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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55661	The amours of Count Teckeli and the Lady Aurora Veronica de Serini containing his first inducements to make war with the emperour, and to enter into the Turkish interests against the Christians.	Préchac, Jean de, 1647?-1720.	1686 (1686)	Wing P3203; ESTC R25592	26,509	123

THE AMOURS OF Count TECKELI And the LADY Aurora Veronica DE SERINI Containing his first Inducements to make War with the Emperour and to enter into the Turkish Interests against the Christians Translated out of French LONDON Printed for R. Bentley and S. Magnes in Russel-street in Covent-Garden 1686. LICENSED December 2. 1685. ROGER L'ESTRANGE THE AMOURS OF Count TECKELI And the LADY Aurora Veronica DE SERINI HVNGARY had been always an Elective Kingdom before the Crown came into the possession of the Princes of the House of Austria And the Hungarians had yet preserved some sort of Liberty by means of the Priviledges which had been granted to them by their first Kings and of which they made the Observation be sworn to by all that came to that Crown The chief points of which were That no matter of great Importance should be proceeded upon without the Advice and Consent of the Diet which should be always called once in three years That they should be Governed by a Palatine who should have the administration of all the Affairs of War Government and Justice That this Palatine should always be of their own Nation That he should be Named by the States and Confirmed by the King That none of the Offices of the Kingdom should be given to any but natural Hungarians That no Foreign Forces should be admitted into any of their Places and that they themselves should have the charge of defending their own Country The Princes of the House of Austria which having also the Imperial Dignity with that of Kings of Hungary and Bohemia and a great Authority endeavoured by little and little to take away these Priviledges and chiefly the Emperour Leopold Ignatius who now Reigns This bred very ill Blood amongst all the Nobility and it chiefly provoked Count Wesselini who was then Palatine who resolved to shake off a yoak which seemed too heavy to him but he could not put so great a Design in execution by his own Power he therefore resolved to engage all the other Lords of his Country and principally the Protestants taking for a pretence that the Emperour by the Advice of his Evil Ministers disturbed them in the exercise of their Religion Wesselini who knew Love to be the great Spring which moves the greatest Affairs resolved to make use of it for the executing of his design Aurora Veronica Daughter to Count Peter de Serini seemed to him very proper to act so important a part She had Beauty a penetrating Wit and a way so insinuating that it was capable of gaining the most Rebellious of Hearts Besides having been bred up in the House of Katherine Frangipani her Mother who was one of the most Ambitious Women in Europe it was impossible for her not to be inspired with some of the same Thoughts Count Serini was newly made Ban or Vice-Roy of Croatia which Employment the Emperour gave him upon the vacancy of it by the Death of Nicholas de Serini his Brother which made him absolute Master of that whole Province But this Count being dissatisfied with the Court for having refused him the Government of Carolstad the Capital City of his Government and the Command of a separate Body of an Army to serve against the Turks These were all favourable Conjunctures to draw him into the Confederacy which the Palatine was plotting Wesselini had a Son well made in his Person Amorous and very likely to excite Love he was called Vladislaus The Palatine resolved to make use of him to gain Madam de Serini to his Party and having communicated to him the design which he had of Marrying him to this lovely Person he commanded him to go to Lapsina a Castle belonging to Count Serini three Leagues from Schachstorn in Croatia where he went to spend the Summer with all his Family upon pretence of giving that Count advice of the Designs which the Turks had upon the Places of his Government and recommended to him chiefly to endeavour during his stay at Lapsina to gain the Love of the Beautiful Aurora Veronica assuring him that if he could engage the Heart of the young Lady he would go himself to request her from her Father for him Vladislaus who had hitherto kept his Liberty easily submitted to his Father's Commands and went within a few days to Lapsina where he was very well received by Count Serini who was over-joyed to shew to the Palatine in the Person of his Son the Esteem which he had for him He found with Madam Serini only Joshua a young Gentleman of the Neighbourhood who had been bred near her and for whom she had for this reason a great deal of Complaisance Vladislaus soon perceived Joshua was in Love with Aurora Veronica by the uneasiness which his assiduous visits to her caused in him but he dissembled the knowledge of it being fully persuaded that the Competition of a Man of a Quality so inferiour to his would not be capable of overthrowing his Designs Joshua did not keep the same moderation for every one being apt to flatter himself in Love he had taken the Civility which my Lady Veronica had shewed to him for Love and looked upon any Complaisance which she shewed for young Wesselini as a breach of Faith towards him He thought at first that she would take notice of his trouble and that she would change her behaviour towards him But seeing she did not heed it and that she suffered him to be devoured by his secret Afflictions without making the least excuse to her he thought he was obliged at length to break silence Having one Evening found Madam de Serini alone with her Daughter in Lapsini Gardens whilst Vladislaus was gone out to Hunt with Count Serini he approached her and speaking softly You came without doubt said he to her to think of him whom you are not allowed to see this day My Lady Veronica having no inclination for Wesselini would not break with Joshua who contributed sometimes to her Diversion by his lively Wit pretended not to understand him I assure you replied she I mind Men so little that the moment they are not with me I think to more of them But yet I thought replyed Joshua with a tender and passionate Air you missed me sometimes heretofore when I was from you but since That happened so seldom said my Lady Veronica interrupting him pleasantly that I had not the time to examine my self whether your Absence made me uneasie If you have not made these Reflections in relation to me replyed abruptly Joshua it is it may be because you have a greater Concern for Count Wesselini As Joshua was speaking these words Vladislaus who was come into the Garden at his return from the Chace came towards Aurora Veronica She turned immediately to him and speaking with the same airiness You are come in a very good time my Lord pursued she to answer a Question which was asked me by this Gentleman pointing at Joshua He asks me if I am not uneasie