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A33328	The life of Tamerlane the Great with his wars against the great Duke of Moso, the King of China, Bajazet the Great Turk, the Sultan of Egypt, the King of Persia, and some others ... : wherein are rare examples of heathenish piety, prudence, magnanimity, mercy, liberality, humility, justice, temperance, and valour.	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.	1653 (1653)	Wing C4535; ESTC R3775	50,971	60

and and praising him with all manner of songs There he remained about a moneth In which space Axalla had rendevozed his Army at Ozara from which also he advertised Tamerlane of the proceedings of Bajazet Then did Tamerlane send for him to Samarcand to confer with him about seting forward of his Army For although he was still accompanied with renowned Princes and famous Captaines yet were they no body in comparison of Axalla whose sound judgement and counsel had won him such credit with his Lord and Master as by his advise he did al things and without him nothing which his so great authority and favor with his Prince wanted not the envy of the Court but that his great vertues and rare-found courtesie in so great fortune together with so many great services as he had done supported him against the malice of the same He upon this command from Tamerlane leaving the charge of the Army at Ozara with the Prince of Thanais came to Samercand and there discoursed with him at large concerning the estate and order of his Army and so shortly after they all departed to Ozara where a new consultation was held by which way he should conduct his Army as whether it was better to lead them by the coast of the Muscovite directly towards Capha or on the other side of the Caspian Sea by the skirts of Persia and after much discourse and sundry opinions with their reasons delivered it was resolved although the way were the longer to pass by the Muscovite so to come to the Georgians and to Trepizond and from thence to enter into the Ottomans Kingdom This being resolved on they marched forward till at length they came to Maranis where they stayed three dayes looking for the China forces whereof they received news there also Tamerlane mustered and paid his Army He had also news of fifteen thousand horsemen sent him by the Muscovite with a sum of money with leave for him to pass thorow so much of his territories as should be necessary being glad that he set upon others rather then on himself and that such great preparations should fall upon them whose greatness was as dreadful and dangerous to him as any other Tamerlane caused a great quantity of victuals and most part of the furniture of his Army to be sent along the Caspian Sea which was a great ease and commodity to his men which marching by Land was of necessity to pass some twenty leagues thorow places destitute both of victuals and water Himself all the way coasting along the Sea shore passed his time in Hunting and Hawking to make the journey less tedious his Army not coming neer him by ten leagues which was so great that it extended it self full twenty leagues Coming to the River Edel he stayed at Zarazich whilest his Army passed the River at Mechet and two other bridges that he had caused to be made of boats for that purpose Now that Circassians and Georgians hearing of the approach of Tamerlane with his huge army by their Ambassadors offered him all the help and assistance they could in his journy as he passed that way These Georgians were and yet were Christians a great and warlike people of long time tributaries to the Greek Emperors and afterwards sometime tributaries and sometimes confederates to the Persians but alwayes enemies to the Turk and therefore glad they were of Tamerlanes coming against them of these warlike people Axalla drew great numbers to the service of his Prince who not a little esteemed of them being all tall men very beautiful of great strength and courage and withall most expert souldiers as having many times resisted the power of the Ottoman Kings by reason of the advantage of their Country which was rough mountainous and hard to come to These people every where kindly entertained Tamerlane and plentifully relieved his Army with all necessaries In passing thorow which and other Countries he took such order with his souldiers that none of the people by whom they passed were any whit injured by them insomuch that if a souldier had taken but an Apple or any other trifle he died for it And one of his souldiers having taken a little Milk from a Country-woman and she thereof complaining he caused him presently to be hanged and his stomack to be ript where the Milk that he had lately drunk being found he payed the woman for it who had otherwise without mercy dyed for her false accusation Which his great severity was indeed the preservation of his Army being so great as that it was thought impossible to provide it with victuals whereof yet there was not want nor of any other thing necessary for the relief of man his Camp being still as a most populous and well-governed City stored with all manner of things whereunto both Artificers and Merchants resorted from far Countries with their commodities as to some famous Mart and the Country-people from every place without fear brought in their Country-commodities for which they received present money and so departed in peace So marching on he at length came to Bachichich where he stood to refresh his Army eight dayes and there againe took a general muster of them finding as some write four hundred thousand horse and six hundred thousand foot but others that were present with him say three hundred thousand horse and five hundred thousand footmen of all Nations There also he generally payed them and as his manner was made an oration to them informing them of such orders as he would have observed with much other military discipline whereof he was very curious with his Captaines In the mean time Bajazet would not believe that Tamerlane durst once look towards him yea so exceeding barbarous was he that he would not so much as suffer any man to speak of him or his Army to him by reason of his pride He also strictly forbade all the bordering people to make any vows or prayers for Tamerlanes prosperity But he was soon after awakened out of this Lethargy as we shall presently hear Indeed Tamerlane could hardly be perswaded that Bajazet having subdued the greatest part of Grecia and much distressed the Greek Emperor and having so great means to recover whatsoever he should lose in Asia would be so adventurous as to come over the streits out of Europe to try the Fortune of a battel with him but rather warily to protract the time to weary him with wants that in a strange Country drew such a world of people after him wherein yet he found himself much deceived for when he had passed the Georgian Country and was come to Buisabuich Axalla whom he had not seen in eight dayes before because he commanded the Avantguard of the Army came to him with such news as he knew would be most grateful to him which was that Bajazet had raised his besiegers at Constantinople to come and defend his new conquests in Asia and that he was