Solyman did nothing extraordinary in the military Way till the Spring 1529, When the Fame of his Arms made the strong City _Buda_[I] an easy Conquest; for the Inhabitants, struck with in universal Terror, abandon’d the Place, and he enter’d the empty _City_ in _Triumph_. But the _Citadel_ Was bravely defended by the Governor, _Thomas Nadasti_, till the Garrison was reduc’d to three hundred; who seiz’d the Governor, to deliver him up to _Solyman_, upon Condition they were to march out with Bag and Baggage. But _Solyman_ despising their Trachery, order’d his _Janizaries_ to put the Soldiers to Death, and dismiss’d the _Governor_ with magnificent Presents, for the Revard of his Valour, and Integrity to his Prince. After the taking of _Buda_, _Solyman_ was resolv’d to penetrate into the Heart of _Germany_, and lay siege to the City of[K] _Vienna_, the capital City of _Austria_. In his March he suffer’d his Troops to commit all Sorts of Outrages, destroying all the Country with Fire and Sword, even beyond _Vienna_, as far as _Lintz_[L]. He encamp’d before the City, _September_ the 26th, 1529, and invested it, that no Succour could be sent into the Town. He sent word by several Prisoners he had taken, that it was in vain to defend their _Walls_ against the vindictive Force that had conquer’d _Rhodes_, _Belgrade_ and _Buda_. But receiving no Answer, but _Sallies_ from the city, he began to plant his _Cannon_, and batter the _Walls_, tho’ without Success; for his heavy Cannon, with the Vessels that bore them, were sunk in the _Danube_ by the brave _Wolfgang Hoder_, Commander of the Grand Duke’s Galleys. This unexpected Misfortune gave _Solyman_, not only Uneasiness, but Terror, which was augmented by Reports, that all the Powers of _Germany_ were marching to protect _Vienna_. In every Assault he seem’d to have the worst; all his _Mines_ were _countermined_, and blown up, with considerable _Bodies_ of his best _Troops_. He therefore rais’d the Siege, with this Pretence, That _he did not come to besiege_ Vienna, _but to meet with_ Ferdinand _King of_ Hungary, _to fight with him for his Dominions_. The following Year he _circumcised_[M] his three Sons, _Mustapha_, that he had by a _Circassian_[N] Slave, _Mahomet_ and _Selimus_, by two other Slaves of the _Seraglio_[O]. In the Year 1532 _Solyman_ made another Expedition into _Hungary_: He invested[P] _Guntz_; but it was so well defended by its Governor, the valiant _Nicholas Turischitz_, that Solyman abandon’d the Siege. Solyman by long Marches, sate down before _Gratz_[Q], but hearing of a powerful Army headed by _Charles_ V, and _Ferdinand_ his Brother, he thought fit to march back to _Constantinople_, after the Loss of a great Number of Troops, commanded by _Bassa Fereses_, and _Cæsan_.