Thus have I satisfied your Desire, in acquainting you with what has been hitherto done with _Bajazet_: ’Tis time now to consider what will become of him for the future: Some think he will retreat to _Babylon_, or such-like Province, on the Borders of each Empire, to be _Sanziack_ thereof. Others think it a desperate Case, and that there is no hope of his Life, either from _Solyman_ or _Sagthamas_; but that he will either be sent back hither to be put to Death, or strangled in Prison there. For the _Persian_ weighed every thing in his Thoughts, when he put _Bajazet_ in Prison; he knew him to be of an aspiring and courageous Spirit, far superior to his Brother; and that, if he should succeed his Father in the Empire, it might do _Persia_ much more Mischief than ever _Selimus_ could; for he was but a slothful Prince, and not at all for a War, and therefore some thought he would never escape out of his Hands; for to be sure he can never be a Friend to one he hath injured so much. Some think one thing, and some another: For my part, I think it will be an intricate Business. For, as _Bajazet_ is in Troubles, and the Issue undetermin’d, they will not easily make War on _Christendom_ at this Juncture. They labour to obtrude on me certain conditions of Peace, having some Letters that will please my Master, but they allow me no Copy of them, as heretofore they used to do; so that I suspect Fraud in the case, and therefore do peremptorily refuse to send those Letters to _Cæsar_, unless I first know their Contents; and if they deceive me by a false Copy, then the Blame lies at their Door, not at mine: By this means I shall free my Master from answering their captious Letters; for I am sure he will accept of no conditions of Peace but such as are honourable. But, you’ll say, if you refuse to accept of their conditions of Peace, ’tis one step towards a War. Let that be as it will, I judge it more adviseable to leave all free to the events of future Ages: But the not sending their Letters, if that be a Crime, I shall take up on my self; and I shall easily clear my self, if the Issue of _Bajazet_’s Affairs do not answer their Expectation; since it is yet very difficult, though not impossible, for the _Turks_ are not irreconcileable to those Ambassadors, who study to do their Master the best Service they can amongst them. And besides, the declining Age of my Prince will be some advantage to me, who the _Bashaws_ thinks is fitter for rest and quiet, than for the Fatigues of an unnecessary War. ’Tis true, my Pains will be prolonged hereby, but I shall think them best bestowed, if they succeed at last.