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T H E
Third Y S L U M E
L E T T E R SWri by a
Watkifl)Who lived Five and Forty Y ears,
Undifcovered, at
P AR I SGiving an IMPARTI AL AC C OUNT to
the D iv an a t Confiantz’
nople, of the mo&remarkable Tranfaé
’
tions of E uro e ; and
d ifcovering fevera l Intrigue: an S ecret:
of the Cbrifh'
an Courts (efpec ia lly of
that of France) cbntinued from the Y ear
1 64 5 , to the Y ear 1 6 8 2 .
[Written Or ig in Arabick , Tran/lured into I ralian, and from tlmzce into Englifh , 6] theTr a y/lator of the Firfl: V OLUME .
E ve (B ight!) dBDttton.
L O N D O N
Pr inted for 7. Ri nd”,
D . B rown, R. S a r a.
S . Tu be,
G . S tra bzm , IrV. Mex”)
8 . Bafia rd, and F. C id], 1 72 3 .
T 0 T H E
REA D E RR Améizm '
v
,hav ing met
w ith (0 kind Ente rta inment
in th i s Nation fince he pu tZ omthe Engliflx D refi,
is refolvedi;
to continue h is Garb,“
and
v ilit you a s often as C onvenience w i ll .
p erm i t.H e br ings along w ith h im manyforeigrtf;
”
C ommodi ties , to g rat ify the va ribué E rz
p eétarions of Peop le . H is Ca rgo confil’t‘
ing of Jew e ls and-
Othe r Ra r i t i es, w h ich".a re the g enu i ne P roduél: of the Eajf ; and
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fome k inds of Me rchandife , w h ieh he
h as p urchafed he re in the Wefi,
‘
d u r ing ,
~h is Refidence a t Pa rir.
I t'
w i ll be p ity'
to affront th is honeil'
S trmger, by _ra iiing S ca nd als on h im,
a s ,
if h e w ere a Counterfeit, a nd 1 know
norw ha t. Th i s w i ll ap pea r inhofp i table ,‘
a nd unw or thy of the Eng liflaC andor and‘
‘G enerofity .
To fpea k‘w ithout an Aflegor], in th i s ~
Third, , Volamc of Letters, a s in the former
A; 3 .
my},
To ~the R E A D E R
tw o, you
’
ll find an exac9t Continua tion ofmodem Hijiory,
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a cqua inting you w ith a ll
th e memorable S ieges , Ba ttles and C am
p a igns, that w er e in E urope, ‘from the
Y ea r‘
r 64 g, to 1 6 49 . As a lfo, w ith a ll ther ema rkable Negotia tion: and Tranfiaéfion:of S ta te, Embafliei , League: and Ov erture:
of Prince: th e Policie: a nd Intr igue“
: Of
publick Mini/ten ,efp ec ia lly thofe of Cordi
m l Maz a rim’
; the g rea t and fi
Rev olution: and C iv il M ?! in
China , Naplci , Turk] and Pa rt} ; the
p rod ig ious R ife of a poor young bea rdleis Fijim man
,to the Heigh t ofjofv ereign
Pow er ; the d ifma l Tragedie: of a n Engi ifli King, and Chinefi: Emperor ; W i th th e
Mu rde r of a 7 urlaifb.
S ulta n. And a ll
thefe in termix’
d W i th p roper and ufefu l Remar ks, pleafant a nd ag reeableS tor ies ; couch
’
d in a S tyle , w h ich be
ing p ec u lia r to the Arabian: , cannot bem a tch
’
d in any Other Writing : tha t are
extant.
l f h is Pbilofopéj w ill not abide the Tefl:of our lea rned Virruofi , ye t it may p afsM uh e r in a Mobometan ; fince i t is taken
for g ran ted , tha t th e Men of tha t Fa iib
r a rely a pp ly themfelves to fuch S tudie s ;or
,» a t lea fl , n0t in the Method ufed in
Cbri/l irm S cbool: . Th ey may have th e
fame
212m the R e A p E K“
.
(lame Idea’
s o f natura l Th ings as w e ; but“
exprefs themfelves in a d ifferentner .
, “ a
.As for his they arefolid and"
rave, and c ould not be ;rep re~
gended even in a°
Cbr ifii4 n Wr iter, if w e .
reduce w ha t he fays to Univ erfa lo. For
abfi ra eting from the p a rticu la r Oblig ations he had to h is na tiv e Relig ion, and to
the Gfm d igyniar, w hofe S lam he w as ,
{here ;w ill ,be found little D ifference be
tw een h isfi tbiok: and .our s .
'
H e eve ry:
w here recommends Loya lty, Jui’tice .
Fortitude, Temperance , P rudence , a nd
a ll the ft: othe r V irtues -w h ich a re requifire to fill
‘
up the Clioméi ep of a Hero, o r
“
he w ill nor bear w ith h im for
p atronifing the Relig ioir and Inter ejt inw hich he w as bred ? it be ing natura l for
a ll Men, to adhere to the Notion: theyh ave fuc k
’
d in with their Motber ’: M ilkIn this a lfo he ,
fhew s g rea t Mode ra tion,and a moreunbj
'afs’d Tem per, than one
w ould expeét from a Tu rk,w h ich . m a y ,
in p a rt, be afcribed to h is fiudying in the
Cbrifiia n7Academier
,h is C onverfa rion
w ith the lea rned’
fi Men in Pan), a nd
(omey
of. the '
mofl: accomplifh’
d Fe rions ,
in the World . He
ine it w as, that he w as ;
4l
To the R a a D a R.
accus’d by his S uperjottr: a t the 0mm};
Port, of inclining to Cbrifl ionitj or A
'
be-t
ifm ; a s he takes norica religiom D ignita in
the th ird Book 6 this
to w h ich the Reader is refer
ther S a tisfaétion .
In his mofl familiar Lettm , fueh a s th islaftmention
’
d , andothe rs to his in
Fr iend s , you w i ll find fome Ed ifcove ring a terra in
,in
S treng th of Though t, w h ich
common ini Cbr i/l iim W'
ri tcr t .‘Wh tc h
a n Argument, Tha t the M obométizh: are
n 0t a ll fuch Blockheads a s w e take themfor.
And though h is Pjéiu re, w hichWehav e?a fli x
’
d to our Tmbfl atio‘n, fince
fi
w é ha'
d th e
I ta lian Tamer,rep r
'
efen tsno extr a
P erfon, ye t you know 714mmFronti mi lla Fido: And it has been
‘
a com-3
mon O bfe rva tio'
n of ione of
fit Philofopber: in th is J’ige ,3 7W
oatw a rd Afpcéf, noMom y ou”2q What an'
fl irt/h im : S oul lodged abitbin.
If you w ou ld know how the J u lian
c ame by th i s Pic'
im e, (for, in
h e afferts it to be the true
Arabian) he fays , Th a t b'
ei
w i th the '
S ecreta rj‘of
'
To the Rt a D'
rr a .
and frequenting h is Houfe , he'
faw a PI
h ang in h is Clo/”
ct, w ith this Infer i :
pt ioii . a t th e "BOttom , T I T U S D EM O L D A V I A,
C L E‘R I C U SL
'
y f tat i: fa w LXX l I . Hé a sked th e Gen
t leman w ho this Titu: w a s , w ho inf’
orm’
d s
him,Tha t he w as a grea t Tra v eller , and
"
unde rflood m any L anguageg efp ec ia lly;the S cla
'
fvottia fl ; Greek and‘Arabick , on:
w h ich Recoun t Ca rdina l Rirbliea , and h is ,
S ucce’
ffor Al a a ar ia i, h ad made g reat Ufeof o him and th at the latter h ad ca rriedtha t Piilure of the Moldavian to be draw n
‘
:
and hung up in’
h is C lofet; from Whence he;h ad . it. O u r -Ita liambeing fa tisfy
’
d¢
afte r
fome D ifco urfe abou t h im;‘
tha'
t'
this’
S tra nger‘w as the v ery Arabian, w hofe
Writing : he h ad fo happ ily found; gocr
leave ofthe Gentleman to have a D raugh t
of the,
Pitthr e - taken, ;by a skilful- L in'
im r ,
w h ich he afterw ards p laced in the .Front
of h is Traafla tion.
~
There isone of theic Le tters, Page 2422,
w ants a
.
Beg inning in the Ita lian -
C opy.
Wh ich th e Author of that Tra tflla tion t akesNorice of in his Prefabs, faying ,
‘
Tha t by :
fomeAccidentor Other; theAraairaPaper
had b een torn afunder, and one Part w a s s
mifiing . .
N Q
There:
To the RE AD E RThe re needsno more to be laid
,burto
a cqu a int the Reader , th a t w e are go ingforw a rd w ith the E nglifh Tr a nfl ation ofthefe L etters , a s fafi a s w e can. S o tha tin a ll Probabili ty, you may ex eét a Foa rtbVolume before Cbrijiman he re in youw i ll find more p a rticu lar Remarks on( r ut Affairs
, w ith political D ifC0111
”
6 5 00 the O rig inal and D ifi‘olution
of Governments . As alfo many curiousP afiages du ring theWa r: of Pa r is , w h ichh ave nor h ither to come to publick View .
In fine, you W ill there be inform’
d of a llthe rema rkable B 'Umt.‘tha t a ttha t Time, either in Peace .
Jthe w hole
The T A B L E.
otia tion w ith Princ eSpeech of W ri te Ragotski
I ll. To the infirufi ed in a ll Know ledge, the
v enerable Mufti . 1 0
H : make: a Compa rzfon betw een the Chr ifiians
nd ~ Mahometans , prefer : tbe D evotionand Cha ri ty of the Iatter
'
. Anall rela te: a
him/Elf.
IV. To Mufl apba, Berber alga ;Of the B a ttle of Mergenthe im , fietwem th e
Germans and Frenchv enture of a FrenchTficer .
H e pa rd on: the S candal: raj} upon bimE unuch comm - jig gpoloy 5
[aim tofit a
“tu rbo Ado
To { d im of Edw in ,
He a cqua int: him w ith tbs Execution of three
W itcbe: a t Naple s, whowere bi nd to deftro;him I?) E nchantmentn
Vl l . To the inv incible1 He r amp a re: France
h arch iesand t
V111. To Ca ra_HaIi, a
p it“
Of a Hind Adan who
P bi:
The T‘
A‘"
B, L E:
1X' To 1)!b Bajfiz. i n
, . T' E
4 511
the
8 : Queen of 8To
“
Liking"
. Cap’
Oglani, P ra wpton to the
5 u Roy al t fl age: of the Seraglio.
s t'
wHe expt’
y‘lufate: w ith him“Morni ngMa fia/um.
‘3 hfl ’tflI 5
XI To the Roi : Ef endi, pr incipal, S ew ing of‘
S ta te.
Ttau'
l bra'
h tm.
X lL To the m agn ificent and redoubtablc Vi
4 0
Of the D uke of ,Engu ien
’
s Retu rn' to fParjs .
U? a : Hardine fi of (the (ju g ;i b manGenera ls. He relate: 4Wifi ff€ r4 1mzi rt
s f}, of C ard im lrMafiariniI r
. f. . ai l«HUI. aW bite E unucb. 3 46
. 3'He I ntofl igenceof what i :
k pra éiifid aga in]? bimjntbtfi eraglion s
Xlv . To M ufiapba , Berberl o O f theE léfipr if §a
'
xony’
t fading in Langmuira S w ed iih L ady in .Ar
.mour w ai ted t be oa’d
thinl ofoAri iclesfag reed on bi ??M /J im and
Genera lKoningfmark , 17}tbkt'
Mt-‘fl nnNVnTo ’Mabumme-d; Hogiaf Z t tv tfi, E remit
Inhabi nr ofi r the S av ed .Cdoe,~
cA t the
Fee t 0 ma n h u nt,Ka itl in t i a
rt
‘s fi 5: {QR
A? He ex tol: bi : Aéfiinence ,’
and theH appinefi ofsi f t ti tr et ired LifeElW ay?! theBlpffing vbiob
i ll". Angelapronouneadon‘téatgating
”
1
A x XVI, Tg
The T A B L E.
XV I. To Ufi'pb a 1 §6H e
"
a cqua int : 75 1m w irbtthe M m i ege cf Ulad iflau s, K ing of Poland ; w izld‘Lou ifefi e de Gonz ague , Primers of Mantua .
XVI I. To the Kd imeobem . 5 8H e relate: the S ucccfi of the French Arm: mFlanders, Ca ta lonia and Ita ly, tha t fea r
w i eb an Adventure tha t befi emd ta ntbe
D uke of e eans, m bx: Camp beferaBourbu rgb. 4
XVIII. To D gnet Oglou. 6 ;
He M erw in: bim witb-a familia r “D i/éoxrjeof h i : S icknefi ,
and of tbe M 711 3 Tra n
him a S tory of a Allah .
Bram : w ere tuned to 4 M]? ofS et
XIX!Tpo
er
t
l
he S élifiax Age , or SwordJBedrer
6
m“
h is
H tbe ~Europcans, w itb a ibeir 197.
befleom ,a'
nd otber Inbumam’
teea u Of] the
Alfemblies a t Munfier and Ofnaburg .
Of 4 pr ivate -Trea ty between S pa in and
Holland .
XX. To the'
Ref: E'
fi‘endi, principa l fl efl
'
eedy of
the Ottoman Empi re. 1 u w"
7 0
the French Wm fitfmg out
Predifi ien : la nd fi dfvm ture
of an old Prophet, who went to CardmflMaz arini. Of. Monfieu r : S hanta ; the
French Embafl'
ador m Sw edeland .
XXI To Wiflim V [pet a Kevin/e in A°
.ufl ruz‘sl ‘
n: sw a n
T he T A B L E.
XXII: To the Capta in’
7 7‘
of the Prepa ra tion: the Euro 05 were ma
king , to afl ifi the S ta te of cu ice . He tells
him ,wha t the Ch rifiiansfi) of him
XXIII. -To Adona i , a few a t Ve nice. 79 fH e def re: him to fend fime Rema rk: on the
People he ha: [2m in bi : Tra vels. A jhareCha rafier of Italy , w ith fame Reflefiion: onthe Gorhs and Vandals .
XXIV. To M ufiapha , Berber Aga .
'
, 8 q‘
0] the prefeu t Wa r of Candy. A memor able
S aj ing of the D uke of Orleans , a t the S ur
der of Graveling, w ith a generou: Aftionogtha t P r ince.
XXV . ToNajfufi; Ball}: of Na talia . 8 3H e congratula te: hi : new Honour, p ut: him in
mind of hi: Name-fish” fate, inof Achmer III. and g iv e:
Counfi ln
XXVI. To the Kaimacham. 8 5
. Touching Motofini'
quitting thePort ofC aneato the Tu rks .
XXVII. To C’
ara H ali, a t /ieian at Confirm.
“
8 8
S ome Remark: on the Spr ing, and m the D iffermce bew een liv ing ” COnfiantinOpIe
'
s and Paris . The Quefl of the French Philefophers .
XXVIII To the Tefierdar or Lord-Treafurer .
Of the French D efigm fi; S ea, and otheru f '
‘l .
The I T A E L E;
And feud: 'him~an flffihf”
theM égulmamHifiorfi fl
XXX . To the fame.
H e ex hort: him ,not to let Interefl him in
the Choice of h: : Religton D uke
of B randenbu rgh’
: demanding the Queen ofS w eden m M a rr i aga
XXX I. To M K a imao/eam.
Of a priv a te Leagu e h emieen the Venetiand the Haifa of Alepyof Ado
w a r the law . m a y: ef thy =BaL
(a yufl ice.
a l l
L E T T E R If
TO the méfi m agnrficent and illufirious V u
’
qi r Agent, at the Port . a s go ;
Mahmut e u Pt q e3 to Emi r: E e‘tdiha l Ma z a. .
8 ° rmi. from a ttemgting aga infi the Ottoman ;
He condo/e: the M :fortune ofr
whtfe Eye: wer e w ouii'
by thn ior Command.
cots-f ! s h
"
1 191 4
MN" ”
1 16
The T A B L E.
Of the ea rl; Campa ign: the French made
tha t Tea r . The Ha rding/1Iof a Freud )
1 1 8
H e than/(3 hzm for h Cbfi'
eei
i
com.
pa re: p a r t of Arabia w ith the Fie lds ofTempe . Concer
rzing hi : Fa ther : hunting
of L) on: , Tygert , &c .
. V I . To in Raf a . n o
Rama the taking of Retimo in C andy.
A Cha r/18” of Monfieur Varennes,—
the
French Ambafl ador a t the Port.II. To the fame
Remark: on the Na tu re of theFrench, and their
M ethod of obta ining Vz8°
or te: .
VIII. To the Venerab’ufti, J
'
o'verezgzz Guide
df‘the Tr
’ue Beli 1 24
°
Tquching thecBooks of the ancient Pag ans.
1Certa in memorable Pafl kget of Alexa nder
the G reat.
IX: .
'
TO M ur a t
Of t he taking m ay by the French .
Of the Want of Ra in, a nd S ca rcity of Prow
flan : a t Paris .X . To theAga of
of.
the Benefit ifiories,2 ii Conf uence: of Pr inting in EuroXI .
"To theTame. 1 37
‘
Of Gnfiavu s Adolphus , K ing of S w eden,
and of Queen C h r ifi ina , hi : D a ughterstw at /(e on Queen Elliz abeth .
X II .
‘0 t he
"
S eliBa r Age , or Sw ord Bea rer
l
to
the Gra'
rid S ignimthe
‘
D uke of ( Ma n: hi: new : to Pa r is,After.
The T A“
B L. E:
after he ha d taken Mardyke . Of the D ietof the
°
French .
_
XIII. T6 Ahuhtchir H a li,Merchhnr at Aleppo.1 I“
H e ex hort: him,n
'
ot of one
of hi: Wifet, ht: S lave
KelitteX IV . To S tljman h is Cay/in .
H e rep ro've: him foi
femblies of the Fa ithful,S chifma tic ks .
XV .
"
To Hafizadon Bafl}, chief Treafuier to the
Grand S ignior.
Of the D uke of Engu ien’r ant en
tr ing into Pa r is, after the
k i rk.
XVI.r
I‘
o Ibrahim Hali . CheicI( , a Man o°
f°
the
La w . 1 5 0
Touching the Supprefliort of Brethel Hot/[ti inPa r s .
XV II, To M uflapha , B rim! ofH e a ttr ibute: the Lofi of Afa
of the Mufcov ites. A Cha r
w ith the M anner of t r: S uc
crfl'
ion in former Timex.
XVIII. To S obmart lij qjar idga , Chief, ofl
thé
Black Em ucht . 5 5
H e a cquam t: h1m w i th thé D ea th of‘the PriiaCe
of Comic . The Cha ra fier‘
of tha t Prince ,w i th a br ief Account of 11 1 : L ife .
X X To the Ka tm a cha /rt.
Of the Count d Harcou rt’:
decampmg from hcf -
re Leticia .
cej} (f the French Arm:°
1 i1
The T A B L E.
from Orleans, the [
Yafon of the great Con;
fl ux of S tra nger : to t a t City.
To the Aga of the yanign riét .n d
'
Acre , the Ma id of Orleans.
To Dgnet Oglan. .
Of Eliachim’: fa ding in Lov e w ith a French
L ad) on the Road, 4 : he a ccompanied Mah
mu t to Orleans.
XX IX. To the Capta inOf the bold Propofitl w hich
'
a S ea Cap tain
made to Ca rd ina l Mazanm And of 4
magnificent S hip, which Queen Chrifiiua .
prefénted to thi : Minifier.
B O O K I I I .
L E T T E R I .
TO Bedredin
, S uperior of the Conv ent. of D era oif u, at Cogni in Na talia .
He make: an Apology for hi : Faith aga in]?
fitch a : fl andereafhim. Of a He rm it tha tliv ing nea r Pa r is, who had a lmaji doubledthe p an of Bedredc
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n.
'
207 :Of the Ch rif’tians fbr thei r Vrfl orj by S eaand t L and r
‘A Compa riflm between S ulta ii
Ibraham ,and S u ltan Amu ra r.
Techli, Bafla of Bofnia , ,
a r
in D a lma tia .2 1 0
H e feproa che: h im w ith Cow a rdice, in deadmp
‘
t' ing from before S ebenico. . x
IV; To v ie/meet h aw.
r‘
A'
B L‘
E‘
;”He tell: himof anfi ttempt tomurder Qucc
'
iiChrifiina in her Chapel. z
W. To»Ca ra‘
Hali,
-
a Phyfioian a t Confiantinople .
2 1 5H e dtfcowjé : of theManna in Calabria, jam
of w hich he find : him.
NI. T6 KerkerOf thé Revolution in Ch ina ;MI . To D a rnifh‘Mehemet Rafi . 2 26
Maffianello, a nd~the Revolution'
in Na
2 3 0‘
He~
agitin reprehendt h it M anner of Life, a nd
.p erfi: ade: fhim’
h
,1 b) the E xample of hi :
eq randfather, to ohferoe the Law s Of I’LL;
r1
3 X. Thy' ihe Ka imacham. 2 3 4.-Of the Crueltj ex ecuted b) theTurkifh Gene .
ral , on a Chrifian Prief’t. Of the Vene‘ration
,the ancient Mahomet
‘
ans pa id t'
o
Bonn . Of Porfennaf: Gene
2 3 8
Rema rk:‘on this S panilh the
‘
Infurl'eéh'
on in S icilyr and p a rt icula r ly on
3the Revolution in Naples ; He p ray: himto fart -Nathan Ben S add i, w ith religi:du s Baol g :
XI. Th is Letter Wants ' the Title'
and Begin;fiing.
’
2 1 2.‘Of the Chrifiian
'
r Revenge on the S on of Aliac—Baym)
" Lippa , for/theSuf ering : of
hrifiian Prielt. 7he extrav agant
mnge of an Italian Capta in. " 1
KM. To
The T A B L E.
X II. fro the {v enerable‘M ufti . 1 244,
of C a rd ina l Maz arini'
: fi/pporting tha Tum u lts in Na ples . Rema rgk: on the D uke ofGu ife hi : Attempt to jitccour the retro/ted.
A D‘efcn
'
p'ticn of the E x tent and Richer: of
tha t 'K ingdom .
XIII . To Abdel M elee -Ma li,Oma r
, S uper intendant of the College of S cience:
H e‘
di fcourjé : about the
\Vorld . The . Vifion of Oma r,of Mahomet. . Of Adam
’
: fir/tle
’
th . Tha t the Earth w a : inham any Ages before Adam .
H e
“
rela te: to him theTragedyVe l
'
pers . Of a W'
oman a nd
tha t were i l‘nm'
u r‘ed feoenteen ,
Tea r :
S cr ibe.
in Naples .XV. To t he Ka imacham . 2 60
H e inform: him,wha t Redfon he ha : to he
jea lou: of C a rd ina l Ma z a rmi’
:
g a inji the O ttoman Empi re.
D ex ter ity, in prjing .
dina'
l'
: S ecret: , and thojé‘
of . the
XVI. To Pejieha li , h is Brother. 1 64'
H e further commend: hi: Journal. A Ra reE x ample of Ind ian Cha r i ty . Inge
of t het inefe . elk oftha t K ingdom by the
courfl': if the O rig ina lu nmix
'
d Blood j gf 13 115 and Ta r( a rs f Of a Gan at Pequin, Tw
pthou/and
Ti a r: old.
XVII. To
r r‘
g,
1 -1 1w
‘The T A B I: Eof}
the 74 11 144 1 1 11 1 .
I
Z 7O
V1 8 0r) of the French obta i’
n d
f Lens . Of the'
Tumu lts a t
Pa ris , and the King (f France : Speech to
the S ena tors : Mahmh t inform : h 1m ,1 how
a in Agents, ,to foment the
it‘iou .
met Beig . 2 74.himw i th th 0fU li d lOf Poland the Cou rt
i n Mou rning a : 11110 w z th
the D ulce of Bava ria ’
: D ea th. Of the
French Campa ign: in Flanders Of a S ea
Fight between the French a nd Spania rds .
of a formidable Confp iracy aga injtthe Cz arof Mofcovy.
Greekr
XX . To Chimgi Muhammel, Baf a 2 80
Of the Conch /[ion of the “Peace of Munfier .
Of the Troubles of Pa ris , a nd the D uke
of Beau fort : E/cap e out of the Cafilc ofthe W ood of V inc iennes
Proceeding : of the .
irate s aga in/i S u ltan Ibrah im . Refufi : eta defame hzm after ht: D ea th
Own:
2 7 6
Ibrah im'
: lheingbi t Attem on 8 11 1.
e of the
the
he
the
a tion of
The -
{T A B LME
town: tha t he did but d ifl emblet “
L etter to the Mufti . Of the
mom W refiler , whichfi fl do
to D ea th, 11 M4 11 that throttgdemolijh it . Of the MO1 10
Ring.
XXII. To D anecmar
Romania .
Rema rk: on the Murder of th
Cha rles I . and wha t (5
fin d, when he fir/t hea rd
horr id Tragedy. ofP rmciplel .
Writ by .
A PY of PARI S .
V O L . I II .
L E T T E R I .
Mahmut, on Arabian a t Par is, toNathanBen S a dd i , a Jew a t Vienna .
BELIEVE the New s of my Imfirifonmenc
m ight fill thee w ith D oubts of t y ow n Li.berry , and make e w eful to avoid at:
Vi enna, fuch 3 Mi ortu ne a s befe l me at
Pa r ir. Y et if thou w ert mu ch furp rized at th isAccident, it is an Argument that thou ar t but a
Nov ice in the World , and art yet to learn the firfl:Rud iments of ufefu l
,
W ifdom,w hich teach in ,
Tha t there no S ttdfaflmf: Humane Afc t'
n ,
There has nothing happen‘d m
’
me i n this ,w hich I w a s not before p rov ided for ; neitherd id the S udd ennefs of the Eve nt make - mechange Coua tenance. I fmiled at the fulfil lingmy own Prefagcs, and w ent to Pt ifon as uncon
B cerned,
L E T T E R S Wr it h] V ol. IH .
cern’
d, as I w ou ld ha ve one home to my Lodg"
that I w ou ld ave thee think , I w as
of a Lofs fo afiiiéting as that of L iber“ty bu t my Cha ins d id nor ap ear (0 very form i
'
dable, hav ing made them fami li ar tomy Thoughtslq rigbefore .
hen I firft came to Pa r it‘, I look
'
d on myfelf bu t as a Pr ifoner at large , ow ing the FreedomI had to w a lk about
,only to the Carelefnefs of
the S ta te, and the Favou r of D eflhq . So that
w hen that Indu lgence w as retrench’
d , no new
Th ing happen’
d to me . W hat I had‘expefl ed for
S even Years together could not fcom firange w heni t came to pafs .
By w hat ] have fa id, thou ma y’
h learn to p re
pa re thy felf for the w orft Events , w h ich com a
m ou ly fl ea] u pon the fecure and unthinking , being w rapp
’
d u p in greater D arknefs and S ilcnce ,than the Moments w h ich br ing them to Light .
Thefe fl ide aw ay w ithout our Advertifement, unfeeu , u nheard Ne ither can our W a tches or D i
a ls inform u s any th ing of them,
’
till they are
pafs'
d . So there is no Index to point ou t to u s
the hidden D ecree: of Fa te,’
t i ll they a re accom
ifh’
d ; no Ephemm'
) of D e/h'
ny, but our ow n
ricnce ;
h on , and a ll thyNation, a reClow
‘
fitam : They—
effecm you E
Intmfi, as w ell a s’
of their L a w . Th’
e y defpifc
and v ilify you , calling you ,The a eeurfcd of God.
Y et they admit you a s Members of their Com
monw ealth . They receive you to t he Proto
fl ion of the ir Law s , and entrufi you w ith the irS ec rets , that they
-may ferve themfeives of you r
Money .
’
T hu s are you become Bankers for
our fw orn Enemi es fAnd w hi le -
goo p rofefs an
redi al / Obedience to the Injun ions of Mofee,
”y ou ma ke underhand Leagues W ith the B IZ/Wk;o
4 5] V ol. II I .
fu rpr ized him once, of w hich his li riibeftCau tionneve r gave him,
Warn ing . I read it in One of h is'
Lette rs to the Ka ima cbam , w hich thou fentefl mefrom Vienna . The Story is th is As he w as one
D aywri ting t pa tche: to the Por t , a certa in tame
B ird wh ich he kept for h is D ivertifement , {h atchesfrom the Table t he Paper on w h ich he w asw r iting to the Tefterda r and the W indow being Open
fl ies w ith it ou t into the S treets . The Pap er w asd ra pped in the Garden of the Aug ie/tin Fr ia r }, they e ry
'
Mome nt w he n the Sp en d/b Améafl'
adori
w as
w a lking there w ith the Gener a l of that Order .
’
Tis
tru e , the Letter w a s u nfinifh’
d , no Name fubfcr ibed , a nd (0 Ca r en creeped an imm inent Ha z
ard of h is Life But the Skcrets there in conta in’
d
gave a v aft S ufp icion to the Imper ia l Cour t , it be .
ing foon carried to the principa l S ecreta ry of S um ,
and by h im commun icated to the Emper or andD ie m . S tr i€t Inqui ii tion w as made throughou t
the City for the Au thor of t hat Letter . A Re
w ard of a thoufand Ri x D ada " p romis’
d to anythat w ou ld d ifcover h im The B ird w as feen bymany to fly a long w ith a Pa er in her B ill, bu tfrom w hence {he came , none new . Nor had anycu r iou s Eye a ttended her uncerta inMotions back :No man d iv ining, tha t that Paper w a s de li g-ned to
tranfm it to the m e” happy P or t, the molt impor
tant Counfels of the German Emp i r e . Ne ither w as
Ca r eca’
s Hand taken norice of.
-hav ing lived ve ryp rivately, and ufed another Charaa
er in h is com.
mon D eal ings . Bu t how nea r w as he ra n D ifeovery , w hen he fa
a;himfe lf in h is Letter ,
w anted bu t five ord s to the Conclui'
ron ,
he w ould have fubfcribed his NameTEM‘hence
thou may'
& learn . that a Ma r iner r
‘
ina -T empefi,
amongfi Rocks and S ands , trunsfinoegreater Ha
z aras, than he w hoa étsdne thyw tim .
V oh l l I . a S P Y elf-
" Pawn s
How ever , thou m a”ft now continue thy Ad
v ices to oh er ve . the 'D ire&ions of Elia .
claim ,w ho br ings thee this »Letter . He w ill in .
form thee of w hatfoever is nec efl‘
ary for thee toknow , tak ing
'
th i s Journeybn purpofe to preven tthe w akeful Jea loufy, and~
'
a&iv e Inqu iii tion ofCa rdina l Ma z d r im
'
, from w hom 'nothing can be
h id that’
s trufied to thq flt. Rece ive h im w ithfingu lar Honou r ; he is an incorr u ptible Fr iend ofthe O ttoma n Par t . From h im thou {h a lt learn the
fafeftMethods of ou r futu re ‘Corr ef'
pondencé . He'
is the Apolloof thn a tion and h is VVifdom andFide lity w ill be recorded in the Reg e
'
fl er of tha t“
Empir e, w h ichi hall . know no earl ier Per iod‘thanthe Moon
,w liofe-
. Cr efcm t is her Arm,and the
kappy On e”of her m er el fing Lufl re .
When thou beh’
olde it'
tha t noble Enfign of M4 .
bomu t on the ‘TOp zof the c hief Temple of 7efu : inWanna
, let- it
"
augment thy V eneration of Oui
c onvince thee , that all Nations‘
mufi:fubmif to the Mej i mger of God , and S ea l bf the
'
Pr opbm . Be t Faithfu l and w ife , and thou canité not mirs of Happinefs .
Pa ris, 58 th of the 7rb Moon, of ti?! rearActor-dis : to the Chrifiian S tyle.
L‘
E T;
'
6 L s r '
r nrt s Writ 5) Vol. III.
L E E T E R ILJ E
H ifi d
i
i
SINCE n
i
y ‘Relea i
'
er 1 haveof e Paffages, to w h ich I w as a S trange r
d u ring my Reli ra int . The Tu nfyl'v am’
a n Ag en t
continue s h ill at th is Court .and h is Negatia te‘
on i s
not now a S ecret,Monfiea r cramis g one a mbaf.
fa dor E xt r a ord i na ry to Pr im e Ragot tki , on' the fame
E rrand from th i s Crow n. yThe Tu bjett ,Ma ~tter of
both their“Eméafigt, 5&3 ,n 06 . Ca rdina l Ma z es ,
i im’
fufpetted Terg iverfarion in that Pr im e; and
th at he w ou ld p r ivately treat w ith the Emperor , ifthe G r a nd S e igm
’
or {hou ld w ithd raw his Aii ifian-ce‘
a nd Pr oteéi ion from him or if he himfelffhou ld
grow“
Ft/W Y of the W ar . W heCalgary} accord ing t
w ou ld nq tfi gn th e League, t ill Raghomeh is Ambaj
‘
adarf r w ho w ere treating w ithrepayment at Tj r r
'
ze, and fern; aw ay the Germa n
may from his Camp .
The Leag ue be ing concluded, he infifted on theNeceflity the Pr ince
fo they m ight fu pport one another againft the
Germa n Forces .
Th is w a s the Pretence bu t in Real ity it w a s
defigned to engage the Tr a nfilv am‘
am beyond the
Pow er of a Retreat, and to p oit them u nde r the
Eye of the S w edéjb Gener a l , w ho foon after pof
fe iTed himfe lf of fi rm, the Place ap pointed for
T reaty.betw een the Imperz
'
a lzfit and Pr ince Ra
t
I t is a Town in the Low er Hunga ry , not fa r
from Preféurgb. The Swede: enter’
d th is Place ch:l 7tl I
V oLI II . as ” at 51 7 th of the sth Moon, bu t left
r
a Ga rrifon in it ofS even hundred Hanga r
-ta n Horfe ,’and Three huna
dre d Foo t, according to the ir Ar ticle: w ith theBe
g-eged
hefe w ere foon forc’
d to qu it the Tovin byCount org a t/Wt . a rt lmper i a lifl ,
t the S e nder andTra nfilw nia n ; being march
’
d a great D ifl ance of :
And‘t is fa id , this Hungar i a n Ga rr ifon yielded not
unw i llingly to the Imper ia l Arms .
’
Tis cer ta in ,Genera l Torflmfon pu ts but fmalI
Cunfidence in the Hunga r ia n Sold iers : For above
S ix hundred. of the common . Sort deferred h im ,
the 29t'
h r0f 1h e 5 th Moon, and the refl'
ra ifed futhfrecjue nt Tumu lt s and Mut in ies , that their Com-2
manders ftood in more fear of them , than of the irEnem ies . It
’
s reported l ike w il'
e ,
’
That therehas
been la tely-no good
-Unde rfl and ing betw eenRagot tke
'
and Torfl enlbn, about the defigned S iegeof Pr erburgb feem ing . too much to
favour the Hanga fft‘
antj'
and be ing ra ther incl inedto carry his Arms into the Emperv
‘
r’
s Hered itaryCountries . Y et h e w ou ld not
‘
confent, that Pref-ibu rr }: fli ou ld be in the Hands of the S w edet .
The.
Fr ench fay , that the’
Pr ime is humorou s
and w av er ing , yet of a fa ir Intent ion ; bu t thatthe greatefi pa rt of his Oflicers , a re corrup ted. bythe Emperor ,
: And that therefore , both they andthe common ‘S old iers w er e for Peace only h isW ife , his Son , and fome few . of h is Councellors ;p erfu aded him to adhere to the S w eden
They add , that the Y oung Pr ince, being infi rufi -f
ed by h is Mother , one D ay in a fu ll Ail'
embly ofthe ch ief Commander s , made the follow ing Ora :t ion
,Ragottlu
'
himfelf be ing a lfo prefent .
8 L a r r aa s Wr it Z y VoL IH .
C
C
u
’
h
a
-.
h
o
-
O
u
a
g
s
u
u
'
g
u
.
Q
Q
Ermitme;moh Serene and Illufir iou s Pr ince ,
my. Royal Father , to perform the pa rt of
a du tiful S on, a fa ithful Counfellor , and a loyal"S ubkfi . The La w of Nat ur e and of 'Na zim r ,
entitles you tomy Oi edr’
em ; and the part icu la rHonou r you ha ve done me, in adm it t ing me to
our Cabinet, obliges me to exemplify it . in an
humble Remonftrance of my S ent iments , at a
T im e w hen the Interefi ofTru jfl v cm cal
Freedom of Adv ice .
It is w ith no fma ll Complacencyé tha t I now’
behold you encompafled w i th a Ci rcle ofHeron ,
w hofe V a lour and Fide lity may ive fli ch a Lm
fire to you r vifl or iou sArms , a s a ll eclipfe the
Glory of the Roma : and G recia n Conqu erors .
The Alexa nder } , t a n, S cipz
’
w, and Hamn ba lf ,
{hall no longer draw the World into an Adm iration of the ir obfolete Atchievements. TheReg zfi
‘er of your D eed: {hall foil their
'
amz’
guoted
Htflm'
u ; w h ilfi Pla ta r tb, TM “! and L ivy
mufi ve il to " ne w Pam,the Recor der : of you r
Let not the crafty Inl‘
mua tions of the Ger .
nu u Court, w arp your Refolutions , and ca joleyou w ith the dece i tfu l Umbrages of Pea ce, onlyto ga in T ime , that they may more fuccefsfii llyca rry on the War . Neither fufi
'
er your felves ,already in par t v iftor iou s , to be amu s
’
d w i thfeign
’
d T reat ies , and Ov ertu res w h ich you cannor but fufpeft. W e are now in a Cond i tionto g ive the Law ; and [bou ld Fortune tu rn the
S ca le it w i ll fri ll be in ou r Pow er to make
ou r ow n Terms of Compofition . Th
of S w eden and Fr a nce, have raifed u s to a Ca
p acity of‘
brav ing all Europa ; w hilft the one
w ith a pa tent Army on the Rhine , the e ther on
the D anube, keep the Imperia lxfi: in fuch perpzitn
V ol. “I . a S P Y af"
PAR I S . 9a
tual Aftion, that it w ill be impofl ible for themto barr ier Germa ny from 'Arms .
‘
Now is the Tim e to ra abov e
the T itle of a Tr ibuta ry Prov ince, and refiorethis Kingdom t0
' her ancient iRenow n .
’
I f w e
mifs‘"
th is Opportun ity, w e mufi for ever beS law : to the Tur k: or Ger-mam . Let u s nor:
“feck any longer Prote&ion ,
but from theJufiiceof our Caufe , and the D int of our S w ords . Let:
not France and S w eden boafi~ of the ir Tarma c ,the ir Torflenfim, as if no other Nations cou ldfu rnifh theWorld w ith fa inou sG emm b ! Whilfl:
"Pr im e Ragotrki l i , and lives ‘
at -the Head ofi
“
fuch an Army, you r Fidel ity and Cou rage {hallrender h is Name more t
’
err ible’
than that of Ta .
"mer la z
’
n, and his Attemp tsm ore p rofperou s than
thore of S ca nderbeg . And ou r Pofierity {ha ll be“
obliged to taifePy ramid: to your Honou r ; and 3
from your prefent Atchievements to date a new
Epoc/aa , the eternah Memoir off Tra ujyl'vnm'
a'
s“
Redemption,
’Tis fa id , Thit ‘
R agbtd i‘
w as m e very w ellleafed w i th h is Son’
s S peech , fufpefting that he’
eld fome p rivate Correl'
pondence w i th Torfl en
fan, for w hom h e had‘
no great-
Afi’efl ion . Lafl:Momhe infifted ea rnefily
‘
on the Money and Men
prom ifed h im by Rebgnflu k .
‘Bu t Geam l Torfiex
fin though‘
t‘ri t fufficieat , that he h imfelf w as (0
nea r him‘
w ith his Forces . Y et lefi he fliou ldtake an Occafion of D ifconten t, he fent him' a
Supp ly of Money ; thou gh he w as not w ithoutfo
’
me Apprehenfions tha t the Pr ime, hav ing te
ce ived it, w ould under-hand treat w ith the Era .
that a Claz'
u rWa s arrived in the
no L a t t a a s Wr it hy Vol . III .
Em pgror g .
But tha t he, trufiing to the S trength ofhis Army, (w hich p onfifis of Five and Tw enty .
th 61 Germ, ”
Trm fylfvam'
m r,
Hung a r iam .
and Wa le s/yu m) ,
w as refolved to purfue his firftRe folu tion .
Thou k now eft w hat Reafon s the Part had , to
feP d him th is Prohibition , The French fay,’
t,w as
out of Fear that he w ou ld joi nw ith the‘
E a p emr’
s
Forces ,
By this thou mayeft'
know'
w ha t Op inion the .
I gzfidelf enterta in of the Meafu res taken by the S o.
v ereign D iv an. They defcant at L iberty ,W hiifl .
I {end u p Vow : to Hea v en for the Exaltation ok
the Ottoma n Empire.
Paris , 4 th . of the 8 th Marx,
lof the T a r 1 64 5 .
L E T T E R I II .
To the Inflmg cd in 4”Know ledg e ; the
Venerable Muftis
I L ,Hal] Interpreter of the S a nd
y the D iv ine Lig ht ,gu ide
I amW ho
certain of be ing in the Right, as thou a rt fur e they,are in the Wrong . The ha te u s w ith aninevu ,
table Hatred . I muh difiemble myRefentmentsg,
w hi lfi ,w ith the low efi Profl rations to. the Unit]
I celebrate his Glor iousMercy, w ho has‘fent us
foch a S ta r to guide our Fm into the W4] oflP ea ce .
Th e Chr zifliam at the fa ithful People, fi ifls ided into feveral S eer. WouldmyD eath d
,
W ipe .
1 2. L E T T E R S Wr it 5} VoLI IL'
am , there happen'
d fu th an odd Infl ance of this'
extravagant Z ea l (w h ich w a s to be heighten’
d , it
feems , w ith the Fumes ofW ine ) as pla inly initifies ou r Prophet
’
s W ifdom,in cha rg ing the Fa i thfu l
to avoid it . I t w as particu larly the Cufiom of
fevera l People in th is Place , in the ir Procefiom,
to w hip themfelves ,’
t ill the Blood {b eamed dow nthei r Frocks , w h ich w ere fo made a s to cove r
their Faces , and leav e only the ir Backs bareof thefe Z ea /ctr
, difirufiing the Firmnefs
Conftitution , ha d taken fuch la rge'
D raughts ofth is intoxicating Liquor, tha t teeling u and dow n
w ith his Whip in hi s H and , and his ead aga in“
t he W alls, he w as follow ed by a ll the Boys of the.
Tow n booting after him ,w hich fo '
lefl'
ened the
Repu te of th is 13 1 :s Religion, as made them ah
fiarnf or the futu re from thi s pompou s Ufage of
i t . Wha t low Thoughts have thefe Peo le of theAimighty. Lord of“ ; w hen, a llow ing im to be
Omnipotent, yet reprefent him to themfelves and
Others , as delighting in Cru elty w hereas , thou
know efi, th is Pafl ion is only to be found amongfithe w eak and miferableThat the D iv ine Preferw of Men
‘ma Conti
nue thee long for the Edification of‘
s‘E eff
,are
the pailiona te Wilhes of the méamfi of thy S erVantS, Mahmnt.
t axis; 4 th of rho 8thof the I ?” 164 5 .
’a S PY at PAM
‘
s.
aL E T T E KH m.
To'
Mnfiapha, Berber Agh l
W 0UL D to G 0 D I cou ld convetfe W i th
thee Face to Face in the S er ag lio,’
a s in
former T imes . I v ent many afl ionate W ilhe s ,
to cmflamimp le, tha t happy Re idence of my heftFr iend s , the Nurfe ry of my Ch ildhood , the
“
S chool bf my You th , and.
I hope . the fu tu re Re:
pofitoryof ‘my old Age . When I th ink of
that Cit’
tis w ith a Pafl ion hard ly fecond to
that, w ich I cheriih for the Place of myNa tiv ity . In Archie
’
tis_
tru e , I firft faw the Light
of the S un . bu t’
tw as in Gr eece I r eceived the
more fr iendly I llumina tion of the Moon, the Splm .
dog-r of the true Fa ith ; w h ich though they dif»
clofe nor to u s fo clear a Profpeft of the E a rth
and all its Gayeties, yet they prefent us w ith an
u nve iled D ifcovery of the Hea v en: and S um
fli ew ing us Pa r l dife, w ith its gl itte ring Inhab itantsthe pu rpled Colonies of Belz
'
e'ver r,Champion!
and Ma r tyr : of the Eterna l Um'
t]. In the D efe r-tI left my Father, or rather he left me . before Ifound in (elf, be ing bu t an Infant w hen he d ied ,but in t e City I found Fr iends, w h ich Lis not a
lefs endea r ing T itle . He gave me bu t my Bi rth ,
w he reb I entered on the S tage of Miferies :w i th w ich he foon after left me to firuggle, be .
fore I cou ld difii’
ngu ifla Mifery from Happinefs.
But they gave me Education ,w hi ch taught me
how to fhun thafa Ev i ls, w h ich are the natur alConfequences Of ,
ou r B irth1So that in f the
main , I am more indebted to them than to h ifl '
b
Let it be how it w i ll, I cannot ceafe to love
them, and often w ith my felf w ith them . T115
i s
i s a fecond Natu re . And becaufe I cannot havemy D eli res fulfill
’
d
often w riting .to thrifons,
‘
thou w i lt fay . I am a
it to tell thee ; tha t , thou art one of theNumbe r,w hofe Remembrance
"
afi'
eéi s‘me w i th fenfible
Comp lacency .
any of my Fr iends , fo often“
a
entrenchingother Marl/lent
to a ll
e of my S uper iorr ;I been at L iberty, I c
‘
ould'
h ave
the ea rliefiNew s , of the S laughterwh ich the Ger .
ma n: made three Mom} ag0° i n the French Army
’
at Me r
gemlaelm .
’
Tis not too late now to fayfometh ing
'
of it .
’
T
umph to the Candorrate Cr
’
aft'
of the'
D u
the Fr ench in a fatal
Fra nce to negotiate:
a
tu res and Umbrages ;of h is Sold iers {houlEnem ies . Y et 'fome
'
throw to the Sw ede:
~
j”Tw as
,a fatal Engagement ,
many braveiMe n ; befides an Hu ndred and fifty
Comma e'
rs‘
tak'
en Prifianers,the com
‘
V oL III ; 4 S P Y a tH
PARJ s r is. I t is reported , that w hill
‘t Ta rmac
, in the gene.
ral Retreat and Flight of his Army, betook himfeif to Mergembeifil , as he lay on h is Bed the firl’t
Night , one of his Officers w a s coming to alarm
h im w ith the New s of the German: Appre a ch to
tha t Tow n , but unfortu nate ly fiumbled a t his
Chamber-D oor , w ith the Noife of w h ich Ta re
aw aked ; and fea r ing fome Attemp t
leaped off his Bed w ith h is dra w n
mak ing tow ard the D oor’
, juft as th
p ened it , he run h im into the HeartM ii’take , he h imfelf, and the
'
T roopinjthe Tow n with h imLhad like
'
. tohaveinto the Hands of the Ba v a r ia n Bu t rece iv ing .
ot ice of the ir App roach accidenta lly by fome
Other Means , he w i thdrew h is’
Troop s ou t of the .
Tow n y a contrary Road, and efcaped‘the PurfiJ it of is Enem ies ]Th is V ictor ha s given new
‘
Cou'
rag'
e to the137i.pert
'
a lz'
fl r, and ha s not mu ch difpi rited the French,w ho a re by this Lofs enfl am e
’
d w ith greater . Ardors , med i a t ing a fpeedy Revenge . The . Gehz
’
u :
of th is Cour t leems to be undaunted, breathingnoth ing but Wa r .
I {ha ll not fa il to fend thee fuch Intelligence ,a s w i ll demonfirate, that Mahmut pa lTes not aw ayhis T ime in Vain .
I p ray the.
S ov ereign of as many Empire}a s therebe Wor ld: , to difiingu ifli thee by fortie‘partieula r
'
Mark of h is Favour , from the Crowd of thol'
e'
hemakes happy.
I’a 4th Of thé 8t Moon,ibe TM ! 1 64 5 .
I ,
C
L n L Eli -JF
1 6 L a r‘r a a s Wr it 5) Vol. I ll :
I . E T T E R V .
To S hafh im Ifiham,a Black Eunuch .
T length thou ha ll condel'
cended to begmy Pardon, for the Calumn ies thy Tongue
has loaded me w ith. I am not ill pleafetl w iththy Letter . It abounds w ith elegant Exp refiionsof thy Sorrow , for an Ofi
’
ence to w h ich thouhadft no Provocat ion. Thy Submifiion , thoughlate , abates my Refentment ; and , if thou performefl thy Prom ife ,
’
t is banifhed, The firfi '
C r ime fo ingenuoufly acknow ledged, cla ims a Title to Forgivenefs . Let eternal Obliv ion fea l '
it . I am not by Na tu re‘
reveng eful . I ratherblu ih for S hame , than grow pa le w i th Anger , at
h im that in ju re s me Y e t S elf-Preferv at ion w illrouze ou r Choler , w h ich is the mofi afl ive Hu
mou r, and p rec ip itates many to Violent Courfe s .The Effefk it has on me is to pu t me on my
gua rd , left he w ho has w ronged / me , w ithou tany S igns of Repentance , fli ou ld continu e his .
Ma lice to my D efim étion . Bu’
t thou h al’t
perfed a ll my Sufp icions by thy feafonable
drefs ; and if I cannot p ronounce thee innocent,‘
I w i ll bel ieve thou art nor Incorr igible . The befb’
Adv ice I can g ive thee is,henceforw ards to
attend to thy ow n Affairs , and refrain From thol'
e
of Others ; remembring the Ara bian Proverb , He
slant pa p : in 4 : b is Nez’
gbbour’
: [fl/indent , out]tha n“ ta Iofe bi : E7" . There is a great deal of
W ifdom cou ch’
d in thefe {hor t S entences . Theya re not the Produ&of one Man
’
s Exper ience , norof a few but they are the Refu lt of union /d
Obfervation . And our Country has been hapabove Others in the Choice of her Prrw rbt. T1
1
35
C
170 1 111 . a S p r'
a t P a n ts 1 7
that Ii'
mention’
d is pecu li ar to‘
the Eafl , Y et Ican rodu co a n
. In i’
tance , w hereby’tw as late lym inme Mfi.
’t
. r
'
4 The re is hard ly a Nigh tpafi’
es
’
in this popu lousC ity
’, w he re infome Mu rder meat comm itted in
the St reets .
nTWO Ni gh ts agoa : Ma n w as found
dead on the Ground w hereuprrnr'
a Tumu lt w as
gather‘
d abou t h is bleed ing’ Car cal
’
e . Amongft
the refi , a Fellow came crow d ing in , inqu ifitivew hat {hou ld be the ma tter . Thofe w ho fl ood bybehold ing h is ( Heath s b loody, w h ich he w a s not
fenfible of h imdie lf, fe iz ed on h im a s the Mu rde
rer s Hi s : wi ld L ooks encreafed‘
the ir Jealoufy ;a nd t he
‘
incohe rent Wo rds'
w ith w h ich h e endeaé
vou r'
d to’
ext u fe h imfelfi'
re‘
nde r’
d him gu il in
the Judgmen t of the Rabble They ca r r ied im
before a Ca di ,’
by w hom be'
w a s fir ié‘tly exa
min’
d : He ftou tly denied the Faft ; and now
Proof cou ld u be ' b rou gh t a ga inft h im ,bu t his
fiained Cloa ths .
’
Tis the Cufiom here , to pu t to
the Tortu re Perfons fufpefied of ca ita l Cr imes,in : order to draw a Corifeilion o the Tru th .
Th is theyr'
cfid to th is poor 'W retch ; and inthe Extrem ity of h is Pa in s , he acknow ledgedhe had k il led h is W ife that Ev en ing bu tw a s a ltogether innocent of th is poor Man
'
s .
D ea th w ho w as m urder’
d in the S treets . All.
the Torments they infl iéted , cou ld force no otherConfefl ion fi'
om him , fave that w hich h is rea lGu ilt p rompted h im to make . For w h ich hew as condemned to D eath, accord ing to the Law s .
Thou fec it by this , that had he one abou t hisBufinefs, w i thou t p ry ing in to or er Men s Mat
ters , he m ight ha ve efcaped a D ifcovery . But:
that meddl ing Itch of the Imp ru dent betray’
dhim (not w ithou t the pa rticu lar ‘
D ireé‘
tion ofFa te) to a D eath
,w h ich indeed he mer ited
,bu t
n0t
1 8 L iar-
r i ms Wr i t éy .VoLII I.
not on the Score of the mu rder’
d Man ,whomhe
Wen t ou t of his w ay to fee .
Thou w ilt fay, th i s S tory is notapplicableitothy
'
Ca l'
e , fince thou hall never yet embru’
d'
th
H ands in any Man’
s Blood. L tell thee , w hatha ve (a id , w as nor defign d a s a Reflex ion on thy
pa i’t Offence (let I t be for
’
gotten but a s a Cautionfor the fu ture , not to engage thyou t of thy S phere . For , a bufie Body is never
i thou t Troubles .
Above all, I counfel thee iito t he Go;
vternment of the Tongue, .wh ichefpecia lly i n the Cou rt; afs fiosft
’
ace
fayt Tha t the Wife Man!
1 8M repofn a t thee h e? oflu
'
r Tongue ; first,a Fool : ii t ruer D a ncing on the
T i,
Thou hall no reafOn to take in ill pa rt, the Free :
dom w ith w hich I adv ife thee for thylefs thou thinkell thy felf too old r o l
have a better Op inion of thee, thanto rank thee
among Pythagorn’
s Affes.. 1 have fa id enough for a Fr iend ; too much foiian Enemy . It i s in thy own Choice toma ke mew hi ch thou pleafefi. Ad ieu . o
Par is , of the 8 th Moon,Of the 2710 1 64 5 .
3: , d '
d ff'g sJar m ; to l
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eds
L E T'
T E R Vt”
W
To Z el im cf Rhodes, C a pta in ofa
H O U hall never vou chledge the Advice I fent
ago. of a p h i/iron s D efignPe rhaps he w anted an Op por
2 0 L E“
r‘r F. R s Wr it h V ol. i ll .
gefl ed, that the ir Hou i’
esThou ld be fea reh’
d . of.
fu r : w e re fent accord ingly ; w ho after a n arrow
S cr utiny, found fome magica l Books , femoral.V ia ls of (image L i quors , Pots of Ointment,w ith an Image of ng a Man ; but
pa rt] melted .‘
Th e re w er e imp rinted on the
Brea of the Imag e fevera l u nknow n'
CharaGers'
,
Figures and magica l Symbols : And on the Fore
h ead w as to b e read Z E L I M E B E NG R A N. All thefe w ere brought, and expofed
before the h qmfirorr (of w hofc Oflica thou - art
nor ignorant) great D eliberat ion w a s had‘
abou tthi s unufual Emergency . The Imau m and 0 5e
w ere fent for and confu lted . The Witcbu w ere
examined apart , and pu t to the Tortu re , a s is
the Cufiom in Cap ita l Cr imes . Adm irable w as
the ir Confiancy for a confiderable T ime bu t at
length ,overcom e by the Cont inuance and S
nefs’
of' the ir Pains, they confeffed they had r
fi me Yea rs praétifed mag ick A m,
‘
convers‘d w ith
fami lia r S pir itr, raifed Tempefts , Earthqu akesand done othe r w icked Feats . Being - e xam inedabout the Image of Wa x , they declared , That
- htw as the Image of a Turki/b Capta in ofw hole Name w as w r itten on the Fore head : And
‘
,
that they w ere h ired by certa in Ita liam ,w ho had
been s lam : in the Ga i t] of_
the Pa id Ct Ptain, to
bew itch him to D eath ,“
in the moft l ingring l Vi e-zthod they cou ld invent that in orde r to th i s,they had made th is Image ; that ev ery Nightthey met together, w ith a fourth of the ir Gang}(w ho w as nor to be found) and made a Fire off
the Bone: of dead Mm , w h ich they fiole fi‘om
the Gra v e: and Cbam eLHoe/"
u . That they la id,
th is Imag e dow n at a conven ient D ifiance beforethis Fi re , repeating certa in mag ica l Word: amt;Cha rmr ; and , as th is radu a lly melted , fo
'
the Body of the (aid Capta in did infergf
l
i e
y
Vol. I II. a S P Y at PAR1 3 6 2.x
~
fibly w afte and decay. And , to add to his lin.
g r ing D eath an intolerable Torment, they ba.
fl ed the melt ing Imag e w i th the O ils , and other
L iquors w hich w ere contai ned in t he V ial s andPots : That by thi s Means he w as perpetuallyracked w ith molt p ungent and acu te Pa ins inh is Bow els, Head , and all Parts of his Body , ta
g ing under molt v iolent Fevers, infatiable ThirFt,and w ant of S le ep .
‘
Finally, that this lingt ingk ind of D eath w ould continue , as long as they
p lea s’
d tofpmtmét the D ifl'
olu tion of the v ax‘
m
dmag e. ETh is Confqflion, thof extorted from the Witches
in the mid i of infu fferable Torments , yet w as de.li ver
’
d w ithou t any Inconfili ences , and w i th allt he D emonfirations of a real Pem
’
teme. And be.
ingfeconded '
w ith the Teftimonies of many cre
d i loW itne iles , w ho had overfeen them in fomeof their n
'
afi u vna l Cer emom'
et ; the Inquz’
fitor t , mo.
Ved w ith. a iui’cHorror of fo nefandous Abomina
t ions, fentenced them ,To 6a burn t , a nd their
Afl m to be [ ta ttered into the S ea . W hich w a s a c
cordingly e xecuted on the fixth of the laft -Mm,
in the Prefe nce of infinite S peéta tors .
The New s of th is extraord inary Event is frelhin theMou th s of a lmofi all the Inhabitants of th isC ity ; ya no Man, I da refay, hears it w i th thatConcern for the Ta rb
'
jb Capta in, as I do. Eventhole among the Cbr rflz
’
am w ho abhor Wi tchcraft ,w ou ld neverthelefs r e joice , if not only thou , buta ll the Mufl
'
d ma nt w ere defi'
ro'
yed w ith Encha nt.men” ; fince they c an never hope it w ill come topafs by the Su ccefs of the ir Arm s .
I am not c redu lous of every S tory tha t is related of Wi tch ”
. be ing fatisfied , that S uperftirz’
m
and Ignor a nce has fill ed many in thatNurhber , w ho w ere innocent and never defervedi t fome hav ing been forced by Racks and Tor.
( 111 63
ma L a u r e n s Wr it by - Vol. .- Il l.
tu ies ,’
to confefs t h'
emi'
elves‘
gu ilty'
of'
p rafi ifiii
gE ncha ntmenw ,
w hen , afte r the ir Execu tion , t hete
have appeared ev ident‘Proofs t0 1 the » contra ry.
Y et I cannot be fu re , bu t tha t there have been
m e in a ll Age s and Nations, w ho have entered
in to'
Leagu es and Allociations w ith - Bw i li . andhave
,be en enabled thereby to perform Things a
bov'
e the Pow er of Na ture . However , I have a
particu lar D efire to hear from thee; and ro be
i nformed,w hether thou ha lt exper iertoed
‘the Ef
fd tof xtheir Enchantmentt . If thou hafi inot, blefsthy S ta rs that thou w ert born and bred a Mafia!ma u
, aga inft w hom the Magi ck of the Infidel: canrw t p rev a il and tha t thou ha lt fw allow ed theImpnfli
’
m of Mahomet’
s S ea l, wh ich is of Force tod iflb lve and make inva lid, all the Charm o fMn: and D i ‘v lb . Bu t if thou ha lt felt the Forceof the ir Enchantments , and p inefi a w a W ith { ma
accountable Pa ins and Languors ; t en th inkw ith thy fe lf that thou a rt defeétive in keep ingfome Pam : of o ur Holy . Lam that Ma bm et i s
angry W ith thee, w ithd raw s h is Protefiion, andexpofes thee to the Malice of Ev il Spirin . Nei.ther perfuade thy felt} . that becaufe the tiara
Witcher ar e put to D eath ; thou {halt p refently recove r thy former Hea lth and Eafe again : For,fo long a s there is a farm /a l iving , and ou t oft he reach of Sujtz
’
ce thou a rt not fafe . Nay, if{he w ere taken and executed too, (0 long as t
Enemies are yet al ive , w ho firfi employed the eHog } , thou ar t ftil l a t the ir Mercy . They w il lfea rch every corner of h a lf ,
'
a nd of all Eur ope,bu t they w il l find Inih‘
uments of their Revenge .
They w il l rummage Heb? itfelf
'
, to gratify t heirFu The belt Counfel I can g ive thee in thisC82“ , To pac ify thine Enem ies, by eXtraotdinary A
'
Ets of C iv ility to the w here .
ever thou meetefi thcm by ufing thy 8 1W “
mildly,
l l if. ( S P Y'
a t Pu t t s . a ;mildly, and giv ing them the ir Freedom, after a
lim ited time of S erv ice , w ithou t exafi ing a Ran.
(cm,w hich ne ither they nor their '
Relations andFriends can ever be able to pay . Th is w ill abatethe Rancou r of the Infidelr, and tu rn their Re .
venge intoKindnefs and Love .,
Thou w i lt everyw he re be free from D angers ; and thofi: yeryPerfons , w ho now fiu dy all means to take aw aythy L
'ife , w ill then haz ard their ow n to p referve
theé from,
D eath .
Think not that I go'
about‘
to“
perfw ade thee tochange
'
Temper w ith thy 3 14m : and from'
theRefolution and Bravery of a tru e Muf ti /ma n, tofink into the abjett Timoroufnefs of a Cbr zfiz
’
m ,
Be fea rfu l only of thy felf, and fiand in‘
Aw ea afnone more
‘
than of thy own Con/rim“ . Thereis a ca n in ev
'
ery o
Man , a from emf " of’
h isMa nner r ; and he that reverences th is judge, w illfeldom do any
{ th ing he need to repent of. Letnet the Ant/m ix; of any
'
S ta t iou, temp t thee to
be cruel and unjufi bu t in a ll th ings, D o a s tbmw oufdfl beM unto. Thi s is a Pr ecep t engravenon every Man
’
s Heart ; and he w hofe Afi ionsw r ite after th is Copy , w i ll alwa s be at cafe bc
’
r e,
and tranfcendantly h appy w ager . Follow th is
iii]
;“and thou w ilt exper ience the Efiéff.
en.
Paris, rfi of the g
i
rl: Much,
of tbc T ar 164 5 .
L E T
Volu bll
t a r t an ,fitTo ta; I nvinci ble Vii ir
'
h i s
IF one may judge of fu tu re Events . by aping to them th
a nd if a Man ma
a nother, I ihould th ink tha t Franc
extend the L imit: of her Empire,the fl u r gr ea t Mond r rbz
’
er, that have
i n Hiflom‘
c: for the i r u ni 've 'fa l Sw ay . I w ill not fay,a s fa r a s the w ide-firetch’
d Empi re of the ever .
V iQor ioPs Ofmam‘ Y e t the Genius of this Nat ion
feems in forne manner to infpire the Fr ench w ithas ardent a Th ird of Glory and Conqueflz, m ithatw h ic h has in a llAges appea r
'
dVi r t ue of the Mujfu lmam
’
. Tto the Ma rk for w h ich they tais , to fubdu e a ll before them , and lay Kingdoms,Prov inces and C itie s , a t the Feet '
of t he ir S ow .
r eign . They a re not difcouraged a t D ifficul tie sand Be lles . The Ch ecks a nd Oppoli tions theymeet w ith, do bu t anima te them {w ith new andfrelh V igou rs . S o tha tdt isb ecome a fa re frog s
nofl ick of fome gg reat S u ccefs to that Na ti
on,
w hen at any t ime they receive ill New s fromthe ir Arm ies. Tn th is, ‘
t‘h eir Courage feem s to be
of the Quality of Nap tha , w hich by pouring on
of Wate r rtakes Tire , a lthough , thou know ell,thcfe t w o Element-f be contrary to each other . So
th is Wa rl ike Peop le , infl ead of be ing dejefied , ormade t imorou s
'
by a ny D efeat given to their Armies , :a re
'
rather inflam’
d w ith more a&ive and
V aliant Refolu tions , a s w ill appea r by the Repulfeg iv en them by the D s ke of Ba v a ria , not many‘
Mam : ago.
0 J
0 v
O
'
o l: Ill . ~a S P Y at PA R I S . a ;
As fooii as that New s a rr ived in th is City, one
.
'
w ou ld hav e expe&ed to'
. have feen fome Tokensb f Fear
’
in the People , but it w rou ght a con
t rary Efi'
eft.
‘No Tea rs of Women and Ch i ldren,
no compafliona te S ighs for their fl ain Husbands ,Fa thers or Other Relat ions no down - ca ll Looks ,or om inous {h a lting of Head s ; no me lancholyWh ifpers or portentou s S tor ies w ere mu rmu redin the Ea rs of the Multitude But all Th ingsa p peared l ively and p rofperous ; the
'
very Wo“
men excit ing the young Men to l ift themfelve sS old iers , a nd the Boys in the S treets makinga ll their P a ll imes confili in imitating th e Men
of Arms, and learning the D ifcipline of Wa r .
There w as no need to force Men to the Field.
No fooner w a s the King’
s Intent ions to ra i l'e newForces d iv ulged in the
‘
Proruincer, but thoufa nds
came volunta r i ly and took'
u p Arms, ch a fingr ather
‘to feck honourable D eaths in the Toil s
a nd Haz ards of W ar , than to l ead ing lor iou sL ive s at Home , in
'
the [oft En joyments ofPeace
Thefel
Things appeared to me"
as certa in Prefages of the t ili ng Greatnefs of th is Mona rch],a nd an e v ident S ign tha t the Fr ench Na tion in
cis Age , {h all out . do the ir Aureflm in Wa r lz
‘
keredr .
The S tage of that bloodyCombat , betw een theForces of the D uke of Ba v a r ia , and thofe u nderthe Comm and of Marefcba l Tu r enne, w a s Mergers.
theim S ince w hi ch there has becu a more fierceEncounter betw een the Fu nd : and Imper ia lz
'
jira t Afle'fbr im .
‘ W here in the former ha ve reco
v e red the'
Honou r they feemed to have loft inthe
'
Spr z‘
ng , ow ing much to the Bravery of theL andg ra
‘ve of Hrfl
'
e w ho, w ith h is Regim ents , had a confi derable S hare in the Afi ion sof th is D ay ; and therefore has been prefented
C w ith
$6 L E T T E R S‘Wfl
'
t 5] Vol . I ll .Withmagnificent Gifts by the fi rm : Reg ent . TheB av a r ia n: loft in th is Battle above TWO tho’
ufand‘
c ommon Sold iers , be iides may'
Ofli ccrs of Nore .
On the Fr ench fide ,
’
the D uke of Engm'
m (w hohad new ly joined
‘his Force s to thore of Tureane)
w a s w ounded in the Arm ,
“
w ith tw o other Com.
f
'm anders . Monfieur Grammmd w a s taken Pr ifon’
er ,
b ut honou rably'
t rea ted a nd‘
fent aw ay w ith Pre .
fents by the D uke of Ba v a ria , toge ther w ith‘
firu ftions abou t a Neu tra lity, w ho is exchangedfor a German Of-
e qua lQua lity. The French havea lfo loft in th is Battle above a Thou fand of thecommon Soldiers ; fo that the ir V iétory colt themdear
The D uke of Enguz'
en, notw ithfl anding his
“W ounds , marches on the next D ay w ith his A‘
to Nor lz‘
nghm, offer ing to that Towta nd L ibe rty for the Garrifon to mar ch ou t, w hi confified of Three h undred Bam r ia ni . But te-
c eiving a fierce Anfw er from the Gov ernour, he
vc aufed the Approaches to be made in order‘
to an
Afi‘
au lt , w h ich w as begun that veryNight, and aB rea ch made in the W al ls upon w hich the Inhab itants w ere forced to intercede w ith the D uke,tha t there m ight be a Ce ll
'
ation of V iolenc’
e‘
t‘
illt he nextMorn ing , p rom iling tha t then the 8 61
d iers lhou ld fu rrender a t D ifcretion ; w hich 'w as
done accord ingly. 7There he tarr ied e ight D ays to fetteih ‘his
Army . Then he mar ched to D unkenfpule, wh ichw as defended by a Ga rrifon of Five ihtrndredBa v a r ia n): He took th is Plac yet
g ave, Quarters to the Sold iers,
=their Arms , and yielded.
L ea v ing a Garri l'
on of thre
Tow n , he removed
But in regard this PlFhundred M
723 La r r ER s -Wr it éy Vb ic 'l‘i -‘L
L E T T E R VIII .
To C ara Hali, a Phyfician a t C on-i
fiantinop le .
AM w eary of w riting New s of Ba ttles andS iege s to the Gra ndees ; and I know , thou
feldom trou ble ll thy felf w i th the Ca re of foreignTranfaétions . Belides, I have no ce rta in Intell ig ence of Moment t o comm unicate . Bu t I cana cqu a int thee w ith fom ething more ag reeable tothy S tud ies and Gem
'
a f .
Here is a Man in this City w ho w a s not bornblind, but by fome ill hap loft the Ufe of h isEyes . Y et Na ture feems to have
‘
recom enfedt hat Misfortune . in the Exqu ifitenefs of h i s Feel.
i ng . Thou w ou lde ll fay he ca rr ied Eyes in hisFingers ends , fince he d ili ingu ifbes thofe Thin s
by h is Touch , w h ich a re the onl y p roper Obie s
of S ight . Believe me , I th ink , there c an be no
D ece it of Confederacy ,w hereby he m igh t b lind
others, infl ead of be ing fo h imfelf. I faw himm u rfl ed!u p w ith a Napk in w h ich covered al l h isFa ce , then d ivers P ieces of E efl em S il ks , of Va .
r id u s Colou rs, w ere laid on the Table beforeh im H e felt them a ttent ively , and told u s theColour of each Piece exa é
‘rly. I w ho w a s never
over-credu lous of extraord ina ry Pretences , fufp efting tha t e ither the Finenefs of the Linenw h ich vei led his Face , might g ive h im fome
G limpfe of the d ifferent Colou rs , or that fome
By (l ander , w ith a ppointed S ign s . might informh im , caufed a l l the Comp any to w ithdraw , excep t
a learned D er 'v ffe, w ho w as intimate w ith me .
W e th re w a thick V elvet Mantle over hi s Face
w hich reach ed dow n t o“
his Navel,'
g ird ingit
a out
VUl'. III . a‘
S ex at PA-Rfr'
s .
about his Waifi, _fo a s to leave his Arms a t [s ir- e
berry. Then I p rocu red fma ll S hreds of S i lks,»fu t h as I cou ld concea l in the Pa lm of my Hand
Thefe I caufed him to tou ch w ith hi s Fingers,brou ght up a s h igh a s h is Ch in , fo tha t
’
tw a s im
pofiible for him to fee them , had he had the Ufeof:
'
h is Eyes ; yet he made not the lea ii Mifiakein five fevera l Colou rs .
‘We changed the Order ofi
the S ilks , and fome time s gave h im the fame Piecefou r or five T imes together ; yet, a s foon a s he .
had felt it , be read i ly told u s,
.
’
tw as the fame
Colou r .
-
.
I tell thee , O learned Ha le“
, fuch an uncommon ‘
Ex per iment , afforded me Ma tter borh of D elightand Wonder . I concluded from hence , that Na .
tu r e is no Nigga rd in her G ifts , bu t fupp lies theD efetl s of one S enfe , by the S uper-abu nda nt Accuracy of another . W e a sked th is bl ind Perfon ,
.
By w hat D iftinfi ion he thus knew one Colour‘
from another , w ithou t the Help of his Eyes He
w a s not able to exp refs the pa rt icul ar Manner Ofuth is d ifcr im ina ting S e
’
nfeition ; bu t on ly told u s in
gene ral , that he felt as much D ifference be tw een ,
the zr ed S ilk and bla ck, a s he had for'
me rly done
d ur ing the En joyment of his Eye li ght , be t a ecnthe S i lk: of Perfia
, and the fine L inen of E ur opeW h ich , thou know efl'
, a re a s d ifferent to the “
Tou ch a s fine Pape r and V ellum .
Thou that da ily pryel’t into the Facu lties ofHumane Bod ies , art bette r able to judge w hethert h is Man
’
s Exce llency lay in the Tenu i ty a nd ;
Finenefs of h is Sk in , the S ubtilty of h is S p ir i ts ,or fome unu fua l , pow erfu l , ye t del ica te Ene rgyof his Soul ; or , w hether it confified in a ll thefe .
together .
.The D ermfe w ho w as w ith me
, feemed not .
mu ch to admire at thi s r are Quali ty of the blindMan : Telling me moreover , That abou t ten .
s . .C 3 Y ears ‘2
3 0 , L E T ‘r E Ii s Wr it 5} Vol. III .
Years ago in his Travels, he had {Been a bl ind sea sn a ry at fi arem e
,w ho undertook tomake the~Re~
femblance of an Image in the ch ief Temp le of thatC ity, w h ich he finilh
’
d (0 mu ch to the Life ,that
h isWork cou ld no otherw ife be d ili ingu ilh’
d fromt he Or ig ina l , than by the D ifference of the Ma
t erials , tba t be ingAlabafier, bi : w h ite Cl ay ; wh ichh e fo tempered and mou lded w ith h is Fingers , asb e cont inua lly felt of the other , that no Linealnent w a s left unexp refs
’
d .
Indeed,w hen I reflected on ou r Matter in the
'
S erag lz'
O, and the unaccountable S agac ity w ith
w h ich they apprehended thofe Words w h ich eynever h ea rd , I ceas
‘d to be fu rpr iz ed at w hat I
h ad feen the b lind Man perform , or w hat the D en
w ife ha d fa id of the S ta tua ry . [ remember in S a lt a . Anta re s/9
’
s T ime the re w as a Mu te, in w hom
t he Gra nd S igm‘
ar took infin ite D e light For , be
fide s a thou fand p re tty Ge ltu res and Tr ick s , w ithw h ich fire v red to d ive rt that P r ince, he often
m ade he r h is S ecr eta ry , emp loying her in w r itingL etters to h is B afl a
'
: and Others , w hilll he d iéta
t ed to her by S igns Although lhe cou ld neve r
r eceiv e the S ou nd of Words , nor u tte r any that
w ere a rticu late yet I have feen her t ranfcribe
a w hole Chapter in the Aircre w,conta in
d red a nd feven ty Ver/ic/e l , in a s fi ne a
as the molt celebra ted S cr iée s of
w hen {h e had done , w ou ld expla in w h at {he hadt hu s w ri tten by S igns , w hich made it ev identtha t ite perfeEtly u nde rfl ood the Ala rm .
Thefe are ra re Gifts , my Fr iend yet w ere a ll‘
the Mu te : educated w ith a s mu ch D i ligence and
C are , a s w a s S a qeeda , (fo th e w as ca lled)’
tis pof
fibie they w ould a ttain to grea ter Perfefti‘
on . I
have been told , tha t her Ta ter , one of the learn
ed ii’r Men in Ar a éia ,beftow ed m any Y ears " 1
“
t eaching her this Method of Reading, Underftanding and W r i t ing .
T11 15
Vol. IIL a S P Y a t P A R I S }; at ;This puts me in mind of a Man w ho w as bred
c
a Ma bometa n,bu t being , ,
ta ken C a ptiv e by theBreach
, embraced their Re ii'
on , nou n h is Hea rt ,
bu t only in outw a rd Pro li ion x When I firftcame to Paw-i r , I fe ll into his Comp any by acc r
dent, and underfl anding that he w a s an Afr ican,H efired to a sk him
‘fome Queitions , bu t he w a s
dumb, fo tha t I had a lmofl‘
l a id a lide my Hopes
of conve rfing w ith h im t ill perce iv ing that hemoved h is L ip s, and opened his Mou th a s one
that w a s ta lk ing , I offered h im Pen , Ink, and Pa
p er , ma kin'
g S ign s to him,that I w ould glad ly
know h is Mind inW r i ting. He accord ingly w r itin More/ w, Tha t he w as {truck deaf and d umb
about e'
hteen Yea rs fince ; telling me a lfo the ,
Place of Na tiv ity, and how he came h itherI took the . Pen, a nd in the fame Language ex
p refs’
d m Compall ion of his Misfor tunes . When }he f w t at I underfl ood Mar efco, he w rit aga in .
fign'
ying to me,‘T ha t if I opened my Mou th
W‘ldfi at th e pronou nc ing of every Syllable , he:
cou ld'
underfta nd my Mea n ing by the Pofiur e 65my Lip s a nd Tongu e . I fou nd h is W ord s true ,to my no fina l]Admi ra t ion ; for he w ou ld w r i tedow n w ha t I had fa id t W e converfed together
often ; and a t length I p rocu red his Efcap e . in
th e Retinu e of a Ch ina : that w a s re turn ing fromhe rice to Confl a nrz
’
nople ,
I befeech the w zfc Arcbz’
tefi of Na tur e, and R8 4
pa in t of Humage D efefi r, e ither to con tinue to u s
the’
Ufe of our S enfe s, or to fupply th at W ant byfome fup er la tive Endowments of the Mind .
Pa ris,z otb of the 9th Moon,
of th e Ta r 1 64 5 .
L E T
L E TT ERS Wr it dy Vol.' IH.
L E T T E R IX.
HOU w ilt fay, I am unm indfu l of myD u ty in not congra tu lating thy new Harrow
th is ; and that I forget the
w h ich formerly pafs’
d betw een
I te ll thee my Obligat ionsto thee, bu t to many others of mythe Por t : I t . is
‘
impoflib le for me to at
S elf of (0 many Engagements . As for th
to
.
w hich the S u lta n has raifed thee, I re ce ivedthe firfi New s of it w i thin thefe fOurte
And I dare afli rm , That none of
of thore w hofe D ependence i s cou ld
w ith greater Comp lacency behold thee vel‘i ad
by ou r molt a ugufl Emper or , than I read the Le t:
te; w h ich conveyed to me th is w elcome Inte‘
lli
gence .
Long mayel'
i thou live to enjoy the Blefl ingsw h ich thy good Fortune ha s heaped on the-e .
Y et I counfel thee to enjoy them‘
fo, as not to
forge t'
thou mu l’
t die . Let not the Gr a ndeu r of
thy render thee p rou d and w i lful But
remember. w hen thou a r t furrou nded w ith"
a“
C row d of adorn ing S uppliants , that D ea rb ital]level thee w ith the mefl nrfl of thy
’
S Ia fv er. Thusthe anc ient Ph i/afop/Jer : fpared ne t to perform the
O ffice of Monitors t o the ir King : and P r ince:
And i hope thou w ilt nor take in il lw holefome Adv i ce of Ma hm t
,
Temper void of Hypocrify, ina ll
'
umes . If thou g ivefl Ea t to Flatterers ,w ill comp lement thee to thy Ru in { and
thou art on the Br ink of a Precip ice , th
fiyW 1
V ol. I II . a S P Y at P A R I S . 3 3w i ll perfw ade thee there is no D anger , though ,if thou goefl on , they know thy Fa ll is inev i .table . They w ill pr ide themfelves in the D e xterity of the ir Mal ice , and infult over thee w i th
{cor
cpful S a ree/3m ,
w hom not long ago they idoi z e
The eminent Command thou hafi , requ ire s .
thy frequ ent Prefence in the [av er a ge D i r/a rr
And tha t thou may’
ft nor li t there , only a s -an ~
Aud itor of Other Men’
s Counfels , and incapable :
of making one in the Number of thofe, w ho -
a
become rema rkable by the ir Orations , or Re
p orts of fore ign Ev en ts ; I w ill now ente r
ra in thee w ith fome Pa lTages , w h ich hav e .
happened in Eu rope fince the Beginn ing of th i s
Yea r, w hereof the Other Baf a’
s may polhbly be
ignorant .
The D iet of p ramfor r, w h ich had co ntinu ed forthree Yea rs , w as d iffolved on the 1 2 th of the .
‘
4th Moon . Thi s may be know n a t the Por t , w h i lethey rema in S trangers to the Reafon of it . There .
are a fort of Clori/iz'
a e : in Germ an} , w hom theycall Ew agelz
‘
eb . Thefe are oppofite to the Roma n
Chu r ch,
i
borh in Relig ion and Im er efl ; and the ir .
Caufe is ch iefl y efpou fed by the D uke: of
and Brm dm bu rgb .
’ It w a s to comply w ith
that an Aj’
ew ély w as appointed o r Ofna éa rgb ; bu t
the‘
Emperor and the Ca zbalz'
el u'
w ere e ither for ,
continu ing that at Framfir t, or tranflating it to
Mun/9m W hile the -
contending Pa rties w ere f
bicke ring , and {i riv ing to gain the ir fevera l Ends ,the D epu ty of the ' D uke of Ba v a r ia
, t ired ou t
w i th fu t h intolerable D elays , departed from »
Fra nefir t,w hom the reli of the D eputi es follow ed
And th is thou mayefi report for the tru e Occalion .
of the D zfibluu‘
an of‘t a t D iet .
Thu s , a t_the Beg inn ing of the Yea r , th
'
e D illputes whiCh
‘
thol'
e Infidel: ra ifed about fafe Con_
C 5 du&
34 L a r ‘r t a s
'
Wr it dy V oi ll l”.
du é’t, Exaétnefs of Titles ,‘
Pr ior ity of Addrefs y t
and m any other va in Purzfi zh'
o’
s , h indered themfrom com ing to any Conclufion about a Pea -w ,
w h ch w a s the p r inc ip al Gau fe of their a lTembling .
And th is is a Folly p ecu lia r to the Na rca r ene r , tha ti n a
'
l puél i‘
ek Af emé/z‘
e: the v ery S trength and V i
ta ls of their Counfels, are fpent in a va in adjufli iig of emp ty Cer emonz
’
er .
i t is cred ibly reported here , Tha t the King ofP ola nd earnefl ly folicites a Match w ith Queen
c h i-yam of S w edela nd'
, bu t ha s not h itherto hada ny poli tive Anfw er , or efi’eé’ted any th ing in it .I n the fecond Moon of th is Yea r , tha t Qu een l
’
ent
a n Améefl‘
a d’
or, to g ive the King of Pola nd an ac e .
c ou nt, That {h e had taken the Gov ernment upom
her . W h i le he ta rr ied in the [J oli/h Cour t, there
w ere nor w ant ing fut h, a s by the King'
s Order ,l ifted his Inclina tion , in Reference to th is Affa ir .
I t w a s p ropofed to h im that this Ma rcie w ou ld be ‘
a happy Occafion to un ite the two Kingdom: ina
_firm and durable League : That the Ev ang e
Z i’
cks in'
P aIe nd w ou ld be much eafed thereby :
T hatWa di/In : w a s not mu ch decayed in h is pa tur a l V igou r : That S w ra
’d a‘nd might in the mean
w h ile'
be gove rned by the Counci l ; w ith manyother
‘
Propofa ls and Encouragements to thi s Pu rp o l
’
e . Among w h ich I Inu it not omit, that it
w as fuggefied , how eafy’
tw ou ld be for tw o fu ch
p otent Crow ns,in Conjaa éi
‘ien, not only to hum
b le the Germany , bu t a lfo to p ut a S top to the
v iaorious Arms of,the O ttoma n Empi re. Bu t:
a ll thi s came to nothing that w een fu
fpeEi ing that there w a s a deep er in the
Cou rtih i of th is old Fox ; and that by fuch a
Ma rch, t i e Kingdom of S w edela nd, in D efau lt of
the Wire R9 4 1, might be fubieéted to a for eign
How ever,
36 L E r r E R s Wr it. V o
’
l J lL'
m ight h ave p rocu red thee the ' Applaufe of theAca demy ; bu t it comes ibor t of giv infl ion for the In jur ies I have rece i ve d at
‘
thyHands . I have Reafon to e lleem them fu ch be ?
ca u l'
e fo defign’
d , altho’
they took no Effe&.f For
W rongs of th is kind ou ght to be meafu red by theIntention . of the
T he Ming/Per ! of the D iv a n w
V a i led tofufpeé’t Ma bmut , w ho
t ial Proofs of his Fidelity“
Tell me , in the Name of God and “Mahomet,w hat w as the Mot ive that induced thee to flan?
d er me W here in have I merited th is Pe rfecu tio na t thy Hands ? It cou ld not be Revenge , zbe
c a ufe I never gave the Occafion ; u nlefs‘thou
{till retainel‘t a Grudge on the S core of my S tudy
ing in the Academia ; and that a tmyRetu rn from?
PA Iermo, thou w ert not able toexpofe me in'
the
Prefence of the Mufti , in any Point ‘
of'
h an
guage or Learning . Bu t I had rather char itablybe l ieve ’
tw a s thyAmbition, not thyMal ice , w hich?g ave B irth to thofe Calumnies thou haft ventu redaga inft me . Thou enviefi me the Honou r of
ferv ing the Grand S et'
gm'
or in th is S tat ion, th ink.
i ng thy felf capable of difcha rging th is Officemore fuccefsfuily than Ma lamut . I cenfu re not thyAbil ities ; bu t th ink
’
tis belt for every Man to
be content w ith h is ow n Condition ; fince D efine;d iftr ibute s the Employments of the Wor ld a
mong‘
Men, by Rules into w h ich w e cannot pe
netrate .
Thou artMalter of the . French Tongu e ; bu tdoft thou th ink that a comp lete Qua lificationfor a Man inmy Poft ? Art thou fit to converfe inthe Cm r t
'
of a foreign g r ime, w ho canfi not gotVern th Tongue in tha t of thy tu tz
'
m Sw e“
r t
'
ign ? on a rt yet to learn a Cmr tt'
er’
s Mailer“
p iece, w h ich is, To diliemble even the necclf
zryKC
V OL IIL“
a S P Y fat'
Pa a r'
s . 4 3 5 :Ar t of D ifl imulation . That is, as the Z rah
'
am
fay,‘
To hav e a Veil apart a Vei l or a s the I ta liam ,
To bawe ‘a
'
Mtitk w ith a na tura l Fa ce on tbc ou t/ide.Thou
‘
a rt (0 fa r from this , tha t thou t auft not
yet'draw perfe&ly the firl
'
trough S trokesofaCounterfc it .
’
To (p eak p la in , hadl’t thou by any a rtificia l
fe ignin of Fr icndlh ip to me , made W ay to intinuate t y S tory into the Belief of the Gra ndces
,
thou m igh tefl have p ra ifed me_
to my R u in .
Bu t to go blu ntly to W ork,w i thou t p reventive
Emamium t,difcovered a t once
'
the W eakne l'
s ofthy Judgment , and t he
'
S trength of thy Pa llion
g iv ing the Mz'
m'
fl er t Occafion to-th ink there w a s
lefs of T ru th , than of D efign in thy Accu l'
au
t D S . a
For the futu re, I advife thee tom ind thy Booksand S chola rs, and medd le not w ith Met/ma t
,
w hofe Bufinefs is to fl udy Men . Ad ieu .
Par is, ft!) of the l otb Mam,
of tbe Y ea r 1 64 5 .
rL E T T E R’
XI .
To“
the Re is Effend i , Princ ipal S ec retaryof S ta te .
I TH extreme Joy I have rece ived the. certain
'
New s of the taking of Ca nea bythe inv incible Ottoma n Arm s .
I muft confers, wh en I firli apprehended the'
Intent ions of S ultan Iéra bim, to make War w ith ’
th e Republiek of~
w as apt to hea rken to
fome th inking Men in this Cour t , w ho, makingl
their Obferyations of the S ultan’
s
3 8‘ L E t r a it s t ot
“
57 . VOLET.
h imfelf in -
.Fema le Pleafu‘
res, con‘
je&thence (as by - a common Ru le) that
not have d ifcovered fu ch a ma rt iai andr it, in afferting the Honou r of . the Ottoma n E we.
pire . H is dextrou s con ce aling'
hi s D é ligns , e ven
to the v ery Execu tion of them , has ftru ck a D ampinto a ll the Cour t} in Europe, infom
’
uch a s Ca r en“
.
na I Moz a r lni this D ay told
That he d oubted left S ulta n I
another 7um'
m Brutu s, w ho being the Nephew of
Ta rqm’
n, 00 8 30f the P r imi tiv e King! of Rome for
"
fome Yea rs , counte rfe ited an extraord inary S imp lic ity and Weaknefs of S p ir it But hav ing p riv ately fecu red a Faction to his ow n I nt erefts
by popu lar Arts , he, to gainchanged the Form of Gov ernment,felf to be made Gottfrd , and difcfurpal
'
ling in Pol icy and mature Judgment, all hisPredeceflors .
Though the Ca rdina l’
s Comparifon be
portionate to the Grandeur , of the jw er eign Em.
p er ar of the Wor ld, w ho cannot w ithout a vafl:In jury be pofipon
’
d i n V ir tu e ,W ifdom or Pow er ,
as a S econd or Imita tor of any Prz'
nce u pon E a r th
Y et the Cha racter holds good in the ma in. That
he has timely and matu re ly d ifl'
embled the molt
fublime Abili t ies and Endowments a fiwereign
P rince i s‘
capable of, render ing thereby his Ene
m ies fecu re and carelel'
s ; t i ll a t length a ll thofei lluftriou s Attr ibu tes exert themfe lves on a
den, breaking flirth l ike the S an from an Eclz'
pfe ;a t once d az ling the afioniih
’
d World , and fu rpriz ing the Enem ies of the Ot toman Empir e,
- ia theS lumbers w hich p roceeded from the Contemp t ofhis fa ct-cd Majefiy.
I thought indeed once that the Vmofim wou ldhave been in a Cond ition t o h avefaced the OftomanNew ], and d ifputed their farther Progr cfs
on
Vol. I II . S P Y at PA R I S ..
3 9,
on the S eas. I expeéi ed no 1e than that theyw ou ld have made fom e huffing Attempts on the
IjIet of Archipelago; that they w ou ld have enter’
d
the Heflefpont , b ay ed the D a rda nelt , and fa ilingforw ard wou l ave block
’
d u p the Ottoman Na vyin the Prpfvn
'
i lt, or dr iven them into the Eux ine
S ea for S helter . And w ho cou ld ha ve thought
otherw ife , had they been p rov ided for a W ar ?
But ou r fage Emperor , by S ecrecy , w h ich is the
v ery S ou l of a ll great Unde rtak ings , ha s ant ic ip ared.
the ir v ery Fears , and leap’
d upon the Preyw h i le the Keepers w ere afleepHad the Cb r ty
‘lt
'
an Pr ince: and S ta te: la id afide
the i r pr iv ate Punfl ilz'
o’
s and An imofities , w hen theV enet i an : firfi made their App licat ion to them for
Ali iftance , it m ight have p roved a dou btfu l W ar .
But inftead of generoufly u nit ing the ir For ces inthe common D efence of Cbmj
‘iendom, the begin
to div ide their Interelis and Hearts one fi’
om an.
Other , and that upon the va ineftMotives in theW orld , one S ta te difputing w ith another '
about
Precedency of Polls in the Army, w h ich p roceeded to tha t Height , a s to fruftrate the ma in D efignFor the Pope h imfelf at la lt is forced to radio the
g rea teft'
Aids the S t a te: of Venice a re like to havejoin ing his
‘
Ga l lies w ith theirs , and fending a
thou fand F00t on Boa rd a t h is ow n Col’t .
Thu s does D i'v t'
ne Prov idence, out of the D ifcords of Chr ifl ian Pr inces , draw Occafions to en
la rge the fa'
cr ed Empi r e of the Mflfu lmant , and to
f rea
ld1the Ottoma n Conquefis o
’
er the Wtfiernor
Pa ris, not}: of t e n th Moon,of Ike Tear 1 64 5 .
L E T
Ero‘
L E T T ERS Wr it 5) Vol. III .
L E T T E R XII .
To the Magnific ent and RedoubtableViz ir Az em .
T,
aears tha t the Queen of Fr a nce i s very ih
du gent to her Gemm h ; hav ing called home'
the D uke of Engm‘
m from the Toils of W ar . Th isP r im e neglecting the Wou
'
nds he rece ived in‘
the
Battle of A ll erjbeim, not many D ays after , fe ll in
to a v iolent Fever fo tha t he w a s carr ied in a
Horfe-Litter to Pbiliprburg h , w ith no fma ll D anger of h is Life . As foon a s he recovered his
H eal th, he w a s commanded to retu rn to Fr an“ .
and the Charge of the w hole Army comm ittedto Ma re/2174 1 Turm ne.
S uch Tendernefs is never {hew’
d to the inv inci
ble Ottoman Genera lf , nei ther w ou ld they cfieem
it a Favour , bu t a D ifgrace . When they go to
the W ars , they make no underhand Leagues
w ith the Elemen ts to (pa re the ir Bod ies , bu t are
refolved to combat W i th Cold, H ea t , Hunger,Thirfi, and a ll the Hardfli ip s to w h ich Sold ie rsare liable, a s we ll a s w ith the Sw ords of thei rEnemies . They take no other Armou r againft
“
the r igorou s Frofl s of a Ruffian W inter , or the
fcorchmg S and s of“
a Perfid u S umme r , bu t an un
fl i aken Refolu tion , an inv inc ible Pa tience , and .a
Mind incapable of bow ing under the w orft
M isfortunes'
They are not angry w ith the
Weapons of thei r Adverfaries , w hen they carVe
in the ir L imbs , theMarks'
of an Honou r , w h ichw i ll fa r ou rlait the Pa in of the ir W ound s ; and
in th eir Ele ib hew deep Chara&ers of an im
mortal Fame . and a Renow n w h ich ihall knowno Period? They are not parfimonious of thei
r
Vo l.'
-I’
II. ha s” at P a n t s . 41‘
Blood , bu t“
cou rt the i r Enem ies to fp ill' it on the
Grou nd , from w hence it w i ll fp riqg u p in Lau'
rels and W reaths ,'to crow n them w ith Tr i"
um phs and Glory w h ilft they l ive and“
for to
fw eeten the ir Memory w ith the Pra ife of fu tu reGenerat ions .
Thu s , Magnanimou s do the Mafia /ma n
Heroer , the Pr op : of the firj} Empi r e , manife l’t the irCou rage , in defying of D angers and W ound s ,a nd fcorning to cap itu late w i th Fortune for
Eafe and Exemp tion from D eath . They know ,
t hat w hen they ma tch aga inft the I rfdeh ,’
t is inV ind icat ion of the eterna l Uni t] and therefore ,infiead of endeavou ring
"
to ih un ,they cou rt a
‘
D ea th fo glor iou s , as tha t w hich w i ll immed iately tranfport them to the Bafem of ou r be!) Pro;
pbet, and to the { temp t-(fl ue D el ig h t : of the Ga r .
dem of Eden . W here th i s T ru th is firm ly root
ed , there is no'
Room for Fea r to‘
p lant it fe lf.’
Bu t the C afe , is Otherw ife with’
lnfide/r; W ho '
b lafpheme that p u refi'
Efi a re. They'
affer t and be lieve a Plur a li tj of God } , and therefore, in Time of D anger, amongft fo many D er.
tier, they know not w hom to addrefs , or w hom to
confide in . The App rehenfion of D eath is terr iHe to them , w hofe Hope is only in th is Life ;w hofe Confcience s
'
a re {ta ined w ith a thou fand
Pollution s , and yet renounce the v eryMethod ofbeing clean Who not only e rr themfe lves , but
‘
by the ir ev i l Exam p le and Infl uence , (for l fpeakof the Pr ince: and Gr ea t oim) draw innumerableafter them , to ta lie of the Tr ee 2 4 cm
,w h ich
grow s iii thePeop le fpeak v a riou flyof the D i ke of Engu im
'
s
Condua: in the Ba ttle -
ofi’zfflerjheim . H is Creel .
tu res"extol his V aloui' an
’
d E i r'
pe riencé w ithHyperboler ; w h ilfl
'
h is Enem ies ’
endea vou r to ?
leflen his? Reputation?'
S ome fay,i he~ow e s h is
Revo
ln, L E T T E R S Wr it Vol. III .
Revoca tion to thea
unt’
s B iflike ;bute it to the extraor inary Concernh is Health . Bu tw ifer fort fay,fought by himfel
jinn any lon er at the Pleafu re of Ca rdina l Ma z an
‘
m‘
,w ho, tis thought , firfi procured him thi s
Employment , only to have h im out of the w ay ,
a nd take off his App lica t ion from the doing/li ckAffa irs of Fra nce. Thefe a re the D ifcou rfes ofthe Peop le a t p refent , w ho yet perhap s maychange their Op in ions before the S un goes dowmThey w i ll a lw ays be cenfu ring and defcantingon the Actions of their S uperman ; few beingw illing to think the ir Tougu
'
es w ere g iven th emto lie idle . I t
,is bu t ’
a little Membe r , bu t often
does great Mifchief by its Afi ivi ty. One ofthe Ancient: gave no
i -
good Cha ra&er of it , w henhe called it ‘
a D eeman. Y et w e a re not bound to
bel ieve a ll that the Pbilofaphen fa id . AEflzp gavethe molt imp art ia l Accoun t of this Member ,w hen he fa id ,
’Tw a r the befi,
’
a nd tbs Wdrfl‘
.
S ometimes I fit filent many-H ou rs toge ther ; not
for w ant of Company , (for here’
s a Glu t of that
in th is popu lous C ity nor be caufe I know , not
w hat to fay, (for I could fp eak a great dea l more
than’
tis fit for others to hea r) but that I may,fiudy w ith lefs I nterru ption . how to ferve
g r ea t Mefier . For much ta lk ing enerva tcs
Judgmen t , and evaporates the Mind intoBefide s , by thu s
practifing S ilence in p ri
v ate , I
learn the Art 0 re li ra rn in my W ords in
ub lick,
w hen it is reguifite the
Ends at w h ich I aim : T is in
my S ta t ion to be open ,
and
d ii’tingui lh Perfons and S eafonsthe du e S top s and Advances of
(«Ena b les to fay much in a little,
44 L E T T E R S Wr it éy Vol. l II .
'
the Queen’
s Ea r ,'
w ho w as refolved to unravel th i sIntrigue . S he cau l
'
ed Spies to be p laced at a con
venient D il’canc
‘
e from the Lady’
s Chamber-D oor ,w h ich Opened in a Ga llery of the — Ro) a l Pa la ce ,w i th. Orders to trace him home . Tha t Night thedefigned Wa tch w as firfi fe t, it fortuned tha t:the Ca rdina l being in the C mnrefl
'
er Chamb er, her
Ma id , w ho w a s p r ivy to th is Amour , ove rhea rd
thefe Sp ies ta lking to each Other concerning he rLady, w hich made her more a ttentiv e (be ing ina Pla ce w here {he cou ld not be feen) t ill at length{h e pla inly d ifcovered, Tha t they lay in w a it tofind ou t w ho it w as that had been feen coming .
out of the Chamber . She qu ickly acqua ints theCm tef: w ith th i s New s . S he confu lts the Ca r
a'
fna l w hat w as be ll to be done to avoid D ifcovery . In fine , it w as agreed betw een them , tha t
the Countef: {hou ld put on the Ca rdinafs D ifgu ife ,and he a Su it of her Cloaths that { he {hou ld go
out a t the ufua l Hou r of h is Retrea t , and w a lk
in the Ga rdens ; tha t if exam ine d , {h e fhou ld
p retend th is D ifguife w as to guard he r from the
r ude Attemp ts of Men ,w ho if they found a
Lady alone in the Night-T ime , w ou ld not fa ilto offe r fome Incivi li t ies ; that (con after her
D epa rtu re , the Ca rdina l lh ou ld go forth in her
D refs , and {hift for h ia ccord ingly. The Countcf: w alk
in the Ca rd ina l'
s D ifgu ife ,
Spies , w h ili’c he goes to an i
M
Houfe , (an Ita lia n, w hofe Fortune depended on
this Minifler } and changes h is Female Accou t re
ments for the pr op er Appa re l of h is S ex . TheCom m/i hav ing w a lked abou t half an Hour inthe Ga rden w a s fe iz ed on by fom e of the Gua rd : ,w i de r S uf icio
'
n
'
of fome i ll D e licarr ied be ore the (Qu a
,
V oL-I II a S P Y at PA RI S 45‘
then‘
difcovered herfelf, begging the QQreen’
s Pard on , and telling her , That a pa rt icular D evotion-h ad obliged her to take that Cou rfe for feve ra l
Mornings ; bu t if it ofl’ended her‘
fhew ou ld hold her felf difpenl
'
ed w i th , and w ou ldforbea r. The Queen feem ing fatisfied w ith th isAnfw er, d ifm ifl
'
ed her . Thus theAmours of theCa rdina l and the Cowa rd } rema ined a Secret ; andthere a re bu t three Perfons (befide s t hemfelv es)that know any th ing of it, among w hich Ma hmu:
1 5 one .
Thou feefi, ,
111afl riom Mimfier , that the Reputa .
tion of my S ecrecy, ha s ga ined me the Confidence
of one of the Ca rdina l’
s Pr i v a da’
s ; for I had th i sRelation from the I ta lia n w hom I mentioned, a t
w hofe Houfe the Ca rdina l changed h is D ifgu ife .
I am nor w i thou tHopes, by the prudentManage
ment of th i s D ifcovery, to penetrate fa rther intothe Court Intrigii es . For he that told me th is
S tory, confidered not that he made me therebyMa iler of his Fortune , and that it is no longer
fafe for him to denym e any Intelligence I requ ireof h im . He ha s pu t a Key into myHand, w h ichw ill open h is Breaft a t my Pleafu re .
Y et I need nor magifieria lly claim D ifcover ies
from him , a s the only Cond i t ions on w h ich he isto expect my conceal ing w ha t he - has a lready d if
c loi'
ed . There is a more dextrou s and ferv iceable
w ay to become h is Confefi r,w i thout fu t h an in
gra teful Infu lt ; w hil i‘t w i th a w ell a fted Candou r
I feign a Re lation of fu t h Th ings as l i mp et},yet cannot be certa in a re true , t ill attefled byh imfelf, profe ll ing a t the fame Time nor to be.lieve thofe pre tended Reports I hea rd ; If I fha ll
“be (0 h appy as to d o any e ifeetual S ervice to'
theG r a nd S e
'
z'
g nlor byth is Engagement ,“
it w ill a nfw e r
m y Ends,a nd‘I {banne r -repent of my Craft .
d
Mir/am”
246 L ift -
r is k s Wr if 5] V ol. I lI.
Mabmut fa lu tes thee , fow rez‘
gn Brai n, in theh umbled Poftu re of Adoration, lying profirateon the Gr ound , in Contemplation o thy Gran
deu r . Befeech ing God tha t he w ou ld grant th isFavou r to thee, To l ive happ i ly, and to die in thyBed .
Pa ris,z otb of tbe r trioMoon
,
of tbe Paa r 1 64 5 ;
L E T T E R XIII.
To Egr i Boignou, a White E unuch .
H O U givefi me'
abundant Proofs of thyAffection and Fr iendlhip , ire -frankly telling
m e w hat they fay of Mabmut in the S eragh'
a. Id o not
-
expe& tot e free f rom Cenfu re ; and amfo far from being difcouraged ar _
the Obl u ies
fome Men fall en on -me , ét ha t it adds tomy omfort it be ing an a fl
'
ured Mark of Innocence, to
be traduced .
“
I ‘am nor defirou s that the Ara bia n
Prov erb fliould be ver ified in me,w h ich fays,
Tha t lar defefl ve: m Ma n’
s good Word,of w hen 4”
Men fpaa é sad . I dread to be popu la r at fuch a
Pr ice , ~and w i ll rather cou rt the S landers of thee nv iou s, by a fiedfafi Perfeverance in my Bu ry,t han lay a Train for the Complements of Flatte
r ers,‘
by favour ing S edit ion . Thou know eftw hatv iReafon I have to fay th is . There need s no In.
‘
terpreter betw een u s . Though theh as recanted h is Afperfions, yet thew ho perfifi in the ir Malice ; and it w i
for the Mafier of the Pager, w ith ‘h ir ick, to exempt himfelf from theNumber .
1 have.
- V ol. I lI . a s ” ” P A R I S ;247
I have rece ived both the i r Apolog ies, a'
nd'
haveanfw er
’
d them. J W i lli t hey w ould reform thi s" V ice not fo
'
mti ch for my fake , w ho am Proofaga inft the ir Accufations , as for the ir ow n : For
the In jury they intended to do me , w ill redoundmolt to themfelves . Mifery is on him that perfe .
cuteth h is Ne ighbour .He that is mercifu l and grac iou s, w ho hath fe .
pa ra ted the Br ightnefs of the D ay from theObfcur ity of the Night , defend both thee and me fromthe Mal ice ofWhil
'
perers , from the Enchantments‘of W iz ards , '
and fuch a s brea th e rbrire upon theKnot of the Tr iple Cord .
tr ans, zelk of the x " aMaw ,
of tbe 'Tea r 1 64 5 .
L E.T'
T E R XIV.
'
To Mufiapha , Berber Ag a .
H O U w i lt laugh at the Hypocrili e andFolly of the Na z a rener, w hen
”thou
'
lhalt
know the Ar ticle: agreed u pon betw ee‘
n’
the Elcfi or
of S a xon, _and q
‘
ngfma rk, one of the ,S w edsGarret-a ir
,on the 5 7th of the 8th
'
Moon.
The S wed e: had preva il’
d on the Son of the Eh .
l iar, to intercede w ith h is Father for a Tra ce ; bu t
the old D uke w ou ld not hearken to any th ing ofth a t Na tu re, t i ll I bifimfon ggav e Orders to theS w m
'zfl) Army in thol
’
e i’ar tsL‘
that they lhou ld"
op p refs the E leéi'or'
s S u'
bjeéts,thy exacting from
them unreal’
onable Taxes -and Contr ibu tions ; andth at they {heu ld lay
fdéfola te all the Cou ntr ies1 a bou t D refdir
’n,
“
if th eyfréfufed to pay w hat w as“ demanded
‘
of‘
fhem.
‘
JAécord ingly they took a
Ca ll ie,
48 L e t t r a s Wr it ly Vol. III .Came , w h ich commanded a la rge V al ley ofMea
dow s an
'
d'
Corn aFields . The S w ede : burnt the
Corn on the Ground, led away the Peafiint sCapt iv es, and demolifhed many Tow ns and V ill ages yet nor w ithou t fome Lofs on the ir li deFor the S a xon: one Night ftole u on them w h i lethey w e re fecurely fl eep ing , and ew an hundr eda nd Twenty, taking above Three hun dred Pri .
foners , Thol'
e w ho w ere left in Polfellion of theCall ie, met w ith no better Fortune ; be ing
‘
com.
pelled in a few_D ays to furrender th is thei r new
Conqueli , w ithFi ve Eu figns and a Hundred and
fi fty Pr ifoner s, w h ich w ere all carried inTriumphto D refdm .
One w ou ld have thought that thel'
e S ud
ccelli'slhou ld have confirmed the B eli ef in the Averfionhe had a lready conce ived for a Tr ea t], that he
w ou ld ra ther have pu rfued his good Fortune w i th
Arms efpec ially w hen by entr ing into a pr ivatefeparate Tr ea rf w ith the S m iley
, he mu ll needs
g ive a great S u l'
picion to the Afi mélj of the D e
p u tz‘
ex. Bu t the old D uke doted and w hat ne i.
ther the rep eated Solic itations of his S on , nor the
continua l Ravages W h ich Genera l Koningjma rkmade in his Terr i tor ies , could p rocure from (h im ,
that he granted to the charming AddrelIes of abeau tifu l Lady .
Th e Elezl'or’
s S on adhering mu ch to the gainful)In to-rel}, and find ing all other Mean s inelfeéh ial
to oblige h is new Fr iend s ; it w as agreed upon
b etw een him and Kom'
ngffl u rk, th at he fli ou ld
a t lea li , perfw ade his Father to a Ti me of a few
D ays : Th at , (10
the Son {hou ld in
w he re Kom’
rtgfma rk {hou ld bof the pr incipa l
‘
S w ederl
l n h is Army.
fu cceeded accord ing to the ir W ilh es .
o ld Man conl'
ented to a’
Collation
VOL HL a sn az p i m s ; 49and tog ive fi
’
o Fa Meeting at his S on’
s
Ban que t. The Germ an Ga llantry . and indeed thatof a ll Nor th Eu rop e, conli fl s much in their ’excef(five D rinking He is efieemed
'
the molt p oliteMan w ho can bea r mofi W ine
,w ith leaftAltera
tion of‘
hi s Temp er . Th is they call Catroufing .
Son had p rov ided Plenty of the re W ines
w h ich grow on the Banks of the s'
ne, efieem’
d
t he.
w holfome lt and me lt delic iou s of all theft:Par ts “ I t is not necefi
'
a ry“to repeat pa rticu la rly
the ir firfl' Selaresa h d Add rell'
e s B oth Partiesfeemed emulousv to exceed in
'
Civ ilit ies$ Th eyfell to their W ine w ith Freedom and Mirth, af
te r the manner of the Cou ntry .
-When in the
mid i}of thei r Gla lles , w hilfi the Hear t of the oldD uke w as eleva ted w ith the ‘Ju
’ ice -
of the Grape,came into « the Room a
'tail Perfcna ge a ll; in Ar
mour , and ma king h is Obeyi’
ance to ‘the 'Compa
fl y}M ir-m a a'
Letter té 0mm: m am/a m tt heGene ral it,
‘the Stranger Wasinv ited by the Elme r
’
s Sonto fi t'
down w ith them .
H e w as -Ma ll et of and o nlyma rk a nd the S tranger , w ere privyt o the lh tri
'
gue .
3 To
he‘
S t ranger u nbuckled his Helmet,l ingdt bf? { for ai l the ref} of
'the3 C0m
u ncov ered, it being i th'
e‘hOtte‘ft
'
D ayQui ntet)
'
d'
rfcovered a Faceandonei fi’s ft thofe ‘
e fiplw defcriBéd ’byPM ”.
i
3 “
ithdraw his
celebrated Y ou ths of thef D Beau ty
so L a t/ r a k e Hiri t-‘éy VELKE
Be au ty of this i llufh‘iou s Strange r
ga ztd , w h ilftJais Son and Kmén ma rk w ere pdeas
’
dtol ee the Bai ts take . From ru mina ting on our :
se x , he pa fs’
d to that of W omen t And r emem
b r ing t hat i n fome forme r Battle$b etw een theS w ea t : and C erw a w , feve ra l Ladies had dil
’
gu tfca
themfe lv e s i n Armou r , and follow ed Genera lhe concluded ptefently u that/ifnl Fema le of smelt/mad .
t the old_D u ke in to a p leafiitib
not w ithou t tome Affi xtu re of
a ll her Carr iag e and
i i
Ai the ir Conve i fa t ion
t is a great Poin t
the Pimfi i lio r of the ir ,open, nor too referv
ce i for {he {0 equallyac}, bOth of a Ma id
i
Rooto
in h i
bu t for he
g w h ich theey accoxi;
(mi ihé Ar ticlu
and(particu lar
ive rtifementArt icles are as follow
“
yr L E T T E RS W ri t 1) V111 III .
duét, and k i nd Enterta inment to tt nentmL pfh is «sav a nna : Te beo bliged net to lepd
‘hmfianym ore a rmada than‘h s Enem ies 011 111 11w , not
‘
fuffie r h im to ra1fe lForees at h is Low in Charges :
To be cheated of his own Revenu'
xes , and tamely
y ie ld to p ay a monthly Tr ibu te belides : “To be" t ied u p from
Tow ns m hisby the S aved” ;
due Fa i rJ) to Sowern'
g’ m, or of~o
Pr '
udence for m ne s ( e lf. E titm afe a fi iv ifew tofixa ble .
And th is o ld Prince is blelj'
ed
s’
1
w ho 1 5 nor a fhamed to turn PimY bet ray his Father
'to h is morta
lat the Cbr ffi za n proceed in the
.Treachery One aga infi anothe r ,‘v
mfi fm .
‘
p’
mfirates '
h imlblf fiwand p rays qn his Integr ity
For theof that r ime, w11 erem God ha s
p fit a Period to the Mountabl e: ofa nd to reduce them to the Faith a
of his hat) Law .
1 w ilh fame of myFr iends wou ld fend mém e
Canfi hotireliev e his
Hind?‘w he tu a ll‘l the
’
there W ide (Pa rtsfifw
ra te .
VolJ I lI .
i
a - S P’
Y a t P 11 $1 : $35;
7bMabrimmedHog ia; D eirvife , E r‘
em ityJ ababit—
aw'
af tbc S ac red C ave, a t tbe Foot-
4
of: Mount Uriel“ in Ar abia -t he Happy.
H Y Remembrance is as t he'
Déflve of the
Eve n ing ,‘
or the Midu ight . Breeaes ina lte r the fcorching Fe rvou r s ofa S umm e r
’
s
D ay, w hc ri neither IT rees , nor Houfea nor h igh
efi Mounta in s afiord any S hadow . S uch are the '
Emp loyments of S tate , keep ing the Mind in a s'
refilefs an Afi iv ity, a s tha t w h ich the Pbilofopber :fay is the Occalion of Hea t . S u ch-
a lto is the
Refreflamen t I find in.th ink ing on thee , w hore
S ou l is a Manfion of Tranqu ility , an Umbr ed’a of"
mi a ll V irtue ; Th ither L retrea t”
from the Fa tigu es of w orld ly Eu
bold Ac cefs of an humb le
S lave w ho r annot be (0 happy as to v il ic thee ;
m y oth erw ife tha n by Letter s , ye t w ou ld be m i
ferab le in the w ant of th is Pr i v i lege.Ever li nce I had the Honour . to kifs
‘
t he D ufi
BE thy Feet in that Jhcr ed Retir ement, I w as filledi"
w i th Love a nd Adm i ra t ion of thy S anctiry .
T hr ice happy a re the neighbou r ing S hepherds ,J ot/hole Fboc ks -feed u nder thy a ufpic iou s P rote
( tion . No fierce L ions , no ravenou s T ige rs ,da re v io late tha t S anctu a ry , or: hu nt for Preyw i thin thore Meadow s, con l
'
ec rated by th Pre
fence . Tha t r ich and flow’
ry V a le , w as rft (e
cu red w ith an e te rnal Immu n ity from S poi l and .»
Rap ine , by the Blefl ing of our bfi lr Pr epbet .Now that B le ll i ng feems to be redoubled by thyP rayers and Abfiinenc ies , w ho inherite l
’
t h is .
591m as wa lk as ltis i Abode .
‘II
'
was in that bf”)D 3 1 Gav e;
Cam, the Mcflimger of God fa i
‘red for the Tpace of
three M onrf
' zThy}h It
h u ed Ab’
lh rience . h
v enerable H ' ds to Heaven inm
'
iES ‘
of our gvlf L a w'
T rembling Tt - art t
gttgma g , Empir e Thy Bodyt w erity Yea r s Fail ing . is p e r ified a lmofi to Immor .
u liqy T hou l a rt become a ,
“Swi ft‘s . Ne ither the Bea lls of
5 Bow ls of; tlie ;Air“ nor the it
a ffords thee
1
"
w ith a thoui s a llay
’
d w i th the Cryfia l S tr eam’s a nd ; u hen
thou a rt di
ziu pplyI ra v ell
to the
going : T hou liveft the LifeE arth
, 1
Thou art not p r ivy to the ;Wi ckedne l'
s of the
Age : That Ce ll g uardsnhee froms other'Mens
V ice s , w h ile thy, incom pa rthee from th
11p w ith thy l PerfeéfiGm
pent“
w hichfa irefkEndoS erpe nt in the Egg .
In tha t S oli tude the d a d opened the He a rt so?
D ev i l"
?Seed . Plat. W hen ”lobar/let aw aked {for thi s«u as done w hile he la y in
’
a
4; Wow . W hen
p ronounced at Ble lfip gfoe v er w ou ld dw ell l l]4 : Abraham, chnfie a},
fil ial}m.“a S ip
'
Y"
a t“ P I N s . 53
a llr
earperien‘
ces the Efi'
eft‘of
lhis
l
Hap imei'
i’a ll‘
o a ttends thyve il ge e frhrh'
{
Cares‘
and Aos‘x ie ties fl i du c
'
orhp i itteft the pub lick Good‘
to the‘Ge ndu ét of thy Sovere ign , a nd thy
'
p r ivate W e l
Fare,to the Prote fi ion of Prov iden ce } ne i ther
d il'
qu ieted for t h e one , nor folicitou s for the
other . W ho t iles ; and w ho fi lls, in the1
Fa vour
of the S a lim w ho éurchafe s‘
the Gov'
ernme nt of
the Empir e by the ii‘Mer its; or virho by their ,
Mo
iney'
; WhetIPer it be )better to r ema in in the S fm
g lz‘o, or tob e made Bhfl
'
iz’
of‘zE gjptj, a re Ca res th
'
a
never mole l‘t thee . Thou can ii li t infthat S a nti a
4 r] of Pea ce, and p i ty thofe w hole Ambi tion ,
a r d the Love of G lory, ha s dr iven into the Tm :
of Wa r . T hou ca r-ft behold w ith Compafl ion the'
bu rthenfome Attendants of the Great ; the i r Lahour s by D ay , and the ir VJ a tch ings by Night 3the ir r e li le l
'
s Thoughts and bu fy Afi ions m ace
ra ted Bod ies and u neafy S ou ls w hi le w ith indefat igable Pa ins they p u rfue m ere S hadow s , and
endeavou t to gra i’
p the W ind , or fe t u re to themfe lv es a Bubble , w h ich i s no fooner tou ched ,
t han
i t van iflres Ttou in th e mean t ime a rt filli ngthy M ind w ith folid Know ledge ; a nd laying UpPolfefl
'
icn s w hi ch fha il nev er be taken from theeFor the Sou l ca r rie s her Goods a long w ith her
ito
that Other W dr ld . f 3 '
I '
often'
w i lh my fe lf W i th thee ; an the Rém embrance of what I‘once in by Cenv erfat inn , cannot be efl
’
a ced,
nce of T im
an d Place : The fa rther I thee,
the
m e a rdent ly do I long‘
to fee thee B u t c‘
v en
in thefe innocent D efires , t here is a riecelTa ryMort ificat ion fince w e a re not h orn for our
fe lve s , bu t to comply w ith the inrfih‘iom Ends
'
FPa rt . I am ap pointe d to ferve the Grand S igrzr
D 4
4-6 L a E 51 8 Wm? J} Volsm .
in this Place ; w here I e
felf a fa ithful S IM /t and
fi ll in thefirfl , my gm :
if in the God and hi s
Y et I hope every Fra i lty w il l not a
Tranfgrefiion , fince the Hea rt and the Hands go
nor a lw ays together . I often firive to imita te thyAbli inence . bu t my Appet ites are too {i ron forme : I retu rnt o my old Courfe aga in . like a o av
that is forc ibly bent . Y et I fin not in this , finceit is nor requ ired at my Hands .
Pr ay fo r me .half Ma n of God, that w hi le I aim
z e‘
the bf Th ings , I may ne t fall into the w arpand by r iv ing to a im a t Perfefl z
’
an, I may not
c rack thol‘
e Pow ers w hich are requ ifite to ke ep mefiedfi fi in the High-Way of mora l Vi r tue. I le
‘
a v e
th e e to thy Contempla tions, and the Society of
t hy courteous Ange/x, w ho ever w ait at the D oor
of thy Ceil.
p a l-is) . 20th of the [ l i b MOW ,
Of the ”J r L64$0
L E T T E R XVI .
To Ufeph BalTa .
Forme rly acqua inted thee , l t Ult di/‘Iu r
,
King of Pola nd , fought Cbrtfiina , Qu een ofb w tdm
, inMarr iage ; but that his Pm pofa l w a srejefl ed . Now thou m ay
’
lt know tha t th is Mona f ch has made a more fuccefsfu l Amou r be inmarried to Louzfe Ma r ie de Gonz ag ur; Pr ince]: 5Mam “ . The Neptinl S olemn ities w ere perform
’
d
in this Ci ty by the é rnbag'
ndar of Pol a nd , w ho)
w a s h is Mafl er’
s P roxy . The grea teft pa rt ofthe lafi Mom w as f ent in Masks, Banquets, andCour t-Reve ls, to onour the Elici a/4 1: of th is
0 ew
Wed -HIT ‘
tk S ix r- ar p a rt r s. 57ne w
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Qu een,“
who is ffince gianc tow ards Poland,
be ing att ended to the by‘a numerous»
T ra in the Ce remonies;nk
The r anch , . w ho a re never (par ing in Words ,.
are too l ibe ra l in the Fra i l'
es they be ll ow on th isPrincefs. For if all w ere tru e they fay of he r, {hem ight be Iified in the Number of Ang e/Jfome more imp artial Eyes have difcovered fucha”Im perfections , a s fpeak her yet . on this fide a
S a int . Bu t ordinary V irtues in Pr ince: daz z le theMu ltitude , borrow ing a greater Lu li re from the
Nobi li ty oi?“
theia Blood , and the Em inence of "
the irQua lity w hilli their V ices a re e ither lh rou .
ded from the V u lgar , or made to pais for V irtues,in the a rtific ia l D refs , w hi ch Flatte rers pu t onthem . ffI
‘
is und er this Advantage the new Queenof M a d isc ry
'
d‘
upfiar a D ian» ; tho’
a late
r ifl v indica tés he r from being ha lf to cruel as that ?
Gaddej} . It be ing no S ecret tha t a youngfi m’z‘m
Mm qui : had fomething'
kinder Ufa ge than had’:
J am , w hen he acc identa lly encou ntered th isPrincefi ,
-a s’
ibe w as w alking a lon e‘one Even ing .
ih a Grove belong ing to her Pa‘
lace .
‘
-
,
I am no Pa tron -
of L ibels ; nor‘Wou id l’
fpe'
alcirreverent]? of thoi
'
e w hofe Roya l'
Birth cla ims
R‘elfpeft f rom a ll =Mortals. But the
'
Stup id ity‘ofi
the-
Naz a rene : provokes‘
my Pen ,w ho a llow *
theirWomen all the uncontrou lable Freedom . and Op;
portunities, tha t commonly. g ive Birth 'to the“
fool? i rregu la r AmOu rs , and yet be lieve’
em innocent . They a rep erfect Idolater snot Hav ing lea rhed . w itlai themaker
, Th at W omen t are 'off- a
'
to3 that; ofAlien; 1 have Sou ls'
e f ’a
and c onfequently‘more p rone toV i
t hey) than fiever‘have the-Honour to be admi tted »
.
into our Pmradifc. 15 3
5 3 L e I I ER S Wm , lye Y oLJ lI:
Bu t thou w ha nd inte lligible ,the S ea t o fb linded by thefa ir ones bu t
‘
fo love W omen , as fi ill tonretnem
t kt Tea r - 1 64 5 .
Nove lties, opens the Ga tes of molt C ities « to ,
t hem and w hen that w i ll ne t do, the Force of.
t heir Cannon mak e s a Pallag e into the fi rongefiHolds of the ir Enemies, and pu ts whole Progra m .
u nder the ir S ubieftiom .
a late
dow n
He had fca rce
next Morn ing anfafin
'
ed to it, not
t er wa s direfi edthe Gw cruam of the ToWin.
w ere, to fignify to him, 1 194 t b:
60 L E TT E R S Wr it Z y.
Veh li f,After this, the French Gefl erpf cu t of? S even hum .
dred S pa nm rdf, w ho w ere poli ad . to h inder h is
Parlage ov er‘the Rive r . T he next D ay the w holeArm ie s meet ing in the Pla in s of L l or em r the r eWa s a fur iou s Encou nte r , in Wh ich tlie Spam
‘
a r d :
l'
ofi ten Regimen ts of Hor fe on the'
S pot ; the:pe l’r th rew dow n thei r Arm s and yielded . TheMargin? of Morm e
, one Of‘
the Sp am/b Genera /r,
w as taken Captive w ith Other Perfons of Noteamong w h ich w as the Sma ck-tri mm er of Spain.
Y et thi s w as bu t the Engagement of one Wixg;For w hen the Other » ente red the Combat, theS laug hte r w a s d readfi
'
ll OF the Sp ani a fd : w ere
{la in S ix thou l'
and Horl'
e, and S ixteen hundredFoot ; and Three and Tw enty hu ndred of themw ere ma de Pril
'
oners The French loll> not aboveThree Hund red in all, and they had b ut , a few
wounded .
This Battle has brought infinite GloryCount d
’
Ha ru ur t . fi fter Which, there hanothing rema rka ble in Ca talonia . fave theof s amura
i
, w h ich is like to end this Year ’
s (Z im
p aign on that S ide .
P rince Thoma : of: commanded in ltd} ,but had no
freer Number of French in his
the ma in 8 0 )1 be ing draw n ofi'
to fer ve'
in ‘cal 0
mit . Y et ~
,
vexed tn .c the S uccefs of, the 83m .
w ho had poil’
elfed themfelves of a (b ong ,
Came, and kep t the Field t in a Bum-do, as if he,
w ere not able to face them ; he mifed fomeemits , and enter
’
d the Mia-m ag, w here he took
the City and Cafl le ofWgew m . Afte r thi s , de
fign ing to retu rnintrt dfeonf, be found al l the
Pe l age s blocle’
d . up by the '
Spa uiw-
‘d i . who had .a '
r
far greater Army Allan his . Y et afl'
ummg ‘Cou
rage , he attempted to pafe the River Moan and .
the Enemy ,p refenting themfe lves toe ppd eh is
Dd lgn, he gave them'
Battle, and kinedhungzs<1
V 0}; III-I o
,
b.S P .Y \ 6 1
hundred and'
threefcore of them among w h ichw e re nine Officers of p rincipal Command and;
Qual ity . On his fide w ere lofl: Tw o hund red
common Sold ier s , and tw e lve Oflicers ; among“
w h ich w a s h is Brother‘
Pr ince’
Ma u r z’
ce of S a w ) .
Thefe are the ch ief Afi ions on tha t S ide . Asfor Por tagfl , there ha s happened nmhing in that:Kingdom w orthy of Remark .
, ,I have in th is Let ter , fage Governour of the
'
Imper ia l C ity , obferved the Method thou enjoymed l
‘t me . I ha ve acqua in ted thee , a ith w ha tfo
ever ha s occu rred in the,
’
p refe nt Wars of France
and S pa in dur ing this Year .
"
Tis d ifcou rfed here , that the Venetia n: w i ll layS iege to Gam a next Spr ing , in hopes to recove r
that important Place from th e Arm s of the v iflsofi
t iou s Orrom m.
The D uke'
of Or l am w i ll be on h is March toFlanders , tow ards the latter end of the next Mom,refolv ing to make a n early. Campa ign, being a
larm’
d w ith the la te Lot’
s of Mm dj ke, w h ich theS pania rds -took by S u rp r iz e , w ithout mu ch Bloodfli ed, ha v ing not the fou rth . part of a hundred
Men k i lled on the ir S id e . Wher eas , w hen theFrench took it from them , i t' coftf ive -
thoufandL ive s of the b efl' S oldiers the Kingp f F ume «had
,
in, his Army .
The Hou r of the Poli w i ll nor perm it me to
fay more, than that I am the humbleft of thyS hav er .
Paris, 1 42b.
of'
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be'
ru b-Mm,of the fa r 1 645 ,
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r é rés tWrit fig» : VolI IIIS.’
{hip a t th is Time; in‘th
p ropofe t'
o be' "
i1fedfbetw eent ie . I
,
'
W i ll not" compla in°
o
go ; that [0 by making thy Comw ith me , I may
‘caf
'
e my fe lf
pears to me a p p filjanimou s , ifAfi ion , for a Ma ri to tran sfer hisd ifitp veringth row tha t upon ano
b le to h imfejf.l and Gu
mofi a s’
natu ral tome
ted , to -refift the fec'
ret‘
(Jon
the Efm entxh’
Th
gu iflie s , w hen“
frbm abmfe ; and
the rfi‘
w hcn touch ed w ith the in
ce rta in Meteor } . or'
fcorch'ed ,
Exha lations‘
b f'
“th e Nigh t . S o
ou r u s . a nd not a few Ma
i
'adie s from ou r [elvesx
The very Channe l of Lifethe V eh icle of D eath ;u nw holfome Ai rs, and ou r
ou r Bane . W e hav e rad ica l Poifons i n our
Complexions , w h ich though they do u s no hi nt .w h i le w e let them lie dormant , yet once excited
B? Pa’
flions and V ices , they become nox’
iou e
and atal, hurrying us into the Chambers of
vol Hf? PTAART'i S ,i figs
D ea th, by unaccountable D ifeal’
es,
'
and Pa insw hich a re unde r no t A
T h is makes me bea r my p refent D ifl emper w ith3 31 equ al Mind , beca u l
’
e'
l know its Or iginal , and’
t is1n0t in t he [ iii of thofe ‘Malad ies w h ich hav eno Name ; w he reby I can eafily ca lcu la te i ts D u
ration) and almol’t point to aD ay w h en Mhall beW 5 aga im
' Por n”ti; in
'
tiho Number ofNt hofiz ,
[idi om oa ll'mu scl e 3 ahdv thé Angu iflt it
‘infiiéts'
confirms t hatmflzle i '‘W V
“ !
- T ake‘nocs th is for a Comp la int , nor w hat “amabdu t to fay for a Pa 'wdox
,w hen I tel l thee
,”1 hat know not w h ich is greate r , my Plea l
’
u iea; Pa in, du ring t h i s excru c i a ting Fuv er . Thele
11 111111111 11 ; border fo n'
e ar u pon one anothefi 'tha t
I lfind- it ld i lfictu lt to d ifl ingu ifli them They feémta be
'
Inmates to each Other, and b lended togethe
'
r i ni thew ROOts .
o
S u re I am ,»they a re to tw i
fl ed and interw oven i n my”
Confiitution; 1tha t I '
never fe lt ode w nhou t the other Eve ry Man
may e xpe rience , That hi s fl rongeft D efire s 'are
compound ed of thefie tw o Pafl ions , and the Ve ryMor
‘nent lof Fruii ion itfelfil c
'
a nnm fep arate them .
The i Ménu txz fif zfinéoynfient'
w bu t cdn leeratod f
to‘his ll ol'
s,burl-i1 h: the He igh thlof h i s y ps 1 the ’
Rifle 115 h'
mG r ief, fitYCC? t he :fma’llefi articde f of
T ime'
cannotfldi li ingu i lh' the
‘L ife and1 D eath‘of ~
h is .1iléafi1 re . . 3 1 1 1 t“
1
D o but reverl'
e thi s Contempla tmn , and a p ly .
it i to my, 8 1ckne ls , i and th ou w ilt find ne lR1dd le
in im’y1 W ord‘
s , w hen s nl Iaffu re thee ,
‘w h at 'a s the }
Torm ent ofmpy Few ? advances,‘todoeslmy Eai
'
e;~
Bléafm‘ma ndfl’aim : fit Ia nd ih ake Ha nds i ii-h a y
Mea'
nt, - emb i'ace§ l anch iequa l-ly d ivid e its
W ! D lfl flfl it betw eemthem “1 1 “ 1 ‘
2t
Y et I mufi need ss ow n , i!I ahtv indebted forithlsAl la yh -ofa 1m 1y
\ D olors; to the Brefence of 'myMindy. which I fufer not to be t orn from itfe lf
or
64 Ve lglfi ;0; carr ied aw ay by the v iolent Motion of
'
my agi .ta ted Sp i r its . Were i t n0t for thi s , a M an w ou ld;
p rove a Hell u pon Ba rt/o, and eve ry Pa l/2 a ter
m ent ing Fur], My v ery D r ink (w hich is a ll myS ubfiii ence
'
now ) w ou ld appea r but the loa thfom'
e
D ifiillation of that Tree,
w hofe W ye /41 61: and
[a id ing Gem, is appoint ed for a Reven ge to the.
D amned . 1 The fofteft Ente rta inment of my Bed,wh ile aw ake, w ou ld but ,
he a T ranfla rion of the
Torm ents of M on and S ifjpbw ; and the & tter
ing Intervals of Sleep , w ould bu t renew the Su fferings of Ta mi l” . W he rea s now ,
w hetherafleep
‘or a w a ke , my M ind keep ing aloft in her
p roper S phere , bufied in the Contemp lation and »
Enjoyment of her felf and
parta kes not in the Few ? of
on the cool top of fome big fu rvejasa ll the V a lleys beneath, w i thout being fenfibleof the ir raging Heat s .I ow e th is Tranqu ili ty , in the m idfl of
Pertu rba tions , to the Example: of. ancien t
pbeu ,w h ich thou know e it have fa r me re
ence than Pr eceptr . Ever fince I r ead tha t Hori
n : could chafe aw ay'
the racking Tortu re‘
s of'the
Gou t and S tone , by thefole Force of h is Thou ght,I cla imtry
’
d the Expe r iment , fpurr’
d on by Emu
la tion of h is Vi rtu e ; as ju dging it ignoble ' in a
Mafia /ma n to g iv e the Pa lm to a Page ?! in anyPoin t of marco l ine Bravery .
1
”Tis recorded of the fame Pbr
’
lofopber , that bythe me re S treng th and Ma ie fty of h is Mind, hediffipated the c bm mm h of ~
Apoflmfm Tw ir l ;
and the inla nd Spi r its ; oonfiefs’
d theym e re ba ffled
Ws that thinking'Ma iqzi tAs iii . hi s Sou l w ere ofa hé
Nature of Med ic/21’
s hmuna éi ive S ra fah - iw ho d id bu t loolt on i t . 1
Su rely, great 1 5 the Efii
hinted at in the . Arabia
a S P Y at P 111 an d 6;'
He t ha t can fee hi s gum Eff ! without. a Gl ad} ,‘
jhufl£4 4 611
1
.
tomow the Ba d : How l .
"
z‘Vhich myfie fi.
on; Exp re ilion is thus interp ieoed by the learned3 or Sipz
'
r'
ity d Ma n, w ho a l w ays
converfes w ithin , [hall'
have Pow e r to iha lte‘
the
Fauna/a xiom of the E ar th ; w h ich ; thou know efi'
,
rolls on the Harm of a Bell , a ccordi ng to the m»
8 4 1“ of the Holy La rvog i w r
.
I weed fay no more to conv ince thee , that Iam in a R ’Uer . My thu s exp a tia ting and ‘ru nnine
from one th ing to another (w hen L thought to
have fa id all . in a fe w W ords ) w i ll fia ti sfy‘
theew hat Temper I am in . Y et recol lefii ing my felfw i th Comfort tha t I know my D i li emper , I w i llcrave Lea ve to tell thee a ibort S tory of —
a Man
w ho w a s fick for m any Yea rs , a nd ye t r he able'
ltPbyficiom in Fa
’
r i i, cou ld not diibern his Ma la /1].
Th is Perfon w a s an Ofi cer of the C ity , w hol'
e
B rifinefs’
tw as to a rre ii Men tha t w ere in D ebt;He w as obferved to be the fubtle i’t of a ll his Bre e
"
thren'
, and the i nofi'
dextrou s a t p lotting anotherMan
’
s Ru in . Th is augmented h is E il ate ,‘
a ndhe grew extremely r ich . Bu r in the one and forr ieth Yea r of h is Age , he w as fe ized w ith an
unknow n Malady , a D ifl empe r to w hi ch th e moi'
tski lfu l w ere S trangers He langu i lh ed have Yea rsin 3 Cond ition w h ich mov ed a ll Men to Pi ty .
I : w ill be t ed iou s ‘
for to recount , the’
S ymptoms of h is l llnefs . At length he died 5 and a c
cord ing to his ow n W i ll w a s d ifiefl ed The
i ficiam found a ll Pa rts of his Body decayed
a nd w a ited ; but w hen the came to h is Head ,they w e re above meafu re a li
l
on ilh ed to fee a Ne ltof S erpm tr ini’tead of Bra ins Th is w a s conclu
ded by a ll to be the S ou r ce of h is D ifiem per
a nd Peop le defcant v ar iou fly on i t . Some fay,’
tw a s a fi ttdgmm t of God infl ifi ed on him , for hi s
cruel Subtilty, in trapanning Men ou t of the irL iberties
66 L E T T E'R S’ Wr it éy,
Vol. 1 1l,
m ion ,t is a na tural Produa ,
ufua }. in flame Confl iqu tions, fht th is fortta re to be bre
tha t had been
of tha t E'
mp i ,”
ing the Water of
ten eno endred inone p refented to the King of Spa in w h ich w as
H e fa id ’
tw as of a crimfon Colouror Eyes , ne ithe r w a s it venomo
ferred v ery folemn ly and w ith Imp r eca t ion s .
L I tell t hee , dear Fr
true w ho can be fu re
loathf'
ome Inma te i n h is Body ; yet I w ou ld not
have thee grow melancholy u pon i t , and d iflu rbthy Repofe . The D ay w ill come w hen w e {h all
all be metamorphofed i nto Warm : and S erpent : inthe Gra v e
fa v ou r of t hy S ov er eign, in
times in thy Thoughts a Man full of Infifm itie s ,w i thou t mu rmu r ing . Ada /ma t
, than lo w s In :
Fr iend in all Cond i tions,
Pari s , aotbi
of rbe “ fi lm”,
W] 45 ; Ti e r
6 8 [mi t t e ns Wri t ,VQIJHI :There is ~
no Keafon tha t w e fli ou ld gr ieve atthi s Foll of
‘
the Na z a rene!“
‘Tisf rom the ir Im
p‘iety an V i des, the Vi rtue and W ililom of the
v iél or iou s . Mujidmcm rece ivew ho-
are created to difglant'
and infl ruét the Nat ions w h ich t hey poifefs’
d , imthe Fa ith free from Blend/7) .Y e t fince the D epreda t ions w hich the Swede:
haVe made in Germa n; and D enma rk, the meig §4b un t ing Crown : and S ta rr
, n0tw ithfl and in’
g thei r
I nfince rity, ha ve feeming ly inte rpofed th ei r En.
d eavou r s , to prevent the w orfi Efi'
e&s of a W ar,
as deftruti ive to the common Interefi of Clar ificadom . D epun
’
e: w ere fent from a ll Parts , toMum»
fier and Ofu burgb, w ith Infiru fl ion s from their
r efpeél ive Sw er ez‘
gm . They'
ha ve (quanderedaw ay. mu ch time in ,
va in Over tu re s jof Pea ce ;
w-h ilii the Swede: da i ly get Ground on one Tide. ofthe Empi re and the E
‘tfl cb a re ne t unfuccelsfu lfon :
the ath r.
’
{The neniie s of Frm e, Tenfible that they can!
not s'
reduce th is m n u by Open Force, have Rea
cour l'
e to Art ifice . They endeav ou r to -
cor rupt
he r Allies , a nd iniinua te into the -Minds of til eUm red S ta te: of the Lm -Countr ier , a ll thofe Apprehen iions w h ich may ferv e to improve ; theb ae
loufy the y had a lready conce ived of the { MarkNeighbou rhood " S ugge il ing ; tha t the Sp am/h Nu .
tber la ndr are the only Ba r w h ich flo ps the Ar mi es .
of’
a cc and th ew
tell of the Unrted P ro'v inr er . In fine , they ha ve
p reva iled on them -to enter into a Tepa raten ice , u d not to treat in Conjunfl ion w ith th e ~
M'
m'
fl t r : at Mxnfle 1 1
On the other‘fide , ,
the Fr ex rbh by their
menu in‘Hal/a ntl, e ndeavou r to unmask the A n
t ifice of the Spam'
a r dr ; rep refenting , thatatheyhave no Other D elign in; thefe Infinnati
gns
lit
V est -1 11? a‘s
‘
p fi nxp r n
Bfit to
Ter r itor ies,m purfu lng the irQuarrel w ith the :
The D tpqtiex, hayke
,had ,
fev era] Conferencesabou t th is important Afl
'
a ir -an& the Refu lt oftheir Counfe ls , is to foliicite the
'
lir encp Cgu r f, tgi
“it's -m i? Pow“ ; toprevent the i111 (some;(1 ences w hich
thisfffl‘fflff fi w gwillbr ing along
w i th it.
gar/ar ia
719 L0
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T3 1 5 4.“fix”9
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Y ol k-II ;
SpirbmY .
bead inIwin, £11
toohfl ruftuniw erfa?P e
3 5? Rfi lfi ’fifi’:
grit 11: gram}
6w Pt ifi fil
1 7 1 I II‘
a S P Y d t'
PAm s . 7 1
w inged Cafiles, (To be called thé hlSwap?)
theWi ld .
”tiUhd e oftheir Armi esmi‘ in tli eT tires ofthe irMoney ; forf a D ecree w a s fign d iii Hm bm againfi
'
a tlrthe Nations the Wdr h as be 11 11
4 3 111 1 11 , betw een the Potemnre: w ho hate the Cafiodyofin dom 5 and Empi ru ; that they S hould {BOrl
the the Ba nnef'
of the E terna l difp lay’
d in the Fm’.
” ma n ; than the S w r 5 shou ld fig ht Pn thei rCou p les ,
odgamfi the u nified NW ”? of G/mjfi m.
m t] ; that the l/bma lu u fl iofiltl t ome Ou t “6? tHolesea
'
nd hiou ld fidw fd ow n’
like a Torrtrif‘fromthe Moo
n
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taiifi of the vEp fl, oVe r ka ddn idg a ll Cbn .
’
f endam In fine , th a t G erma ny, Fram e,Ita ly; and
Spa iflnt fhou ld be la id delola te , the ir beau tifu l Ci
t ies fack’
d a nd“
t he In habi tan ts led into Captiv ity,tha t a ll 1119 10 1311911 , lhb u ld Bel tan e?
minaoed wand ,1 tha t all“Nations {hofi id emhrh
‘
ce”( M o m
pint h im irfil’t ifon ,hut hew as‘fomid‘walk;
infig heatt fl dy an the 1S tréet§u lThe Karyn ch ain dh im m l ronsfibu t
'
m the Monnin he w a s fiandmgat the Gateof the Pr if0n . p rehdhmg to the People .
S omeh fay!he is a 6 107 111 119, and ha s fDUnd ou t
Msfieo-fidt r et zzOthers 1 9 a‘
P rop/fit ;‘hu t
hmfi judge 1111 111 té be 1a 'Mdgw im 1f‘
He reams 1111 11»
mhm do ll : hhs 1V ig0t1r,‘
h ot bei'
n'
g able l'élé’al'
eh imlelf frona
‘
the Chains Wh ich tfafien h
Efi‘tofthh
(Snowdd w her e'lhe diem?
yét’he continues to 1161 61 a‘l
the Ru ih iof Cbr rfl end m ’”Tis (a id h e w illlbe fen
'
éto Rama
, the r'
e torece ive 1 3 2mm “ of the Half Fri.aim : accord ing to h is D eme r its . I am no Adrm ref‘
Of Vgfionan‘
m, 1yet . th ere
r appears fometh irtg ex ;
traordinary m’
t he Gohfianoy of thioM‘afi .
’
w J imhw iiLdemon llmte, whether?he bela!t
5 151111111 1 1 s t? t o 11W 1 1
A Cour ier came tm thio C iiy li ft 1 ttfi'
omSMMM J’: w hd hringssLettets -fr0m f u» (2194 .
M , which fa'
y;Th at he has t eoeived"
gfea t Encodragement
71 L e y ’xems Writ 5) VG A”.
ra gement to hope fior the Ships w hichbuy
°
nfi slw qdala rzd i t fr hou hafi already
Mort/zen; jg T-ni ll er ie,m bafi é r i tom , th is Gu am
to Que en Cbnfl ina .-w as
,thoug ht
In fl rument toid ifl'
w ade the Uni t
L ow ( hummer, from em ring
' into
it ith Spa in ;‘
and that therefore
Wa s fent to refidé in his Abfencedbferve w ha t pa lies , and to continue the M in “
betw een the W O Cr awm .
“
fL
This Mini/iv ar rived in ' Sw ede/andj uhe, l gfl i
D ay of thelm gin !0f D ccm éer . i n the h it Year »;
w here Mari/fear la Tu ifler ie, had prepared a ll th ing:ready for a fpeedy D ifpatch of hi s, Negot ia tionh av ing the before his Arr iva l ma de knownto that
_Cm
_
r; t Pleafu re of the x ing of Bau er,
a nd the 9am . Regent, w hofe Letters w ererece iv ldby gy m Chr i/i ina , w i th a ll the Marks of Rh yl l
‘A
n
fifefi ion boiling the M h fli’d’
ofy thatM 1 n
fim te ly honeu red the Ferions of the t u d the
Q ue» Rrg em ; and, that (he'
w ou ld g ive them fuckProofs of the I ntegr ity of her
w ou ld demoa ftrat e, That th e w as
0 i a tions to them, for w ha t they had contriv
b to the good S ucoefs i of henAfi'
airs n And
gu t the? w a s noth ing more dear.
ted in {anRel‘olutiesm than to
bly the Lf‘gm' that was between themzl fr Sbe ffa ta
t her told it w a s'
w ith n’
b op
dinary Complace ncy {he now beheld tw o M uff/tar t
of Fam e: in her Cour t, after {he had been W ithout
ht King of Tra nce. at )
mai d} perce i ve , ,T
has; PQw erful Al‘
s
Vp l. I‘lIz; a S P Y at PA 1171 5 .
i 37 ;Or , if he has
his ownRealms 3byi S e‘a ,
is Merchants , it:foreign Exp ed ition
has put him u pon this extra0 encrea le his Fleet .
necefliiry. to acqua int theet the Mini/Yer ; of the Por t ,
rt
ab g’
ull and mayfconfu lt‘
w hat Meal
fu res to takA
P’Iifl ce, if it‘be tl
'
u e’
f
'That fhe defigns tobréak the L'
eaghe w hich‘
he madew ith S u lta n jbra bim fou r Y ea rs ago. There is bu t:
little Confidenceto be repofed in the molt folemnOaths of Clar zfiién Mona rchy, w ho hold not themfelv
'
es ob liged to keep Fa i th w ith thofe w homtheyefl eem Infidelr f and , thou ,
know el’r, that is
ii}: bell 7151: they
'
can afford the ,Oéferw r r
’
of the
fl fiffeg‘
L a w‘
in'
Y et the Frentb ,among
‘
al‘l the?Nat iohs
'
of the Mqflim ,feem to hear
th e greate ll‘
RefpeEt'
to the Ottoma n Empi re. But:
they are inconfiant and changeable , w hich is a rt
Argument of Infincerity: They are very prompt
an w a rm in contraél ing Fr iend ih ips , and as rea
dy to infr inge thofe facred Bends , on the léafiO ccafion , e fpec ia lly w here Intereft and Ambi-ftion ha v e the Afcendent.The Venetia n li e/idem at this Cour t makes da ily
V ifits to the Q ue» Regm , and -has frequent Conferences w ith Ca rdina l Ma z l rt
'
ni . Many Cour ier :
pafs betw een Munfler , w ed lock»,and th is C ity;
Y e li erday one a rr ived , from the Ami e/1the S c.
ha d l ent . to
the Promife
lent by Queen 60 the‘
them againf’t the All -
‘conquer
a
‘
74 ,L a r r nn s Wr tt‘Zy Vol. II];
It feemsmon A rfma
in dom s a
of at , BVane: {am
Med ia tiow hich itehter
’
d into a pr ivateand that t hey defignw ith fome fudden Enterp r iz eI {ha ll n ot let a Moment efc
p refent me w ith the leaft OpporVe r w hat is in the Hea rts of the
If thou w ilt favour me w ithI {hall ma ke the
p enetxa tes into a lla y to that once
h is Mgfl‘ezger rct
w hen they plotted tow ithout Hu m.
‘Par is , . 1 7th Of tbs 2dMam,
Of the r“ ? 1646 .
L E TT E a Xm .
To William Vofpe l, a Reclure, at Hal-3I
merl’tadt in Aufiria .
1Received thy
i
Letter wla tency, in that it argu es
of t Friendfhip and, that I
Poo cp s of an angry Pen ,: n0t
Liberty I took to defcant '
on thy manner of
L ife . On the conw y,’
thou“
fendel'
tme a n lim
o
93?
.76 L a a r r a s ' Wr it‘
éy va ne:Par ts of diligent ,
S ervants , and faithful-FI lCIl d S . a gTh is Wildermf; w i ll afford thee a fair Opportu
rn ity of lindying the Na tu res of Plants and Ani
m a ls , the v ar iou s Alterations in the Elements, th eI nfl uence of the W inds and Ra ins , Me teors and
Exhalations , -w i th m any other Se crets.whi ch a re
- h id from . the grea telt p a rt ofMen , w ho are bus
ti ed a l ive in p opulous Tow n s and Cities , banilh’
d
from the Fami l iar ity of the i r Mother Earth, andmolt ot er genu ine Produfts.In
‘
the D eflm , the unforced Harmony ofBirds{ha ll lu ll thy S ou l in innocent and gratefu l S lum,
-b er s ; the gentle'
W inds {ha -ll w aft immor talW hifpe rs to thy rav i lh
'
d Ea rs, bre
a ble S ound s from Pa ra dife. TS treams lh a ll
zw arble forth the i r
eterna l S tor ier . Al l {h al l confp ireand to tranfport th
J iu rrd Ecfldfier ; Q
If after a ll th is t hou {ha l t p refer the ,
mom fiiré'
Enclofu re, follow thy Refolu tion , and be happy .
,O nly remember,"
That though thy
up w ithin thol'
e Wal ls , yet if ;'
l n vain'
and w orldly Thoughts , art no,
long 9
. e r a R uld e. Ad ieu .
LParis , a sth;qf the 23 Mean,
of . the Tea r 4 6 am
1 ab
Vol. III .‘
a S P Y at Pa a r st 77
L E T T E R‘
XXII .
To the C ap ta in-B a llet .
F all be true that I have Reafon to fufpe&,thouw ilt “
find a w ram D ivertifement at S ea th iS '
spring . Though the Europea n: have feem’
d fl ow
in the ir Preparations to alili’t the S ta te of Veufce, .
fuffering the ir feparate Intere lts to fuperfede theCa re of tha t Repa éliek, yet now they tu rn the irEyes th ither. The i r Backw a rdnefs h i thertoow ing to the S ecrecy w ith w h ich ou r fage Emper
for med itated the p refent W ar ; H is Counfels ~
were never w h ifper’
d out of the Se mg lr’
o,
’
t i ll thefameW inds tra ufported the New s, w h ich w afted
ou r t‘
nm‘
nei i le Fleet to the S hore of Ca ndy . Now
they behold the Ocean cover’
d w ith '
the S hips ofthe E ta/hm Empir e, Fear fii rpriz e s them ; the Pr im
cet of the Na z a rene: tremble . They look no long ;
e r on the Republic/e of Venice w ith the Eye s of
Envy, becau fe of her Prehem inence in T raffick,b u t w ith another Regaed : The y confider her a s
theBulw a rk ob r t'
flmd am,the only Bank ofw h ich
h as hitherto {temm’
d the T ide of the Ottoma n Pui llh nce , and {top p
’
d ou r vifioriou s Arm ies fromoverflow ing a ll Eur ope.
I have informed the Rez’
t w hat Iknew conce rn ing the ne w !Forces w h ich a re fit
ting ou t in fev eral P arts of the Nor th and Wefl ,
to a id the Venetiam ; bu t I have not told h imw ha t the Cbr t
‘
fl‘t‘
am fay of thee , ne ithe r a m I
w i lling to believ e it . They fpeak‘
oft theek aa ofa Man not more difficu lt to be corru p ted thanw a s thy Predece llor , w ho w a s ftrang led b y the
O rder of the S ulta nef: Mother . Th is Cenfu re , I
hepe, is an Eifefl of their Impotence ; w h ile3 they
they flatter themfelves w ith the Imagination ofb r ibing h im , from w hofe Cou rage and Fortunethey can expeé
’t noth ing bu t D efeats .
They tru lt mu ch in the Force of thy Birth andE du ca t ion , and d ifcourfe of
‘a certa in
C ha rafter , imp r inted on thy S ou l, w hew a ft bapt iz ed , w hich , they fay, is indel ible
'
; andthey p rom ife themfe lves , that thy na tiv e C‘
bhfit‘
u .
w’
ry has more Influence on thy Hea rt , then for.c cd C i r cumefiaat ; and that thou w
‘ilt n0t fight
w ith any Z ea l, againit Men of the fame Pr inci
the Charm s of the ir Gold, w ithw h ich they de lign to br ibe thee . In
'
fine,t hey
d rank ' Healths to the bone]! g endg a do. S o theyterm h im ,
w ho commands the w hole Fleet of theO ttaw an Empire .
I do ne t g iv e Cred it to thefe I
Calumnies , hav inggood g rounds to boa lt of thy Inte gri ty . How }.
e ver , I counfel thee , by fom e extraord ina ry S ee.v ice to thy Maper , to give the LyeAnd fulfer not that , w h ich a t p re
a ba re S ufp icion , to be imp roved bor Cow ard ice , into a p a lpable e ,
thou ar t fa lfe and perfidious to the S upreme
of the Globe.
Par i s, 6th of the 3d Mom,
of the Tu tr 1 646 .
80
Neithe; ha s W ickednel'
s planted it felf on] inE a r ape : The S ea cou ld not l
‘mp th is bou n lers
Ev il . Afia is infe&ed alfo, and the V ice of I ta lyi s tranf
’
ported to t he tif tha n” Beli efv tr l .
Thou ha ll feen all the ch ief Cities betw een the
and Rbeg z’
sm,w h i ch
I ta ly , to the S outb f Tell
cou ld exceed any of them iw i ll not except even Rome
, the
{fi rm Mufti . There Um z'
r tama'
fed haveby Nat ion , to ca ll the a nrz
‘
ergt Pbi lopb
Bu t had any of thore,S ag e: l ived
Abom inations of the mod em Na u r
w ou ld have del'
p il'
ed the Fa ith,w
better Warb .
Adona i u t in PraEtice the Imbe Lord ol
Pthy fe lf ; and if tho
L igh t of the Mafia/mom, w alk in t
b u t {hu rt the Pa th : of the Geri/Hamenv eloped in D a rknefs, and g rope
L ive accord ing to Reafttt, and thou lhalt‘
be
p y. Adieu .
Par is, 1 8 th of the gd'
Moott,
of the r ea r 1 646 .
L E T T E R. XXIV .i
ToMafiapha, r Berber Aga.
TH E prerent W ar of Cu b is like to rent .
der tha t [fie nd a smu ch the S ubjeél offtli
‘e
W orld'
s D ife ou rl'
e, as it w a
for“
be ing the Cradle of {Tupim z
i t w as called“
Crete , mud: celWr it ing s of the Greek
‘
Ptm .
became
V ol. III. a S P Y a t PAR I S . 8;became a Prov ince of the Ragna r: Emp i re than 05
the G r ecz’
am ; next i t fubmitted to the S a ra cen:
But in the Time of the Cb r zylz‘
mt Exp ed itions in,
P a l/fl int , w hen Baldw in Ea rl‘
of Wander : w a s t
crow n’
d Emperor of Confiantinap lt , this Ifl a nd‘came
into his Poll'
ellion w h ich he gave to a certa inv al iant Commander in his Army, a Man of a no
ble D efcent , of w hom the Veneti em‘
pu rcha l‘
ed
it ; and in the ir Hands i t ha s continned eve r
fince . Bu t'
now , in a ll probabi li ty“, it w ill be thePr ize of Arms w hich noth in g fublimary can
refi ll .
The Polls from Ital] and the S ea Coa l’cs of this
Kingdom confirm each,
other’
s ,New s ; a ll a
g ree ing , Tha t notw ithfianding the u tmofi Efforts
of the Venetia n: and . Ca ndz‘
ott, to ,
h inder the Rev
l ief of Gam e, yet our Genera l is go: into, that
Haven w ith va l'tQuant it ies of Prov ilions . sand at.fnific ient Re inforcemen t ofMen . They addq that
Forty thoufand of ou r
,
S old iers have made a D e
cent in another Pa rt of the I/Ia tm', have gain’
d
the Forts ‘of Cifl em et Birorno
,a nd
w ere on the ir Ma rch tow a rds S ada , w ith a D efignto befiege that Place . They ‘
ou‘r Genera l
of ba rba rou s Cru elty, in that 'h§ , caufed fivel ofthe p r inc ipal mum » ofthat Kingdom to be putto D ea th, becaufe
'
they . refufegl. tou betray ,thei i:
Country , or enter into,the Interefis pfathefigta ud
S ignior .
I mu ll confers ,eVer may bera l
’
s,Policy,
-
%fi asliord s ; Lan g:
to'
w in
S i L s r r e as Wr it Z y Voll HJfor a da ily Vx
'
éfory . Let the French lea rnfrom m ,
tbz’
t new Way of i uefi,to [wh ine Med 6] Mere]
a nd Clemenry.
Thefe a re heroick Sentiments , and agree Wel lw ith the Cha racter of th is P r ince, w ho is laid nev er to have been the Au thor of any Man
’
s D ea th ,nor to have revenged li im l
'
e lf of any In ju ry yeta va liant S old ie r , an expert Commande r, and no
b ad Politic ian .
I t is not hid from the Cour t, w ith w hat a
m atchlefs V irtu e he d ifm ifs’d a Gentleman thatw as h ired to mu rder him . Th is Af afl h w as fuffer
’
d to p a l'
s into the iD uke’
s Bed Chamber one
Adorn ing early, p retend ing Bnfinefs of grea t Mo
ment from the Queen . As foon a s the D uke ca llh is Eyes on h im , he {poke thu s I know t ie) Bu
mfi , Friend ; tha t a r t fen: to ta ke a w e; mj Lz'
eWha t hur t law : I done thee I t i t new hr my Pint er ,w i th a Word
,to bow rbee ra t in Pin e; étfvre
Fa ce. But I pardon tbee go tb] am], a nd fee myFlu e no
'
mor e.
The Gentleman, fl ung w ith h is ow n Gu ilt,and a llonilh
’
d at the excellent Natu re of th isP r ince , fe ll on hi s K nees, confefs
’
d his D ef n ,
a nd w ho emp loyf
d h im And'
hav ing p rom i edeterna l Grat itud e for ' th is Royal Favd e r , departed w ithou t any -
otherNotice taken of him ; andfear ing to ta rry
-in Frem ,l enter
’
d thimfe‘
lf into
the S ervice of the Spam‘
jb Kin I t w as his Foi' .
tune afterwards to'
encounter t e D u ke of Or leam,
in a Battel inWander s!The D uke, a t this Inl'
tan‘
t,
w as
gran der! w ith a ,
C roud of German: w ho fur
r‘oun
‘h imh and f in the Confl ia , he loll hisS wofgé
: V
g
hilchh
thisté‘ ini .
gym iidlfl’
ayingtfij fei
‘b ef Clemmy .
’
W y nn/2me my Life, new
?. pa t t hei r? a t Capl ti tf to defend vb} v um.
'The
Pr ime,
84 L an 2 R S Wr zt éy Vol. III.
I congratu late thy Honour , and w ilh thee a
gradual Increafe of it ; for fa dden and viodeh t
L eap s a re dangerous But ou r g lor ious S a lem
d ifcovers h is Abili tie s in noth ingmore em inently,than in adapt ing Places ofTruft to
'
thé’
D eferts
and Capa c ities of h is fa i thfu l S lam s ; So tha t ifhe lh ou ld in t ime think fit to exalt thee to the
h igheft D ignity in the S ta te,w e m ight from the
Choice of (0 w ife a Pr ince p refage thee a better
Fortune than befel one of thy Name , in the Rof S u/hm Achmat I l l . w ho ~from a S iam! fold in
the Market for three S equ ins; w a s ad vanced to
an Honou r too w e ighty for h is V i rtue ; be ingmade s
’
r d am , and Lord of the mod del icious Prov ince in Alia . Bu t be ing amb itiou s ofabfolute S ov ereignty , be p lotted Trea fon aga infth is Mafler , w h ich be ing d ifcover
’
d, the fa ta l Firm
w a s (i’
d , and all his D efigns w ere fiifiedw ith aBow ring .
z a
By this'
thou may‘ft comprehend, how necefl
’
a
it is for Pr ince: not to ov er-load an Man w iD ignin
'
u . beyond the Proport ion of is Humili tyand Fa ithfulnefs . Y et Rew ards w e ll p laced , givenew V igou r to the Endeavou rs of a S law , Wh ereas w hen good S erv ices ar e flighted, it does butq uench the Ardour w ith w h ich they w ere pe r .
form’
d . Few Men are fo fp iritua l, a s to do g rea tand heroick -Th ings, purelyf o
'
r the . fake of intern al Comp lacency . And I doubt not bu t the De ez
‘
i
t hemfelves, in fo freely fa crificing the ir Lives fortheir Country, had regard to
E ven S eam ,w hom b ne w ou ld take
mortify’
d Smi rk of that Age by his Wr z'
n‘
ng e, yesi s conce iv ed to have found more Eni n the .Treafures of Gold ; w ithB ountj
'h ad di llfd his Golfers ; thanof w hi ch '
he had efuch'
refinedelegant Exp refiions,
Vol. lIl . . 2 S P Y ext PAR I S . 8 ;W hat I have faid ,
'
thou hadll ifdom enoughto app ly
‘to thy felf,
‘
w ithout being Va in glor iousL et ch ofe w hom thou employefi in any mer itoriou s Serv ices , and w ho difcharge their ,TruPr w ell ,be encouraged w ith the fame Propor tion s ofBounty . Munificence w ill not only add to thyGlory , bu t a lfo advance thy Interefi, hu t e thouw ilt ever have Occa li on for thy S law : And hew ho has once taf’ted thy L iberal ity as a Re w ardfor any eminent
,Performance , had he no other
Motive than the Pleafu re of renew ing fo p rofita .
ble an Exper iment , w i ll freely haz ard h is Life toferve thee in an Extrem ity.
Th is Method thou w i lt find of no fma ll Ufe tothee , in the W a rs to w h ich thou art going, w herei t w ill be neceffary for thee to recompenfe , thelead fingu lar Bravery of the meanefi Sold ie r
, not
only w ithApplaufe , bu t w ith fome Preferment inthe Army . Th is w ill nor only prove a Spur to
other s, but even to the Perfon fo rew arded r and
put him upon new Efforts of Courage , to a ttraftthe Eyes of h is munificent General Th is w ill bethe w ay for thee , in t ime , to have an Army com.
pofed a ll of Captains , or Men ualified for fu th .
Y et let not th is diminifl1_
t e Sever ity of tha tD ifcip line , w hich is re u ili te to retain
'
a p rofpe.
rou s Army in the ir Obe ience . . I counfel s thee tobe l
‘rr iél: in requ ir ing the leaft mi l itary D u ty, and
induftriou s in perform ing thy ow n pa rt; dwh ichw i ll he an Example to the r eli yet rather befonw ard to lead in Labours, than in D angers : In re
ga rd thou w i lt be more fe rv iceable in a Battel,by thy
"
counfels and Orders , than by-
perfonal lyenter ing the rComba t ‘
. In'
a ll'
thing s t p refe r theW elfare ml?the Ot timm E mp ire;
- to’
fw haCfoev‘ere lfe is moltd ear to thee , eyen to thy ow ri Harem ,
w hich yet “enght fto be rdearer'
to thee than ‘
thy
86_L E
‘I‘T E R S Wr i t l) V OLI IL
If thou thinkcfi l have taken
to adv ife thee , accufe thy fe lf for h
m e w ith thy Fr iendfh ip , w hich ad its of noRefer'vee i n Conv erja er
'
on .
Pa ri s , 7 :h of the 4 th Mom ,
of tbe Tea r 1 646 .
L E T T E‘
R XXVI .
To the eK a imacham
IT is a vafi D ifappointment to the Vene tia n;
our Genera l in Ca ndy has fo
v i ftuall'
d Ca nea , and in creas’
d
Mor ifim'
is b lam’
d for th is , by thofe thatno Good . What w i ll ne t Envy fugge ll ,beholds a Man on the Top ofHonour This 6 56 A
nera l , to g ive an Enemy his D ue , is aMad ofS p irit and true For t itude nei the r cuur ting ,
,nor
fhunning D angers in the Se rv ice of hisCountry ;bu t w hen once engaged in Per ils for tha t, Caufe,he is fea rlefs as a Lion . If h e ha s nor h ithertohad Oc cafion to g ive the S tate (0 defp eratca 91‘lof Loya lty, . a s once d id the Roma n t iw 'fwhnbravely ga llop
’
d into the -bottomlefs Ghajn to’
pan'
cifyltheir angry Gods ; ) ye t he hftrated , that hi s Cou rage and Fidel ity come
'
not
{bort of the anc ient Her aer . In a Word , he has
done too mu ch for the Repwéliek of Venice, to e
fcape the S pleen ofother All mufi beGem m b
, or,the . W a r rw ill not profpet“ Each
Man'
s A’mb it ion d itlates th is to th em than
Ma rt of Condufl w ould fooh expel the wfi rfir w t
oh t hat:Ma nd‘
: .
'
Tlms l inQ Q 0 r
Tra in for h i s own Promotion.
88 L E T T E R S Wr it 5] VOLI lKon to accept the Friendih ip of the faélim Pm .
But the Characte r of tha t tGm ar a l g iv es me no
Encou ragement to hope for (0 forttmate a Trea
chery, from his feve re V irtue .
How ever , I w i ll hope and be lieve , that the
eterna l Pa tron of t rue Believ er-r,w ill g ive fu ch a
happy " Tue to the Ot toma n Arms in Ca ndy , and
a l l other Parts , a s {hall difpofe the Na z a rene: tha t
remain unconqu er’
d ,to honou r H IMw hom they
have h itherto defp ifed and blafphemed even the
P rophet, w ho cou ld nei ther w r ite nor read .
Paris , 7th . of the ath Ndw ,
‘
of the Tea r 1 646 .
L E T T E R XXVII .‘
‘To C ara Haliy a Phyfic ian at C on~
fiantinOp le.
H E Time of the Y ear is now come , w here .
in the Earth turns her infide ou t, and Na
ture calls for th the h idden V ittme nt, to grace the World wi th anofpleafant Forms and Colours . Tfucha Grond of d ifferentBea u ties ,and every S enf
‘
s
is rav i lh’
d w ith delightful Objeéts . The oungMen and V i rg ins throng the Fields , to beho‘d theRefurrefl ion of Flow ers and Herbs ; and the Oldfeel new V i ou rs fprinthough they ad been inMalena-
it himfelf
’
w h'
o'
hasnow begin s to lift up histhe commonReliauration of
VOLIH. 4 5 9 1? at PA R I S . 8 9ng
‘at the Odi afio
-
ii ofieve it a
zin part be
r,i the p la ce
“
w here T re 1 5 a v ah D ifi'
erence be
tw een 5-
0 Pe r i l, and thofe
'
of Confl ut inople fcom to my felf ,
to be h ind/
ed a li v e inthis clofe Ci ty ,
w here my Chamber-W indow affords me no farther
'
P rofp eé’c than I ca n fp it ;
w hereas in Confiamm ople the Ga rdens a re cfo iterm ix
’
d w ith Hou l'
es , that ir'
looks like a Ci ty inthe m idfi of a Porch ; and by the Advantage ofits S itua tion ; is alw ays refrelh ed w i th B reezes
from the Sea:‘
j,Bé li ties the Im urity
i
of there Infidelr, w hb em.
‘
pty a ll the ir Fi lt in the S tree ts , l'
o- thatthe D irtof Pa r i s may be fm e lt fome MilCS of the Umcl eannefs of the ir D iet, contr ibutes in no {ma ll
m eafu re to my D ifl emp er be ing forced e ither tofeed on Flefh with the Blood in it, or l ive on
H erbs .‘They laugh at the Nicenefs of the me};
fa lmam ,w hoWi ll ea t ~
no-Me
'
at that W as a knock’
d
dow n or i‘trangled . They feern to .be greedy of
B lood, fav ing it in V efl'
els , and m ixing'
it w ithFlow er of Whea t . make a cer ta in Bread the reof,w h ich th ey devou r w ithou t the leaQ S qu eam i lhnefs . A tr ue Believ er w ou ld tremble at the S ightof fu ch Imp ie ty . I tell thee, it i s impofiible to
l ive among them and not be p ollu ted : Theyhave noMethods of Pur ification . They swa llow ,
and hug them’
felv es in the ir Uncleannefs zi
Theya re w orfe than the Beafis .
Now the Spr ing has prov ided a New Ban uet,w here in there is no Impu rity, I am refolv
’
to
l i ve like a Mufl'
tdmtm, and conform to the Prel
copts of ou r be]; Lan’
o er ; w ho w hen he beholdsmy Z eal i and Abfiine nce ,
"
w ill fend them gr!ofHel ix): from his Pa radife to i
'
epa ir~my
“decay'
dConfiitu tion.
1 i r 4.
The
90 L a T I a n s Wr it 6] Vo l. III .
The Fr ench Pbrlafopbe r t a re bufiedl i tion after certa in k inds of B irds,the fecond D ay of th isto be found in the w hole;Woods and Field s w ereW inter . Some are of -Opthe Moon ; afl
'
crting , Thatcarry them beyond the
E ar th, i t w il l be no Pa in to gu ppe r a iry Reg ion,
t’
til l they a
a ttraftive Energy of that Pla net,”a rriv a l/j feel: Refi. Others, w it
That there Bi rds take
more agreea ble to their Natures, at this , time ofthe Yea r .
I w ilh I could as eali ly once_
a Y ear take myFligh t to Canfl a nt im p le, w here my
'
Heart is W43 1”
tcr and S ummer . Ad ieu , dma t , w ho counts
much, as in be ing abfent from; s
’
Friends .
Par is ,r‘7tb of the 4 th Mm ,
of the fa r 1 64 6 ,
L E T T 'E R. XXVI II .
T appea rs , that fr a nc: has fome e
D efign by S ea When and w herein E xecu tion ,
is not ye t know n
Preparations that are a s
fome fore ign I nv afions,bat It looks a s if they had an
Hand greater than that of Xerxe
92. L a r r e a s Wr it éy . VoLIII .
ca relefs to conferve a Fr iend lhip w h ich . theythemfelves firl’t coveted .
There Mifunderfiand ings may in a {hort t imep roceed to a greater Al ienation and in the End ,to an open Ru pture . W h ich ha s the more Prohabili ty, in that General Kom
‘
ngfma r lt lately fl op a
p ed fome French Troops in the ir Ma rch , under
Pretence of feeing the ir Pafiiports ; but really ,as
’
t is thought, to cor rupt the S old iers , and w ithd ra w them from the Fidel ity they ow e the ir 80Vereign .
Th is is h i hly refented here ; and they begin tod ifcourfe 0 making Pea ce w ith Germa n].
What the Iffue of thefe Things w ill be, is yetin the da rk ; bu t God
, from w hofe Tbrm e hangs
the Cloa z'
n of D efiz’
nj , w h ich r eaches’
to the Center
of the Ea rth, w ill , I hope , (0 d ifpofe of a ll Hu
man Events , that the Quar rels of the Na z a rene:
{hal l min ifier occalion to the 013mm: to encreafethe Terr itor ies of ou r puiffant Emperor .
Pa ris , rfi of the 5 th M on,
of tbe Tea r (64 5 .
L E T T E R XXIX.
ToNa than Ben Saddi, ~ a Jew a t Vienna .
Cannot but highly applaud theRefolution thouhaft taken , a s thy Letter in timates , to enqu ire
into the Ground ; of the Relig ion thou a rt of. Th islhew s , tha t thou fettefi a V alue on
and th inkeft thy (elf beyond'
the Pu
Ch ild ; that thou e fieemel} thy felfm ake a Choice of thy Religion, and not to take
it up on the bare Credit of thy Fore-fa tlm s._ T iscertai n,
V 61J III . 2 S P Y at P a a r s‘
. 9 3.
certa in , that Error may be tradi tiona l as w el l a sTruth and the Paga n I dola ter : p leaded - a greater
“Antiquity for the Altar : of the ir Godt , than { 30qthe Follow er : of Mofet , for the Temple of 7orafa .
k m, the Ta bernacle in the B eja rt , or the Promu l
gation of the La w it felf on Mount S ina i : S incethere w a s fcarce a Region on the continent, w h ichh ad , noc efia blzjb
’
d Ri ta: and Cer emonies of ‘Worflnp,long before Mofit
,>or W en
’
b oob, the great a tbtr
of. the ’Ifia e1ite: ,w ere born : u r
Among the rei‘t Of the Nations , Arafiia , my na .
tive Country , w as pecul iar ly blefl‘
ed w ith the
Bootfiepg .Of the alufl r iom’ Ibr ahim, Grandfather
to Ifr a el, from w hom the 7emt'
defcend . In th isha ppy Country that renow n
’
d ~Froploe t fojourn’
d ,converted w ith Angel: :
'
And, . w ith the t Majofiywhio
‘h '
cannot be . u tter’
d . He p reached theUnz‘
tyof converted the Peop le frpmthe ir Idola try , b u i lt an Ora tory at Martha , and w as
t aken up into Pa ra dz’
fe. i
fma et h is eldefi Son and Hei r of his Fa ther'
s
Sp ir it , a s of h is Terri tor ie s ; tr od in the Foot
fl aps of the Afi mp t of' God . He brake dow n the
Molt, afl
'
erted one God,
~ the Refurrefi ion , the D aj p f
fudgment , the joj r’
of Pa ra difa, a nd the Torment:
of Hall i His Of fi r ing’
mu ltipl ied ,‘and zpeop led
a ll the . . Eafl The P r inter of th is who!) Line fu bdued t he Jnfidel'Nations , and rooted themfel vesin the molt fertile Regions of Afia , p rofefiingthemfelve s Mafia/man: -
or true Belz’
efv er tn Thu s
p ulled the Light of God from the Fate of Ibo-a bu t»,atzozhi s Eofieri ty r by fuccefiive Generations z
’
till atelongth i r
-
r efied ton sthe‘ '
Fa te ,of Ma bmnt , ou r be];
n im r , {m an tras ~ encrfeafed w i th; admirable(S plendor , §by fthe frequent 3V iii ts ofs the M d
Ga br iel. He took the ' Root of Ep ih out'
of th eP rop/act
’
s Hea rt , brou ght h im down the“
Alcor a n
fi om Hew en, and gave him V ittory and HOIl OI
l
l
l
r'
ca’
d
94 L t fr ‘r
'
t n s Wr it 6; V ol. III .
ca ll’
d him by a new Name , T H E S E A-L O F
TH E P R 0 P H E T 8 ; car ried h im to the Throne
of God, through Leg ion: of D ewitt, that w a ited
be low the Moon to deftroy him . And finally,made his S epa ltbre glor ious and r efor tedb to, bythe Believ er : Of a ll Nation s on the ‘Ea rtha
I fend thee thi s Abfl ra fi‘of . the Mafi lmm fl oflory
’
, to the end thou may’
fi fee w hat Pretentious
th e Cbilé 'm of Ifma el have to thefree Lain, Wh ich
you , of the Pojler it] of Ifa a e, w ould monopolizeto you r felves z
'
As if God had not (cu t P rophet:
to a ll Ma riom , to lead them into the r ight “Way,and not into the W ay of I rgfidelti
'
'
Neverth elefs,take nor there th ings on my Cred it, bu t exam inethe Record: of thy own Na tion
, and the Hifiory ofpa]? Timer
"
.
"W eigh all things in the Ballance ;confu lt thyReafon , w h ich is an indcfic ient Lightto thol
'
e w ho follow . it . Your L aw w a s once
pu re’
and u ncorrup ted ; bu t in time the D eta i li nl
'
et ted many Errors : He feduced your Fa t/u h ;they retu rn
’
d upon the ir S tep s, and fell back intoIdola tr y. Then God ra ifed u p the Mefiu
, to re.
form a l]Th ings ; bu t him ye reiefi ed , And whenhe w a s taken up into Pa r adife, ye reported ,Tba t be
ma r ba ng’
d on a 1 m. In th is theFools, and fight againfi
'
themfelvesafl
'
ert , as you do, That he w ho is
Tr iumpha nt , among the Hundred and M a nyfou r thoufand Prop/een ,
v a t crucified betw een two
Thiev es : Thu s br inging a Rep roach on the Apo.
file of God, a nd on their oewn Fa i th, in obelieving
things inconfiftent With the G oo’
dnefs and Power
of the D iv ine Majtflz : W ithout doubt , jefm theS on ofMa r], is afcendcdn Beefy a nd 8m! into Bamd ife
'
; w ho, w h ilfi het w as on Earth, {aidi mffi’li0 mGod
, your Lord a nd mint .
96 L E T I E R S . Ff’
r if éy Y UELIH‘
f’
W e only obey the h ater; D i
W hich tea ch u s , that fo longin th is ~Manfion oh E
‘leib,
Pollu t ions .‘ .
’
Tis toavoid
c erta in Mea ts and D r inks ,
W r ite often to me , and w hateve
p reva il on thee not to ch ange thyArguments temp t thee to {w erve
lit] to the S ou n d“ of 5 3Gra nd S igm
'
ar, in Wh ole Ve
ed Blood of Human 'Race .
'
Here is a Report in th is City,Bra ndenéz rgb w ill demand the Queeg Qfin Marr iage . Let me know if it be true,m ay inform the Mini/fer : of the loft; Portw hom nothing ought to be concealed, tha t occursof Moment betw ixt the tw o Poler .
Inform me a lfo,w hat paiTes remarkable in the
Dayna“; o f the D eput ie: at “Maia/ h r, and w hetherit be true , that the D a nube has lately over -flow
’
dits Banks, and carr ied aw ay Four hundred Houfesin its rap id Courfe .
‘
Such S tor ies are told here , by thol'
e w ho knownot how to pafs aw ay their t ime, but in hea rkening after fore ign New s , to furniih themw ith Matter to amufe the credu lous, and
Acknow ledgment.
mums ! a is extra : Fl’flt'
lifrm J
may fi ddfl tw hofe 3Prefence fills the"
d ifclol'
e himfelf to thee , in the w ay of S a lv a tion,
and continue to breath e" godd Motions into’
thysemi H
tire 5 th Mom,1 646 ;
rioi n '
Li n Z iliil n ‘v
4 '7
f i r s t ? ! u tlTo the,Ka imach am.
D 0 MA [ti
the’
b‘ew Thas much ti ov'
d himf .
ifelf, i n‘his ilate.Progrefs th rong «h il ly : He
'
lo
is g rown a perfeéi me tefmmi } hav ingefdum'
d'
out'
the wa y to penet r’
ate into S edte ts,fand*td difpatch‘nBulinefs Withou t any
‘
lHe may pr ov e veryferviceable at Ferrit e, during the p refen t. .Wa r , (if
Ci m'
ayft His'
Acqu a intance ia ' that C ity g ivesh im Acccfs to the
i
Cabal S'
of the wS t ira tort w ho
fpa re nota over their W inefi to w h iiperk ii efiom h 1
fels of the S ta te; and to del'
cantnh poir the LMéa -E i ifuies tha t are taken : to defe nd tfthe Reptt
'
rk m:
aga inlt the inv incible Prow efs of the Ottoman
Armi es .s n i t
-
I r is‘
publickly know n, that they hi ve that am.
“£1 t to the Crow n'
of of’
PalanH,
and t0 '
the Golia th ,igv iting them to
~
'
enter into an ueAgainfi the Gr ana
‘S igm
'
ar .
‘
Bu t'
few'
are ao
qua inted w ith the pr iva te Tr eat},they ar e mak ing‘
w ith the Ball}: of Aleppo. 1W’e ow e‘
th is D ifco'
v e
ry to the D i ligence and Wit of this S on of Ifi-a el .
He has draw n the S ecret”
from ithe'Mou ths
'
of i
feve ral em inent Crunftllor t of. S ta te ; and , afruresme, That the S ema te ha
r
ve made fucli P5 025
"
f s
a!
9 879 L a r ge s ,Wrg
'
tJ y x. Vanni }!
fa ls zto x the Gw empt, as calmer f ail o ffifid uoihgh i ito o
revp ltt , 1' r
'
r. i 1- 1 ;
big may , p rove of: ill (Confi qnence , iff
not
t im'
e ly p rev ented : The p e rn iciou s Example bfth is Bajmz m ay inc ite others to tread in his S teps,
t
e l'
ecia lly h is Neighbours . of S id m'
and Dm fa it ,w 0 ha ve fo r -a long
’
time medita ted a: Sover e ignty , independant of the Th rone
,w hich firfl
r e li abl ifii id them i n ,thofe - Cha r es . Befides, the
fingle pForces o f this Ba]: w i be able to
a pow e rfu l iverfion to the Arms oEthe Am .
-a lr.eady engaged i n“
Ca ndy ,“
D a lma tia, a nd
others Pa rts by S ea and L%nd He fays , The
V em tz‘
a m {peak -mu ch ‘ inv
the ta ife of this Baj’
a’
s
‘ J ufi ice , w hereof they re la te many E xamp les‘
g’
tthe Frankgk
C.
ines him about it : He reply’d , Thach e i
fo ld none bu t good and . .w .holefome’Mea
"
t ; for; ifi .)
i t durppeni
d that w as forced to
rFltih I'
m ; hi s Hou fe abm'emhr ee D ays,“fon
’
d it w ith’
. S p ic es and ' H enb s'
, r-a s
'
l
made t‘i t and ' wi thout any i ll
"
1
. The not shav ing Patience to hear anymore of th is fetid zApolo
'
gy . commande d'
his Armsand Legs
'
to be cu t off, and the rV e ins no h e tlea r
ed u p ordering , .That dur ing the ih ort timejhe
had to l ive , he ihoal ld ba ve . no‘
.-othe r Food , b ut 1
ow n Linibs .
‘
that w asmade by'
a Peafant ,B
'
aj'
a s only Sor’
u had ravi lh’
d
led him to marry her, w ith this w‘Charg c, »Let rm
law a
L a r r t a s ,Wr it Vol: I ll tf t
ami. refer the ,
refi to thy-W ifido ;M Letter-s
a re a ll regifier’
d and if‘
Afia irfiihou ki’
fucc‘
eed
i ll , it ~ w ill be m an
watches Night andof the ha s not
lyNotice of w hat m ight beMw afcknof tbe
fi
trpg Fair/offal .
ffi’
I houJ w ho a rt celebra tedProbi’ty, pardon the Liberty( byxy cfier and mine, renders w orthy Excufe.
is
Pan s , the M ax,
fi t I ?” 1 6416 .J
70 v of
'f 1
1 l
I t "
0 t
A'
S‘
PY at PARI S .
h e, »
c k .
6 " ‘m l
m t tbs Port.
3 M7 N"
the'
D wa rf, 1w hom I formerly
mention’
d , _rema ins fiill in the Cou r t ;
ancltéontinu es h is good Ofl
‘ices , m com
J
Juiunic
'
a ting'
to,me fut h Pa
'
fTage'
s a s
came ra hi s Knowl edge . He has a fubtile‘
Wi ri nd
“
bearsh ‘rrb ‘hearty love to - ihe Chi-{fl in gxfio
he be‘
one h ifnfelf in Pr ofrfi rm . He freqhentlyv ifi ts me ,
'
ah‘
d t ru f’ts me w ith his S ecrets . One
D ay he convinced me by ev ident Ci rcumfi ances ,that C a rdina l Ma zfa r z
'
m'
w as‘
p rojef’ting to g iv e
fome fecret and fudden Blow to t he Ort gman i m.
p z'
r e,1for wh ich Ofn
‘
n'
n {cents to‘
be concern’
d by;anatural Inclination ; be ing , a s
‘I told born .
of ‘Mabémeza nParents, be w as ua eafy,’t ill he had
F 3 acquainted.
1 07. L ET T E R S Wr it 6] Vol. III .
acqu a inted me w ith h is Apprehenfions and I
g ave“
h i_
rn fu ch Infirufiion thought mortto er on thi LOqcsfion t J i eLmy Thoughts on
Ra c
i,mto p rev
gnt fo d ire
iMifchief. And ha
J ung meditate w ell on t isn a C e , whi ch w ou ld a t da t e
he 0 dzga l’
s Sufp icién a nd byvou r is D e
s
figns , w ou ld abfolu
them I w ent to h imbold ly one
m g adm itted to hi s'
Clofet, I thusPolttfcf
'
dm .
‘
J J I 1
are now n ine Y ears
ha ve alfoo gecejved
'
many pfi ticu lar Honou rs
from that i llufl riou s P rm ce of the Cb‘urcb
,to
w hift h youn s m'
mam ha’
s ba n pleafedt to'
math;fome u h gfie rv d Addi t ionsfi
’
Tis to you bot
I ow e the Cha raéter hvh ich has in trodu ced me
. m4 L ET T E R S,
Turk: hav ing paredthat . once fiourifh i
theirneed
”the O
1
‘J M : 5 the Handsofher d defola te ;her NoHn .
‘
at to the Sword, and her Me rch ant :"
s led‘
into aptivity . Inr'
fine , behold that . a£
, fl ifted.
Commonw ealth yet ,
‘
firuggling ,w ith her
TFp t/ffi nd‘
fending‘ “
her'
to all theS fe ter
‘of Clar ifl endrm,
demand ing ,
or’
ra ther)
, in 'h’
fupplnant’
manner , implor ing‘J heir . Afl i li ance ,
, Y et {he finds little .or no
help from any1bu t the
‘
Pope, and the Knigh t‘jef Ma lta . And h iS
‘
Holinefx has enough to
do to p referve the Pa tr imon] of the Church
from'
V iolence . T he S ta te of Gem ua is too
intent u pon . her Traflick, .to re rd the Ga la .
m ities of her.Ne ighbou rs . Andga
all the Pr ince:
”of Ira !) have fu t h D iverfion s at home as
rend er the i rry cold and
the Turk: ga inand encreafe
S tate of Cbr xfiw dom ! Is therethefe Miferies ? Y es
fuch a Redre fs a s 0
great Mimfl er to“
a pp ly ;
O
a
t
h
-s
a
u
n
a
3 101. I II . ‘
a S P Y at'
PA R r s . 1 01;Em
’
p eriment I 5 dare'
afliire : w il l p'
rOVe - eifé
{tua l'
I do n
'
0t pre tend to the Vlfiom and l afp z‘r a
‘
tz'
om‘~of .Pcrer the Hermi t; w he
'
garb’
led [ecu/arr and‘I di
‘
w'
ne Offices ; and armed h imfelf in Habi
w ent : dragoon ing up and
dow n Cbr zfiéndom , at the Head of a confufed9 Rabble , to rende r h imfelf popu lar and acqu i re
-of P i lgr im“
,Pr is/i a nd :
i vebpw n . .juThe i ll S ubcei'
s o
'
f’
h is r afh Expedite):fi ihew idh hat h e
ifw a s w rxly
= ll ung l w ith a ( elf-r
f'k‘
gimki Cup-ia , and al a t" G0d approved nor h is
1 Tally: 3 abou t! to p m pofe anothe r
Cmfa dr or contr iv e a W ay to {bed w holez
of Huma n Blood, w ith no other coi ll
’
e ,
5. quencc ,
- than tO'
fia in Hi d er] w ith the fafl gu ine{ IMémonit of ( Ibr zfimdom
’
s'
sV anitya nd .Misfor tnne’
.
‘l f Befi'
dés that -
w ou ldi'
h e) found imp’
rafticable
i rim theiwAgep w h ich w as eafie to put in Exeeu :l it ion zf ive
‘
e r S ix hundred Xears a go The .
World is not fo defuoa t now , as it w a s in thoi‘
é
D ays ;'neither ' are Men fo = prompt to ru n the
Rif’
que of the ir ‘
L ives'
on"
r el ig ieu : E r r a nd f, for
the Honour of'
be ing efteem’
d Afa r tjr r .
”PM“
i be d iffic'
rtlt'
td find out ? a‘
new‘
L zfi‘oF‘d fm
’
é"
G'
ayfs , and'
Other mer ger,
‘
to head thetfibm fii onfi
‘bf the .,
Cr vfi‘thrbu gh all
'
tlte Ha rd:‘Hhip s t lofi the S ea rand L
'
and‘
, fo ma‘
n Th‘
nndred5 Miless sintb to
'
combate not ~on iy'
w i th Flefh and ‘
Blodd , bu t'
w ith . Famine; Pefi ilence'
, and a ll the Mil'
e r ie sof Human L ife : a s i f th is w ere
‘noé
b enou ghy to fh tat h“théir Sword s - a lto in tenth
l
t Others r'
Boiw e lsfifor . P unfl z‘
lioh,
'me re‘
-Trifles“
of‘e
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mii’ta ken Honou r arid i lLtimed Emu lation‘f And , alh this Jonly tw
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p urcha’
fe the3 1 18 Of Ifi
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flg s of , yew /e lem”; or th
lived
196 L E T T E RS Wri t év V ol ll l l .
liv'
d H onou rs the one to be 1011“ in'
a-
littlet ime , w ith a ll Pa /cfl ine, to the Sm '
a cem ; ffihe5oth er de pend ing
‘
only on the Plaeafure‘
of the
Mu ltitude ! S u ch w ere the . glo r ious Fru iis “
9f
,the Chr z'
fiia n Arms in thofe days ! S u ch the Tr i lum phs a ttend ing our V ittorie s EThefe the Tro.
"
ph ies w h ich ou r Fa ther : excited to the ir ow n
D ifgrace ,w hen after a War of (0 manc ears
1‘they left the Hal) La nd a ithan they found it and
s
‘,Thoufand Men a s marched thi
the u tter S ubverfion ,of the S a ra gam Wthere fca rce return
’
d enough to ; d ifp erfe the
New s of the ir ow n Ove rt hrow .
Wav ing therefore thefe m'
fiona ry r a fh fiuptdxfl;
tiam ft l now p ropofe to you r Emim w e an Undertakiphg
, w h ich thb ’
d txmay maked eils Ne ifein th e orld , yet carries
Su ceefs'
,and w ill not only
of Ega nga, but redound to
Europe.
No Man w ho is acquainted w ith Hifiory, can
be ignorant w hat Cla ims the'
King : of ’m e
have made to the Empire of the Wcfl , fint e the
D ays of Cha rfemm'
m, the Roya l Predeceflbr ;of
2 h is p rerent Majefly, w ho w as dignified w i th theImper ia l Ti tle, by the S ov ereign B tfiop.
“
Neitheris it unknown,
by'
what Ar tifiees the ~Hmft ofAu/lrid . have procu red t he Tra nfia tipa goft hd
fa s t ed Author i ty ( 0 the ir ow n Fami ly .
Your Eminence is fenfible by w hat Ty ran.
nous and un iufi Method s the have ma inra in’
d themfelves in th is highe Pitch of Hu .
man Glory and nor content w i th this , howthey
'
,have ,afp ired after the. hum-rob]: of . the
whole Wor ld !All the w or th have groanzd unde r”
the Burden of. that infupportable Tyr an t}.
And their -Encroachmcnts on the Sim ’£
323ren er
o
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look a ri as the Fiope a ll C‘
bnfimdow n
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am,
‘Who ath‘Alliés ofth is i fe
qui te dep lu‘and end the"
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Ler 'mot therefore in unt
(0 much talk'
d ~
rent of the Fr cm b Triu fhpfin ifier Pra éi ice of Gr iman ‘
‘
3 w mkjb Cour t, occafion a‘Rupture betw een tw p
the m ofi potent and V iftoriou s Cfowm“
in Eu.
‘
r ope .
’ O r r
" the Tole ,Glo
War ! His
1 1 n d and
vinc ib lecou rt
f
g'he offthe
w hili‘t tt uftice of your Ci ufe mvu es
Batte l .
Opportun ity, w h irecofier
’
d l‘aga in .
unexpea-cd f ate
“
“ Gr andfa ther of“ dfer
’
d‘h im ' fioi'h
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”fame
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al ready granted . And w hentallJ Europe 'is thu s
fettled in a' du rable Pea ce , e i ther making hoi
nou rable Fr iendfhip s w ith , or enti rely fubrh itt‘
t ing to tl1e . new Ga llick Empir e ”then'
}x’ill be
the T ime to ca ll the Ottoma n : to an Account,for the Ravages and S poils they have comm it
“
.
ted in Cbrzflm n Cou ntries , and to tcar ry our
Arms to the Walls of Conflg mz’
app le , and dr iv ethcfe Ba rba r ia n : back to the ir primitive Rocksand
,D efar ts , from ,
w hence they. ha ve thu s long,firaggled, to ru in the moft defirablexP/ w inm
of 4 1‘
s and E a rapg ; nay, and of the who/1;1 Wor ld :
i
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3
There is no other w ay bu t this, 1n my Ju dg.
ment , to flop the Progref'
s of the Tw in/b V lilo.
t ies . S ince it is impofl ible tomake ,
a- du rabl'
ef,,Pea ce among ‘
Cbr zfi‘ia n bu t by, - .
Con
quefi I mean fiich a Pea ce, as W 1 11 i11 1}i re themw ith the
’
Refolu tion,and pu t them into a , Cape,
c ity, to unite all the ir Forces jn a W ar aga im’
i
the Mabomctanlr. As ,-for the prefent Cond i tion of
the Republick, if their Loffe s w ere grea ter than
they.
are like to be , yet they w ill be inoonfide.rable ,
in Comparifon to the m ighty‘Gain w hich
w ill afterw a rds accrue, not only to them , but
to,a li the Qfar rfl z
'
a r:'Nat iqn s ,, by advancing the
Fru it~ Gr auzu
, ftii ‘that
'
hf ight g f Grandeu r , deg.li gn
’
d fd l: it by“
Fa te. Hitherto‘the; Cbr ifl z
’
nn
v P‘rin
J, have on ly, endeavou r
’
q app ly a . Re
medy,to
,the
'
Pa rt p arricul arly ua ifeéi ed ; fromw hence if by For tune they ‘
chafed the D iflem
pe r , it foon brake ou t in fome othe r Member ;w hen t e
jit came to pails that aw e
.
P r efv mre
and the ,‘I
’
e r lu me w] oftgotten'
i 1'
i tor~
the’
h lém'z 65
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Europe‘
.
“
if there ore w e delign to dr ive t hem
flow this Methbd,a
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131 1 0 L E T-f i n s Wr it 5) VOLT”.
1‘Go on iben, - moll -
p rudent andGua rfiiu of the C row”,
~ déli in’
d tothe o zm lo « Go on , and l ift Up ou r greatmy?” to the W rea th w ith w hic h the 21mg?”
Ang el ofE é rope is ready. to env i ron h is S a cr a?
f u Templer .~ Let not the German D eputier a t Man,
5
fl er any longe r amu le you w ith Overtu re s of Pea ce.
“
Bu t '
p urfueithe
ef m e,w h ich w aits to - lead
f V ifior ies ,”Tr iumphs , and Glor
fiablifh a new Empi r e in the Wor ld, to w h ich ,
a ll Na tions -ma ll pay t fl omage, and - fly' for .
Proteftion .
Thoufee ii , illu fl riou s and ferenc P’z‘
z fr, that I
‘h ave u l'
ed mu ch Flattery in th is Addrefs . It is a .
n ece liary V ice in the Cour t of Ff d fl ti
e,w here no
D iogm e: can hav e Audience I t “canriot ‘be exl
p efl ed tha t ,I ihould d ifcov er bythe
'
CardEna f’
s'
Anfw or , w hat h is -
“
S ent iments w ere of my Projeét,H e is of a debona ir H um
‘
otrr, and w ou ld ratherfe ign Vi r tubo to commend in ano ther Man , than
p ut h im to the Blufh bymentioh in'
g his rea l c ef.
This is an Eff-
eh} of his na tur a l D iq /i ti'
am, w h ich
he is w ife enough to improv e'
to the End :_of P0.
lit) . There being no fubtiler Artifice to ga in a
popu la r Efieem, than -
hy'
the ‘Reputatigh of a
generou s Temper .
How ever , I th ink I faid Nothing that could
jufily offend him ,~
unlefs he w ere en‘dued w i th
the incommun icable Gift of difc erning Hearts,
For otherw ife , at the w orli he cou ld bu tt ax me w ith a L d Midi ake , in p re pofmgg able .
There w ere fuch
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fu tm a u ffiaxi dw ax , r the
nc
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Argument of theirQleni ency , w ho
{he ir fpa re”
the Li v e s'
T he S ul ta n is'
merc’
ifuf in ofhigherxtending h isfl ands to theWea lth
"hu t ha s left th’
izj
‘
and h is L ihetw herieby he is ll iil m a Cap ac ityof 6 010 in manyPlel
'
u res ,w hich a re denied to thouiiinfs w ho
have their S ight ., r
I do not Wr ite th is , as if I w er'
e'
void'
of Com;
paflion tow ard my Friend -n
fame Afieéi ion , a s w hen he
S incerity of it in my Face .
the Lofs of h is Eyes abate the S ight of h is Sou l,w hich is his Reafon . Let him remember , that a
famous s’
lofopbfr has done tha t volu nta r i ly to
h imfe lf, for the fake of a lefs inter ru pted Contempla tion , w hich is impofed on ou r Fr iend a s a
Punilhment . There is no outw a rd D ifall er can
hu rt the Opticks ofa Mind gu a rded w ithPat ience,a nd {hu t u p w ithin the Ci rcle s of its ow n L ight .
Sa ch a Sou l is imtr zgnable aga infl a ll the AlTau ltscf Barran
'
i’, and Tr iumphs over D efine] it fe lf.
Belides ,
" 34 1 8 9 11 or P i n t s . 1 1 3Befides , ou r beloved Eumocb can fiil l converfe
w ith h is Fr iends , w hich a'
s a Pr iv ilege the D eafw ou ld a lmoli give thei r Eye: to en joy: I t is hardto determ ine which of thofe t w o ‘
Smfez w ou ld bem ifs
’
d w i th lea'
fi to a Man,
w ho, by h is exce llent Voice and S kill in S igig iug ,
fe em§ .to be fhe ve iy S ou l of Mirfitk.
‘f ‘ i
W hat is it in ,a ll th is infin ite V a riety of v ifible
Objeéi s, tha t affects the Eye w ith {o r‘efin d a Plea
fu re , bu t the harmon iou s D ifpofition and S ymmeof
'
the Part s ; w h ich cbmpofe the lw ho'
e S cene
th'
e Univeri’
e And may not that Pleafure‘be
t ranfia red to the Ear , .when'it 3receive s the pro.
portiona te and exqui lite f aden'
ces or
Sounds ? Certa inly:Mar/1 2k is no,orhe r ~than Beauty
to the Ear , as Beau ty is .Majiz le to the Eye .
But ou r Fr iend Eg rf meeds nor thel incou
ragement s'
H e underfl ands the' W ay
! to makeh imfelf happy, and has Wifdorri tenough
'
tofputi t in practice.The G r and S z
’
gm'
oir’
s Fu ry is (pacified;He has tHou i
‘
es 3a Ga rdeii s‘
Z Ga‘
r
ni ih'
d w ith a ll manner of Fru its a rid
gra tifyi hi s Tajie and Smell .”
He is l'
Ma ll é'
r
'
of
much ,Treafu re in S ilver of ma
S il v er . If al l thefe'
cannot contr ibu te to his Félc ity, he is Mafier
'
of bimfelf, w h ich 1 5 rfl éntr’
d l
Thea w ho fu cceedefi him in '
that « h‘
onoil rable
Pofiu arid g u’
a rdefi . 1 the'
Avenu e'
of th e fi éjgflz'
ck
Chamber , w here the Addre fl'
es a
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nd ti pplit‘
ationsof all the Pr inEe: of the Earth afe made
‘
a r- tbe
Feet of our a g e]? Emperor , w atch thy S enfes , andobey thy Reafon . Remember thy P r ede
'
cefii r'
s
flare, and forget not: Ma bmu : ; but above all thingsiorget not thy feif. Adie u .
T’ar i s , doth ,of ab;
LA of the Tebr 1 646 ,
L e ft TiaR‘
s LWi it iéy" Volfl i l .
L R m
i i
A M extremely furp riz ed , and equally t rohr
J °bled at_the fevere Puni lhment w hi ch,
S u ltw'
l£m him has infii fl ed on 13n 8 9711 03 . Hi? 3 110“
ceflb r , Ifma cl M um Fam ed , fent. me the ifirfi
“New s of faid nothing of‘
thd ‘Etmftb’
s
LCrirneL Neither w ou ld”
! freque it that Ma
‘
Man ; ,w ho der ives a new Lu liref rom
gr ica l -Ec lipfe of my .Fr iend , lefi mytLoye
puld a ve betray’
d my D ifcretionfi'
find temptede to u tter that, w h ich is n ot proper for a
‘
storm
to exp refs . . Ou r Thoughts are
ou rzown w h im w e keep them chain
’
d up‘
in"
our
E re s , but if, once w e fiiffer t them to take Air.
i ords , they become another Man’
s, W homaymahe u fe of ethem . to oh r
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Ru in . I never : had'
Eamiliarity enou'
gh'
w it'
h Jfiuu l , - to tmfi filth}
nw khwReflmmm;ofl th is eNa tur e . z Befid es , hi so
wetter
‘
to‘
me difcoveri
d to much jhmto. e void of D efignf it
e beih g the firfi th at been,p afs
’
d i be tw een u s ; zw h ich for thae'
méal'
on ough tto havej beengd iétaeed in
‘
a aS tyle mor e referva .
“iiifla
m
e?Pattern in
A 9 cge m Re
’
n'
eligna t ionfifthgwm:§lcngefs
'for my Friend'
s SUEering s' n
J im n'
th thee 'l r da re'
ttrfe greater'
Freedot’n’
Niy long Exper ience of thy .
fi lfy th is fl Boldnefsnot jh a Bl indnefs of: S i dec arw h ich as robb
’
dw ithou t D ifgu ifeJea loufy Was i;
1 1 6 L E T T E R S e t 5]‘IVolJ
I
fL'
a lfo eo retum h immyD im mdx‘he feht tual ? Ad d
‘
chea r him w i th x
5
Though t . that one Daws jliye s Bu ll beret) :
id fl l’ah iflrfe'
, fxtf b riig3 mm} Adi eu“ : i f: 3
Par isy z cfl b of the 6 th Mianf'
i 1"
of,the Tea r .
1 1 1 0 " 5 ‘o'
lLBritTh ain."
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t4‘ t
u’
I S . not ea l'
y to gnel'
s tit the'
Motive , w h ichinduced. the D ukecf;0rlu m re beg in th isCampa ign in (0 r igorou s a S eafbnf:
'I t w as
the /firfiMom, and the GrouncL'
w ab 'eover’
d with
The ; Duke of
Fa rm gone .
‘ea rly
r
Kiel. 1119 m5 Mr " P A R‘
t 1 1 71
In th is the Spu z'
jb Policy deferves Commemel ation ; w ho
zonld net
'
§q fe the,
ea lth and
L ives of theii oldi ers to u nnecefl'
a ry igors , but:w a ited ’
t ill the S am h ad w ell d ry’
d up the unw hol
fome D amps’
(of the Ea rth, and fhedding his be .
Influence through the Air , inv ited them
he B rave ryof the Meiji-fl
g ymOfficer w as w orthyp f t
Remarkf w ho d being fea t . from . th e Campfaw itli 1.
Letters to - the King‘
and Queen , arri v ed latmbe
a rt the S econd'
Moonfiw hilfl:the Grown} bi rd i e After ahe had !»Hel iver
’
d fh is -MelTageI, then d wi qflm'
nl'
b fi the
l .Hm wuappoimed himfa i odging‘
tfo'
r v tha t
ing’
s Rm“ ; he being eo Tretum to
t‘
D ay . B ut he xgeneroufly refufedi ty fay ing, ;It~6emm,
e-nor himgo lg'
e'
r‘
n 4 Bed Of D atum;zebra lair Genera l, w ith tbeg, w boleto.fl ;ep -M p i ke; frez gn Ba u h a TherefofOflieS tmw its) be bmugheout e eff
krheuSt abk leUh e
took his Repof’
e thereon in the open Ai rt m’
Fhe fi
yelmga zKingh'
extreme lwpléafed rw irh . whi sG al
lanteyh orden’
d himfza.rhm d£
recommended-him to
,the-D elta; of.(Delu xe . a s ,one
'
r
of the bravp l ena in h is.Army .
‘
I fw ear by the w hifiling-ofthe Winds , and the ;r ufiling p fl the Leaves , that I h onour fuck iVertucncyea in an Infidela f
'
« u se! im ~
w e . aim "
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Mi nn - 1 646. L lfi a’
« i t e t
lm l 1 l
Li“
t' l
.
n et Lfir r z fi a tfii it ebu Vififi lwI:
!I {Ntfi i flu 5 1 3 Z il l’“ I
i t }
H Y"
Letter tis home to my
d red. Thyfift h untin’
gh aVe ‘heardand D e xter ity, in the
m a ls . They told me ,
Years , he had prefentedL i am Heads , k ill
‘
d byh ad three tame ones in his Houl
'
e , w h ich he hadRaken w hen W help s , from a Lim e]: of W083g iou s . Bulk . That the Wa lls of hisHoufe
{were
ung
L e t jr e ki s ;Wri t h e V bi’
IHV
Butfl muft faenfiee t‘hae l
'
e naéttral Fohdnefl'
es
to t; e W ill ofiD eflxflny gyf nam a ;doubl’
e'Exile s .
i nce i t is for the S erv ice of. the Grand S ig.
af ar, 1 am refign d . v
,Ad ieu , happy Mzm'
fer ; and if M4 bwa t may beadm itted fometimes to mingle wmk the
‘
I t a iu ofthy better
‘
_Thoug hts be Ihaclht oua t himfekf hap
py w here ,ever he i s . t , z i )
gm1
Peri 2d:of the 7thMme
,
oft/u ra w 1 646
t
HJf, taking of Retima in Candy , had fi l’
dw i th App rehenfions of
e r Calam ities .The firl} fortunate S trokes m a Wa r , make
d eep I eflions on the Enemy ; the V u lgar look,ing on
mtfi
e
m as the Index-of the ir future D eflfnyBu t;repeated Suceeli
‘
es ch i ll theirV italsAbereave‘
them of Courage and Hope ,th in but om i110u§ - Pmt ents ,Pre aages of thei r rapp rp ach ingthing it is to judge of Humane Ev ents , w ithou t:be ing carr ied ,
i nto Extremes . They already giveover the w hole lfl a nd for lofl‘
I w ifh and bel ievei t mayu prove true :
gal e; at
know the Bertha ; p f War
another. Campaiga ; may r’
epair rm'
revengef the .
D amagethey have tfi lfia ined 1 11 : t and the fort
The Venetl'
m 1011 Five thoufand Men before
the Walls aof tha t Town among w hom' w as
General
V ol. III .
Gener a l Came r a,the Wa rd] of the
'
a nd, fla ir: in
the firfi Onfet, befides w hat w ere k'
d by ou r
S old iers w hen they enter'
d w ith ‘
the r e trea t ingCa n/lion
,and facrificed all to the Heat ofMa r tial
Pallion “
Bu t that w h ich appear’
d mol'
t om inou s to the irCau fe , tho
'
the p refent D amage w ere lefs , w as
the fa lling ou t of the S up r a vedztor, and the Prome
di tar of the Ma : W ho not agree ing abou t the
Ex tent of the ir d ifferent Commiflim f, form
’
d tw o
Pa r ti es ; betw een w hom the re ha ppen'd a fu riou s
Encounte r , in w h ich Four hundred w er e fla inon both S ides ~
There finifte r Events occafion’
d the Repuélx'
ck to
make fre ih Applica t ions to the Cour t of Fr am e
and an Ambajfisdor is fent from thi s Crow n to Can
flam inople, in order to medi tate a Pea ce. Theyca ll h im Mozfim r de Va r a nm r
, a All an of a p re .
fumptu ou s D ifpofition, and w ho delights to a r
tem p t d ifii cu lt Th ings . When there cou ld not
be found a Perfon , w i lling to u nder take a Nego
c ia t ion, w hich carr ies fo l ittle Probabili ty of fu ec eeding , this Gentleman, in a B r a v a do
, ofi'
er’
dh imfe lf ; telling the éfimn, that he made no dou btof { 0 re refent ing Matters to the Gra nd s z
'
gm'
or,
as'
w oul infa llibly produ ce 3. Pu re.
It had been eafy for Ca rdi na l Ma z a rz'
m’
(w hofeCounfel the
'
fi/ a follow s in a l l T hih gs) to haveh inde r
f
d thi s Man’
s V oyage . Bu t thofe w ho a re
a cqua in ted w ith the Piqu e that is be tw een th em ,
conclude , That the Ca rd ina l confcnted fo .h is Cemmarry,
‘
on p'
u rpofe to lay a Tra infor his fu tureD i fgrace a s know i ilg the Boldnefs of li is Tem
far from-‘bei
yng feconded w i th e oua l
ifhom and Con’
du fi‘
and t ha t though he iv a sp rone to undertake great and haz ardou s
‘Afhions ,
yet he never had the good Fé rtunce to'
ace0“
mp 1ilhany thing of Moment. 1
a n s. L E T T E R S Wr it 5] Volflsll'
.
They tha t lmo'
oi7 this Gentleman's Charafiet‘,fay , Tha t any Examp le w i ll encou rage him to
ru fh into Labyr inth s and Per ils . And w here Ex
amples a re w anting , he is ambit iou s to be madeone himfe lf. He fears not to tread in the POOG!
fl eep s of fa ch as have m ifca rried in the mofi def.
., p e rate Enterpr iz es ; bu t p rom ifes h imfelf Su c ac efs . w he re a Thoufand hav e fa il
’
d. In line, heis efieem
’
d the ra lh efi Man l iv ingI fend thee th is D efcr iption of the H ea th M '
baflhdor , that thou may’
l‘t commun icate it to the
S ov er eign D ifvam. It w ill be no fma ll Advantage ,
to know the Tempe r and Qua lifica tion s offor eig nMimfl e r r
, refiding at the u g ufl Por t : Efpecia lly att his J unfi ure , w hereon the Fa te of Cbnfflmdomd epend s . Beti de s , there cannot be too gr eat Cau
t ion u s'
d , to obv iate the fubtile T ram s of Ca r di
na l Ma u i-inf
,w ho, I fea r , is contriv
-ing nmkin‘
d
Offices to the Oh m » : Emp ire.
I kifs the Hem of thy Vel}, z‘
llufl r iow Bay) , and-b id thee ad ieu .
Paris , 2 1 Of the 7th M on,
cf the Tea r 1 646 .
L E T T E R VII .
To the fame.
H E Capta in Bri a ha s the Re'
pu tat ion Ofh good S cam/m among the
highly app laud his ex ed ition
and no lefs commend t e S ecre
lan ded h is Army, and took theThe R anch 3
{Adi and
rm,b e I '
L ER'
S Wri t. 5; .Vo‘
l-II I I
a ga infi'
thc'
y alour fand jufi Reyenge b f the fin e
“a
Pa r i s, an! af fi x 7thMoon,of tbc l i a r 1 646 .
L E' T T E - R Vl I I.
‘i a tbc
'
Vener able' Mufti, Sovereign G uide
of the True Believ ers t a
HOU,
of Cl
me amon g th
thee w ith Dno common(coking Occainva lHam!Qf God .
Book nor‘d ifl '
ated on E a r th
read in the A'thor a n
, m akes
w ho took fo manyFli ghts, to( r ed n w from H
encrea s'
d tow a rdsconfide r i t w as not.
5 1: be ing the Prod
D oubtlefs ir exce ls
No S cr iptu r e ,
the m rfler iouY e tdoin
read
the r to contem pla te , but to
of my Mlfl er , and the Ottm m
Vol. I II. a
'
S P Y'
at . P‘AlR- I 5 -
7
i i ;true
'
, my Bufinefs‘
néw i s“
to unravel the D afigns
Of the In -be ar w i th m e , if ] tell thee,
that -in order to th i s I n took no w rong C ou rier
w hen i n my younger Y ears I“
ap p ly'
d my feif t o
Books'
,w h ich are hu r
'Men- tu rn
’
d in fide out a or‘
D eath cannot
I"
L
ho have erected S ta tues of Gold , S il .
v er , BrafS ,or Marble , to the Memory of depa rted
Heroes , can bht'
t r
'
anfm it the Efifg ie: of the ir Bod ies
‘
t ofterity'
;iw hich , thou know eit, i s the
ignobler ) Pa rt of iManJ . And' herein they‘
comefluort of the E gypgia
‘i f, who hav e the
'
l'
Ar t'
of
ferv ing the Bod ie s themfe lves incorrup tible for a‘
thou fand Ge’
ne ra tionsf Bu t they w ho left the i rM ixing : to
‘
Pofierity , have 'obliged the World'
wi th an immorta l and lively Image of the irMind :Th is is properly the Man , and l
‘
l ives for ev er ;
when'the Body
-is -'éonl'
umed in the‘
Gra'
veg and
the ,S ta tue'
. p e rh aps is ea t , Up by T ime ,F
or tie- F
moliih’
d tby Eujvy f
.A r L ! I
n th is Uigreflion , ard a
'
lom and aném‘
ng'
May rh'
of God . I ' hav e a drear deal to fay. a ndcannot comp rehend it in a few W ords : I t has been
‘
enjoin'
d by ou r holy iD aéi ar x, That a Mufl id ma n
fhould not read the Book : of propbim e Infidelx. Buttell m e, thou w ho art
‘
the Refit/w : Of D m br e,
’
whether th is Precept is extended‘
to a ll, w ithou t .
Exception ; or; w hether a D ifpenfa tim may not '
be a llow’
d to fech‘
a s read thofe B Baéu w ith one
Eye ,w h illi the other . is fix
’
d'
on
'
the La w, w hic h
ba lances the . Mind w i th T ruth ? The - Altma n
tells u s , that theiD ev i l has inferted fome E a" z '
z'
e:
in the éefl'Wr xrz
’
rig : Bu t , -is it 'nc t pofii b’
le for a
Mad to feparate the gi rd frdm w he bad ?« I readin the {30012 of Glam; many remarakble LTh ingéco
ncgfmmg Alexander the Gr ea t But is it unlaw
G 3 ful
'
I z 6 L 5 1 1“
a a s Wr it éy Vol. .II Ifu l alfo to perufe
-
w hat has been w
of the Life of that famou s Wa r r ior ,
p lan 3 Both e m m and Romani i i/fur ious havq re.
Ia ted l his Adventu res in fAfizg Ba ttels w ithD a r ius the Fi r an Mona rrb
, andT hey p ra ife his Cont inence and mOdéfl‘
lRega rdto S yfig ambu and her D aughters . w hen they iv ereh is Capt ives ; his inv iolable Friend l
’
hip ta fi pbe .
fix‘
on,w hilfl l iv ing , and the
"
affeél idnate Tea rs he
fl ed for h im after h is D eath. Y et they condemnh im of cru e l 'Ingra titude , for facrifioi ng
-Cb‘
m to
h is Chole r , and the Fumes. of Wi ne , wh o w as a
fa ithfu l Friend , a Val ia ntfa ved his L ife in a .Ba ttelv.
the Bu rning of Perfepoli i gons on the
'
u nman ly S oft
w ho, to leafe h
t he faire andm
b e for on‘fire .
w a s bu i lt all ofp lanted , not onl
Nur l'
eries of tha
to bu ild thi s glor iou s in E
man King of the 7am ,w ho w a s by o ther Pri nces
thought to va lu e him l'
elf too high , for build ingthe Temp le of jer ufa /em of the fame Ma ter ials .They add , That Alex a nd er found fi
ty .Millions of Ca ra cks in , Gold
D ehaneh w as over , and thezFlamI Q Alli es th is ~ Bhu mia of 4 3
, “ t Conqurmr w ept;a nd commanded
'
the Money he had found them
{110q be exp ended in rai ling a nother in its room;mor e glor iou s than the former Bu t that Tbé i
’
r ,
w ho had pe rfuaded him to ru in i t . w as the onlyObflacle to its Re edification . For foch w as her
Emp ire over
her nothing.
’
"u m -m
l». grin
-ms t o)What
L E TT ER S Wri t 5] V ol. III .ful and in fp ight of a ll the ir Refifiance by Fireand S w ord . after a S iege of S ix Moon;, he fca l
'
dthe W a lls of that Qu een of Mar i time Cit ie s and
con v inc’
d the World that no Human Fo rce"
could put a S top to h is Conqu efis , w hom D efli nyhad appointed to chafiife the Na t ion: of theE a r th,
That Chapter in the Aircr a ft, w h ich fpeoks ofthis r enow ned Wor th], tells u s ,
Tha t he ma r ched fafor Eafl w ard ,
‘t i ll he came to a Countr, w her e the
SUn r tf u. Th i s Pafl h ge the Chr ofl iam r id icule ,faying , that the S a n rifes and fets in a ll Countr ies ;a nd that the re is no fl ared Point of E afl and Wop ;in the Fabrick of the World ; fince the Jame s
Place w h ich is Eafl of one Country,’
is Way? of
another . Thu s the D efp ii'
ers of ou r loo]; Loaf
cav i l at the Altm an, a nd fay,
’
tis compofed ofold W’Z 'v u
‘
I a le : a rude indigefied Coll efi ion of.
E afl em Roma nces, a nd fuper i
’titious Fables , ca lcu
l a ted for the Me r id ian of Ignorance , firfl p rom u lged in the fav age and u npoli ih
’
d D efin e: ofA r a bia . and afterw ards p roPaga t ed by the S word
through thol'
e Countr ie s ,w hofe V i ces had ban-iih’
d
the i r Learn ing , a nd r ender'
d them fl ex ible to a
Re lig ion, w hore h ighefi Pretenfions confided in
g r at iftmg the S ea/ti .
There Cr i zo'
cl u confider not at the fame time,that t hey argu e aga in li the Old and New Te.
fl ameno; (w h ich is efl eem'
d the Alt am of the;C hr iflo
’
d m ) w he re in the re is often Mentitmmade .
of the r i/i‘og a nd g oing dow n of the S un ; of
E at]? a nd Wcfl , a s p rope r Poin ts or Ma rks, from
w h ich to take the S ituation of Cou ntr ie s .
A lTu red ly in th i s they a re ca ptiou s : For tho'
t he re be no Ha ted Point of Eafl or Mfgfi in
the Globe, yet Indi a be ing the nea refl Reg ion
of th is Continent , to tha t Pa rt of the v r i z on
w here the S un da i ly firft appea rs.~I t ha s mo
‘
t
w ithout
V bl l lI .
’
a S p r i a‘
t p AR 1 8 3 . n o
w ith ou t Re'
ai'
oh , ga iri’
d i h‘
e additiona l Epz‘lbe
‘
t oF'
rf
E afl . And'
t w a s he re/ the Ma n o/w on Hs' 7 0;
beca u fa rther , u n‘.
w ould 5w it h the MbS u i
“. 3 4
There fa re s many other Pafl’
ages rela ted of
A/ex a fider’
s Temperance , Modera t ion, J ufl iceFortitude , and fu ch likeV irtu es; an d fometh ingof hiSLV ice s . Bu t I Will not ti re thee .w ith ;a
’
ll
tha t , is'
fluid of . th isifii nyincib‘Ie .
"
040,“ i not
t race him in a ll h is Marches throu gh Ania . fl w il l;
nor : t rouble otheefWi th w hat”
they‘fay of h is
Journey i nto‘En tfi and afp iring to be ca li
‘
d'
the 'S on of jupz‘
ter r/Ymmon h is be ing poifonfdac
'
Ba bylon , i n the height of a ll h is T riumphs ;and the cantoh iz ing h is Empir e, among h is chiefCapta ins .
“
, tW hatfdeuer in theie Ii i/for te! is agree
able toxhe bob“Alcor‘a
‘
n,
- I acqu iefce to is
y’
ofl Truthf l reiefl as
n ,[Refolfve’
r zof D arrin,
w h ether on thefe Te rm s I mayr‘not read the Wot.
ting : of Infidelr'
? Book; f
a re -
a Re lief to the Mind.e pprel
'
s’
d w i th melancholly, and el’
pecia lly,-Hi/io
a lfo br ing Profit , by r ightly inform-
i
in u s of the Tranfa&ions of '
pa i’t Ages : S o that
TEings ,’rw h ich w ere :done thoufand s of“ Yea rs a
go;a re ma de;p refer’
tt to . u s! ,Where then (is theC rime in read ing thefe Memoir : o-f the Ancient;
Is i t '
hot confid ent w ith'
the Fe i th of'
a Mufiioi’
m a n
to r ead thefe Hrfior z'
er, becau fe they w ere penn
’
dby Hea t/om : Muff w e rejefl
‘. al l that the Péga nr
d id or fa id W hy then a re the War/u ofJ ’luta r rb
had in fu ch V enerat ion by the Pr i m e! ofOu r La m ?I tell ithee
,
“I not only read Photon/onLi v] , z‘g .
d im”
,Xenoph onfl f olj pbiur, iWLth manyuoiher _
Hz'
fl o§fl a w that w ere Paga m , bUt I imp rove by ,thei tWriting f. S uch rare Examples of V irtu e, fut h
s illuftrious
1 30 L E T T ERS Wr it é) ,
V oLIH .
c ep ts of Morality a s the l'
e Authors abound w ithcannot in my O
'
p i
fires to fqua re h isI read a lfo the Poet s
,
Her, feem to m e bu t to
Profitable Ma x im : of E u
‘The S tory-Of the B irth ofi Trpbo», h is .Wa r-r ing‘.
w ith J upi ter; and h is final (Dvefthrow ;~ denotee
t he monfirou s R ifle of Eaftion s ia '
a , S tore, a nd
t he ir Ru in.
fi fo/Io, in timates the Ufe wh ich S bver’
e ign Princes
m ake of cru e l , covetou s and uniufi Officersw ho w hen they have fu lfill
'
d the ~Pleafu re o fithe ir Ma il ers , a re abandon
’
d by them to the Re a :
mou ly exper ienc d in all Mona rchi
a lly in the m ighty. Emp ir e of the
t he Bafaf
s , though the Grand S igm'
ar, for the Ends
of S ta te, connives a w h i lep reflion of the Mufulmamm ent , yet in du e t ime , to ibew . hi s Ahltorrence
of the ir V i llan ies , configns’
em overse e the £m
c a tion”. Thou know eft to
w a s fent lafi l l w iih his Sa cajamerit it .
Afl l on’
s be ing devour’
d byfeeing D ia na in a Be th , m ightW a rn ing to Ufop lo the
‘
Blaob
ger enoug h to‘hnow the Scen e ;
it,wa s a fare w ay to inear ths
Prison c
1 3 2. L E T T ER S Wri t éy ,V olJl lL
n inth of the lafl Mum and on
do w n before it w i th the W holenzfl) Gener a l haften
’
d to i tsT h irty thoufand Men of S iW i th the Fr ench .
cedency . of Pol}. tw een
t he D uke Of Lor r a in a nd Gw e Thus ,w hile they (pend the ir T ime i Contefts
‘
,
t he Fr ench took the Tow n : ‘And ha ving left afl rong Ga rri l
'
on there , pa rt of the Army w as ,
manded by the Ma r rfcba l aa C a m era, is march
ed to join the Holla nd m,w ith
Antwer p ; and the refi followla w , w ho
'
they fay, intend s to befiege Ma rdj k‘l .Th is is a S ea Tow n that has noth ing i n it con tiderable enough to tempt
: a Conquer or , fav e theHa ven
,w hich i s of grea t Importance in thol
’
e
S eas .
W e have had no Ra ins here thefe th ree MW ,
w h ich make s the Peop le fear a Em im .
’ Pro .
v ilions of all fort s a re v ery dear and thofe who
ha ve grea t Quantities of Corn w i ll not bring it ,to the Markets . The Fru its a re‘
all blah ed ,and
_a
_
D ifiemper rages in the Ci ty, w hich fills all Pl cesw ith D eath and Mou rning .
‘ The Catte l dragdow n dead in the Fields‘, and the Rive rs are al
m ofl d r ied u p Men langu ifh and w ither , as ifby fome inwa rd Fh e - i mrfi l Appa
r t'
t imu a re feen in the Air each Night br ingsforth new Pi The Peop le
'
lament the p re
fe’i t , and p refage grea ter Calam it ies to com .
Wh ile Ma bma t pe rfever es unmov'
d , and ne i thermolch s himfelf nor Others about the inev i ta bleD ean e:
ty : w iLtff.
m y forthe Empfr
V ol. III . a S P Y at P A R I S» 1 3 3nor do them any In jur ies . “ Iuhn
’
e , if zI cannotr eap any Profit from other Mens f irmer,
” I takeca re thei r Vice: {hall do me no harm. v.
’
.Tis fa id there w ill be a Pr ocefim h ere lhortly;w hereat the M ag , the Reg ent, and the w ho
‘e
C our t w ill a ll i lt ba re foot , for an Example ofmthers . T he Body
‘
of a certa in Fema le S a fe r,
w hom they efleem the Pa tr oncf: of th is Ci ty , w i llbe taken ou t of the Church w here it l ies, and w ilkbe car r ied w ith Other Reliquu of S a int : th ro
’
rtheS treets of Fru i t, to atone the W rath of Hta 'uea
,
’
w h ich fecm s to be kindled aga infl them .
In the mean t ime I pray Hea v en to fend da w ni ts B leffings on the Ottoman Empire , and PI C "
ferve the true Fa itbfa l from the three S courge: ofGod .
I
Paris , , 2 3d of the Mom,
of the Tea r
L E T T E R X.
To xbg Aga if{
theiJani z ariesb t a ‘ I X
1Perce ive thou hall follow
’
d,the Adv icemfg ,“
mer ly gave thee to read Hz‘
flarm w hereirflt hy Letter {peaks thee very converfant . Thouwi lt have no Reafon to repen t of a Labou r that
'
D iverlion, e l'
pecially to a
They open the Gravesw ithou t d ifl'
urbjng thei r"
u s thofe,Her au 'liv ing;w hofe Bod iesbfcur ity many
f
into ~the Cloret s of :
i
n s,L a r i s s a Wri t lry V oL Hl
'
.
P r int er, 1 revea ling their moi}
They ma ke ns d’amiliav w ith the b urngu ar of Pr.
l i zi ci am,and the fitntt dg emr
'
of Wa r r iom .
’
Fri fine ,there ifs noth ing puh lick or p r ivate ,
in'
the Cou r t}
Of the greate l‘
t Mona rch, to w h ich an
H/fiar i a n is -
a S tranger .
I app laud the Cho ice thou hafl‘made of Grecian
Heflm ex, a nd others of the I tom-nfel
th ee , nor to negleét thofe of the T he a t ;
cient Ro’
man -W r iters a re fu ll ofand nmodern France, w h ich e
a nd glor iou s Under takings ,to tcorrim it to Pofierity the
ous Perfons . I fay nor th is,
Other Countries in Europ e. The
Parts in gene ra l a re a ccu rate Hz’
flor z‘
am . Theya re u niverl
'
a lly Lea rned in rega rd p
their is no
Kingdom in Europe , w he re they ha v
a nd w he re a ll La eg uagw an’
d M'
eifl ‘e!
a re taught . The P lou gh -m en in the Field fpeakL a tin and Gr eek
,w h ich thou know efl: a re now
g row n obfolete and no w here to be learn'
dbu t in Boob . The Mu ba ra k/e: a re Ph i/ofopben ;
a nd ev ery Ma n fets up for an Htfiar ia n,or an
Antiw a r
} . I t w a s notTo in former Times, w henthe E rckfiajficb had
'
e ngrofs’
d a ll‘manner of
L ea rning to themfe lves , e xcept ’
fom e few of th e
Migh ty and'
GemM,w ho had the d anta ge o
fMm'
m nfl /Librar ie s , and Le i'fure to applythem{elv es to S tudy. For then it w a s d ifficu lt to.
‘
pu rc hafe Boob,there be ing bu r few ; and for
thofe, they w er e obl iged to the Labou r of the .
s an k . tHence 'it came to pafshad Plenty.
d)
;Maney,
‘and-
d
'
a
to. Knmv le a tmoho l it"
1
o theirM , and
a Legacy to'
their Of fpfi ng fVentianzof Pr inting, Bot/u are
t 36 L E T T E R S Wr i t 5] Vol. I lla"
openl w ithout S hame , w ithoa ontradiQip xtl i
w hi l th e re a reAu thors w ho d i re u blick-ly afl er tt he Gah fe sof Impiety, a hd patron c al l Yu anmen
of Pm'
Pha'
nations t gl :9 " ‘
i
'
l i am
Bu t thou , w ho ha ll: the Honour to guardcor ruprible S ea t of fifl i te and Vi r tue
, the br ightThrone of the Ofma u Emperor s , w ho a re the Skin!
dam of God on'
Efl tb , hafi made fuch a Choice 05B ook: , a s commends thyW ifdom , and the S ia
r ity of thyMora ls : Thou'
w ilt nor fuf e r thy Ema;
g ination to be ta inted , w ith'
thofe enle hant ing l a :
d ea f ov il ; w h ich are drawn byt he Feias offhmee legant Wu
’
rm . All tha t thou féekefi in Bu b , ie
to inform thy Underfland ing ,
'
re&ify thy Judgem en t, a nd enflame thyAfiefl ions w ith
’
the Love
of V irtue . To th is end ferve the div ine Pr t t‘tptl tof ou r be!) D 08 0"
, a nd othe r lear ned S ages it he Wr i t ing : of
‘
Pbxlofopber r; ari drenow n
’
d Ho me}. From r the fe
S trength, - to p raftife the fou r
and a ll the good Qual ities tha t fpring from thofex
Roan .
Go on; and increa l'
e in the Graces and Accomd
p lifhments; w h ich {ha ll render thee w orthy to be .
made the ; S ubjefi . of a p a rt icu lar , Hlfifl j ; w h ilethe old {hall recommend ,
“
and the young {ha ll col‘
ve t, nothing _
m'
ore p afl iona tely'
, than to r eads‘rhe‘
Life of Cafia Ha lf, Wa nk e r-fl y .
. M4 bmnt fa lu tés thee w ith a Ki l‘
s‘
of Affiefi ion qRev erence thy (e lf, and
'
a llMen w ill henou t theecS o taugh t Pj tbl gm u .
Pa ris , . r 7tb of the 8 th Moon,of the Ta r 1 646.
V ol. III. 4 S p ri
nt Pu tts .
L E T T E R. XI .
To the fame ;
IHad forgot to perform in my other Letter
'
,
w ha t thou commanded“me . Y et know ingt h e Efl eem thou ha ll for Women of V i rtue andra re Endow ments and w ith w hat Pleafur e thou
readefi the ir'
S w r r'
u, I fhou ld ne ver fend a ny D ill
fif th to thee,w herein the re is not a Re lat ion of
fame Heroine. I w il ’ be more'
d iligent hereafter ,to obferve the D il
'
poli tion ofm y S uper ior r , a rrd w rll
endeavour to p roc ure a Co-lleétion of the Liv e)
and Cba ra fi er : of a ll the fhmour Women , that ha ve
been recorded in Hzfiory . In the mean w h ile ,
hea r w hat the Fr em b fay , of Ch r ifl ina Qu een ofS w edela nfi , of w hom thou requ irefl a D efcr ip ti
‘
on .
S he is the on ly D au ghte r of Gufigv a :‘Ado
’
pbu f,the Amofl v ia or iou s P r im e tha t
'
ev er~ -
gov ern3d
that Nat ion,‘an d one of the moi’t fu cc'
e f'
sfu lWa r r ior : in the W orld .
“ As h is w hole,
L ife Wa sled in the Fie ld . {0 there he '
rece ive d an honour
able D ea th , be ing fla in in the Ba ttle of L uram r
S ome fay , by the Treache ry of D uke A ber t,w ho
had in Appea rance deferred the Empe r or-
J ! andofi
‘
er'
d h iml‘
e lf a V oluntier to Gdfiqt r -Aaolpbm .
I forme rly mention’
d th is D uke, and . tha t he was
lt ill’
d by a S w ed zjb Lady.. If the S u l
’
pic ion o'
t'
theS w ed e: be w e ll grou nded , and that D uke A 15 0”w a s rea lly
‘
gu ilty of the Mu rder of Gufln mt, it
may be th is w a s the Motive w h ich b rought thofeAma z on: into the Fie ld , to re v enge the D eath of
their Pr ince. Bu t i t is impofi ible t0‘
be affu r’
d of
Ih e Truth; among (0 ma ny d ifferent Opinions }Q l
1 3 8 L E T T E R S Writ 5} Voi la .
When the Fr ench f eak of Git/14m : Adolpkw ,
they cannot reli ra in t e ir Words on thi s fide a
P a negyr ick. They fay, he w as a Prince above allPra ife .
’
Tis ce rta in h is very Enem ies adm iredh is unim itable Cou rage , and match lel
'
s Fortu ne .
I have fent thee thew h ere thou w iofM ajefiy and Benign ity. c
Iiov e a t the fame t im e in the
fo fam i liar w ith every one,
him l'
elf'
, as w e ll as he w as‘He w as a gr eat S tudenth imfe lf Ma il er
,of L a in
ing alfo perfectly skill’
d in Ancient and Modern!»Hifior iu . He had a w onderful Facul ty in difcov er ing Impoftors a dextrou s W it i n Time of
D anger and D ifficu lty, be ing ready a t Cou nfiel,d (w ift in Execut ion a nd a s cunningtratagem , as he w a s bold at an C afet . H e w a s
liberal to h is Officer s , a nd to all Men of Me rit ;
ut a fevere Punilher of D iforders in h is Army .
And tha t u h ich crow n’
d al l the reft of h is.V i m
mes , h is Piety to Gad w a s fi ngu lar , and w orthyofRemark . The Fu nd : relate a m emorable S aying ,
of this ,King ,
w hen he w a s once i n his Cam p .
before ,
We rbm . He had been folitary in the CQbi 'k
net. of his Pav ilion {Tome Hou rs toge ther , and;none of h is Attendant s dwarf} interru pt him till
at length a Favou ri te of; h is ha v ing feme imam .
tan: Matt e r to tel l h im, came foftly to the D oor;and looking in,
‘
behe ld the King very devoutlyon h is Knees a t Pr a yer f . Fea ring to mole lh himin that fa cr ed E xercife, he w a s abou t to w ithd ra w h is Head w hen the King (p ied h im , and bid
him come in ; faying u nto h im ,Thou w adi nfi
1 0 11; me in flai r Pq/fu r e , linea l bfl'vg fo W {hav e
fa red: of S ubiefts to p ray for me? Ba r, 1 tefl l tbet .
W 110Man lad ; more need to pm; for bimfelf, them
1 40 L e r r e a e -.Wr it 5] V olflI IY.
fe ll es a great Veneration for this Queen. Cou ldI hav e pur chafed th is . Por rm i8 ur e
, 3 55 1 d
Fa the r’
s , l w ou ld‘
h a ve font it thee -Bu t" a ll lth e
Penc ils in Pe r i : a re hacdl v efufiic ient to fupp ly'
the( lofets and
'
,Galle r ies of the Nabfer, with (
t h is?a dmired: Figu re; i She is
'
becom e thc ' I a’vi of t heFr ench ,
Many great Ma rcher have been
bu t {h e refufes a ll , e ither for Reafo‘
n
D ifl ike of the Pe rfons , or an A—
ve rfion {he ' ha s
for a ma r r ied Life ; o r
her Nob/en w ho feem to
a‘Ma idet Queen . : S oon
flip King Of D enmm k
h is W ife ; bu t his Addrel'
s w as abmp tly re:
No be tter Encou ragemen t d id the King of P0Iaw d la te ly mee t w i th, w ho tw i ce foll icited thefame th in
g for himfe lf, and w as as . often repa ired .
Bu t th is , tis thou ght , p roce eded from {Tome poli u
t ick Reafons , he be ing defcended ,offi g ifm cfl
,
a former a bdiu ‘ed King of S w ed en ; a ll w ha le
K
Pa.
fl a i r] are for ever exc luded from en joying theow rd ifl) Crow n . by a Law .
The Englijb a lfo g lor ied in a Vi rg in firm s: t heh it Age : He r Name w a s E li z abeth , w boin thou
canft not bu t have hea rd of. S he w as the D an
ter of Henry V II I . King oft lfa tNation . S he as
a n fnafi of an extraordinary Gcm'
w, r ema rk-5
able for her W it and -Lea rning l’
Tw a‘
s‘one Of
her S ub jects , w ho - the fir ll of a ll Morta ls , _fa il
‘d
round the G lobe And . by his fortunate S erv ice ,
lhe van
Sp a in .
qu ili te
re vere he r W ifd’
om.
Uni t ed Pr ov ince! ow e
Grandeur and Richci
V—
p l. IH; 341 S P } 4 ; Pa n t ax; 5 4 r
otent (b eenin Form of humble S u ppl‘iants , pngiflil lg themfelves; Tbc Poor D ifl r lfiid Bu t
now they’
r e Hig h and Mig hty , pu lh ing'
for an Equality w i th S ov er eign Pr inc es . c
i' I cannot comp riz e in a Letter a ll that may befaid ‘
05 th is grea t Queen . Befides , s /for t'
a n v a ryin ~he t Cha raéter . Thofe tha t fpeak mol
’r impa r .
fiaillyfiTay, That fl i e had extraord inary Vz rn m,
yet w a s]not free fromgreat Vicar . W e mu ll note xpect in
-any-Morta l‘
,
-
a“Temper exeinp t from
the common Ma led iél ion ; mu ch lers in that.
S t agfi lmfe
‘
naw ral Wea knefs cla im s ou r I rld hlgencc
a nd Excu fe . I t‘
is adm irable to fee or hea r of a
F ema le,w hofe a&iv e S ou l can d ifingage i t fe lf
fi om '
the common Fra i lties of Wbm e'
n . and per
i’
grm th ings , fca rce below the Pow er of Mafia/inc
irtue . ; .t
"1 .
Iftho‘ii thinkqfl my . Letter too t ed ious , accu l
'
e
thy e lf‘for qommanding ; m e to w rite of Pe rl'
ons
whole uncommonGifts and tranfcendent V irtu es;t e mnft ac cu ra te Hz
'
florjam ca n bu t render in E
fireme ; and the -molt du rab le Recordf -s of Fame
w ill in juref in’
notbe ing capable to tranfm it them0
0 A a I
i not? to contemn the -Excellencics
of.y a z u rm ert ; w hp , 1 though ,
theyt are um-1
ha ppy sjn j not-know ing the yet the)?
av e a La ? engraven on the i r Heartsfg - w hioh i f
21
7obferxve
, they fna ll be in'
the'
Number of the[1 e
-
. I am no S tranger to tt oderation and
J u ftige ,jbeing Tu lly fatisfiedc that thou . honour
qi‘
tJ 1Y irtu e g e ven r
'in thed moft‘
p refudl ced ' Esf
i‘lemy of
, mi n“ Ito/ya Profflz
'
on . Let ; ”the Furiafi
’
;
am‘ong §h6 3 JM¥j u lmd fl l 101i C br zfi
‘iam fay r ithei r
Blgafu re ,{gthou and ; I Ga l l zbe conformable to
«ou r [7’
o L a wg z'
fver , in'
be lieving, ,
Tba t i ka ' z’
n.
m eant a nd good of a ll Relig ion: [ba ll ha v e no
Reajm
1 4 1. L E T T E R S Wr it V‘ollu'lfi
Rea to tru mélt J r'
tbe recond S ong?f r etsTrumpet.
Par is , 1 7 th of the 8 142 Moon,of rbe Tea r 1 646 .
L E 1"T a re xi i i t is. x
1
To the Selic’ta r Aga , or Sw ard e
n
ai‘h ti ‘
tv
the Grand S ign ior .
H E D uke ofOr l um I S ne ’
y rattl i’fl
’
d
t he Campa ign in Plunder } . Hb fceflw
e i ther t it d w ith h is Fatto be fa t iAfter the Conqu e i
’t of
ball he ard m the D iv a n,r efl ly to Berg im ,
w h ich he took,S ix D aYs . Then be ing join (1E nguien 8 Fort“ ,
he lay dow n
Thi s Tow n had been in the Spa
e ver fince lafi W rit er .-Now
ra d e ; . bu t. a fter a flou t R'
e
forced to furrende r . The re
inany of the ch ief Nofiiti tr ofen ter
’
d it, on the fou r and tw en tieth of the ”lafi
Mom .
t The Cbnrcbe: here are hung w ith Meth e Efcutcbeom of the Her on ) w ho 10tin the Bed of B ottom 1 The
know no difiiererrte betweefi the M idl and may” :teem 1n th is Barte l to ha v e beenor Envy : As if the iElow eri of the 7
been cu ll d ou t fior Ma rks'
X44 L E'
TT'
én’
s m i: 5; Vole fl ll
L E T ~T E R XI II .
To Abubech ir Han , Merchant, in
Alep po
H O U tellci'
tme a trag ica l S tory of one Of
thy Wim f , that {he is become a F itive ,
and gone aw ay w ith thy S la v e Lor enz o,w em I
remembe r lto h av e feen a t thyHou fe at Con/Ta nu
’
m ple’
. E it her thou w e rt too u nkind d o t hem
borh . or g avefi them both too mu ch L ibe rtyW h ichfoever of thefe W ays thou hafi exceeded ,thou a rt in the Fau lt Too
e ithe r to a W ife or a Serva n
Tumptuou s : And too grea t
them to D efpa ir . How ev er ,v ife thee to comfort thy fe lftha t thou a rt rid of tw o
fli ithfu l , t hey w ou ld not hab u t now they a re ne ither w orthy of thy
‘
Gr ief,nor of thy Revenge.
Bu t if thou a rt refolv’
d to p urfu e .them , asknot my Counfel or Afl ifia nce in th
I fli ou ld have a s mu ch Reafon to a
ger , a s they .
'
Tis tru e , I knoww ere I to meet h im in
,the S treets
fl xou ld be v e ry unw i lling , by difcovering him to
be m ade know n my (e lf. Beli de s , thy Paffionhasm ad e thce forget , that the Na z a r ene: w ou ld comm end h is W it . and re joice in his Fortu ne ,
w ho
being a S low to one w hom they efteem an Infid el . ha s now ,
by h is w ife Condufi , pu rcha fed150th his Li berty , and a beau tifu l Ma te , w ith no
fina l]Trcafu re .
I rather adv ife thee , to app ly thy fe lf to 74fmt'
r
Sg ire Rug ia l, th e l i ttle fi re/0g " in Alma, w ho
perhaps
V ol . PIE 47
. S pot . AX I S -f
p erh aps maytelk the e zfitme xNeWs of’
em (There
is new ; Stan in the t an fl ir , ;w ith
oumhis be y (to gaggAnd he pretends tobehold int; etions, w ha tever is done on
u ; 3 '
e fer ions , thy S law w a s an ung r‘atefiil
Fellow , thus to‘
abufe all - thy .Pavon_.-s Thou
h adft made h im in a manner Mafier of a ll thyRiches , .only ,
referv i g thy ‘s ve: uto thy felf.
And if the D efire 0 L iberty tempted him to
efca pe , he ought in J u i‘tice to have facr ifice d h is
h i ll , to the Regards h heh ow'
d a hce . 5 But everyS la v e is not a Yofepb . Lor enz o
’
s 5 V illany f puts me
in‘
m ind of’
the Cont inence of an I ta lia n Ma r
Th is young Lord fell in Love w i th a D uff/Jeffof fingular.
‘
Beau ty, but knew not how to make
he r fenfible of it , At length Forfane , £avou r'
d
h im w ith _en M orten y r , ygnd ,h i
'
s Expecta
t ion . One Even i ng , a s e re u rn‘d from Haw k
ex t oo-le e?
e fi P J GT‘:g av e
«a 46 i t . T I ‘E R 8 Wm 5) Vol . 1 11 .
gr ate you'
fucb Comtnmdt tt’
aw,a : n ude mt cont
-Hatea n immed ia te q fi on for joy . I : i t t rue
,Ma dame?
t trcp ly’
d the young Lov er a lready'half uhdnéfs’d)
7 h " : for“ be i t
‘
f om mafia i e ffo1Fr i end .
W i th tha t he pu t on his-
a nd took h is Lea ve .
Bu t it cannot be expefl ed that (0 mu ch -V ir
t ue fhou ld be fou nd in a S IM . I w ou ld not have
r rhea vex thy felf, for w hat cannot be h recovd d t
‘
Ad ieu .- d * l a
Pa ris , 1 425 of fbe‘lg fb'
MN”, v .
t of tbc Tea r 1 6 46 :
~L : B‘
T 51“
E R f'
)
7 0 Solyman I n} Coufm.i
;1 H
‘
i 1 SJ)
Cannot api
ave thy'
S ingularity, in prefctibihgto thy fel a Ru le of Life , difi
’
ere’
nt fronfi‘
hato w here ih thou w ert
-
edu ca ted ,~
and from the Iane
'
d able Manners of a ll '
t rue Believers . Thou hafi
m ot donr t; m Ofof new
r ld , and introduceL ibcr rtm
'
fm ,
‘
and : a'
Contemp t of the Majefi] w h ichcannOtb ehold Und eanneft .
Are they-w if
'
er than thei r f a ther
man Ages rh av e‘
0bey’
d'O r , i ll they pretend
'
to c
God ?”He commanded us to
c a tion,taught by the Ang el
Imn fva tm d er ive their new .
.
«r 48 L'
t‘r
f
rft‘
a s“met ly Vhlfl
’
ll .
l 80
D ay Pari s makésa0772?
cr ephéE flwyv
lan d‘ re
Y ea rs . W iththe fié'i fl d ribusthrw iitg thei r Ag e andthey een-lecture the tell ofl ick 3 3 61 566 ,
-3m ld’
f’t thou ‘lmd w thew elte th e
fru itlel'
s Campaignd ifferent . Bu t For tune has, beamhim and the h ap py Ev ent 8?h i§h im w ith Glory .
After the D epa rtu re ofthe D uke
the Cam p , the Command of the w
v olv'
d on this Gener a l , w hofe fierynot let h im refi, t i ll he had donethy ofi lt h
%Cha ra&er he film
’
d a t.H is
’
li r Attemp t
V a la l l l . 4 S n a t‘ P u t t s 1 49
“
Then he march’
d to D unki rk, one of the firongefl:
Tow n s in Europe ,Therew as in it at t ha t t im e a
Ga rri l’
on of fiive and -t w e nty Hundr ed Poor , and
Three hund red Horf'
e, commanded by aNal/lemm;
of grbaafVhlout .
'
I th'
mk'
t‘hhy ca ll him the bfi equif
a‘e Leide.
’
Th i s Gov ernm r d id fo many brav e
T hings, in D efenceof th is Place a s ev en l'
u rpafslilh is , ow
in Fam e,
'
a nd_
the Expeftati on'
s bf ot hers,though both w ere ve ry grea t. Y et a t le ngth hew as fouc
’
d to . y ie ld to the Cou rage and Fortune
of the youn Eu la ? and tha t at
‘
a Tim e Wh n’
the
e the r Sp ru ng exam /t w ere éom in to hi's'
liefli ef.
The Tow n w as fur renderfd on‘
r e'
7 i h~ of thi s
u lte havi ng left“
the ‘né cellaty
Commands to . ,the Ma r efclabl t h is L ieu tenants
come home to rece i ve the Acclam a tions . of-
the
People , the .Honou r oi a? publiclt T r iumph , a ndthe particular Carefree of the King ; and,
the WholeCourt ; Am idfi a ll t h ismufi be content toHand the S hock of Envy;w h iifhalw ays endea vou rs to le
'flen the Repu'
tat'
ionof thebrave and heroi ckf 5
As for MaM t,
‘
he ne ither env ie s nor adm i res
the fading Honour s ofMor ta li ty Know ing ; Thatw hen a Man i s on the highefi: Pinnacle of Hm .
mane Glory, he fiand'
s’
une afy’ nor ' can he ‘de .
fccnd from thence, b ut by a Precip ice .
Par is , 2 4 tb of the 1m 1Maan;of tbc Tea r 1 646 .
1 5 0 L E T T E R S Wr it lj V olfl fl .
L E TT’
E R . XVI .a 5
ToIbrahimHali Cheik, AMen oftlle Law.
F it be a S ign of a flou rifli inog emte,w hen
1 View a re fupp refs'
d , one w ould
Pa r i s is in a thr iving Condition .
of th is C ity has new ly p ublilh’
d an
d ing a ll N ew and BrotheLHanfg u nder“
feVere
Pena lt ies baniih in a ll Ha r low , and fuchthe Tolera tion of t e Government ha v e h
to mad e a Profefl ion of Whoredom , getting a
l ihood by debauch ing the You th oft
’the
T his app ea r s a great Nin th is Matter ha ve
l ive in an u nbr idled
fort exc la im w i th open
fi mable Rigour , (as thea re a lhamed to a pp ear
'
pu b l ic k '
Ror /ate, yet p r iva te ly m u rmu r
p er ior f , for retrenching a L iberty , w ithou t w h ich ,they fay , the ir L ives w ould be u ncomfort
able .
0
The y g ive a very favou rable Charaé’ter of a
PVEor e ; ca ll ing her , A certa z‘
n tie d Crea ture Jom to.
m it ig a te the La b a n,a nd [often the Ca r er
,of Ha .
ma ne Life . They p lead, Tha t fuch W ome n 3 90'
n ecefia ry Members of a Commonw ealth ; w hi lli
w ith the ir ( fa reiTe s , they reflra in l i bid in'
ou s
Y ou th from fa lling into greater Enorm it iesTha t the S ta te : re ce iv e no (ma ll Profit from the
Tr ibu te , w hich i s lev ied on theft: Houfet of Plea
a nd that therefore they have been , and
a re pe rm itted in all Countries . Tha t the holyFa ther h im l
‘
e lf tolera tes a n infinite Numbe r of
them in Rome, w h ich neverthelel’
s has acqu i rid
t C
QB
r s). L E T T E RS Wr zfupt have our Frienilfhip dis?”
t i i n wmq at
Pari s , 24th of the s a
i
thfiibfifif‘o
Uof the T a r 1 646 .
CM Mu
'
fiap ha, l“Baffialof t
l i'
H E'Fortune ofWar'vfhas rav i
the
of the C 1
t he Co {fiat fifl li~Arin s D fl
'
gra t e
lat e 12) vigor'
en wa rez-res
the Mu'
ft ofi ith‘ thé’fi rfi
thou“
didfi‘encrrclé'
tHAFNefi of -Pyfl
o ttoma n For ces h as they,
hav e no
Coj’
a ck: w ou ld nor then fo timeP)‘ h
the i r na t ive S ea t, afi d l eft t he CharD efpa ir ,
imprintéd‘
i‘
n the Kh i r‘i s‘of
t idns . t he,
h as g iven th
ibu r o f fh
g
ofes ibert t e
Fires :y y
h
T he Myfro'vi r ei are a fic'
r cé and”?inur
’
d to Ha rdih ipsi
fi‘om'
t’
h‘
e'
WBmw i ves plunge tihe n ew -born
, Infat’t'
t
ter ;
'
an'
d if th ey dh t l ive h‘
ot‘thzitv
t he r th ih ks'
. hef Ch ildrfiht 'vvpi
'
thW omeh have
'
nb partial T enaemiBabes, 13t cherifh ai—Pi fell?" { lie f/SeCountry :
f 1 t téaehlmeia; we
g 8 2 ? at f [ 5row l w ,
an bath e themil'
elve s in c d i
Tolv’
d t o ate r . " ey‘
ma lte them firmw a rethe "Ext Ent iti es d
'eat and ComH unger , M ’
La ou r , that w hen‘
t‘hey ,Cton
‘re eff Age .
bear Arm s, they may go
Fbjol‘d ly to the Wars,
and'
bra vel y throw th ei r L ives aw ay tofe iave the
l ick’Ge od . v
. 1 1“
! th is they‘i’
cem to re v ive the
lfilom of the ancient Spathing
- ft) much . as'in e
girdly and fr;other bl atip psi,the S pring - t ime ,
Q
in the Blollom { i f that be nipp‘d e r blahe d ,
‘the
Fruit gm p rove abortive ,
fore t ey tea l-z Ca re to fe afon f
the ir e a r ly
ha th whblfmne Infl ruaion s; and: h aiku;xepc ifles .
l
(fitter ro be mad e O verfeers of a Nu rfery, they to
, aftend
the»the moi}
hf l the iMfr/Eb.
ed the64;t
1 5 4 . L_
E r T E R S Writ éy Vol. III .are angry or peev iih . he has no other w
, tocourt them into a better Humour , bu t by S tri pe s .
Th is is the only conv incing Argument of h isS overe ignty ov er them , the D emonl
‘tra tion of h is
M anhood . the Charm w h ich faftens both theirLove and Obedience .
He h ighly applauds th e abl’
olu te Refignationw hi ch the People {hew to the ir “
grea t D uke, in
that they p retend not to poirers their Efl at es andL ives , bu t, through his Favour , and du ring hisPleafure . He fays, the S ucceflz
’
on of“ the Cu r r, or
gr ea t D a l e: of Rxflia , ‘
w as in former Times determ in
'
d after th is manner. A grea t S tone w as
p laced in a large Fi eld belong ing to the C ity ofMafia » : When any Cu r d ied, h is Sons , or thenext of Kin , w ere condh&ed into this Field, andlaced a ll at an equa l D ifiance from the S tone .
hen, at a certa in S igna l g iven , they all ran to
gether tow ard it ; an he that firft reach’
d it, foa s to fiand on the Top of it, w as efiabl ilh
'
d in theTh em .
The Reverence w hich thefe People pay to
their Pr ince, may , in p art, be afcribed to his feldom a ppea r ing in Perfon to them, and
‘
then furrounded w ith h is Boymg
or Na
zi:
nificent Equ i e t at can
gagto fir ike ant
gror and Aw e
jeéi s and caufe them to honou r h im , as littlelefs than a God . The Eye s of the V u lgar are
da z led w i th In many Splendors , of S i lver , Goldand Jew els ; and w hen the g r ea t Quite makes hisfolemn Apearancc , or Cavalcade
h
‘
molt ready to ,
think’
, that Heav en ,
ed to Earth, to do them the Honour of
Thefe are the Arts of by w h ie'
hfuch an infin ite Number of Peop le are cha rm
’
d
in to anObed ience to th e Sov ereign. D eubtle lk theMajffl; of a King, receives no [mall Luftre from
}externa
I 5 6 L B. r
Cm r t and-
Cit]:D eath of HenryHe w as am
left this v ifible Wor ld
g inn u tterly u nknow x
fin o: w i thou t Rea on
otherw ife inclin ing“ .to
ojsfd : t
C ou r t and Cit]?by hlS
hPc
l‘ing borh intoHe w as 1)
D ea th ,w hom
d e rin'
g w ould
fixfd his Eyesand gav e him an
Fa te had defign’
d to
Y et afte rw a rds
w hen the P r ince
of Momm ar emf sy ed t g a D eg rceI t is d mgerc
one s Rh a l i n Love Tha t Match
r u in d thi: young Pr ince 09Cap e“
ccd to fly into Hal/a nd w i th h ismake tha t Pro'vm te the
From thence he traVell dr e tu rn d not to Irh m
’
e, till
w ithc’
fixt
. i
not by Intention or Habit, bu t thrqu gh the ln'ltLl-‘v,
erable Procliv i ty of‘
N‘a w
‘re.
l'iis g enia I V ices, h is E rrd’
r‘
si
;°
a rid tho’
he m ay appear a 3m : in all th ings elfe, yet in
m mmmW m m w
iw w w
H e fuffer’
d Five Years Imprifonm ent in theBafl 1
°
fg’W hiéli g a m céipfit
‘
toiihef
faéi e Ufe , a s
the Cafl le of the [ men Tow er : in Conflamz’
nop le .
The Pr z'
nrrfr 'h is W zyvaii
hi‘sl
Contpan ion all the0 o 0 v
t ime , and {ha ted in i s i sfd r tunes, a s w el l a s
1 58'
L a T‘
rhit"s .h?
Ybi. Il l.Continye
‘
to love Mobmut ,‘who
‘is'
never {b i-get)fix] to oblige‘his Fr iends .
Pa r i s, 1 sth of the‘
t
of the f a r 1 646 .
- L is T'
f'r fE R‘s‘x ixi
To ‘tbeK ainiachain .
‘
H E Pofir from Ca ta lonia came in lafiNi ht,T laden w ith illNew s from the Army ,
W chhas been forced to decamp
~ fromibefore
leaving the g reatéll art ofl the ir Artilleryspam
'
a rdf. That P a'
ce w as alw'ays fatalFr ench .
‘
Y et the Pafiion‘of the (hour? v
'
e
felf on the Count d’
Ha rcou r t, becaufe he cou ld
not reverie the D ecr ee : of D fl inj . All his for .
mer mer itor iou sAél ions feem now to be‘
canc’
ell’
glby th is one D ifgrace , though it w as unavoidable :S o peevirh a re Pr inces, w hen their Expea‘ation3a re croi
'
s’
d . Some fuf'
peft h im guilt of pr ivateCorrefpondcnce ; othe
rs tax himWit Coward ife .
All th i s is dur ing the Heat of their Refentmentsf:
The fame Perfons , i t may be , w il l change theirCenfure ,
w hen they confider,That he had lain be.fore it feven M007" , ev en
'
t i ll the T renches of his
Camp w ere fill’
d,w ith S now , and that h is
‘
Sold ie rs died of Fam ine or Cold For the Wh i ter be .
gan to be infupportable , and th
barren of all Th'
mgs necefTary to
fee w herein this'un lefs it be a Cr
Man ,the Command of fu ch as are
made of Fleflr and Blood, as w ell as he .
L ? a r e“ Wri t
l i fi’
v
fl ir ting ,w h ich : makes t he
t red of the
t he/ common
faced
T other D ay a Fel
S treets , Gad fam the King ,bu y;
I ta lian . He w as fol low'
d by
of th e molt contemp tibl
or Mag ifirare inthis C ity w oul
ap prehended ,
or attemp t to
t iny he w a s ra i li ng . The C i t iBoldnefs . a nd Money w a s- brou
know n Hands : The W omen
Proph'
rg’
fi nd the V irgins fe ll
Vél. It'
ll . a S'
Pfr i ar P a a r st f'
Gilli es“. omhis'
fi ehah’fiThew ithi
'
Vhta hjefsx’
or i rather a»
new (S eclfit iohj‘
ae'
i if they‘
bfl r‘owe tu drfa'w the ir
M hftbfithe Cabal,"and iw duldifirhaltef fl taw en it
lfe lf‘abeti thei r Tumudts . 'H ihTrairif ifrereasld ais
'
he
meafu r’
d the,
S treets’
til_l at le ngth he wa s fe ia
l
d
by the Réj a l Gua rds , the'Rabble d ii’
ne rfcd a nd
a l l'
fhings refffired to Qu iet ~ T hat 'Night a dou'b le‘W NW-Wag " kept
l th iiou he u t the f ( h y -f the
was fil iltlyexaminl
,
'andy u t
it‘oirlie a w e »
,
lyejefioCortfomon‘
coma Be g lam-
red : flora l him ,
fi ve ,“
Thaw /04 mi l it iamen! tw i nge law no: Hake
d r'
h efni
a re u i'
ed tofind ou t the Au thor’
s of this‘Noyiejt‘
y.
hh’
d s l bbfié d On'
h il t.
afs f a n‘
fil hfi fiu'
memf let I:
work t ytomza”
Maleecd h tents ofifii dr Qu afié,
Ghd'
the,
‘Forhmam of ram m
‘
or formidableThfiitrééi
‘ion:J
‘ar e ifi
'
ued out , to‘
{ aphi d all D if¢o7hrfé of
'srme Matters : Bur the People fp
'
are
the ir S entiments .
il l , wi dth ah gmerttsn
“
Th aliat hei r H ae d i ,they wal ltalofig
'
the S treet’s.
revenge w ith thei r ; furtew’
dat op enly;
“
ran : the a nth er r:“
fvfd fi‘o S tr ange r : . A genera l
fCo'
h flemation ander
,
ha s fe iz’
d a ll . w h i le”their Fears p
‘fornptthed ai ly‘to-
‘
eitpe obv ia te
the Mircmers lwfiitfi hofe popu lar'Pa
'
fiihns tin-
ea.
“
téii ; asoiaim fhe arm ament d ivers Parts "
of
t he Cou ntry’
by'
bfa z a rinif
s Order , and by'
inferij.‘iih lé ap
'
aa a,
= am pm .
Wétweefi thcfe '
antl there.
happen3 i
'tA
diver s
1 6 2. L E T T E‘
Ks- Wrz
'
t I) VOL KI .
d ivers Quar re ls , . frequcnt’
Murders -
ere committed : Wh ile th e Night , ' w hich .cover s all Thifl gsw ith D anknefs , ferves to, lh roud thEiir mutua lO u trages , and p r ivate Revenges Thu s the pu b.
l ick Ca lam itie s are chefilh’
d ; Wha tv w il'l be thel lfue ,
'
l ime w ill ev ince .
In the mean w h i le , the Afl‘airs of Germa ny and r
S w ed t la nd , feem to be in a fa ir wayL of 001a
fu re . D iv”
er s Tru n‘
u a re on oot , 111 order to a .
gener al d’eace in Clor iflmdom s The W ‘do"
a nd D epot“ ! ofi the l eve rai ; contefl ing‘
Crgp g:h ave frequ ent Conference s ”
Ba t each Partym p
fill s (o v eheme ntly on Circumftantiah .th ée tw
th ing bu t fru itlefs D emurs conclude thei r Megaings . n ame has a
'
great S troke in all thefe Affa ir s : And ’
tis grow n to a Pr ov erb,Tha t Cau lk
nal Ma l aria i ca n} : J!”th e Courts Of Eurc pcflfy
‘
bi; Reform.
The $m des tre attho
’
m u ch enfeebled .
jeflj of the Imper ia l S
lnterefi to p rofecute , and the Pole: are 11
out the ir Pre tention s . Na tiona l Pr ide andh ave a great Infl a rm e on thefc Cr am " : But theHal/fi nd er f
. l ike Merchants , -a&Ru le s of Profit. They fiend .
bu t fu ch a s advance their T rafliMoney is the Nerv es ofto be ef’teem
’
d w ifeyet bu t in he r
-N.onagen or lie in a Cap acity to
Ne ighboursE ng/M d find s Bufinefs
employ bOth he r Money ,ca n th e be a t Leifure tq a ttend‘to
afi ions . "du ll” ever follow s the In terefl ‘
Cour t, it be ing the unaltcrpble ‘
fe rvationsn that a Man im roves hifib ly, w himthe charming Eadguagela ny, fe rv e a s a ’ Spu r a t on
h is"
Attention, to Points 0
ledIThe Ch i/h am afe apt to defpi
-f'
e'
the mtg Belie‘Ue
'
r : a s“
a Company of ignoiant
q ua inted W i th the W orld
Unde rll and ings and
,addi&ed
bu t Riches and Hone
th em; the Mufllg lmtm
a t the’
fame time, That ,Gad
Crea tu res as w ell as them ;
the fame na tura l Fa cu lti es ; ant i on : he has in fpir
'
d fome w ithledge , fu rn i lh ing them a ll
'
o w i
Means to atta in it . They cox
P u nting/ beg rohihited w ring, u sw’
xis to fupp refs
the Mu lt itu de of u nprofitable Boo/u, w ith w h ichE s ra
-
pa too much-
abou nds : A Tha ti n the ir {l eadw e have many thoufahds
'
of’
indh firious S t r iker,
w hofe w hole Emp loyment i s ; to tranfla re themoh excellent and lea rned Na ri/2»: of the A n.
m am , and that l he ha s b rought
the rs w ho need not In any Po int of? Hum m u s
D z’
v m e Le a r ning , y ie ld the Pa lm to the mo'
ll”
e’
ml’
afl
j‘nong the Cbhfl z'
l‘
w ,
Ad d to th is - the’
equal Benefitw h iff
”
map ;‘
by'
trave ll ing in
tries, r t\hi ch-crow ns a ll d i d
1 6 5'
t endring themrent; Ha rm
-e: ot Mm , aridt
pf Gs'vgrnweut a s befor e
I .
dent m thy Letter , w h ich 1 3
many folid Rema rks and lags
the La w and Cufiogm of the Re.
wh ich thou ha il: pafs d their R1 1:
and mama , and W ihgf
éw g : elfe
Tr aw fl cr’
s Notice t t w ere th is
ifl l d m Chr iflefidom,the Nnaa r ene:
{p eak fo contemptibly of the
Bu t they flatter themfelves w ith a laneNotion ;tha t the Ch armi n! never travel beyond the L im its
publzakQbmufh1'
or . They are
aintain s p a zfuw c
ere is h a rdlybou t a .Mafia /1
Er 56114 Men
rage in Therevilege Lef ,tra f
5 6 : Fi fth
1 66 L E T T E R S Wr it éy Voi ili
fca pe s fr rim
ra re ly a ttend
t i flfe ou‘w a rd
nor,ca ll hi s
w ith thy D eliv eranceu ho {tea l from Men
w h ich la lt is,
our nob
r itance .
-AJI“
Puffs a
Confl u ent ;”
and'
he ha
w ho w ou ld w ithfiand fo manyt atlcns .
Thou n eedefi not w onder at the Effeminacyof the p re l
'
ent Mogu l , w ho [offers hinifelf and
h is S ta te to be govern’d by Wor
'
mn. That fubt ie and a fp iring S ex , have alw ay s
u nderm ine or over reach ou r Ra ce.
be h ind - the S cenes , yet at} their Pa rtsTr ag efi e : and Rev olution: of the PVor
‘Id . The Fa-
i
the r of the p refent‘
Indz'
a n'
King made ank”abfi‘J
lu te Re lignat ion of his Sw er ignt t
for fou r and tw enty Hou rs . T isfl range Affeftation , ca lled h imfelfW0 la H is W ife w a s the D aughter 0Capta in ,
‘
w ho had‘
fe rved h im in the
ha v ing forfe ited hi s Head byTru f m, h is D aught er w ent and
_t
the Mogu l’
s Feet to‘beg his L ife .
na te ly in Love w ith - her , (forEqual for Beau ty in a ll the E afl) granted her
“
P eti tion , and marr ied her. Afterw ards {he gotfuch an Empi r e over him that he w ould do no
th ing w ithou t her -Ad v ice and Confent . At herl nfiigation he
leafe he r cru el
is e ldefi S on
D ifcov er ie s o f
M ia}; and a hy ' Skill Iin sForsihQu ickne ls of thy, InVent}er1
‘
ge lled to th ee that whichhave never fo mu ch as
t h e righeUfe of (Tr ave lling ;from foreign Na tz
'
om , c
m en ta l Know ledge ,and
ments , that may , rende r
(flountry.
the ‘btdifl fl '
g ree t Mm
Good s to‘be - feiz’
d ,V
V
he reby it comes t
C h ild ren of the Delow efi Cond i tion of Pover
forcedt to. beg zfe r a iS ubfifiean Opprelfion not to bethofe w ho p rofcfs to bel ieve . ih
a t {Mag i } the zmarmpt . j udge;Bu t vw hat thinkefi thou then
'
of
nor hav ing Pa tience to Wa it til
" rft‘w as howevch a n otableWith w hich the -W idow of a
p roved t his
Mogulm fi er ,
heaped toget
a M otohrfi e
fine,e ithermet,
Ful fill .
‘
af-s r i a t PA R 1 8 : 1 69
re fufed him ;‘furni lh ing him only w ith f uch (ma llS ums , a s fervdd . to nour i lh h is D ifcontent , and:
tempt h im ltd a le w d , ca relefs L ife Bu t at length ,
nor be ing'able to p reva il on his Ma thew to part
w ith fojnu ch a s w ou ld anfw er his Expecta t ions ,he comp la ined to the
‘Mogul, d ifclofing alfo w hat
Bll ate h is Father had left : The Mog u l being in
formed .of 121 mu ch Riche s , (cu t for the you ngMan
'
s Mothe r , and commanded her to fend h im
h alf her Money, order ing , That the'
I
Other half
Jh ou ld be di v ided betw een her felf and he r Son .
.T he W idow , nOt be ing at a ll fu rpriz ed , or caPt
dow n at th is u nju ft PrOpol'
a l, made the Mogu l th is
fhort Rep ly : 0 King , ma] th e GM: ma ke ( lore
bapp]. My s on ha s fome Reafon to r equi r e bi : S ha r e
of bio Fa ther’
s Efia : e, -kowmg bi : Blood running in
bi : Vaz iar'
; but Ifldefrrel to know ,
"
w ha t'
Rela t ion thou
a r t to no] ! Hoirba nd ior me,» tha t ubou cla imojz
‘a
°S loa'
ré in bi;‘
Pr ince'
abafh’
d a t
.fo . fma r'
t fand hold an Add refs,
'
commanded herto
‘giv e ha lf hér
’
Ellate to her‘
S on, and‘
lo difm i ed her .
I have hea i d fome of our Chz’
a ufe: p ra ife theMagmficence of the Mog ul
’
s Cou r t, the infin ite
Numbe r of his Attendants Bu t a bov e a ll , theyextol the in im itable G randeu r of th i s Throne‘
w hich is adorn’
d w i th (0 many Topaz ies , Rubies,Emerau ld s Pea rls , and D iamonds , a s amount toTh irty Mi llions of Roupz
‘er . Bu t w ere it n0t mu ch
" better, if inftead of -a ll thi s need lefs Glory, hecou ld boa fl , That h is Empire is founded in theHea rts of his S uéjr fl r z He doe s nor confider ,Tha t fu ch prod ig iou s Heap s of env ied Treal
'
u re
a -re'
but (0 m any gli tter ing S norer, golden Ma m
d ds,w h ich iferve for . no Other Ufe . bu t tO '
cha inhim u p from tha t
‘
Freedom , and thol'
e more in .
mocent D el ights, that the meaneft of his Subjeéts
t hefe ,I dola fer r
fl
'
fa i Cotu‘empt .Of
m ean Thou ghts have they of ch
Gayet ies of the Court ? Wha t athe long and p roud S erie s ofWales , w ith w hi ch theMogu l : endea vou r to e ica lt
‘
th‘
emfely'
es W hi lfl:
VUh
Mogu l-is bu t the tenth
Tam a r /en ,w ho made
loll the Vir tue -of his
a lone make s a ll héen tra ly noble. t
a ny tw o the mofi potent Mow
card as mu ch from othe rs , w hich om v inces me ,
e l‘t ec
'
rn this Mon ro/o the riche r ? Cor-1 li der the .
‘
v it
more than S ix
thou w il t find ,of Grou nd , bot
Enemie s . he is obligfd
ow n S wéjefl r . There are above
rez'
gm , in his Empire, w ho pe rpe tu a lly by turns
molefl his Go'venmm n
a nd rai lin Armie s agto p afs . t a t
’
he is at an infinite
thou thy felf hav ing obferv’
l oom: there is an indifpenfable
{Ti n 1L E T 1 r; R s Wr it éy V olfm'
.
S ci ence: a re w r itten in it . I And that this L a ng uage“ i s ta ught in the ir S chool}, Col/ag ar , and Hoa demiu ,
e ven a s L a tin is among the,
Cbr ifii am . I cannot
e nou gh adm ire a t th is ; for , w here and w hen w as
t h is L a rg e age fpoken ? How came i t to be d ifu s’
d R?
T he re l'
eemS a to be a Myfl e ry in it , that none ofthe i r B f
a cbmam can giv e any otherAccou nt of thi s ,j'
av e , Tha t it is the Lang uag e, w here in God gav e , tot he fifl C r ea rw c he made , the fou r Book : of. theL a w w h ich a ccord ing to the ir Cloro
'
xolag y , w a s a.
bove‘Thif ty M i ll ion s of Yea rs ago.
. I tell thee , myd ea r Brother , th is New s ha s li a r ted fome odd N70
».t ions in my Mind : For w hen I confider That thi sL a ng uag r , a s thou fayefl , Has noth ing in it commo
‘
n
{ W it h the India n tha t is now fpoken nor w ith anyOther L a nguhge sof Afia
,or of the World 5 and yet ,
that itl is ~ a copious
'
and re gula r Lan guage, lea rnltlby G r a mmar
, l ike the rother tita n-r
and that, in th i s obfo/cte La ng uage,l fe n, (t here in it i s a li
'
erted , That t he Wor ld is fo
m any Mi llion s of Year s Old 1 cou ld a lmol‘t tum
Pj thag af eam ,and b e lieve , The W
'
or ld to be,w i th in
a Minu te of E terna l . And , w here w ou ld be the
Abl'
u rdity S ince God had equa lly the fame infi
n i te Pow er , W ifdom and Goodnefs , from a ll E ter
m’
tr , a s-he had
‘
Five -or S ix thou -(and Yea rs ago.
W hat {hou ld h inder him then from exert ing th‘
efe
d z'
m m At t r ib u t e -forme r ? -What lhou ld retard h im
from d raw ing for th thiszgloriou s Ffl ér ick ear
from the "Womb~of-Notbing . Suffer thy Imag inat ion l
to h eart backw ards .
—a s fa r a s thou cann, even to
M i llion s of 'Age s ,
‘and yet thou canfi not conce ivea T im e
, wherein i this fa ir unmeafurable Expo-J}’
w a s not firett hi
d '
out . AS if‘Naw re he r
“
(elf had
e ngraven o n ou r fIntelleci s ,WmM s untra oeable v imz
'
qufl],
eh , fw iftefi fl'
hough ts , a re fa
eto follow .Time'
nba ck to its enI 0.
V b ]. II I. a S P'
Y a t“
PA i n st mgrL The Re volut ion in C laim
, fu rpafres the commof r
Cha nge: in Kingdom: and Emp i r e: . There is fome i-i
thing exoefii ve ly tragz'
ta l, in the Camfl rop/oe of“
tha t R07 4 !Hou fe .
Brother , in behold ing that , thou hafi feen Ha d
ma n Na tu r e in a Tr a nce And thou a rt fo thy felt'
,
iff after t h is , thou t anfi -be fond of~any th ing on e
Ea rth .T m'v efie r , Ad ieu,
Pa r i s , 2 5 th of the I]? M6671 ,of tbe Tear 1 641 .
L E T T E {R Xxn.
To Ahs Balia.
"
Ev era l D ifpa tclm have been la te ly fent betw eenc‘»
8 this Cour t, and tha t of S w ede/a nd , conta ining
rather Ma tter of Com p lement , than any th ing ofgreat Importance . £5 m Cbr i l
’
i ina ha s been ve ry .
i ll , w h ich has occafion'
d ‘Letters of Condoleance .
from the ~§Lu em Regent of Fr a nce.
Thof'
e w h ich come from tha t Part , fay . ThatGener a l Torflenfon I S made a Count ; and the D 13m
'
t] enta il’
d to nrs Pofier i ty, in Recompen ce ofa
his em inen t S erv ices to the sw td lfl) Crow n .
Théfe Lette rs add , That there have pafs‘
d l'
ome ‘
h igh Words betw een Moflfim r Cbzm u r, and - the!
S iv cdijb S ecr eta r
y of S ta te. And , tha t the la tter ,in going ou t of the Chamber w here they d ifcou r a
fed , la id h is Hand u pon h is S w ord , w ith thefe ~
W ords : Mon/{ea r Chanu t , w er e i t not for Ike Fencew hich the Law of Nation s ha s ra i r
’
d oboe: your ,
Pa rfun, I w ould a nfw er you in ” other La nguage”
To w h ich Monjz‘
m r Cbm ufi repl ied, Tha t he .
w or e
a S w ord to defind bimfelf and hi : priv a te Honour , mm fl a : a n] Sw ede in tbe Xz
'
ngdpma
I s
L E: T‘r
The Occafion
Refor t of Roma n
w ith in the i r Terr itories .
Pm'
efl t gof that Communion
p rofecu te the La i r; w i th riMon/few Cha met pleaded the L
w hen the S ecr eta ry told h im ,
m itred him and h is Family theRelrg u m, bu t deli red him not tb
‘
Perfons , of n ha tNa t iw foever
p lied , Tha t he eould not r eceiv e
P erm zfi on fimc her Mal ing hi ! Rel igion fim e he he!
fi er , th e King of France , w ho
a nd tha t he w ou ld not [bu t thag c tnfi a rty
‘tohu t w ould come
fi h iah to thei r
t hei r Efia te , coa f‘d not a h
tions,tobieh i t
g a v e ”pa r ti cu la r Priv i leg e:
rfpecz‘
a llj to theM inifierst heir new Law , faeb c ; i
mainta in: the p u
w e : done in the
Pr iv i leg e
S tate ,W et/Jet
e r -w hether the] w orfl n’
p[441 7 .
‘Tha t 710 S wede tam e
I)! [on e French , w ho w er e
Tha t they did ”01 afe the Sw ed ilhi n France , w ho a dm i tted w hom t
thei r Chapels Tha t the Haze]?
db eh,
‘
b a t the Plate]; bf'
the
ehxt t thew fcrei he cou ld trotc
g Catholicks an
‘
Ert t‘
rame
1 76 L E T T E R S Wr ite] Vhl. llfT hou w ilt n0t perhap
a s th is to Crow n’
d
w ith Rev erence and
thou w i lt condemn th
cow ,w ho cau l
'
ed the
to be na i led to his H
fore him . Th is is contra ry to
L‘
s/i , w ho abhor to fee a Man b
Bu t e v e ry Na tion ha s its Mode
ing to t he Fa lh ion of my Country,d e r of thy V eft, in Token of my 80Refpe&.
Par is , 7th of the ad Moon,
of the Y ea r 1 64 7.
To the Mufti, mojl Venerahle,of a ll Honour .
H E Cr i ti qb ,w ho fp end the
m anife fl the ir W it , inCou r t and the Grf nd e
'
e
D ifcou rfe concern ingly Afl ions furn i lh them w i th n
fomet imes they rehea rfe the old.
h im w ith h is Predecell'
or Rich/fen
mt!Kimm et,a Spam
'
jb Mim'
fl er ,three , the Tr inirj of
fl ingu ilh ing their pethey fay, w a s crafty , cove tou s a
Ximene ' w as politick, fevere . and
rim‘
is w ife, merciful, and libera l.
Vol. I ll . a
'
S P r at P A R I S ; 1 775T he fl rft made good h is Cha ra fl er , they fay,
in heap ing up fu ch prodigiou s Treafure s inng a ll thol
’
e of his Fami ly or D ep endence , to
the h ighell Honou rs ; in occafioning the volu n .
tary Ban ilhment of the Queen-Mothe r ; in ru ining w homfoe ver he l
'
u fpeél ed ; a nd fina ly,‘
in
making himfelf (0 much the Ma iler of a ll S ecre ts ,tha t the King , how e ver difgufied ‘
and av erfe from
h im , yet could'
never fit fafe on h is Th 'one
w ithou t him , w hen Ir v ing , nor v entu re the Ma .
nagement of the Publi c/c toany of h is Cr ea tu res ,w hen dea d. Thu s (peak they of tha t g rea t Mi.
mficr .
’
g
As to Ca rdina l Ximenet,they fay, He d ifcover
’
dthe Qual ities w h ich they a l
'
cr ibe to h im ; in the
Method he took to ra i l’
e h iml'
ef to tha t env ied,Grea tnefs ; w h ich w as , by (coming to { hun the ,
Honou rs at w h ich he fecretly a im d . For beinga dev oted D erm
'
fe, or r elig iout Pet'
a ry he a ppear. d to.
be the molt mor tify’
d Man of the '
w hore O r d’
e r ';
VJhich be ing taken Notice of, he w as made Pmfv im i a l frcm w h ich D igni ty he made but
one S tep more to the Pu rple ! And , grow ing em i .
mom for h is Abi li t ies, he w a s made the fi e/t Mini.
[in in the Cour t of Spa in.
He lev yfd S ixteen thou l
'
and Men at h is ow nColt, invaded Ba r be r], {torm
'
d their fi rongefl:‘
C ities , and reduced‘
the w hole Kingdom of Tr ip a. Iz
'
and d lg i er t , to h is Mofl er’
s Obed ience.
W h ilft he w a s a t the Head of h is A'
rmy , one
a Mu tiny among h is S old ie rs .
w n be tw een
hufe a new“
Gener a l, [W ’Ue 3 P0?"
«floz'
r i t ed e lVing t ’S ,
h ep’
d ra nd , W i th one Blow ,
fev er'
d h is Head from h is B ody . Th is {truckfuth 3 Terror into a ll, .that z frorn that J ime.
I 5 there
1 78 L E'
r—r éa s -
ta’
ri-i h yql- I‘IL
A rmyThey fay, he w a s in the
o f a Fifi», ofiwh ich a Fr ie’
m at ion on th e Road , a s
Place
c ame
from the Table ye t
h is Ea rs , a nd the Ex
i n a fe w D ays d rew
a nd w ell-limb
’
d : H'
p er J aw grew fo
w a s call'
d , The E':
of his S ku ll w ere
w as no more room for Tranfp i
fe r V apour s , tha n through the
t he Bone . On th is a ccount hew i th the Head-a ch ,
w ho ne ver fe lt any Pa
h ad tw o l ittle Holes in his Cr own t
the Fumese xha ll'
d .
Thefe a re the Remarks w h ichC a rd ina l Ximmu . As to Ma z an
'
m’
,
furpafl'
es borh thef'
e Mi e ifie n, in
M ode ra t ion of his Tempe r Andof ne i ther , in the
Affa irs , be ing folidf iv ift in their Execul iar in his Condu fi',h is Favou r, than thofe
t ies . He is magn ifick
P ola r”, that may Vie
S tructu re
Collefior
fum iih ing the Houfes w i thE bony , S ilver , Gold , . and or
fitting the -Poem of a King .
aSo L E T T E R S Writ.
5] Vol. Hf.w i thout , fl ip s to the Table
.
and takes ou t of the
D ra w er a Bag of God , p u tt ing it u p in h is
he r , and re ti ring to the W indow aga in . He
gined tha t no Body had feen h im , and therefore
hu gg’
d himfelf in the Though ts of hi s Boory ;W hen the S how w a s over , and the Company w ithd rew from the W indow ; afte r a w h i le , they a ll
took the ir leave . and dep ar ted : And , among the
t e ll , th is Gentleman Th ief w a s going but Bu t
the Ca r dina l defired him to tarry , in that he“
fomething to fay to him . The Gentleman {h i ngw ith the Gu ilt of w hat he had done ,
‘
fe ll a tremb ling and w a s ready
‘
to drop dow n a t the p a r di
u l‘s Fee t . But he bid h im be of good Comfort,
faying thu s to h im ; My Fr iend .w ha t thou [on]!
d one,i t no: bidfr om me If thou not G
I w ifl double 1 1: S um Therew ith heanother Bag equal V alue ; fay ingsh] may , a nd fee m] Fa ce no more. I
cannot tr rfl tbee .
Wou ld’
fi thou know , by w hat means the Ca r .
J im ! difcover’
d this Theft He a lw ays w ears on
h is Finger a Ring , in w h ich is fer a 3 3m g ofi nefiimable V a lu e ; it being a
_
and difcovering all Th ing s tha t
Room , thou gh beh ind a
this S tone the Ca ' dz'
na l
Gentlemen thou ght heW indow Therein he beheld
T able , take ou t the Moneyh is Pocket. Thou {ce ll how th isM inifier is , to Rock h iml
’
elf w i th uf‘
eful R 8 ~
I ities .
i “2’
May that gr ea t Cha n d ler of
Angel w ho'
ibeholds in the D iv ine
a Mirror n ha tfoever is d onerecords
"
all Human
Zi ydgwa m, n ever slifce
Volnll l i a S PY at P ant s} 1 81render ’
him w orthy to be excludedof God .
’
Path ; I pf tbs'
: dMoos ,“inf tbs rea r 1 64 7.
L E T TE R"
XXIV.
To D anecma r Keiron, Kadilifquier"of Roman ia .
H O U, that artErincipal among theju dgesof h igh D ignity, the i llufiriou s OrnamentEmpires ,
the firong Support of Equ ity,p refe rveii Reafon,
‘
a nd c
'
orrefteft V i,
ce , lla te thy deferved Honou r : ,Axid in do?I w ill) lncreafe
‘ofjoy
'
t o a ll the fm'
zbfa l
Know ledge w h ich thou halt acqu i red inthe La w of Na tions , and in the molt perfeét San.
{Hons of our a ug ufl Mm a r t'b], ha s m ade thee fa .
mou s throu h the [r um Pr ecinfi : of the
and chas ve ed thee w ith the
'
Robe of fu blimeH onour , the Gift of the L i eu tena nt of Godi
f} made Choice of th is Occafion a t on ce to
herform‘
n’fY
‘
D utyRand to acqu a int thee w ith aNa tiona l V i llany, fuch a V iolat ion of the { wh ich
as it w i ll be d ifiicu lt to pa.
_
Eng ia nd are know n thmuthou a rt no S tran r to
fent to t efuélzme
S ince have byAgain
’
d Ground of their ins/mp”. King;
bimfi am cone. .
l ’laca,to
find i ng . Th a t nei therc ou ld re du ce them to a nya tion ,
and be ing befiegedrizn,
w h ich w a s not in a Cohditiont his u nfor tuna te Mona rch w as
h imfe lf, andgelfcapeu nfrequ ented Way{ hip H e a t lengthof the S t a g
-
w ire hail {b lem
fe lves upon Ga g/a, To defendEnemfiqs iw hThe Sn i f f/i) Army w ea thefn
others .
How ever, the S cot: a t firfiPa rts of loy al Men And w hn ed by the E nw
‘
fi eé
{kit e ofTend ingfor S u ccou s .
They deta ined him thu s,'
frorn the'
sth Moon, bf the Y ear 1 64 6,
'
to the 3the l it Moon of this prefent Y ear .
time‘
having a greedwi th tfor the Sum of gc aoc
’
o
the ir’
Sov er eign, th‘
ey .
d el
m , deputed b y
1 84 L 5 ‘r T E Rs Wr it éy VOLI
'
l l .w ou ld engage to p rocure h is
’
Pa rdon, Bind ing
h imfe lf w ith a falemn he w bu ldrely on h im , as he carr ied h im ‘i
'
a t'
e ou t of the{0 he w ou ld br ing h im
'
bach a l ive and fateaga in
H is K inj’
man, deluded w i th there fa ir Pretences,
and fecu red by the S a nfl w n of an Oa t/a trufis
himfelf to the Condufi and Fidelity of the Pro.a te.
Whén they had rode abou th alf a
'
Leagu e fromthe Caflle, the Bz
'
jbup p retending he had forgotfom e
'
Papers of Moment, w h ich he ha d left be.h ind him in his Chambe
'
r , they retu rn’
d back If)t he C tr/Ne ; and w hen they had found the Papers ,they fet forw ard aga in
°
tow a rd the Emperor’
s
Camp Being a rr iv ed there , the imp iou sW retchde liver
’
d the Emper or, w ho con
demn
'
d h im to
'
die .
’ ‘He (end ing for the ’
i hap ,‘
rep roaches h im w i th the V iola tion of hi s Od ib.
B u t the perfid iou s Bfflaop fought to acqu it him:fe lf, by faying ,
He ~bad p erform'
d Iii : Pr omife, inca r rying him bu t]: fafe to the Came ,
w hen he r etum’
d
to i t}: bi : Pa per } . Thus w a s h is Krizfm a n
tray'
d by a Qu ibble , and loft h is Head . The
B IfbflP acqu ir ing , for that imp ioou
'
s
'
Tr'
zle of Ha rm the Tréj ron'
repor’
t , Tha t he w as afterwards.
D ew lr , an d th ro‘
w n ali ve into the
Mount'
fE 'nd A Voice be ing hea rd“
at th e fame
Iml‘tant in the Air , faying , Tbi : i t the Rena rd of
Perju r y.
T he Na z a r ene: bel i ev erthis flare
b e one (if the W omb of Hell : The
they h av e bf S from'
bolo
Cu r iOp s .
"
top ry into the T i‘dth OT
cret bu t leav e
t reacherou s S ep t
deferve to folio
Volx ll l . af' S P Y at PA R I S . 1 8;Mu ch greater w a s the Integrity and V ir tu e of
the anc ientg'
nggna nr,‘Whom
_thefe Tnfidd : n umbe r
among the damu'd . They e i
‘te em
'
d nothing more
fear ed
, than the p a blick q'
t io bu ildin .Tt mple}
to its Ho‘
nbwi
,
”a nd fihmp ing th e i r Mane]
'ith the
Fig u r e p f tamHa nd ; joined togethe r, hav ing th isMarta
,TH E F A I TH o 5 TH E R O M A NS .
Bii t the S cot : {h ew them l’
elves . to be of. Lyfa nder’
s
Mind , w ho u l’
ed to fay, Ch i ldr en muff, be circum7vented w i th good I/Vor dr , a nd Men w i th Oa
rbr ,
Th is Mand y-cb‘is now led
‘
in . Tr iumph, like .
a
ebellz'
oa t S ubjefi s , w ho hav e con
ofh isfi ountr pa d /4 6
,
295 fu fferingds .
‘
of fa ithfu S ervants , to comebu t in a ll thin gs endeavour ing: to ren
der h is Refira int infiippor tableThou who ar t a ccu rate in interpreting the
L a w ; of w ilt'
condémn thefe Irfide/e ofhorr id Tr eafan , yet c an li not acqu i t the Maj
‘
u
'
l.
mam ,Who have often depofed our m
’
ofi ”gaffEmperor
-r .
I d iv ide my Intelli ence'
amohg the -Mt'
n'
fierx ofthe
‘
fubh‘
me Pm, an the other Gra nds” of
‘
theS ta te ; p raying God, To gu ard the S ulta n from fe -
z
fre t Mach inations , and open Enem ies ; and, To
g rant, That an Excefs of Good-Nature may not
be tray ,him to fuch . Miefb rtunes, as have befallen
thi s im‘
prifon’
d Mann -5 b .
liarjs , of the 3 d Moon,affi x Tea r 1 647.
L E T
H I S Cit] is
Mu ltitude
l l’
h itants Night andd ina r'y every ninthThe
from a ll a;
ly, he hada nnexing t
bfcu re Places undfO That re long a s
touch'
d , Pa r is fhou ld
hurtful Th ing . Th isW ords
’
ti ll at a certa ing ing up the Fou ndat ionW orkmen found fevera l
prefenting a Ba r, fome a
mall Account of thofe
themW ho be ingtheic Images , m e lted them dow n fc
And , e ver fince that t i‘me , the Cover ru n W ith Ba t : a nd L i z a rd :I rela te th is to thee . in regard
hea rd thee fpea lc of the a nc ien tW e re in the
(Annidmn a t Confl a n ti
other Pa rts of the C ity parti cu la r]Ig r , w hi th had th ree Br a z en S erpent
bou t'
i t,’
w h ich w hen Mia/pom : the
b Sfi‘ L E ‘
1‘
I mi 5 Wr it 5) VOLHP.
and all to‘
be hung up together in the Temple of
And , to the end,the Gua rdi an Gen ius of the Cr
‘.
t], fhou ld nor be enticed from them by the Eu .
ab u tment : of their Enem ies , the tr ue Name of the
C i ty of Rome w as kept fe cre t , even from its~own
Inhabi tant s infomu ch , that Va ler ia : 8 0mm“ w as
p ut to D eath , for pu blifh ing it to one of h is
riend s . Many have gu efs'
d a t the hidd en Name ;fome laying , I t w as Va lencia others
,That it w as
h im ; a th ird fort ca ll it A'
ntloufa .
no Certa inty in the ir Con jefitu res . For the P‘
8 4 m w e re , above all th ing s, carefu l to conceal theNamu of their Ch ic: and PM .” Godr ; know ing},thatmore Spir i t : w ou ld not forfake them, till theyw ere call
'
d forth by the ir p r op er Namct .
T hey u s’
d a lfo to cha in the Imag e! of the ir God :to the Alta r-J , left they {hould depa rt from themby S tea lth . Thu s the Tj r iam ,
w hen Al exa nder be,
fieged their Ci ty , and they u nde rfl ood f rom theP r i tfit , that Apollo, th e Gua rdia n of w as d if
p leafed w ith f
em , they fafien’
d h is Image w ithfl rong f etters of I ron . So-dea lt the S pa-ru m wi ththe Imag e of
’
Ma r r . And this w a s the common
Praa ice among thore idala trom Nat ions ,0
As for u s , w ho have rece ived the La w clear
and intellig ible, and believe in the Um}; of a the
D i v ine Efli nce z W e ufe no Cba rm : ou r (e lves , ne i
ther do w e fear‘
the Magici‘
of the und rcum ifed .
All our Confidence is in God, and the PrOteftiOfl
of his Prop/act : W e go holdy to the Wa rs , w h ilftw e fight in D efence . ne ithe r of sw am , nor'fifix
’
.
cu: Reliquex, bu t off-the Volume re lenilh'
d W ithTr uth and Lig h t , the Boob broug t down J romHed 'um by an Ang el.
Pa ris , | 7tb of the 4 tb -Maortr ,
of_
the rea r 1647.
24 8 9 3? at PA‘R I é. we
1 E T T E R XXVI .
To the V iz i r Az em.
AM nowi
,retu rned from Or leam ,w hither I
Jw ent in Obed ience to thy Appointments and
n ot w i thou t abundance of Pleafu re to my l’
elf. it
b eing the T ime of,Yea r w hen a ll th ings confp ire
to i
guake a Traveller pals hi s Time aw ay w ith D e
lig t .
Y et my Retu rn w a s melancholy , in regard I
.cou ld nor accomp lifli w ha t I a im id at , , nor be in a
Ca pacity to render thee that S a tisFaEtion thou re
,q u ire ll , e i ther in buying the'
jew ele, or in e fl a'
bliIh ing any Correfpondence . Th ole w ho in .
form’
d thee of the Ge ma n: inhab i ting tha t C i ty ,w e re m illaken in the i r Charafi er, they being only3 S ecret] or Cov
pora tz'
on of Sweden”. and ‘
no w ays
concerned in Trafii ck or Me rchand iz e .
They told thee r ight, in rayin& There are a
tg reat Number of S tran e rs in Or lea ns : I th inkthe Imp er i a l C ity/ w hich commands the
c annot boafi a g reater D ivetfity of L anguag es ,t han are [poken d a ily in the S treets and Hou fes
of tOr leem . There are fome , almofi of all Na tion s , r efid ing in that City“
W ou ld’
l‘t thou know the real Occa li on of this
m ighty Confl ux of Foreigners . I t is , That theymay fiudy tha t w h ich the Na z a r ene: ca ll the s
'
l
L a w w h ich is there p rofelfed a s in an Aé a drm] ,
c refted for tha t Purpofe by Pbilip the Fa i r , one ofthe Ki ng ! of Fr a nce.
If thou know e l'
l not the Mean ing of the Civ il«l b w, i : is , A (70116 55 0 11 ‘
Of the a ncient Roma n
L am, d raw n from above Tw o thoufand Beak;
of their S cr ibes . by the Command of the
j ufim i e n ,for a S t a nda rd of Equi ty in th
r u p t T imes ,’
intha t nn iverfai Rela i ia t ionc line of good Gove rnmen t .
S t range rs from a l l Pa r t s of
fant C ity W he re , be li desimprov in
'
gxhemfelves in the
fefli an’among 1 110 Na z a rene},
Pr i efileoed i t he y en joy a
a fru itful and delic iou s Pa rt of th eComp anyPeop le in a ll Fr a nce.
’
T is for‘
th is reafon'
the German‘
s, ant
Nam e s , fl ock to‘
Orl ea ns
v our of (the «French King },
lege beyond other Na tions ;ra te lthemfelves into 3 S ec
among them.
'
If i have not anfw er'd thy Expe
P r ince of th e Blflbi
s , blame nor
t u fe the German : of O r lea ns, for
thei r S tudi u.
for fireflieé ; or fa t
w hop re formed to tel l theeah isIn finifhing t his W , E: bow
Fle et of my Chamber , and hifsflmll hav e the Honou r to he touch
'
d
firiou s Hands .
Pa r is , rjt‘of the 6 té Moon
,
of the Yea r 1 647 .
i .
w e L s r m a s t he h Yarm‘
z
he r S w ord , t i ll { he faw her Mafl er folemnlyc row n
’
d a t Rhemer . Y et at leng th lhe. he r felfW a s made a Pri l
'
oner by the E vg lz‘
flas andi w as Pub.
l i cky bu rn t for a Wi tch a t Roam ,
T he I nhabita nts of Or /eam ha v e erefi cd br a z enS
f
a'
uei in he r Honou r . They celebra te he r Pra i
fe s , a nd cfl eem h er"
a
fa ve her Cou ntry . Y e t the more
jay, Tha t fhe w as n e ither 'W i tch
bu t only a Ma id of good ,W it . and Cou rage ,
'
w hom . l’
om e of the P r inter of t
h ad infiru fted mo aft the “
Pa rt
from Hea v en ; that fo, by pr etend ing Vz‘
fiomRev ela tions
, {h e m ight of.
Fr ench,
now a‘molt d
Lo lTe s and w hom no
cou ld perfw ade to abide the F
,v iél oriOu s Eng lz
'
fl) . Th i s is cc
d ill ingu i lh’
d the K-ng , thou gh
m am, and in a Crow d of
bold ly u to him , a nd far]
to the A on ilhment of th
fent a'
Mellenger to br ing her
t i que W orkman lh ip , that lay bid . in a Ibmb‘in
one of th e i r famous Mefquee (for, the 4NaW ener
of the We]? bu ry the D ead in -
th eir ,Temp!er
T h is Aél ion extremely ,enhanced her Repu ta
tion ,in regar none knew of th is S w ord bu t the
King h imfc lf. S he w a s therefore look‘d u pon as
an ex tr aord ina ry Perfon ; and the People cou ld
ha rdly be rel’rra in’
d from paying , her div ine~Honou rs .
W hen th ey w ere encamp ed on a‘
certa in Pla inof a v a i
‘t xten t , w here there w a s no .W ater to
b e fou nd . fo that the Army w a s rea dy to p er ifh
th rou gh Th i ri’t ; the King came to the . 7 ent i f
th is P r ophctefs , to confu lt he r a s a 1 Ov al? in the
general D ill rel'
s She i bad h im be of good
Courage,
vol. III . 2 S P? kt P A R I S . 1 93C ourage , and follow her . They w ent out tcig e~
?t he r to the D oor of her Tent
,w here a t a l ittle
d ifiance , there rew a Knot of Flow er s . The
a dm irabl e Ma id ruck her S pear into the Ground- amiefi the Flow ers , and incontinently the i r fp rungfor th a Founta in of Wa ter , to w h ich the w hole
Army repaired to a lla y the i r Thirft. Th ey fay,the Place is lh ew n to th is D ay ,
w ith an Image of
thi s Ma id fiand ing in on Oratory eloi’
e
"
by it 3 aPla ce of Refrelhment and D evotion for Travel
lers that pafs ov er thofe ba rren Pla ins .
H ow ever,
‘
w he ther it w ere Artifice , or tha t {hew a s endued w ith fome fuperna rum l Gift, it had a
ma rvellous Infl uence on the S oldi ers, w ho began
to re - affume Cou rage ,and feared noth ing under
the Condu ft of fu ch a Genera l .
’
Tw a s Revenge w ithout doubt, rather thanJ uftice , tha t extor ted that cr uel S ememe from t he
Eng i'
s ,w h ich pu t a
'
Perio‘
d to'
the herox'
cé Aftion s
o fjthis illufirious Ma id,‘
Whofe Fame w i ll ‘
l ive forover .
It is recorded , That w hilfi {h e w a s bound'
fafit o the S take w i th firong Cords , they w ou ld hav ek indled the Fi re u pon her before {h e had fp oke
'
t o the S pe&ators ; bu t tha t {he fuddenly becameand {h atch ing a Lance from one of the
TS old ie rs ; {h e d rove the Gua r d: before her : Then" retu rn ing of h er ow n accord to the S take , (hem ade her laft dying S peech , foretell ing many-’
Th in g s to come ,w h ich afterw a r ds p roved true .
And hav ing made an end of (p eak ing , {be b id theE xecutioner fe t fire to the Wood ; wh ich he d ida ccordingly , and {he w a s bu rnt to Afhes .
r .
“
Ceita inly every Na tion 'may ,hoeft of fome
Fema le W a r'
riou r, ‘tha t at one time or Other
'
h a srema rkable Se to he r Cou ntry .
"
thou art net a Strange r to the Hifrorylief
l
r94 L t r r i a s . Wr it éy V oli IH.
the Ama z ons , w ho excluded Men from thCIf '
H
S Ofl
c iety , ye t be came form idable to all the Regiens
round abou t t hem .
Ad ieu . bra ve Commander of the Mufu lmmForces , and le t the Memost of thefe val iant Ft
mp le: infp ire thee w ith fr e 1 Ardours, w hen theOttoma n Emp ire is in D ange r.
Pa r is , eff of the 6th Mom,
of the Tea r 1 64 7 .
L E :T T E R XXVIH
T o D gnet Ogle n .
HOU art the Man tha t mu ll participate ina ll my Adventu res . And I {hou ld ba a
Chu r l , in not letting thee {h are w i th me, the Plea
{ u re I found in a late Jou rney to O r leam, one of
t he pr efida r] Tow ns in Fr a me. It was hy the
O rde r of the Vie w Az em, I unde rtook that journey . S ome body had inform
’
d . himr I hatgthisTow n w a s fu llofMerchant-Trave llers 05 feveralNa h um , bu t efpec ia lly in Ge rma ny , veho brtm
'
fiflr
‘
t he choiceft Jew e ls of the E 412, tofiend in is
P lace a t ordinary Rates . That Mini/{er gave meCommands to buy certain S tones , w ith Infin i& ions to trea t of another Affa ir , w hich ic ismnecefi
'
ary for thee to know , I accord ingly fatou t from Pa r i r
, the third Day of the,fifth mmand Eiracbz
'
m the 7a » (of w hom thou hall - heard)bore me Company,
r.
I need ne t defcribe to: thee , the Cou rt{ th rough w hich w e I t e xafkly rem blett he Pla in: of S . Iji4ore, not far from Pa lermo .i
l
n
SM 1 .
1 96 L E T T E R S Wri t'
éj YEolAIH.
Bu t thefe Infide l: a re like the S w is s , to w homa l l Meat is w e lcome , and e very D itch a n ac cepta lb ie
'
Bed . Here a re I nns a ll‘
a long‘
the Roads ,'
w he re in to w hen you ente rf'
the li q/2 prov ides y'
ou
borh Bed , and a ll Other Necefiar ies . A Man mu llV entu re
,to fleep on the fame Pi llow ,
w her e pe r-n
h ap s a Lep er ha s la in the Night before, or fome
Pe rfon infeél ed w ith a w orl'
e D ifeafe, The H}?e xam ne s none, bu t harbou rs a ll a like , l prB
/Vided
they hav e Money to pay him‘And as for V icin
a ls ,”t is th e Cu liom of a ll Travelle rs to eat toge
ther at one‘
common Table , w here’
feveral Bi lbesof Meat a re fe rved u p and every Man is free to
e at w ha t and how mu ch he p leafes, paying,a fl a
t e d Price for h is D inner .
Thu s no fooner w ere w e com e into ou r I nn at
Chg/ir e}, bu t the Hlfl fa lu ting u s after the man'
;n er of,the
"
Country , inv ited u s,to fit d ow n at
the Or d i na ry , (for (0 they cal l thei r pub lick D inmerl in an lnn W e w e re nor fo fcru pu lous as to
.r efu lw'
e h i s Offer , bu t follow’
d him into the Cham
b er,f v&here . the D inner w as p repa red . The re
«were -m anyG u efis at the Table , a nd all, bufy in
feeding theml'
elves . We took'
fuch S eats a sO
w e
found vacant, a ndw ithout mut h Ceremony , fe ll
to eating ,
'The 7m tra il ed to the Indu lgence ofMofe i , and I to that of Ma bomet
,for ea ting w ith
the una‘
rcuma‘
fcd, ,w hol
'
e Meat is feldomfrom the Poll/m ien: of Blood . We knew , that ner
the r God,
nor h is Prop/om ,requ ired u s to
fla rve
There w as Plenty of W ine, and that (0 delic iou s , a s w ou ld have n Hag z
'
a to
W i thou t
gu larity, ea ting .
bu t the grea tel’t part of
'
my Re aftBread , and fome Fruits, w ith t a t
Jmce of ti e Grape .
Voh III. a S P r a t PA R I S .“
1 97
Th e honel'
t 7am (w ore’
tw as a Banqu et p rep a - v
red byr Cup id, to render h im the mofi m ife rable
_
OF‘aII‘Men . For , in“ in the m idfl: of ou rMir th,
came in a F-
em b Gentleman With ‘
a Lady in his
Hand,“
w ho p laced themfelves at the Table exafi lyop poli te to u s .
"
I perce ived evi dent symp tom s
of (time D iforder in E lz‘
a cbim , w ho feém’
d to 4
rea d h is Fate in that fa ir Creatu res Face ; ye thad nor Pow er to check his w and
’
ring Eyes , or
gu ard them from inev itable W ound s . He'
d ai .
molt atted o’
er the S t a r] of'
the E gyp tm n W ive s ,"w homfifepb
‘
s Mifirefs had inv ited to behold h is
Be au ty, they cu t the ir Fingers for their Mea t,
w hili’
t gaz ing {on the charm ing Youth S o poorE lia tbz
'
m w as a ll Confu lion ,tu ru
’
d to a S ta tu e ,w hili
‘t he look
’d on th i s enchanting Gar-gm , I I
had forgot to ea t or dr ink , t ill I began to rou z e
h im from h is D ream . I told h im foftly in the
Eat, Th is Lady.
w as bu t the, you nge r
— S ifte r OF ’
Ixim’
s Mi firei‘
s . Th is broug ht h im to his S ea :
aga in, bu t eou ld not refiore h is Peace . Pru dence
taught him to dillemble the v iolent Emotion of
h is S ou l , and not to expol‘
e h im l’
e lf in‘
fu ch a
Company bu t noth ing cou ld expel the fa ta l Poifun from h is Breaft.
W hen w e had fufii ciently repol'
ed ou r felves ,’
w e bid ad ieu to the Inn , all join ing Company ,and fetting forw a rd to Or leam . On the Road ,
both E lia /aim and I had many Opportunitie s ofcou verlin w ith th is young L ady fuch Familiar ity w ith omen , be ing a llow
’
d in Fr a nce . W e
found he r W it furp r iz ing a s her Beau ty and her
Mien and Condué‘t , fu ch a s ga v e Adv antage to
them both . In a Word, Elia cbrm w a s loft am idfi'
fo many Perfeétion s .
1 W hen w e came to our Inn at Night , and w ere
,in ou r Chamber together , he vented his Fa lhou im
Word‘s : Mahmu t, I loam nfi’
a tbeflt Tn-r :K 3 birbm e
”
i 958 I B I T r a s‘Wr z
‘
t 5} Vol: II,L"
h ither to,w it/rout an] other Sentiment: of Lw effm
zbofe w hip!» inrgenera l I , owe to 4 0ou r Ra re
,a nd
fame more pa r tifldnr Regard of Pr imdfl u
‘
p a nd D u,ty . Bu t
, {in }: ga s» th i s 101 11 1; Cr u cw e
, mat/rink:792) Fr iends
,4 a”Um: ough t to be b lamed ”:
E a rth,a: now routrnfi rd into her .
’Ti : not her
fnawy S kin or ma tch/cf} Fr a tur e'
,a re of Farce tar
mov e me ; tbrz} la the] a r e fi ch , day felf beingj udg e, a : w ay ! ha v e fai led Apelles
’
r Ar : ro z'
mi .
ra te ; But’
ti r a Lufl r e w hich I ca n't e
{y’
rma r Lightning da r ted from her E;Av enue : of é r r br ighter
g lanced fibr ougb m] Br rafl ,and in a Moment fcor rb
’
f;my Refifim up ! The low ly Bafrlisk [bat
‘
D fl kb i l t
w ary Leak ! Thou frame]? has» [ fa te a s one transformed ; fa 142143 , a nd w
’
w w‘ Morin w ar I , v hf/fl
g a z ing an m} Ru in ? And to this Hour p fatai Nm b
m]: fp rea d : throughfimc di r e Torpedo .
Thu s w en t he ra v ing on,t ill I interrupted h im
w ith Laughte r and Ra ile ry, endeavou rin g'
t'
o c i ne
h im of his Lovefrck H umour by rid icu ling it . Itold him my ow n Exper ience of thi s foolirfla Pali
jz‘
on, rehea rfed my formerAdventurfis w ith .
Dm’
a,
a nd how at length I got the V ittory zof thi s va in .
Fondnefs by Abfence , an d the Exe rcifie of“my
Reafon . Bu t'
a ll zthat - I could fay, made and . Im
p re lIi on on the fiupid Lover .,HC W bfl ew orfe ,
and (0 I left-him to feek Keq e from Heep .
W e came not to Or leans t ill the n ext
w here w e ta rried not long, hav ing no w hatnel
‘
s . as it happ en’
d bu t no fee the Rar it ies ofthe Town , and inform our _
{elves of . thofe .
th ings it is conven ient for Travellers to know n .
Afte r w h ich w e retu rn’
dfame S entimen ts I had
'
at
from thence ; buttamerphoiicd in poor Eb
‘
mkim’
s fl phxiew .
“
To.
m o L e r r e n s lf’
r it 5) Vol ll l‘;
a ll the Mofqtm in Gonflantimp’e. or lofe his Lifein the
“
Attempt . To ~w hich the Ca rd ina l rep l ied ,Monlieu r , I believ e
’ti : impoflx
‘
blc,if, you coa l vfimflo:
your Work,before the] w ould boa r d
‘
you r Men ofW a r w i t h a ‘Hrm dr ed Ga llies a nd S a iques full of[armed Men
l l: is laid»; That Ca rdina l Rich/{m had fuch or
Projeé‘t once , w h ich made h im p ropofe the Bu ild
ing of p rod igiou s h igh S h ips , w hol'
e ou t- {i de s
fl tou ld be {l u ck a ll ove r w i th fh a rp S p ikes , that:lbou ld render it impofiible for Ga llic: to boardm
By this thou may’
fi know ; tha t l'
u ch an Attemp t:l
is not thought imp raél icable by the Cb ' zflr‘a m . Ft
w i ll: it be not p u t in efl’eéloua l Execu tion by them,
w hen the ' Por t m ay leafi dream of it .
Cbr zfima, of S w edela nd, ha s Caufed a :
mol‘t magnificent Veg ? ! to be bu ilt , w ith de lign to
p refent it to Ca rd ina l Ma z a n’
m’
. The inne r W ork
of the Cabin is of Cedar , cu rioufly ov er la id w ithFlow ers , and Other Imagery of Gold . The Ex
tremity of the S tern ,adorn
’
d w ith W indow s , S ta .tues and Ga lleries the w ooden W ork a ll
‘
over .
laid w ith the fame Meta l . The Roof of the Cab in p refents the S tar] of 7afon
'
s E xp edi tion to ge t
the Golden Elm o, a inted by the be ll Ma lle ts in
S w edela nd . All t e Furni tu re (peaks the Roy a l
Bounty of her that g iv es it . The Canon are of
the p urefi The re l} of the Tackle fu ch asa re fitte lt to w ea the r the W inds and W aves ;
from w h ich neither thi s g am e’
s S ov ere ignty‘
inS w edela nd
, nor the Ca rdina l’
s Grandeur in fi a nce;
c ou ld exempt e ither of them ,w ere they expo
fed to S ea
T here are thol'
e w ho w hi l'
per on this Occa li-on ,
Tha t the fl u te”ofS w ede/a nd has fome Inclin a ticmsto the Roma n C a tholitk
Q
Rel ig ion that lbe ha s had
fer eral Conferences w ith Monficur Cl a re t ,
h
i m
t at
V ol. I II . a S P Y.
ht P A R I S : zor
that SubjeEt, as all'
o w ith h is Pr z'
rfl f ; that . her
Ike/idem in Por tug a l ha s open ly embr ac’
d that
Fafflot‘
not w ithou t the Q uad s‘
p riva te Confentand App roba tion . I t is mate r ia l to u s . w hat
Relig ion the Infidel: p rofe l'
s , w h ilfi they a ll'
ert D o.
E r in : repug nant to the D iv ine Um ry, a nd J he
Truth of the S on: of God . I behold , a t thi s t ime ,
an ev ident S ign of his Uni t) in the it is
the New Moon, fu ll r ifing from the low er Hamill
pbere . At the S ight of thi s Pla net , the M.jz-»ger
of God ha s commanded me to fal l on my Face ,and ado re the E rmoa l . v
Whe refore p raying. That her l rfl irefl cer may
prove prop i tiou s to thee,w hilfi thou art on the
Ocean, I bid thee adieu
Pari s; 1 34. Of tbl ‘
étb Moon,
of the fu r tarp 4
Thet
tE nd if theSecond Book,
( i . 1 .
z oi t'
;H o
A S PY at"
V O - L . I II .
B O O K Il l i n
L E T T E R I .
7 0Bedredin, Sup e rior of tbc Convent ofD ervifes, a t Cogni inNa ta lia .
O T more w elcome are the rich Por“Qatar. to a Son] almofiexp ir ing throu gh Griefand Me lanchofly , than is thy Letter to Ma hmut, w here .
in is conta in’
d the Cer tifica te of thy be in yet on
th is S ide the S ta te of I fl 'wfibler . Met inks all
Na tur e fleu ri fhesr w hi le thou a rt al ive -
s And I
feel a S p i r it w ithin me , prompts me to p refage ,
Tha t thy D eath ,like the fa ll of Leaves in Ail
‘tfl mn, W i ll p rov e the Ha rbinger of
M’
mer . Whilfi thou livefl ,
Mer its, fupport the droop ing
L E‘r T E R s Wr it ly Y pl, III .
v a i l on thee to think, I c an ever fw e rve from the
p rofound Attach , I ow e . to the § ent of God .
- Ihonour freja r, the S on of Ma ry and fo 1 do al lh is Br ethr en, the Prophe t : in
'
Pa r a d ife T lfis ifimt aught in the Alec am . W here is then my Cr ime
I f I g ive V ir tue its du e Praii’
e , even in the Im '
I am therefore a Na z a r ene ? lPI fp eak W ith:Reve rence and Modefl y of Cbr z
‘
fiia u Pr im er,am nor I therefore a Mufl
‘ulman ? Or ,
‘
does theBook of Glory teach Us A r r oga nce
? Su rely myT ra du cers w i ll blufh , w hen they {h a ll confider ,that ou r a ugufl Emperor : themfelves, (w ho are
1
5 0
v erefgm of a ll the Ki ng : on Bar t/7) w hen theyv ouchfa te to w r ite to Chnfiimx Prim er
, they' difi ate
t he i r Letters in a S tyle , full of Afi'
eétion andRegard . They gi v e them magnificent Ti tle: a tt he Beginning ; and a t the Conclufion, they w ill)ther
‘n Encreat
'
e of Felicity , both her e, and inr adzfe. And w ou ld it become a
‘shw e
, to treat:
crow n'
d Head r w i th lafs Refp ea r th an'
does theMafl er of lf I have contraEt
‘
ed '
Friend ih ip w ith fome of th e Cbr zfl z‘
a n D er 'w'
fu , it:w a s to fe rve the End s of the jhbli
'
me Part, and
p erform the Rites of Gratitude . I t no
Cr ime , to I'
CCC IVC a Ki ndnefs from or ,
“
to retu rn it , W l thou t exam in ing- h i Bu t
p erhaps they fufpefl: the Intimacies I had WithC a r di na l Ric/dim , and fiill h ave w ith ‘his
,S uc
cefl'
or Ma z a r z‘
m‘
. Reft afl‘
u red, O holy D er fmfe,‘
t hat my Acce i'
s to thefe‘
Pr ince: of the'
xarhn r
C bur cb, is fo far from be ing cr imina l, that w ith
ou t ir I never had been capable of pene tra .
t ing into the Cou nfels of the Infidelx, nor of do
m
T e
thefe tw o great Mim’
fler r afi'
ord
facilitateil my D eli 5 }”
And ,Umbrage, l am t 611 for a
a S p y ar_
p a a'
t e. an;I fecretly , lay a
’
Foundation ,
‘
w hereon , in du e
t ime , { hal l be bu ilt, even in the Heart of C/ar i -A
fiendam,
l Archesfl for the v i&oriou 5 '
Mufiulma ftrange , meth inks ,‘
that after“
all th is , be fufpeéted ! That notw ith I
{land ing I have p at ien tly endu red n in‘
e Y ears
Confinement , to an obleu te and p r ivate L ife ; amelancholy Banifhment to, a fl range Cou ntry ;
yea ,to a Cit for w h ich I have a na tura l iAver
fion a Cit he molt u nclean , noify and va in, in
the w hole a rth to be {hu t u p , for the fake ofavoid ing D ifcovery ,
in a Cha’
mber fo na rrow,
l
tha t S ufpicion it (elf, nay even Thoug ht , the Mother
of th at l ittle Paji‘
m,w ou ld fw eat and be ii i.
fl ed,w hen once circumfcribed w ith in thel'
e Wa lls ia nd after al l th is , to be made a Pr ifm er of S ta te
,
6
on . je a lou fy ‘of be ing a Mabametm
,To abide
that Puni lhmen t (0 m any Morn: unmov'
d , u n
Corrup ted ,‘
and at length to be releafed, to the
Advantage of the Ottoma n Intereft, and yet to be
t raduced a t home , for a Tr ajw f to God, h is Pr o
pher, and my S ov ereign, has fu rely fometh ing in itinconfifient .
W hat is then my Cr ime P Or ; w hy am I thusai
'
pers’
d ? Let my S lande rers hereafter be 11 .
lent . Unlefs they w i ll - lay i t to my Charge ,Tha t in fome of my Letter s I hav e d ifcove r
‘d a
M ind free from S uperflt'
tion That I pu t a highV a lu e ou — Reafon , and have no low Ei
‘teem for
‘
fbme of the anc ient Pbi lajopber r ; that I endeavour to guard my S eure , and w i ll not Puffer it tobe mu z z led w ith '
the Impofitions‘oi
'
l gnorance
a nd Pre jud ice ; that I do not th ink it a nece lfaQualifica tion of a Maflielmm ,
‘to pu rfue w iih
inexorable all‘ Men th t d iffer from3
me in‘Op inion . In
'
fine;That'
ih all myV erfation
hl fir ive to Comport
"my , felfi
‘ae ofie
'
.
w ho aliens the Ufl it] of the ( New :-
the‘
Plxrch‘tz
L ET T E RS
P lura lit] of his Prophet: 7
of the Elefl ; and who i s
r a ther to d ie aiThoufandly to commit
’
a n lnlpieqor the [w er e]! of the G r
Rig ht to command a ll
Cr ime
my Aconi'
e rs
And continu eto inl
’
tru t‘l me w ith thyCounl'
elsw ith thy ,
Prayer s, and to pio’
tefiFriendlh ip Then {hall Ma la
B eliev er , a fa i thfu l S la v e to
and a de vou t Adm irer of thy Longevi tym e .
I {hou ld fear this m ight'
be the lall
flaou ld have the Honour to fend
conv inced by fome near’
Exa
Age , w a s not re lFrain'
d
Flood Thou gh thOu ha ll far on
nary Y ears ofMen, ye t the re is
Fa r from Pa n'
s, a Man w ho h
thy Age . He is an l i
w here a ll things necelTa ry for
nance l'
eem to be w anting TheW
a re bu ilt ofMud , w ith h is ow nD efence , againll: ,
Wind and Rat
compofed of Leaves of Tree s .
h im ,for .h is P illow . H is D ie t
'
He rbs and Fru its , as tha t Moun
A ne ighbou r ing W e ll al lays h is
d w e lt in th is Place , and in , thi s
three Year'
s,after
'
he'
had tra v el]
t i r e}: and Ask him byreferved
‘
his L ife In long , he’
a
fro; frm ’
Cort ,”
1 8 1 by h ingHe foretels Things to
vellous Succcfs as has'
ofren
Lar i s s a Wr it h . Vol, III .“
geing able
‘
to earry b that Muml C
’C f
Egut the New s 'from th e [mum has .e lated all
a b beyond Mea l'
u re ; Y e t, I hOpe , the Rela tions that a re fcatter
’
d abroad on that S ub ject,a re ra ther an Efi’efl '
of their of anyrea l S u ccel
'
s againil the z’
n'vrm i ble ofm m .
I t is reported ,_That there -ha ve u
been two Sm
Fig ht : be t w een ou r New . and the a etiw tha tin the form
'
er , Ew e loft tw o thoufand Men, fizven
Ga l leys , and a 84 4 that in the latter, the Vanrim : took forty Ga l/fer , fix Ca r amufa b , and fiftyS l i
'
quu , laden w i th Men and Ammunit ion fortheRe lief of ou r Army in Ca ndyThe Honou r of th is la“
the .V a lou r and Cond uft of Berna rd
Gmer a l Gr imiu i Berna rd fu ccecdedThoma : Moro/th i , w ho w a s kill
'
d,
'
as
the fl rft t te l . 5‘7
The Cbr i/Imm eve ry w hereO
exp refsfor thefe V iétor ies . The open
'
S tree ts a re
w it h Tables , cover’
d w ith a ll ma nner o f D a int ies , at the pu blick Cofi . They fea li and re vel .
Night and D ay . The ‘Bells r ing continually ,
and Bonfires are made , to celebrate the T r iumphof the Na z a rene}. They prel
‘
age to themfelves,the Conqueft of the Ottoman Empire, and eternal
V i&0r iesFrom D x lmt n
’
a, the . Pg/i :
ou r LolTes and D ifgraces . I t
the Ctfllu of X cu onida,
‘
Nolv ig r a a'
e, Na dia ,
Ca r i”,
and a ll the Pla ce; of.
S trmg tb w h ich w ehad in ourPolIeflion, excep t Clifl
‘
a, are taken by the 7m .
tia ra .
(They la ugh at ou i'. S iege oflolh tw o thoufa nd Men . and at
toJea ve'
our'
Camp to the cbr
being fr ighted away by a few Women.
Vol. I II . a S P Y'
a t P a a r s .
’
209I t feems Grange and om inou s tome , That thofe
Arms w h ich have former ly cru ih’
d the greate ll'
Mena rcbr‘
e: to p ieces , and hav e changed the Fac e'
of the w hofe Ea rth , lhould n‘
ow be'
foil d by a few.
D efpem dw f I da re be thu s fa r a P r op/act , that e ithe r the Sold iers a re d ifgu fi ed , w h ich w i ll pro~du ce
'
a Rev olu tion, or the m ighty Empir e of the
Ofm a m' is in its D ec line , w h ich God av ert .
T he Cbm‘
fl iam , (w ho are not ignorant of ourAffa irs , nor of the v e ry
’
S ecr et : of the S er ag lio)by an
‘
odd . kind of-Cha r i ty , p ray for the'
long'
L ife of S u lta n lér abz‘m : For, they fay , ou r Arm iesmu ll: n eedsmifcarry dnring h is Re ign moft of
the Oflicer s , be ing offended at his l icentiou s L ife ,and cru
'
el'
Aétions . Befides , they, ta x‘
h im w ithProfu fenefs , in tha t he ha s not (p a red the pr ivateT reafii ry of Gold , w h ich . by the Fruga lity ofh is P r edecefl i r x, had been hea ped together ; and ,W h ich it W a s ne t cou nted daw ful for them to
touch , u n lefs in the u rme li Peri l of t he Empi r e.
They fay, That by the Add it ions w hic h S uh a n
Ama r a : had made , this Tm fure w as au gmentedto above Th ir ty Millions of S equins : Bu t that
ou r p refent Emp eror has fquande r’
d molt of it a
w ay ou h is Pleafu re . T hey compa re him to He.
lz'
ag a éa lur , the molt efi'
em inate Pr ince that ever
re ign’
d p ra ifing , at the fame t ime , the Magne
n im ity and V a lou r of Su lta n Ama ra : ( w ho, theyfay, w as the li ou te l
‘r Man on Ea rth They high .
ly ap p lau d h is Bra ve ry at the S ieg e of Bubfl cn,
w hen he,
accep ted the Challenge of
S old ier ; a nd entring into a fir ~gle Combat w iththe u nhappy Redlan d , a t one Blow ,
w ith his 3 4 ;
bre, clePt h im (though in
‘
Armou r ) to the m id
d le . I n Memoria l w hereof,thou know e li , tha t
'
xi rmour han'
g s to th is- D ay in the Hon da I n fine ,
they e xtol h is’
Jufiice : W hereof he gave a ref
mark-
able Enh ance , in-
p unilh ing a .
w o
L a‘r
'
r t a s Wr it 5) Vol. 111‘
w ho had cheated a Pi lgr tm of his fev eb'
Tm)“remembrefi that Pa ffage And the 81m Mor ta r ,w here in that m ife rable W retch w a s poundedby his ow n Sm tm u
, is yet to be (een at the. Ga'
te
of the D im a Monument of his V il lany , and
the S u lta n'
s jufii ce .
There Th ings a re not u nknow n in the W flfor the Na z a rene: have the i r Inte ll ige nces in theImper i a l City Hence they der ive O ccafions to
cenfu re or p raire the Actions of our Empe
f ar r, w ho a re Compa nion: of the 8 1012
, and Brother :
of the S ta r s
i byW ha t I l ave fa id , I cm to t Int
W hereof I have had Ex per ience Tholegn th’o
degenerate from that V ir tue, may the ir S ou lsfind no more Refi in the other World
French-Man'
s Hat has in w h ich is al way s ia :MOtion. Ad ieu .
Par is, 1 5 th of the 8 sh Mom,
of the Tea r 1 647 .
L E T T E R III ;
ToMahometTechli,Baffa ofBofni
h
a, at
b i: Camp in D a lmat ia,
H O U art a fit Man to lead the Marj a/m »
Arm ie s, w ho durfi not hold up thy Headagainl
'
t a few W omen : Pe rhaps thy Moth er’
5
Milk hang s yet on thy Chithe D ifcip l in e of theNu ri
t r af:fhou ldfi bafe ly decam
few Fema les appear d
‘
z r z L fi ‘r
'
r e'
a s Wr it £3 VolJ IhTake
‘
this Adv ice a s a Mark of my Friendflgip,for Mahmut u fe s not {0 frankly to reprove thofe
w hom he eficems his Enem ie s. Adieu .
i’ar isji xstb of'
the 8 55 my”,i of the Tea r 1 64 7.
L E T .T E R'
1V.
To Achmer Baii'
a i .
‘
OT long'
ago ar r i ved here -
a Courier from :
S w edela nd , bring ing Letters from'
Qbr zfiiru and Mon/fea r Chem “,the
S tockholm.
Among Other Ma tters ,they g ive an Account»
Tha t on the tw enty fcvcnth D ay of the feventttMoan
, that gre at Pr incefr had like to have beenc
"
fiabb’
d in the midfi of he r Gw dr, fu rrormsledz
w ith her Cour tz‘en
,before the Alta r of he r God ;
a t an Hou r w hen a ll the Skelajeéi': of t ha t K irig
‘
dm ;
w ere on the ir Knees , to render Hm ven p rop i tiousto bar and the publr
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ck.
'Tfh at D ay there w as a Fefl p rocla’
im’
d throughall S w edela nd ; and he was efieem
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d no gopd'
§ u6
jfifl‘; w ho did nOt , re pair to the
The‘Qu een , to give ,
an. Examp le ,w ent at, the !
third Hou r of the D ay to t he Mayan ofhe r Pa late. )attend ed by the g r ea t Cfiw r r of S ta te, and ,
=a nu .
mer cu s T ra in of the w arm] , W hen the Peer-ther ,(as is the Cu li om) had ma de an end of ipeaking ,a ll that w ere prefent fell on
form the a ppointed D ev oziomFa ih ion of the Na
p arative O r a z’
fom ,
w ith the ir Hats, t1‘ Wh ile
V olJ IL a S P Y at PAR I S .
W h ile all Eyes w ere thus veil’
d, a certa in Fe l.
low fna tch ing the Opportun ity, fiep s from h is
Place , . and , w ithou t making any grea tNoife , bylarge S tr ides , advances u nfeen to the Rafi: w h ichenclofe the Pd 'vemmt next to the fi lte r
,W here the
9 4mmw as on her Knees‘
. But in leap ing over , hew as perce ived by a certa in Noblema n
,w ho imme .
d iate ly cry'
d ou t to the Guam , to flop tbe Af aflt‘
x ,
They crofs’
d thei r Pa rtifans , bu t the V i lla in hu rl’dthemone againfl an0ther w ith fo great V iolence,
- that w h ile they w ere firiv ing to recover the ir en.
t angled W eapons, he got qu ite through them . Atwhich t ime , the c en a lfo r ai li ng her,
felf up at
the Noife , pu fh'
d the Ca pta in of her Gua rd ', w ho
k neeled belide her . He fiart ing from h is Place ,leap
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d betw een the Q uart and the Mo dem , w ho
w a s now w ithin tw o Paces of her . He fe ize s the
r
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e tch a nd, u pon immed ia te S ea rch , theyfound tw o long {h arp poin ted Kn ives abou t him ,
w ithou t ea ths‘
; one In h is Borom , the Other in
h is Pocket ,.The Pr ifon be ing in the Cafl le or
Pa la ce of the Q ue”,under h er very Apa rtment ,
{h e w as not w i ll ing he lhou'd be car r ied thi ther ,
bii t order'
d h im tq be re- condu é’ted to h is ow n
Chamber , w h ich w as in the Col lege of. S tark/5 01m,
he be ing an Ecclejx'
afli tk of the fa id Col/eg g ; commanding alfo a good Gua rd to be fet ov er h im ,
wh ich w as perfitrm’
d accord ingly .
As foe n'
as the Wr etcb faw himfelf in his Cham
ber" , he fa id aloud, Tha t w hen be w ent ou t in the
of ev er r eturning ag a in,im
,in dciag of w bicb be
imag inable indifcover .
ndedMu rder but cou ld
t hat 'thisFellow w as aS a fam an u naccounta
b le Furyfpurred on to manY Exrravagancies
2 1 4 L E T T E R
Y et fame fii fpefl'
, t
ther em Cle rgy to givew ere
-
apprehenfive , Thatm u ch to the
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lnfinu a tions of
C a lv imfi,w ou ld innovate t
o f the Country .
If thi s be a w en rounded
a t thebefi , thatt he Mor a /r ef MEn, a nd hav e{tra in ing their e
‘xorb itant Pallion
Corm pte r of thenManners, and‘
t he mofi enormou s Cr imes . Bu t”
among the Cbr zfl iam ,
n umerable Pa r tz'
ef, d i
ralName s ; ye t ea chi s the only r ight Pa th
for neithe r Mu rders , S acr
.p rofefyt e the reft to thei rl ing that any
' ihou ld live ,Mind w ith them .
The King of Fr a nce, and t
the New s of fi rm :
at prefen'
t, fave
e d , w hich the
the D uke of. Wir tembrrg ; andIagne : The Cont ents of w h ich d iD uke of Ba v a r ia i s nor fa r fromw i th the Emperor ; and in the mean t ini e ,h e r n ly w a its the Event of Th ings , to d ireéth
’
imfl in the Choice of h is Pa r t] .
f
emf
fi never Wa ver or fw erve
an D uty‘
thou ow efi the Grand S igm'
ef.«Pa r is , of the Mam
,
of tire Q‘ca r 1 647.
L E T
L a r r a a s'Wr it -éy Vol i II .
ing Air . He holds it pofiible , Tha t a Man, a fter
he ha s pa fs’
d his g r ea t Clima fi er , may l ive w i thouta ny O the r S ufie nance f ave w h at he rece ives from
th i s hea v en ly D i fi z'
fla tim ; that he may thu s ro
lon g h is Life for the S pace of (even Yea rs , ichw i ll complete the appo
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nted Age of Morta ls .
M any of the fu bl ime ly infl ru&ed among the
A a br’
an , a re of the fa me, Qp in
‘
ion ; fe flare nota
fl aw of the Heér ew Ra bbt'
s ; Bu t i the fi b r tfit'
am,
i
xx ar e Gluttons , laugh a t th is D e&rine ,as r id i
c ous'
and impra ti icable , forge tt ing ar—
the fame“
t ime w hat they r ead ..in the ir Bible , (w hich they
retend is the Rule of th e ir Fa i th) tha t the [fra cim had noch
‘
ing eli'
e t o feed on for a confiderab
'
e T ime in . the D efa r t, w hen they w ete a lmofiEight hun dred thoufand S ou ls , and t he g rea tcfl:
p a rt of th emi
in the ir fu ll S trength, Men ofAfms,
a n d in ur'
dto the Toils of W ar .
'
£ er:ta in ly i t w ere a de li rable Thing, That thisd i v i ne La rgtfl
fiw ere d ifiribu te d to a ll the Reg ions“
on Ea rth . u t Goa’
fends h is Blefiings to w hom,
a nd w hen‘
he pleafes .
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Tis h e that direfi eth the7Clouds Wh en they move through the Air , andr ei
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t not till they arr ive a t barren and dry Places,w here they pour forth their Water ;to refreih .theEa rth , and render it fru itfu l . God ! There is .bu tone God
,Lord of the Wor ld Thefe a re Signs of
h is Uni t] to true Believ er s , butthe incredu lous haveharden
’
d the ir Hea rts .
It is recorded, That in former Times . theGround w hereon th is Manna defcended , belong
’
dhe Country w ho, cove
tou s ofa ll th atfo rare ary one . But ,
g un to lay the Foundation of th i s Enc lofiJre , th eAl arm cea s
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d to fa ll,a nd (0 continued, as km - 8 8
t ey
V olf l ll . a S P Y at P a n ts . M 7they
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pro
'
ceeded in‘
tha t e nv iou s ~Work . W h ichWhen
.the Lord of the ‘
Gr ound w a s m ade fenfiblet he Workmen to
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defifi , fay
t With fsil, The I‘Aldfig tyégt'
v n,a nd five Alm ighty
tra itor. a w ?“ Henufalr xv a r I - w'
i ll not feek to r e .
fi min the free Gift of Heaven . Upon w hich ,th e
om”?defc ended da ily , a s before , and (0ha s con‘
fi nu ed to do ’e ver fince. D oubtlefs, this i s a S ignjof God s
p
Omm‘
potem e,
I f thou w i lt p ermit me to p lay the s'
lofopbe},“Tw ill te ll
,
thee my Opinion , w hy th i s bgmma is‘feen rather in the King domof ,
N4ple: , than in any‘oth e r Reg ion of the Ea rth
I t is'
w ell know n,
-That the Earth of th i s Count ry abou nds w ith V e ins of S u lphu r , w h ich are
d ifi’
ufed u p and dow n through al l Pa rts, and hea t'
the Soi l to an extraord inary D egree . Hence it
fol low s , That the latt er Reg ion of the Air , in‘tli is
1Qomh try ,
’
mu fi'
need s acqu ire a g reater D egree
of fl eat and D rynev a lfo, being perpetu a lly rar i'fied by t he fiery 7mm”
,w h ich e very w here tran
fpi'
re through the Pores of the E arth, a s from - a
'
Furna ce .
Th is -be ing (0 , it is not hard to conce ive ,That the V apou rs w hich a re exha led by the S un
g ntd th‘
e'upper Region, in the Hea t of a S ummer
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:
“D ay , and there become impregna ted by thelgfi bber eoi l ,m
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na‘(w h ich r ema ins pu re and un
Iltltfsath
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tl ‘in tihofe ferener Trafits . and conf u ent“
1 to incorporate w ith any proper ehi"
t e ,) na tu ra lly defcend aga in in the Cool of the”Night ;
‘
but not meeting w ith a congeneou s
Body‘of V apou r s
‘
in the low er Reg ion, that Air
be ing over pu rify’
d , and grow n defeca te , throug<h
the " too 'near
r
Ne ighbou rhood p f the burn ingS oi l ; (0 t hat they cannot difi’ufe themfelve s
1i
t‘l'lro’
u gh the Air for the w ant of a fit Medium, theyc onfil
‘ting of M ogmww
L
Pa rts, a nd follow ing
L a r r s a s Wo-ir éy Vel.m.
,the natu ra l Pofition of the Element
, and the La w
,of04 1 1517 ; contraft themfelves into l itt le globula r
Forms , the low e r they defcend thus fettl ing on. the Leaves of Trees , on the Grafs and Herbs , on
S tones , and a ny part of the Earth , appearing likeGra ins of t ranl arent Gum .
Hence a lfo conceive, That the fame Ma nna ,(w hich is nothing elfe but an zE cberea l S pirit , em~
bodied in light and du lcied V apou rs) abounds in
the Air of mofl Countr ies , bu t rema ins inv ifible ,r arely lb fa r condenfed , as to fettle in a grofs Bo
dy on the G round becaufe the Air -of thofie Re
g ions is not (0 rar i fy’
d as i s tha t of Ca labr ia , ha
.v ing no fuch fui tm a nem F ires .to dr ink the V a
pou rs u p ; bu t be ing moift and th ick, the de fcendi ng Ma nna , infiead of contrafl ing it (elf into glo;b u la r Bod ies, and through its We ight link ing tothe Ea rth , d i la tes it fe lf, and incorporates w i th thefloa ting V apours : Jufi as if you u r D rops of
W ater into a V eil'
el ful l of the ame E lement
thofe D rops do n0t fink to the Bottom , bu t find
i ng an bomog em au: Body, they m ix w i th it, and,a re d ifperfed every w ay ; w herea s , if there be no.
ft'
i ing in the w ay'
to flop them, they immediatelyfa ll to the Ground .
B p t I {ha ll t ire theew ithmy Pbr'
lafipbyforgettingtha t l fpea k to a Ma n confumma te in a ll S cimcex .
A l ona z'
rela tes ,many remarka ble Peflages of th isC oun try, too ted iou s for a Le tter . I w il l only tell
t hee injhort, Th at the Ki ngdom ofNapier is eibecm
e d one tf the m olt dele&able Reg ion : on Ea r th , the
T ree s flour i lh ing tw ice -a Year and t he So il 3bou ndiand Fru its,Man . Y et
mong them
of D elights ,
corrupted are theManners of the Peop le .
ba ntr o i"
S treets e f Pa r i r .
D oubtlefs , grea t“ or dr ink , w h ich hasamong othe r S anfi ions , to p refcribe certa in Ru lesof
’
D ier : " And the Care of our W ”ha s
been exqu ifite in this Point, h is -Proh ibitions ex0 t ending to al l ru nolean Meats
~
and inks , time
they dep rav’
e ihe Confi itritiofi’
s of en , and en
cline them to Sl ice r . But , b hisg w n Examp le ,I 1
Wire r ecomm ended ‘tb" us the {’
e of th i s adm ira
is, That a ll
Y a t Fa ngs “our FZ t/m'
: w ere ignorant ofafte r the ‘porpetua t Mona rchy
-s
may be'
efiéem d thefim a’
Empi re
2”My Bmther l'
ays, I r'
conta ins Sixteen Pr at/M.
on, each a s larg e a s a Kr’
flngdom And , That a lltogether they fill up a Traét offi round as big as
Eur ope, w hi ch' "
thou Imo wefl'
,is One of the Fou r
of the Wor ld : And that th is va it D onn»
mi en conta ins above'
oi
H iindred Mi llions of Inhah ita rrts .
The Emperor w ho r'
e ign a w henP'
eflt li 71 4 11“
w as
w as m il d Haw /9: 73, a young Pr inie not“
5 of'
Age’ in w holeV ein s ranr,
’
h is Prog eni tor :
ame Ma il e rs of Fivemg about thei r S hares ,la te d ; and
*
the Red
f C hina ;
e Co'
nque l’r
”
of
fecure tohim a ll th e
rema ining
ou s Peo'
of me
S ome‘o
'
fi,
'
th
ty L eagues inD 3
2 2 a L E T T E R s Wr i t Zj VoluHLi ng doubleW a lls and D itche s .
fays t Th at Pr u in w ants nor mu
And , That t e Pa la ce of the Emperor is nean a
Leagu e in Ci rcu it, env iron’
d by thr ee W a lls ,and a s many Moats, befides Bulw arks , and e ther:Fortifications . He adds , Tha t th is m igh ty Cityand P 4 14 “
, is guarded by an Hundred th oufand
Th i s imp regnable Place t he Rtée/J took by S traragem, w h ich w as able to have refill ed a ll theForce of Afia ; Lycmlg z he ld a pr iva te Corr efpon .
dens e W i th fevera l Gr a ndeu w i thin the Tow n. andPa lace . B w hofe Conn ivance
‘
he fent grea t;Numbers 0 the fiou tefl Men in h is Army , d if
gu il’
ed in the Habi t of Marc/9m m, w ho ;lodgingt hemfelve s in d ive rs Qua rters of the Ci ty, on a
D ay appointed , fuddenly appea red in Arm s ; andfurpr iz ing the Gua rds w ho defended the Ga tes ,fl ezv
l
them a ll, and open
’
d the Gates to theR: e r
.
_
W ho can exprel'
s the Confufion and S laughterthat filled a ll. Pa rts of the Ci ty w ith Mou rn in
and Blood ? The ba rbarou s Cmqw rar facrificecgl
a ll the‘Loya l and Brave to h is unpa rdonable
Ambit ion diiarm’
d thole w ho efcaped the i r“Ma lfacre and ha v ing made h imfelf a
Ma il e r of the Ci ty, lays a clofe S iege to the rm
pe r i l-L Pa la te.
The Emper or now find ing that he w as betray'
d,and tha t it w a s too late to defend himfelf fromthe cru el Perfec
'
u tion and Infu lt of the T raytors, takes . Advantag e of the fhort Refinancew hich form: of his , fa i thfu l S ervants made
,to
confu lt h is ow n Honou r , with tha t of the m r rfrand his D aughter . He had above Thr ee thou .
fand W i ve s . for w honi h e cou ld not prov idein that Flood of ca lam itie s all his Care be ingcmp loy
’
d to p revent the la i’r Tr iumph of h is
Enem ies.
2 24,
L E T T E R S Wa it 5}The Emperor , mov
'
d w ith th’
drefs of his D aughter, drew a
Gi rdle ,‘and ther e w ith
,
And then , fl ruck w ith Ra D eed , cover
’
d hi s FaeThu s A&ing Agm rmnon
i
s
Ora cle, he fa rr z
'
ficed his D augAfte r th is , the Empr eff , 0
m any S or row s , ret ired in toher felf w i th a li lken‘
Cor'
dp er ar feeing th is mournfulv ed no longer to delay his 0
fore.
follow ing he r Examp le , hefe lf
’
lik'
ew ifi: by a S tr ing . ButV e in, and w ith h is Blood w r itW ord s
W’
hat is the re now'
am th u s be tray’
d by'
‘a not the inftw
’
or :
to -thé im fl ilm'im'
I ow e”w ith the Ru in of this'
in m e,the Ry d L ine e xt mft.
fixteen Emp eror } .
7
L that WasfpaCiou s Reg iam ,
Gue r d z’
a n of t
hhe S un,
’
f0 le Arm e n ian-
f the O
to the Gear of the Mina ,
' Tre'
afu res i}of my S u b
‘
Foreheads . ant-now r
'
efady'
to be t r‘
amfp led und er ,
" Poor by the ba lel‘t of m y
'Ul'
l t'
I w i llrevent my ow n D ifgra ce,
K'
ck S ou l in v iolate to m‘i w hofe V enge anc eJ ioin
’d
7 0d ), {ha ll fa ll en the perfidiou s
hav e betray’
d bothme a'
rm'
thi s
q JH: PARI S . . i u ;A Na r ra tiv e of thefe mournfu l Pafl
'
ages w a s
p r inted in the Claim e Lan nage, fuppofed to be
done by the lOider. : bf. the ‘Emp r rOr’
S Attendants ;w ho follow
’
d h im into the Ga rden , and w ere‘
W itne lles‘
of'
w hqtwas ifa id grid,done. A
‘Copy
of w h ich my'
Brother p rocu red to be tranfl ated
Qdfr 'c‘
kq ng ' pf ou r Nation.
w ho‘
iz‘xefe‘b aggjuage, and rcfided in
3 0 Hund red
£8153 3 an : Efiitfiate;of t he~of"rh.is fbrfm
'
dable Mm.
Rig‘
e , and Fortune of
a -t imej w as liEted toV
v
ereigntyfl w hen thou,
s are fubjeéi: to ,Vi ciil
'
g n rh ‘l 7
oyv u m ; r ) ” 4’
’Fkliélflfln i‘i A 1
ta t s ). J ~
§
VS , {Thanh w hen he de
the Tyrant c ungz l l}
Pa la r'
e w here he found
in Gold ,and S i l
Treafu r‘
y of Pea rls
ichW ealth had been?
gality; Of the Chine]?
w hom he'
p leafes ona t the determz
'
na ted
a s trufi in thei refend ou r .Sov er eig n fromAf ter-Er ma: fly in or eu
M
L a r r i as'
Wr it éy Vei
ldfi'
;
L a r r fi a yn
To D arnifh Meheniet,‘
Bafia .
H AT Obl igat ion havefor the Infidd r ? Or , W
Up ci r rumczfed ? Y et Na tty : has t ied a ll our ?R4 “;
in fome common Bond:'
ofmg ioa ;'
and Huma nityteaches u s, to re joice at
'
tfie D eliw bme'
of’
theI
long'
rb'
ah’
d under
th e Yoke of Spa nijb D r ank] . The iabou r o‘f the
People (ufiiced nor to p ay the unre'
afonable’TQer
that w ere impol'
ed'
on'
them .L‘They (WEat Blind
to become yet moremiferable w hi lli their cruelM afiers hav ing fleec
’
d them'
toNakednéfs ,Wdu ldtake Advantage of r iVe’Ethe irChains yet deeper,and render the ir Serv itude pafiRedemp tion .
5
The People w ere
yet knew nor how to Iha lée '
bfi'
the
ga ll'
d them’
to fhe'
t
'
Nerves and
S tr ength w as gone .
'
D efpair of Rde r
’
d them fup ine , and took from them'
thelvefy
Pow er ofmed itating their'
Recover Bu t Hel
men , w h ich proteéi s the o’
pp reli'
ed , a s raifedxnpa Tom/9 from among the m om]! of the Peo le
‘
,
'
to
a lrert the publick Liberty . A Frjbcrmcu , who h asnot feen Four and tw enty Wint er s , has underta
ken to reliore the anc ient Pr iv ileges of the Nayali ram . Who can enetrate into the Method: ofeternal D zfl ir], w hiex makes tile of fo dontemp
'
ti
b le Infiruments, to check the Pow er of the g reat
e ll hm }
This bol‘
dtn utb, infp ired w ith a Z ea l for the
Pub/id, ran
cite9 31 mm the S treets, cryingl
w n
c
l
l
a
0
L E TT E R S Wr it Z ;h e eftapod w i th hi s L ife.
,
O j e‘
fa ithfu" of the Pr inces or Nobles Ti ny ar e
oppr eff you, a nd w ou ld cog/74
A rms,
a nd the fi ufl ice ofbrought you tog ether ; let
you hav e fr eed your Cox
W i v e s a nd Chi ld ren , fromChufe you a Lead er ,t
'
on,
w ho i : ov ififhg"
'
to fooc ommon Good . .Arfi r me
,
Fi lh erman, a nd fo l z'
mmd to die; 1 i v !
The People , exceed ingly mov ed w ithS peech , chofe him w i th one Accord i onL eader
, crying ou t w ith loud13m Mafi
'
a inello,tloe
ber ries .
The firfl thing hethis Au thor ity, w asl ift the Prifoners u nd
Then he divided this c
m en ts and Compan ies ;n
’
on throughou t Na plef,
Arm s, on pa in of hav ing ththat
'
in a l ittle T ime he had
a rm’
d Men a t his Heels ;
Thus accompan ied, he marEhes d tofi’a‘
fdthe Vztorof s Pa la ce, Vefi‘
ed " in GIM ME ‘S ihmt,
W ith a naked Sw ord in hi s Hand . He w as ac
comp anied by a Ca rdina l, w ho u nde r took to be
a Media tor betw een the V iceroy and the Peofl e.
H is Prefence rei‘tra in
’
d'
the Mu lti tude w ithinfome Bounds of Moderat ion, for they rev erencedh im a s the
,Fa ber of the Ci ty . Y e t
'
they burnt
above fixty Pa /a éu'
of the NoHe: to the Ground ,
w i th a ll the i r Fu rn itu re and
p refent Death for any one
any thing from the Flames
l iti m .
againftenterta in
’
d the
n ies due to a Pr ince : And hav ing concluded a
Trut e, gave h im the Ti tle of'
tloz ef Tr ib‘ujte of the
fa ithfu l Peop/e . Th is increa fed theV enera tion theC it iz ens had a lready conce iv
'
d for Mafi a neflo : S o
tha t - in a D ay e r tw o more he ifaw him felfe
a t the
Head of an hu ndred and fifty thoufand a rmed
Men. He. gave
'
ou t all'
Order s for the Republicé,
p ublifh’
d new Ed ia s , and a ll'
Commifiions w ere
i llued in h is Name . He p rocu red the ‘Gq
'oeb to be
for ever abolifll’
d , i'
eftored the Peop le to‘their ani
c ient Liberty And in fine , w asmu rder’
d .by ,his
ow n EoHc rs .
"
f f f,
‘
.f gLet me nor féem an Adv ocate for
,Sédx‘
tz‘itt
h w henI tell thee there ~Wa s fome thing brave and heroicki nthe
‘Aftions of thi s Tomb.
I S o fi’
range aRemit}.tion , in fo fl iott a T ime , has fca rce be
‘emheard
’ofin the
”
Wo rld For a beard lefs S low to taife himfelf in fixty D ays to as abfolu te and uncontrou lablé
a S ov er eignty , a s the greateft Mong rel? oh'Earth
enjoys ; to .
be obey’
d by an‘ infin ite ‘
Nu’rnber
'
of
People , w ithou t the leafi Hefitation or D emu r,w ere it
‘
for L ife or '
D eath0;
'
and a ll th is , w itho'
tMot ive of Ambit ion or Intercit}but only
~to
ert the pu blick Liberty , ;is a conv inc ing Argu’.
ment of his Virtue ; and fhew s,’
That Hea v en apl
p roved his Enterpr iz e Bu t then‘
aga in, For‘h im
to lofe a ll this Pow er in fou r D ays more, to be
mu rder’
d incold Blood by _h is
'
myn‘
Pa r ty, by thePeoole whofe Gaufe he had fé fu
‘
ccef'
sfii ily v indi.c ated ; . th is tfixew s . the t
ty of Humanfa irs}and tha t there is no permafie
'
nt on‘this
S ide the Mgmrw
2. L E 1 r E re s th eir 5) ‘Vol.
I pray God to ml'
p ire the hex‘
nfige'
eg zot’
cha nt.l ime Por t , to take foch MeaIures a s may preferve
the Mufuiman Peace . Ad ieu.
Pa ris , of tbe u rb Moon,of the Tea r 1 647.
L E T T E R vm .
ToSolyman bi; Conho,a Confiantinop le.
W H EN 1 clos’d up my iaft, , Hou r of
the h f} w as near exp ired , andget w ho carr ies my Le tter s to him ,
p ifpe tcb, p reventing w hat I had farther to lay tothee .
I am ib llicitou s for thy Welfare , both, a s thou
a rt a Maple/ma», and (0 nea r a Relation . D o not
forfeit thofe T i tles , by degenerating from thyK indred , and from a ll the I llumz
'
rim ed of God .
Tru th i s comp riz'd in a li tt le room; but Bittor is
infini te. Thou makefi a w rong Inferenee, 6 0111"
'
theModera tion’
and Cha rity of the m a Believ er s,
w hen thou concludelt, Tha t becaufe they be lieve ,it {hall go w ell w ith al l honeli Men , le t their 0pi .
mon s a nd Ce remonies be w hat they w i ll there'
fore thou {h alt be fa fe , in retrench ing the endle l'
s
a nd bu rthenfome Wajbinp (as thou terme l'
tathem)
of the Muflidmf xi, (0 long leadefi a good
Pa ins to w a lk thy"
felf after t‘
r. e Manne r, and at
the Times, appomted by the Proybet of God , and
prafiifed
W afh’
d hem/Elf,not worth] to 65 7:
Ther efor e . i r i t b
«d ele te theLawtfénfg r e/i
‘
faid thi s,ev idence;Coufiez
, dece ive not thy fe lnor fuffe r Hypoe r ite:
{ i ds/e r , and {lop thy
nuations.of;HemS erpent , thatw hen { Mag ne ts
heardwillround , and
e Eur/1 4mm
.
V ol sm. {e .4 4
;PAM a
they came tQ. Ht a’
iwa t heir]; f.fiw to the q of 8 4 130 13 . m
E lement,w i thou t w h ich L ife
B urden and a Cu rfe. ,n
I
And yet thou (peakef‘c contemp tib ly of Wa ter,
as a very ind ifferent th ing , w he ther w e u fe it or
p e t, any Oth e r w ay s than to quench ou r'Thirlt.
“Thu s , making no.
D ifi'
e rence b etw een the manyAdvantages w e r eap from that E lerxzxem , and thatcommon Ufe to w h ich the Béafl's put it . In how
many Places of the Altma n- does she i la!)
record the Mer e] of God , in , giv in .
u‘s ater
that is frefh and n0t fa lt ? How does e cc rate
h i - W i l'de m and Goodnefs ; for d irefi ingC l u ds to barren and dry Places
? Thou can’
fi nor
be ignorant ; Tha t a it is one of the Encomx’
um ; ofPa l a d ife, That there
.
a re Gard en s w here in flowmany Rivers after a ll th is ; w ilt thou defpifefo holya nd ‘
bleffed -
‘a,Gi ft
O
w ithout+w h iqlu Earth5
a nd Heaxen;Men and Ang e ls , could not be com
p lete ly hap pyGo ‘ learn t hen of the w ho
have .
never hear d of the Bpok of g lory Go learnof theft Ba r ba r ia n
, to p r iz e the ir [s nfi zfi’
d p r ea
r a r er . They tra vel many hu ndredshof Leagu s to
ba the theurfe l‘ve s" ’
the“Waters offing m-‘Wll ith
thofe incorru ptibl
lean al lr pgngj‘ng jsxtsoa‘ms, 1th;m m m fill certain and fitran
’
fpnrt the;invalu able Liquor to the tu tmol’c arts.
w ide Emp i re . They travel on Boot , Tome ,t im es T w o thou fand Mi les together ,_ gagh Manw ith his Load of tha t p rec iou s W ater ,
~ to fupp lythe Wants of thofe w ho: live (0 remote‘fromthe Rufe tnu Sogthatfa Bottle of it ii5.
'mafl'lfi times6 1am the Prince: and -M e!)
rim . or e ight hu ndred z‘Rmpjemt And yet ,‘
a ll . th is L thol'
e = yer y°
Pr g‘
m f wquld not, die'
a fafe Concienqe, had they motj at - Ica il
once
L a t -r e ms Wm 6) VolJ li .
once in the ir L ives made a Pilgrimage to tha n.
, now n'
d River , and bath’
d themfclves in the [f r omw h ich blot ou t S im .
let the Example of thcl'
e,hyfdel: malts
thee blu lh a t thy Imp iety, and excite thee to a
d i ll cut and indi fpenfible PraEl ice of Clu nmfi'
S o [ha lt thou have 3 fou nd Mind , in a healt hy Bow
dy z And the'
d flg el of thy Na i f'vhj
-Wfl l not fhun .
thy Perfon . Ad ieu .
Par is 7th of the n th Mom}:ofthe f a r
'
1 647.
L E T T E'
R'
IX .
To theKa imacham.
HFE D efeat of the Venetian! and Mark et: iiiBofiu , has rea ch
'
d thefe Parts . Tha t Ne w si s not unw elcome to Ma lamut. Bu t
'
I cou ld w ill:ou r Grnerol had u l
'
ed his V ié’tory w i th more Mo p
d‘
eration . The nfiiam term h im Ba rba r ia n,8 4 /
‘v ag e, D ev il firm w a re, and load h im W i th E xecrab
t ions : For , hav ing taken Prifoner the Cap ta in of
the Mar ia chi , he cau l'
ed h im'
to be Ba y’
d alive ,and afterw a rds to be impa led . Thi m in w a s
an E ccl efilfirtk, they ca ll it
and in Honour of his Z eal and Fidelity, theyentitle him ,
The good Pr ie/i . They applau ii' h i s
Magnan im ity and Cou rage in Battle ; and no
1e do » they extol h is Conftan ey, dur ing the
Torments of fo cruel and ignom in iou s a Dea th .
Bu t I 't remble to think of'
the ~ Blafpfi
hem ies
a nd Curi‘és they u tter againft ou r bolr Pm
p het, and all the Mafia/mam For the cruelE xecut ion ha s fcanda lized the Na u rm r
,
‘and
imbitte r'
d -
‘
them,even
~ to Bu ry. Their Rummage
i s
2 3 6 L E '
r T “ S Wri t -5)fu ccefli ve OfmfmEmperor :w ith the ir Forceé { tookand Baggage ; add , in la teral C
bemetam .
’
Ou t Fmbrr r d id not bare]
for all th is , but cherifli’
d a
h er oiek Enemy, and honon
foch an extrao
D eath , hav ingone h is Tbmb, W
'
a s at the
pon’
d th is D ormer“) of tw ith r elig ion: S olemm
'
t], took upr ing the honou r
’
d Reliekr among th
p i ng them in S ilk , w ore themthei r Breails , e lleeming themaga inll Mi ifer tm ex.
S u rely_ ou r Genera l wou ldpld of (0 great V irtue » Butconfed ,
Bu tche
I t is not rea lbnab lefu ll er for the Fau lts o
V 151;m; a s p ? dr u g s: 55;
l
Parfepnp King of'
ches tmr iflm ; That w hen'
M'
u;
t in: S cw ola, a
‘valiant Romany c am
'
ey into h is
C amp ,w ith defign to mu rder h im , bu t b y Mi .
fl ake fiabb’
d one of the ,Caph im ,
'thinking i t'
ha'
dbeen Porfenmz ; and to revenge tha t tMfifcarr iage
‘
on h im fe lf, thrufi his Hand into the Fire,
’
t i ll ,
‘the Flefh w a s confum'
d to the Bones The King“
,
afionifli'
d a t his u ndaunted Sp i rit, fent him aw ay. in Peace , ra ifed the S iege of Rome, and enter éin to a firifl Friendfh ip w ith tha t Na tion S u ch
H onou r he bore t o the Fortitude of h is Enemy,a nd defign
’
d Mu rderer . Bu t the Capta in of the
l (tron/a ri a w as noorakenfi nder t heie ,
Circumfl anfc%
He
'
lhft’
his'
Li ber ty in the Heat'
ofrBattcl, Bravelryco hating a t the Heat ‘
oiflhis Army. . c. .
o'
u ldeft thou know the Ground s .then of ou ra stgurely, for the fake of
a]; w a s i n he
th is unpa r althat fall intoterm him ) be
fuc h ba r77213 of Hea
.comm it rthem ;
'and excite' t i e
iéa r tb to ‘rpakéi Wa r, and rid
Mmifffa
L E T T ERS Wr ih éy . V OLI II.
Thou know efl w hat Ufe to m’
akejof th is I ritelligen
’
ce :'
I'
. w i ll~ not p retend‘
to infl a te} tax};
[ra nd Mimfier'
ia the Ottoman Empir g ,
If
! .4m 5 4
Par i s , 1 th of'
tbe . n thMm,
d i ke Y i a r'
1 64 7.
'
L -E SI‘
To oi;Mufti.
Ft here be“
any'
Truth in w hat the Aflrologer;‘
tell us , That th e S ta r r havei
I nflow )“ Oil fireGov ernment of
"
the Ea rtb, one w ould
'
th ink that
fip a ifl ies u nder fome ma ligna nt Afpeff.The Fortune of -that Kingdom has for a long
t ime ru n hey have had nothin‘g bm:i ofle s by S ea and Land, The Rev olu tion in PM .
mfg”, the’RofvoIr-
‘
of Ca ta lonia and Rwfi/lon ,
'
fhbLofs of 05mm in
'
Pe'fid , and t he D efefi i’
on‘o On
,
w ith'
other r ich Tow ns‘of Trafliék in the’India
,
came one upon the Ba ck of a nother .
S ince w hich there have been many'
Td'
w nS‘
andCa flles taken from the Spania rd : in Flm i
a'
en . The{ rem/o made an d tori-ad ieu i n '
Pa lm”, br eakingopen the
‘
Pr ilbns,-’and Feleafing the Tr ifoncrs
And grew to fuch: 3a Head ," Thii'
t the Viceroy , fearing they w ou ld revenge the Z h gedy
'o
'
f theM Vefpen , to . pacify the w as fi n ed ,r epeal the Edit}: for
e ver ; and to pa is‘
.
. both to the Ra bble, and
. they had freed .
'
T h is tumu l tuou s S p i tt he Ki ngdom of Nap leson
,{b read it
La"
? T E R'
S " Wri téy Vol . ll]:hone ymoon in
'
one ormy forhfé‘
5
’
T is i'éported alfo, That abou t the fame Had}
WhereinWfit‘
finéflofi the R! ladder
Was w as een -a mo hove ri“
the Air ,’ bvér the p r inc iple Teinph‘of Nap ier ,
’
a S‘w ord in h is Hand , w h ich he w as
'
pu’
tting‘
up in
h is S cabba rd And that a V oice Was at ”
the fam e’I'
ime he ard from on hi
of an"
huhdfedh ired '
byjfoin‘
e
And it w a sin d ivers Places , h is Garments be ing niark
'
d w i th'
t h'
em ,l and
‘
he {tagger-
’
d '
w it h th‘
e'
Forc'
e of theBldWS i~ T hefe a re
“ Extrao rd inary-Occu
w ould terript‘
orie to bel iev e; That[bemoan w as the Infirum ent of
tha t He'
r véi: protefted borh him a’
Tis‘true indeed, it feem
'
d , at
a bandon’d by'that M iug Pfi
iwe r“
ried h im“
through5111 that he {wa s fla i
done‘
till his Work w as finijb’
d ,
yoird h is Cor/27751105651 . Want of
rude'
of Affa irs , and'
much'W ih
’
s Reafonx and render’
d him
h rS ‘AétionS yrere’
infu p ortable,mi 'r
'
er s'
grew weai'y"oi)
h im .
hi s Head w it cut‘off, ai
nd carriedhis Bod
Viol in. a S P Y at?
took the dead Body out'
of'
a D itch . w here'
theyha d ‘ la id it ; a ll Night :
'They w a ih etl a rid em
balm’
d its-
and ha v in
g'join
’
d the Head to it} car- 3
r ied it w ith'
grea t omp and JSolem'
nity to the ’
pr inc ipal -Temple of Napier , attended w ith D rums“
and Trum ers , and a bove a Thoufand Pr iefl r,
w i th Torc e s'in the ir Hands,
‘'
a Crow n of -Coltiw a s pu t on his Head , a nd a Scepter in hisHand .
" T huf ~the Neapolitan} honou r'
d that bea rdlefsr oute
,who in Teri
lD ays
'time had c aufed fucha
' Rev tlutfon,~ a s is fda tcé to b e p ar
’a llell d For he
w as an abfolu te Mona r ch,in efl
'
eéir , d u r ing that
T ime . And of him it may be fa id , as it w a s
once of an E inperor , That du r ing his w hole Reign;t here w as neither Spr ing , nor, Autumn, nor Wan
fer For his Roya lty begun and ended i n the fe
By Le tters from Na t/3 4 7: B en S traw, at Vienna , I
p erce ive he is mo
éefied w ith S c ruples abou t h is
being de rou s to bu ild u pon the fa r ffiFoun i a n
‘
orr. I fent him the belt Ad v ice It
cou ld.w ithout mak ing my felf - a Hypocr ite , w h ich ,
“
thou know efi , is more ofi’
enii ve to God, t han
an open s i nner . I drew u p an Abfl ra é? of t heMufu lm n Recor ds
,and p refented h im w ith the
flzi tiaful Gama /0g],“from Ifma el,
’
the S on of the
Pa tria r ch'Iér dbr
'
m . dow n to'
ou r:" Holy Prop/oer;
Th is ! did to reéti fy an old inh eren t Er ror of thew ho boafl‘
, Th at only'
th‘
c'
S oe of Ifl mcw e re t rue Believ er s . I
‘endeaVour
’
d nor'
to p rofe
lyt e him by S oph iftry and ‘Artifice bu t.
refer
red him , for better S atisfafi ion , to the Wr i ting :
of’
t he fi nn’
entr.’l
'
Boole: of Mi r i a m of ou r but?to pe rform ,
u ,
‘w hb’
a rt
a Guide of thofe who fec it the Truth, vducllfilfefi
to
L ET Te n s Wri t Vol» II I,"
e t c fecondqmy Z eal .
"
to thee,[w e
P r ela te of'
the Fajtbful , in B ehalf of 3 D efen dantfrom the J o-uger P arker ow m z ; in Behalf ofone bu t
.
not ( in ; the .
r ight W ay e Fa
v our h lm ~w ith t hyr ,D x
'
ev im ‘Infim fl r'
om, and fupp ly
h im w it h Tr ea tifl ’x of Ligh t and A fea
fonable App l icat ion may bring the t he Numbe r of the Myflu lmam
,for he is al ready
d ifgufied a t“
the Synag ogue .
. Bu t if I have p refumed too far, in endeavou r .
i ng to fnatch 37
3m l from the Pa w s of Targ et, cor
« r efit m e in thy W ifdom, for I am but as a n 11 .
fun: before thee.
fidris , 1 5 th of the i f}Moon,tof tha n” 1 64 8 .
I E TT E K IX.
.
q bz u Btgim ii-ig of this
L a m i s w ant ing in ‘tbe
Halian
tTmnflaim
, the 0
l t m 10 n .0 0 o o o o
fig m P M 3 1
All'Mens Hearts are
for th is p rofpe rous New s ,‘
w hilfi:e D ifli onou r of ou r Arm s . Nm
thing bu t fa d Tid ings g rate my Ears from thofend more melancholy Prefages poifefs myMe th inks I fee th ick Clouds gat hering
o’
er the Imper ia l City . My S leep is dill u rb’
d w ithtfea rfu l V ifions : I ftart in my Bed and w alking.la y my Hand on my Sw ord , as if fame D a.w ere at hand I dream of Tumu lts andWigsders . Neighing ofB offos
, and Clafhing om us
in the S treets of Copflantimfl e" .Ij pray God ave rt
1
7144~ L E T T ER s ultsv itf
'
jéy’
W lim ,’
h imfélfi‘
and
v ing h is L ifeCapta in fa id ,fl mfi fend thee Body and
tha t he pifiol l’
d h im.
Pa lTions, I am ~concern
Brother ; if i t be true,
h e w a s taken in his‘
Re
re‘
nop lc.-It : w ii l .
{and Crow ns to 1
Adi eu Rem y And , if thou a rt defirouS rto,
ta ife thy‘fi lfi'
t alee that'Metfiod
"
w hich r]: have
I" ll ' F
iParis , 4 th of the ad 'amv,
Of tkt Tea r
tJ O
G o the Venerable
H ‘OU wi lt
lei'
s'
People ,ath ere have beenr eg ion : in this tx ingdm , finee f its
55 mm the Gra in Empire, w hereoffl y a Memb r ; and thatn in, the
BY CM S . the have had five M ap ,
l
“EV S P Y afi m m :
thought, tha t {after the
of.the late
p opu lar'
Heats w mfl d h ave flack;
Pe0p 1e'
retu rn’
d to the ir D u ty“
;
te‘D efir
‘
et ofz h i be'
rty cau l'
ed them
,
’Aims;Z
t i ll,
w
the Confirma tion offhould
"
come from the ~King of
In the mean: time; D on fi ebn‘n f
‘i Aufif’
io,w ho
'HyW e the City'
w itlli
-al Fleet df Fifty Ga’
llrm t,
“
filéiy'
d -
upon“ thém incfi ifintlyW ith his Cannon by
S ea , and the Cafiles ba tter’
d them,by Land .
dordioib aM im'
fiv/r hé has“ the e arlieft jInt
-
elli'
f'
gence'
of fore ign ’Tranfaftionsf ha s had a p r inc i‘
pal Hand irr foment ing th is Flame . For“
a s (c en t
as the News’
of Mayhem/10’
s c ath a rr ive d h"
di l'
patch‘d aw ay
Coa'
n'
ei i to “Reiko,w irb
'
t Infin i
titans'tci
ffhef p rémb l
’
Eméafl‘
adar t a t -
‘
that“Coa r t ,
- rc
W h
fij'him
'
to ~ ufe all'
pofl iblé‘Means to cheri lh
‘
iti in Nap lel‘
,f'
and not ' negleét fo fa i r anOP reduéingj hat
'
l qngdm unden the ‘ f
P MIrotlon ‘or‘Fra me?
I t‘r
w ill nb’
t’
app ear firange , That this greatGem
'
s?) fitduld a im at the Conqueft of' Nap ier ,
,That thi s Kingdom abounds
'
infla ll manner} to'
wh ich its fortunateS itu at ion contribute s hot“ a
'- l it
'
t1e it l ies“in t he“ moi!J of
”
the World'
And the i ‘
I‘
n h‘
abitants a re '
not [crowd to -
‘
any Ped
p le {offEurgézin mm er id Courage
‘and Brave ry.
T h i s is a a rt w hich'
t empts the Ca r dina l ; w ho
valiantly the Ancell ors Ofbe haved ~
themfe lves in the
l
z 4é L ET T E R S Wr it J)‘
Nl Hi'
.
Franck Dominions,w hence
'
tbis Monaexcellent
Befidest It w ouldIncu r
conce rning the.{landing on the irWhifjl l GM and
the igefence ,of
they told
z imf
s Cou
in Napier ,land flou r ifb q ud let the ‘fai
45 2W: their 911m Liber ty . S o o blj d w ere thefePeople , a s n ot to . confider , T
.
in puttingthem
llewes under the Proteflgion of mhe Fr em h‘
”they did bu t exchange: one ”Bondage -for mo?ther , it be ing impoffible
’
for any-
efhrelgfi ; l%rfiw
to ‘keep thi s Kiug n
’gm, and p ay,
8 1h hi sfl ffieers,C ivil and .Miiicaxfy, .
togerber withmshzfe ‘ufief
t I;
i 423 L E T‘IXERS H
’r if éy Vol i ll .
D angers to fe rv e his Pr im} and h isw hom it is a g ior iou s Ma rty dom to
t ie noo great a lJndetak ing w ithout Haza rds i andh e that is afra id to v entu re h is L iberty a nd Li fe
i n'
a good . Caufe ; i s nor‘urorthy to bear Arms .
Had the D uke of Ga ffe fu cceeded , his
Nap lerh ad ma de h im Vac
Kingdom! in Europe . It
d red Leag ues in iCircu it ,
p ie i incu ; Tw e
p ieksa'
one hundred
d ina ry Revenues of the Ki
M i ll ions of Crow ns yea rly,
D cnatiy'
e s w hich hziv e been
of th is S ta te “) the ir King s ,forty Yea rs , amount ing to t
and fix hundred thomfan Thi s King .
d am is w ater’
d by a hund red and fifty Rivers , betti des ten Lakes i
‘tored w ith all manner of Fifi)
among w h ich is one called Ammo, over w h ich
i f -
'
any Birds . immed ia tely dropd ow n Pagam
' had firange
Op inions of thi s La b , it being’
the Place’
w here
they u i’
ed to facrifice Mem to
S ad r . And , hard by, .is the Cav e of one of the
There a re th irty h igh Mountains'
in thi s Count ry, of w h ich Admm
’
rela tes many Grange and
d elightfu l Paflixges . (for’
t is from h im I rece ivedth is Account of the King dom . ) I w ill not tron- a
ble thee'
w ith'
a
'
Re'
pet it'
ion Iof a ll ' that'
this'
jz w tells me, only'
one‘
t hing is worthy'
oe e J
mark. 3 1 15: s are”
Vol. I II . di s t ir' ar Pa nt s . »
Bod ies Offthe three young
in'
to t e bu rn ing'
Oveni
r r/J,"
becau l'
e they,
w ou ld’hA '
prefer'
v'
d ini ‘
a on'
one of thel'
e Mounta in s . And tha t on the faido
H ill,'
no Eggs , Flefh ,w il l endu re an
Hou r w ithou t Pu trefaEt‘ioh , but -
p re l’
ently b l CCan infini te Number of Worms .
‘
He {peaks in the
Brail'
e vof thefe . Mountain s , w h ich a re
w ith V ineyards , Gardens and VJoocis , onand S ides ; and i ts/ their Bottoms , have very r ich.Mines of I ron , C ryfl
'
a l.
, In fine, Adaua i , w ho«h a s
,
travellfid oVer a ll this Kingdom ca lls it , The fer;
f w hich is e ll eemid the
nomffgerrew ék ' Guidfi g fi'
Qffii ttiree ‘h
'
ad { d a mn to
quering To rénow nfcfi a,
y'of. his Perfon
? aO r Wiltconc lu de , .
That theReduction of
t h i s happy S ra té w ou ld be an Expedi t ion w orthyI t i s certa in; tha t
”
the
lBéfiht s and Plenty of‘this Region, haye tempted
mereNatiens‘
to invade itn tha n . an y o ther Ki ngdemonEarth been the Pr iz e , a t lwhichimpd
’
e
fs tha nfi ive gand twenty fever ab Nat ion) have
fi lm -
.
l
1 cCa ret Z -M gm q’
nf g s much ( troubled . at'
theD uke of Gm
‘
z e’
s Cap tiv ity . and has .ofi’
er’
d great.S ums of?Money fort h is Ranfom ; ibu
’
t the‘King of
fingixfreieé'
ts all Propofals'
of tha t Nature . 80 that
{tis , I houg ht , the Ca rd ina l .w ill contr ive fome
M y for ,t he i D fl i e.’
s'Efcape , e i
t her by br ibing hi s‘Kcepens, Jonbyt‘fome; feers t S tratagemv
ch
o
t a l ent frommuch e t hi
d for the 171197131 ; bu t- ir wou lddie n h am)! to ‘hear , That fome Care
w ere taken, ion ~Redemption of IM
'
5 Cd eéee,
a g'
o L'iz‘r jr E R s}Writ l y vol -Fi ll
Celeér t , w ho, tha t knowelll l] of the fubb
'
mq'Portu Adi
and forget nut Mabmur in thyw en.
Pa ris , 2 7th of the a
i
d Mom'
s,
of xi : Tea r 1 647.
HUM c
i
n.“ rv l .
”w am e nd : M ,
sx
L E TT E R, .v i
J 'l ab fl r.
ToAbdelMeleeMuli
dent of 1123 College
HOU'
to whom the
r evealed, and the RaO
rilandeft the D ifcipline of theAr;
mics liv ing and i‘trong , the Orders of the Peren
tates encamp’
d ifl ick, Gua rdr
‘
of
me'
the Age ofking of Tim
'
e,
Pabr iek be buli x thoufand Year s flanfl iam fa y or, Whethe D etentionb e not pail a Calcu le .
'The Vifi'
anr of thy Prcg em
'
ror ,
the S ea t of Coal, a re'
exrarit in t
In them it i s w r itten; A!) S urf
1 : thoug h it bad M'
ngr g'
d
fi bril Wind lifrrd mg up'
to
w here T brbeld mb r'ueflosrs thing :1 1
w e,
'
a nd [an the fast w ire -7M ?w ert w ithout or
'
L 5 Ti BR 5Writ. b .liol-JHII do n et
‘
rehear fe this [fl/ion to teach thee am?new Thifig, Venerable, P refidm$of the S u th qnS ag et , (for , I know , the Ar chiv e : of thy College
a re replenifh'
d w ith a ll ~ manne r of excellent"Tr ea tifu , and o
tha tf thou ' a rt no S tranger to theW r i t
’
ng t of the Prophett) bu t Inter .
p retation of fo ggeat a Mjfieghee abou t the Wor ld
’
s D u ra
y ou li be fma ll , , in comeBea u ties , Of the Uni 'v erfe ,E lements,
'- the Natu res ' of liv ing ,
V irtues of'
Plants and .M ineral s, w iof : the Hea v enly Bod ies, w ere !
En joyments , if I w ere
Sp lendors, Riches andth is 'v tjihle Frm e afi
'
ords , w ere notMill ions of Ages , ba t lay hid in theen tity . Methinks it i s too low an
the emm’
patm t c onfine/3 L and looksd of Ems]n ite Mj rh dt
of Creatures happy, in there v ifible Emanationsof his D imim
‘
tj , w ithou t e ither Beginn ing or End.ing of Time ; yet, according to thei r . D ofi r ine
,
contented h imfelf, to let‘
only a detergniha te
Numbe r tail s of his'
Munificence , for a few Cm .
t w in of Year s .Th is is not fu itablc the Chara
fier pf that i nfinite Being , the eterna l Source ofs anP e'feti t
'
omg
What then is meantthe Four Si telethe exa lted of
inhc hi zed frohl E ternity ; finc e
t each us , Tha t it w as
Cru tion of Adam No
V ol. Ill. . a_
S P r ;at PM “ s .
i 3 53,gon e the fa cred Pilg rimag e, but , ha s vifitedfMonntAr af a , w here Adam firft (aw Em hir W1fi . Whére.
he has been infirufl’
ed in the Hzflgry of thatfirjfFa ther of Mankind ; and how
‘
that b'
efore'
hisT ime thé E a r th w as inhabited
.
By Angels , will“)Be ing commanded to adore Adam
, refufed‘
ir,;
and w ere tu rn’
d to D ev i/t,being.
exp ell'
d fromthe 5 57th . Thou Know ell . moreov e r,in the [a ct ed
'
Tra ditionr,‘
That Godg ava fe , w hofe Name w as :Ali{ethf; bubeing of the Ra ce of“th
'
el'
e D e vils,
0
obey Aim ; Whence it came to , p'
afs, that theylived in continu al Qu arrels and Enrnity , for the
{pace of Fiv e hundred Years ;’
ti ll a t length A li .leth flew up,
~ into the Air , and abandon’
d herHusband . Of w h ich , w hen Adan: compla in
’d
God,he fent Three mighty / ag e]: z
in'
:Purfu it‘of
her, command ing them to tell her,‘
That lf‘fl '
le
w ou ld return to her Hu sband, i t fhou ld go w ellw ith her bu t iffire w oul d net,
'
a hundred of herCh ildren fl rou ld die every D ay. The Ang e/e fol;
lbw’
d her , and over - took he r on the Red S ea ;w here they threaten
’
d to d row n her , unlefs {hew ou ld return to her Bu
'
t’
[he made
Excufe§. and told them ,S he w a r crea ted to defl ro]
young Child r in . Then the Ang el: la id Hands orih er ; w hen lhe , to pac ify them
,fwore by the
Bottom of Hell, That w henfoever'
the‘Names ofthem Three fhou ld be w r itten'
on an S chedule,tha t {he fhou ld have no Pow ér to hu it t e Infants ,they difmifs
’
d her . After this , God'
compafl iona
t ing Adam’
s S elitude, gave'
him another W ife,ca ll
'
d E v e .
.This Tzadition
‘confirms the Y ifan of the
‘Pr e.
PM ; and‘w e need not do
‘ubt
’
, that , the ,Ea r th
w as inhabited beforei na'a
"
rh’s Time'
And if thatbe granted , Why m ight ‘
i'
t'
not he'
peopled for‘
Millions of Ages, .as w ell . as for the fm
’iglefierm
fi r -f int s‘
w a’
i i) Was h-HISI gnorance or Error m ay
'
afiign toits
ifcourfed w ith feveral of the 7ew ifl)d Cbr iflz
’
a n D 05 0”, on th is S ubjeét,blime Thoughtsare emane i a te'
d
itiou s Edu c tion .
p repoflfefs’
d
of God ; be
be the Fiz'
vite, both in Extent of.They
'
circumfcribe th is e ifil leknow not W hat flaming Ci rcle ;
it fe lf, to be bu t Five
taking ea ch of thofe
Fou r and tw enty Hou rs ,fil e s his diu rna l
‘
Circu itT
‘
h‘
e‘
y confider'
not tha tBii le
, there w a S'
Ligb: andntly D J} and Nig ht, before
the S un w as cr ea ted . Bur how long thofe D ay“
:
and Nigbu w ere, i s not determin'
d by Mofe: Y et
in another Pa rt of the ir Bible, it is fa id , .That a
D 4] w ith God is a Tboufand Tea r : and‘a Tboufa nd
b a r ; is a D ay“
. S o that , accord ing to th is Inter,p retation , Adam w as not created till above Few
tbmf‘nd Tea r : after the.Beginm
'
kg ( if the Wor ld
.Y et w hen I br ing tlu'
s pofitive Pla ce of th'
e i r ow nS cripture againfi the Na z a rene S ager, they {huffie it
off w ith empty Evafions and rather , than be lievethe I
'
ndifini tc Antiqui ty of the Wor ld,they contra ’
d iet the ir‘
own S enfe'
and Rea fon . inva lidate the
Tefiimony'
of a
d
Prophet , deny their h igh, andea
,
fiPPBoth they
,and
.Tru th with manfa rthe r , for " thefrhe I lla
,That thepearance
V 61.’
HL ~Z z S P Y at P erm s .
‘
1 1 fl
a ! i "
-TT E R ,XV.
“
1
Tac tée Mufti.
N a former l pa tcb to thy S enii’it) , I have aci
IQU‘
d lfl i’ed thee w ithe the Inj'
ur refl ion in Pa lermo ;
mentioning the Fea r of the‘Vz’
cerOf , leib the Fr ench
in that [fin d lhou ld then‘take their 0 portun itytowretretige
'
the prov erbia l Cru e lty. of t re . S icz‘li a u
Vefpcr r . If thou a rt u nacqua inted w ith tha t'
Tm'
h
g ed) , I'
w i ll informf thee in - bricfi
Abou t three hundred and threefc'
m‘e Years ago;
there reign’
d in S ici ly one of the Roya l Blood of
Fra nce , they ca ll h im ,Cha r/er of Anjou .
'He had
Froncé Ga rr ifons in a ll - the Citie s rof-‘that King'
dom Bu t' thefe Sold iers comm itted! fo many Infolences a s render
’
d’
em od iou s and infupportao
ble to the Na riw r,w ho’ therefore
'
t refolv’d to'
éx’
a
term inate them:
~The Fr ench a re very“ licentiou s 'tin'
their'
om .
guefle ; ne ither fpar ing Men in thei r Anger , nor
W omen in the i r Lu lt . Theymake nod ifference
betw een the Noble and the Vac/g a r . but fa crifice a ilth e Regards
'
of Honour and C ivil ity to the ir impetuous q
flep petites I;
They w ere '
gu ilty of i nnumerable Rapes a ridV iolences in S icily among t he manner Peop le,and fometimes a ttend ed the ir Rudenefs to‘
Pe t‘.
fon s of the écfl Qua lity . I t Wa s common for
them toa ffront bOth rV irgins and Matron s as theyw ent a long the St reets, by thrufiing the ir Hand s
u nder the i r Garments, on p retence-of fearching
for hidden Arms . A'
m ong the -
r ei‘t, the W ife of
a certa ins Lord in 'P a lsermo; going to'
p ay he r D e .
“
Votions at y' the Com
mand of the‘
Captain of'
the Gou rde, and firipp
’
gnake
L e r r’
mt s Wr it 5;naked before all the S oldiers , in order to d ifeover certa in treafonable Pa pers , w hi ch they fuf
p efted {h e carried abou t her ; but find ing none,
ih e u pbra ided the Capta in
offering (0 grofs an Afi'
ront
He feem ing to be forty forreceiv
’
d , begg'
d . her , Pardon, anhis Sold iers ou t of the Roomleft her i to tpu t on her Ap pa rel .
‘
In the mean
w hile he w a s enfiamed . w i th a rfur ious Pallionfor th is Lad], (flue be ing v ery beam ifu l fl and
’
hav ing fent the Sold iers aw ay , he return’
d to the ‘
Room w here (he w as : He addrefs’
d her W i th.
mu ch Cour tlh ip 5 but finding tha t ineffeétual, heforced her .
‘
-When this w as made know n to her Hu sband ,be bu rn
’
d w ith B ehre of Revenge : And - {tirr ingup : a ll the S icil ian Noblen and People, it w a s p ri .
Vateiy xagreed betw een them , Tha t on'
a certa inF, lega l; w hen i the .BRIU toll to Em u- Sang ;a ll the S ici lia n: {hou ld take Arms, and ma llac rethe
‘
Frm cb' thbughout the d d . Th i s Plot w a s
carried (0 fec retly, That for e the Fr em b'
cou ld
get the leafi Intimation of it, they w ere all mu r a
der’
d on the D ay ap pointed . w
u I forgot to acqu aint thee in imy slafi sw ith .a
V i llany w h ich w a s d ifcover’
d in the la teTumul tqof Noptgo.
’
As they'w cre
'
mardhing up a nddthe S treets her n ia
?,the Cuflm - Houfoo, . and
't he
Habi tat ions of 'the e 1Whfl ha d been. concerned in
ga ther ing the Tooter , t hey enter’
d the Hou’
fe of a’
{certa in Nota ry or publick S cr ibe of that City, w ho
h ad been re re lented to them , as a Prometcr of
thofe nu rt a nablefmpofin’
onm Th ey fe ized on the
Man ,a nd began to ca rrye h is Goods out into the
S treet , in ;order toi be burnt : Bu t as they w ere
rumm ag ing in an Apartment which w a s tow ard
the Ga rdens, they, heard a
;o
u se I; e‘
n s a s W eoy m ale.
1 6 i. m Lou'
difi m wh o”' i b
1 3949324 1t
latter; as th e ir Nnmthe ir Councils, to do‘aga infi the Hal) One‘a lw ays
S uch
Of the
w hirl
h ichfsappeaa“0bfthties
of that Gra ndeu r, to w h ich he 'defigns to
'r‘aife hi s
Mofier . Y et he attemp tstnot this by open Force ,
know ing that is‘
imp raél iezdfie z ibut fails in the
dark, " fir iv in t to u nderfn ine '
flthofb S ta tor /w an
trig“ ,
'
w hic‘
lie ehtfnot lfubdue 'hyg‘fl rmrh ofi e
ha s h is'
Ag'm-fi: in t a l[ the C our ts of 'Cbn
‘
fiv rdslzni ;and thou needefl n0t fia irtléfl
‘
if I tell r theeythere
i s Ground 1 6 ful'
pe'
fl‘ f he i s} not w ithOuQfi Crm .
t y r e: a t th e q im l’or tx " All E ur épl
Tha t the la te Rev olution : in riPar ta'
g a'
l and Ca ta loni a ,the Infufl efi z
'
oni in S ici lj , a nd Nay/er , a nd’the ‘Ré
éefl im Of ifl tfi IEiig lt fi t otr , m d r i f f/71; 1 1m ln’
part
W i ngto the Policiesffif [hi s Minifier EAnd } tin
téll t ee more onthfl fiubjeé’t, than is lmow n to
every one .i
WEB IIL/'
a g S P‘
tY at P y m sh { 6 1- qf w ho D w f, w homl . ( emins ibis googlr lg
c linafil
ons tw thqfuéILme {3a mfinds an unfufp géted
agcjfher , y fiichrhy thm
any Li tters, of orhm -Pa‘
fq r [peed] Wr i .
holc'
S entences in a
0 c t
ch’
d on th is Mp thodas 111 'Cflndi‘:fl lp q, underho ~
'
ufi th eft'
Thi s aéh’
vo
Advantage° of the Noblema n
'
s Ap .
‘
Table , dext c under the'
o
'
w ff'
to the
.w as
greatefi S ecr'
ets .
of,
h is‘Concca I
under -.a Bed , it
give’
e
'
rn D iver;waints for a Regatta 01
}a
m4 L ETE E RS Wtit a) . Vo l m;s
1 715 T T. E -R .Xvi.at )
Ta Pefieli-Hali,h is B ram .
H E ofmer I pe ru l'
e the 3 11mm ! of. an .
curb, the more I am
i t is ev ident , That . the Coum r :
thoxr ha s pafs’
d , have been as
s dom to thee ; w herein thou'
from Men’
s Vices , the' W momm a r much
more from the irWarmer; hou had found, That
th ough Mens na tur a l D ifpofitions d ifi’ef, as clo the
Glimmer,w hi ch afford them Breath ; y et theymll
agree in m ay Ma th i as . There a re a lfo Vim
peculia r to certa in “
Countr ies ;‘
twe re to be Wilh
edebey cou ld be match‘d w i th as ma
’
ny ”a ttend!
fi rmer . 'Bu t Huma n Na ture is ' a ra nk lS niI, shore
fertile hh Wfl dd ' tltan‘
w holeji w e Pr aw n l t
there”
a re .Ga r dew, as w ell as D efa rt : fi -And thou .
ha lt obferved fome
'
Perfon s , illufirioixs For theirGoodnefs , and the noble Endowments of thei r
MindsI am extream ly p leafed w ith that rare Example
of Generofity , w h ich thou'
rel'
atefi ofi an Indian
Merchant‘
w ho, no: tont'
ent to g iveAims to a llthat task
’
d . him , ne w born he knew to be poor ,fought da ily Occafions to exercife his Charity,hunted ou t the ind igent -a nd u nfortunate Andw here -ever he d ifcov er
’
d the L ineaments of P0v erty in a Man
’
s Face, or traced Foorl‘tep s of it
in h is Behav iou r , he cou ld no
‘
t refi'
t ill he hadrel ieved h is Wants , a nd made him happy , to his
v ery W ilkes .,I tell thee , Pov er ty is a Hell upon
E a ' th ; a nd h e that ha s . thi s Cu ffe , anticipatest he Torment: o f the D amn
’
d . It eclipfes the”br ig htel}V irtues and
“
is the very S cpulflirc of
rave
Vol, IH. e S P Y at p AR I S .
b rave D eli
gns : depr iv ing a Man o
‘
i‘the Mean s
to accomp ilh ,w hat Na ture has fitted him for ,
a nd '
fl i‘
fiing the noblefi Thoughts in the ir Emérj o,
How many illufl riou s Sou ls may be fa id , to haveb een
‘
dead among the L iv ing , or bu ried a li ve inthe Obl
’
cur ity of their Condition, .w hofe l’e rfe{Hons have rend red them th e D a r ling : of P r oo f.
d exre, and Compa nion ; of Ang el: ,yet the infup crab le Penu ry of a ll Things , has rank
’
d them a
mong the Cuff- a w ay : of the E a r th, in the Eyes
of Men ? To fu ch a s there , our D z'
fuine La wg ifver
commands u s to ext ehd‘
ou r Chari ty, g iv ing u s
certa in Charaé‘te rs and Mark s ,’
by’
w h ich w e mayd ifiingu ilh them from .the Crow d of the Unfor .nate .
“
And , I like the Indz‘
a n’
s B ounty the bett er,
'
ia tha t be To exaélzly feem s'
to comply w iththi s Precep t of the A lcor a n
, generoufly p reventing the Reque l
‘ts of the Ind igent, and by an Ex
ce‘i
’
s of Ben ignity , cou rting them to accep t of
Rel ief. ‘
In th i s he alfo verifies the Ara bia n Pro"v erb; w h ich fays , He g z
’
fue: doubt'
e,w ho g iv e: an
a th’
d .
”Thou commendefi the Induftry of the Cbimfe,
’
t he Adv ances they have made in Arts and S c ien
ces ,'
Wh ich , thou concluded, is to be attr ibu ted
to the Force of the i r La w,w h ich oblige the
S on to’
follow h is Father'
s Trade , throu ghou t
a ll Genera tions . In th is I mu ll dilTent ; for , it:
feem s rathe r a Cu rb , than a S pu r‘
to Ingenu ity,to be
‘
confin'
d to Emp loym ents , for w hich '
a
Man may have an Ave rlionfThe S on nOt fe ldom
abh'
orr ing thofe‘
Things , Where in his Pa rents
thok D e light . Or , if’
not'
fo, yet he may be
cafi in’
a"
finer Mold, have
‘
a’
more fubtle Inven
t ion ; and confequently, be capable of mak ingg reater Improvements, in any Trade of his ow n
Choice : S ince , D elights fets an Edge on the
Mind, g ives V igour to the Body , and addsW ingsIO
L E T T E R S Wr it d} . V oL IH.
t o Buli nefs . Befides, I do not think th is to be (0m u ch thy ow n Remark, a s the Infinuation offomeo f tha t Country , w ho a re the ma ll conceitedPeople in the World eve r extollihg the ir ow n
P olicy , La w : and Gov ernments ; and impofing thema s a Pattern to a ll Other Nations .
One th ing I g rant they boa l‘t of w ith a great
d eal of Truth, that is , the ir Antiqu it and nu
m ix’
d Race . Though fince the Cougar}
ta r : hav e made of that Country , they a re liket o undergo the Fate of other Nations ,. r up t the i r Genea log icv w ith the Blood of S tr a figgrr.Thou camefi aw ay before th at Conge r]? w as
Ebegun , or , perhap s , before’
tw as talk‘d of. And
I can g ive thee bu t a very imperfe étAccount of
at Al l th e Intelligence w e have from tha t Km;
dam p f late , comes in Fragments : For the Shi s
w h ich br ing this {hatter’d New s , left Cbinh m
, ,a n Uproar and Confufion : Only they afi'
u re u s ,
T ha t the Ta r ta r : had pa ired the celebrated
w h ich d ivides them from Claim: That they e_n .
t ertd‘
and fubdu ed the Nor thern P ru /inter,w ith
an Army of S ix hundred thou fa nd Men : Tha t- v e ry little Refiflance w as made a gainfi them , not
. ,even in Pequt'
n it felf, the cap ita l S t a r of theCbimfe Emp i re, w hich the Ufu rpe r c uxgz. hadabandon
’
d'
to the Conqueror } , carryin a w ay w ithhim all the inefl imable Trea l
'
ur es o?the Pa la ce,and retir ing into one of the remore Prat/inter,w a s never heard of afterw ards . W hence it wasjudged , that fome of his ow n Party had mu rder
'
dh im ; pa rtlyfor the fake of his prod ig iousWealth,aw h ich they {hated among them ; and p artly to
w atta ge his I‘retfon aga in“the
'
Empa-or
, and
in numerable Calamities he had broyght uponIr Country .
k
t
,2 68 L E T-TJ ER s
“ Wr ih‘
dy V olt- III .
”‘I’
ol ook no farther than the gre at‘ahd i nd ie?)
d a’
iile Empi resof the Ofmam; w eflrailz find‘it teoki
i ts firfi Ri fe6mm; fo that he thatof a Tur k, m uft lookt.w h ere they
'
now liv e ,beyond the Mounta in Cai rafmd ers of Pa lm Mer otr
'
r, or hunt h
W hat '
Re'voluttrm
Z fr z'
cf,Lfin
‘
ce the
n ow find : fany Remains ‘o f t he anc ient oSumtém ,t1
o r'
Ma rma luker
mam has fwalldw7
cf.
p el s ahother , and ,
o f For eign B lood , m
n umerable d iffe rent Nations , to the r £4 145”
l
Fa ir/a , thatait i s'
ha rd to know ,w h ether
”
our d ie.
( tfl Jr ! w ere S cyth ian! yew : fir Gr ecii'
mar ; w hether they w ere iof th e Mou ntain s dr theV a lleys ,
'
05 the Forelts or the Plains'
l is 4 n; aiI n th is . I will except my Cou ntrymen, the Wa r. i ,
Liam, and th ot
'
e w ho feem'
to
them in ma nner e f. L ife,. -
'
the Ta rta r : p ath}: w e
d w e ll ing in T ents , ‘the other in W aggons ; b ot h
i n’
a mov ing Pofl u re'
; b oth happy in thi s , a‘l'
ha t
they are not . confi n’
d to theiRi'
gors of a comm a;
t e l”, no
‘
r the'
fcomh ingH ears iof t he Summer ; bu rr
c hange the ir soi l and C lim ate ; as the S eafon’
of :
the Y ea’
r v ar ie s Thu s, e ver fecu rin
in a ll Places , either a blooming aflogva rmod e rate and fru itfu l . A
‘a
'
rxmrz t
n ev er fubdu ed ,
c el all the Z ’W or ld in the Red rj g fl f .
B lood,w ere it
O
not for the [m a r/ion: of theimpG-L.talent
?and yi ftonous Neighbours .
Errol. m.
‘
a so, at PA R I S . i tem'
The Fr ont/o fay That h thel'
e People had the Ufe'
:
of Guns anidi'
P r “ting ; ma n'
y Hund reds of Year sbefore they w ere found ou t in Eu r ope . Bu t the
G erma n :‘
c laim the Honour of thelh t l aw nn'
om to a
themi‘
e lv e s
Thou confirmed the Op inion of the former , in
e , Tho’
u ha il feen (ome n ? the Cannon
to the C ity of‘Prqxz’n,on w h ich
;
w a s
in C loi riefe C bh i a fl ar r,
‘a Rtg z
'
tr of'
tht i l‘
it Wa s abdve Twov
thoul’
and ea
8
«w ith Whic h f'l hav e been d ,
'
eVer lince
t h is Mamma l} fl i ew ed heft Now l i e is inthe We a r
, and fo, I hope, is my Ma lady . The In‘fiu ehce thi s -Flew ? fe
’
ems.to hav e on
‘me; m ayma lte 'thee ‘tonelrude
'me a Lun a tic} ‘Ne a re jai llie ; 1ia
’
one3
D egrée'
o r'other .
‘
Th ere a
’
re
fl
‘niOt more
a pparent“
Sym pttisn fsi fTha'
t the i ijlu x ,
‘and Rrflux ofth e S ex; t
‘
oWe si its O rig inal tothe Ne ighbou rhoodand Mot ion of tha t P lp net,
‘tha
'
n tha t ou r Confl i‘zutiow i vary , adcotding to
‘its Mou th/J ;
‘
Appea ranJ
O
He tha t citated the Moon , a nd the Confl ello zion f,
’
not w ithou tr'
refpe‘
ét to‘Ma nkind ,
’
give'
u s Wofdomfi hsch‘sfha ll
‘
Bari s, 1 4th offr'
be 8 3 1: Mean,gfl tbe Toa r 1 64 8
a r r r a p 1
To. tbe ”Aga ofWe Jan iz aries ;
young P ri nt; of-Th is Battle w a s
Mon, the -Franc]?
m’
nrd r, h ill
‘d Thr
t aken S ix,th oufand PrifOp ers ,
d, to
cient §pa rta n,
of the reg a l
dz'
fi r, ca lling
o'
ther
folve the Meetings of this 8mm .
‘Tififiz'
pe
the you ng King , That it is bu t} pereg rine : Reign,w here the S ov er eign mu ll be cu ib
’
d by h is s ot
jefi f : Thu s they in fl ill into his tende r Yea rs ,thofe Ma x im f by w hich they w ould have h imru le , w hen he come s of Age .
T here is a Man in the Pa r liament Whom theyca ll Mon/o
’
eu
'
r B -oj
'
elx, age- of the i r
‘
great Coun l'
el
lorsf a b itter Enemy of
therefore cry'
d up by the
2 7 1. L ET T E R S Wr it é]-Vol. HI .
w ords, Sm ! S ha ll i t 4 1m : te a
to mel t]? the Nfino rity of your Kingstbmk our tender Tu n tntapable of. the
of other Mor ta l) , tha t ) “ fir efmw tde our Rigbtr ? Atcefe not the Mu lt itude , m r
ma ke them a n Umbr age t o your S ed ition : I know
t ire Author : of tbefe Tumu lt :
to ma ke rbem feel the Weigh
Tbink not,tha t
m eri t [layingTh at the BIOCdd eg em r d te
,or turned to Lee : w i thin my Veim .
“Go
t ell you r [4 3 10145 Comm a/er,
the Throne af France aj W fl g , yet bu t a Spi
'
r i t a nd
lafl bu Pup i’
ltag e. W ith that he commandtd themout of his S igh tY e t notw ithlland ing th i s . the People threétnéda
to bring the i r D a rling aw ay by Force, if he were
nut relea l'
ed in tw oHou rs .
The re w ere above a H undred Thoufand ofthem i n Arm s , and i t m ig
g erons Infe r r eél tm . Bu t , the
cond retu rn, to the S tu a r t,
Adv ice of Moz a r im’
. and the
a nd remembr ing the la te dreadfu l‘Efiiefts of
Mafia nello’
s Tumu lt in Na pier , releas d i th e Prifoh et ; w ho w as condoél ed home lafl: Nighti n Triumph , by an infin i te Crow d of Peop le,w ho filled the Air w ith S hou ts M ech mat ion s .
I t I S difcou rl'
ed here , That t l-e Pr i nce tof Cami:w i ll fpeedily re tu rn to Pa r i zs From w hom, borhthe Cour t and the Fa g in»: p rom ife themfel ves new
G round s of Tr iumph .
D u ri ng thefe Commotions , Mir/m et fa ils not
to ~a& h is Par t , be ing a t no (ma ll Ex pe nc‘
e ,
to ma inta in a Certain Number of S trang e rs ,
w hofe
T
? i ' v
z r
y(fol: HI. ‘a
'S P‘Y at i’A Po t s .
Wh ole w hole D ependence is on me Thefe I in ,
fir ufl to mix themfe lve s w ith the Robb/e, to infi.
nuare into them hatei'
u lNotions of Ca rdina l Ma .
and the Cour t . The bu z Up and dow n thelike Flies in'
this h Séafon, and fl ing the
tories; I {Pa re no
'Ruin :'Th at p et
’;
of hiS o iPredece li‘
or
Napier (ih' i
tal} w hich he had
and‘i s ev éfr prbjeéi ixr
'
g , How-
to‘Ahd,
'
the un iv e ri'
a l S ucce l’
s
Germ’
anj , wander}, I ta ly,and Spa in,
‘
ha s left them nothing w orth‘a 'M OiJght;
on of Off/za nfifmpiwe‘
,
ft
sfetrery Hou r , h oweifa’fis" abroad in fehe
eep nny Chamber , dur ingr theD emofl hntes
’
s Mind; w ho,
‘w hen
the Athenian: w ere irr at; Up roar ,’
tOQle S a nflua r]in the,
Pa l/or, and p rofiratifig
f h im felf?Goddtftfi ut té‘r
’
a thefeI fly
i
td do
Eir e}:1 mm" Yntoofl onoy
he Oxh'li
'the D ragon,
1; v.
l
1-4 4 .
y Chamber or Abroadgb'
e' {mpei z
’
a l C i ty,ifi dés fl ris T ime betw een the V ow f
thf‘zsee‘rziéi: he doc§~fer the G r a n t
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‘
T Elsisxjvnn u fi u efl
H I S Cour t isof Wa di/24 m ,
for Ca/im cr, the ir
The D uke of Ba v ar ia
he d ied o f Grief, to fecthe l nlu lts of a m
‘
a nd ,the
selfMailor firingm ade an
S ea-Tow n
by W ater ,
a Tempefl arofe ,5 621 : So t hat , b
gou s Armyt o ek ape, he
From the Sea , w e have Adv iceh een a Comba t betw een'
Comnxander of the Nr ua l
Na poiit'an Rw oltore
,
” in ! of the S m'
flbI fl
'
ue of the rtle
£76 n r'
r E R 5 Wm‘hy .Voll IJ.
The Frmch report firange Th ings o‘
fi
s
him /r im z l
'
w ilh a ll go w e l l at the [roomI f thou haft the fame D efire s , r evea l them to
'
nono
b ut thy Fr iend for at fome T imes a Man’
s befiT houghts w ill be inter preted for neafu . Adieu “
laa'
r is , 1 5 th of the 1 0th Moon,1
‘of the Tea r 1 64 8 .
1. E T T B R
i
'
X-IX .
To the Mufti.
H Y veneréble Letters are c’
dme’fafe tomy
a ds ; brin g'
L ight and Confolat ion to‘
ith'
p rofoundefl Revered-Ce
I k ifs’
d and unfolded the Papers ,'
w h ich conta inthe feered Infiru étions of the Vicar of God . I b
’
lef
fed my fel'
f, w hen I read the Charormities , th e exorbi tant
,Pall ions
'
Emper or , and the Prophanation'
fo u nded’ on
'
7afl r'
ce: Thou ha'
fi p revented the
gQua lms of a too fcrupu lou s Loyalty; by a llu ringthe , That it is
'
{ fund amenta l Max im of out l a w,
‘Tha t a d Men in
'
theWor ld,w i thout r efpe
’
fi offl irth or
Qua li ty; i re obliged to appea r before 1 193 7 xflxce ofGod : And, Tha t. he w ho not the Law , i : m
Muffulman And, If th e Emper or himfelfhe ifl thz’
e
Number , he ought to he depofid for thw ith .
Th is ha s abundantly fatisfie'
d‘
myCoi
nfcxen‘ce,
co’
m‘in from,
"
the Hand s of him ,
'
frolm w hofe Sm
n nee ere can . be no Aopeai on Ea r th .
'
I'
fh'
a ll
fherefore'
read ily obey thy Orders ; and . w ithoutD emu r , pu t in Execution w hat thou
'
hafl tom's
manded me .
VoLHIé - d\ S P Y et‘
PAR i s i
0”
can blame the jufi Indignationof S ak a n'
Monet’
s W idohv , w ho in d efence of her Chafl ity ,
th reatned to {heath her Ponja r'
d in the Ema il ofher S ov er eig n ? Bu t, incomp ara
'
bly more eminent,
Wa s thy D aughter’
s V irtue,w ho not be ing -able
to refill - the Force of the m ighty Ra v i/her , afterme w a s polluted , w ou ld , l ike another Lucretia
,
ha v e flabb d'
her felf, had {he nor been prevent;
ed by the S a lem . 3 How ha s he fu lly'
d the Glorybf t he Ofma n Ra ee,
'
-by'thefe effem inate View :
W ha t an Ind ign i ty ha s he comm i tted aga inl’
t ou r
holy Law Aga infl'
the p r incipa l Pa tr ia rch of theMu ch more noble , w as the Continence
of the African S eipz’
o,‘
Who, w hen a t the Cbnqu effof New Ca r thage, a V i rgin of admirable Beau tyw a s chofen fro
’
m iamong the Cap tives and p re .
Tented to him ,w ou ld by no Means defil e her
,
b u t rellor’
d her aga in Without Blem ilh to her
Pa rents , laying w itha l, to'
th’
ofe that fl ood near
him,
' Were I a p r iv a te Mam,I w ou ld g r a tify my
P ea/75m ,h] the Enjoyment
‘
of th i : lov ely Ma id ; hu t
,
i t becomes not the Lemler of‘me Arm]; to g iv efo hada t E xam ple nor a Conqueror ; to y ield hr
"
: Hea rt to
the Cha rm : of his Captiv e . j'fl
t Bu t it feemsn hat'
S ultan‘
Ihrehr‘m w as rather
ambitions of the Charaé'
te r of Ahgufiur the'
Roma n‘
Emperor , of w homit'
is End , That he never fpa red1a ny W oman in h is Lu f’t Bu t if;hetcafi h is Eye
On a beau tifu l l ady, though her Hu sband -w ere
of the fin}Qu a l ity in the Emp i re, he w ou ld - i'
m ;‘
m ed iately fend h is Ofii cers , to br ing her to himby
-fa ir Means or by Force.
fl
i The ‘Phfl ofopher’Azh‘modom‘
r,
‘w ho was
i veryintimate With th is Monar ch took a pretti ethod
to‘
reform thi s V ice in h is Mefl c
'
r.
-
'
Eor , iw hen’the
i‘mpw e
‘
on‘
e‘D ay had fe nt a
"
clofe‘S edan
'
or cfia ie,'
for a certa in Nah/e Woma n,bf the Hon]?
'
of t he‘
p amifli’
the I’hz’
loflpher fearing t fome'
D ifafie r
m ight
b a r r en-
s W i l ly Val l i}:
might coliue , ( for t h at Family w as
la r, and hig hly re@q&ed in Rowan}fore to the
'
Ladyis Pa lace .
w ith it , are comp la ind to her Husband
lnd igni ty w a s offer’
d her e
Anger , th reaten’
d to flab of theEmper or , w hen they came .
~Eulofopher .
appea s’
d them both; a
S u it of the Lady’
s,App a rel, w
h im . He feon pu t iep n .,and
und er hi s - Robes, enter’
d the S edm , perfona ringthe Lady . The Meflengers , w ho knew -no Other ,ca rried h im aw ay to the Empeu r . He
, heighten’
dw i th B eh re , made ha lte to open the S eda n. h im?
fe if W hen A th enodorw , fuddenlSw ord ,m ightefl hem been murdor
’
d :'Wi lt‘
qu i t the ‘V u
'
e mh lqh 5 ; a ttend ed w ith : [ager ? 7mm taped Rey eg ge m ight ham
emAllhfl in tha t difg a ifid in my room 3
Ca re qf eh] L ife. Hem efar rh mke Wa rning . TheEmPn
-arr p lea s
‘
d .w i th the Phijap ber’
: S tratagemw
gave,him,
ten Ta lents of Gold , tha nking h im forth is feafonable Correftion And from that t imebegan ;to _
refirain, unlaw ful P leafures, ap p lying
himfelf to a virru cms Life .
Thou that byHiflor z
’
e; g-f the Aqei emr, a Man may
{e lf w i th ufefu l Ex amp le s , and p rope r QbferVa,tions. I a lwa ys keep by me Pluu r cb
’
s W orks,and thofe of Li d/7 , 21 Roma n Hiflor z
'
an y as a lfoTa cz
’
zur,w ho has left the Aur a l: of tha t
dable Emp ire‘
to‘
I t w ere a d
th ing ; Tha t the Mafiielmu S cflbu w ere emp loy’
d
in um fla ting fu th 16“q as theic , in to the d eepTa rkijb La ng uag e: ,
That fo the tr ue Fa ith,
ho a re deflln’
d.
by God to conquer themay not be,
ignorant of the m emorableTranfafitons
ithé Pa rts‘
of Wa nk:
would by no (neéu s b e» aciiqfied,
reem’
efi t b’
f”
c f’f
"
df T
’
Pfiodfahafi TEW’T imiu ltq
‘
afi ii Eh ;iafl
'
e étion betw eefi '
who {hbit‘fS iege foffl ew ? New 1
C‘he comPOs’
d,find it) a
' Ca lrri :
p rove a Trace; w h ile both Pa rtie3mmin on each
'
t] is‘11
e dfid "
Orion
Qu a rre l :'
I bis encou rage s th
the Com t : The Mercba xtx'
liv e
Abu ndance of Gold fills them'
~ (x
Ambitio W hilfl: the Cou rt's. in t
a re d o c and refe rv’
d , p rojeéting how to do.
fi roy the Fafi im, a nd
’
afi'
e rt th
The Queen Reg ent i s refolu te and fev ere , yet
fufi'
ers- her (e lf to be
'
mollif‘
y’
d w ith the m ilder
Counfé ls of Ca rdina l Mau r it s} and the D uke of’
qr'
lu i rct‘»Ixi
‘
the Bc\
gcount~ to the
Bea ufort'
s
.iVol JlI . b S P Y d t PAR I S ..
Bea ufor t’
s Impriib riment m the Calf/5 hf the Wapd
of Vt'
m i emze} w h ich is one of the King’
: P a la cer'
Th is Pr ince 1 8 now efcaped from h is Confinement ,and come into the Ci ty The Fa él i
’
ou i c ry him upfor a Pa r l or
, and a re refolved to proteft”
him w iththe ir L ives and Fortu ne s
I f thou yet re ta ine i‘c " thy Health and V i gou r,thou art happy . As fiJr me
, [ feel con t in ua l D e .
Gays ;-
yet am ne t-troubled ; perc eiving
‘
a t thefame t ime tha t] ap p roach nea rer to
I ne i the r feek‘
e l a a '
r‘fv u
, nor coni'
nlt i ficiam bu t fufl'
ering ,my i
'
elF to diffolve
gradually , I d i e w ith Pleafu re ,
‘
p luming a nd p re
par ing my felf daily, as one ready to take'W ing
for a mere loom Reg ion:
'
Pa ris , 24 th of the fi t/J.
Mom,of the Tea ? 1 643 .
L E T T -E R‘
XXI .
To D gnet Oglom
AM not fiirpriz'
ci at the New s of S gi lrgn
bim’
s being'
depofed‘
an d fl ra'
nfg led' i
"Tis butWhat I have for a
’
long t im e {tren d Thefe refilefs‘7amz a ri e: w i ll ru in the Ottonian Emfiir h Ne ithe ram I fia rt led tohear tha t
‘
h is Mather‘w a s acce fl
'
a'
r
xto his Fall ,.
hav ing a double Motive , Am bitioan
‘
d Revenge , to induce her Confent . S he al
w ays affeéted‘
to ru le and therefore , cou ld not
b rook th'
e S u lta n’
s refolute Management of Af
fa irs,w ithout fofl pw ing the r
"
Adv ice . Be lides ,fil e cou ld hot ea li ly
i
forget her D i l’
g’ra ce and Conf
finex‘
hent, on the accou nt of the Am m an Lady’
s‘
D ea th.
L ei -T ea s w e 13 Vbh lII .B ut I a m affoni lh
’
d and W ard to hea r , tha t:the Mufti fhould be concem
’
d in fo Ha d a
W ing ed) . How {hall w e have th ehereafter , to rep roach the Cbnfii am w ith the irfrequent Tree/5m and Mur dering of the ir Ki ng :fince it w i ll be eafy for them to retort , That the
fuprem Pa tr ia rch of our La w ha s enter’
d into
the S ecr et of Rebelr , confpired the D a u b of hi sS ov er eign, and caufed him to be depofed and
fl un g /ed .
As for the Age of the 7am'
e4 ni
,h im ra ther ov er -aw
'
d inboxTim/e Ru fl m: and eleg a n t
t an w ays v oluntaril en 3 i him lfclg. inC rimes ,
yto
‘
w h ich he feerhs toghgaéiegno Inclina
t ion . Befides, he cou ld'
n0t refufe to ma ke one
in the Pa r t], after it had once l aw n p ed to
h im u nlef'
s he w ere refolv’
d to be the we re:
of the ir Jea loufy, and be mu rder’
d him l'
elf, to
p revent the D ifcovu y of the ref} . Y e t hi s D u .
ty and Honour ou gh t to h ave fuper l‘
eded a l l otherConfideration s : And he {h ou ld ha ve chofen to
d ie in h is Alleg iance , rath er than to li ve fia in'
dw ith fo fou l a Cr ime .
How ever it be , I cannot ap p rove the ir Tran/2m.
q w ha teve r tmk i n : of the S ultan w ere ; the )
fi ad noR ight to pu niih h im . He'
able to none b ut Gad And
.
P r erogm x'fv e of Hu m”
, in de th roning h im. wh o
the D iv ine Prov idence he'
d invefied w ith“
the
per i s l D l'
a dem .
Much lefs can I -app rove the ir Imp iety, i n de
fam ing him now he is dead . Ne ither ca n I in
Confcience comp ly w ith the Injunéi ions of the
Mufti ,“
w ho has commanded me , in a Le tt er , to
{pread an ill Cha ra fl er of Sa lt” I i ee bz
‘
m, among
e Chr ifiians , that fo his bw n Prozeediangx
may appear jufi.
-
"
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is true, I'
ow e much£0
t e
. 284 L e
Pr'
a il'e Eff" 8 9bur idd
'
w ith3 .I '
run'
no‘Hai ards i i i‘
1 3éathfl iéted on ni e
‘fOr w hat
'
I hav e
w ofild noc he bitftéi',
Fr iend?! PearI'
i'
l : c
a r 1 649.
“ t i n -
ifl
r 1‘ I
J 1 3 .uDaneomw e“; L a fa
ofJ’r ince: tha
V oli lH .. a t PA R I S “
bfiblfyi Thefe Infidel: have ,out-firipp
'
d a lLformeriz raj tor r , in the Contrivance a nd Execut ion ofzthe ir tReg icide
‘: - t ey have e ven fu rpafs
'
d J themo
'
defi es , and the ir ow n firfi D cfigns .
rI t ha s ’ been ufua l for Troj an-r; to take aw ay
the L ife of a depos’d Mona rch p r ivate ly, by Poi »
fon or e ither in‘
refpefi tto his r oya l, Blood , ,
on to: avoid t hp Hofii hility of iaaRefeu e , from anyof his loya l Friend s hnd S ubjefi s, M 6 3 41”
M iriam w ere -refod)Ved . publickly sto} infu lt on-Me.
jefly , -to b rave th’
e w hole World in zthe ExecutionOf the i r V i llany, and make a pompou s Conclqon of the ir Trf l /bfl l . For , They cre&ed a new D i .
0m m, or Cour t if 7udz
'
ca tu r e,
c compofed of th e moi}
infamou s_fi
_
‘rayters There they forma lly try
'
d
thei r S ov ere ig n, by a L a w of the ir o'
nmma ki ng con .
de’
mn’
i h ih u'
as -Ea ' Tyrant'
and'
a Traytor And
fina lly, Gavufed h is Head rto be chopt off
’
,w ith an
Axe} by“
. anE xcfw ibmn hbefore'the Gates of .his
ow n Pan/a ces, in ,the 'S ight of Thoufand s of his S ub.jeg r ; tha t (0 they might app ear , not fo mu ch to
k il l their King , a s to defiroy the Mona rch] it felf
and triumph in its Ru in .
H afi thou~, ,O '
vea erable j adge o‘f xthe Fq
’
rbfu l ,e ve ryfea
’
d orxhear cl of -fuch a dar ing Trw m iAJlEmmi?Merits atthé mohfirous F3 61 .
,And Card i
nal f
tMeme a rjm’
ihinfl'
e lfg . whot arr ied on that pr ivate“feb i p f -fiffiioufi 'fl efign in Eng lg ud , w hoi
'
e firflThreads h is Pfi detefi r ,Ri
'
cbli ec had fpun ye t e it
p re ifedgamfi mrefi, Eat the New s of th is Trag cd] .
And; I look ndjt on th is to be an Artifice of Pa
l icy i in the World but a rea l D if
tm y N h ésfi engt imfents : For he is too generousto a pp rove fo barba rou s a Proceed ing againii a
S ai w ng n-Mmen bw thw gh his Enemy.
E’
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’
h ad Inte lligen
more Ea rs in Pa r i
hearken afte r the
it w i ll be d ifficu ltor a&
fet, w
Y et, though I thus w a tch h is Mfitsiens as/an Em?n emy, a nd do my utmo
‘
fl to rondier his ?D elia ga infl: the Ottoma n Port inefietl
‘
ua ijl ilfea
in my Hea rt condemn this Mimfler ,w ho a ll the .
w h ile a il s bu t: the pa rt of a fai ibfi dn S em a n ;and an 4 5 14: Mate/inn ,
in fir ivingf to agg randi zeh rs Mafl é
‘
m
H is fil pp‘
ortifig al iio the Fafiioun n b'
nglmizi, " Mmou r i ihmg the D ifcontefnts of tha t g iddy bedded
“
.
P eople w ere b irto the Refult‘of h is Z ea li for hi s /iGow n]; and “for the Cha r tb
,w hereof he i s l m 1
of the pr i'
rzczpa l Pi zll d r : I t beihg e v ident frdm h isG r ief at that King s Mu rder , Tha t: he bore noMat :
l ice aga in i’t h im , bu t only fou ght to humble him
into Terms 6? Compl iance w ith Fu m e; 1 1’
W hen I fay this“
, I fuppofe the Ca rdina’
s
1 0W 011 that accou nt'
, to be free from Fitticm‘
iw ho know s w hen the Aétions of S tM efm rt a re un
d ifguiz d , andow hen not 7 Few I am'
w el l a iFu red ,Tha t w hilft h is Age
that Na tion
to afii i’t her
thofe v eryCé rrefpondr eally open . c
f d u f‘
3 , z a ! m
Moll of the Enropea i ts s ta tefmemare cmw ith the Mu m : of a certa in famous
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