A. D. in another, the town being inacceffible without, they stood 1688. in the ditch up to the middle in water, exposed to the enemy's fhot. The attack lafted for several hours, in which they loft above a thoufand men, and divers officers. The gallies also fuffered much on this occafion. The fiege raifed. ken. IT was now found impracticable, from the decrease of their troops, to make another attack. But to avoid the fhame of quitting the fiege, after confuming all the fummer before the place, it was proposed in council, to continue there all winter : but the foreign troops declaring they would not stay, the siege was raifed, with the lofs of many in getting away 9. : THUS ended the unfortunate fiege of Negropont. On the other hand, the Venetians had better fuccefs in Dalmatia; where Kain (I), of which Steaglik (K), the depofed Sofa of Bofnia, was governor, with feveral thousand foldiers, was by them taken befides the caftles of Verlikka, Quonigrad, and Klin ta- Graffach'. On the 17th of Auguft, Klin was invested by the procurator Girolamo Cornaro ; and a breach being made in the outer wall, the Venetians became masters of it by the 2d of September, the besieged retiring within the fecond. By the 4th, feveral new batteries were raised; and the defendant's magazine of powder was blown up by a bomb: for all this, they maintained the castle and lower town with great refolution. At length, the regiments of Corbon and Sebenica being ordered to cross a water, which was all the defence the town had on that fide, the foldiers swam over with their swords in their mouths, while the Turks retired from their intrenchment into the caftle. The befiegers, thus left in poffeffion of it, prefently cut-off the pipes, and deftroyed the aqueducts which conveyed water to the caftle. Hereupon the Pashâ, on the 12th of September, furrendered at mercy. Narim deSerted. AFTER this general Cornaro having a defign upon Narento, an antient port where formerly commodities arrived from Thrace, Servia, Bofnia, and other parts, failed with his forces to the town of Narim, built three years before at the mouth of the harbour. There landing fome troops, and battering the place from a galley, the garrifon fled; most of whom were killed, and the reft taken by the Morláks; who afterwards ravaged the country, and returned with great plunder. RICAUT, ubi fupr. CANT. ubi fupr.RICAUT, ubi fupr. (K) Ricant calls him Atla (I) Doubtless a mistake for ters. A. D. 1688. IN the interim, the Turkifb ambaffadors were come to Vienna, and being introduced to the emperor Leopold, in the name of the Soltân, prefented the letters Julus Nameh (L), informing him of Soleyman's election; but made no mention Turkish of peace, in hopes the Germans would firft propofe it, and proposals fo render the negotiation more eafy. When they find themfelves baulked in their expectation, they offer to his imperial majesty his choice of a short truce or a peace: that, in case he defired the former, all Hungary should continue in his hands; Tranfilvania be tributary to both empires; Kameniek dismantled be restored to the Poles, and Belgrade to the Turks: but if a peace was more agreeable, fome part of Hungary with Belgrade should be restored to the Othmân empire. LEOPOLD, having confulted with the ambaffadors of Demands the other confederate powers, returns this anfwer: That al- of the though, from the present state of things, he had great hopes, not only of recovering the rest of Hungary, but alfo of subduing the whole Turkish empire, yet he was ready to agree to a peace, provided the kingdom of Hungary, with the provinces belonging thereto, Sclavonia, Kroatia, Bofnia, Servia, Bulgaria, and Tranfilvania, fhould be refigned to him; Moldavia and Walakhia remain free; the exercise of the Romish religion permitted throughout the Turkish empire; the Francifcan friars put in poffeffion of the holy fepulcre at Je- confederate rufalem; and Tekeli delivered up to him. The Poles de princes manded, that the antient boundaries of their kingdom should be reftored; and all Krim Tartary, Moldavia, Walakhia, and the whole country extending on both fides of the Boryfthenes as far as the Danube, refigned to them. And to fhew themfelves greater friends to religion than the other confederates, they infifted, that all the Chriftians, who lived under the Othman government, should be freed from tribute. Lastly, the Venetians befides the Morea, the feveral ifles and cities elfewhere already in their poffeffion, demand the fea-coast of Negropont from Korcyra to Korinth; and part of Dalmatia, with the demolition of the havens of Dulcigno and Antivari. THE ambaffadors immediately inform Soleyman of the answer they had received; and, undoubtedly, the peace would obftructed have been fettled, had not the most Christian king, jealous by France. (L) or more properly Namei Julufi Humayun, that is, The letters of the moft fublime new dominion: fo are ftiled the Soltan's letters which he fends to all Pafhas, and to the neighbouring A. D. of the great advantages which the Chriftians had gained against . 1688. the Otomân empire, proclaimed war, without any juft caufe, againft Leopold; advifing the Soltân, by his ambaffador Chateauneuf, not to make peace with the emperor (M), fince he would the next year penetrate into the heart of Germany; and had actually four hundred thousand men ready for that expedition. He adds, that if the event fhould anfwer his wishes, he would reserve to himself all Germany, with Vienna its capital; but reftore Hungary to the Soltân. Thefe encouraging promifes reviving the fpirits of the Turks, Soleyman neglects his ambaffadors (N), whom he fent to fue for peace, and thinks of nothing but war. Suppreffed. HE firft applies himself to fettle affairs at home; and as Rebellion foon as the Germans were retired to winter-quarters, fends the greater part of his forces against Eghen Ozmán Pashâ, and Gyeduk Pafbâ, who had almoft the whole year difturbed the Othman empire: which was freed from this danger by their taking the two rebels prifoners. *. Eghen flain. ACCORDING to Ricaut, Yeghen Pafhâ, after his flight from Belgrade, quarreled with Noraddin Gâlgu, fon of the Khan of Tartary; who thereupon calling him coward, and faying he was fitter to command thieves than foldiers, Yeghen ordered him to be strangled before feveral Tatar lords. On complaint of this outrage at the Othmân court, the Wazir endeavoured to palliate the matter in favour of Yeghen; who, when he was Janizar Aga, had faved his life in a mutiny. But the Khân himself arriving at Adrianople, to confult about the operations of the enfuing campaign, fo warmly urged the affair, that Teghen was by the divan fentenced to be put to death. On this news, he flew into open rebellion, wrote to his old master Yedik to do the like in Afia, and plundered the country. But the Pasha of Sofia being ordered to take him dead or alive, he fled into Albania to his old friend Mahmud Bey Ogli; who, having been before gained by the Porte, cut off his head, and fent it to the Soltan. t CANT. p. 359. (M) Likewife, by tranfmitting vaft fums into Poland, he fo far corrupted the avaritious king that, though he did not quit the alliance, yet he ufually took care to come no fooner into the field than it was time to leave it. Ricaut. (N) Ricaut fays, that the am See alfo RICAUT. baffadors having propofed to Leopold the quiet poffeffion of all he had conquered, the emperor, by what fatality our author knew not, not only rejected this, but, contrary to the cuftom of nations, imprifoned them in the cattle of Puffendorf, near Vienna, for fome years, MEAN 1688. MEAN time the followers of Yedik (or Gyedük) increafing A. D. in Afia, the miniftry to pacify them, promifed to employ them in the Hungarian war, and make Yeghen their general. But as foon as news was brought of that rebel's death, the Gyedûk's mind of the Porte altered; and orders were fent to the Kay-Success. maykâm, not only to prevent the Afiatics from paffing into Europe, but also to deftroy them in their own country. Accordingly he attacked, and defeated a large party of them near Skutari. Yet this did not difcourage Yedik, who, with fix thousand men, marched towards Prufa; and, having defeated the Pafbâ of that place, with the Nefirân, or militia, caused himself to be proclaimed king of Anatolia. After this, he laid fiege to Angora (Enguri, or Ancyra) which was forced to redeem itself by the payment of eighty purses, each containing five hundred dollars. HEREUPON the Turkish court returned to their old method He is killof fair promises, affuring Yedik and his accomplices both of ed. pardon and reward, in cafe they would return to their duty. But this had no effect; for under pretence of zeal for religion, which they alledged was corrupted by the then governors, they fummoned all the inhabitants of Anatolia to defend the fame. At length, the Beglerbeg of that province being honoured with the title of Teftifb, or inquifitor, first exposed to the people the perfidious defigns of Yedik against the faith; and then, with fix thousand choice men, attacked his camp with fuch fuccefs, that he gained a complete victory. Moft of the commanders were either flain (among whom was Yedik), or taken; and the men who furvived the battle, fuffered to return to their respective homes. In the mean time, Rejeb Pafba was made Serafkier, in the room of Yeghen; whose nephew, with forty of his followers, and the governor of Widdin put in by Yeghen, being taken, were put to death ". THE domeftic enemies being fuppreffed, the Soltan is more Affairs of at liberty to prepare against the foreign. And firft, in order theMorea. to fecure the fouthern provinces against the Venetian arms, he fets free Liberius Gheralkhari (0), who had been confined u RICAUT, ubi fupr. (O) Better known to Europeans by the name of Liberaki, which is a corruption of Liberius, according to the manner of the Greeks. He was a native of Mania, the antient Lakonia. He in his youth ferved in the Venetian fleet; then turned pi : lot for feveral years but at A. D. in the gallies; and appoints him prince of Mania, or the 1688. Maynotta. He was induced to this, partly by the success of his arms in Moldavia, which convinced him that a Christian governor could much more easily keep his Christian subjects in obedience, than a Turkisb; and partly, by the assurances of Liberius, that all the people of Morea were alienated from the Venetians, for endeavouring to force on them the Romish religion; and that therefore, they would foon fubmit again to the Othman dominion, in case a prince of the Greek church was made governor of that province (O). Seghed Hej. 1100. A. D. 1688. THE affairs being fettled, Soleyman, to terrify the enemy, war taken. and animate his own foldiers, declares, that he will command the army in perfon against the Germans; and having raised as many troops as he could, marches towards Servia, as if he intended to befiege Belgrade: but being informed at Sofia, that Seghedwar (or Sigeth), famous for the martyrdom of Soleymân I. had been forced by famine to furrender (P); and that the imperial army, which, he imagined, had been wholly employed against the French, was marching from Belgrade against him with great expedition; he, in a fright, ftops at Sofia, and leaves the army to the conduct of the Serafkier Rejeb Pafha, with orders not rafhly to hazard a battle, The Seraf. but only prevent the progrefs of the enemy. The Serafkier kier rout- being come to the river Morava, in fight of the Germans, ed. and deceived by his aftrologer (Q), who, from his obfervation of the stars, promifed him certain victory, bravely attacks them; but is obliged to retire, with great lofs, to Nifa. Yet his eyes were fo far from being open at this miffortune, that having recruited his forces, he engages them a fecond time, depending on the predictions of the fame aftrologer: however being quickly defeated, and almost his whole (O) The truth of this we fhall find verified in the beginning of the 18th century. (P) After it had been block ed up for two years, and the articles figned on the 28th of January 168 by the emperor. But Kanifia and Great Waradin, though brought to the like extremity, held out ftill. Ricaut. (Q)Although the Turks are forbidden forcery, and all kinds of divination; for the Korán exprefly declares, Kiulli Munejimún Kiezzakán, that is, All aftrologers are liars; yet they eafily give credit to their predictions, fancying that the heavenly bodies are the inftruments by which providence performs every thing; and which by their figures express what ought to be done. Likewife, that on the foreheads of all men are written, in their mother's womb, whatever is to befall them, aċcording to the harmony of the ftars. The Wazir's courts are full of fuch prophets, but they never dare foretell unhappy events.-Cant. army |