Aehmat, 5 p # Emperour of the Turfy

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868 Achfliat, eighth Emperour of the Tttrty. \6o] 5. Thmtu\ Fore battered and B {faulted By die-'' Turks, _!sM Buc die Rebels riorfo difcouraged, but IHHio one place or other invading the Ifland, and cbreatning the Wanders ;with all Extremities, except tbey Would take part with them $ what by Force, What by PerfwaGon,fo much prevailed with them, that the molt pare of them revolting from the Em.p&ouTj, upon the- fudden let upon the Count of 1 being thep in the Jfland, and having flain three hundred oftis men,gcievpufly wounded himtelf alfo. For cftc fpecdy appeaGngof which Multitude, Maftd fqnt ov/r ipto'phe Ifland certain Companies of the Ikatzians and Wallans. who not regarding chat mc Jflauders were daily damnified by the- Rebels, moll mifetaWy fpoded them of whatfoeyetthc Rebels bad yet left them/ The Tyr-^Sj encamped before fyigoniim, fieffi planted their Battery agajnft theilronK Fort, (landing aloft upon Saint taomas's Hill s tor that from thence they fhould have received infinite barm, if tbey fhould before the winning thereof have attempted to:shave won the City j it {landing on rjj Backhand aU the plain betwixt the Hill and the City where in they yfefc to plant their Battery beingfubgelt untp it* Wnicb Fore, though very fjrong, they with continual Battery by^ the fpace of almoli three weeks, leaving with infinite charge, aj number of their Men, made affaultabkj jtbe*/our. and twentieth day oiSen&nher. mounted, the Hill to affaultthe fame, unto ifehieh aifaul* fch$ywent.upithe Hill fo thick, one tWfting a*aather forward, thaf the Hill fectfled now $p feenothing but a. mount pr heap of armed Mcti, fcarce ajDSjpari of it dicing tq be teen, it was fa covered wjfib them. Upon •whom fo (warming pp, the rGhr-i^ns. in the Fort, having repoted all the hope} A$ s|j&ffi .\Vejfl|rc .4R 3 thejt Valqur. and rcfoi ved t^tvegy, |tjo, die or Uvg, couragcoully d i ft cpargnd thî;'ruuir4ia-;ing ftqc, both great x-A fmall, fcarceâny of their deadly Bulleci.uiyng^n vain. Mowofifl, the Turks, rcliolutely .let down fgg performingof that they, had taken in hand, lyi#out-iwfrc$-ojf Death or Danger, came ftfl defperarcly. pn, unîl that they were come to the pulh of Pike, and fo to handy .blows even in the very Br*K;ru:s 4 which the long fury of tfie Turks -Cannon had made very aflaultablc. Five hours ;th is furious afjault was by the Turks maintained, and by the Chriftians wjch invincible Courage rflnd,Rclp}utjan>©ndurcd, many brave and valiant ^0.felling oPifeorfe fides,} and thrice the Turks Jff9M|r]» weteisnforccd caretire, but were Bill by their Commanders brought on again. The lols -sMariT iWas to both (ides common, many worthy Men -oi »^ -tf;. fiiereendingSheir Days, worihy pfaerpalFame. rfj auihsv rThfi Qiriflwns- fc 11 dead upon met Turks flain by jn&toaBI ifeeifi wjjpifty and the Turks upon the (oh'rulians Jflajn t>yrd^>(luîivd9.'^^batuôu]dwe l £iy^ The Turks by numbers died, but not their Force, .nv.airfo $Hafc bfii%j?5i their gceajc numbers mil maintained even in dcfpjght of Death, and always living ip tjidr great Multitude yeEle^cê", Which was flffi'loivdlwêj Deicndanrfl.ppp cvt*; ajite pqn r Itrary; who .could ^t-lofe^Kipruy man, without diminifhing of tneura^V.andmcjapso^rc- •ft&roce% fo that they fti]l 'ipfi^wachour hope of 'ttftEuatd* und-vei (^d.î^Lm bfaf yrvbr put conn nufpApt thqir. fagreat /o|a. |gg ê [t|*at , ftill fighwrj qn^ fambH+mtlmt without , fiope oikfcllHvg his Inensyfi feeingôp palghty for him m.wywms, w& ^m^x^.
Power and Valour the life of great Actions. The bafe Town of Gti um | won by the Turks, The upper Town of Snigonium in by the Turks Adaulted. Strigohhm tin mined. Achmat, eighth Emperow of the Turfy. S6 9 not overcome chcfc Mifcreants, their number ffill impairing in a Moment what Death had taken away in to Hour ; whereas our Men flew others but Co pflain themfelves; and fought not but to become Sacrifices unto Death themfelves, and not by their refinance to carry away the Victory againft inexorable Deffiny. The fight was great and tcrrible-atid the bullepftill flew, few of them falling in vain amongft fuch a multitude and preafe ©J They of the high Town, who rhetpfclyes expected the like danger wherein their Companions now floated betwixt Life and Death, (food a- bove*looking on, not daring to give them aid, or to remove out of their ftrengen, but refer ving themfelves with all theft Forces, for the fole fafeguard of themfelves, and for their own defence. Tiowbeic, all this while the Enemies Forces Hill incrcaled, and the Chriftians diminifhed ; for Death could net weaken rhcfcSj- whereas it Hill deftroyed ours, who failed but in number, not in Valour, and gave place but unco the force of death, and not unto the force of men- All-the deadly blows appointed to be given for the defence of a Breach, had been by our men given $ all the Arms neceflary for fuch a purpofe bad* been employed, all refinance that could be dented had been made, and all the Duties of valiant and worthy men performed; fo that nothing here wanted but number, and not valour. But in all fuch A&ions there are two things nceeffary, the one for the helping of the other, for the cowefpondency of their flbwerf which both joyned in one Body, may do all things, but being divided, can neither of them do any thing again ft him which is poffeffed of both. In fine, after four Attempts in this A flank,molt of the Chriftian Defendants being flain, the Turks forced the reft, and gained the Breach, treading under foot the dead bodies both of the Turks and of the Chriftians, to gee into the City. This Place thus won, and thofe chat were left put to the Sword, and the Town- rifled ; the Turks yet in breath, and all embrued in Blood, gave an Attempt unto the high Town, in fome hope, even at that time, in ifo great a Confufion of the Defendants, to have carried the fame alfo. Howbeir,thc Defendants beholding their Weapons yet dropping with the Blood of their Friends and Companions, and ready to fbed' theirs alfo, for the prefent notably repuMed them: Who, (b difappoinced of their purpofe, and defiling to train the Place with; the leaf! lofs they might, re'folved to take the fame by undermining of it, repofing more truft in the Spade and the Mattock, than in their Swords and Harquebufcs^bcing by Experience of their former Sieges taught, how hard and dangegerousa thing itwasby Battery and Aflault to obtain the fame. This travel in the Mines took fuccefi according to their defire; for within a few days, the Mines, (with much labour) being* brought to Perfection, and fire put unto them, they failed not to work their efleft, but with their great Violence blew up the Walls, Rampiers, Men, and Munition, all together, calling forth fuch Smoaks and Flames as wherewith a number of the Defendants were fmothered and burnt. Which Breaches lb made, and the defences of the City blown up, in fuch fort, that the Chriftians lay open to the*Enemies deadly fhot, being not able any more to fhew themfelves without danger of their Lives, the Turks in order forthwith came to affault and force the fame. Which the Captains of the Chriftians beholding, prepared themfelves to withfhmd them, and to that purpofe would have given order unto their Souldiers for the defence both of the Breach and of the Walls; whom they found fuch as Zumenes at-his greatcft need found his, not willing in any wife to fight, and in the moft afTured peril of Death, without Courage, either to vanquifh their Enemies, or defend themfelves; in fuch fort, thac not one of them would put themfelves in order, fhew themfelves upon the Breach, or come near the Walls. Lazy Cowards^chufing rather* to attend an afTured death in their Cowardife and want of Courage, than toadvenmre their Lives into the danger of Arms; well djlferving to endure the fame with difhoubur, feeing that they refufed by nondurable refinance eg prtferye their Lives. The Captains, for all cfaadBy fair fpceches, and by threats, ceafed not tojtir them up ; praying, exhorting,* and fomcfSHfc with- Death threatening them, .if they thusretufed to do their Duty, ana with their naked Swords in their hands, would have enforceothem to the Breach. But all in vain; their dead_ Courages being not to be revived or ftirred up in their fo great a feat of Death; Which much dilmayed the Captains, feeing their Lives and Honour, together with the Place, (rnrough this Tumult and Cowardife of their Souldiers) to be m extream peril. During which time., the Turks coming oruhid without any great refinance gained the foot of the Breach; whom the Souldicrs now feeing fo near unto them, and out of hope to be relieved, and deftitute of Courage alio, inftead of crafting unto their Arms and Valour, betook themfelves onto the refuge of their fhame and CoWardile. For compafling in the Counc Dam- The Garriibn by Souldipjjm•/•
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