Eleventh Emperor of the Turfa.

1644. Skifimfhts, PropoGtions, and Treaties, Matters
HMS were not coropofcd until the 1 #k of AagH'k 1045,
B at which time all Articles were concluded and
figned between the Emperor and Ragots^.
E But to return now to the Affairs of Conßanti-
•tiopie ; Sultan Ibrahim having the fortune of
H Active and Prudent Minifters, attended en­
tirely to his Partîmes and Pleafures, without
H Prejudice to his Intereft, and the State of his
Empire? for the firffc Vizier being Faithful and
H Vigilant» immediately cut off thofè Members
with the Swordi which he fufpected id the leaffc
B manner inclinable to Sedition ; amongft which
were the Palhàws of jileppo and Cafa. For by
B this kind of feafbnable and fpeedy Remedies,
the Piethory of the Ottoman Empire is common-
BP Jy evacuated» and the Body Politick thereof
reftored to its prilline fiate of Health and Safety.
In like manner the falede Sülfatta, being a
Woman of great Courage and Abilities, attended
carefully to the Welfare of her Son, whom
fhe fometimes decked up, and fee forth as a
Property of Majeftick Gravity to the People,
whiift fhe her felf afliimed the Authority, and
carried all things with a high and imperious Spirit
; and being ambitious to be feared as well as
honoured, fhe laid violent Hands on the firffc Vizier,
called Mitßapha, and ftranglcd him , for
though he was an Active and Faithful Minuter,
yet becaufc he palled fomething on her which fhe
imagined did favour of negled,and becaufè fhe apprehended
bis Power,which was gi eatly confirmed
/ by the Intcreft and Favour he had with the Janifaries,and
their Favourers, fhe refolved to make him
an Example,as well of her Revenge,as her Power ,
after Whole Death the Charge of firft Vizier was
conferred on Mahomet the Pafha of Damafau. •
Theftfame Fate befel the Captain-Pafha, who
was likewise ftrangled for having over-boldly,
H or peremptorily, made anfwer to fonìe Imperii
nencies of the Grand Signior , and his Office
B was afterwards conferred on Btkfr Pafha of
Rhode*. With fuch Rigour as this do the Sul-
B tans govern, who refblve to be obeyed, and to
have their Commands executed without delay; or
contradiction. • •"'1
71)1 TX A, Witiift thefè Matters were in agitation, the
'SJfm Tartar $ forgetful of their Peace, made another
ino Po- Incurfion with thirty thousand Men into Ruffta,
Ian wr> againft whom Konifpolski having made Head with
wM>/W- twenty thoufand Men only, overthrew them,
JJ^" and killed twelve thoufand, and took three
thoufand Prifbners, purfuing the reft to the
[* '• Borders of Walachia. In like manner Wifnoivick.-,
a noble Polander, happily encountred another
Party of Tartars, as they were on their return
from fpoiling the Countries of Mofiovia ,
of whom having killed 10000 Men, he recovered
their Booty, and lent the reft Home naked and
empty; This was the true and moft effectuai
Means for the Polanders to avenge and right their
Injuries, «and more prevalent than Amba files and
MefTages of Complaint unto the Port ; which we
have experienced fince, and in the prefent Reign
of the Son of Ibrahim, to have been fb far from
producing Matter worthy fo much as the Charge
of the Ambaflâdor, that they have been retorted
with Ignominy and Affronts.
But here Ibrahim perceiving how the Poles had
avenged themfèlves with their own Sword,would
feem to approve "of the Action, which he could
not hinder ; and to appear a fincerc. Obferver of
the Peace, he depofed the Tartar Ä**» for his
unlawful IncurfiOns ; which was fuch a fatisfaction
to the Crown of Poland, as they never could
obtain by force of Juftice, Complaints, and
T weif ih Emferor of thè Türl\s. Ş'ç
Vertue of paÉvé Valour, until their active K44.
Fortitude took their Caule in Hand, and pleaded o-y