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ever he tliought fit to give the command of the new- 

 raifed recruits to Ali bey, ordered him to form a junc- 

 tion with Aflan bey, and promifed him, that as foon 

 as the 30,000 men arrived as he expedled, that he 

 would go and join them. Amurath bey, who was 

 aware of his intentions, wrote him back word : that if 

 he were to take the field with 30,000 men, they would 

 all be obliged to fly, as this would be an evident fign, 

 that he was determined not only to harrafs the beys, 

 but to fubdue all JEgypt. On the receipt of this let- 

 ter, the kapudan pafha altered his refolution. He took 

 back again the 300 purfes which he had iffued, and 

 wrote to Ibrahim bey : if they would come to terms at 

 Cairo, and go with him to Conftantiuople, he gave 

 them his word that he would eftablilh them as pafhas 

 elfe where. This letter he fent him by the fame kialif, 

 by whom he had tranfmitted the former. But he now 

 .took with him more fplendid prefents than before ; the 

 kapudan pafha, however, took care to let nothing of 

 this tranfpire, as it was his earneft wifh to make the 

 public believe that he had reduced the beys to the lafi: 

 extremity ; he likewife kept the anfwer he had received 

 a perfect fecret ; yet, notwithstanding all his precau- 

 tions, thus much was very well known : " they aflured 

 him, that they would no longer profecute the war ; 

 that it went againft their confciences to be the death 

 of their orthodox brethren and the fubjecls of their 

 fultan ; that, if he were determined to fend ibldiers 

 .agamft them, they would then flee before them ; were 

 thefe weary of purfuing and beginning to retire ? then 

 would they alfo flop and turn back ; and this flight and 

 return would they fo long repeat, as till he fhould 



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