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<DATE>2014-06-09</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140412.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>A <HI>Declaration or Denouncing</HI> OF WAR, VVhich <HI>Sultan-Mahomet,</HI> the pre&s;ent Emperor of the Turks, &s;ent to the Emperor of <HI>Germany,</HI> Dated <HI>March</HI> 25^t^h 1683. from <HI>Adrianople</HI> ju&s;t af|ter the Baron <HI>Saphonara</HI> the Emperor's Amba&s;|&s;ador had his la&s;t Audience of the Prince <HI>&V;irier</HI> wherein the &s;aid Amba&s;&s;ador could not comply to the Extravagant Demands of the Turk; which cau&s;ed the &s;aid Grand Seignior to trans|mitt the &s;ame to his Imperial Maje&s;ty, which is faithfully tran&s;lated out of <HI>High Dutch, brought over by the la&s;t Forraign</HI> Mayle.</HEAD>
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<P>Entered according to ORDER.</P>
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<OPENER><SIGNED>MAHOMET the fourth Son of Emperors, and of the Famous and Renowned God, Emperor of the <HI>Turks,</HI> King of <HI>Greece, Macedonia, Moldavia, Samaria,</HI> and <HI>Hegha,</HI> King of great and le&s;&s;er <HI>Aegypt,</HI> King of all the Inha|bitants of the Earth, and Prince of the Earthly Paradice; ac|knowledged Prince and Son of <HI>Mahomet,</HI> pre&s;erver of the Cities of <HI>Hungaria,</HI> Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;or of the Sepulchre of your God, Lord of all the Emperors of the World; from the ri&s;ing of the Sun, to the going down thereof: King of all Kings, Lord of the Tree of Life, Conqueror of the <HI>Melonian Hegley,</HI> and the City <HI>Prokenix,</HI> the great Per&s;ecutor of the Chri&s;tians and all wicked people, joy of the flori&s;hing World, Commander and Guardian of your Crucified God, Lord of the multitude of the
<PB REF="2">Heathens:</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>We Command yee to Greet the Emperor <HI>Leopold,</HI> in Ca&s;e he de&s;ire it, and you are a Friend to our Maje&s;ty who&s;e Power and Will we have extended very farr:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>you have for &s;ome time pa&s;t acted to our prejudice, and violated our Friend&s;hip; tho' We have not offended you either by War or otherwi&s;e, yet you have taken &s;ecret advice with other Kings, and your Councils how to &s;hake off your Yoak; in which you have pro|ceeded very indi&s;creetly; and thereby you have expo&s;ed your people to fear and danger, who have nothing to expect now but Death, which you have brought upon your &s;elves; for I declare I will make my &s;elf your Ma&s;ter, &amp; pur&s;ue you from the Ea&s;t to the We&s;t, and extend my Maje&s;ty to the End of the Earth: in the procedure of all which you &s;hall find my Power exerted to your extream prejudice, &amp; &s;hall feel the dreadfull effects of my Wrath; and &s;ince you have put your hope in the &s;trength of &s;ome Towns and Ca&s;tles, I have given Command to overthrow them, and trample under my Hor&s;es feet all that is delightful to you leaving no roome hereafter to make friend&s;hip with me, or &s;uffer you any fortified place to remain to put yotr tru&s;t in; for I have re&s;olved forthwith to de&s;troy you and your people, and to di&s;poyle you of the <HI>German</HI> Empire after my Will, Leaving in the Empire a remembrance of my dreadfull Sword, that it may publickly ap|pear that I will e&s;tabli&s;h my Religion therein, and pur&s;ue your Cru|cified God: who&s;e Wrath I fear not, nor his Coming to defend, or deliver you out of my hands; but will condemn your Sacred Prie&s;ts to the Plough, and &s;uffer the Brea&s;ts of your wives to be &s;uckt by dogs and Bea&s;ts; you will do well to for&s;ake your Re|ligion, otherwi&s;e <HI>I</HI> will give Order to Con&s;ume you with Fire: this is enough to let you under&s;tand my Will; if you will be &s;o wi&s;e as to know it.</P>
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<P><HI>London</HI> Printed for <HI>Langly Curtis,</HI> 1683.</P>
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