Aehmat, 5 p # Emperour of the Turfy

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unreafonablc
demands
for
to come to
a Peace.
Achmat, eighth Emferour of the Twfy
in Hungary 5 and that the States of that Kingdom
undemanding thereof, and fblcmnly protefting
againft the fame, under the Seal of the Lord Palatine,
had publickly affirmed with juft Arms to
defend themfelves, if they fhould for their Religion
be called into queftion, or troubled; and had
again repeated the fame their Proteftation at Galfeu
Yet Be&oiofa neverthelefs in the mean time
by cunning feifing upon the reformed Churches
at Cafovia, would not Curler the Citizens of the
reformed 'Religion there to have any Sermons
I in their own private Houfcs, or fo much as to read
on the holy Bible. Neither any whit moved with
the former Protcftatibns of the Nobility and
States, had taken unto himfelf all the Lands and
Goods of them of their Religion in Cafovia, not
fuffering them to bury the Bodies of their dead
within the City, near unto the Monafteries. And
requefting to nave borrowed of Botfeay certain
thoulands of Crowns, and thereof by him denied,
caufed his Souldiers to ranfack two of his Caftles,
and to fpoil him of all the Wealth and Trcafurc
he had therein. For which Indignities and Iujuries
Botfeay enraged, caufed open Proclamation to be
made, That he would give unto every Haiducb,
that would ferve him, four Crowns a Month
pay, with all the booty that they could get.
Whereupon fix thou fan d Haiducks, which then
fcrved under Belioiofa, forthwith revolted unto
Botfeay, their number increafing daily. But after
that unto this extraordinary pay, Pallas Lippa,
his Lieutenant, had alfo joyned the Protection of
the reformed Religion, it is wonderful to fay, how
the Haidttcbf by heaps reforted onto him, and how
the People in all parts of Hungary generally favoured
him and his Quarrel, being in all places
whereas he came, ready to joyn hands with him
againft the Imperials. The Turks and Tartars alfo,
both with Men and Money furthering him
in all his doings, whofe help he refilled not.
Whereof proceeded all the aforefaid Mifcrics both
in Hungary and Iranfifoania, with many other
worfe than they, which, together with the beginning
of this year, took their beginning and en-'
create alfo. unto which fo great Troubles, dill
more and more encreafing, Bafla,not able by force
to give remedy, fought by Lenity and fair Pcrfwafions
to have eafed the fame j by Letters oftentimes
advifing even Botfeay, the chief Rebel himfelf,
to change his Mind, to lay down Arms, to
•disband his Forces, and to perfwadc with the reft]
of his feditious followers, to fubmit themfelves unto
the Emperour, and to return again unto their
wonted Obedience. Whereunto he at length anfwered,
That if the Government of all Tranfifoania
might be left unto himfelf alone ; if a natural
Hungarian born might be flill chofen Lieutenant
General in Hungary, if none but fuch as were Hun­
one another. With this Army they turned from
Vacia to Gokara, with a purpofe from thence to
garians bom fhould have the government and have paffed over the Vanubius upon the Ice, and
command of all.the Garrifons in Hungary, if the to have furprifed Strigonium. Which Exploit they Strigonium
Wallon and French Souldiers might be fhut out of had once before attempted againft (fee bale Town, in vain attempted
Hungary, if the natural Hungarians born, might being then by the Chriftians rcpufted and beaten tohave
from thenceforth be regarded and provided of back with their great and fmall inot out of the beenfnrprifed
by
theit pay, if it might be lawful for every man to Town, as now they were again. Howbeit, that
have the free Exercife of his Religion * if the Authours
of thefe Troubles might be delivered unto and more to increafe, they in Strigonium flood and the
feeing the number of their Enemies daily more the Txrkj
*
the Hungarians to be punifEed, if the Emperour
himfelf in Perfon fhould come and be prcfent at
the Parliament at Fresbnrg, if the German Garrifon
Souldiers fhould frill keep themfelves within the
Places whereunto they were appointed, without
making of any Excurfions into the Towns or
Villages near unto them, or hurting of the poor
Country-men; he could then be content to come
to fuch a good Agreement for Peace. With
which offer he fent two of the Rebels, his Followers,
unto Bafia, who not liking thereof, returned
them back again, without concluding of
any thing.
But while things were thus m calk, fome of the
Haiducty in the mean time,with a number of Tar­
Gol(jtra
fnrprifed
tars joyned unto them, in feeking after Booty, by the
Huduckt.
(urprilcd Gokara, a Town over againft Strigonhmi
where, having flain certain Germans which had
the keeping of the Place, and rifled the Town, as
theywere about to fee it on fire, by the coming
over of the Gbveroour of Strigonium with his Garrifon,
they were inforced to forfakc the place, and
again to retire. This loft received at Gokara, was
again by our men requited by the taking of falantwar,
a good Fonrefs of the Turks, after a
long and cruel fight taken by Captain Bathian,
( Commander of the Imperial Troops on this fide
of the River of Vanubius) wherein to a number of
the Turks being retired, were there together with
the Garrifon Souldiers all flain, and amongft
them divers men of great account, who bnt fome
few days before were come thither. Which Fortrefs
the Captain caufed to be forthwith razed.becaufe
it fliould no more ftandthe Turks in dead
for the annoying of the Chriffians;
The Turks about this time had a purpofe to Facia tnoil
befiege Vacia, a City not far from Vicegrade, on fliamefully
by the
the other fide of Vanubius, a Place which flill did
Haiducks
them great harm, and flood the Chriftians in betrayed,
great Read. The Garrifon of which Place was and deli-"
part Germans, and part Hungarians, as the reft of vered un*
all the Garrifons in the Imperial Towns of Hunt-tgory were. Of which the Turks purpofe for the
the
Twrtu
fiege, the treacherous Haiducks there in Garrifon
having got underftanding,confpired to deliver unto
them the Place; and yet not fo contented, to joyn
thereunto a Treafon more bloody and treacherous
than was the betraying of the Town; for
finding themfelves by farr too ftrong forthe Germans
in Garrifon in the Town with them, they
fell upon them, fearing no fuch matter, and flew
moft parr of them, the reft laving themfelves by
fpeedy flight to Strigonium $ and fo afterward, according
to their former pretended Treafon, delivered
the Town unto the Turks, joyning with
them and the tartars, and directing them for the
more eafie fpoiling of the Chriftians and the
Country thereabout.
__ The taking of this City of Vacia, had in fliort
time called together great numbers of the Turks
and "tartars out of all Places of the Realm j who,
together with the Haiducks, made a great and puiffant
Army, to the Terrour of the Chriftians, not
then able to hold the field againft them, and the
incouraging of the Turks, thus holpen even by
the Chriftians themfelves, to the deflroying of
Htuduckj.
more in doubt of a fecond fiege, than they had
done of the firft, whereof we have before fpoken.
The Report of thefe fo great Troubles, and of
the general revolt of the difcon tented Haiducks in
Hungary, much troubled and grieved the Chriftian
Emperour; who, both in refpeft of his Honour,
'and of the fafety of his Eftate, raifed what
Power he might out of -his Provinces thereabout,
and levied great fums of Money from his Subjects,
taking a Ducket upon every Houfcin Auflria,
being then in great fear of thefe Mifcrics
and Mifchiefs fo fafl fpreading, and flill more
and
io"bj
PaUntwar
taken
by the
Imperials.