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1723.

"Kiavanum in Courage! Thou art the true "fortunate Star Merick; (by which he is fuppofed to have meant Jupiter) "in Regard "it has pleased the ALMIGHTY GOD to ad"vance thy Imperial Majefty's high Perfon "to the Summit of fupreme Monarchy.

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"Thanks and Praise be to God, that through "his Mercy, my moft gracious and true-believing Lord has done me the Honour to "fend me with the Character of Plenipoten"tiary; and that it fell to my Lot to renew, and bring to good Iffue, the Friendship "and entire Confidence of two fuch Monarchs. I am fure our Enemies, who have been fo "outrageous, will be put into the utmost "Confufion by this Alliance; and our Sub

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jects, on the contrary, who have hitherto "groaned under the cruelleft Oppreffion, will "not only keep a folemn Festival; but will "every one congratulate the other upon the "Confirmation of this perpetual Friendfhip.

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Moft gracious Emperor,

"May the most high God multiply thy "Years upon thee, and advance thy Imperial "Majefty's Rights! That the Friends of the "two Monarchies may grow ftrong and triumphant, and their Enemies may confume away, and become altogether helpless!

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The Porte was very foon informed of the Contents, as well as the Conclufion of this Treaty, with which the appeared not at all fatisfied; from whence it was fuppofed, that

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that Court had Views of taking Advantage of the Divifions that were in Perfia, by which it might make a more eafy Conqueft in that Country. The Turk was very little pleased to see the Emperor of Ruffia enter into Engagements that would oblige him to oppofe his Defigns, and thought it an oblique Declaration of War with him, to unite with the Schah Tachmafeb. Captain Nieplief, the Ruffian Minifter at Conftantinople, and the Marquis de Bonac, the French Ambaffador, immediately gave notice to the Emperor of the Difpofitions that appeared in the Divan to declare War against the Ruffians: Upon which his Imperial Majefty communicated in Form to the Porte, the Treaty he had made with the young Schah, inviting his Highness to accede to the fame; declaring that he would religiously observe his Treaties with the Sublime Porte; and that he had no other View than to affift a Prince infulted and perfecuted by a rebellious Subject. This Declaration, to which the pacifick Vizier gave a good Turn, appeafed the Grand Signior, who was willing to lend an Ear to the Propofitions of Monfieur de Bonac. This Minifter, after having renewed the Affurances of his Imperial Majefty's Defire to continue in Peace with his Highnefs, drew fo hideous a Picture of Myrr-Maghmud, and his Defigns, that it was not difficult to bring the Grand Signior to approve of the Compaffion which the Ruffian Emperor had fhewn to the true King of Perfia. Nevertheless many Incidents happened, which very much thwarted the Succefs that was expected from these Inftances. Under Pretence of oppofing the exceffive Power of the Ruffians,

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the Tartars, as well as the Turks, armed all their Forces, and there were great Reasons to dread fresh Hoftilities, efpecially from the Tartars; for the Ruffians had Orders to avoid coming to a Rupture with them: But at Length Meffieurs de Bonac and Nieplief, knowing how to make the best Use of the Grand Vizier's Difpofition, and of every other Circumftance; brought the Divan to consent to appoint Commiffaries to treat of a Convention between the two Empires, with regard to the Affairs of Perfia, and the following Articles were agreed to.

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O the End the Grand Signior may come off with Honour, with respect to his Enterprizes in Perfia, the Sophi shall be obliged to fend a folemn Embassy, to desire the Sultan to fet Bounds to his Conquefts, and to confent that the Emperor of Ruffia may execute the Treaty which he has of late concluded with him, excepting fuch Articles as might be contrary to the Glory and the Interefts of the Porte; which, in Cafe there be fuch, fhall be either declared void, or rectified.

II. The Emperor of Ruffia fhall be allowed to keep whatever lies between the Mountains of Caucafus and the Coafts of the Cafpian-Sea, together with Derbent, Baku, Ghilan, Mafcan, Ran, and Ferabat, as far as the River Offa or Ottus, the Boundaries of the Kingdom of the Usbecks.

III. He fhall content himself with the Meridional Coafts from Ghilan to the River Offa.

IV. A reasonable District will be allowed to the City Derbent between the two Seas.

V. The Limits between the two Empires fhall be fixed between Samachi and Baku.

VI. Befides the Conquefts the Porte has made, the Ottoman Empire fhall have the Provinces of Erivan, Tauris, and Cashin, as far as its antient Limits of Wan and Argura.

VII. As to the other Countries which the Porte lays claim to, Endeavours will be used to fatisfy the Grand Signior, when a folemn Treaty fhall be made, efpecially if he favours the Emperor of Ruffia in the Article of Trade.

This Treaty, and the other before-mentioned, not only confirmed his new Conquests to the Ruffian Emperor, but gave him the Profpect of having two large and rich Provinces on the Coafts of the Cafpian-Sea, as foon as the Repose of Perfia was fettled. There was one Way of putting a speedy End to the Troubles in that Country, which was to unite the Ottoman and Ruffian Forces to drive away MyrrMaghmud; but it was no eafy Matter to engage the Turks to join with Chriftians, to fhed the Blood of Mufjulmans, or cure the Jealousy they had of the Ruffians growing too powerful on the Frontiers of Afia. However, his Imperial Majefty now faw himself without any Enemies, and free from the Danger of having any foon, fince the Projects of the Porte against Perfia were like to give her fufficient Employment for a Time: But the General, or Hettman of the Coffacks being dead, it occafioned fome Disturbance in the Country lying between the Borysthenes and the Don. These troublesome Z 4

People

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People fent some of their Colonels to Petersburgh, to demand in a rough Manner, a new Hettman, and the Re-establishment of many Privileges which they pretended they had been deprived of; but his Imperial Majesty foon quieted them, by giving them Prince Galliczin for their Chief, whofe Valour and Fidelity he knew he might depend on.

End of the Fourth Book.

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