A PROVD AND BLASPHEMOVS CAHLLENGE Given out in denuntiation of warre, by Amurath the great Turk, against all Christendome.

Coming with an Army of 1600000, men.

Emperour of Constantinople.
Emperour of Rome.

WEE alone the only Monarch of the world, a great and mighty God on earth, an Invincible Caesar, King of all Kings, from the East unto the West, Sultan of Babilon, Soveraigne of the most noble families of Persia, and Armenia, tryumphant victor of Ierusalem, Lord possel­sor of the crucified God, subverter, and sworne enemy of the Christians, and of all them that call upon the name of Christ.

We denounce unto thee the Emperour of Rome, and to all Nations taking part with thee, unto the great Bishop also, all the Cardinalls and Bishops, to all your sonnes and subjects, we earnestly (I say) by our Crowne and Empire, denounce unto you open warre.

VVe give you to understand that our purpose is, with the power of thirteen King­domes, and sixteene hundred thousand of men, horse and foot, with our Turks, and Turkish armes, yea, with all our strength and power (such as neither thou, nor any of thine hath ever yet either seen or heard of, much lesse had any proofe of) to besiedge you in your chiefe and metropolitane Cities; and with fire and sword to persecute you, and all yours, and whosoever shall give you helpe, to burne, destroy, and kill, and with the most exquisit torments wee can devise to torture unto death, and slight such Christian captives, as shall fall into our hands, because we heare that you fall out amongst your selves, therefore we will regulate you.

VVe will keepe you as slaves, and use you like doggs in continuall misery, impaile your fairest sonnes, and daughters upon stakes, and to the future shame, and reproach of you and yours, we will after a most bloody, and cruell manner, rip open your women with child, and trample their children under our feet; for we are resolved to bring into our sub­j [...]ction you which cannot rule quietly in small Countries, and by a strong hand and force of Armes to keep your King­domes from you; as also to oppresse, roote up, and destroy, your Sees, together with the golden Scepter of Rome, and we will prove whether your crucified Iesus will helpe you, and do for you as yours perswade you. Beleove him still and trust in him, and see how he hath holpen his messengers which have put their confidence in him; for we neither beeleve, neither can we endure to heare of such incomprehensible things, that he can helpe which is dead so many worlds of years agoe, which could not helpe himselfe, nor deliver his owne Country and Inheritance, from our power, over which we have a long time reigned.

These things, oh ye poore and miserable of the world, we thought good to signifie unto you that you with your Princes and Councellors may know what you have to doe, and to looke for.

Given in our most mighty, and Imperiall City of Constantinople, which our Ancestors by force of armes tooke from yours, and having slaine, and taken prisoners all their Citizens, reserved such of their wives and children as they pleased, unto their lust, to your perpetuall infamy and shame.

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