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rity little customary in those assem- 
blies ; and which was not more the 
result of the apprehensions excited 
by the impending war, than due to 
the general respect and affection 
borne to Maximilian. Solyman, 
notwithstanding his age and infirmi- 
ties, appeared again in the field, as 
the ally of his Transylvanian vassal ; 
and, at the head of a vast army, 
laid siege to Sigeth. He expired, 
in the camp, before the capture of 
that city was effected; and the 
.count de Serini, to whith its de- 
fence had been entrusted, obtained 
an immortal reputation, by the des- 
perate valour with which he long 
repulsed the assailants. Reduced, 
at length, to the necessity of dying, 
or capitulating with an enemy who 
violated all compacts, he generously 
preterred the former alternative ; 
and, rushing on the Turks, with the 
small remains of his garrison, pe- 
rished by the scymitars of the Jari- 
zaries, The vizier sent his head to 
Maximilian, with a contemptuous 
and insulting message, reproaching 
him for pusillanimity, or inactivity, 
in not advancing to the relief of 
Serini. Since the memorable cam- 
paign of 1532, when Charles V. 
had, in person, opposed Solyman, 
Germany had not sent so numerous 
a body of forces to combat the 
Turks, as that which Maximilian 
commanded. But the 
or prudence, of his generals, who 
were still greatly inferior to the 
- Ottoman army, and the recollection 
of the many unfortunate battles 
which the Hungarian princes had 
fought against those invaders, in- 
duced the emperor to remain up- 
on the defensive. Selim II. the 
son and successor of Solyman, whose 
views of conquest were directed 
against the Venetians, consented, 
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timidity, - 
1795. 
soon after his accession, to renew 
the truce between the two empires, 
upon terms favourable to the house 7 
of Austria. The Transylvanian — 
prince was not included in the 
treaty, and continued his hostilities, 
or depredations, for several years: — 
but they were at length terminated © 
by his renunciation of the title of © 
king of Hungary ; which article © 
formed the basis of an amicable — 
agreement, and restored tranquillity — 
to those desolated provinces. 
The benign influence of the qua- 
lities and virtues, by which Max- 
imilian waspeculiarly distinguished, 
was more sensibly felt in the em- 
pire, and in his hereditary German 9 
provinces, where he appeared, in © 
his proper and natural character, — 
as the father and legislator of his — 
people. f 
Germany suffered a temporary in- — 
terruption, from the inflexibility and — 
misguided adherence of John Fre-— 
derick IT. duke of Saxe Gotha, — 
to Grumbach, whose acts of vio- — 
lence had already excited universal | 
indignation, under the reign of — 
Ferdinand. } The duke, son to the 9 
magnanimoys and unfortunate elec- 
tor of Saxony, deposed by Charles — 
V. after the battle of Muhlberg, — 
persisted, in defiance of the imperial — 
mandate, to afford a retreat and _ 
protection to this invader of the © 
public peace. Moved by consi- — 
derations of compassion and friend- — 
ship, the emperor warned him of — 
his error, pointed out to him its — 
consequences, and exhorted him, to — 
avert the inevitable punishment, 
by de'ivering up Grumbach. But — 
Jobn Frederick, who, toa contract- — 
ed understanding joined the wildest — 
fanaticism, and the most unlimited — 
credulity, persisted to grant him 
an asylumin his palace and capital. ~ 
3 Maximilian © 
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