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Achmat, eighth Emperow <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Turfy</strong>. 885 1608 by reafon <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir Difcord and DiiTention about O'V*' <strong>the</strong> order <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir Confultation ; <strong>the</strong> one part ftill labouring for <strong>the</strong> Contribution to be firff agreed W upon, and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r part holding as hard for <strong>the</strong> Reformation <strong>of</strong> Juftice; fo that Ferdinand <strong>the</strong> Arch-duke, out or hope <strong>of</strong> concluding any thing The Diet that good was, not in vain to fpend his c<strong>of</strong>t and <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> time any longer, <strong>the</strong> fifth <strong>of</strong> May difmifTed <strong>the</strong> St*** ^ Affembly, and returned home, as did all <strong>the</strong> reft pjjjlf <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Electors and Princes peputies,.no one Arjuthkne tide that was propounded being fo much as once broten<strong>of</strong>l; reafoncd <strong>of</strong>, but all left undecided ; Co fmall care and no- was c|, e^ Qf <strong>the</strong> common good, ei<strong>the</strong>r for <strong>the</strong> rai- Sded fing <strong>of</strong> Money for <strong>the</strong> withftanding <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Turks and Rebels, or for <strong>the</strong> Reformation <strong>of</strong> Juftice ; p <strong>the</strong> Neceffity <strong>of</strong> both, ei<strong>the</strong>f on <strong>the</strong> one fide or <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r, fo hardly urged, and yet in Conclufion be nei<strong>the</strong>r refpefted or regarded. •uh£*Li *, VVhilft <strong>the</strong> Diet to no purp<strong>of</strong>c (as is aforefaid ) <strong>the</strong> Arch- was by tiie Arch-duke Ferdinand holdcn at Ra- [dukecom- tiMne, Matthias <strong>the</strong> Arch-duke,with a grait Train Ink00 following <strong>of</strong> him, came in <strong>the</strong> mean lime to Vrefbk\ where he was with much Joy and trtsburg. Triumph I received; thcGarrifon Souldiers in order (landing on borh fides <strong>the</strong> way as he went unto <strong>the</strong> Caftle': Napragius <strong>the</strong> Bifhop <strong>of</strong> Rat, with an eloquent Oration welcoming <strong>of</strong> him, m <strong>the</strong> prefence <strong>of</strong> certain <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Hungarian Nobility, who bad gone out as far as Hamburg to meet him, and now alfo honourably welcomed him» much rejoycing at his coming. The next day <strong>the</strong> Arch-bifhop, and Cardinal <strong>of</strong> Strigomum, with a notable Train <strong>of</strong> Hungarian Gentlemen came to Presburg; who, forthwith received into <strong>the</strong> Cattle, and having fal <strong>the</strong> Arch-duke, conferred with him <strong>of</strong> many things in this Aflembly to be confulted <strong>of</strong>. In <strong>the</strong> mean time lllifhafcw ( that Noble Hungarian <strong>of</strong> whom we have fo <strong>of</strong>ten fpoken) arrived <strong>the</strong>re alfo with twelve Coaches, ninety Harquebufiers, and forty Hungarian Horfemen going before him, and three hundred Haiducki which had attended upon him, being at rhe Gate difmifTed. So <strong>the</strong> chief <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Hungarian Sates being come, <strong>the</strong> Confultation was begun <strong>the</strong> three and twentieth day <strong>of</strong> January; where, when as <strong>the</strong> Arch duke had propounded unto <strong>the</strong> Hungarian Mobility; what things <strong>the</strong>y were efpecfally to confider <strong>of</strong> 3 it was by <strong>the</strong>m anfwered, The Haiducks,be(otc <strong>the</strong>ir coming out, to have determined, not one whit to depart from <strong>the</strong> Articles rhe year before propounded and agreed on at Vienna; nor to admit any limitation at all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m, Co that for <strong>the</strong> appealing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tumults <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Haiducks, <strong>the</strong>re was no need <strong>of</strong> any new Confultation, but only to confirm fuch things as was <strong>the</strong>n and <strong>the</strong>re confulted and agreed upon. From which <strong>the</strong>ir Refolution, when as <strong>the</strong> Hungarians were not to be removed, and being grieved with <strong>the</strong>fc<strong>of</strong>fing at <strong>of</strong> certain <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Clergy (<strong>the</strong>reupon refuting in any wife to make <strong>the</strong>ir appearance, as <strong>the</strong>y were commanded^ before <strong>the</strong> Cardinal in <strong>the</strong> Cattle) were about again to depart, making a folemn Proteftation, <strong>the</strong>mfclves to be guiltlefs <strong>of</strong> fuch barms as ffioujd <strong>the</strong>re<strong>of</strong> af- rerwards enfue; it was at length on al 1 parts agreed Commif- upon, That <strong>the</strong> whole matter ftouId be comm itted Mionefsup- unto ten ch<strong>of</strong>en out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Hungarian Counfellors, pointed and ten more <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Counfellori<strong>of</strong> Auflria, to be rafme'<strong>of</strong> con fulted and determined <strong>of</strong>. By whom, being <strong>the</strong> new met all toge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> eight and twentieth day <strong>of</strong> January, in <strong>the</strong> Houfe <strong>of</strong> Ittifhafcius, it was concluded. That feeing that Peace and Qtiietne/s in Troubles in Hmg*• rj. th<strong>of</strong>e Countries <strong>of</strong> Hungary and Au\\ria, could not o<strong>the</strong>rwife be made, that th<strong>of</strong>e Articles and Conditions, concerning which no Agreement could <strong>the</strong> year before be made in <strong>the</strong> Treaty at Vienna, being quite left <strong>of</strong>f and neglc£ted> <strong>the</strong> reft <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Articles which were <strong>the</strong>re agreed upon, fhould be ftill entirely obferved and kept; and that it fhould ;bc lawful for every man to have <strong>the</strong> free Exercife <strong>of</strong> his Religion. Which thing <strong>the</strong> Coramiffioners <strong>of</strong> Au/tria by a fpecial Writing <strong>the</strong>re confirmed unto <strong>the</strong> Hungarianr. Whereby <strong>the</strong>y declared <strong>the</strong>mfclves, after long and mature deliberation, to have perceived, not only by <strong>the</strong> true relation and report <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Hungarians, but alfo by <strong>the</strong>ir own experience, unto how great Inconvcniencics <strong>the</strong> whole Kingdom <strong>of</strong> Hungary hath <strong>of</strong> long been exp<strong>of</strong>ed, as well for <strong>the</strong> Wars it hath had with <strong>the</strong> common Enemy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cbriftians, as for divers <strong>the</strong> civil Tumults and Seditions <strong>the</strong>rein; and that <strong>the</strong>refore <strong>the</strong>y, not willing that fuch harms fhould in rh<strong>of</strong>e Countries again increafe and grow, to <strong>the</strong> infinite cftufion <strong>of</strong> Chriftian Blood, after <strong>the</strong> Articles <strong>of</strong> Pacification agreed upon at Vienna, faw no o<strong>the</strong>r better Remedy for <strong>the</strong>fe fo great Inconveniencies, than that all Parties fhould ftill hold <strong>the</strong>mfelves contented with <strong>the</strong> fame Articles <strong>of</strong> Pacification concluded and agreed upon in <strong>the</strong> faid Aflembly at Vienna. And that <strong>the</strong>refore <strong>the</strong>y had decreedjth<strong>of</strong>e Articles to be fincerely and inviolately kept j and promifed unto <strong>the</strong> States <strong>of</strong> Hungary, to give <strong>the</strong>ir Aid for <strong>the</strong> defence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>fe Articles, againft all <strong>the</strong>ir Enemies, being ready to give good rcafon <strong>the</strong>re<strong>of</strong> before God, <strong>the</strong> Church, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Emperour</strong> Rodolph, <strong>the</strong> Arch-duke Matthias, and his o<strong>the</strong>r Brethren, and all <strong>the</strong> Houfe <strong>of</strong> Aufiria, as <strong>the</strong> Neceffity <strong>of</strong> th<strong>of</strong>e Countries fhould fcem to require; hoping alfo that <strong>the</strong> States <strong>of</strong> Hungary would reft <strong>the</strong>mfelves Jikcwife in that Pacification <strong>of</strong> Vienna, and <strong>the</strong> aiTurance <strong>the</strong>re<strong>of</strong>, in all points obferving <strong>the</strong> fame; and that <strong>the</strong>y would always give <strong>the</strong>ir ready Help and Aid unto <strong>the</strong> Countries <strong>of</strong> Auflria againft <strong>the</strong>ir Enemies in like manner. All which things thus agreed upon and determined, Letters <strong>of</strong> Confederation were in <strong>the</strong> Name oiMatthm <strong>the</strong> Arch-duke,and <strong>of</strong> all, as well <strong>the</strong> Ecdefiaftical as Temporal States <strong>of</strong>"Hungaryand Auflria, to this purpole written, That whereaSjfor <strong>the</strong> appeafing and fuppreffing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tumults and Seditions, which <strong>the</strong> Haiducfy by <strong>the</strong> furtigation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Turks had <strong>of</strong> late not doubted to raife, for <strong>the</strong> concluding <strong>of</strong> Peace with <strong>the</strong> Great Sultan; <strong>the</strong>y were met toge<strong>the</strong>r at P'rgr-l <strong>the</strong> Articles <strong>of</strong> burg, and <strong>the</strong>rein altoge<strong>the</strong>r bulled, to devife how Pacificati agreed <strong>the</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong> Hungary, with <strong>the</strong> Countries adojoining, might from Deftru&ion be delivered, in upon ac <strong>the</strong> Chriftian Religion preserved, and from wafting and fpoyiing, whereunto <strong>the</strong>y had hi<strong>the</strong>rto \Vittm*4 been exp<strong>of</strong>ed, faved; upon mature Deliberation, had as well in <strong>the</strong> Name <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m that were prefent, as <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m that were abfent, made fuch a Confederation and League, That if hereafter it] fhould fortune any detriment <strong>of</strong> Wat to be by any man made or done unto <strong>the</strong> Hungarians, or <strong>the</strong>' Countries <strong>the</strong>reabout, for <strong>the</strong> aforefaid Articles <strong>of</strong> Pacification, which <strong>the</strong>y had determined religioufly to keep, that <strong>the</strong>y would forthwith with <strong>the</strong>ir united forces come to Aid <strong>the</strong>ir Confederate Brethren, and toge<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong>m to live or die. With <strong>the</strong>fe Letters figned and fealed with <strong>the</strong> hand <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Arch-duke, and <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Noble Men* <strong>the</strong>re prefent, <strong>the</strong> fir ft<strong>of</strong> February y IUijhaJciM, WirJ* George Turfon, were fent unto <strong>the</strong> Tumultuous Haiducks (who had now appointed <strong>the</strong>ir Mef-I (ages to be fent unto <strong>the</strong> Sultan and <strong>the</strong> Tartaf Cham, to crave <strong>the</strong>ir Aid) to diffwade <strong>the</strong>m* from fuch <strong>the</strong>ir purpole, and to perfwade <strong>the</strong>Yn to quietnefs; threatning <strong>the</strong>m Withal, That ill <strong>the</strong>y would not hearken unto fuch honcft Conditions, <strong>the</strong>y fhould ail toge<strong>the</strong>r, and at once, be fct upon and opprcfTcd by <strong>the</strong> whole Vowct <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> States GgSSgg* <strong>the</strong>- 1008 Letters <strong>of</strong> Confederation betwixt <strong>the</strong> States <strong>of</strong> Aufirid and Hungary, for <strong>the</strong> main's raining <strong>of</strong>
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