WITH THE BEYS OP -EGYPT. 48 1 



public prints ; how much lefs formidable rnuft all the 

 other inexperienced generals of the Turks appear, both 

 great and frnall, in the eyes of all unhiaflTed men * ? 

 This then is the defign of tranfmitting to you this ori- 

 ginal account of a tranfaclion, which, as I faid above, 

 attracted the attention of all Europe. 



Alas, the turkifh empire is not the only government 

 where miftakes are made in the choice of mm 

 and warriors. Even Frederic the great was 

 times miriaken in his men ; otherwife he had never 

 fuffered a Varneri to have Quitted his fervice : bat this 

 feems indubitable to me 5 that^ it providence has not 

 vifibly determined otherwife, we muft come oft victo- 

 rious againft an empire, whofe troops are as undifci-- 

 plined as badly headed. Let the Turks always gain 

 fome advantage in fmaller rencounters 5 they will, they 

 muft be defeated in all great engagements. The wor- 

 thy feldtmarefehal, whofe father ib feverely chaftifed 

 them, will purfue the fame courfe, will crown himfelf^ 

 Jike him, with laurels won from their defeat. 



OCCAS/ION OP THE WAR, 



IVESALOVIKI, com' m i 3 it of a Venetian fhip, 

 embezzled certain goods, Which be' had taken on board 

 at Alexandria, on account of perfons of Aleppo. An 

 european merchant gave the Aleppiners a method of 

 getting themfelves paid by the republic for their lofs. 

 The method was this. They caufed the Venetian con * 



* The prefertt grajid-vizier feems to form a little exception to> 

 this. 



VOIv, f 0 I J, ful 



