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A51887	The second 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 M565CA; ESTC R35015	169,314	394

any Man in the worst Condition needs to fear But the Misery of it is we are governed in all Things by Opinion and every Thing is to us as we think it to be The same Great Man tells us of one Apicius who poison'd himself for fear of starving when he had Two Hundred and Fifty Piasters in his Coffers And another more Modern Philosopher relates That a rich Man an Acquaintance of his falling mad snatcht up a Straw and complained he must perish with Hunger for he saw there was no Grain in the Empty Husks It 's said of the Emperor Galba That he was wont to weep when he saw his Table better covered than ordinary And I have read of a certain Christian Mufti who was so wretchedly covetous that he would steal privately into the Great Mosque of Rome and put out the Lamps there to save Charges But methinks I hear thee murmuring me an Answer That this was never thy Humour and these Citations make little Impression on a Man that has had his House and Goods burnt and narrowly escaped in his own Person Shall I tell thee then what hap'ned lately in these Parts which will perhaps make thee more contented and thankful for thy Life seeing what was these poor Peoples Lot might have been thine Certain considerable Merchants coming to this Town and Lodging at an Inn not far from my Quarters the House being full of Guests they were forced to be content with an upper Room where entertaining one another with pleasant Discourse to pass away the Time till Supper on a sudden the Kitchin was all in a Flame unfortunately encreased with combustible Matter lying near the Chimney Some say there was great Quantity of Oil and Gun-Powder an odd Store-House to lay such Commodities in However the Fire appeared so suddenly and violently that in a Moment all the Floor under them was seiz'd with it These Gentlemen who were Two Stories high in a Chamber towards the Street as soon as they heard the Cry of Fire began to make towards their Trunks and Port-mantles which were lock'd up in a large Coffer the Key of which hung at their Hostess's Girdle They were for going down to fetch it but the Fire had in a Manner consum'd all beneath them Whilst they were busied in trying to break open the Coffer and to take out every Man his own their Chamber became instantly so full of Smoak as was like to Choak them They could neither save themselves by going up or down the House being all over in a Flame Moreover their Neighbours seeing their own Houses in Danger were so concerned for themselves that they had no time to Pity Others So that few People attempted to succour these poor Gentlemen who on their side endeavoured with great Pieces of Wood to force a Passage but the Walls and Windows were too Strong to give Way to their Efforts being secur'd with thick Iron Barrs fastned in the Stones In this lamentable Condition having this inexorable Flame before their Eyes which had already seized on the Chamber tearing the Hair off their Heads and stamping on the Ground they sent forth such dreadful Skrieks as moved all that heard them to extream Compassion They threw their Gold and Silver into the Streets in vain crying for Help the Fire being so encreas'd that before the People could bring Ladders and other Instruments to break a Way into the Chamber these poor Wretches miserably perished in the Flames Thank God thou hast still thy Life and Senses Turn these last the Right Way and thou wilt find thou hast lost Nothing Paris 21st of the 12th Moon of the Year 1644. LETTER XXVI To the Reis Effendi Principal Secretary of the Ottoman Empire THE Spaniards are the Proudest People in the World They strut like Cranes as they go along the Streets and Walk by Rules of Geometry Here are many of them in this City since the Revolt of Catalonia and Roussilion The French accuse them of Uncomplaisance and ill Manners in that they will not change their Habit or Gate in a Country so averse from Formality They are extremely addicted to Rhodomontado's as thou wilt easily guess by this which follows Lewis XIII asking a Spanish Officer who was a Prisoner of War Why the Kings of Spain went not in Person to the Wars as the Kings of France He Answer'd If the King my Master should lead his own Army into the Field the whole Earth would tremble under him Another being ask'd Why the Spanish King in his Style boasted That the Sun was his Helmet replyed Because that Luminary never sets on all my Master's Territories But the French-man wittily retorted He will neither set nor rise on any of your Master's Dominions e'er long if the Great Lewis goes on with his Conquests Indeed to pass from Jest to Earnest this Victorious King continually pares away some Part or other of the Spanish Monarchy I have acquainted the Ministers of the Divan with the most important Passages of this War except the taking of Graveling which I did not then think so considerable a Place as I am since inform'd it is 'T is a Sea-Town lying on the Northern Shore of France and commanding the Narrow Seas between the Continent and England Some say that it is one of the strongest Towns in Europe The French King by the Conquest of this Place is in a condition to give the Law by Sea to all the Northern Nations The Great God who protects the Ottoman Empire set Limits to the Conquests of this Christian King and so continue the Wars of these Infidel Princes that neither any One of them may be in a Condition nor All of them together be agreed to make Head against the Arms of our Invincible Sultan Paris 17th of the 1st Moon of the Year 1645. LETTER XXVII To Dicheu Hussein Bassa THOU hast already in the Divan heard of the present Convulsions of the English State I communicated to the Vizir Azem what Intelligences I had received of the Troubles of that Kingdom Besides the Imperial City is full of Strangers of all Nations who maintain Correspondences with their several respective Countries Whence it comes to pass That whatsoever is done in the most remote Corners of the Earth is soon known to the Ministers of the Sublime Port which is the Sanctuary of the Whole World But I shall gratifie thee in unveiling the Interiour of those Events which have made such a Noise Thou art naturally curious in thy Researches and I shall present thee with some additional Remarks which I have made on the English Affairs since I wrote to the Supreme Minister on that Subject I acquainted him that the late Cardinal Richlieu had a hand in Embroiling that Island as he had in exciting the Tumults of Catalonia and promoting the Revolution of Portugal The part which he acted was by Proxy He had his Agents there to blow up into a Flame the Sparks which lay smothering in the Breasts of that Discontented

the turbulent Cardinal She Sojourned in Flanders Holland England and the Empire Her Travels being checquer'd all along with a Mixture of Good and Evil. Here meeting with Respect there with Indifference and Coldness if not Contempt In some Places her Misfortunes were pitied and the Cardinal blamed for Persecuting so Great and Good a Queen In others the Cardinal was Justified and her Conduct censured and condemned And she accused her self for raising him to the power of doing her these Injuries At length tired out with the Fatigues of State and grown sick of the World she betook her self to a Monastery in Colen where after she had spent some time in Religious Preparations for another World she expired the 3d. of this Instant Moon It was placed among the Remarkables by some that the same day she died the Cardinal of Richlieu fell sick which Sickness yet continues upon him But whether to appease the Ghost of his deceased Mistriss whom he had so unjustly persecuted or to mollify the Resentments of the People is uncertain Yet notwithstanding his dangerous Illness he every Day ventures to the Temple and performs the Mysteries of their Law for her Soul The whole Court and City is in Mourning for this Great Queen and general Murmurings and Complaints are raised against the Cardinal on this Occasion especially among the Common People who are so far from entertaining a better Opinion of him for his daily Appearance at the Altar on Behalf of the Queen's Soul that they esteem it but an Officious Hypocrisie a Medly of Priest-Craft and State Artifice Here is a Report about the City that the Queen 's Ghost appear'd to the Cardinal as soon as she was dead severely reproaching him with his Ambition and Ingratitude and telling him That tho' he was laying the Foundation of an Immortal Project yet he should never live to see it thrive but warned him to prepare for Judgment for that he should not see another Year in Mortal State upon which they say he immediately sickned And here are Prophecies privately scattered about foretelling his Death in a short time This is certain he labours under an unaccountable Distemper his Body strangely wasting as if it would evaporate it self into Air for he seems to be in a manner dried up My Duty and Devoir to thee Sage Minister would not let me be at Rest till I had prevented the Posts by giving thee a more timely Account of these Occurrences by a Merchant for whom his Vessel waits at Marseilles To morrow he takes his Leave of Paris and once aboard he makes directly for Constantinople whither he will bring the first News of the Death of one of the greatest Queens upon Earth in whose Royal Veins ran the Blood of the Emperors Ferdinand and Charles V. She was married to Henry the Great and besides her Son now Reigning in France she matched her Daughters to the Two Potent Monarchs of England and Spain The most High and Omnipotent sole Monarch of Heaven and Earth reward thy Services and Fidelity to our Invincible Sultan with the Supream Joys of Paradise Paris 20th of the 7th Moon of the Year 1642. LETTER VI. To the Venerable Mufti Sovereign of the True and Undefiled Faith PErmit me to enter into thy Presence and withdraw thy Ravish'd Eyes awhile from the Contemplation of Sublimest Objects to cast them on a Spectacle of Mortality It is the Great and Renowned Mary de Medicis Queen-Mother of France who lies now dead at Cologne I will not trouble thee with Impertinencies but because I know that various Reports will reach thy Ears concerning the Cardinal of Richlieu his being Instrumental to her Death by driving her to such a height of Indignation as was the Cause of her Voluntary Exile and wandring from France and from one Country to another I will here Insert a Letter from the said Cardinal to her Majesty wherein he vindicates himself and discovers if not his Integrity yet the best Counterfeit of that Vertue that I have seen any where penn'd It was written to her when she was in Holland and runs thus MADAM I Cannot but esteem it the greatest Infelicity that ever befell me that my Enemies have prevailed so far as to draw upon me Your Majesty 's displeasure That they have by all the Arts of Malice fastned the Publick Odium on me is a great Vnhappiness but this is the Master-piece of their Enmity to render me suspected by you I could pardon their frequent Attempts upon my Life by private Conspiracies and Assassinations though Humane Nature recoils at those who are our Murderers But to deprive me of that without which Life it self is a burden to me I mean your Royal Favour transports me beyond my self And I beg that it may pass for an Excuse of this Presumption I could easily have pass'd over in Silence all their barbarous Plots against me I could easily have parted with my Life and all those Honours and Dignities with which it has been bless'd But to rob me of your Esteem which first rais'd me to this Envied Greatness and which I value more than all the Grandeurs of the Earth breaks the Barrs which aw'd my Tongue and Pen and makes me bold to throw my self at your Royal Feet with All that I have for I received All from your Princely Hands Deal as you please Madam with your own Creature I cannot murmur at your proceedings But Madam let your Native Piety prompt you to favour the Purple of the Church with which your Bounty has Invested me Let it not lose its proper Lustre and Esteem because the Enemies of the Church and State have cast such Dirt upon it Is it possible that a Man the most obliged of all his Race should become the onely Pattern of the basest Ingratitude Besides the Ties of Conscience and the Natural Force of Inclination my Interest chains me to your Service How can I then withdraw my self from it and not proclaim my self at once a Traitor to the Rest of Queens and the most unaccountable of Fools to my self This Consideration Madam being well weigh'd is enough to acquit me of all Guiltiness before Your Majesty But if it be my Destiny to be condemned unheard I shall not appeal from your Royal Sentence since I owe a perfect Resignation to your Will I may complain to Heaven of my Misfortune but I will not expostulate with my Sovereign Patroness nor make the least Opposition against the Course of your Anger not even by carrying my Fortune to Rome For wheresoever I go all my study shall be to recover your Majesty's Favour if it be not a Crime And if ever I obtain that Happiness I shall not care whither I go tho' it be out of the World it self because I die hourly while your Majesty suspects that I am not what I ever was and still continue to be MADAM Your Majesty's Most humble Most faithful And most obedient Servant Armand Card. of Rich. I send thee this Transcript

all I would not have any sinister Accident started which might make the French suspect me One Misfortune seldom goes without Attendance The least blemish upon a Man's Credit streight infects the Air. He whose Reputation is blasted is suspected and shun'd like a walking Pestilence Thou wilt do well to prevent these Mischiefs by thy Care and Foresight Take in good Part this Advice from Mahmut who studies his Master's Interest not his own Adieu Paris 15th of the 11th Moon of the Year 1642. LETTER XXXI To the Venerable Mufti Prince of the True and Undefiled Faith THOU that art a Light to the Blind the Pole-Star to them that are bewilder'd in an Ocean of Uncertainties the Sanctuary of the Mind hatter'd with a Tempest of vain Opinions tell me why it is Blasphemy to say That God has already taken Flesh as the Christians Believe since our Holy Prophet himself avouches That God shall assume a Body at the Resurrection I approach thy Sacred Palace with burning Coals on my Head with fervent and enflamed Zeal in my Heart cast a gracious Eye on thy Suppliant Resolve my Doubts dissipate the Mists which cloud my anxious Soul and restore me to a right Mind If a Body be compatible with the Divine Essence it seems not to me a Blasphemy in the Christians to assert the Incarnation of the Word whom Our Holy Prophet calls also the Breath of God If this Breath or Word of God be not of the Essence of the Divinity why is that Part of the Christian Gospel had in such Reverence by the Faithful Mussulmans where it is said In the Beginning was the WORD and the WORD was with God and God was the WORD If the WORD be of the Essence of God then it will necessarily follow that God has taken a Humane Body since our Holy Prophet calls him the Word of God whom the Christians adore for God Incarnate Bear with my Weakness and Importunity and if I err correct me in thy Wisdom And yet let not these seem so much my Scruples as the Arguments of Christians whom I would gladly convince of their Heresie but it must be with solid Reason Let not my Lord be angry if I ask one Question more Our Holy Doctors teach That the dark Spots in the Moon were made when the Angel Gabriel flew by and brush'd the Moon with one of his Wings I ask how great that Wing was that could make an Impression so great as to be conspicuous to us at this prodigious Distance Or is Gabriel to be numbred among those Lofty Angels who can stride from one Star to another If he be Was there not Room enough in the vast endless Skies or did he lose his Way through untrack'd Orbs or did he chance to wink in his Career that he should thus unfortunately dash the paler Lamp of Heaven If he be one of those foremention'd mighty tall and wide-stretch'd Angels How came he so to be contracted when he visited Mary the Mother of Jesus in her Closet and presented her with a Rose that grew in Paradise Answer me this O Sovereign Oracle of Truth since my Ears are frequently invaded with such Objections and Blasphemous Jests by these Infidels How can I hear our Holy Law abused and not burn in Spirit Tell me I pray how I shall silence these bold Disputers these Mockers of the Book of Glory Think not this a frivolous Question and Impertinent to Religion for these Western People are Sagacious and Subtle if they can find one Flaw in the Holy Alcoran they 'll cry down all the rest as false and an Imposture at the very thought of which Blasphemy my Heart trembles Not long ago a famous Astronomer shew'd me in a Telescope the Globe of the Moon through which it seem'd to me an Opake Body like the Earth we tread on and he affirmed it to be so giving me Mathematical Demonstrations for it telling me also it was Habitable as our Globe and that the Difference of the Brighter and more Obscure Parts of the Moon consisted only in this That the one was Firm Land the other Fluid Water and if I may believe my Eyes when aided by that Optick Instrument it is no otherwise than as he said This Astronomer is renowned throughout the Western World being esteemed the Best Philosopher that ever wrote of Natural Things His Name is Renatus des Cartes I have been often conversant with him and took unspeakable Delight in his refined Notions of the World He is as dextrous at unravelling the Contexture of the very Elements as tho' he had stood by the Eternal Artist when he extracted them from the Rude Chaos The minutest Particle of Matter which is to the Eye of other Men invisible appears to him in its proper Figure he talks as familiarly of globous square and triangular Atomes as though he had a Pair of Compasses to take their true Dimensions by Were not this admirable Genius stain'd with great Impiety in that he mocks the Book of Glory the Holy Alcoran true Guide to Paradise I should believe he was inspired from above One Day discoursing about the Body of the Moon he broke out into this Blasphemous Jest The Arabian Impostor said he might as well have made his Followers believe what we prate to Children That there is a Man in the Moon with a Bundle of Faggots on his Back as to tell them that Fable of the Angel Gabriel 's brushing this Planet with his Wing I was not able to hear any more but took my Leave Furnish me therefore O Sacred Repository of all true Science with such convincing Arguments as may put to Silence these audacious Infidels God grant I may be one of those who shall hear the Angel Ithuriel read Lectures of Divine Knowledge in Paradise Paris 20th of the 11th Moon of the Year 1642. LETTER XXXII To the Vizir Azem at the Port. I Am acquainted with a Greek Merchant in Paris who formerly lived in one of those pleasant Islands which lie about Four Leagues from Constantinople being situated in the Propontis Asking him one Day whether Trading was the Motive which induc'd him to quit those Paradises upon Earth and exchange them for the Stench and Noise of this Populous City he replied That he had sufficient to make his Life happy in the Place of his Nativity being Master of a good Estate and of many fruitful Vineyards having also Houses there which might vye with the most delightful Chioses of the Mussulman Grandees but that the Janizaries and other loose Mahometans frequenting those Islands and especially that wherein he dwelt committed so many Outrages when heated with Wine as render'd his Life insupportable for they would in these drunken Frolicks domineer as though they were Lords of the Island seizing upon whatsoever pleased them spoil his Goods and beat him like a Slave and if he mildly remonstrated to them the Injuries they had done him they would give him no other Satisfaction but Oaths and Curses These

himself upon the Protection of the King of France but Difficulties arising it took not effect at that Time However in the Year 1641. by the Dexterity of the Governour of Provence he was so far wrought upon that a French Garrison was by his Connivence put into Monaco and he totally threw off his Obedience to the King of Spain and though great Offers were made him by the Cardinal of Savoy and others yet he rejected all and to demonstrate to King Philip That his Soul was altogether French he sent him back the Collar which was the Badge of his Knighthood bestowed on him in the Spanish Court. After which Four Galleys of Naples cruising on the Sea before Ville-Franche one of them by the Order of the Captain sailed to Monaco not having heard of the Revolt of this Place The Prince invited the Captain to come ashore and as soon as he was landed Threescore Frenchmen who lay hid in the Boat which carried the Message boarded the Galley with admirable Resolution killing near Thirty Spaniards who made Resistance and the rest yielding the French took Possession of the Vessel The Prince sailed in this Galley to Marseilles with his Son who is dignified with the Title of a Marquis and taking their Way through Provence and Languedoc came to the King of France while he lay with his Army before Perpignan King Lewis to whom nothing is more delightful than to reward the Merits of Brave Men caressed him with extraordinary Demonstrations of Affection and Acknowledgments of his Service sending his Coaches to meet him on the Way causing his Army to appear in Battel-Array entertaining him at his own Table and doing all Things which might honour the Arrival of this Prince at his Camp And to make him amends for the Loss of his Order of Knighthood he invested him with that of the Holy Ghost which as I have in my former Letters told thee is a fair Step to make one a Peer of France I thought good to inform thee of this Passage Illustrious Minister in whose Power it lies to lift up to Dignities and the Great Charges of the Empire Men in whom thou perceivest a Genius capable of Great Undertakings God direct thee in making Choice of such as may be effectually serviceable to the Grand Signior Paris 17th of the 2d Moon of the Year 1643. LETTER X. To Achmet Beig IT seems as if the late Revolution in Portugal had imbitter'd the Spaniards to Despair and swell'd the Spleen of that Nation with insupportable Rancour The Loss which they cannot hope fairly to recover by Arms they seek to Revenge by dishonourable Assassine and Treachery The Marquis de Los-Velez the Spanish Ambassador at the Court of Rome could not brook to see there an Ambassador from the King of Portugal whom he esteemed at best but a Subject or a Traytor to Philip his Master He tryed all means to prevent and hinder his Audience with the Pope and openly demanded that he might be sent back into Portugal with Disgrace But the Sieur de Fontenay Ambassador from France supported and countenanc'd the Portugueze Minister which precipitated the Marquis de Los-Velez to one of the blackest Attempts that has ever stain'd the Records of Time Thou art not to learn that the Persons of Ambassadors are by the Law of Nations esteemed Sacred their Houses Sanctuaries and whatsoever Injury is offered them is at least accounted a Civil Sacrilege Yet the Spanish Ambassador finding the Bishop of Lamego so was the Portugueze called protected and favoured by the French Interest resolves to leap over the Fences which secure the Immunities and Safety of his own Function and to violate the Law without which he himself could not sleep free from Danger in his Bed For being informed that the Portugueze Ambassador was gone to visit the Sieur de Fontenay he goes out of his House with a Train of about Twenty Men and covering his Design with a pretence of going to the House of an Eminent Cardinal he takes the same Way as the Portugueze Bishop was to return to his House But the French Ambassador having Notice that one of the Marquis's Retinue was observ'd to dog the Bishop to his Palace and return immediately to his Master set some Spies upon the Marquis de Los-Velez who brought him Word that the Marquis had ordred all his Retinue to arm themselves and follow him This gave a sufficient Alarm and Suspicion to De Fontenay so that he commanded Thirty of his Servants to arm likewise and follow him in separate Parties at a Distance from one another being resolved to protect the Portugueze who was an Allie of France and to prevent the Design of his Enemies No sooner had the Bishop of Lamego taken his Coach but Notice was given to the Spanish Minister who immediately advances toward him big with the Murder he intended to commit But the French appearing and falling briskly on the Spaniards kill'd Seven of them in a Moment and broke through the Rest even to the very Coach of the Marquis with a Resolution to make him taste the Death he designed for the poor Bishop But he had the Fortune to escape into the Palace of a Spanish Cardinal and so saved himself The Spanish Ambassador after this being netled at his ill Success and the Favour which the Bishop of Lamego found in that Court designed to remove to Naples but the Pope set a Guard on him to prevent it till such time as he had given Hostages for the Indemnity of his Nuntio's in Spain and Naples The Neapolitan Viceroy being informed of these Proceedings made great Preparations and the Spaniards threatned to plunder and burn the City of Rome But upon more deliberate Thoughts the Viceroy made shew of Friendship to the Pope offering him Five Thousand Soldiers to assist against the Duke of Parma thinking by this Fraud to gain Admission into the Ecclesiastick Territories which would facilitate the Way to the Satisfactions they aim'd at But the Pope knew how to return the Viceroy's Compliment without hazarding his own Estate telling him That the Roman Forces were more than sufficient to conquer the Duke had he any other Designs than those of Peace By this Passage of the Spanish Ambassador thou mayst comprehend the Licentiousness of the Infidels who dare trample upon Human and Sacred Laws and that in Rome it self where the Supreme Mufti of the Christians keeps his Seat It was never known that such a Thing was attempted in the Sublime Port where the Majesty and severe Justice of the Ottoman Empire strikes an Awe and Terror into all People restraining the very Thoughts of so heinous a Crime May the Conservator of the Ages hasten the prefixed Time wherein the Christian Nations shall be subdued to the Mussulman Faith That so Justice and Vertue with perpetual Peace may bless the Earth Paris 17th of the 2d Moon of the Year 1643. LETTER XI To the Vizir Azem at the Port. I Could not let this Post go