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A07605	The Mahumetane or Turkish historie containing three bookes: 1 Of the originall and beginning of the Turkes, and of the foure empires which are issued and proceded out of the superstitious sect of Mahumet. 2 Of their conquests and the succession of the house of Ottoman, vntill the present reigning of Mahumet the third. 3 Of the warres and seege of Malta, which Solyman the great made to the great maister and brothers of that order. Heerevnto haue I annexed a briefe discourse of the warres of Cypres, at what time Selimus the second, tooke from the Venetians the possession of that iland, and by reason thereof I haue adioyned a finall discourse conteining the causes of the greatnesse of the Turkish Empire. Translated from the French & Italian tongues, by R. Carr, of the middle Temple in London, Gentleman. Dedicated to the three worthy brothers Robert Carr, William Carr and Edward Carr, in the county of Lincolne, Esquires.	Carr, Ralph, of the Middle Temple.; Foglietta, Uberto, 1518-1581. De causis magnitudinis imperii Turcici. English.	1600 (1600)	STC 17997; ESTC S112763	141,432	259

paine taking pen that might transfer so rich treasure from straungers vnto vs. If new things delight according to the naturall ingrafted condicion of man these are new If benefit be expected in bookes especially in histories for counsayle forewarning mischiefs in the examples and harmes of others frō what former historie may we reap greater then this stored with so many and notable presidents of all sorts fresh bleeding as it were before our eyes and which should be a greater motiue telling of ensewing danger not much deuided frō our owne doores when daylie we lamentably see our neighbours houses not farre of flaming New fashioned clothes deriued from straungers are euery day much esteemed new fashioned manners new fashioned wittes are affected then either for the worth or fashion let these French and Italian traductions receiue your fauorable censures I dyd propound no greater gaine in my paines and hope of your curtesies to obtaine no lesse which graunted shall encourage me to shew you yet somewhat more worthie ere long in this argument wherein I hauing first for aught I know broken the ice sauing onely the Historie of Scanderbegg of the late Persian warres that of Tamberlain though exceding well done yet but perticuler parts of this discourse shall be glad to heare of any companion for further paines to whom this subiect will afford enough of sufficient and worthie matter And so crauing you would friendly correct what faults in the Impression haue passed either by me or the Printer I take my leaue and rest the seruant of euery well willing reader R. Carr. The Originall and beginning of the Turkes and of the foure Empires which are issued and proceeded out of the supersticious sect of Mahumet COnsidering that I haue the penne in hand I make so mine accompt that I were as good to make an ende as to staie vntill you required of me from whence the nacion of the Turkes are come what manner people they be that haue bene so much vnknowen to our predecessors sauing about three hundreth yeeres agone and that Pomponius Mela and Pliny haue made some mencion of them and numbered thē among the Scythians But to declare truely their originall and beginning it behooueth to beginne at the Sarazines and than to write of the Empires that haue beene engendered of their wicked and abhominable superstition and sect as the Caliphe of Baudras the Miramamolin of Aphrick the Souldain of Egipt the Assan or Sophie of Perse For these are they from whom the Turkes are proceeded MAHOMET whom some doe call Muhamet and the Turkes mehemet that is to say loued or praysed was an Arabian borne in a village nigh to Mecque called Itrarip about the yeere of our Lord sauiour Iesus Christ 600. at such time as the Emperor Heraclius gouerned in Grecia king Dagobert reigned in Fraunce his father was named Abdala which word may be interpreted the seruaunt of God though in deede he was a Gentile and very Idolator But Mahumet being an Orphan at the age of eight yeares was left in the regiment of one of his vncles named Abutaliph who caused him to be instructed by a Iewe in the Mathematical and naturall Sciences and after that to be married at the age of fifteene or sixteene years and then instructed him in the trade of Merchandize which hee practized both in Egipt and Sury wher not a litle he frequented the company of Iewes Christians but chiefely with a Moncke of the order of saint Benet called Iohn as the Bishop of Ptolomais or A●on reporteth as also with another Monck called Sergius an hereticall Nestorian of whō he learned the holy Scriptures especially the old new Testament To which knowledge whē he had attaigned cōsidered with himself that it was no great difficult matter vnder the shadow of Religion so to draw to him the Arabians being but grosse rude and Idolators he therefore absented himselfe out of companie and remayned secret by the space of two yeares And after that presented himselfe to the people saying that all the while of his absence he was with the Angell Gabriell who taught and gaue to him the law of God and that to beleeue in Idols was foolish vaine But perceiuing that at that time his woords could obtaine small credit he inuented another policie For which purpose he had an Esclaue called Zeidimy to whom he told that the will of God was that all men should be free therfore dyd giue him immediatly his libertie wherby frō euery part all the Esclaues in a countrey repayred to Mehemet and gaue him such credit that whatsoeuer hee commanded they obeyed him In so much as this companie thus drawne togethers brought no litle dread and feare to some great and welthie families in Mecque as were the Caraxins Haximins and Benimitains who vpon the intelligence of the drawing togethers of this wicked packe tooke armour against them Whereof Mehemet getting intelligence fled immediatly and retired himselfe to the towne of Almedine sithens called Medinathalmaby which is so much to say as Medin of the Prophet where he began in such sort to preach to the Iewes that in steede to beleeue him they beat him in sundrie fights and his Esclaues also So as in one of these skirmishes Mehemet gat such a stroke ouerthwart his face that not onely hee lost two of his sore teeth but also was left for dead in a dike ther wherin he was cast though in the ende he ouercame the Iewes And because the Arabians which indeede be discended from Ismaell the sonne of Abraham and of Agar his wiues maide were called Agarins hee caused to be ordained in that it was not honorable for his people to carie the name of a woman seruant that from thence forth they should be named Sarazins deducted from the name of Sara the lawfull wife of Abraham alledging that Ismaell was engendred of Sara and not of Agar hir maiden The which name of Sarazins so long endured vnto such time as the Turkes dyd abolish both the name and the nation as heereafter I will declare Mahumet hauing thus crept into credit among ths ignorant and rude people that hee was a Prophet and messenger of God hee acquainted himselfe with a Lady of no litle wealth and riches named Tadiga or Cadiga being a widow and so to the purpose hee behaued himselfe towards hir that hee married hir although hee had three other wiues besides hir whereof the one was called Anosse the second Ahasse and the third named Seick or Zeich whom he rauished from one that was one of his bringers vp beesides a Concubine that he had called Marie a Christian woman of the sect of the Iacobits And than he began to publish his damnable law that it was lawfull for any man to haue foure wiues Howbeit thorough the marriage of this Lady Mahumet was wonderfull re'nforced and strengthened in such sort as that thorough his welth that hee dyd get he was able to

onely to be pertakers of the honours and riches which the Sarazins of whom these Turks became familier companions and meruailously well beloued for that they tried themselues to be euery where in their warres their best souldiers Thus they liued togethers about three hundred yeeres that they were accounted in manner to be of one nacion Howbeit the Turquimains kept themselues alwaies a part by themselues and grew to bee of such wealth and might that about the yeere of our Lord God 1400 they became maisters ouer the Sarazins by occasion of discord growing among the Sarazins themselues as hereafter shal be declared This first Caliphe endured not very long because another Sarazin named Ascaly chased him from his place purposing to haue vsurped his rome howbeit he could not so attaine it for he was slaine by the Sarazins who preferred another to that dignitie called Haly. Haly the second Calphe was coosen Germain to Mahumet his sonne in law as some affirme hauing maried Fa●●ma whom the Turks pronounce Fatma the daughter of Mahumet whose lawes Haly chaunged or rather anulled and made new of his ovvne inuention through vvhich innouation of religion or rather supersticion the Sarazins beecame meruailously deuided Insomuch as those vvhich follovved Mahumet made a Caliph in Egipt The others remained in Persia vvith Haly vvho alvvaies continued in such reuerence and estimacion as vvell among them as vvith the Turks at this day that incontinently next to Mahumet vvhen they goe about any of their affaires they say Alla Mahumet Haly God Mahumet and Haly. Thus the Sarazins began to be deuided among themselues the vvhich diuision hath euer sithens continued and endureth yet For albeit the Turks the Persians also are in effect very Mahom●●ists yet differ they so in ceremonies other contrarieties of opinion that the one do account the oother very heretiques The Caliphe doth execute his office as though he vvere both their Pole and their Emperour For these Caliphes doe ordaine gouernours and officers through euery prouince vvhere they haue authoritie vvhich they call Sultans vvhich may be interpreted Prouosts o● gouernours But by succession of time this terme Sultan ●s conuerted to an ●ppellation or name roiall and signifieth the word king At the time of this first deuision there was a Sultan of Alexandrie named Selym that killed the first Caliphe of Egipt and returned in obedience to the Caliphe of Baudras to haue fauour After this part of those Sarazines of Egipt that would not come to the obedience of the Caliph of Baudras passed into Africk chased from thence the Vandales which were Christians but heretiques maintaining the abhominable error of the Arrians wher these Vandales had domination sithens the time of their king Gencericus who with his nation being Vandales were chased out of Hispain by the Gothes that were Arrians as they also were and so arriued in Africk in the time of the Emperour Theodosius the yong sonne of Arcadius about the yeere of our Lord God 410. and after were tributaries to the Emperours of Constantinople where they remained vnto the yeere of our Lord God 668 that the Sarazins as aboue said ther first entred and established a generall to rule ouer them whom they named a Miramamolin which is so much to say as a ruler or lord ouer the people ordained his residence place of dignitie to bee at M●r●hque at this day called Tunes nigh to Cartage Which name of Miramamolyn hath sithens beene chaunged for at this day they call their king Moulee as he that at this day reigneth at Tunys is called Moule Assan that is to say king or Seigneur Assan I would not discribe to you further at length what the Sarazins did after their conquests of Persia Afrique But will admit a little intermission vnto the yeere of our Lord God 1040. at which time they were subdued by the Turkes or Tursquimains their tributaries For otherwise that were against my purpose determining rather to make an Epitome or abridgement than a whole large Chronicle of their dooings THE yeere of grace 660. Mehua which signifieth suddaine or hastie Sultan of Egipt successor of Selym tooke the Isle of Rhodes and carried away the famous Colosse or piller of Brasse that was esteemed on height three score and tenne elles which an Earthquake ouerthrew as Plinie affirmeth IN the yeere of our Lord God 660. Abdalla the Sultan of Egipt after Mehua came to Syracuses where sometime was slaine the Emperor Constantins sonne to Constantine whom his mother in law Martyn wyfe to Heraclius caused there to be poysoned where the Sarazins sacked the towne with a great part of the riches of Rome which the said Constantins before had caused to bee brought thether to haue conueyed the same to Constantinople ABOVT the yeere of 690. Abimelech which woord may bee enterpreted the father of the King inuaded Hispain with a nauie of 270. shippes but was repulsed and from thens passed into Africk from whence againe the Sarazins were chased by the Emperor Iustinian the second And so Abimelech was the first Miramamolyn among the Sarazins against whom the Emperor Leonce sent a Captain of his named Tiberius who by the armie was made Emperor and so without executing further his charge returned to Constantinople against his Maister Leonce where after he had taken him and cut of his nose he cast him in prison in which the miserable Leonce remained all his life These matters being done at the time whan Sergius the first of that name was Pope And Theodorick or Thierry sonne of Clouys reigned King in Fraunce IN the yeere of our Lord God 712. Sultan Selyman which is so much to say as peasible whom some doe call QVLEMEN the Caliphe of Baudraz besieged Constantinople but thorough pestilence and famen poslessing his Camp he was driuen to raise his siege which before had beene continued by the space of two yeeres And this was at what time the Emperor Theodoxe had taken his pre●ecessor Anastasius made him a Monck when Giegory the twelfth was Pope and Chilperick the last King of the line of Pharamonde reigned in France IN this time also Mizza Miram●molin successor of Abimelech ●t the request of Iulian the Conte of Consuegra who was sent as Embassador to him fr● Rodrigo King of Hispain caused twelue thousand men vnder the leading of his generall called Cariph to passe into Hispain against the sayde King Rod●rigo to reuenge the iniurie done to the sayd Conte Iulian in that Rodrigo had deflowred the daughter or as some doe say the wife of the sayde Conte Iulian called Caba as the Chronicles of Hispain doe make mencion Who landed at Gibraltar which place our auncients name Calpe and the Sarazins Gibelcariph the Mount of Cariph and from thence marched alongst the famous Riuer of Bet is and by the Sarizens named Guadalquiber which is so called vnto this dav Where nigh vnto the same in a foughten battell the saide King Rodrigo who was the