??ps '\%^ 1 1 , I '• ' ;" * li& J*^ '; . i•'^ fe«&i&~ /^^^^ •' ^ a 1 .\^ W^\ « Drnia 9 ""-'^•--38 al iM -- J J i^- li THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES « ' t . THE Third Volume LETTERS Wri by a Who lived Five and Forty Years, PARIS:Undifcovered, at Giving an Impartial Account to the Divan at Conjlantinofle^ of the moft remarkable Tranfadions of Europe ; and difcovering feveral Intrigues and Secrets of the ChriHinn Courts (efpecially of that of France^ continued from the Year 1645, to the Year 1682. Written Orisrinally in Arabicic, Trmjlatcd into Ita- lian, and from thence into Englifli, by theTrmfla- tor $f thi Firft VOLUME. C(;c €igl;tl) Cmtton. LONDON: Printed for J. Rhodes^ D. B'ovn, R. S^rc, B. and S. Totke, G. Strahan, W. Me'rs, S. Ballard, and F. Clay, 1723. V ^HG r U- 1 T O T H E READER. ^lJ R Arabian^ having met with fo kind Encertainmcnc j in this Nation fince he put cm the Englijh-DrcCSy is refolvei- CO continue his Garb, and vilit you as often as Convenience will, permit. He brings along with him many foreign Commodities, to gratify the various Ex- pedations of People. His Cargo confift- ing of Jewels and other Rarities, which are the genuine Product of theE*/; and fome kinds of Merchandife, which he has purchafed here in the fi'efi, during his Re fide nee at Paris. It will be pity to affront this honeil Stranger, by railing Scandals on him, as if he were a Counterfeit, and 1 know not what. This will appear inhofpitable, and unworthy of the E»^///?> Candor and Generofity. To fpeak without an JUegory, in this Ihird. Volume of Letters, as in the former tjm^ A- 5 866356 To the Reader. iivo, you'll find an exat5l Continuation of modern hiiflory, acquainting you witii all the memorable Sieges, Battles and Cam- paigns,, that were in EuropCj from the Year I64S-J to 1-649. As^alfo^, with all the remarkable J^egotiations and TranfatHons of State ^ Emhajjks, Leagues and O'vertnres of Princes ; the Policies and Intrigues of fttblick Minifiersj efpecially thofe of CanH- nal Maviarini ^ the great and ftupendous Revolutions and Civil Wars in England, Cbinay Naples, Turk/ and Paris ; the prodigious Rife of a poor young beard- iefs Ftjinrmany to the Height of fovcreign Power ; the difmal Tragedies of an Eng- lifh King, and Cbinefe Emperor ^ with the Ivlurder of a lurkijli Sultan. And all thefe intermixed with proper and ufe- ful Remarks, pleafant and agreeable Stories i couch'd in a Style, which be- ing peculiar to the Arabians^ cannot be march'd in any other Writings that are extant. If his Vhilofophy wiK not abide the Teft of our learned t^'irtuofi^ yet it may pafs Mufter in a Mahometan ; fince it is taken for granred, that the Men of that Faith rarely apply themfelves to fuch Studies; or, at leaft, not in the Method ufed in Cbrijiian Schools, They may have the fame To the Reader. fame Ideals of natural Things as we ; but they exprefs themfelves in a different Manner. As for his Morals, they are folid and grave, and fuch as couid not be repre- hended even in a Chri/llan Pf^riter^ it we reduce what he lays to UniverfaU, For abftr^ding from the particular Obliga- tions he had to his native Religion^ and to^ the Grand Signior, whofe SU've he was,, there will be found little Difference be- tween his Etbicks and ours. He every where recommends Loyalty, Jufticcv Fortitude, Temperance, Prudence, and all thofe other Virtues which are requi- fite to fill up the Charathr of sl Here, oc' a Saints And who will not bear with him, for patronifmg the Religion and Interejl in which he was bred ? it being natural for all Men, to adhere to the Notions they havs fuck*d in with their Mother'^s Al'ilk, ? In this alfo he fhews great Moderation, and a more unbyafs'd Temper, than one would expe(5t from a Turk ^ which may, in partj be afcribed to his ftudying in the Chrtfiian /Academies, his Converfaiion with the learned'lt Men in Taris^ and fome of the moft accomplifh'd Perfons. in the World, Hence it was, that he was A 4 ac- To the Reader. accus'd by his Super/ours at the Ottoman Tart^ of inclining to Chriftlanity or A he- ifm I as he takes notice, in his Apology to a religions Dignitary ^ in the ftrft Letter, of the third Book of this Volume^ Page 202, to which the Reader is referred for far- ther Satisfaction. In his moft familiar Letters, fuch as this laft mention'd, and others to his intimate Friends, you will find fome Expreffions; difcovsrinp; a certain Finenefs and' Strength of Thought^ which is not very' common in Cbriftian Writers. Which is vin Argument, That the Mahometans arc not all fuch Blockheads as we take them for. And though his TiBure, which we have affixed to our Tranjlation, fince we had the Italian Tomes, reprefents no extraordinary' Perfon, yet you know JuvenaVs Remark Fronti nulla Fides. And it has been a com- mon Obfervation of one of the grcac- eft Phllofophers in this Age, 7hat by bis outward Afpetl^ no Man would guefs what an illufirious Soul Udged within. If you would know how the Italian came by this Piclure, (for, in his Preface, he alTcrts it to be the true Effigies of this Arabian) he fiiys. That being acquainted with the Secretary of Cardinal Adaz,arini, and '. To the Reader. and frequenting his Houfe, he faw a PL ftitre hang in his Clofet, with this Jnfcri- ftiun at the Bottom, TITUS D E MOLDAVIA, CLERICUS. ty£tatis fua LXXII. He asked the Gen- " tleman who this T/r«i was, who inform'd him. That he was a ^reat Traveller^ and underftood many Languages^ efpecially the Sclavonian, Greek and Arabick-y on which Account Cardinal Richlieu, and his SuccelTor Maz,<ir'im, had made great Ufe of him ; and that the latter had caufed that TiSlureo^ the Moldavian to be drawn^^ and hung up in his Clofet^ from whence ha had it. Our Italian being fatisfy'd after fome Difcoiirfe about him, that this Stranger was the very Arahian^ whofe JVrithig! he had fo happily founds got leave of the Gentleman to have a Draught of the ViBure taken, by a skilful Limner, which he afterwards placed in the Front- al his Tranjlatton. There is one of thefe Letters, Fage 2^21 wants a Beginning in the Italian Copy. Which the Author of that Tranjlation xsikts Notice of m his Preface, faying, That by fome Accident or other, the Arahick Paper hadl^een torn afunder, and one Part was mifTtug. hs Ther©^ To the Re AOER.; There needs no more to be faid^ but to acquaint the Reader, that we are going forward with the EngliJJ} TranJl.ition of thele Letters, as faft as we can. So that in all Probability, you may exj^ed a Fourth Volume before Chrifiwas. Wherein you will find more particular Remarks on cur EngliJJj AfFairs, with political Dif- courfes on the Original and Diffolution of Governments. As alfo many curious Pali-iges during the ^f'ars of Paris, which have not hitherto come to publick View. In fine, you will there be inform'd of all the rcwarkahle Events that happened at that Time, either in Teace or War, on the whole Gloh, A TABLE TABLEA O F T H E LETTERS and MATTERS Contained in tliis V o l u m t. VOL III. BOOK I. LETTER I. AiVT, an A nbian at Paris, to MAHJ^athan Ben Saddi, a Jew ac V^ien- nn, Page i _ He exhorts him to he frepared for the vtorji Events : To Jlnnd upon his Guard againfi the Chriftians ; but, above alt, to beware of himfelf. He tells him a Starj of ,Carcoa, Narhan'j Fredecejfor. ' • 6 II. 'toi\\t Kjiimacharfi. , Of r^« Tranfylvaniaf 'Agents Bufi*iefs at the French' Court: ' 6/ Monfieur Croiir)'^ ii'6 - Keg<r^ The A B L E. T ^ "Kegotiation with Prince Ragorskh Th Speech of Prince RagocskiV Son. III. To the iriftruded in all Knowledge, the venerable Mufti. lo Hj makes n Comparifon betxceen the Chriftians and Mahometans ; prefers the Devotion and Charity of the latter . And relates a pleafant Pajfage of a Chriftian that vchipt himfelf IV. To MuJIaphay Berber Aga, l^ Of the Battle of Mergeniheim, hetvceen the Germans and French : The unfottunate Ai- venture of a French Officer. y. To Sha/him JJihan?, Si Black Eunttch. i6 He pardons the Scandals cafl upon him hy the Eunuch ; commends his Apology j advifes him to jet a PVatch on his Tongue ; and re» lates the Adventure of aBufy-Body. VI. To Zelim of t^^odes, Captain of a Galley. 18 iJe acquaints him with the Execution of tbret Witches at Naples, who were hired to iefiroy Enchantmtnts. him by . ^^ VII. To the invincible Vi:{ir As[em. 24 He compares France to the four great Mo- narchies .• J{elates the Battle of Ailerlheim, and the Progrefs of the French A^ms. yUl. To Cara Hali, a Phyjjcian at Confiantinc pie. 18 Of A blind Man who dijiinguijhed Colours by his Touch. Of enother who carted to thf Ufe. Of the ^ute Saqueda ; and of n deaf Man i*ho apprehended ones ff^rdj by tht Motim of the Uft. ,,, ^ IX. To The T A B L E: IX. To V/eph BaJJa.