Aehmat, 5 p # Emperour of the Turfy

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Achmat, eighth Emferour of the Twfy.
1604 ready co do his Prince Service, failed not now of
M r V s -> his Duty, xalling together Gx Companies of Footmen
out of Romafit, and joyning unto them four
Companies out of Veratiift., together with the Sileftan
-Hotfe-wen of Scbuct-Kenbufs Regiment
(whom by reafon of his Sicknefs he was not able
| " to lead) and. with them the Haidmfys of County
lamker, came unto the Place of the Rendezvous,
bringing with him all warlike ProviOon in token
of Ins Fidelity. With this Army Belgiofa match-
&W«g°- cd aga^ft " ne R-cbeis, who, as refolute men, ateth
agafnft tended his coming; fe» why. Botfeay knowing the
the Rebels fj a iducks of County HamhUf fecretly to favour him
hiTrmfd- an£| ^ Rebellion more than they did Belgiofa and
his juft Quarrels, flood in no fear of them, but affured
himfclf of them as of his friends; who failed
not of his. hope and expectation, but even at
the fir ftjoyning of the 8attel turned themfelvesto
his part»; with the going over of whom, the number
of the Rebels was much increafed, and Belgiofa's
Power both in Force and Courage much
-•• wcakned, feeing themfelves at once expoled both
unto the force ot their Enemies, and to the Treachery
of their Fellows, : who now With conjoyned
Forces molt fiercely aflailed them; who finding
themfelves now on all fides invironed with fo
great a multitude, and not able, with fo (mail a
number as was left, co withftand the violence of
their Enemies, and the Treafon of their Companions;
after they had to the uttermoit of their
Befcfyjln Power performed all the parts of valjaht and
fo^o- courageous men, were there almoft all cut id pievenhrown
ccs, and there buried in the Field of their Loyalty,
by Betfaa honoured with their own Blood, and altogether
the Rebel, embrued with the Blood of their Enemies. In
this unlucky and difloyal Fight were divers good
and faithful Captains flain ; Pttfie, Governour of
Veradin^ and Valias Leppat, both great Captains,
Bttfcay
dealeth
^^rmt unfaithfully
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with
and grievoufly wounded, were there taken ftifoners.
The Lieutenant of Petfie alfo, having
retired himfclf with feme of his Troops into a
place of good Strength, there fo valiantly defended
themfelves, that Botfeay y one of hope to overcome
them by force, to get them* into his Power,
promifed them upon his Oath, if (hey would yield
themfelves, to fu flierthem in fafety to depart. But
what Tiw or Credit 4s -to be given to him who
ruch'as up- hath before broken his Faith and Loyalty to his
on his faith Ptince, this Rebel well fhewed, by the Death of
^eSdeduS
ro him.
nt anc * waw^* e mto > Wfl0 » aftcj that
f 0e y had upon his Faith and Prbmife yielded
themfelves, were by his appointment cruelly flain
and cut in pieces. The SUefinn Horfemen were
there alfo all overthrown, and buried in the
midft of their Enemies; and as for Betgiofa himfelf,
hi ftrangely efcaped out of the Battel, and
fayed himfclf by flying to Veradm. The victorious
Rebel after the Battel, inftead of praifingGod
facrificed to the Devil, by fending a great part of
the Enfigns by him gained unto the Vifier Bafla,
with a thoufand PraiTes of his Glory, for fupporcing
of him in his Rebellion; and vaunting much
of this his Viftory, pave him withal to underhand,
'That he had flain above fix thoufand of
his Enemies.
Jbjfar This Viftory gotten, together with the humjn
his Re- ye Submiffion of Botfeay. obtained of the Great
cmirao. Sulra °j That from thenceforth he fliould be ftiled
ced by the by the Name of the Prince of Tranfi/vania y with a
GreatSul- farther Charge from him, to do the utrermoft of
°Hed ' il " s cn deavour for the fu bd u in g unto his Obcifance
Prince of '** re^'?^ franfihania 5 prornifing, plentifully to
fupply his Wants both with Men and-Money, and
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out of hand co fend htm three thoufand tartars
so his Aid. And indeed, this was a very great and
bloody Battel, fought from Ac firft break of the
Dayj until eleven aelock at Noon j but, whether
fo many*were flain there o7no7 it cannot certainly
be told, for that divers of them who were (aid
to be flain, and. fo accounted among the dead,
had hid themfelves in the Wood there by. and
fbme others of them by fome other means efcaped
Death alb. Petfte himfelf had with him when he
was taken, two Monks, whom the Souldiers in
delpight cut into many pieces,and carried him fait
bound in Chains to Derritza y to be there cured of
the dangerous Wounds by him in the Battel received.
But as for Pallas Lippa, who, being Wounded,
PiiMlip'
was taken Prifoncr with Petfie ^ he was afterwards ba t Batfctifs
by Botfeay appointed his Lieutenant General, and Lieutenant,
pretendetn
fo by his Commandment was pnblickly proclaimed
; as he which was defirous to take upon him the defence
the defence of the reformed Religion, andolluch of Religion
as were willing co profefs the fame; who forthwith
made a general Proclamation, That all they ening of
lor the
ftrength-
which were defirous of the liberty of Conference, Botfcaj in
and to live free from the Supcrflirions of the Vo-1 his Rebel­
man Church, fhould repair unto biro, as unto their
Head and Chieftain, ready to entertain them, and
to allow to every one of them five Dollars a
Month for their Pay- Upon which Proclamation
made, a great Multitude of Men upon the Hidden
retorted unto him; fo that in a (hort time he had
following of him ten thoufand Haiducks. befide a
number of other of the common rafcal People\
yea, almoft all the Gentlemen of the Country, repairing
unto him, bound themfelves by Oath tor
him, and one of them to another, That as thcjrJ
would not take up Arms to fight againft the Chnftian
Emperour, fo they would not fubmit themfelvts
unto the Turk, but only (land upon the
defence of their Religion, and the liberty of Con*
fdencc.
'The Rebel Botfeay thus wonderfully increafed
iw Strength and Number, befet almoft all the,
Paffages of the Country, and with the Sword of
Rebellion in his hand, and his Souldiers following
him, commanded the Cities ftill as he went,
to yield unto him: but, hearing that Belgiofa was
after the late Overthrow gone from Veradin to The great
Cajjlvidy where his Wife lay; and being come City of
thither, to have been by the Citizens rejected, ICajjbvia
yielded to
who would not only not receive him into their the Rebel
City, but turned his Wife alfo out of the City unto
him; he with a great Army coming thither,
took the City without refinance, the Citizens for
the moft part endining unto him: of which City
being poflefleda he forthwith changed both the
Religion and Civil Government thereof, flewpare
of fuch as were of the Komifh Religion, and thruft
the reft out of the City, with all the Church-men;
took the Bifliop and the Empcrour's Treafurer Prifoners,
and fo changed rhe whole Government of
the Town up-fide down. The only man he flood
in fear of, was Betgiofa^ for whom he laid wait fay.
all means he could to have taken him, with a
purpofc to have ufed him moft hardly if he had
fallen into his hands.
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