Eleventh Emperor of the Turfa.

88
The Reign of Sultan Mehmets or Mahomet IV.
'655. to the iil Government, and want of Experience
^-%oJ in the General Wherefore to appeafe the People,
efpccially the Merchants, who were weary
I m>, propofing to withdraw their Forces from
M Cttudìa, and make a Peace, upon the paimentof
ten Millions for the Charge of the War : And
to incline the Venetians hereunto, the Turks
gave feverc Orders to their People living about
H Corfou, to moleft the Inhabitants of that Ifland
with all Acts of Hoitility imaginable : and farther
pohlübed, That their Intentions were to
fòt out «a more numerous and ftronger Fleet,
• than any which from the beginning of this War
had failed on the Seas -, and in order thereunto,
great Numbers of Slaves, confuting of
Co/Tacks and Mofcovites, were bought or the
Tartars, and tranfported to Conßantiwpte,
H The Venetians were not in the lealt affrighted
at the/è Boaflings of the Turk, but on the
contrary, knowing that their Affairs in CundU
were well fecured and provided, gave Orders to
H Ballaruw to defili from farther Treaties, and
H to procure bis Licence to depart. • And the
Turks, to evidence their intentions to profêcutc
the War, entered Into Cmes with twenty eight
Sail, laden with Arms and Provisions, OÄvvhich
aliò were fifteen hundred Men. By this conveyance
was lent a Janifar-Aga with .Orders from
the Grand Signior, to conftitute Chufaei» pafha
in the place of Captain-Pafha, or Admiral of
the Seas ; but he judging this to be a Defign, or
H Lure,to draw him from his Poftyar Office,wherein
he wa> more ftrong and lenire, acknowledged
the Honour «of the Employment, but framed
EjrcuXes to continue his Seat and Place of Refi-
H deuce, which the Chief Minifters were forced to
accept ; it being a Ccajuafture more fcafonable
to difiêmbie, than to relent his refufal.
Whilft new Preparations were making againft
Condi*, fo horrible a ftorm of Mutiny and Se- 1636.
dition 3 role at Confi *ntinoplc, as conftrained the v/y%J
Grandees of the Council to quit for the pre- *
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of this Marine War -, from whence thejr reap- J fent all thoughts of providing for the War
ed nothing bui Lößes of their Ships and Goods ; againft the Enemy, that they might defend and
It was thought fit to enter into a Treaty with fave themièlves from the Fory of their own
Signior Capello, the Venetian Bailo, concerning People -j For the Spahees and Janifäries join­
a Peace; but he having his Conimilfion taken ing together, pretended to reform the Abides '
from him, for the Reafon before related, his of the State; to perform which, in a furious
Secretary Bdlmino fupplyed his Office -, .and in Tumult, putting themièlves in Arms, they ran
Order to an Accommodation, had two Audi­ to the Divan, where they depofed the Great
ences with the Great Vizier, to whom* and to Vizier, and difcharged divers other Officers of A&tbtlBt»
others of the Divan, be made Prefènts of rich their Employment i The Mufti'was confrrain- J^
Pieces of Cloth of Gold, in the Name of the
Republick. Hdwfoever the Turks thinking it
d i (honour able to accord unto other Terms, than
the intire Relignation of Candia, proceeded in
their Preparations as formerly ; at which the
Merchants and Tradefmen at Conftmt inopie received
futh matter of Discontentment, tijat in
Tumults they cryed out for Peace at the Gates
of the very Seraglio ; and behaved themièlves
with that Infolence, that the Janifäries were
called to drive them from thence by force of
Arms £ howlbeverthis Tumult and Riot of the
People ended not without the Life of the Great
Vizier, to whole fury he was made a Sacrifice»
And though bis Son appeared at the Gates of
the City with forty thou fa od Men, to demand
Juftjcc on the Murderers of his Father, yet the
People were fo far from being difmayed thereat,
that their Fury and Rage e ne rea fed to a greater
height, and required the Authority of the
Divan to keep things from running into the Inconveniences
of a Civil War.
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THefe Diforders induced the chief Miniflcrs
I to enter into another Treaty with SaBari-
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ed to fly to JtrnfaUm, and the Queen-Mother Ij^ 000 "
fcarce remained fecure in her old Seraglio. And
to fo great a height their Rebellion proceeded,
that they propofed even to dethrone the Grand
Signior himfelf. And having thus call off all
Refpect and Duty*io their Prince, they entred
the Imperial Palace, and forcing the Guards,
broke up the Treafury, and carried two millions
from thence. H
Amiclffc of this horrid and affrighting Confufiop,
Merchants and well-meaning Citizens remained
in the moft aironÜbİng apprehenlîons
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imaginable^ forali Laws being broken, and
Jufhce unregarded, the whole City laid open to H
be pillaged and lacked by the liccntioufnefc of an
unbridled Souldiery. For leverai days the Offices
both of the Mufti, and Great Vizier remained
vacant, by reafon that the two Factions
of Janifäries and Spahees could not agree \
upon the Election. At length the moft féditious
araongffc them wearying out the others with
Quarrels and Contefts, advanced a Fellow of
no Undcrftanding or Reputation to the eminent *
degree of Great Vizier ; in which condition he.
remained not long. For the Fire of the multitude
being with time quenched, and the popular
Heat abated, this new vizier was difpiaced,
all things returning to their ufual Channel, * |
and Authority to its Fountain.
And that Matters might more* eafily be reffored
to their ancient order, the Grana Signior
called for the Pafha of Dtmofem to receive the
Dignity of Great Vizier j for he being a Per- -
fon of eighty Years of Age, and of long Ex-*
perience in Affairs, having managed the moft
weighty Charges of the Empire, was looked
on by all as the moft proper Perfon to com- •.
pole and heal thefe great Diftempers in the
State; and this was that famous Knperlte, who
was Father to "him who fuccceded him in this
Office. The Pa/ha of SililtrU was alio conftituted(
Captain Pafha, ana Chnfatin was confiti I
med in his Government of Condi*,.
And now the bright Beams of Juftice-and
Government having difÜpated the Storms and
Fury of popular Sbllevations 5 the Grand Signior
in'Perfon mounting his Horfè, accoro panìéd
with his principal Minuter of State, tifitcd
all the Parts 01 Conft*ntin*ph, where making
Inquifition for the principal Leaders and Forni
of this Rebellion, he fazed on fome, and
without further procefi, boldly executed them
in the Face of the People.
But before things were reduced to this condition,
four Months were fpenc in this horrid r-"'-.»|
Confufion -, and what is mofrftrange, this Great 3
Empire for fo long time remained without a
Pilot, tolled on the Waves of popolar Zoomotions-,
all which ferved to give eafeand respite
to the Venetians in their War, but not to ope- H
rate towards a Peace « fo refolute were the
Turks in their Defign. of making an entire Conquell
of Condi*.
For