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A Panegyrick Mercury UPON THE SUCCESSES AGAINST THE TURKS, In the AUTUMN, 1683.
BY the Goodneſs and Bounty of Pope Innocent the XI. By the Councils and Induſtry of the moſt Auguſt Emperor, Leopold the I. By the Good Fortune and Diſpatch of John the III. King of Poland. By the Truth and Bravery of Maximilian, Electoral-Duke of Bavaria. By the Generoſity and Courage of John George the III. Electoral-Duke of Saxony. By the Vigilance of Charles, Duke of Lorrain, in the Field. By the Conſtancy of Erneſtus, Count Staremberg, within the Walls. In fine, By the Joint Force Of the Fighting Layety, and the Praying Prieſthood. By an admirable Agreement of All in the Beſt Cauſe. With the Aids of CHRIST. Without the Reinforcements of the moſt Chriſtian Prince. Againſt the Anti-Chriſtian. VIENNA ſtands Delivered; The Turkiſh Power ſtaggers; The Fortune of Rebellion falls; The Gate of Gran is Open'd; Auſtria ſhines after its Fires, and tryumphs after Fields of Blood; For whom GOD alwayes employs Wonders Againſt the Councils of the Ottoman and French. Dread therefore, ye Enemies, GOD Fighting for Leopold! Love, ye Subjects, Leopold, Fighting for GOD! Utter Ruine be your Hope, ye Rebels! Entire Victory yours, our Loyal Friends! For, Let Heaven, and Earth, and Hell be moved, In the End, The Good CAUSE is Crowned.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE SECRET SERVICES OF Monſieur de VERNAY THE French Miniſter at Ratisbonne, to Count Teckeley, as they paſs'd by way of LETTER, with the Cypher and Key taken from the Original, printed in French at Ratisbonne.
TOGETHER WITH The Speech and Memorial of the Imperial Miniſter Zorowiski, deliver'd to the King of Poland.
To which is added MERC ƲRIƲS PANEGYRICƲS.
Galli, ubiſolitudinemfecêrunt,Pacemappellant.Tacitus.
A RATISBONNE MDCLXXXIIII.
YOU have given me ſufficient aſſuPoland, concernHungary. The common report, you ſay, accuſes the French of having raiſed the War with the Turk; and making uſe of Poland to ſet its Engines at Work, and put in execution its pernicious Deſigns. If you are of the ſame Opinion with our Polanders, I ſhall tell you, with my accuſtomed freedom, that you do not wholly wrong them; For it is true that my
French, and that by treating with them too ingenuouſly, they have inſenſibly been drawn in to bear a part with them in their evil Practices; and among others, in favourHungary. They acknowledge at preſent, though perhaps too late, their Errour, and begin to fear leſt they have purchaſed to themſelves Enemies, who after they have filled their own Country with Deſolation, their Ambition and BarPoland. Sir, we love our ſelves, and our Friendſhip cannot conſiſt with thoſe PeoSarmatians, becauſe they had this good Quality, that they never ſuffered their ſuſRatisbonne, you unravel Penelopes weaving, and condemn my CountriHungarians, that by their caballing and Seditiouſneſs have been baniſhed their CounPoland both refuge and Friends to protect them. I eaſily alſo acknowGermany. You may alſo reckon up ſo many Factions and Parties, whether in Peace or War, as there are litGermany. Now after this, you ought not to be ſurprized to ſee that our Governours have granted the Favour of Hoſpitality to thoſe that complained that their Liberty was taFrench protected them,
Polanders were perſuaded to ſuffer among themſelves thoſe that came from Hungary baniſhed their Country, and deprived of their Goods, upon thoughts of preſerving them to the Empire and ChriſtiTurk, to obtain his Protection. If it was the French Deſign in theſe laſt Wars of Germany to draw more buſineſs upon the Emperour, and divide his Forces; it ought to be remembred that we are not to mind in an Enemy either craft, or violence. HowHungary with their Forces and Counſel. This MaFrenchmen ſhould go out of our CounTrojan Horſe, to go as Spies into Hungary and Tranſylvania, for to raiſe Troubles, and encourage the diſEurope knows how
Bohancy, the Head of the Rebels of Tranſylvania, with ſome French of the ſame Leven, famous for their Crimes committed in Hungary, run up and down to raiſe Seditions, and join themſelves to the Rebels. HowFrance did Authoriſe this Conduct; and I could no longer fix my Suſpicions upAlexander the Great ſharply rebuked his Favourite Parmenio, who would have put him upon a crafty DeFrance. The better to aſſure my ſelf in this belief, I would be informed by thoſe GenFrench mony (for we never want ſome Polanders, who had rather live under the French Slavery, than be ſatisfied with the liberty of Poland) what great concerns the French had with the Duke of Tranſylvania, Apafiius, ſo much conſtrained to the Turks Party, what were the Deſigns and IntentiAkakia, Du Vernay Boucauld, and all the other Expreſſes.
At laſt, I found they gave no other ReaFrench were at preſent in
French Prophets boaſt of, founding their hopes and pretenſiAuſtria, which aſpires to the entire Monarchy of all Europe, but the French King's entring into a League with the Turk, and there making an AlliEvangeliſts; but this you may learn better from the Original; as if it could ever be juſtifiable to revenge one in
Having asked theſe French-men, what Prince of the Houſe of Auſtria it was that diſturbed France for this
Ʋniverſal Monarchy, they knew not which to name; this makes me believe, that thoſe who judge of the preConſtantinople has no greater buſineſs with the
Ottoman Port, than to inſtruct him about the Emperors Negotiations in Hungary, as a Famous Venetian ſaid before me, and that the ſecret intention of the French, is to draw the War into thoſe Provinces of the KingHungary, that remain as yet undivi
However, the French Party every where exclaim, and ask, what advantage can the loſs of Hungary produce to LEWIS THE GREAT? They ſay on the contrary, the King endeavours to preſerve it in its obediEurope; when Luxemburg, being attacked on all ſides, and ready to SurVienna, by an extraordinary Courrier, that the Turk was bringing all his Forces againſt the Empire, and had ordered his Army to March towards Belgrade, with a Deſign to Invade in this War all Hungary, and the Neigbouring Provinces to Auſtria. That the moſt Chriſtian King had given a
Flanders and upon the Rhine. We all admired, and highly extolled a Conduct ſo Glorious, ſo Pious, and ſo worthy a great Monarch, that would at ſo high a Rate purchaſe the peace and quiet of Chriſtendom; and with
I paſs by all examples of paſt ages, and only ſay, that after their actions in theſe latter times, there is no more doubt to be made of their ſiniſter dealings. And to be fully ſatisfied in this point, it is only neTurk to make a War either in Aſia, or Greece, Theſſaly, or any of his reFrench Emiſſaries, which were diſperConſtantinople, Tranſylvania and Hungary; how that laſt year, on the 30th of December, the War was reſolved upon and ſworn to againſt the Emperour, in the PaConſtantinople, and in the Holy Council, which the Turks call Divan, in which the Muphti, High Prieſt of the Mahometan Religion preſided. Which ſuffiFrench were not aſhamed, as if it had been a famous action in them, to take advice in the Divan, and applaud the ſucceſs of the Negotiations, as they did in their Letters writ backwards and forwards to the Rebels, in which they congratulated with them for having drawn the Turk to ſuccour them. They promiſe each other in their Letters all the advantages they can expect, which aim at no leſs than to have the Emperour driven out of his beſt Eſtates, and the Turk advance into Chriſtendom, beſtowing Crowns on the one ſide, and rewards on the other, acHungary.
I lay not the ſtreſs of this upon any falſe rumour that has run among the People; I have aſſured and convincing teſtimonies of it; and the Perſons from whom I take it, deſerve we ſhould make it a point of Con
Sir, if you ſuſpended as yet your judgeFrench, on account of what I have told you; and if you ſhould as yet perſiſt in your belief, that the Polanders have had a hand in all this with the French; I would deſire you to examine with that juſtice, which in you is uſual, whether what I have related unto you is not ſufficient to raiſe all your ſuſpicions.
There is no body but knows that in laſt years aſſembly, our illuſtrious Hungarians loudly proclaimed, that ſuch of their CounFrench; that they would not make their Peace with the Emperor, whoſe Clemency extended but juſt ſo far as to offer it, and that they were reſolved to proſecute their enterprize, upon aſſurance of the Promiſes that were made them. So afterwards Akakia renewed and confirmed more powerfully than ever the League and Alliance with the MalecouTranſilvania. We alſo ſaw the French Emiſſaries without any ſhame of violating the Law of Nations, and in Countries of the ſolemn Treaty of Peace; though they had been manifeſtly diſcovered in a ſecret Con
You that know me, may well imagine what a trouble it was to me, to ſee that Poland, my Country, ſhould be the Theatre where all theſe Villanies were acted, and not one Polander to be found who might unde
Yet the Emperor, with his ordinary MerHungary to paſs the next Water with as much quiet and ſecurity as they would deſire, to the end to draw them by this affectionate con
We have been inform'd, how 100000 Florins were ordered at Paris to foment the Diſcontent of the Rebels in Hungary, and quicken the Turks the more; How this Sum
Dantzick, the Metropolis of Royal Pruſſia, and put into the Hands of a Banker, whoſe Name is Fromontius, who afterwards delivered it to the French EmiſſaSieur du Vernay Boucauld, Count Teckely's real Spy, cauſed to be delivered into the hands of the Sieur Valentin Nemeſſan, 11300 Ducats, to oblige the Malecontents to take Arms again, and attack the Cittadel of Zatmar, after the French faſhion, with gilt Ar
You knew, Sir, that in Poland, we highly diſapproved of this Conduct, which was not totally unknown. The Principal Officers of our Court, before the whole Court, repreMonſieur de Vitry endeavoured to excuſe himHungary had touched the money we ſpoke of, and which was all
Notwithſtanding you muſt know, that the French Money went into Hungary, and men have been employed on purpoſe to ſtop it; and even the very Women have not been ignorant of the Wiles and Practiſes of the French.
The Princeſs Radrivilliana, Widow to the Prince of that name, expreſly forbid the ſufSacolia, bordering upon Tranſylvania, fearing leſt they ſhould, as in other places, corrupt the People with mony. Nevertheleſs the French, whether it was that they would venture all, or whether they thought they were ſufficiently diſguiſed not to be known, took their Journey through this Princeſs's hereditary Country, and one that was taken was carried to her Caſtle, whom ſhe impriDe Vitri, as well as all the Court, ſaw this man run backwards and forwards, bePoland, who condemned the abominable practiſes of the French.
All the world would have thought, that after this the Sieur de Vernay and all his unConſtantinople, the Turks, and Malecontents in Hungary, than that which they found on the borders of Poland. They always had corValentin Nemeſſan, Peter Iagel, and other particular Friends and Allies of Teckely. They moreTranſilvania, ſending firſt one and then another to Paris, with the neceſſary Inſtructions of all their Proceedings.
So the Emperour's Ambaſſadour at this Court, who had notice of all, deſired our moſt Serene King of Poland, that his Majeſty would be pleaſed to give order, that no
Poland, required it for the publick Peace, neither did he omit what he had underſtood concerning the BeHungary and Conſtantinople. This occaſioned that the moſt Chriſtian King's Embaſſador was advertized by his Majeſty of Poland, to order Akakia and Du Vernay to withdraw. At the ſame time he received a ſevere Animadverſion about thoſe Peoples Behaviour. The Senate told him, that we were no longer upon terms of conniving, ſince we had been informed, that the French more and more ſtirred up the Troubles of Hungary, to draw on a War with the Turk; that we knew from good hands what Mony they had given for it, what CaDu Vernay kept every day. We declared that Man was a Spy, and a turbulent Perſon, who had no other buſineſs to detain him about Leopol, but only to treat with the Turks and MaleHungary; that therefore we earneſtly deDu Vernay was ſent with him into Poland, to manage the Affairs of the moſt Chriſtian King their Maſter. He preſumed very confidently to deny, that neither the Sieur Du Vernay, nor he, had any commerce with the Hungarians, or Turks; on the conLuxemburg, had ſufficiently teſtified how earneſtly he deſired the Peace of ChriſtenDu Vernay ſhould go to Varovia, and that there he ſhould execute his moſt Chriſtian Majeſties commands. However, the Sieur Du Vernay, upon the news of all theſe Accuſations, had retired to a Convent of Schiſmatick Monks, of the Order of St. Baſil. And this did not put an end to theſe Practices, ſo unworthy the name of Chriſtianity.
Some time after, the Emperours AmbaſſaDantzick for the French. This and many other things which he underſtood at the ſame time, obliged him to renew his PrayPoland. He had AudiDe Vitry, the French Embaſſador, and before the whole Senate. He ſpoke a long time, and all his Speech conſiſted of Complaints againſt the Sieur Du Vernay. He ſaid, he had only changed the Place, and not his way of ProPoland. He produced a Paper he had receiDantzick. He ended, bePoland, to be pleaHungary. He ſaid, the Miſeries of Hungary would reach Poland, ſince the Toleration they had, tenEurope, that the French, by their aboHungary and Tranſilvania,
Turkiſh War. That they have ſacrificed to their hatred, and enAuſtria, the beſt purchaſed Provinces of the Empire, in which they have exerciſed their Treacheries and Treaſons. That they have done all this to make good their ground in the Provinces they have torn from the Empire, and which they cannot retain by any other lawful right. In a word, that their aim in all theſe Proceed
This Speech was convincing, and we could do no leſs than to preſs anew the French Embaſſadour to oblige the Sieur de Vernay to depart Poland: We told him from the King and Senate, that we would no longer be ſatisfied with the vain pretende Ʋitry declared, (which he durſt not do the laſt time) that Monſieur Du Ʋernay Boucauld, was joint Embaſſadour with him from the French King. He came thus far to ſave him by the quality of Embaſſadour, ſheltering him under the Law of Nations.
This Declaration ſtopt our Polander's mouths; they thought no more of demandHungary; and they ſpoke not the leaſt word to put a ſtop to his licentiouſneſs by a juſt advice: On the contrary, they promiſed the EmbaſſaDu Ʋernay, his pretend
This ſoft and complying behaviour of the Polanders cannot be better excuſed, than by ſaying, that without doubt they remembred upon this occaſion, that the French of late years, make no greater com
(Theſe are the words of Charls Paſcal, a French-man, in his Treatiſe he made of Embaſſies.) "And they do like the Wolfs, who draw the Sheep far from the Shepherd, that they may afterwards devour them. In fine, it is upon theſe frivolous accuſations, that the French, to have ſome pretence for making War, have at other times ſo loudGermany, ſaying, They obſerved not the law of Nations, and broke the moſt ſacred
Ottoman Port.
I muſt needs tell you here, Sir, that if you wonder that we ſuffer the French EmiſPoland, under the pretended qualiPoland that the French are received in the principal Courts in Germany with great kindneſs and ſatisfaction, notwithſtanding there is ſo much reaſon to miſtruſt their intentions.
This makes me think, dear Sir, that even at this day we might ſee the obſervance of the Laws, the love of your Country, the love and reſpect due to the Emperour, in which you were ſo exact the laſt age, ſubTurks. Then, 'tis true, a Law made in a Diet was publiſhGermany; by which all ſort of comTurks, and the French, their Confederates, was forbidden through the whole Empire; to hinder the ſprouting of the ſeeds of Diviſion and Rebellion,
French EmGermany, ſo little did they truſt the French; and ſcarce would the Princes of the Empire receive Letters from that Count try. Now things are much changed, and we may well cry, when we ſee the preſent miſeries of Germany, O tempora! O mores!
Yet all the World has not the ſame opiGermany, if the ſame were done there. It happened in Poland, The Caſtellan of Primiſtau, perceiPoland, not the Senate expelled the French Spies, and moreover that their deſigns always ſucTurkiſh War they were drawing on, a million of innocent Chriſtians, refuſed to permit the Sieur Du Vernay to enter his Village of Nimirovia, and aſſembled a number of men to oblige him to paſs another way; ſo much did he fear this man, of whom he had heard ſo many things.
There wanted not for great complaints The Marquis de Vitry was highly incenſed, and ſought all ways of revenge. And as he is the Moſt Chriſtian King's EmbaſſaPoland, after his own faſhion, the affront and indignity, offered contrary to the Law of Nations, to his Companion, the Sieur du Vernay; and was ſo bold as to demand that the Caſtellan ſhould be impridu Vernay under the quality of Ambaſſadour, that the Tragedies he acted under the vain pretence of an Embaſſy were well known; that all the devices of the French, and their contracts with the Turk were diſcovered; that the places where Akakia and du Ʋernay had Conferences were named; their reſolutions and deſigns known; that we could exactly tell how much MoFrance to Hungary; and how they had uſed violence, deceit, and wicked practices againſt the Emperour, to the misfortune of Chriſtendom.
The Ambaſſadour would have cleared himſelf of thoſe things, with which, he ſaid, we wrongfully charged his Nation. He
I tell you nothing here, Sir, but what I have ſeen and heard, and if you had been preſent, you would have thought with me, you had heard Cicero ſpeak in the Roman Senate, inſtead of the King of Poland. How, long, Catiline, will you abuſe our patience? How long ſhall your fury ſport at us? to what end will your impudence come? are you ignorant that all your Deſigns are known to us? don't you perceive that all my Citizens are convinced of the Conſpiracy you carry on with the Malecontents of Hungary and the Turks?
The Marqueſs de Vitry preſſed no farther for the liberty of the French Agents. He did not, like Catiline, pray we ſhould not enterHungary were loſt, we ſhould have need of the French. He look
Sir, Here you have a very acceptable Hi
If the Ghoſt of the Emperour Tiberius ſhould come from Hell, and appear in your aſſembly of the States of the Empire, how juſtly would he blame you, and ſay, O men, born to ſlavery! will your ſoftneſs extend ſo far as not to believe, but that we only imagine what is done openly in ſight of the whole world, which we ſee, and even feel. This I ſay, becauſe I know there are ſome amongſt you, that ſufTurks.
But I alſo believe, which is much better, that there are many Germans, who will talk
Germany when I travelled in it. At leaſt I doubt not, but that if you would Unite your ſelves to re-eſtabliſh the glory of Germany, and retain the valour of your Anceſtors, you might live at home like Kings, and laugh at thoſe who have made themſelves ſlaves to France.
But what ſide muſt be taken in ſo great a diverſity of Opinions, and among ſo many occaſions of fear on both ſides. My opinion is little to the purpoſe, but if you will believe me, you would judge, that you have moſt reaſon to fear what threatens you from the Eaſt, than from any other place. For what can you expect from a War with the Turk but the total ruine of your Goods, and ut
So that ſince you have ſtill time to con
If you will ſay that Hercules himſelf wont encounter two; that therefore you muſt treat with the French at any rate. You may ſtill think, if you pleaſe, that the Kingdom of Hungary is of far greater value and conStrasburg. That at preſent you muſt behave your ſelf like a prudent Pilot in a Storm, who chuſes rather to caſt his Merchandiſe into the Sea, than venture loſing all, by endeavouring to preTurks. And theſe ſhall no ſooner have entred Auſtria, beſieged Vienna, as without doubt they will beſiege it, deſtroyed all the Country round it; and finally reduced Germany to the laſt Extremities; but the French, invited by your Prayers, will voluntarily come of
Sir, I ſhall not ſay many other things that I think about this matter. I only add, that methinks I ſee a Hiſtory, almoſt the ſame
Rome for the Pleaſure, as he ſaid, of ſeeing a Fire equal to that of Troy; and thereby to have an occaſion of doing good to the miſerable Citizens, who would come to complain of their Miſeries and MisforNero, in this cruel Scene, de
If you believe me, endeavour above all things to take away the Snares that are laid for you. The French King, as all other Chriſtian Princes, is obliged to defend you againſt the Turks; and you will have ſo little trouble in obtaining of it, that he has already agreed upon it with your Enemy. But what will be the event? You will infal
Do not then ſtay to diſpute Rights and Intereſts, till the time when the noiſe of Arms and the fury of War will hinder you from hearing the Law. Be the Horatii,
Curatii of your Country. In fine, remember that the members ſeparated from the Head languiſh away like Carcaſſes. Be faithful to your Soveraign, the EmpeFlower-de-Luces before the Sun at which your Eagle looks; if you had rather be ſlaves to the French King, than obey the Emperour, all things will happen worſe and worſe to you; and you will draw all the Cruelty of the Barba
You are not ignorant of the reproach that we caſt upon you, viz. that the Germans are the only people that deſire to be ſubject to a Foreign Government, and have no love for their Country. That reproach cannot juſtly be retorted upon us; and Germany ſhall ever find in the Polanders all ſort
Sir, I know, that to make you ſenſible of all that my Friendſhip and ſincerity has made me ſay, I need only repreſent it to you. It only remains that I deſire you to tell me your Opinion with the ſame free
AMongſt other Books, I have hit upon that of the Life and Exploits of Cardinal Commendon who was ſent to this Court by the Pope, with the Quality of extraordinary Legate, in the EmSigiſimond, and Reign of Henry de Valois: I have obſerved in it, that it was that Cardinal's Maxim, Never to anſwer but with an affected Silence and Contempt, to all that his Enemies could do or ſay againſt him. Without doubt, in his time, the ſtate of Affairs, the Cuſtoms and Spirits were very different from what they now are; at leaſt, a long experience has made me judge them very different; and I know I cannot, without great diſadvantage, conceal or connive at a thing that very much troubles me. I have underſtood that the French King's Miniſters, publiſhed ſome dayes ago, certain Letters, which brought, as it were, aſſured TeſtiOttoman Court was to endeavour, by all poſſible means, to turn the Turkiſh Armies againſt Poland.
There is no Body but ſees, and your Majeſty muſt needs perceive, how injurious this is to the Empire; and to what end it is done. They give this out to diſPoland, of the Piety and Affection of thoſe of the Houſe of Auſtria; to think that the Emperor, my MaPoland as of Hungary, ſince it is as much his Intereſt to preſerve the one as the other.
I come not hither, great King, to tell you what through my Averſion, I could publiſh upon little Rumours that have been ſpread among us; I bring your Majeſty thoſe things, which I can beyond all diſpute, produce before the whole World, as the true Originals of Letters and Anſwers, which the moſt Chriſtian King's Embaſſador, Monſieur Du Vernay Boucauld, who is here preſent, has writ to Count Tekely, the Head of the Malecontents, or received from him. Theſe will evidently diſcover to your Majeſty, what Affairs Mounſieur Du Vernay has Treated about, with ſo much ſecreſie and circumſpectiTekely; and the reaſon he had ſo cauti
I humbly intreat your Majeſty to remember how earDu Vernay from your Court and Dominions, as a man pernicious to the Empire, and Poland. You would have, Great King, invincible Proofs and Teſtimonies of what I relaDu Vernay, out of your Kingdom, very neceſſary. But I fear, troubling your Ma
SInce the laſt Memorial which I had the Honour to preſent to your Majeſty, I have endeavoured, acFrench King's Agents have in your Kingdom with Count Tekely, Head of the Malecontents in Hungary. Theſe wanted alſo to inform you, what Bargains and Agreements paſſed beFrench King's Miniſters daily aſſur'd your Majeſty, that they had a Hand in no ſuch thing; and that we accuLuxemburg. His moſt Chriſtian Majeſty would inform all Europe, how he behaved himEaſt againſt the Empire, he would put nothing in Execution which might hinder his Imperial Majeſty, and the moſt Auguſt Houſe of Auſtria, from oppoſing the Turks with all their Forces, and providing for the com
This could by no means allow your Majeſty to believe, that the French were in League with the Malecontents and Turks; and that they contributed to the taking and plundering the Towns of Hungary; for that appeared to be quite contrary to ſuch fair Declarations: But God, the Defender and Revenger of Chriſtians, has ordered thoſe things to fall into my hands, which I lay at the foot of your Majeſties Throne; and which I lay before the Eyes of the whole World. Theſe are the Sieur Du Vernay's Letters, and Correſpondence with Count Tekeley; which you will find diametrically oppoſite to thoſe Declarations, ſo worthy the Piety and Genero
I have made uſe of no evil practice for the obtaining theſe Letters: I have not, though I could have done it, ſo much as employed any Body to obſerve the French. And to tell you all, I got theſe Letters by the means of the Steward of the moſt Illuſtrious Lord Stadnick's Eſtate. The Sieur Du Vernay, after having long imBaſil, went alſo to importune the Steward, who is Caſtellan at Premiſlaw. So much he did, that he ſtirred up the GenCaſtellan, ſome dayes ago, ſtopt certain Hungarians coming back from Nimiravia, whither they went to ſee the Sieur Du Vernay; immediDu Vernay exceeded his Maſter's orders.
Certainly, this Agent, this Miniſter, this Spy, this Ambaſſador, I know not what to call him, but I mean Monſieur Du Vernay, has committed a great outrage againſt all Chriſtendom. Againſt the Emperor, in foPolanders were blind enough, not to ſee the dangers their Neighbours made them fear, and that they would themſelves drive the Poniard to their own Breaſt, in permitting the Sieur Du Vernay to live amongſt them. His proceeding will, without doubt, appear very inLewis the XIV, Authorized or commanded, what the Sieur Du Vernay, his Agent did in his Name.
Your Majeſty will not take it ill, that we have diſcoFrancfort and Ratisbonne, the Famous Exploits of the French, with the Turks and Rebels of Hungary, in your Kingdom, which for ſo maAuſtria; and has alwayes acknowledged its own InteHungary to the Empire, thinking it imPoland to ſubſiſt if Hungary ſhall fall.
It is now a year, that the Sieur Du Vernay travels up and down ſeveral Parts of your Majeſties Dominions, on the Borders of Hungary. He always pretends his Maſters, as if we could ſee that Dantzick or Rogioment, which are the Places the French come through, were not nearer and more proper to receive what Orders the French King would ſend. But he ſtays there to obſerve the nearer the Affairs of Hungary; It may be alſo, to
Tekeley joy, and to get the reputation with him, of the Progreſs the Turks, by his means, might make in that Country.
I deſire your Majeſty, that after you have ſeen the Memorial I preſent; and after you are convinced of all the Arts the French have uſed in this Kingdom, you will be pleaſed to order the Sieur Du Vernay to depart your Dominions, ſince he abuſes his Employments to the prejudice of all Chriſtendom; and renders himſelf unworthy the Protection the Law of Nations allows.
You may do it ſo much the more juſtly, great King, becauſe the Roman Catholick Church, your Mother, eſteems them as Excommunicated Perſons, who ſide with Infidels, whether it be carrying them Arms, or treating with them.
The Sieur Du Vernay has drawn this upon his own head, and if he is puniſhed according to his deſerts, the moſt Chriſtian King will baniſh him his Kingdom, for ex
I doubt not, great King, but all my preſſing, reite
I Received with great joy the Letters, you did me the honour to write to me, from the Camp before Filleck, encloſed in the Pacquets of our Ambaſſadors at Conſtantinople; nevertheleſs, I was a little ſurprized, that you ſhould ſeal them before he had ſeen them. I wonder alſo, you ſaid nothing about the Siege of Filleck. However, I doubt not but that place, by this time, is in your power. Monſieur Jaygel, I believe, knows by my laſt Letters, that I have ſeveral times endeavoured to ſend him what I promiſed, and let him have what I have received, but I always wanted an opportunity. When you ſend any of your People to me, order them not to come to my Houſe but at Night, to the end we may do our buſineſs without any bodies knowledge. But what I moſt earneſty deſire is, that above all things, they take care not to follow the Road that goes directly from Tavoravia to Nimirovia. For here are ſeveral PoPoland's Order, ſearch, viſit, and detain all ſtrangers that paſs. The ſafeſt way, in my Opinion is, that they leave Premiſlaw and Toreſlavia on the righ hand, and follow the Road that leads to Sandomiria, leſt they be ſeen to enter Nimirovia, where I am ſurrounded with Spyes. I recommend the encloſed to you; and deſire you to ſend them according to their Directions, by the firſt opportunity. I will take the ſame care in all things, you ſhall be pleaſed to command me. I am moſt cordi
The Superſcription was thus: To the moſt Illuſtrious Lord, Count Emery Tekeley, Lord of Keſmark and Arve, General of the Hungarian Army, that fights for its Country.
The Audience being ended, His Majeſty of Poland ſaid, he was convinced of the French CorreſponDu Vernay immeTranſilvania. On the other ſide, the EmDu Vernay's Letter-carrier, called, Kel
returned to Nimirovia before his departure. This Courrier came with thoſe whom Tekeley ſent to the Sieur Du Vernay, with his Letters; and thoſe of his great Agent and Confident Jaygel. Theſe Courriers were ſei
I Doubt not, but you have made much of Monſieur Valentine Nemeſſani, my Envoy. He has alwayes been faithful to me, and very true to my Intereſt. The Recommendations you gave him touching the Affairs he
Caſſovia, and entered ſome Forts about it, I went with the Vizier of Budas Troops, to attack the Famous Fort of Filleck: The Inhabitants reVieuxſols, and other places, retires very haſtily. I deſign to follow the Imperialiſts, and drive them far off, to reſtore my Country to its former Liberty. At length the Emperor will be forced to yield by Force, what we beg as a Favour. Heaven has commiſerated my Fortune indeed ſomewhat late; but I alſo hope, it will draw on a greater and more ſpeedy Vengeance. Sir, I will take care to inform you of all my other Affairs; however I deſire you alwayes to ſtand my Friend. I am
The Superſcription was: To the Moſt Illuſtrious Lord, Monſieur Du Vernay Boucauld Ambaſſador Extraordinary from the French King.
LAſt Wedneſday we took and raiſed Filleck: where above a thouſand Janizaries were ſlain. AfterHungarians that were preſent, and were under the Prince of Tranſilvania's Dominion, be brought before our Illuſtrious Count; then all the Eſtates of the upper Hungary being aſſembled, Monſieur Tekeley was proclaimed King, and confirmed in that Quality by the Great Turk, who ſent him from the Port, a Hat inſtead of a Crown, with a Standard, and Scepter. After the Ceremony, the Count very modeſtly refuſed the Title of King: He is ſatisfied with that of Prince Regent of Hungary: His Titles are, Emericus Thokolius Princeps, ac partium Regni Hungariae Dominus, &c. After this Election, the Vizier gave him the beſt Troops, to purſue at the Head of the Army, thoſe of the Imperialiſts. Caprara having deſerted the MounVigles and Zolian, is at laſt retired, and has taken his way towards Threnezin. Sir, we had done ſomething more, but we have not received what you promiſed us, and without that ſupply, we are forced to proceed gently in our Buſineſs. Monſieur Nemeſſani is gone to treat of Affairs at the French King's Court. He needs your In
The Subſcription was: To the moſt Illuſtrious Lord, Monſieur Du Vernay Boucauld, Ambaſſador Extraordinary from the French King.
After the Emperour's Reſident had the ſecond time produced theſe Letters, and the dayes appointed were expired, his Majeſty of Poland ſent word to the Marqueſs de Vitry, the French Ambaſſador in Poland, to cauſe the Sieur Du Vernay, immediately to retire; that he was weary of hearing daily of his new Deſigns. Without doubt, he has obeyed this Order of the King of Poland.
It was thought convenient to put in the Letters here, in the ſame manner as they were writ, and this to ſatis
ILluſtriſſime Domine, Domine mihi obſervandiſſime. Scriptas ad me ſeptima hujuſce Menſis ab IlluFilleck poſitis Litteras, ſimul cum ad Portam Ottomannicam Oratoris noſtri incluſis, grato animo accepi. Sed non ſine aliquo ſtupore, quod antequam ad ejaſdem manus perveniſſent, reſignatae fuerunt. Miror etiam, quod de
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Inſcriptio Tituli: Illuſtriſſimo Domino Comiti, Emerico Thokolio: Hereditario in Keſmark & Arva, Exercitus Hungarici pro Patria militantis, Generali, Domino, & Amico mi
NUllus ambigo, quin Illuſtriſs. Dominatio Veſtra Ablegatum meum, Egregium Valentinum Nemeſſani, pro ſincero ejuſdem hactenus ſemper declarato erga me affectu & candore, favorabiliter proſecuta ſit, & negotiorum, medio ipſius coram declaratorum, cur ſui, multum effficaci ſuae recommendatione, apud Chriſtianiſſimum Galliarum Regem pondus addiderit: quo nomine obligatum me ad reciprocationem paralis dexteritatis Illuſtriſs. DomiCaſſovia, & Arcibus quamplurimis jugum ſubire coactis, Budenſi Vizirio copiiſque Turcicis auxiliaribus Filekinum Fortavetero-Solienfi, aliiſque locis, regreſſum praecipi
Inſcriptio: Illuſtriſſimo Domino Du Vernay Boucauld, Chriſtianiſſimi Regis Galliarum Legato Extraordinario, mihi obſervandiſſimo.
Praeterito die Mercurii, occupato & deleto FortaliFilleck, ubi pluſquam mille Jenizzarones periEmericus Thokoli Princeps, ac Partium Regni Hungariae Dominus, &c. FiniCaprara depraedatis montanis civitatibus, derelictis Fortalitiis Vigles & Zolian, diſceſſit & abiit verſus Thraenezin. Illuſtriſſ. Domine & majora facere po
Inſcriptio: Illuſtriſſimo Domino Du Vernay Boucauld, Chriſtianiſſimi Regis Galliarum Legato Extraordinario, mihi Colendiſſimo.