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A Letter From a Gentleman in Transilvania to his Friend in America - 5

from the Turks, and Adorers of Mahomet as to absolute Fate, but nominal Christians in some other respects, having murder’d the innocent Natives, Man Woman and Child, who were settled in the Country, were in full march oth butcher those under the protection of the City. In consequence of this intelligence, eight hundred men were put under arms, and ten pieces of cannon prepar’d. A Truce however ensued, and the Waywode, not only put up with the insult, but meanly stoop’d to caress the rebels; nay, he promis’d them an act of Indemnity, and engag’d to take them into high favour, if they wou’d turn their resentment upon the Delegates of the Province, instead of himself. This they agreed to. The Delegates had no way to save themselves from destruction, and preserve the Government from Anarchy; but by appealing to the Emperor to be taken under his own protection, and rescued from the oppressions of the Piss---Brute--tarians, and the Tyranny of the Waywode. By this strange revolution at Court, all that were Rebels but a few days before, were now the Court Favorites; and those, who had bravely and generously taken up arms to save his Excellency’s wind-pipe from being sever’d in a thousand pieces, were look’d upon as Enemies to the Government. Such is the infallibility of Courts, and the wonderful Wisdom of Ministers of State! It is said his Excellency’s Musical Instruments in the fray were all put out of tune, and that he has been disconcerted ever since; be that as it will; a sudden resolution was taken to call a Council, wherein it was

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