Aehmat, 5 p # Emperour of the Turfy

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Achmat, eighth Emferow of the Turfy.
brought down into Hungary. To which purpofe, and molt cruelly afterwards burnt the place; fb, 604
he id moft friendly manner thus writ unto the manifesting by their foul deeds the evil meaning *^e—*
Governour of Strigonium.
of their fair and deceitful Words. But now leaving
the Bafla for a while unto his crafty Devices,
XTTE fyiow right well ( Noble Governour )that and palling over many fmall Skirmifhcs which
tendhSie The Let VV you art not ignorant,how that your Brother, happened in Hungary and Tranfilvania, as not befeeming
the Gravity of an Hiftory, let us now out
Bafla ten of the Governour of Strigonium before #au 3 hath moji
Buda to eamejify embraced the Negotiation of Peace, in fuch of Europe look over into Afia, to fee how the Great
thcGover- j- m^ as tfj dt m cannot fo much yield unto our ordi-TurkstricMhoit. nary Quarrels and Vifenthn, hut that toe misgive The Rebellion in Afia was,by the coming over
Affairs there in the mean time went.
you to mderfiand the Caufes which have croffed and of Zellafy and his Followers, for a time fomewhat
hindered the concluding offo great a good-tjte lafhyear weakenedjbutnot fupprefled, that peltilenc Humour
of Difloyalty having before infected the
now puffed, the frfi Let came by rea/on of the time,
' chofen too late to be imployed in that "treaty for Peace, Minds of fo many, as that in fhort time after the
when of now both the Armies were already on foot, Rebels were much ftronger, and the Rebellion
and even in readmefs to joyn battel, and could not be much more dangerous than before j for the appearing
and repreffing whereof. Cicala Bafa, the old
then fiayed by that Jntreaty, nor be fent back again
Without fome exploit doing; each part had refifoed Renegade, a man of great Experience and Service,
Upon their proper Tiefigns, and even chofen their was as General fent over with a great and mighty
Ground fir Battel, and were then hardly to be turned
from that whereupon they were before refohed. feek for his Enemies, they being as ready as be, ei­
Army into Afia* where he needed not long to
And albeit, that during this lafk Winter, the Treaty ther to give or to-accept of Battel j Co mat for men
for the Peace was again begun, and that the men of fo on both fides refblved, it was no hardlmattcr
War on both fides in hope thereof,refied unarmed,and to bring them to the Tryal of Battel; which they
free from all Hofiility •, a moftfit time to have begun with like defire and equal hope joyning, there
and ended this Treaty of Peace, which hath been made a great and terrible fight, the Bafla fighting
fo much wiped for of otir Sovereign Emperour, defiredof
his SubjeHs, and requeued by thofe of your beit, thatat length the Bafla, after much bloodlhcd l&l^r 1
for his Honour, and the Rebel for his Life. How- cieAa
y
Emperour s, with whom my dread Sovereign would and great number on both fides (lain, being put 0" er .
confirm and contrail a firm and continual Peace ; to the worfe, fled with his Army altogether difor- thrown by
yet for all that, fince the departure of the Governour dered, and in routj having in finlt fo dangerous a * e Rtbda
from Strigonium, we fee three Months to.have been confufion of his People much ado to fave him- m A $**
pajfed without any Letters at all, or Mejfage by word lelf. With which lb fhameful an overthrow given
fo him by the Rebel, the Bafla, who was more
of Mouth brought unto us concerning this matter ;
that we have not any thing whereof to certifie our afhached than difcouraged, again repaired his Army,
joyning thereunto great and mighty Supplies,
Sovereign Emperour. And for afmuch as the courfe
of time hath brought thefe two contrary Armies even and fo flrengthnedj came now again the lecond
unto the point of Battel, and that they are marching
one of them to encounter with the other, and fo which he had before received, and utterly to fup-
time to revenge himfclf of the great dishonour
enter into the lifts of Honour, we have thought good prefs the Rebels 5 who, now finding themielves
before to defire to know of you, what we are to ex-topeft concerning the Peace: We therefore requefi you a Power, wifely betime retired, praying Aid of
weak to encounter with fo great and mighty
as our very good Brother and friend, in what we may the Perfian King, who fent unto them his own Son
tofiay the coming of our Armies into this Kingdom, with a great Army of good and valiant Souldiers \
and to attend to that which may produce the conclufion
of this Treaty, being on our part mofi rea­
to have flayed his bafte, and to have been well
which might have given the Bafla caufe enough
dy to lend both our care and defire to whatjbever advifed how he joyned Battel with fuch defperate
fioaU bejufi and meet in this Treaty and neceffa-anry for the common good ; befeecbingyou to believe flrong Supplies j but he, being blinded with the
refolute Enemies, and now back'd with fuch
Us in this Bufinefs, and not to doubt of our good Fury of his former lofs, and too much defirous to
Will, more affe&ed to your good, than is yours to be thereof revenged, with more hafte than good
our welfare ; whereof we in good time advert/fe fpeed came on, and joyned Battel With thefe his
you, for that our Army which is now before Belgrade,
being once arrived here* and marching in receive him. The two Armies were in number
Enemies, now >n read inefs and well provided to
Field, we .cannot poflibly caufe it to return without
fometbing doing, confidering the great harms, careful of themielves and of their welfare, as they
equal, but the Rebels of the two, more refolute and
which under the affurance of your Faith 9 given, which had repofed all their Hope and Confidence
we have received from your People during the time in their ownj Arms and Valour, fo that the Battel
of the Truce, which they have many ways violated'
Winch their evil deaSng bath greatly incen-
the one fide and on the other; in the beginning
was with great Outcries and Fury begun both on
fed us againfl your men in Captivity with us, and whereof the Turks right furioufly charged the Rebels,
and leemed fomewhat to prevail upon them,
cayfed our Souldiers to fhew great rigour againft
their Slaves t we therefore attend your Anfwer, and until that the Perfian Kings Son with certain
the return of your Brother, to the end we may together
refolve according unto Reqfon and Equity, them of in the Rereward, and fome other of the
Troops of his molt brave Horfemen charging
that which (hall be needful to be done for the common
good and
Rebels with like Fury aflailing them upon their'. v .
welfare.
Now for all this fair glofing, it was no hard
matter, to guefs at the Baflaes (caret meaning; for
how defirous foerer he fecmed to be of Peace, and
willing to the furtherance thereof, yet neVerthefe6>
true it is, that during the time of all thefe fair
thews, the Turks, baring aiTembled their Garrijons
on all fides, had by Night furprifed the Came
otShmin upon the Chriirians, flain part of the
SouHien therein, carried away the reft Prifoncrs,
Flanks, their whole Army was fo difordered, that cicA*
Cicala aoing what he could to have put his men a- **$ *'
gain in order,and fo to have reftored the battel,no- S^^CT "
thing therein prevailed, but wis glad,together with
the reft of bis *Army, now all in rout, to betake
himfclf to flight. In this Battel were 40000 Men on
the one fide and the other (lain, whereof thirty
thoufand were of the Baflaes Army, and the reft
of the Rebels ;who by this their fo great a Victory,
gained no Ids Honour and Reputation, than had
the old Bafla got of Contempt and Difgrace. The
Perfian