Sigismundus _sends Ambassadours unto the Emperour. The Conditions
reassured. He yieldeth up all to_ Busca, _and returneth to_ Prague.
_Busca_ having all this time been raising new Forces, was commanded from
the Emperour again to invade _Transilvania,_ which being one of the
fruitfullest and strongest Countries in those Parts, was now rather a
Desart, or the very Spectacle of Desolation; their Fruits and Fields
overgrown with Weeds, their Churches and battered Palaces, and best
Buildings, as for fear, hid with Moss and Ivy; being the very Bulwark and
Rampire of a great part of _Europe,_ most fit by all _Christians_ to have
been supplied and maintained, was thus brought to ruin by them, it most
concerned to support it. But alas, what is it, when the Power of Majesty
pampered in all delights of pleasant Vanity, neither knowing, nor
considering the labour of the Plough-man, the hazard of the Merchant, the
oppression of Statesmen, nor feeling the piercing Torments of broken
Limbs, and inveterate Wounds, the toilsome Marches, the bad Lodging, the
hungry Diet, and the extream misery that Soldiers endure to secure all
those Estates, and yet by the spight of malicious detraction, starves for
want of their Reward and Recompences, whilst the politique Courtier, that
commonly aims more at his own Honours and Ends, than his Countries good,
or his Princes Glory, Honour, or Security, as this worthy Prince too well
could testifie. But the Emperor being certified how weak and desperate
his Estate was, sent _Busca_ again with a great Army, to try his fortune
once more in _Transilvania._ The Prince considering how his Country and
Subjects were consumed, the small means he had any longer to defend his
Estate, both against the cruelty of the _Turk,_ and the power of the
Emperor, and the small care the _Polanders_ had in Supplying him, as they
had promised, sent to _Busca_ to have truce, till Messengers might be
sent to the Emperour for some better agreement, wherewith _Busca_ was
contented. The Ambassadors so prevailed, that the Emperour re-assured
unto them the conditions he had promised the Prince at their confederacy
for the Lands in _Silesia,_ with 60000 Ducats presently in hand, and
50000 Ducats yearly as a Pension. When this conclusion was known to
_Moyses,_ his Lieutenant then in the Field with the Army, that would do
any thing, rather than come in subjection to the _Germans,_ he encouraged
his Soldiers, and without any more ado, marched to encounter _Busca,_ {MN}
whom he found much better provided than he expected; so that betwixt them,
in six or seven hours, more than five or six thousand, on both sides, lay
dead in the field. _Moyses_ thus overthrown, fled to the _Turks_ at
_Temesware,_ and his Scattered Troops, some one way, some another.
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{MN} _Busca_ in _Transilvania_ overthroweth _Moyses._
The Prince understanding of this so sudden and unexpected Accident, only
accompanied with an hundred of his Gentry and Nobility, went into the
Camp to _Busca,_ to let him know how ignorant he was of his Lieutenants
error, that he had done it without his direction or knowledge, freely
offering to perform what was concluded by his Ambassadors with the
Emperor; {MN} and so causing all his Garrisons to come out of their strong
Holds, he delivered all to _Busca_ for the Emperor, and so went to
_Prague,_ where he was honourably received, and established in his
Possessions, as his Imperial Majesty had promised. _Busca_ assembling all
the Nobility, took their Oaths of Allegiance and Fidelity, and thus their
Prince being gone _Transilvania_ became again subject to the Emperor.
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{MN} _Sigismundis_ yieldeth his country to _Busca._
{MN} Now after the Death of _Michael,_ Vavoid of _Wallachia,_ the _Turk_
Sent one _Jeremy_ to be their Vavoid or Prince; whose insulting Tyranny
caused the People to take Arms against him, so that he was forced to flie
into the Confines of _Moldavia;_ and _Busca_ in the behalf of the Emperor,
proclaimed the Lord _Rodol_ in his stead. But _Jeremy_ having assembled
an Army of forty thousand _Turks, Tartars,_ and _Moldavians,_ returned
into _Wallachia. Rodol_ not yet able to raise such a power, fled into
_Transilvania_ to _Busca,_ his ancient Friend; who considering well of the
matter, and how good it would be for his own Security, to have _Wallachia_
subject to the Emperor, or at least such an Employment for the remainders
of the old Regiments of _Sigismundus,_ (of whose Greatness and true
Affection he was very suspicious) sent them with _Rodol_ to recover
_Wallachia,_ conducted by the Valiant Captains, the Earl _Meldritch,_ Earl
_Veltus,_ Earl _Nederspolt,_ Earl _Zarvana,_ the Lord _Becklefield_ the
Lord _Budendorfe,_ with their Regiments, and divers others of great rank
and quality, the greatest Friends and Alliances the Prince had; who with
Thirty thousand, marched along by the River _Altus,_ to the Streights of
_Rebrink,_ where they entred _Wallachia,_ encamping at _Raza; Jeremy_
lying at _Argish,_ drew his Army into his old Camp, in the Plains of
_Peteske,_ and with his best diligence fortified it, intending to defend
himself, till more power came to him from the _Crim-Tartar._ Many small
Parties that came to his Camp, _Rodol_ cut off, and in the nights would
cause their Heads to be thrown up and down before the Trenches. Seven of
their Porters were taken, whom _Jeremy_ commanded to be flayed quick, and
after hung their Skins upon Poles, and their Carcases and Heads on Stakes
by them.
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{MN} _Busca_ assisteth _Rodol_ in _Wallachia._
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