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A64070	Memoires of the life and actions of the most invincible and triumphant prince, Ihon the Great, third of that name, present king of Poland containing a succinct series of affairs from craddle to his present day : with a particular relation of his many great and stupendious victories obtain'd against the Turks and Tartars, from the time he was first made crown-general, and afterwards elected King of Poland / done in verse, out of H. G's historical account of the said princes life and actions, by a lover of the peace and glory of Christendome.	Tyler, Alexander.; H. G. Scanderbeg rediviuus.	1685 (1685)	Wing T3558; ESTC R14474	74,153	177

MEMOIRES OF THE LIFE and ACTIONS Of the most INVINCIBLE and TRIUMPHANT PRINCE IHON THE GREAT Third of that Name PRESENT KING of POLAND CONTAINING A Succinct Series of Affairs from his Craddle to this present Day With a particular RELATION of his many Great and Stupendious VICTORIES obtain'd against the TVRKS and TARTARS from the time he was first made CROWN GENERAL and afterwards Elected KING of POLAND Done in Verse out of H. G's Historical Account of the said PRINCES LIFE and ACTIONS By a Lover of the PEACE and GLORY of CHRISTENDOME EDINBVRGH Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His IMPERIAL MAJESTY of GREAT-BRITAIN Anno DOM. 1685. TO THE MOST ANTIENT OF ALL CHRISTENDOMS and the whole WORLDS MONARCHS The most Potent the most Heroick the most August JAMES The Seventh the Ornament and Glory of all other PRINCES KINGS and EMPERORS His Imperial MAJESTY of GREAT BRITAIN France and Ireland c. GREATEST SIR AS an Essay whether or not this my obscurity dare approach the most Glorious and August Theme in the World and that is Your MAJESTIES own I have attempted the MEMOIRES of the Heroick and Victorious KING of POLAND which will become yet the more Memorable when Graced with Your PRINCELY EYE and ROYAL PROTECTION The Subject being in it self so Noble might very well have become a much greater and finer Pen than the many diss-advantages of so low an Author could well afford it However Mannag'd as it is by the unworthiest of a thousand being the Account of the Life of so great so glorious a PRINCE Comprising some of the memorablest Actions and Victories which have yet Adorn'd any other Age It could not have been offer'd withour diminution of that Glory due to Soveraign MAJESTIES to any else of whatsomever Sphere below GODS Prime MOVER of the WORLD the Royal Nay nor yet of all those Foundations or that Firmament of the Universe to any other Intelligence or power save Your MAJESTY alone For to whom else should the Heroick Atchievments of this Valiant PRINCE have been Address'd but to another KING the most Wise the most Valiant the most Enriched with all those distinguishing Marks of Excellency and transcendent WORTH which ever yet Dignify'd that highest Character And tho the alone Elective KING this day in Europe if not in all the World which is more the dissadvantage of His Subjects there being for most part a kind of Metempsychosed ROYAL GENIUS in the continued Successions of an Ancient Race of Hereditary KINGS The want of which with that wild Nemine Reclamante in their Diets being the two great Flaws in the Polish Government have no doubt been ever yet the Grand Obstacles whereby that otherwise Magnanimous Nation has not long ere now born a much greater Figure in the World But this is none of our HERO'S fault His Loss it may be in several Instances but especially in his being hereby the youngest Brother of all other KINGS To whom else then should His Polish MAJESTY repair but to the Eldest of all these and that is Your ROYAL SELF For Reckoning from KING FERGUS the First of the longest Race of an hundred and eleven KINGS Your Royal PROGENITORS in a Reign of two thousand and fifteen years The Primogeniture of the whole Worlds MONARCHS is the indisputable Right of the Sacred Imperial MAJESTY of Great BRITAIN whom that Heaven may still Protect as it hath ever yet done with Miracles and Wonders for the Glory of God and the Good of his Church in this Queen of Islands and all other Your MAJESTIES Dominions for the great lasting Ornament of the eldest ROYAL BROTHERHOOD of all other KINGS for the Ballancing the Affairs of CHRISTENDOME for the glorious Defence of the true Christian Faith and the Encouragement of all other Christian KINGS and PRINCES to a generous and just Charity and brave Resolution of uniting their joynt and firmly Combined Forces against the Common Sworn Insidel ENEMIES of our most holy RELIGION shall be ever the constant standing or kneeling Prayer of the least and unworthiest of all other Your MAJESTIES Most Humble and most Obedient Servants and Subjects ALEX. TYLER A LETTER to his GRACE WILLIAM DUKE OF QUEENSBERRY MARQUES of Drumfreis-shire EARL of Drumlanerick and Sanqubar VICE-COUNT of Nith Tortherwald and Ross LORD Dowglas of Kinmonth Middlebie and Dornock His MAJESTIES High COMMISSIONER for His Ancient KINGDOM of SCOTLAND Lord High THESAURER of the said KINGDOM one of the MEMBERS of His MAJESTIES PRIVY COUNCIL of both KINGDOMS May it please your GRACE BEside the Succession of a great many Durkes Regents KINGS I range them in the order of their own History and the entire Reigns of the two preceeding KINGS of Poland JOHN CASIMIR MICHAEL KORIBVT WIESNOWITZKI the voluntary Resignation of the Polish Crown by the former and the great Hazard of its and that fierce and undaunted Nations being well near made Tributary to the Ottoman Turbant by the timorous precipitation of the latter and a light touch of the Government Laws Politys and Customs of that great People sprinkled all along this little small Work the manner of their Diets or Parliaments the Splendid and Pompous way of Election of their KINGS where each Waywood Palatine and Castellan for these are the Titles of their Peers and Senators appear equip'd like as many EMPERORS having every one a Retinue so August so Numerous so High and yet so Orderly as tho they were all severally Triumphant CAESARS who when once assembled to the number often-times of some hundred thousands all gallantly appointed and richly and strongly Arm'd The Diet sits or rather stands in that Field for most part neer Warsaw their Capital City call'd Kolw for no House in the World could suffice to contain And I doubt if many Cities could well accommodat beside the own Inhabitants such prodigiously-vast Swarms of Men of all Ranks all at once I say beside all this your GRACE has offer'd you in these Sheets the Life and Actions from his Cradle neer to this day of one of the Greatest and Bravest KINGS except the IMPERIAL MAJESTY of Great-Britain alone whom GOD still preserve and bless second to none else that CHRISTENDOME or the whole World dare challenge this day or peradventure yet ever could own His Descent of the most Illustrious and Noble Families of his Countrey His Education the stepps of his Advancement His being made Crown-General His Exploits while in that Trust during the Reigns of two KINGS His immediat Predecessors His rare Virtues for which GOD hath Anointed him with the Oyl of Gladness above his Fellows His Election and mounting up to Polands Throne His many Battles fought with all the disadvantages of Number Strength and oftentimes Place and other Circumstances where Triumph still Pearch'd upon his victorious Ensignes and of all these the Place the year of God the day of the Moneth the very time of the day wherein he has so oftentimes made Christendome glorious brave happy while Infiaels

Prince of Condee who was Duke D'Engwin Design'd to Match the Niece of the said Queen Born of her Sister Princess Palatine NOr were French Pistols wanting to dispose The whole Court-Party to advance that choise Which much incensed other Noble Peers And near once more set Poland by the Ears In opposition to the Queens design Many great Persons joyntly did combine Of all whom Lubomirski was the Chief A mighty Party joyn'd to their Relief In this Rebellicus Consorts and Commates Naming themselves Polands Confederates But after sev'ral Traverses of Warr Treaties of Peace to heal this Rending Jarr 'Twixt both The Rebels to their Homes are forc'd And Lubomirski's Party's put to worst Being deserted o's Confederats To Breslaw in Silesia retreats His place Grand Mareschal was taken fro'm And SOBIETSKI ' stablish'd in that Room The Rebel Lubomirski hence was driven In Januar sixty six or sixty seven And of a Palsie shortly after 's dead Who with late Ague Pole's State shaken had SOon after this Crown-General Potoski Dying 't fell to th' share of SOBIETZKI As hath been said ere while tho most oppose Alledging two such mighty Trusts as those Of Marshal General to and by one Could not be well conferr'd nor rightly done And would have had the last of those we name To Prince Demetrius great by Worth and Fame But Casimir Poles wise and generous Prince Foreseeing's late shak't KINGDOMS Exigence Requir'd no less then Peerless SOBIETSKI In Council prompt in matchless Valour Brisk ay FOr as when Head or Heart of any Wight Affect'd with Maladie grown to some hight The Eyes look pale and dull and languishing The Pulse beats saint unev'n like slack'ned String Of Lute or Viol Hands Feet Fingers Toes And th' extream parts which from the. Body grows Refuse that Duty which of right to Head Heart allows Ev'n so the Cossacks Poles remoter parts Inhabiting when hearing Jarrs and Thwarts 'Twixt Prince and Peers resolve to take their time Of Courts Vertigo's still Rebellions prime Joyning the Tartars promised Turks Aid Poles Frontiers with great Spoils forthwith invade And in their Insurrections furious Maza They seise the strong Town known by name PODHAYS And in the Month which doth preceed September Flock'd up from all Resort the strong RUSS-LEMBER THese COSSACKS are a compound mingled Rout Of many Nations hardy fierce and stout The gross whereof are Polish Peasants who T' avoid the slav'ry of the Tyrant Po lish Noble-men forsaking Pole as Cain Did SETH withdrew so to the UKRAIN A Province near the Turks and Tartars plac'd With all things sit for Humane Life well grac'd Being all Greeks as to Religion Having a Select PATRIARCH of their own Residing at the great and strong and mighty Fenced with Art and Nature KIOFF'S City Acknowledging themselves in gross and whole Liege-men and Subjects to the KING of Pole Serving his Majesty in 's Wars they say Against the Infidels still without Pay In Arms are born bred live and die these mighty men of Prey This Armed State for their Security Partly and part for Poles Nobility They keep These Nobles they do still despite And these with mutual hatred them requite They for their Freedom ' gainst Poles Lords still Rage These would reduce them to their Vassalage So that 'twixt mutual Fears Hopes Spoils and Harms Th' one ' gainst th' other frequently take Arms. Against which Cossacks with fierce Tartars joyn'd Great Gen'ral SOBIETZKI is enjoyn'd To march Who by their dreadful num'rous swarms Reduc'd to greatest Straits this Son of Arms. For while h' hath scarce once seen descry'd and found'em They with most thick Batallions quite surround him Amidst which pinching Push and Jeopardy No Council's left save either do or dy THen like some Lyon roused from his Den With Noise of Hounds and Huntsmens voice a main Great SOBIETZKI startled once next animats his men ' ANd thus Accosts them Valiant Native Poles ' My fellow Souldiers Can your fearless Souls ' Whose glorious Arms late quell'd the Roaming Swed ' And chas'd him from our Bounds and home him sped ' Can all those Trophees num'rous as your feet ' Late trampling down the Marshie Muscovite ' Giving that proud and mighty Knez the Chase ' And bending back the VVar to Mosco's face ' Forcing him to our KING to sue for Peace ' Those dreadful Swords which did at once give Laws 'To the Great Czar and Warlike stout Gusta'us ' And Lubomirski and 's Confederates al 's ye ' Fought vanquish'd routed frighted in a Palsie ' But those you 'l say were Strangers or Piastis ' And what 's this Raff and Mungrel Race of Mastives ' But the vile Scumm of Polish Slaves a Rabble ' Of coarsest Dregs of all God drove from Babel ' Shall we who 'd well near giv'n snatch'd back Poles Crowns ' And of two crowned Heads cropt such Renowns ' Be fac'd crouded to our Beards with such Rafscalion Clowns ' Up up March on Charge Fight what needs more words ' Let 's force and cut this Vict'ry with our Swords THen as a Flash of Light'ning rends a Cloud Next killing Thunder comes which roars aloud Then plump suden Rain like that which made No's Flood Just so their Swords Shout Shot Shock rains Seas of Cossacks Blood When in a trice or twinkling of an Eye Thousands of Rebels bleed full spraul and dy By num'rous Heaps vast Swarms and hideous Shoals With little loss or none to th' Gallant Poles Thus having quit himself of pinching strait He forc'd the Rebels first to Begg then Treat A Peace most Honourable for Polands Crown Whose terms are in the following Words set down 1. ANd first as to the Tartars there should be For all in this late War an Amnestie Until that Casimir great Polands KING The Purport of this Treaty should once Sign 2. And next if after Differences arise They should not Arm in any kind of ways But strive to reconcile't by their Envoys 3. The Sultan Galga promis'd in the name Of his own Master Tartarys great Cham To be an Enemy to all and whole Such as should War against the Crown of Pole With all his Force to Aid when e're requir'd Being of Poles with yearly Pension hir'd And for so doing Hostages to give Until the States assembling them relieve By Moneys rais'd for their Redemption And Tartars present Satisfaction 4. And in the fourth place that the. Tartar Cham Nor any else of his or in his Name In Vkrain should Quarter any Forces Neither of Infantry Dragoons nor Horses Nor any other part of Poles Dominion Without the KINGS consent and full Opinion 5. If any Forraigners in this Campaign Who serv'd the Cham should pole invade again Of their own Head or others Mal-direction That Cham give them no aid nor yet Protections 6. That Prisoners on both sides be releas'd And with restored Liberty be grac'd That Sultan Galgas Force nor Spoil Kill Burn Nor least Disorders act in their Return WIth Doroskensko Gen'ral of the

Took up the Crown of fair and puissant France Now falling to him by Inheritance I write the just words of my Authors Text Puts this in year five hundred seventy sixt AFter the Recess of this last nam'd Prince The Poles next Diet were not of one sense One Party nam'd for KING Stephen Bathor The Transylvanian prince as many more The Austrian Arch-Duke Maximilian Which 'twixt those Princes open War began But Stephens Valour with the Victory Obtain'd the Crown who Issueless did dye In year of Christ five hundred eighty sixt Then Sigismund the third succeeded next Son to the King of Sweden named Ihon Being chose to fit on Polands mighty Throne Soon after which the Father Ihon deceast Did Sigismund with 's Native Crown invest This Sigismund now King of Pole and Swed Had by his Mother secretly been bred In Popish Tenents And all this was done Without least Inkling of his Father Ihon As Zealous Protestant as any one On whose Election unto Polands Crown He Protestant suspect'd not Popish known And Romes Religion still obtaining there To satisfy the Poles he did declare That he for ever would maintain and own The Roman Catholick Religion This made the wary Swedes still Lutheran Desire conditions that he should maintain Their Protestant Religion as 't then was And let no Popish Innovations pass But some few Churches by his sufferance Or sloath not known some Places of Defence Had Popish Priests and Catholick Commanders Which made those stiff and jealous Swedenlanders Suspect this Sigismund of Male-intent And then Revolt at last with joynt consent Charles third son of Gustave Errickson His Uncl's lift up to the Swedish Throne HEnce came those Strifes and Fends and Wars amain 'Twixt Polands Kingdom and the Crown of Sweden For Sigismund did prosecute his Claim And Charles maintaind's Election by the same Which Strise 'twixt Vncle and Nephew did not dy But did descend to both's Posterity Just in the year six hundred thirty two Dy'd sigismund succeded Ladislow His eldest son who dy'd in fourty eight Whose brother Cazimir had next that Right By Choise who after twenty years of Reign The Polish Crown did willingly resign Michael Coribut Wiesnowitski Came next and now this glorious SOBIETSKI Who for his Countreys Honour Safety Crown Hath done yet doth such deeds of loud Renown Made them so great and glorious in each thing As mov'd each Polish heart to choise him King REader I hope thou 'l pardon this Deduction Plain as it is was meant for thy Instruction And understanding things express'd of Course Which needs we must recount in this Discourse Nor can't be needless you should also hear That KINGS of POLAND still Elective are Marvel with me how comes't their Sov'raign pow'r So much restrain'd should yet so long endure Or how Poles Princes straight bound up with Fetters Their Royal Hands so Chain'd with Words and Letters Should sway a Scepter or a Sword should shake To Rule or ' Fend their People while one Sneak Or Waspish Fellow in their Parliament Tho the least Nuntio shall dissassent In any point of greatest Importance Be it the Kingdoms Ruine or Defence The KING himself and the whole Polish Diet Must leav 't undone and sculk away in quiet Some Authors talk but whether lye or troth I shall not say that Polands Kings take Oath Not only to Govern conform to the Laws And Constitutions Statutes Customs Cause O' th' Kingdom to maintain the sev'ral Rights And Priviledge of all their Orders right And not to mince the Kingdoms Revenue But that there 's yet in th' Oath a Clause more blew In case the King should rule in otherwise Absolving People from Obedience Tyes I shall not here my doubts again renew Tho unto me this seems more strange than true That Fundamental Law of Germany Call'd Aurea Bulla can 't compared be VVith this for not to name the many things VVherein the Emp'rors case is wide of Kings In Pole th' Electors ev'ry one by one Are sev'ral pieces of a State that 's one All private men Subjects at most at best But in the Empire this may well be prest Where each Elector's Prince of Sov'raign State And cannot yoak his Pow'r at other rate It s then a Fancy or is't be ought true It s but of yesterday and late and new For in th'authentick form of the old Oath Of Polish KINGS which Orichovius hath There is not the least mention made of this HOw e're it be without Oath true it is That by their ancient Constitutions known Their KING can nothing great perform alone Without consent of th' whole Estates in one In making War or in contracting Peace Levying of Taxes or in Crown-Lands Lease Nor any important affair of State But by the joynt advice of full Senat. Yet as the stern stout Poles Nobility Have such strong Holds of Soveraignity So they assume and still pretend each one At least presume or formerly have done Unto themselves a more transcendent Pow'r Then they 'd allow to King or Emperour In all their Seigniories as accords They do behave themselves like abs'lute Lords This Kingdoms Palatinats thirty four Or Governments each of whom all is o're His own Castellans which of Cities are Captains or Governors in Peace and War Of whom in Poland if we 've counted even There are in all much about eighty seven Of Grand Ecclesiasticks they have two Archbishops GNESNA and of Le'pold too Of old a third at RIGA also had Until that City sell unto the Swed This Gnesna is prime Senator of State Who when the KING shall die without debate He hath the chief mannage of great Affairs During the Interreign tho 't were for Years And Issues Warrants for the States to come To the Election of a new Prince whom When Chose the Oath administers to him And sets upon his Head Poles Diadem All their most important Affairs are done Determin'd and advis'd resolved on In Diets or in Parliaments alone Which Parliaments or Diets thus are held Being summon'd by the King and thus they 'r call'd To Prelats Palatines the KING doth send By 's Chanc'lor Letters of Instruction pen'd Which mentions all his Majesty thinks sitting To be propos'd then ' points their time of Meeting Which Letters had each Senator alone Considers the Design they drive upon The Consequences Qualities and Natures Of those Affairs propos'd in the KINGS Letters The very same and of that full extent The KING' 's to offer to 's next PARLIAMENT Concerning all each Free-man of his Vote Hath a full Liberty o's yea or not Just as he pleaseth or he is in Mood For privat Interest or publick good Beside all these the KING doth Letters send Into each Pa'atinate to be kend When the Nobility are all to meet That ev'ry Province then may have its Leet And Representatives they may be chose Who here are always called LAND-NUNTIOS For which effect Convention's held in all And ev'ry County which they LANDT-JAG call

quickly marcht to Bar A fenced City in the ukranie Which when approacht he storm'd so furiously That it was his in twinkling of an eye THe Turks and Tartars garrison'd therein Fled when they saw the Poles the City win Unto the Castle which was very strong And yet this proved not their Shelter long But forc'd upon the eighteenth of November Upon the KINGS discretion to surrender Who did the Turks most gen'rously dismiss With safe Convoy unto Caminiec But all the Lipher Tartars quickly were Each dealt a Slave unto each Litwaneer Next his Victorious MAJESTY no Rester In Field march't to Mohilow on the Neister A Place of great Import unto the Pole Because it is the only Pass to Mol davie who when they knew the King in Field Did to 's victorious Arms most quickly yield Thus did Sciana Kalnick Fourty more Podolian Holds of Strength the Turks gave o're NO Force resists the Tempest of that Fame Which always conquer'd wheresoe're he came Without Sword drawn his Word these wild Beasts tame Just at this time ne're more untimously Did all those Troops had come from Litwanie Leave him just in the nick of Hopes and Victory Pretending all that none of them could bear The rig'rous Season of that time of year T' was now December in the sev'nty four Yet 's MAJESTY tho weak'ned in his Pow'r Resolved with his gallant Poles amain Still to Continue on in this Campaign And notwithstanding left almost alone His prosp'rous Fortune bravely to push on Scarce past one Week wherein some fenced Place Or other 's not surrender'd to his Grace And tho the Turks were num'rous in those Places Yet durst they not ' gainst him once shew their Faces TO Hansel sev'nty five New-Years-day saw His MAJESTY by Storm take in Raskaw Upon the Niester stood this strengthned Hold Where sixteen hundred of the Turks were told Of whom while all their Foot were cut in pieces Their Cavalry being forc'd to mend their Paces Escap'd The Polish Horse so wearied With those continual Services late made That there was none of them in posture now On Foes fresh valiant Horses to pursue So that his MAJESTY had now subdu'd All that part of the Vkrain which stood Westward the Neiper save the City Czebryn The Residence of Dorokensk had ay been Head of allVkrains Rebellion Whom he endeavour'd from his Perdwellion By Treaties to reduce unto his Duty And this made Shews of promising his Feawty And readiness to own the KINGS Commands If 's Majesty'd vouchsafe these eight Demands 1. FIrst That the Cossacks should continue free In Exercise of the Greek Liturgie And that without Disturbance they might own That Antient Churches old Religion 2. That some Arch-Bishop of their Church should have A Place and sit amongst Poles Senat Grave 3. That of the Ukrain some good fit part Be for the Cossacks Army set apart 4. That Polands KING at 's Coronation Oath Confirm these and their Priviledges both 5. That Poles Republick ever shall make knowen When they have need of Cossacks service done And on what Terms they do desire 't be shown 6. That Cossacks Deputies sent to the Diet Shall be receiv'd welcom'd and treated by it With equal Honour 's any Deputie Sent from the Dukedom of great Litwanie Or from the Kingdom of old Polonie 7. That they have freedom to Trafficque and Trade With all their Neighbours as before they 've had 8. What still the Turks refus'd those Savage Fools They may Erect Print Offices and Schools BUt all these Overtures to nothing came Sly Doroskenko did but play his Game Between the Poles and jealous Muscovite A Friend to neither more then 's Aims thought meet IN April sev'nty fift the Turks and Tartars Having by this time left their Winter Quarters Weary of Rest and Rust did now take Arms And came to Field in hideous Throngs and Swarms KING IHON had maugre all their Force held out This Winter in those Parts without Recruit Whereby his Army small so lessened That all believ'd he should be hastened To quit the Vkrain foresake the Field But his great Sp'rit which knew not how to yield To any Hazards but Necessitie And th' utmost point of last Extremitie Resolved to the last to stand it out And from those Quarters not to stir a foot And therefore Reinforc'd the Garisouns Of these his following late Regained Towns Of Bracklaw and Kalnick and Nimirow Bialacierkew and Mohilow Which being done he left not Force enow To have an Armies either name or shew Had not his Valour and his Conduct been Like a new Figure making Vnits ten Rend'ring their num'ral Hundreds virtually As many thousands by his Courage high IN following May the KING to Slotzkow held Sited eight Leagues distant from Leopold Where with some Senators of Polands Nation He had a long and serious Consultation Laying before them all his just Complaints On their neglect of his sad pinching wants Since after sev'n Months time of this Campaign Wherein with such an Handful of few Men. So great Advantages perform'd and done And been procured unto Polands Crown Restoring to t 's Obediense again The greatest part of all the Vkrain In which himself and his few Souldiery Had mett with so much Pinch and Scarcity Of all Provisions that their wants did force Their Food from Flesh of Catts and Dogs and Horse And other Beasts beside their endless Toils And dreadful Dangers infinite Turmoils And yet no care was taken to supply His Wants which now lookt stern as Destiny Nor to enable him with fresh Recruits To store his Army fewer then the Scouts Of the GRAND SEIGNIORS now become so Weak As 't cannot keep the Field another Week His Majesty b'ing hitherto enforc'd This Warr to have maintain'd at his own Cost Which amidst all those sad Perplexities He yet Resolv'd maugre Difficulties And yet for all these Instances he made Nothing to store his Needs was done or had BAck to the Army turneth which did hold Near his Head Quarter City Leopold And in good Season for it was high time He should assure the People of that Clime By 's ROYAL presence who were otherwise To leave their Dwellings ready to Advise In dreadure of those Swarms of Turks and Tartars Which ev'ry day pour'd down too near those Quarters Whose vastest Numbers of two hundred thousand Did fill those Parts with Horrour and Confusion ON the seventeenth of August sev'nty five Turks Tartars Chief Commanders did contrive In the dread Presence of Himself great Cham And the Vizier Bassa Ibrahim In Council mett first to attempt the Town Of Slotzkow which being once possest and won Next to Attacque the City Leopol The present Quarter of the KING of Pole Who had in all scarce fourteen thousand men For 's Litwanian Troops had not joyn'd then PUrsuant-hereunto some five days further Marcht Sultan Nuradin still breathing Murther Chief of his fourty thousand Tartars led The Flow'r of all that Army C ham there had Attended with the eldest