THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE and DEATH OF SULTAN SOLYMAN the Magnificent, _Emperor of the_ Turks, And of his Son _MUSTAPHA._ INSCRIB’D TO The Spectators of _MUSTAPHA_, a Tragedy: Acted at the _Theatre-Royal_, in _Drury-Lane_. With a Geographical Description of the Progress of the Emperor Solyman’s Armies in _Hungary_, _Germany_, and several other Parts of _Europe_, _Asia_, and _Africa_. _LONDON:_ Printed for T. Cooper, at the _Globe_, in _Paternoster-Row._ M.DCC.XXXIX. [Illustration] THE HISTORY OF Solyman the Magnificent, and Mustapha his Son. As the Town has been so agreeably entertain’d with the Tragedy of Mustapha, written by the celebrated Author of Eurydice, and other valuable Pieces, I think it will not be amiss to give a short Account of the Life and Actions of _Solyman_, the Father of _Mustapha_, mix’d with those of that unfortunate Prince, who gives Title to the Play. Solyman the Magnificent, (Father to _Mustapha_, by a beautiful _Circassian_ Slave, and _Tzianger_, by the ambitious _Roxolana_) was one of the most potent Princes of the _Othoman Race_: He was the Son of _Selimus_, who died in the midst of his Victories, upon the Road to Adrianople, of a _Cancer_ in his Reins, in September 1520, when _Charles_ V. was Emperor of _Germany_, _Henry_ VIII. King of _England_, _Francis_ I. King of France, _James_ V. King of _Scotland_, and _Leo_ X. Pope of Rome. At the Time of his Father’s Death, _Solyman_ was at _Magnesia_[A], and receiving Notice of his Father’s Death from _Ferhates Bassa_, only, (as _Selimus_ his Father had formerly attempted to poison him, fearing his amiable Qualities) gave little Credit to the Information: But when he received the Confirmation from _Pyrrhus_, and _Mustapha_, _Bassas_ at Adrianople, he ventur’d to Scutari[B], where he was met by the _Aga_ of the _Janizaries_[C], and Numbers of the People, (yet ignorant of the Death of _Selimus_) from whence he was conducted over to _Constantinople_[D], where the Body of the _Janizaries_ were prepar’d on the Shore to meet him. The Moment he landed, the _Aga_ cry’d with a loud Voice, _Behold_ your _Emperor_ Solyman! The _Janizaries_, transported with Joy, reply’d with one Voice, Long live Solyman, our great Emperor! Solyman was in his Twentieth Year, when he was first seated in the Turkish _Throne_; and for several Years reign’d as a _benign Prince_. But being corrupted by the Artifices of _Roxolana_, and the impious Designs of _Rustan_ his Grand Vizir, who wedded a Daughter of _Roxolana_’s, began to dip his Hands in Blood. However he perform’d many glorious Actions at the Head of his own Armies. The first Year of his Reign, he took from _Lewis_ King of _Hungary_, a peaceable Prince, the strong City of _Belgrade_[E]. He afterwards turn’d his Arms against the City of _Rhodes_. I shall be something particular in this Siege, because our Countrymen had a hand in bravely defending the place.