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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	child_n	great_a	love_v	5,841	5	6.4787	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32740	The history of the grand visiers, Mahomet and Achmet Coprogli, of the three last grand signiors, their Sultana's and chief favourites, with the most secret intrigues of the seraglio besides several other particulars of the wars of Dalmatia, Transylvania, Hungary, Candia, and Poland / Englished by John Evelyn, Junior.; Histoire des grands vizirs Mahomet Caprogli-pacha et Achmet Caprogli-pacha. English	Chassepol, François de, 17th cent.; Evelyn, John, 1655-1699.	1677 (1677)	Wing C3728; ESTC R3682	112,730	299

forced Zelim Achmet to let Coprogli be quiet for some time In the mean time Amurath who had ended the Persian War and calmed the troubles of his Empire abandoned himself to the delights of the Seraglio But Death which had spared him in Armies where he was exposed to the greatest dangers surprized him in the midst of his pleasures for in the Beyran which is the Turks Easter at which time they are wont to be very merry the better to forget the austerity of their Ramazan or Lent The Sultan made a debauch with the Selichtar Cham Gumar Machut and Iarzai two other Persians in which he drank so excessively of Malvasie and Ros-solis that he inflamed his bowels and fell into a burning Feaver of which he died a few days after Several Diseases had taken away all his Children and his cruelty had put all his Brothers to death except Ibrahim whom he thought incapable of reigning While he was sick he asked often to see him intending as some believe to have had him strangled that he might leave none of his Blood behind him but what should be born of Zaime whom he knew to be with child He had named Rahim Chiras C ham of the petty Tartars to be his Successor and had made a secret agreement with him that in case Zaime should be brought to bed of a Son he should resign the Empire to him But the Divan ordained otherwise and the Sultana Valide had no sooner closed his eyes but she went to take Ibrahim out of Prison This Prince made some difficulty at the proposition which the Sultana his Mother the Mufti the Visiers and Bassa's made him of ascending the Throne believing it to be a design to surprize him and continued to counterfeit himself mad as he had done till then by the advice of the Eunuch Zomboul his Governour who had taught him this way to avoid the cruelty of his Brother Amurath but when he saw the Emperors dead body he convinced them that he had concealed his Reason to preserve his life and shewed so much judgment that he at first suprized those who knew the manner of his Education Ibrahim having taken up the reins of the Ottoman Empire began his Reign with such Justice and Clemency as seemed to give the people an undoubted assurance of an happy Government The first Commandment he gave was to Mustapha his Grand Visier who had succeeded Ragep That he should put no man to death unless he were convict of so enormous a Crime that he could not be pardoned without committing a greater This Prince was extremely good natur'd as might be seen by the lineaments of his face he had a ruddy Complexion a broad Forehead his Limbs well set but his Behaviour was very silly and innocent proceeding from his obscure Education which had quite changed the vigor of his mind and health so that it was feared he could have no children This made the Sultana his Mother have a great care of the Sultana Zaime whom she knew to be with child Zaime who loved the Sultana Valide as her own Mother had discovered it to her and the subtil Sultana Kiozem Ibrahim's Mother not believing he would leave a Son behind him would not suffer Zaime to retire into the old Seraglio where the Sultanas of the deceased Grand Signiors shut themselves up She fancied it would be no hard matter to perswade Ibrahim to love her Zaime was young her great belly appeared not and no body knew of it nor was it difficult to make him believe that the Child she should be brought to bed of was his own but there was no need of all this contrivance for Ibrahim who never knew what love was was so well satisfied with Zaime that examining no farther he abandon'd himself wholly to the enjoyment of her yet afterwards not contented with the delights he found in this Princess who had taught him to love he had a mind to try if another could not as well recommend those pleasures which had so long been unknown to him and took a liking to an handsome Georgian well born and a Christian who had been taken from her Parents at twelve years old and brought to the great Seraglio at Constantinople as a perfect beauty She had been bred very carefully having been taught to sing and play on several Instruments to accompany her voice which was admirable and it was by this that she had attracted Ibrahim This Prince was a great lover of Musick both instrumental and vocal He walked one evening under a Balcony where the young Bassée so was the fair Georgian called sung a Song so passionate that he would needs know the person that had sung it but having found by conversing with her that she had no less Wit than Beauty he was so charmed that immediately he threw her his Handkerchief as a sure pledge of his Love and a certain token that she should that very night receive more particular favours Of all the Passions that Princes are subject to Love is the most powerful and may boast of more triumphs than all the rest and though it is said that fruition diminishes it that of Ibrahim manifested the contrary for by the possession of his new Favourite he became more and more inflamed and his kindness increasing every day contributed to Bassées good Fortune The next morning she had eight women four Eunuchs and four Cooks added to her train The Sultan sent her six Baskets full of very rich Presents with a Cabinet stored with many thousand Shekines augmenting her allowance proportionably to his kindness and not thinking this sufficient he would have her Train as great as that of the Sultana Zaime so that he gave her more Eunuchs and made up her number of women sixteen He furnished a private Apartment for her with the best Furniture in the Seraglio where he often did her the honour to eat with her The compliant humour of this Favourite diverted his natural melancholy she would sometimes prevail with him to walk by the Sea-side and to hunt in the neighbouring Fields At last the Eunuch Zomboul perceiving her to be with Child he carried the news of it to the Grand Signior who took a Diamond of a great value off from his finger to make her a Present of and not being able longer to contein his Joy went himself to congratulate her that she was become the depository of a Pledge so important to the Ottoman Empire afterwards he visited the Sultana Valide to rejoyce with her Zaime was quickly informed of it and the news had like to have kill'd her she found her self ready to lie down which spoiled hers and the Sultana Valide's design The time having deceived them there not remaining enough to make Ibrahim believe that he was the Father of her Child The Sultana Kiosem being one of the most subtle ingenious Princesses that ever was would not quite ruine Zaime whom she tenderly loved nor expose a Child of Amurath for she

resolved to deprive himself for ever of those sweets which he might taste in their company Whatever it was he was not displeased to see himself accosted by a young slave who presented him with a basket of Fruit from a fair one he had not yet seen This message did no less surprise him than the Fruits which were some of them natural others artificial so well counterfeited that they were hard to be distinguished While Amurath was busied in choosing the Fruit Mahomet Coprogli who stood behind him was considering the beauty of the slave who brought it he was naturally more gallant than ordinarily those of his Nation are and seeing the Sultan taken up with the admiration of the Fruits and the Courtiers earnestly commending the Lady who sent them he thought he had a fit opportunity to let the young slave know what he thought of her beauty But he not being the only man in the company who had discerning eyes the charms of Fatima so was the young Odalisque called had made an impression on more hearts than his He had hardly time to speak some few words to her but he was interrupted by Zelim Achmet one of the Grand Signiors Favourites This impatient fierce man addressed himself to Fatima more calmly then was otherwise natural to him and seeing her eyes fixed on Coprogli whose expressions without doubt she was not displeased to hear he could not hinder himself from shewing his distaste and looking scornfully on a man whom he already apprehended as his Rival The presence of the Grand Signior and the consideration of the place where he was kept Mahomet Coprogli from answering the fierceness of Zelim Achmet with actions and looks as disdainful as his own Respect at present mastered his resentment which would have broke out in another place notwithstanding the splendid fortune of this Favourite However to revenge himself in some sort he kept as near Fatime as he could to hinder Zelim from having an opportunity of declaring his passion to her The difficulty of seeing women in Turky and above all those who are shut up in the Seraglio causes Love not to be so tedious there as in other places where one must sigh a long time before one can make a formal discovery of it Therefore Zelim Achmet for fear of wanting another opportunity thought it not fit any longer to delay speaking to Fatima Fair Odalisque said he to her if your heart be as cruel as your face is charming the sight of you would make me despair not being able to look on you without loving you or love you without a desire to please you Mahomet Coprogli could not hear this declaration without regret He cast his eyes languishingly on Fatima who at the same time turning hers towards him could not help letting him perceive that his complement had touched her more sensibly than that of Zelim and she had already opened her mouth to give him doubtless a favourable answer when the Emperour who heard them speaking behind him turned about to mingle in the conversation the subject of which he soon found out by looking on the young Odalisque and considering her face more attentively than he had done before Amurath who setting a side his cruelty and avarice had all the excellent qualities that can be desired in a Prince was also infinitely gallant he continued the good humour he was in that he might not interrupt the conversation of Zelim and Coprogli with Fatima For all that I see said he to the two Courtiers your judgment is very good and I cannot blame you for being so earnest to gain the friendship of this lovely Odalisque I my self continued he laughing am beholding to your gallantry for having made me take notice of her merit but were you not disputing with her to know whether her Mistresses beauty equals hers I 'le clear that doubt to day added he addressing himself to Fatima and I will see if the fair unknown who sent you hither has charms enough of her own not to mistrust yours The young Slave answered what he said with so much wit that he was wholly ravished but the joy that he shewed exceedingly disturbed Zelim and Coprogli who began to be Rivals and already looked on one another as such They fear'd lest the Grand Signior should rob them of Fatima otherwise they might reasonably enough pretend to her as being one of those slaves that wait on the Sultanas and that are ordinarily matched to the great ones of the Port who marry them that they may gain the favour of the Sultanas Mahomet Coprogli was deserving enough to obtain Fatima but the power of Zelim Achmet made him despair he knew his love and fear'd not without good reason lest he should make use of his credit with the Sultan to deprive him of his Mistress so that jealousie and fear seized on his soul almost as soon as love The confusion he was in made him resolve to discover his passion to the great Eunuch and implore his assistance who promised him to have a care of his interests as well with his Master as his Mistress and was as good as his word The Sultana Valide Amurath's Mother and the Kislar Agasi who were the two powerfullest persons in the Seraglio were very good friends ever since the death of cruel Roxana They had plotted between them to furnish the Sultan with a new Favourite who being beholden to them for her greatness should be obliged to espouse all their interests The Eunuch Vglan had undertaken to choose a fair one that should be proper for their design he had cast his eyes on Zaime a young woman that came to the Seraglio in the absence of Amurath she was recommended to him by the Bassa of the Sea who had taken her away upon the Coasts of Circassia Her beauty and her wit render'd her worthy of the place she was destin'd to and Nature had made her so surprising that she needed no body to speak in her behalf The Sultana Valide and the Kislar Agasi made no question but that she would infinitely please Amurath to which end they agreed together what means they should use to captivate the Grand Signiors mind who seemed to have no more inclination to love They acquainted Zaime that they intended to make her great Sultana and to ingage her the more to be greateful exaggerated the beauty and merit of many others before whom they preferred her Then they instructed her what she should do to get the Sultan's good opinion and perswaded her to send him some of her own Works which were done with a great deal of Art to make him desire to know her Zaime waited for an opportunity to execute what they had contrived being informed that the Emperor was in the Gardens of the Seraglio She chose the time when he was walking on the Terrace we spoke of to send him her Present which she had disposed in little baskets of her own working She gave this imployment to Fatima whom