēced of this people as though they had proceeded frō the diuinitie so much admiration had euerie one of the greatnesse of this Prince The which I will trulie declare vnto you that so long as the Emperour was there this people did almost nothing being for the most part busied in beholding of him not finding anie greater contentation then that Some of his courtiers and amongst the rest Prince Axalla said one day vnto him that this was a Citie fit for his abode O my friend it is not so if they should see me daylie they would make no more account of me It is a maxime that the Lord of this great Citie must not go thither but once in ten yeares and when he is there it behooueth him to temper his actions as if he were vpon a scaffold readie for to play some Comedie where grauitie and good grace is necessary for to content the beholders for the people do easily receiue an euill impression of their Prince as they also do a good if you performe it well vnto them Now I haue forgotten to tell you howe the Emperour sent Prince Axalla in his name from Quinzai into China his imperiall Maiestie did not depart out of the Prouince before he returned hee went thither with great diligence for to establish peace there and faithfully for to report vnto the Prince Odmar his cariage of himselfe with the king of China and for to temper all things there Also for that the Emperour who loued his seruants desired to see Odmar This was a thing verie acceptable vnto Prince Axalla for he was greatly honoured in those countries and he was also verie desirous to shewe by all good offices his affection at his being with Prince Odmar The Emperour hauing