_The Battle of_ Rottenton; _a pretty Stratagem of Fire-works by_ Smith. _Rodol_ not knowing how to draw the Enemy to Battel, raised his Army, burning and spoiling all where he came, and returned again towards _Rebrink_ in the night, as if he had fled upon the general rumour of the _Crim-Tartars_ coming, which so inflamed the _Turks_ of a happy Victory, they urged _Jeremy_ against his Will to follow them. _Rodol_ seeing his Plot fell out as he desired, so ordered the matter, that having regained the Streights, he put his Army in order, that had been near two days pursued with continual Skirmishes in his Rear, {MN-1} which now making Head against the Enemy, that followed with their whole Army in the best manner they could, was furiously charged with six thousand _Heydukes, Wallachians,_ and _Moldavians,_ led by three Colonels, _Oversall, Dubras_, and _Calab,_ to entertain the time till the rest came up; _Veltus_ and _Nederspolt_ with their Regiments, entertained them with the like courage, till the Zanzacke _Hamesbeg,_ with six thousand more, came with a fresh charge, which _Meldritch_ and _Budendorfe,_ rather like enraged Lions, than Men, so bravely encountred, as if in them only had consisted the Victory; _Meldritch's_ Horse being slain under him, the _Turks_ pressed what they could to have taken him Prisoner, but being remounted, it was thought with his own hand he slew the valiant Zanzacke, whereupon his Troops retiring, the two proud _Bashawes, Aladin,_ and _Zizimmus,_ brought up the front of the body of their Battle. _Veltus,_ and _Nederspolt_ having breathed, and joyning their Troops with _Becklefield_ and _Zarvana,_ with such an incredible courage, charged the left flank of _Zizimmus,_ as put them all in disorder, where _Zizimmus_ the _Bashaw_ was taken Prisoner, but died presently upon his Wounds. _Jeremy_ seeing now the main Battel of _Rodol_ advance, being thus constrained, like a Valiant Prince in his front of the Vangard, by his example so bravely encouraged his Soldiers, that _Rodol_ found no great assurance of the Victory. Thus being joyned in this bloody Massacre, that there was Scarce Ground to stand upon, but upon the dead Carcases, which in less than an hour, were So mingled, as if each Regiment had singled out other. The admired _Aladin_ that day did leave behind him a glorious name for his Valour, whose Death, many of his Enemies did lament after the Victory, which at that instant fell to _Rodol._ It was reported, _Jeremy_ was also slain; but it Was not so, but fled with the remainder of his Army to _Moldavia,_ leaving five and twenty thousand dead in the Field, of both Armies. {MN-2} And thus _Rodol_ was seated again in his Soveraignty, and _Wallachia_ became subject to the Emperour. * * * * * {MN-1} A battle betwixt _Rodol_ and _Jeremy._ {MN-2} _Wallachia_ subjected to the Emperour.