Ms. 10c1r
Bagdadi
447 | Togro'l Beg | 1055 |
455 | Olub-Arslan nepos | 1063 |
465 | Malecsahus fil | 100273 |
485 | Mahmud fil | 1092 |
487 | Barkiaruc frat | 1094 |
498 | Muhammed frat | 1105 |
511 | Mahmud frat iterūum | 1117 |
525 | David fil | 1131 |
530 | Masud | |
547 | Melechsahus | |
547 | Mohammed | |
554 | Soliman sha | 1159 or 1160 |
Miyapharekin
| Il Gazi ebn Ortoc | |
516 | Solyman fil. | 1122 |
| Tamartash | |
547 | Nojmoddin | 1152 |
578 | vel * * | |
581 | Saladin | 1185 |
| Al Adel fil | |
615 | Al Modhaffer fil | 1218 |
| Al Ashraf fil occisus ab Hulacu anno | 658 |
Malluselæ
| Iagarmish | |
500 | Zengius fil | 1107 |
502 | Maudud fil. Tatash | 1109 |
515 | Oksenkar (Assangur) | 1121 |
520 | Ezzoddinus fil | 1126 |
521 | Zengius (Saugain) frat. | 1127 |
540 | Nuraddin Gazi fil. | 1145 |
544 | Kotboddin frat | 1149 |
565 | Gazi fil | 1170 |
576 | Ezzoddin frat. | 1180 |
589 | Nuraddin fil | 1193 |
607 | Ezzodin fil. | 1211 |
615 | Nuroddin fil | 1218 |
615 | Naseroddin frat | 1218 |
631 | Badroddin Luluus | 1234 |
6457 | Al Malec Al Saleh fil una cum fratribus qui anno 659 & 660 a Tartaris afferentur evertuntur AC: 12621 & 1262 | |
Mardini
| Ortoc | |
| IlgGazi fil | |
516 | Tamartash fil | 1122 |
547 | Nojmoddin fil | 1152 |
| IlgGazi fil | |
| Kotboddin fil | |
580 | Hosamoddin fil | 1184 |
puer in vivis an 594 (1198) 595 | Kotboddin frat puer | 1200 cir citer |
599 | | |
618 | | |
| Pater Modhafferi anonymus | |
658 | Modhaffer | 1260 |
Alapiæ
468 | Aksis | 1075 |
4672 | Tagjuddaulas (Tablash) filius Olub Arslami | 1079 |
488 | Raduan | 1095 |
| Tagjuddaulas | 1113 |
| Bulgarus | 1117 |
515 | Solyman | 1121 |
517 | Balac | 1123 |
518 | Oksenkar (Assangur) | 1124 |
520 | Anonymus quidam fil | 1126 |
522 | Zengius (Sanguin) frat | 1128 |
540 | Noroddin fil | 1145 |
569 | Malechsalah fil | 1174 |
| Omadoddin Zengius | |
7579 | Salahoddin | |
589 | Al malec Al Dhaher Gazi fil Saladin cum fratre Damasceno | 1193 |
6132 | Al Aziz fil | 1216 |
634 | Malec-Naser Saladin fil, regum Iijubidarum ultimus quem interfecit Hulacu. | |
The remainder of the text on this page is written upside down.
For these were yethe Princes of yethe East whose way was prepared by yethe dissolution of yethe Euphratean Sultanies. And
of these there are recconned by historians 7 eminent ones a little before they united under Ottoman.
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Now in this History we have first yethe desolation of Bagdad, but that being
not a Turkish Sultany &c – conclusion thereof: & so there will remain
[for if Da (accounting Damascus yethe head of Syria as it was unquestionably in yethe begningbeginning of ytthat
sultany & many ages before) their position, is ytthat ex so nearely as I can gather
it out of Ptolomy & yethe Nubian Geography, is this.
2 Decac at Damascus (1095) wthwith his brother Roduan at Aleppo. 3 Togtacinus Atabec (or Doldaqin called also Doldequin Abacuc) 1104
4 Tegel-melud, 5 Majiroddin Atec ebn Mohammed ebn Buri ebn Togtacin Atabec. 6
Noraodin 1154. 7 Saladin Malechsala fil 1174. 8 Saladin 1175.
After the death of Tajuddaulas this Sultany became divided between his sons
Roduan2 & Decac1Decac & Roduan yethe first residing at Damascus yethe other at Alepapo And in
this divided state it continued about 32 years yethe successors of Roduan being
1 Tajuddaulas fil 1113. 2 Bulgar 1117. 3 Solyman 1122. & 4 Balac 11243. Afterwards The next
year AC 1124 Aleppo became subject to Oksenkar yethe sultan of Mausela & after
him to his son Zengius until yethe year 1145 After whose death & then he diying
his son Nuroddin inherited Mau Aleppo wthwith wthwithout Mausela & after 49 years reu
nited it & Damascus under himself. And from ytthat time Damascus &c
[4 Buri fil. 5 Muhammed fil (perhaps (perhaps yethe same wthwith (Shekaboddin, & or Tegel-melud)
6 Majiroddin fil. 7 Nurrodin who began AC 1154 at Aleppo A.C 11445 & at Damas
cus AC 1154.
about 6 or 7 days journey westward from Bagdad, not far above one or two days journey from one of yethe streams of
Eufrates. Its sultans
43 Theseyse nations were seated were seated in a 4square position. For This is hinted by yethe 4 horns of
yethe g. Altar from whence yethe voice concerning ymthem came. For yethe horns by this voice
coming from ymthem are made a type of yethe 4 Angels, & I see not wherein they
should be intended to typify them unless in by expressing their position. & consequently of their position For the For they can typify them in nothing but their position & number & it would be a
superfluous circumstance were it only to express their number since ytthat is otherwise
sufficiently defined.
Especially since they had a square position one to another – & ytthat in a square position one to another, &c –
Their position was not indeed exactly square. But as Daniel expressed ytthat
yethe successors of Alexander yethe great should be divided toward yethe 4 winds of heaven Dan 11.2
& yet they lay not exactly east west north & south from their common center
but only something nearly approached to ytthat posture: so here it may suffice if yethe
posture of yethe Angels 4 Turkish nations pretty nearly resemble a square: wchwhich And they do
whether you consider their ditions in general or their metropol head cities if
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The first ytthat considerably notably advancedpromoted yethe Turkish affairs state was Togru'lbec
(called also Togra, Taugrolipix, Dogrissa, & Sadoc) who having conquered Chorasan & Persia made himself master of Bagdad &
& advancing still more westward took Bagdad added Bagdad to his Empire AC 1055 AC 1055 & made that yethe seat of
his empire & made that the seat thereof. And his successor Olub'Arslan (otherwise or called also Assian, aAccian, Olbarsalan
Alpasalem & Aspasalem) who began his reginreign A.C. 1063, added to his Empire also Mesopotamia
this Empire a good part of wchwhich he took from yethe Romans Greeks captivating at yethe same time their
Emperor Diogenes Romanus. The third Sultan Malechsah (or Melecla) who
began his reign A.C. 1071 first sent Aksis to invade Mesopotamia, Syria who took Aleppo Damascus AC 1075 &
then Cutlumuses into Natolia to invade yethe lesser Asia AC 10879, [the first of wchwhich smadetook
Aleppo & yethe last Cæsarea & Iconium the seat of their dominions wchwhich their
successors asserted to thems] & after yethe death of this Sultan wchwhich happened AC 1092 yethe Empire
became was rent into many pieces fparts by civil dissentions, the subordinate Sultans
(of yethe principal cities) claiming asserting absolute dominion over all yethe territories wchwhich were
committed to their government: when before they held under yethe Bagdad yethe Sultan of Bagdad. whence sprang yethe following senarydynasties
1 The remainder of yethe Sultany of Bagdad, whose Sultans were Bar
chiaruc, (or Belchiaroc,)) Muhammed, Mahmud, David, Masud, Melechsa,
Muhammed, & Solyman shah: the last of yethe who ceased in whom yethe race of the Saghucides adt Bagdad ended about yethe year 1160 or
soon after, & yethe Chalifa recove & from thence forward yethe untiol yethe taking
of Bagdad by yethe Tartars, the Chalifa recovedrd & maintained supreme temporal power
at wthwithin this Sultany, wchwhich had beien intermitted for about 224 years. In this sultany besides yethe regions about Bagdad was comprehended Persia.
2 The Sultany of Mausela or Mosul, in a City of Mesopotamia seated upon
Tigris about 100 miles northwardst west of Bagdad & 60 miles from a branch of Euphrates; whose Sultans were 1 Iagarmish, 2 Zengius fil
who began his reign AC 1107, 3 Maudud 1109, 4 Oksenkar (or Assangur) 1121, 5 Ezzoddin fil.
1126, 6 Zengius (or Sanguin) frat 1127, 7 Gazai fil 1145, 8 Cotboddin frat 1149
9 Gazi fil 1170, 10 Ezzoddin frat 1180, 11 Nuroddin fil 1193, 12 Ezzoddin fil 1211
13 Nuroddin fil 1218, 14 Naseroddin frat 1218, 15 Badroddin 1234, 16 Saleh fil 1259
una cum fratribus wthwith his brothers 1259 qui post duos vel tres annos a Tart whose TerritoTerritories
wthwithin after two or thhrethree years were seized taken from them by yethe Tartars. To this Sultany belonged
a good part of Assyria together with yethe southern regions of Mesopotamia
between extending from Tigris to Euphrates, together wthwith a good part of Assyria,
lying on yethe other side of Tigris.
3 The Sultany of Maredin (or Mairdein or Marde) a city of Mesopotamia seated
also upon Euphr not far from Tigris northwest of Mausela.. Its Sultans were 1 Ortoc who was contemporary to Olub Ars3lan & Melecsah & Barkiaruc; 2 Gazi fil; 3 Tamartash fil, who
began his reign 1122; 4 Nojmoddin fil who began 1152; 5 Gazi fil; 6 Cotboddin fil; 7
Hosamoddin fil. 8 Kotboddin frat. 9 Pater Maodhafferi anonymus; 10 Modhaffer sultanorum qui cepit – –
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4 The Sultany of Miepharekin (called also Magarkin & Martyropolis)
a city of Armenia major seated upon yethe border of Mesopotamia (about 40 miles northward of Armenia & at a little distance beyond Tigris
upon yethe river Nymphius not far from wchwhich flows into Tigris about 120 miles beyond Euphrates & at some little distance fro beyond Tigris but scarce above half that distance from one of its arms. This sultany
was for yethe most part a Province of yethe Sultany of Maredin until Saladin
invaded it & afte about yethe year 1185 a w after whose death succeeded
Adel fil, Modhaffer fil, & Ashraf fil; al
5 4 The Sultany of Syria usually usually seated at Alepo whose & Damascus Damascus. Its Sultans were 1 Aksis, who began tookconquered Damascus & yethe most of Syria A C 1075
2 Tagjuddaulas Talash who took Aleppo A. C. 1079, 3 Roduan, 4 Tagjuddaulas 5 Bulgar 6 Solyman 7 Balac
8 Oksenkar (or Assangur) 9 Anonimus quidam fil 10 Zengaisius (or Sanguin) frat, 11 Nurrodin fil, 12 Sahaeh fil, Sa
13 Saladin, 14 Dhaker fil, 15 Aziz fil, 16 Naser fil qui cepit who began his
reign AC 1237 & reigned till yethe invasion of yethe Tartars. Vnder this
Sultany besides Syria was sometimes (& particularly at yethe time of yethe Tartarian invasion)
a part of Mesopotamia comprehending Edessa & Harran or Carrhæ. Between s After yethe reign
of Tagjuddaulas wchwhich ended AC 1095 & yethe reign of Noradin wchwhich began AC 1144
Syria was divided into two Sultanies yethe one seated at Alepo yethe other at Damascus until But Nauroddin AC 1154 united ymthem again & from ytthat time Dam yethe Sultany regions of Damasc
wasere almost continually subject either to yethe Sultans of Alepo or Egypt or divided be
tween them.
65 The Sultany of Asia seated at Iconium whose Sultans were
Cutlumuses, Solyman fil, Tanisman (or Kelui Arslan) fil Masut fil wthwith his Brothers., Clisastlan fil, Kai Cosroes fil
wthwith his brothers Aladin, Ezozodin (Azatin) fil, Aladin frat. Iathatin filrat
Ezzodin fil cum fratre wthwith his brother Rocnoddin (Masut & Kei cubades). Aladin f Salghucidarūum
ultimus.
7 The Sultany of Egypt wchwhich began in Saracon was seized by yethe Turks A.C. 1168 & ended in A.C.
Moaddham 1250 was Translated from yemthem to yethe Mamalukes.
Besides these there was yethe Sultany of Damascus whose sultans were
Tagjuddaulas (or Talash) who began A.C Decac, Atabec (or Atabacus) Tegel-
melud, & Mejeiroddin the first of wchwhich began in yethe yethe AC 1079 & yethe
last ended AC 1154, Damascus being then taken by Noradin yethe Sultan
of Aleppo & from yetthat time almost constantly subject either to Aleppo or Egypt
or divided between those two Sultanies.
Besides these, (& yethe sultanies of Egypt & Corasan wchwhich I reccon not here
by reason of their distance frōom Euphrates) there were sometimes other sultanies split out of these;
but those were but of small extent, bearing perhaps ytthat proportion to yethe sultanies already named these
yethewchwhich yethe European Dukedomes & Principalities tdo to Kingdoms; & & if any of ymthem
were at any time greater yet they were but of short continuance, &
extinct before yethe incursion of yethe Tartars, & therefore they deserve not to
be here taken notis of remembred unles wthwith reference to those aforenamed cardinal Sultanies out of wchwhich they were derived, & into wchwhich they returned again.
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This was yethe Whilst yethe During this state of yethe Turks, yethe Empire of yethe
Tatars (or Tartars) was founded in Tataria under Zingiz Chan A.C.
1203. whereby was subdued; who soon after subdued Corasan by whom amongst other eastern & northern regions Corasan was subdued
& & not AfterwarsAfterwards yethe Kingdom of Armenia was much afflicted by these his successors
& yethe sultany of Iconium subju conquered subjugated A.C. 1243 Bbut not overthrown
And at length Mangca Caan yethe 4th Emperor of yethe Tartars being
converted to Christianity by means of yethe King Ayton King of ArneniaArmenia
sent his brother Hulacu (or Haolon) wthwith a great army to invade yethe Turks & root out yethe
S Mahome their religion. Hulacu therefore advancing from yethe East
after he had stayed sometime in Persia & subde part thereof subjected it came to Bagdad Ian 22 1258
& in a day & a night having compassed Bagdad yethe city wthwith a wall & a ditch
& placed their engins of Battery they begain to batter it Ian 29 & took it on yethe
10th Feb 10 following. & for 7 days together continued &to spoile it & to kill &or
captiviate yethe inhapbitants, at yethe end of wchwhich time yethe Califa was also put
to death, & so yethe Califate abolished.
The same yeare Ashraph sultan of Miepharekin went to Naser
Sultan of Aleppo Syria desiring aid that they together might hinder yethe Tatars from en
tring Syria, but Naser slighting his advice, he returns in anger to Miepharekin
& ejects yethe Tattarian Lords Prefects, & crucifying also a certain Priest who
by appointment of yethe gtgreat Chan came to him wthwith commands & edicts. But yethe Tattars
immediately encompas yethe follow & beseige him & in yethe space of a day & a night com
pass yethe city wthwith a wall & a deep ditch, & begin to make battery assault, but after
some sharp conflicts on both sides finding they could not take it by force, they determin
to hold it beseiged so ytthat none should go in or out.
The next year AC 1259 Hulacu cites yethe Sultans of Alepo to Syria Alepo Syria & Asia to come
to him & submit thiemselfves wchwhich he refusing Ezzoddin yethe Sultan of Asia wthwith his
Brother Ruchnoddin did, yethebut yethe Sultan of Syria refused: wherefore the he sent back yethe Asian
sultans were sent back honourably & established ymthem in their dominions but
determined to inva invaded Syria AC 1260 wthwith aan army of
four hundred 490000 thousand taking first CHarran & Roan wthwith yethe adjacent
regions on yethe East of Euphrates wchwhich belonged to Asia this sultany, & then passing having passed yethe River whiswhilst his Captains
tok invade yethe other or Cities round about of Syria belonging to this Sultany (amongst wtchwhich was Damascus) Emessa Hama & Moarra &c) he himself beseiged
Alepo & took it wthwithin a few days, a greater number of people being slain
there then at Bagdad. Naser himself the Sultan thereof was fled before yethe siege, but soon after taken & slain
wthwith his whole family.
Not long after in yethe same year Halacu being about to return into yethe eastern regions 3v yethe other army came to him from yethe siege of Miepharekin &bringing wthwith them
yetheAshrafph yethe Sultan thereof & relating how they had slain all ytthat were in
yethe city, there being but few left left that of them that that survi whom
yethe famin had not destroyed before.
About yethe same time Hulacu so soon as he came neare Maredin
cited yethe Sultan thereof, but wheo refusing to appear before him, yethe Tatars
beseige yetthat city also, but yethe Sultan dying suddenly, his son Modhaffer presently
yeilds yethe City to Hulacu whereupon Hulacu treated him honourably & restored
yethe City to him wthwith yethe rest of his fathers dominions. Yet about 30 years after this Sultany as well as yethe rest was utterly utterly dissolved.
The next year AC 1261 the Saleh yethe Sultan of Mausela wthwith his brother combining
wthwith yethe Egyptians against yethe Tartars, was invaded also by ymthem under yethe
leading of Samdago one of Hulacu's captains, & his imperial city Mausela
beseiged & takedn & the soldiers continuing for 8 days together to spoiled, yethe inhabitants killed or made
captives. He spoile3 captive2 & kill1kill spoile & captive the city. And amongst yethe rest Saleh was taken
& commanded to be slain by Hulacu
Thus were yethe Turkish sultanies about Euphrates, as it were at a watch word given
conquered & in their stead a new Tatarian Empire founded in Hulacu wchwhich
for sometime last continued in his posterity.
At Vntil this time the Sultany of Iconium comprehended only Greeks had constantly posessed
Asia minor, strictly so called, Paphlagonia Mysia Bithinia, Phrygia magna, Phrygia Pacatiana,
Caria, & part of Cilicia; & yethe rest of Natolia yethe Asian provinces to Eufrates (namely Lyca
onia (wchwhich yethe Turks had newly taken from yethe Greek Lycaonia Galatia, Pamphilia,
Armenia, Helenopontus, Pisidia, & Lycia) Syria came together wthwith Lycaonia
wchwhich yethe Turks had newly taken from yethe Greeks, was subject belonged to yethe
ISultany of Iconium. But now the Eastern Turks being expelled of Mesopo
taniaMesopotamia & Syria bing molested by yethe Tartars & force flocked into Asia
to seek new seats shelter them selves under yethe wings of yethe Iconian sultan & & f endeavour to
obtain new seats by their severall Princes makieng wars upon yethe Grecians. Atin Mantachia subdued
yethe city Ephesus & yethe Province Caria, Atin now conquered Lydia as far as Smyrna Sarohan
all Magnesia to Pergamus together wthwith yethe whole Province of yethe Magedi. Carmian all
Phrygia. Carases yethe other Phriygia between Hellespon & yethe City Asso &
Othoman all Bythinia wthwith part of Paphligonia.
In yethe meane time yethe Iconian Sultany became much afflicted &
weakened by yethe Tartars pressing upon them & taking from yethe regions
next Eufrates insomuch that at yethe death of Aladin it was utterly abo
lished dissolved. And about yethe same time then or soon after namely in yethe year 1299 Ottoman being
grown more powerful then yethe rest of yethe Turkish Princes took upon
him yethe title of Sultan & by degrees became yethe universall Monarch of the Turks, ththe rest of yethe Turkish Princes uniting under
him; whereby being now rendered more powerfull they prevailed still more
upon yethe Greeks & at length wthwithin a while invaded Europe & ceased not to propagate 4r their victories till at long at length they swallowed up overthrew yethe Contstantinopolitan Empire
& on its ruins erected ytthat great Empire wchwhich we see at present.
Now in this history if we should reccon co yethe loosing of yethe angels losed by to be yethe imperi regal
cities actually wchwhich were together together overthrown by H, they would be Bagdad, Miephare
kin; Aleppo, & Mausela. But since Bagdad being not a Turkish sultany
like yethe rest but in yethe hands of yethe Chalifa who was of yethe nation of
line of yethe Abasides of yethe Saracen nation, & & of yethe line had been always of yethe Saracen nation & for almost yethe last 500 years of one & yethe same family of yethe Abasides
it is more proper to yetherefer yethe destruction of this city to yethe former Trumpet
as bein the conclusion thereof, & so yethe to interpret yethe next actions wthwith wchwhich ytthatthis yethe following dissolution of yethe Turkish sultanies wthwith wchwhich this
Trumpet begins will be fall in wthwith yethe solution loosing of yethe Angels. And in these if we consider ytthat Miae
pharedkin was but lately rent from ytthat yethe Sultany of Maredin, & guirded on thone
hand by yethe Kingdom of Armenia & one yethe other by yethe Sultany of Maredin
whose their seats Maredin & Miepharekin being not above 60 or 90 Italian
miles distant, & also ytthat & & also ytthat Miepaeredin was seated also beyonbeyond Tigris this Sultany of Maredin was neither of
equall standing nor extent wthwith yethe rest and so nor so properly seated upon bound in Euphrates as yethe
rest
it will be more proper reasonable to reccon refer this sultany to that of Maredin as a
branch thereof:] & so there will remain these four great Turkish nations, yethe
South-Mesopotamian yethe North Mesopotamian wthwith including ptpart of ArnemiaArmenia, yethe Syrian &
yethe Asian, wthwith wchwhich at this time comprehe the turkish domionsdominions were bounded, & all wchwhichwere yethe full extent of yethe turkish dominions & all wchwhich wthwith
in yethe compas of next after all wchwhich were 30 or 40 years after yethe desolation of Baby yethe Chalifate that is in yethe beginingbeginning of this Trumpet were overrun & by yethe
Tartas lossed by yethe Tartars from their Eufratean seats & forced upon yethe Christians to make
war upon ymthem & erect that great Empire wchwhich rules ast present & is yethe great plague
of yethe Christians Apostate Christendom threatned in this Trumpet.
The greatest objection against this interpretation is ytthat Miepharekin was
at this time a distinct Sultany & so there should have been rather 5 then
4 Angels. But if we consider that this Sultany was neither of equal standing nor
extent wthwith yethe rest being but lately rent from yethe sultany of Maredin & guirded on yethe one hand by yethe kingdom of Arm. & on yethe other by yethe Sultany of Maredin
their whose seats M. & M. being were not above 6 or 90 Italian miles distant; & also that
mareiepharekin was seated beyond Tigris & so not so properly truly bound in Euphr as
yethe rest: it will be more proper naturall to refer this (Ias I signified above) to yethe Sul
tany of Maredin as a branch thereof reconning them stillboth to make but one gtgreat nation or Angel as formerly,, then to then to fellow it wthwith yethe originall
Sultanies. A case not unlike this we have in yethe third of Daniels universal
Empires represented by yethe Leopard who had 4 heads to signify its division
into four kingdoms at yethe death of Alexander. And yet it was divided into
more ynthen 4 Kingdoms [For besides yethe AEgyptian, Syrian, Asian, & Macedonian Kingdōom
there was (to mention no others) yethe formerly Thracian wchwhich lasted above continued distinct about 436 years, & yet not recconned among 4v yethe other four becaus becaus that being but but this becaus none of yethe principall heads suc kingdoms such as might
properly be represented by yethe heads of yethe beast, it was not recconned among yethe
other 4 but rather I suppose referred to yethe Kingdom of Macedon becaus at length united to
that. And If this be to wchwhich it was at length united. as I suppose because it was at length united to ytthat compared this wthwith yethe prresent case of yethe Turks, & I think it
will make yethe interpretation clear.
Mausilæ, Senjari, & AlIaziræ. Hama, Hemesa, Moarra, Harran, Roan, Saruji.
657 filij ejus Badroddinus
Besides what has been hitherto explained of yethe 4 Angels there seems
to be a further mystery couched in ytthatthis circumstance ytthat yethe voice concerning ymthem came
from yethe 4 horns of golden Altar, And this I a further mystery, namlyely yethe posi
tion of yethe 4 Angels or Turkish nations one among another. For by the
4 Horns the horns by yethe voyice coming from ymthem are made a representative type of yethe
4 Angels, & I see not wherin they are should be intended to typify them unles by dexpressing
their number & position. If it For it would be a superfluous circumstance were it only to expres their number that would be a
superfluous circumstance & The since that number is otherwise sufficietlysufficiently defined in express words. Hence therefore I collect ytthat yethe 4
Turkish nations were to be in square position. And so it was thus it hap
pened. For. In yethe mean while Naser, hearin who wthwith his court resided at Da
mascus, hearing of yethe progress of yethe Tartars, fled wthwith his wives & children family
into the Desert Carac & Shaubac [but was after a while taken & slain,] &
yethe nobles of Damascus so soon as yethe Tartars approached yethe city delivered
it to them &, & after wchwhich a while Naser was wthwith his family was taken & slain.
NMoreover whereas I interpret yethe loosing of yethe Angels to be yethe disso
lution of these Euphratean Sultanies, this interpretation is confirmed not
only by yethe opposition wchwhich loosing has to their being bound in Euphrates, but
also by yethe 6t Vial wchwhich is coincident wthwith this Trumpet & begins this: The & in
yethe beginning of wchwhich yethe waters of Euphrates was dryied up ytthat yethe way of yethe
Kings of yethe East might be prepared. By yethe waters of theis river we are to un
derstand yethe people situate upon it by Def that is yethe Turkish sultanies & by yethe drying up of
those wateswaters yethe wasting consumption of yethe power & dominion streng of ytthat people by Def. wchwhich
Analogous to thise losing of these angels is yethe drying up yethe waters of Euphra
tes in yethe 6t Vial. For these two actions are contemporary must correspond wthwith one another because they are yethe beginning of
this via Trumpet & Viall wchwhich are contemporary. Now by yethe waters of – Def sup
pose that is yethe dissolution of those sultanies by yethe Tartars. And consequently by yethe Kings or Princes
of yethe East whose way from yethe East was prepared by yethe drying up of Eufrates, we must understand the lea Chief leaders
of yethe great Army of Horsmen wchwhich upon yethe loosing of yethe 4 angels came from Eu
frates to execute yethe plague of this Trumpet that is yethe Turkish Princes under whose
conduct yethe Turks fled from yethe Tartars into Asia & & began to invade yethe nationsChristians
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But you'l say perhaps this was a prediction of yethe father of his & so not
to be credited it's rashness & uncharitableness to charge accuse yethe Christian world upon such
grounds as these.
Thus you see have yethe consent of Prophesies both sacred & prophane to assigne to this nick of time ytthat the end of
yethe Church & begining of wicked times reign of yethe Beast times or 8th head times of yethe Beast
& yethe consent of yethe event also wthwith to confirm these prophesyies. But I know ytthat they who stand
accused by these hereby will plead condemdcontend they are yethe orthodox church & yethe Barbarians Hereticks
& therefore yethe Oracle was a ly & my application of these things to them is rash
& uncharitable. Tro convince these men that of their Heresies would be a vain attempt
it being the nature of Heretics to be obstinate what I write of that kind I write not to them but to make such as God mad shall grant are
already are or shal be convincet already know their baksliding, But understand how these prophesies are
fulfilled in them. But some Yet for yethe sake of these men I shall add something
to shame 'em at least if not to convince 'em. They'l contend the Trinity is no
denying yethe Father & Son, the Hypostatical union no denying yethe incarnation
& passion, the worshipping of StsSaints & reliques no Idolatry, but all these pious &
truly religious, but what will they say of whoredom, murder, perfidy lying, s perjury,
drunkeness, gluttony oppression, pride, stealing, blasphesmiesblasphemies, strifes. Any of these are
enough to damn a man as well as Antrichristianity & Idolatry: & therefore
deprive a man make a man as much a fals Christian & church of such Christians
as these as much a fals Church; & if in these crimes yethe church generation I speak
of were yethe s such beleiv the generation I speak of were not notoriously guilty of these crimes, if they were not more guilty then yethe Heathens themselves yea then the Barbarian Heathens if they were not apparently the
wor worst sort of men, then that ever reigned upon yethe face of yethe Earth
till that same time then let all the Oracle be fals that I have said & my accusation rash & incharitable. My Author is
Salvian one of their own Bishops who after above 40 years observation wrote a tract to convince those of his own
religion who blasphemously accused God he that such was it was for by their extreme wickedness that God executed yethe judgment wchwhich
called for they provoked yethe divine vengeance to excuteexecute upon them those severe judgments upon them b of yethe
Barbarian invasions wchwhich you shall hear described in yethe Trumpets. But to wakēen
youyour attention to this author I shal wthwith all give you yethe judgment of yethe gtgreat Cardinal Ba
ronius, a man unwilling to confes any thing to yethe scandal of his Ch.Church ytthat he
can decline. Imperium, saith Baronius, – / He proceeds further to tell
how some men went about yethe streets in weomens apparell known to yethe City & connived
at by yethe magistrates Authority yethe magistrates, but what has been produc't is enough to cause teares & astonish
&those ytthat have any sense of sin & oppres wthwith draw tears from them that have any common
love affection to mankind -mentment, & almost too much to be believed did not yethe circum
stances of yethe Author ascertain it: But [wchwhich were such that Baronius relating some of mentioning these
things, could not but subjoyn. Cæterum] And yAnd yet Baronius mentioning these things
confesses he dealt favourably wthwith them accused. Cæterùm inquit
After Salvian h Salvian having dthus described yethe Roman manners in general & then those
of its several Provinces in particular proceeds one step farther & shows that they were so stupid
ly wicked so hardened in sin that yethe greatest dangers the greatest afflictions could never make 'em
relent or remit their cours of sinning, no not in yethe time very nick of danger: for proof of wchwhich he instances in
times that their principal cities were takingtaken by yethe enemy. And first of Carthage he says
5v Sed et idem, addit inquit Baronius, – Much to yethe same purpose is a passage
of D. Austin wchwhich Baronius subjoyns after yethe recital of SalivanSalvian thus mentions
Then he speaking of yethe strange fury of yethe Donatists, he adds / In yethe same
discours St Austin speaks has divers other things very conformable to Salvian. And amogstAmongst yethe rest this is
remarkbleremarkable that he strove to speak thinke yethe best of men. For he tells us that there
were divers who lamented yethe sinfull state of yethe people & yet evby his discousdiscours
to be suspected plain that these lamenters were worldlings & consequently but Pharisaical censures
Hieron adv. Lucif. Baron 362 § 223.
Baron 370. 117, ad 122.
Asserebat [Helladius scil.] universum mundum esse diaboli: &, ut jam familiare
est eis dicere, factum de ecclesia Lupanar. Hieron. adv. Luciferanos.
De fossa ab Eufr. in Tigr. Greg. Naz. Orat 2 in Iul. Baron 363. 45.
L 1 de his qui confugiunt ad Ecclesias. Baron 392. 29.
About yethe same time yethe clergy began to be notoriously infecte
De superbia, neophytate et alijs vitijs cleri, vide Hieron. ep. Oceano tom 2 p 324
De luxuria tom 6. 142 sub fin: script post An 4123 / tom 1. p 144
De avaritia, Hypocrisi &c.
Such as would not Had they found the cle what a clergy, what successors were
such as these like to leave. But if this Nor Another argument of yethe de
Again yethe declining state of yethe Clergy was best is best yethe election of
unfit persons into it wchwhich began now to be an empidemical distemper. MuliMulti
saith Ierom – And in another place commenting upon S where
a question put to him apbout yethe mari second marriage of Priests after bap
put him upon upon commenting on St Pauls instruction to Titus about
yethe delection of yethe clergy: Upon these words Non
O deus, deus tuus. Eloim, Eloach. Euseb. Demonstr. evang. l 4 § 15. Ex Hebr.
& transl. Aquilæ. in Hebr 1. & Psal. But what a clergy they left.
Verba volvere You yo
Nolo te declamato
Nolo te declamatorem esse & rabulam garulumque sine ratione
sed mysteriorum peritum, & sacramentorum Dei tui eruditissimum
Verba volvere, & celeritate dicendi apud imperitum vulgus admi
rationem sui facere indoctorum hominum est. Hieron. ad Nepo
tianum. Ep 12.
– sed nostras breviter flere miserias. – O si possemus in talem
ascendere speculam de qua universam terram sub nostris pedibus cer
neremus; jam tibi ostenderem orbis ruinas, gentes gentibus & regnis
regna collisa, alios torqueri, alios necari, alios absorberi fluctibus, alios
ad servitutem trahi. – Vincitur sermo rei magnitudine & minus est
omne quod dicimus. Hieron epist 3 epitaph Nepotiani. Pone in Tub: 1.
But to let you see how yethe clergy declined
manifestly from this But let you I shal manifest by showing [ytthat it
began from hence forward to be an) not only how vitious they were
but / Here Ierom acquiaints us both wthwith yethe cause] is notorious
Of their vices Ierom has divers other passages. AnAnd in this epistle he
has these / So Ammianus a heathen historian but yet a most faithful one
& one yetthat speaks honourably of yethe Christians where they deserve it. Damasus,
inquit, et Vrsicinus – This of yethe Bishop of Rome himself. wchwhich wthwith
what candor towards Christianity it was spoken may be guest by yethe good charactedr he gives some
other Provincial Bishops. But who were those think you? Not yethe BpBishop of AlexandriamAlexandria
I'me sure for of him Ammian gives this character Athanasium – obtinebat.
Now if yethe two head BpsBishops of this party [besides the multitude wchwhich Ierom spoke of,] were thus plaid yethe game of Lucifer:
guesse whether the Provincial BpsBishops wchwhich Ammian commends were to be found among this party, amo yethe admirers of these or among yethe thoese other party
that made it a crime so much detested Athanasius for it. what yethe these this party
admired in Athanasius, & were at this time above two third parts of
yethe whole. I deny not but that there might be Some more humble & sober BpsBishops of this party, pbut how few
they were may be guest out of ytthat St Ierom. Regis ad exempl. takes
place in ecclesiastical as wel as civil bodies, & therefore since these
I thank Ammian that for acquainting us that while yethe two head BpsBishops of
this party thus elevated themselves, there were in yethe Empire other Provincial BpsBishops wchwhich
demeaned themselves so soberly & humbly as to deserve that so good a re
port from wthwithout as he gives of them. ♁ – ♁ as indeed there were at thisat time so many of yethe other party right si other side ytthat
they Ammians his laudible character could not fall beside them: for they
others were scarce grown to be schism was then being but newly begun could not then have gained a qterquarter of yethe whole. /
You heard how they [in
snuatedinsinuated themselves into affection oinricht them by yethe donation of widdows & other simple peolepeople out of love] led silly haunted
crept into yethe houses leading silly weomen captive & to inrich themselves by their donations. Now
this even before yethe year 4370 was become so frequent & notorious such a grievance to yethe Em that yethe Emps were fain
to check them by this edict wchwhich he sent to yethe BpBishop of Rome to be read in yethe Churches. This
was this their covetousnes yethe root of al evil, & this prid and arroganceinsolence too was so remarkable enormous for &
intollerable as in some cases to be curbed by laws.
Nor could they be yethe one
any other monkish BpsBishops, for those had at this time got footing no where but
at Alexandria in Egypt. And as for yethe rest they had they detestestdeteste st though
some of them might out of custome or covetousness or a natural disposition or
want want of opportunity or custome of ath hypocrisy & some perhaps out of conscienciousnes demean themselves humbly & so
berly yet how few those were may be guest of Ierom. It's plain out of St
Ierom ytthat many of ymthem followed yethe BpBishop of Romes example. Had they detested
pride as yethe certain signe of gracelesnes, they would not have forsaken yethe
Church & broken their oaths & to & madke a shismschism in yethe Church & to go a whoring
after a new religion set up & headed by two such Lucifers as yethe BpsBishops of Rome & Alexandria. Simile gaudet simili & Regis ad exempl.
6v
Fertur Melitonem sand fuisse Chiliastam. Sand l 1. p 131 Aliqui ferunt Theophiluum
Apollinariuum Antioch Ep. Hierap. Papiæ discipuluum & Chiliastāam fuisse Papiæ successit in
Episcopatu. Sand l 1 p 141. Fuit etiam Apollinaris Laodicenus Chil (Basil ep. 293.
Greg. Naz 2 ad Cledon. Hieron &c. Sandius. Ib. Fertur etiam Origenes fuisse Chili
asta. Sand 168. Cyprianus Chiliasmum non obscure docuit Serm 6. Victorinus
Pictabionensis Ep. Chiliasta .(Hieron. de Script. Eccl. in Papia.) Chiliastarum opinio
ad tempora Damasi P.P. absqꝫque jactura fidei vel comnunioniscommunionis divisione liberè fruebatur
(Baron 3in Martyrol. Nov.). Chiliastæ Barnabas, Papias, [Hermas] Iustin M. Melito.
Apollinaris, Irenæus, Tertullian [Clemens Alexandr. contra Origen, Cyprian. [Dionysius A. Contra] Victorinus
Lactantius.
The remainder of the text on this page is written upside down.
Quod. ais, quasdam esse virgines tabernarias: ego tibi plus dico, esse in bis & adulte
ras & (quo magis mireris) clericos esse caupones & monachos impudicos. tom 2.
15. a. Hieron adv. Helvidium.
Multi eliguntur non amore suis, sed alterius odio. Nonnunquam errat
plebis vulgiqꝫque judicium & in sacerdotibus comprobandis unusquisqꝫque suis mo
ribus favet ut non tam bonum quam sui similem quærat propositum.
Dicam aliquid quod forsitan cum multorum offensa dicturus sum, sed
boni mihi non irascentur quia eos peccati conscientia non remordebit.
Interdum hoc et Pontificum vitio accidit qui non meliores sed argutiores
in clerum allegunt, & simpliciores quosqꝫque atqꝫque innocentes inhabiles putant
vel affinibus & cognatis quasi terrenæ militiæ officia largiuntur, sive
divitum obediunt jussioni. Quodqꝫque his pejus est, illis clericatus donant
gradum quorum sunt obsequijs deliniti. Hieron. adversus Iovinianum .
lib 1. Tom 2. p 40. script post A.C. 410. Præf. Com. in Ionam.
Quotidiè mæchorum sanguis effunditur, adulteria damnantur & inter
ipsas leges & secures ac Tribunalia flagrans libido dominatur. ib. p 41.
Eo tempore quo totum Orientem excepto Papa Athanasio atqꝫque Pau
lino) Arianorum & Eunomianorum hæresis possidebat &c vide locuum Hieron
tom 2 p 163. b.
Sunt enim quidam [Clerici] scil.] ignorantes mensuram suam & tantæ
soliditatis ac vecordiæ, ut et in motu et in incessu & in habitu &
in sermone communi risum spectantibus præbeant: et quasi intelligen
tes quid sit ornatus, comunt se vestibus & muditijs corporis & lautio
ris mensæ epulas parant: cum omnis eseistjusmodi ornatus p& cultus
sordibus fædior sit. – In hæc Pauli atd Titum verba: addit Non
litigiosum non avarum: addit, Nihil enim impudentius arrogantia rusti
corum, qui garrulitatem authoritatem putant: & parati semper ad lites,
in subjectum sibi gregem tumidis sermonibus tonant. Ib. Talis er
go sit pontifex Christi: ut qui religioni detrahant vitæ ejus detrahere non
audeant At nunc pleros cernimus, vel favorem populi, in aurigarum
morem pretio redimere: vel tanto omnium hominum odeio vivere,
ut non extorqueant pecuniâ quod minis impretrant gestibus.
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4 The Sultany of Miepharekin, a city of yethe greater Armenia esupon yethe borders
of Mesopotamia seated about two days journey northward of Am or northwest of
Ameda on yethe other side Tigris. What Sultans it had before yethe year Heg. 515.
I find not, but then it came into yethe hands of Gazi sultan of Maredin & he dying
yethe next year his Sons Solyman & Tamartash inherited the one Miepharekin, the other Maredin. Afterwards
Maredin & Miepharekin were united again under one Sultan & had for yethe most part sometimes at least if not always one com
mon Sultan I know not whether they continued so till till yethe year Saladin invaded Mesopotamia & who amongst his other victories
took Maredin Miepharekin wthwith yethe adjacent regions, of wchwhich he made it yethe head & left it to his brother Adel, & after his
death he its had its proper sultans wer sultans in continuall succession it had wthwithout interruptions Sultans of yethe posterity of Saladin Adel f. Saladini fil. & sub eo Nojmoddin fil. 1193 2Modhaffer fil Adeli 1218 & 3Ashrafph Modhafferi fil
the last of wchwhich was slain by yethe Tartars (A.C. 1260.) in yethe first year of his
reign
5 The
Now of these six Sultanies that first of Bagdad is to be omitted because it
ceased long before yethe loosing of the angels & while it lasted was coincident wthwith yethe Chalifate.
Asllso ytthat of Maredin is to be omitted because of its distance from Euphrates.
At first indeed, while it was united to ytthat of Miepharekin it extended to Euphra
tes, but not after Saladin invaded Mesopotamia, for he tookeing Roka Harran Nisibis
Senjar, Ameda, & Miepharekin wthwith their ditions, that is almost all yethe regions round
on ytthat side of Maredin towards Euphrates, & these regions his Sons & his son's sons
inhærited except ytthat Coral yethe Sultan of Egypt except that the Sultan of Mausel & Armenia yethe yethe This he brings (Pharajius
pag Wherefore since we are to yethe angels (
I apprehend) wchwhich were bound in Euphrates till their loosing, & consequently loosed from their Euphrates bonds must signify such
sultanies as were adjacent to Euphrates in yethe years immediately preceding yethetheir loos
ing, we must reject this Sultany, & this loosing happened not before yethe end of yethe fift
Trumpet & that Trumpet wchwhich as we shall farther hereafter explain ended on not before yethe
dissolution of yethe Chalifate A.C. 1258, so we must reject & this Sultany of Mare
din was not after yethe year 1182 adjacent to Euphrates we must not number this Sultany among yethe Angels: we must reject this
Sultany seeing it was nevet adjacent to Euph. after yethe year 1182.
There remains therefore for yethe 4 Angels yethe Sultanies of Mausela
Miepharekin, Syria, & Asia. And these fulfill all conditions. The Sultany
of Mau Asia wthwithout question bordered always upon Euphrates f especially towards
yethe time of loosing (Pharajus and for then & for years before
it comprehended yethe provinces of Malatia & Chartaberta wchwhich l lay upon yetthat
river (Pharajius p 3174, 317, 321, 332 & 333) & yethe at yethe very time of losing
(A.C. 1260 & 1261) Parajius (pag of expresses that it extended to Armenia major
Yea sometimes it is had extended into yethe regions of Mesopotamia & Armenia
major. (Abdul. p ) The Sultany of Syria was not only always
adjacent to yethe river but at yethe time of loosing extended a good way into Mesop.
7v
Yea & of yethe Sultanies here named, two make nothing to orour purpose: yethe
sultany of Bagdad byecaus it ceased long bef. t. l. of yethe angels. end of yethe 5t Tr. & w. it l. w. c
w. t. chalifate; & yethe Sultany of Maredin becaus of its distance from Euphrates.
For when Saliadin invaded Mesopotamia (viz: A.C. 1182) he tooke Roha – except
ytthat yethe Sultan of Mausil towards yethe end of yethe 5t Tr. recovered Senjar wthwith yethe adjacent
regions wthwith in wchwhich I suppose was also nNisibis. The great nakednes of Maredin to defend towards
The short bounds of Maredin on that side seems deducible from its lying open to yethe enemy
for [And so open to yethe enemy was Maredin liedayed by this skirting of it that it was afterwards after besieged as by it was besieged by Saladin A.C & then by his brother Adel A.C. & again
AC . And so much was Maredin skirted on that side by this invasion that it & layd open to yethe
the enemy that it was afterwards often besieged: as by Saladin A.C. 1183 & by his bro
ther Adel A.C. & 1203 1198 & again A.C. 1203.] [proceeding to besiege even Maredin him
it self, as did also his brother Adel after him more ofner then once. And these regions his
family inherited to yethe end of yethe fift Tr: except ytthat yethe sultan of Mausel &
towards yethe end recovered Senjar wthwith yethe neighboring regions among wthwithin wchwhich was I suppose
was also Nisibis.
These two sultanies therefore being rejected there remains only for yethe four
angels yethe Sultanies of Asia, Syria, Mausel, & Miepharekin. The Sultany of
Asia was watered by a large arm of Euphrates passing through yethe middle of it
& not only so but bordered upon yethe main channel especially towards yethe time of loosing
for then & for years before – to Armenia major. The Sultany of Syria
was not only adjacent to yethe river but at yethe time of loosing extended a good way
into Mesopotamia. The Sultany of Mausel was waterwatered by yethe River Alchabaur (or Harnas) a large
arme of Euphrates & bordered also upon yethe main channel Euphrates it self for Mausel it sedlf thoug
situate upōon Tigris, yet was distant but about one or little twotwo little days journey from one
of yethe streams. The Sultany of Miepharekin had been was indeed something
further from Euphr. namely about 5 days journey or 125 Italian miles (Geogr. Nubisusis clim 5 pars 5)
but yet it was nearer to it then Maredin by two days journey at least, & in
all probably extended its jurisdiction to Euphrates for it was guirded on yethe
north by yethe kingdom of Armenia wchwhich in yethe end of yethe 5t Tr was pretty powerful
Maredin was & on yethe south east by yethe Sultany of Maredin those metropolies
Ma yet being not scarce above two or three days journey distant from one another
& yet that it was a powerful Sultany & consequently of large extent towards the other quarters as is manifest by yethe defiance wchwhich its Sultan
(as Pharajus informs us bad to yethe Tartars even upo after when they had newly sacked Bagdad. [* For it's chief ex
tent was that way as may be collected from hence ytthat its chief extent was
founded by yethe conquests of Saladin wchwhich extended from Eufrates to this city
but not much farther. It comprehended Ameda wthwith its territory (Pharajus) & so lay partly between Maredin & Eufrates. It was guirded on yethe north – sacked bagdad. During And as in yethe
reign of Saladin & his successor Adel it was united to Syria under one supreme Sultan
so still at yethe end of yethe fift Tr. it bordered upon the Syrian Sultany as may appear frōom 8r hence ytthat its sultan Ashrat after yethe sacking of Bagdad went into Syria to yethe consult wthwith yethe Sultan thereof about their common
safety & mutual aid. And if it extended to yethe Syrian Sultany much more should it extend
to Euphrates that of Asia wchwhich lay over against it on yethe other side yethe river, for I
read not of any other Sultany between them. I may further add that its regions
waere watered by a large river wchwhich flows out of yethe mountains of Armenia & enters
into Euphrates below Samosat joyns wthwith yethe main channel of Euphrates be
low Samoset. (Geogr. Nub. Clim 5. Part 5)
These four Sultanies therefore all ly were all seated upon Euphrates & so fitly answer to yethe
4 angels bound in that river. But thesre is another character of them wchwhich notably confirms
this determination for by yethe 4th condition of theise Tr. they Metropoles they their Metropoles were to be in resemble a 4
square position, or very nearly. And behold here their position if Syria be behold here theire position how nearly it appoaches thehat figure. of □ reccon
ing here Damascus yethe chief seat of Syria becaus it had been ever so & at the sa time of
loosing yethe Angels yethe Sultan resided there.
5 Supposing therefore that these Tetrarchies are yethe 4 angels --
After this Ashraf yethe Sultan of Miepharekin went yethe same year into Syria to
Naser Sultan thereof to desire aid of him whereby yethe Tartars might be kept out
of Syria, but Naser not hearkening to him he returned in anger to Miephar &
when he came to Miepharekin ejected yethe praæfects of yethe Tartars & crucified a
certain Priest sent to him wthwith commands from yethe great Chan. Whereupon
Hulacu yethe sent his son Yashmut wthwith part of his army – to be slain by
Hulacu.
The same year yethe Tartars, I know now upon wtwhat occasion invaded Asia also
[& overran all Cilicia, the less Armenia, & Cappadocia as far northward as yethe river Thermodon,] &
easily subdued it, yethe limits of yethe excursion northward being Cappadocia &
yethe river Thermodon, southward Cilicia & yethe those parts of yethe mountain Taurus
wchwhich a little after its beginning are variously divided. Afterwards And then they] forced [also
yethe imperial cities [Iconium & Cæsarea.] & forcing constraining Azati Ezzoddin [Azatinus]
wthwith one of his brothers to fly to yethe Greek Emperor Michael Palæologus yethe Gre who con where being
confined, they were freed by an incursion of yethe Tartars Scythians from beyond yethe
Danube. But Azatine And Ezzoddin died soon after he had passed yethe Danube wthwith
ymthem, but his brother escaped from them into Asia & was received for a while by yethe
reliques Satrapæ of yethe Turksish reliques as their Sultan.
Vntill this time – of Iconiūum. But now the Turks out of these four dissolved
Sultanies flying every where from yethe T violence of yethe Tartars flocked continually
towards yethe western parts of Asia & to obtein new seats – Paphlagonia; the
last of wchwhich growing more powerful then yethe rest, of yethe at length (namely
in yethe year 1299) took upon him – see at present. / Thus you see yethe four
angels were all at once in yethe very beginning of yethe 6t Tr. loosed from their 8v Eufratean seats & forced – threatened in this Trumpet.
Analogous to yethe loosing –
In yethe meane time the reliques
And while As they began to prevaile they were continually. parts of Asia: the reliques of them
beyond Euphr. being about 30 years after (viz A.C. 1289) being universally ejected hither out of
Assyria Mesopotamia & yethe other Tatrtarian dominions. In yethe meane while to obtein new
seats their severall princes, every made or heads of families under whose conduct they fled hither
made war upon yethe Rommans, every one in this confused gaining what he could for himself:
Turci autem, saith Nicephorus (l 7) satrapis illis – mala conjecit.
Vntil the afforesaid dissolution of yethe 4 Turkish Euphratean Sultanyies by yethe Tartars, the Greeks
had constantly posessed Asia – of Iconiūum, but from that time, & chiefly after
yethe battel newly mentioned (wchwhich happened about yethe year ) the Turkish Princes
took several gained ground upon the Romans inlarged the spread by degrees into yethe rest of yethe Asian Provinces Roman Greek Provinces. Mantachia –
–
– Paphlagonia: The last of wchwhich growing more powerfull ynthan yethe rest
at length (A.C. 1299) took upon him yethe title of dignity & title of Sultan –
– ytthat great Monarchy} founded that wchwhich reigns at present / founded a greater of their own
Thus you see the 4 angels were all at once in yethe very beginning of
yethe Sixt Trumpet A.C. 1260 & 1261 loosed from their Eufratean seats & forced upon yethe
Christians to make war upon thenthem & thereby erect ytthat great Empire wchwhich reigns at present & is is yethe plage of
Apostate Christendome threatned in this Tr.
After
Vpon the dissolution of these Sultanies Thus wasere yethe Sultanies of Mosul
Miyapharekin Syria & Asia all at once in yethe very begining of the
sixt Trumpet A.C. 1260 & 1261 A dissolved: & now from that time yethe turks
out of these Sultanies flying every where from yethe violence of yethe Tar
tars flocked into yethe western parts of Asia: the reliqꝫques of ymthem also about wthwithin
30 years after (viz A.C. 1289) being universally ejected hither out of [Persia
Assyria Mesopotamia & yethe otherer Tattarian dominions] yethe new Tattarian Empire.
NB. Βασιλεῦς [reges quod nos A king reges vertimus] apud Græcos non tantum pro Monarchis
præpotentibus quales nos jam reges dicimus vsurpabatur sed ejusqꝫque inferioris etiam generis Prin
cipes etiam significabat ut apud Homerum non uno loco videre est. Sic et מלד vox
Hebrea ejusdem significationis vox hebræa, an sacris litteris pro pPrincipibus Ducibus et singularum ferè ur
bium dominis usurpatur ut e regibus 31 quos Ioshue in exiguo illo terræ sanctæ cir
cuitu superavavit. (Iosh 12.) Et quinqꝫque regibus Midian qui a Mose cæsis Num 31.8.
qui in Iosh 13.21 Principes Midian & Duces Sehon vocantur, manifestūum est.
ytthat is Osrohene a region of Syria wthwithin Mesopotamia, some part of wchwhich, as should seem seems b appears by this passage
was possessed by to have belonged to Ashraf. / whereby they might keep the Tattars ofut of Syria, that is out of Syria Osro
ene a province of Syria on yethe east of Euphrates comprehending among other cities Edessa
Carrhæ & Nicephorium. some part o. Instantiā ex habes in exercitu Roili fulgure
& igneis turbinibus perdito