A full and just account of the present state of the Ottoman Empire in all its branches; with the government, and policy, religion, customs, and way of living of the Turks in general ... from a serious observation, taken in many years travesl thro' those countries / [Aaron Hill].

  • Hill, Aaron, 1685-1750.
Date:
1710
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Credit: A full and just account of the present state of the Ottoman Empire in all its branches; with the government, and policy, religion, customs, and way of living of the Turks in general ... from a serious observation, taken in many years travesl thro' those countries / [Aaron Hill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I have, elfewhere in this Book, occafionally taken Notice of a Prophecy, Mur in vogue among the Turks, That They Jhall be destroy'd by a, Long-whit e-b air'd, Jffff e “ Northern Nation of the Christian World, and that they look upon the Mufco- vites to be the Nation, hinted in the Prophecy, on which Account, they feem extreamly Apprehenfive of the Motions of that People, and their Fright is aggravated greatly, by the means, the Mufcovites have lately found, ot^ fen¬ ding Ships of War, thro7 the Black Sea to Conflantmople, and the Vniverfal Dijpofition of the Greeks, to look upon that Nation, as their long-decreed Delive¬ rers. IF Heaven has Ordain’d it to be fo, ’tis probable, it may be fuddenly Effected, for the Warlike Dijpofition of the Prefent Czar, beyond his Ancejtors, j,is wti’ vuttt and the Degeneracy of the Modern, from the Antient Turks, are Weighty Cir- Sweden, cumftances. The Victorious Kjng of Sweden has been nothing worfe, than a Severe School-Alafer to the Mujcovites, who owe an admirable Uijcipline to the War, they’re now engag’d in, and referve thole Troops, made Soldiers by a Tear or two's Eatigue, in Inland Garrifons, to Exercife their Fellows, and Im¬ prove themfelves, while Raw, and New-Rais'd Men are Pent each Year, to face their Enemies, till they become Good Warriors, and give way to more Frejb Corners. IN my Opinion, thefe Proceedings wear the Air of fome Well-laid Defign, The Reafciis and the Fatigue, the Prefent Monarch of the Mujcovite Dominions has been at, gueft’d- in tedious Travels • The uncredited Improvement, he has made throughout his Country, ( chiefly in Marine Affairs ) The Great Encouragement, he gives all Foreign Officers ; and Arts, he ufes to allure them to his Service \ All thefe lee in to fpeak a further End, than the Repulfmg a Weak Swedijh Enemy. ’TIS my Belief, he’ll fall upon the Turks, as foon as the Maturity of his The Poflibiii- Deftgns affords him Opportunity ; Nor do I queftion, but (by God's Affi- fiance ) with the Great Advantages, he will have over them, he may entire- ° ly Overthrow their Government, and in their Ruin, glorioufly Revenge the Bloody Falls of thofe Brave Chrifian Princes, who have Junk, from Age to Age, ' beneath the Weight of their OppreJJive Vfurpation. But the Nature of my Book, and little fpace, I have to fpare, forbid me to enlarge on this Particular, which, if I have forefeen with Judgment, Heaven direct to triumph in Profpe- rity, for the Great Good of UNIVERSAL CHRISTENDOM. FINIS,