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than the Walls of Bagdat^ and upon each of them hecaufed twenty pieces of 
Cannon to be mounted, which began to play next day by break of day. And 
at the fame time, he caufed a high Tower to be raifed before his Pavillion, 
on the top whereof his Ma jefty mounted, and faw(asoutof a Gallery) what 
was done in his Army, and within Bagdat-, out of danger of the Enemies Guns, 
and there he fent for all the great Men of the Law, Juftices, and Militia, to 
whomhefaid: You Mafti^ Kiz^iers, BeilUerbeis, Bajhas, Sarjgtach, and all the 
reft of you, whom God hath put under my Obedience, think not that 1 am 
come hither to return back again without taking this place : No, I am come 
with this great number of Soldiers faithful to the Law, to Conquer or die 
here, and therefore all and every one of you, ought to make the fame refolu- 
tion. For I am refolved with my own hand to kill the great men that (hall not 
do their Duty, and caufe the Inferiour to be put to death one by another, or 
by the hands of the Enemy, and then will die myfelf; that it may in Hiftory 
be tranfmitted toPofterity, that a SucceîTour of the Great Othofna^i àfçd here 
with a Million of men in defence of the Faith. 
After that, foftening his Voice a little, and treating them with lefs fharp- 
nefs. Look you, ( faid he to them ) the World is but a fmali matter, or 
nothing at all j he that dies in well doing, is well after Death, but he who 
dies killing an enemy of the Faith, is more happy in Paradife. Look you. 
Fathers, ( for fo I call the Old") and you Brethren who are of the fame Age 
with me, for we are made of the fame Matter, let us do fomewhat that may 
oblige our great Prophet M^ihomtt to be our Advocate, and that at the day of 
Judgment he may prefent us all before the Tribunal of God, faying to Him, 
Here are the Faithful who have fought valiantly for the greateft Glory of your 
holy Majefty, and of all-your Saint,s j and in the mean time, that it may be 
faid in time to come', " that we4iave had reft in this World, and ^lory in the 
next.' To attain to which, it is expedient to labour, and not to fear dan- 
gers. But why fhould you fear them, being called to this Engagement for 
the fake of our great Prophet, who promifes us fo much favour before the 
Majefty of the Great God ? No, I do not think you do, and if I find that any 
of you go not willingly to fight, I'll kill him with my own Sword. 
This being heard by all that were prefent, . they put their hand upon their 
Head, and anfwered all unanimoufly. That they were ready to obey his Im- 
perial Commands : And even from thence they began to fight without lofing 
of time, 2inàx.hQ Grand Signior c2.\xkà the Pavillions of all the Chirurgeons of 
the Army to be pitched rear to his own, ordering all the Wounded men to be 
brought thither to be Dreft, which was done, and he himfelf comforted them 
with very good Words, and good Deeds j giving to every one forty or fifty 
Cheqmns. And it was found that in one day, he gave to feven hundred Wound- 
ed men, from whence you may judge, whether or not the fight was furious ; 
and caufed the pay of thofe that died, to be given to their Children, or their 
nearefl: Relations. And during the thirty nine days that the Siege lafted, the 
Town being taken on the fortieth, his Majefty made his Prayers every day, 
and every night upon his Knees, proftrating himfeif upon the Ground, with 
Tears in his Eyes. And feeing every evening, we Carted away a little of the 
fame earth, whereof Ramparts had been made to fecure us from the Enemies 
Guns, in making our approaches to the Town: We were got on the tenth of 
the Moon of Chaban^ ciofe by the firft Ditches, and the Snltan commanded a 
great many facks of Earth to be thrown into them ; which was done with fo 
much diligence, and in fo great quantities, that in four days time they were 
filled up, and three other Mounts were made, to the top whereof the Cannoo 
which were mounted on the former were brought, from whence we battered 
down one half of the Walls of Bagdat, the other half being buried under 
heap-î of Earth all round, where the Cannon could not make a breach. A 
thoufand (hot were fired into the Town, which hit againft certain Towers or 
Steeples that refilled the Bullets, and made them rebound without any dam- 
mage from them. At the Poft of the SaltBar Bajha, which was by one of the 
Mounts,there wer€ twelve Guns,and three great Cannons Royal, which continu- 
ally played into the Town, and battered down a great number of Houfes. 
The Grand Vizier had his Poft at another Mount with the Romah's, from 
♦ whence 
