A Voyage Into the Levant

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1636 edition. Excerpt: ...under, and the Turkish so much increased, now the Christians arc permitted for money, to excuse their children, and the Turkes to preferre theirs jSome hold this an errour a pernicious one, as lessening that due proportion which should be maintained between the Compellers, and the Compelled; the Turkes rather thinkethe Christians not now so strong, as heretofore, and therefore not to need the former diminution, experience made me of this opinion, considering that it is many yeares since most of his Christian Countryes were taken in, and how evety age dyes them of a moredeepe OHahometan, thcn other; but (houid he jvinneaifty Christian Province of new, he would not Spare in this way to exhaust it, till it were sufficiently enervate: The mortallest corruption of this Order hath hapned of late yeares j that is, knowing their owne strength, and grownc saucy with familiaritiezt Court, Court, they have proceeded to such insolency, as hath flefh'd them inthebloud of their Soveraigne Sultan ofman j and in ustapha, thty have learnt that damnable Secret of making, and unmaking their King at pleasure j whereby the Foundation of i Monarchy, that is, the due awe towards the B loud Roy all, is so irreparably decayed in them as like the lost state of In mcence, can never be restored. This requires an erection of new Bands never tainted, to supplant these lanizaries, who else will grow to such a Military Anarchy, as did the Pretorians of Rom'in their Empire, till they reduced it to nothing; Wherefore some thinke, that the expedition, wherein the GranSignior hath now engaged his Person against Persians designed with a resolution to spend the Univaries very freely. The Cavallery is made up of two sorts 5 First, of Sfahyglans, to the number of two and...