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Abra-Mulè, or, A true history of the dethronement of Mahomet IV written in French by M. Le Noble ; made English by J.P.; Abra-Mulè. English
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Le Noble, Eustache, 1643-1711.; J. P.
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by a general discourse of the pleasures that attended the Union of two Persons in a charming Affection Abra listen'd to her and seem'd to give Credit to her discourse because that all she said to her flatter'd her Inclinations for the Seraskier And Marama who was perswaded she had made some Impression upon her Soul imagin'd that nothing remain'd for her to do but only by some Artifice to get Soliman and Abra together which she thought might be easily brought to pass The body of the Building wherein were the Appartiments of Abra Marama and a great number of other Women was directly opposite to that wherein the Princes were lodg'd and to prevent their Communication and seeing one another a very thick and high Wall divided the Court by which they were separated The body of the Building wherein were the Appartiments of Abra Marama and a great number of other Women was directly opposite to that wherein the Princes were lodg'd and to prevent their Communication and seeing one another a very thick and high Wall divided the Court by which they were separated Amurath who built those two Structures or Piles of Lodgings to be himself in the one with the favourite Sultaness and to lodge the most beautiful Women of his Serraglio in the other had contriv'd a private little Gallery under Ground whereby he might pass from one Building to the other and avoid the jealous Eyes of the Sultaness when he had a mind to visit his other Women The Entrance into that Gallery jutted upon the Appartment possess'd by Prince Soliman and led to Marama's Cabinet but two Doors a long time since made up prohibited the use of it To attempt the opening of a place in the Serraglio clos'd up was a Crime sufficient to awaken Mahomet's jealousie and to hazard Soliman's life But in regard it was the only way that Marama could think of she furnish'd her self with Irons and false Keys requisite to make a Breach and when all things were ready prepar'd and concerted with Soliman she engag'd Abra to come to her Chamber and while her Slaves kept Sarai in a pleasing Chat she led her alone into her Cabinet Soliman got through and had hid himself behind the hanging that hung before the Out-let of the Gallery At what time Marama having seated Abra upon a heap of Cushions cover'd over with a Carpet entertain'd her with high Applauses of the marvellous lustre of her Beauty the brightness of her Eyes the whiteness of her Skin and all her other Charms and after that shifting her Discourse she fell to talk of Prince Soliman and cry'd up his Merits to the Skies insomuch that the portraiture that she gave of him seeming to have a fair resemblance of the Aire the lovely Meen and Lineaments of the Seraskier the poor betray'd Lady out of an innocent openness of heart gave her self the liberty to signify that if the sight of the Prince had not been forbidden by the strict Rules of the Serraglio her Curiosity might have been prevail'd upon to see him Upon those words Soliman who thought he had met with the Minute proper to make his Appearance bolted of a suddain from behind the Hanging and falling upon one Knee at Abra's feet with his Eyes fix'd upon hers which she cast toward the ground in a deep surprize that render'd her Immovable Madam said he behold a Prince that burn'd with impatience to behold the most wonderful of all perfections that ever Nature produc'd and who is come to prostrate his Heart at your feet and put his Life in your hands Abra who could not recover her self from her Astonishment durst not cast an Eye upon Soliman but upon Marama she threw a look that seem'd at once both to reproach her Treachery and bemoan the trouble into which she had plung'd her A Ruddiness more then ordinary spread it self upon her Cheeks her whole Body trembl'd and not knowing what course to take under a Circumstance so little expected she stood in a profound silence when Soliman resuming his first Addresses I see Madam said he I see that the Happiness I have had for the sight of you to surmount those Obstacles that would have appear'd invincible to any other Love but that which I have for your self offends yee but impute to the power of your Charms and the tenderness of my heart this Crime that has affrighted yee and which you will pardon me when you consider that no man living can behold those Eyes without adoring ' em Abra who during this disorder felt her anger augment as her astonishment began to quit her cast a smart look upon Soliman and at the same time turning again her Eyes away from him Sir said she did you only expose my life by an Enterprize so dangerous both for you and Marama you should not have seen me tremble But Sir what i st you aim at by an Undertaking no less fruitless then rash and indiscreet I am not ignorant of the full extent of your Merit and I pay it the real homage of my Esteem But if you have forc'd those Obstacles that forbad you the sight of me there yet remains others far more invincible that forbid my heart to entertain a Passion that must never enter there Oh Madam were the Sultan so happy as to have touch'd your heart I might justly fear the meeting with an invincible Obstacle to my Love but since I know that he has never cast his Eyes upon you and that you your self are careful to avoid his sight what Obstacle can the Love of a Prince who adores yee meet with in a heart so free as yours A Prince who would sacrifice the whole Earth to the satisfaction of infusing into your Soul the smallest Passion for him Prince reply'd Abra whatever liberty Mahomet gives my heart you will not find it less insensible then if he had the sole possession of it Stifle therefore a Love that may precipitate yee into a thousand dismal Inconveniencies I am not ignorant of the danger to which at this Instant you have expos'd your self nor has the surprize into which you have put me or my indignation to see my self thus betray'd by Marama so clouded my Reason as not to consider what I have to do I esteem and respect yee Sir too much to deny yee my silence for the security of your head Be gon Sir and do not ruin your self for the sake of an Amour where there is no probability of success You may Madam never have any Affection for me but I can never cease to have a Love for you If my pure Flames offend yee here 's my head deliver it up to my Brother to punish the Presumption of my Adoration Sir said Abra a heart like mine never seeks Revenge and the Injuries done by Love are always excusable nor will I revenge my self of that which yours has done me but in labouring to extinguish it I also pardon Marama's Treachery for the sake of her friendship for you
Abra-Mulè OR A TRUE HISTORY Of the Dethronement of MAHOMET IV. Written in French by M. Le Noble Made English by J. P. LONDON Printed for R. Clavel at the Peacock near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street 1696. To his most Serene Highness Monseigneur the Prince of CONTI Monseigneur THe Unfortunate Abra-Mulè belov'd by two Sultan's and a Visir yet so that neither of the three could be happy in the enjoyment of her is come into France to unfold the secret Intreagues which her Beauty occasion'd in the Serraglio and which pull'd down Mahomet from the Ottoman Throne She begs to appear under the Auspices of your Serene Highness and she is in hopes Sir that a Prince who together with all the Vertues of a perfect Hero possesses all that Love is capable to inspire will not refuse a Sultaness so amiable and so vertuous the honour of his Protection She flatters her self with it Sir and the troubles that overwhelm her will meet with a pleasing Consolation if your serene Highness while you recreate your weary'd Thoughts in reading the fatal Success of a Tenderness so fatal as hers afford it some little sence of your Compassion But Sir Your serene Highness will not only behold in this short History the secret of an amorous Intreague you will see there the Events of War which will be yet more pleasing to that undaunted Courage which renders you the Glory of your Country This undaunted Courage supported by all that can form an accomplish'd Hero is the fire of that Royal Blood that runs in your Veins an Emanation of the great Soul of that invincible Prince that incomparable Condè whom France beholds with so much pleasure reviv'd in your vertues Continue Sir continue to tread the steps of that Gyant and may that formidable arm of yours the weight of which the Enemies of the State so often have felt be one of the most firm supports of the first Monarchy in the World My good Wishes follow you where ever you go and the chiefest wish I make at present while I take the liberty to offer you this little Piece is that so long as I live I may be Your Highnesses most Humble and most Obedient LE NOBLE THE PREFACE 'T IS not to be imagin'd that this is a Romantick Adventure grounded upon meer Invention for it is the real Truth of a secret Intreague carry'd on in the Serraglio which put Soliman upon attempting to set himself up in the room of his Brother meerly to gratifie an amorous Passion which render'd him his Rival I have writ nothing but what I had from the Memoirs of one of my intimate Friends who accompanying M. Gerardin in his Embassy and abiding with him a long time at the Port under Soliman's Reign unravell'd there the whole Secret of this Adventure concerning which upon his Return he deliver'd all the Informations into my hands at the same time that upon what I had div'd into by the Correspondencies which I held in several parts of Europe I publish'd those Dialogues which include an infinite number of Particulars not to be met with in other Historians This is therefore no chemerical Invention but a true History and if you take the pains to compare it with those that are more General you will find that I am very exact in all the Circumstances of Publick Events and that I do but unfold the secret Reasons that caus'd 'em The Actions of Soveraigns are always divided into two parts the one is the Publick Event which all the World knows and which is the Subject of Gazettes and the most part of publick Histories the other is that which they conceal under the Vail of their Politicks and those are the secret Motives of the Intreagues which cause those Events and which are only known to and reveal'd by those who had some share in carrying on those Intreagues or who by the penetration of their Genius knowing one part divine the t' other For Example we read every where of the taking of Buda by the Valour of Prince Charles of Lorrain seconded by the Duke of Bavaria that they carry'd the Place in view of an Army of Fourscore Thousand Men Commanded by the Visir in person who could not relieve it but the Relations never tell yee that the Conspiracy carry'd on by Prince Soliman Siaous and Cuproli who were plotting the Ruin of the Visir hinder'd the Succours and ty'd that Minister's Arm. In like manner we find in the Publick History of Philip II. King of Spain that he was two Years in Flanders without ever returning into England to visit Queen Mary his Wife not so much as during her mortal sickness but we do not see what motives of Love and Jealousy set 'em at variance Thus it may be said that seeing Action is the Body and that the motive is the soul of that Action there are very few or no Historians but what give us Bodies without Souls while they never tell us the Motives which cause Princes to Act and give Motion to their Intreagues Which is the Reason that particular Histories are always more pleasing and more profitable then those which are General They are more pleasing because there is more care taken to adorn 'em and for that they mention those things which are not to be met with in others And they are more profitable because they are more precise in the Characters of Princes and in the Private and Domestick Actions which are more proper to instruct then the general Relation of an Action of which we know not the Motive nor the Causes An Explication of the Turkish Terms contain'd in this History SUltan The Emperor of the Turks Sultaness Validè The Sultaness Mother of the Sultan Sultaness Asseki The principal favourite Sultaness Grand Visir Chief Minister of the Ottoman Empire Mufti Chief Priest Iman A Doctor or Preacher of the Alcoran Dervis A Turkish Monk Alcoran The Mahometan's Bible Mosquee A Mahometan Temple Seraskier A General of an Army Basha A Governor Kaimakan High Marshall of the Houshold and Governour of Constantinople Janisaries The Turkish Infantry the Sultan's Guards Aga. Collonel of the Janisaries Serraglio The Sultan's Palace Kiaia A Lieutenant Kisler Agasi Chief of the black Eunuchs and superintendent of the Serraglio Kisler Kiasi Deputy to the Kisler Agasi Grand Teftardar Lord Treasurer Bostangi Bachi Superintendent of the Sultan's Palaces Gardens and Buildings or chief Surveyor Bostangi A Gardner Dragoman An Interpreter Catacheriff A Decree of the Sultan Fetfa A decree of the Mufti Timar A Feofment for Life Abra-Mulè OR THE HISTORY Of the Deposition of MAHOMET IV. EMPEROR of the TURKS The First Part. THE Revolution which happen'd in the Ottoman Empire in the Month of November by the Deposal of Sultan Mahomet and the Advancement of Soliman his Brother to the Throne is one of the greatest Changes that have fallen out in this Age and of which the secret Circumstances that caus'd it not div'd into by many Persons are