Aehmat, 5 p # Emperour of the Turfy

866 Achmat, eighth Emferonr of the 7«r%.
Articles by
ifar/far propounded
unco the
Empe-'
roursCommiflioncrs
for the appealing
of
the Tumults
in
the upper
Hiaimy.
Obedience.. Who fo well ufcd the matter with
them, that caking a Truce for eight days* they in
the mean time fent five of the chief men amongft
them by Ship to fresbungj offering unto the Governour
there, That if they might be fecured of
their Goods and Safety, and that the Haiduch that
were with them might be entertained iu Pay, they
would be ready again to take the Oath of Allegiance,
and faithfully to ferve him as became his
loyal Subjects and Valiant Souldiers; and for .the
aflurance thereof, to leave their Wives and Children
as Pledges at Freiburg. 'Which their Offer,
was unto the Governour vory acceptable and welcome,
who yielding unto their Redueft, in friendly
fort ditmtfled them. Bu| they being returned
home, and having declared to the celt of their
Fellows what they had done, it was by general
confeht agreed, Tnat four thoufand of them fhould
joyn themfelyes unto the Emperours Power under
the Regiment, of Cottonitz, who,to be known from
VjtherSj wore in their Crefls certain fpecial Feathers;
their Wives and Children being carried to
Presburg as Pledges of their Faith; but this Agreement
by them made with the Governour of trefburg
being once known, the reft of the Rebels in
the Country thereabout together aflembled with
toe Turks, invaded the Ifle, in hope upon the
fiidden to nave, furpiiled them; but, deceived of
their Expc&ation, were by the Inhabitants of the
lfle, and by the help of certain German Troops,
overthrown and put lo flight/ and three thoufand
of them there flain. i
L About the beginning of i^iy certain Commiflioners
were fent on the Emperour's hehalf toGij/flvc,
to intreat with Botfcay concerning a Pacification
to.be made* who being by mm there honourably
entertained, and having with him frayed
almpft a wholeiMonthj were at length, the nine
and twentieth;of the fame month, again difiniffed.
Now the Articles which Botfcay propounded unto
thefe Commiffioners to be confidered 6f for the
making of a Peace, and which for the mofl part
were agreed upon in the Peace afterward concluded
betwixt the great Sultan and the Emperour,
were thefe* ,
. Firft, that icflwuld be lawful, for all fuch as
Would, 03 have the free exercife of the reformed
Religion. For although ( as he faid ) he was not
ignorant that, there was an ancient Decree amongft
the Hungarians, whereby all that profefled'not the
Catholick Religion, or that revolted from the
fame, were to be burnt, and that he defired not
to have that Article repealed; yet that his Rcqucft
was, That the Emperour, having regard unto the
Troubles of the prefent time, would promifc and
allure, That from thenceforth no man fhould be
troubled for his Religion, or called in quefHon for
his Conference and Belief. Befides that, he rcquefted
to have the Principality of Traefibania during
his Life; yet with.this Condition. That after his
death it fhould again return unto the Emperour, fo
that the Emperour in his Abfcrtce fhould appoint a
natural Hungarian to govern the fame, as alio to
have the chief Government in Hungary. That
there fhould no more Bifhops fit in Council but
one, and that he, if it fhould be fo thought meet,
fhould bear the Office of the Chancellor. That
the Liberties and Priviledges of that Kingdom
fhould be kept whole and inviolate. That it fhould
be lawful for him only to make choice of the chief
Palatine of the Kingdom.^ That Goods confifcated
for any offence committed, fhould not be difperfed
or fold, but given to men of deferr. That
all Offenders againff the State from thenceforth
fhould be judged by the Council of Hungary.
That none fhould be preferred to Bifhopricks in
Hungary, but fuch as were of the noble Hungarian
Blood. That all Injuries heretofore done,
fhould be nbfolutcly pardoned, forgiven and forgotten.
All which things, if they might be granted,
he pcomifed to labour to the uttermolt of his
power, upon the befi Conditions he might, to
procure a Peace betwixt the Great Sultan and the
Emperour. Lafl of all lie requeued, That the
Charters of Peace, containing thefe Articles tbtis
agreed upon, might be lublcribed and confirmed
by the Bifhop of Romt t the Emperour, the King
or Polonia, and all the Imperial Kingdoms and
Provinces.
The Turkifh Sultan understanding 1 ofthisTreaty
of Peace betwixt the Emperour and Botfcay, by
The Great
Sultan loth
a Mcflenger fent in hafte to Botfcay, fought by thatBarfeaj
fhoold
great* Offers and Promifes to hinder the fame;
come to a
putting him withall in remembrance, That i little
before this Treaty made, he had not only by the Empe*
Peace with
Words, but by Letters alio, fubferibed with his row*
own hand, promifed unto Botfcay's Ambaffadors
fent to Confiantinople, That he would bring to pais,
that Botfcay, rewarded with fuch Priviledges as
King John in formertime enjoyed, fhould in (hort
time be proclaimed aod crowned King olHupgarv,
andjhat to that purpofe he was even now ready
to fend a Scepter and a Crown, the Ornaments of
a King, to Alba Regain. But for the prefent, he
by thefe Meilengers fent unto Botfcay two goodly
Hoiies, with Furniture of Gold, glittering with
precious Stones; He fent him alfo a rich Scimitar,
a pair of golden Spurs, and a long Horfemans
Coat garnifhed with Gold and precious Stones of
great prices perfuading him valiantly to pcrfift in
his former courfe and purpofe. Which he failed
not to do: .for immediately after, he with a gallant
Train went from Cajfovia into Tranfih/ania,
there to take of the Nobility of that Province the
Oath of their Fidelity unto him; accounting no
pains or labour great, which he took to turn the
People from their Obedience unto the Emperour,
and ro ftrcngthcnhimfelf. At which time he alfo
fent Redeius his Chancellor, with (bme others, in­
Hefendeth
AmbaiTadors
into .
to Po/onia, to renew the Confederation Which was
Po/onfa,and[
fometime betwixt the Polonians and the Hungarians
: who, being admitted unto the King's Pre­
Died Ait
b there do*
sence, and Audience given him, firft declared the
Caufes of the Difcord and Civil War that then
was in Hungary, which he imputed chiefly unto
the Oppreffion of Religion, the free exercife thereof
being forbidden them; and to the Infblency of
the Germans, who there at their pleafure commanded
over them. Upon which two Points be
flood much, labouring with many Words to perfuade
the King thereof; and afterwards requcfting
him of his gracious Goodnefs, and of the care
which he j together with other Chriftian Princes,
had for the common quiet of the Chriftian Commonweal
in general, and efpecially of thole two
diftrcfled Countries, lying as it were even in the
Enemies Mouth, to enter into Confutation how
the fame Evils might be remedied, and thofe fo
great Troubles again appealed, and to the effecting
of fo good a work to put to his helping hand.
W hereunto the fang anfwered, That the friendfhip
wherein Botfcay offered to joyn with him being
but the renewing of the ancient Amity betwixt
the Countries of folonia and Hungary, to be unto
him pleafing; howbeit, he could not for all that,
fas he faid) well like plBotfcay*s Revolt from that
Houfe and Family, whercunto he was himfelf fo
near adjoyned in Affinity; promifing yet neverrhelcfs,
that he would propound the matter unts
his Nobility, to be farther confidered of: which
when he had indeed done, it was by common
con fent agreed, That no Aid fhould be given out
of Fohnia unto Botfcay or the Rebels 5 and that
whofocver fhould from thence afford him an v Aid,
fhould
Bttfcxypx
eth into
Tranfitv*'
tua.