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            <p>s. d., beginning with page number 361.</p>
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        <p>Sokollu Mehmed Pasha replies to a letter from Rudolf II in which the emperor had explained the reasons for the delay in the tribute and complained about Ottoman raids on Habsburg territory, including about the fact that tribute had been demanded from villages that had not previously had to pay it. The grand vizier acknowledges that Rudolf has now given Ulrich of Königsberg the gift for the sultan. The beylerbey of Ofen, other beys, especially those in Bosnia, Klis and Herzegovina, have been strictly ordered to keep the peace, but Rudolf must do the same to his commanders, otherwise the Muslims would not be able to restrain themselves and would take revenge. He also complains that villages on the Ottoman side have also been forced to pay tribute to Habsburg troops. If Rudolf keeps the peace, it will be kept by the Ottoman side as well.</p>
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          <lb/>Translation deß <rs ref="#mpr19392" type="person">Mehmet Bascha</rs>
          <lb/>schreibens an <rs ref="#mpr17300" type="person">ihr ksl. Mt etc.</rs>.                              
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          <lb/>Das in e. ksl. Mt. etc. lauttern unnd freundlichen Schreiben, so noch
               <lb/>hievor alher gebracht, die ursach unnd ursprung, warumben euhr ksl.
               <lb/>Mt. etc. verehrung nit zu ihrer rechten zeitt an die erhöbt unnd für<lb
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            rend="#shy"/>trefflich Porten gelüfert, angezaigt, auch diß vermeldist worden,
               <lb/>wie man die begen unnd das annder sighaffte gräniz hör mit nichte
               <lb/>bezäme, sonnder sy immerdar zu e. Mt. etc. reich unnd gebiedt ein<lb
            break="no" rend="#shy"/>fallen unnd darinnen schaden unnd ubelß zu thuen nie nicht aufhören.               
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          <lb/>Gleichsfals haben e. Mt. etc. in gedachtem ihrem freundlichen hergethonen
               <lb/>schreiben bericht, das sy bey dem geehrten unnd gethreuen unnder den
               <lb/>edlen deß christlichen gesaz <rs
            ref="#mpr19638" type="person">Ulrichen von Künigsperg</rs>, erzherzog <rs ref="#mpr19639" type="person">Ernnsten</rs>

          <lb/>e. Mt. etc. brueders obristem silbercamerer, ihr praesent zu der
               <lb/>hohen Porten, ursprung aller glückhseligkhait, herein abgefertigt unnd
               <lb/>geschickht, unnd das man von e. Mt. etc. seidten wider den friden
               <lb/>unnd guette rueh niemalß in dem gebiedt seiner ksl. hochait
               <lb/>ainichen uberlast oder verdruß geüebet oder gethon hab, sonnder
               <lb/>in dem e. Mt. etc. thailß die conditionen unnd articl deß fridens
               <lb/>unnd guetten rueh zu aller zeitt gehallten werden, da straiffen
               <lb/>hergegen die soldaten deß sighafften hörs seiner hohait thailß ohne
               <lb/>unnderlaß in e. Mt. etc. lannd unnd gebiedt, es seyen auch ettliche
               <lb/>dörfffer, welliche von alters her biß auf dise zeidt den musul<lb
            break="no" rend="#shy"/>mannischen khriegsleuthen khainen tribut bezallt, yezo aber nemen
               <lb/>sy den tribut mit gewalt von ihnen, unnd welliche dörffer
               <lb/>deß tributs sich waigern, die verbrennen unnd verhören sy unnd
               <lb/>bringen die unterthonen umb, item e. Mt. etc. schlösser nehmen
               <lb/>sy mit gewalt unnd betrug ein.                
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               Uber das hat auch euhr
               <lb/>ksl. Mt. etc. an disem seiner hochait mechtigen unnd sighafften hof
               <lb/>residierende <rs
            ref="#mprunknown"
            type="person">pottschafft</rs> ain lannges scriptum ubergeben unnd zu
               <lb/>dem er alles obstehende widerholet, hatt er daneben auch alle biß da<lb
            break="no"
            rend="#shy"/>heer fürgangne schäden unnd unbilden bey einem puncten eingeführt,
               <lb/>also das alles das jhenige, so in e. ksl. Mt. etc. schreiben, so
               <lb/>woll in gedachter euhr <rs
            ref="#mprunknown"
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               <lb/>erzehlt, ist aigentlichen translatiert unnd verdolmätscht worden,
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          <lb/>welliches wier auch in besster form ausführlich vor dem khünig<lb break="no"
            rend="#shy"/>khlichen thron unnsers glückhseiligen <rs ref="#mpr19414" type="person">khaysers</rs>, dessen victori Gott
               <lb/>erhallten unnd sein macht ihme mehren welle, fürgebracht und hatt
               <lb/>sein ksl. hochait es alles woll angehört unnd verstannden.
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          <lb/>Derwegen dann aus seiner hochait verordnung ain ksl. brief ge<lb break="no"
            rend="#shy"/>schriben unnd e. Mt. etc. zuegeschickt worden, weil denn nun hier<lb break="no"
            rend="#shy"/>innen sein ksl. hochait nachvolgen unnd hallten will, das heylige
               <lb/>wort oder spruch unnßers heyligen <rs
            ref="#mpr14853" type="person">propheten</rs>, herrens der mensch<lb break="no" rend="#shy"/>lichen nation, die heylige barmherzigkhait unnd göttliches
               <lb/>hayl sey ob ihm, da er also sagt: der frid sey ain herrscher
               <lb/>unnd gehe allen anndern dingen unnd urtln für. 
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               So hatt
               <lb/>hierauf sein hochait auch verlanngen, nach dem frid, sicherhait
               <lb/>stille unnd rueh der unterthonen unnd lannds inwohner, unnd läst
               <lb/>ihme die frid unnd guette rueh antreffende sachen, wie sich ge<lb
            break="no"
            rend="#shy"/>zimbt, mit guetter sorg unnd vleys woll angelegen sein. Es seyn
               <lb/>auch dem beylerbey von <rs
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               <lb/>wider an den gränizen, in sonnderhait aber den sansiackbegen
               <lb/>in <rs
            ref="#mpr17670" type="place">Bossen</rs>, <rs ref="#mpr9889" type="place">Clissa</rs> unnd <rs
            ref="#mpr10349"
            type="place">Herzeckh</rs>, ainem ieden derselben mit frid
               <lb/>zu bleiben, noch in e. Mt. etc. lannd unnd gebiedt wider den
               <lb/>friden unnd guette rueh einzufallen, dasselbe zu molestiern,
               <lb/>zu blündern, noch darynnen ainiche schäden oder unbilligkhaiten
               <lb/>zu treyben unnd zu üben, seine ksl. scharffe bevelch zue<lb
            break="no" rend="#shy"/>geschriben, ihnen durch verstenndige zauschen uberschickht, auch von
               <lb/>sollichem allem sich zu enthallten, mit dem ernstlichisten unnd
               <lb/>willen verbotten, bedrohungen unnd warnungen auferleget unnd
               <lb/>bevolhen worden.                
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               Also das es gewiß ist, ain yeder
               <lb/>werde nach dem willen deß allmechtigen Gottes nottwendig<lb
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            rend="#shy"/>khlich seinen ksl. hochait hohem bevelch gehorsamen, dann
               <lb/>wann sy zu wider dem ksl. Mandat in e. Mt. etc. gebiedt
               <lb/>straiffeten, raubten unnd schaden thetten, so werde der<lb
            break="no" rend="#shy"/>selbe, wer der auch wehre, in khainem weg ainiche verzeihung
               <lb/>oder gnad, oder das man ihm als ain sein besoldung nähm
               <lb/>unnd sonst gehen ließ, nicht erlanngen, sonnder gewißlich examiniert,
               <lb/>gepeiniget, unnd mit häfftigen straffen gestraffet werden.
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          <lb/>Ist demnach, wann e. ksl. Mt. etc. diß unnser freundlich unnd laut<lb break="no"
            rend="#shy"/>ter schreiben zu hannden gelang, vonnötten, das von ihrer rainen
               <lb/>aufrichtigen seidten, der gebür nach, e. Mt. etc. gräniz heubtern ein<lb
            break="no"
            rend="#shy"/>gebunden unnd auferlegt werde, damit ein yeder seine undergeben
               <lb/>khriegsleuth ernstlich im zäub hallte unnd deren geschwader oder
               <lb/>rotten seiner hochait gebiedt zu berauben, zu beschädigen unnd
               <lb/>darynnen die Musulmannen zu fahrn unnd niderzuhauen nicht aus<lb
            break="no" rend="#shy"/>fallen lasse.                
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               Die prorogation unnd bestanndigkhait
               <lb/>deß frids unnd guetten ruhe bestehet an dem, das zu beeden thai<lb
            break="no"
            rend="#shy"/>len die articl unnd conditionen der pacten unnd verhayssung deß
               <lb/>frids gehalten werden. Wann aber e. Mt. etc. soldaten nit mit
               <lb/>rueh bleiben, sonnder immerdar boß- unnd schalckhafftigkhaiten be<lb
            break="no"
            rend="#shy"/>gehen unnd üben, so dann khünnen die musulmannischen soldaten,
               <lb/>ihrem eüfer unnd inbrünstigkhait nach auch nit also zuesehen, sonnder
               <lb/>weill an der sachen gelegen, begegnen sy mit allem vleys unnd sorgfel<lb
            break="no" rend="#shy"/>tigkhait denselben schäden unnd ublthaten.                
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               Diß gezimbt sich,
               <lb/>das alles deß, was geschehen oder nit geschehen, auch deren schäden
               <lb/>unnd unbilligkhaiten, die bißer fürgangen unnd volbracht worden
               <lb/>sein, von beeden thaillen hinfüro nicht mehr gedacht, sonnder das
               <lb/>ienig, so sich verner zuetragen möchte, beeder seidts zu wissen ge<lb
            break="no"
            rend="#shy"/>thon, unnd dasselbe mit rechtmässiger ehrlicher weiß, sovill
               <lb/>müglich auf bayden thaillen accommodiert unnd volgendts obser<lb
            break="no" rend="#shy"/>viert werde.
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          <lb/>Sonst sein auch unterthonen ettlicher gewisser dörffer, wel<lb break="no"
            rend="#shy"/>liche herwarts seiner hochait gränizen, hinnen in ihrem ksl.
                  <lb/>gebiedt ligen, die haben ihren tribut völlig auf disen thaill
                  <lb/>bezallt. Weill aber e. Mt. etc. leuth wider die pacta unnd
                  <lb/>verhaissung des fridens auch ein tribut von ihnen haben wellen
                  <lb/>unnd die unterthonen, die sollicher massen bedrangt werden,
                  <lb/>so vill beschwärungen ye nicht ertragen khünnen, würdet dises
                  <lb/>ein ursach ihres verderbens unnd zersträung sein, welliches nun
                  <lb/>auch nicht recht ist. Aber e. Mt. etc. wende allen guetten emb<lb
            break="no"
            rend="#shy"/>sigen vleys an, damit solliches den yhenigen boßhafftigen, so
                  <lb/>dergestalt der armen unterthonen zersträung verursachen,
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          <lb/>verwehrt unnd eingestöllt, so würdet nach dem willen deß
                  <lb/>allerhöchsten auch von disem thail, vermüg der alten pacten unnd
                  <lb/>verhayssung deß fridens alles gehallten werden, unnd ainiche
                  <lb/>frids widerwertigkhait sich weidter nicht erzaigen.                  
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            <lb/>Translation des <rs ref="#mpr19392" type="person">Mehmet Bascha</rs>
            <lb/>schreibens an <rs ref="#mpr17300" type="person">ir ksl. Mt. etc</rs>.
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            Translation of <rs ref="#mpr19392" type="person">Mehmed Pasha</rs>’s letter to his imperial majesty.
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            Your imperial majesty’s sincere and friendly letter, which was brought here 
            beforehand, detailed the cause and origin as to why your imperial majesty’s 
            tribute was not delivered to the sublime and excellent Porte at the right 
            time. It was also reported that the beys and the rest of the victorious border 
            army are not restrained in any way, but that they repeatedly invade your 
            majesty’s realm and territory and cause damage and evil therein without ever 
            ceasing to do so. 
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            Likewise, your majesty has reported in the said friendly 
            letter sent here that you have dispatched and sent your gift to the Sublime Porte, 
            the source of all happiness, through the honored and faithful among the nobles 
            of the Christian law, <rs
            ref="#mpr19638"
            type="person">Ulrich von Königsberg</rs>, the chief silver chamberlain of 
                  <rs
            ref="#mpr19639" type="person">Archduke Ernst</rs> – your majesty’s brother – and that from your majesty’s side no 
            disruption or annoyance has ever been exercised or done against the peace and 
            good tranquility in the territory of his imperial highness. While on your 
            majesty’s part the terms and articles of peace and tranquility are always 
            observed, it is said, on the other hand, that the soldiers of the victorious army from his highness’s 
            side roam incessantly in your majesty’s land and territory. 
            There are also several villages that have not paid tribute to the Muslim 
            troops since time immemorial until this time, but now they take tribute from 
            them by force. [You also wrote in your letter] that the [Muslim troops] burn, destroy, 
            and kill their subjects of the villages that refuse to pay tribute. They also take your majesty’s castles by force and 
            fraud. 
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            About this, your majesty’s <rs ref="#mprunknown"
            type="person">envoy</rs>, who resides at this mighty and victorious 
            court of his highness, has delivered a long memoranda and he has repeated 
            all the aforesaid matters; he has also summarized in that document under a seperate article all the damages and hardships 
            suffered until now. All matters that were raised and 
            narrated in your imperial majesty’s letter and in the aforementioned memoranda 
            submitted by your <rs
            ref="#mprunknown"
            type="person">envoy</rs> have been fully translated and interpreted.                  
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                  We have also 
            presented this in the best form in detail before the royal throne of our 
            blessed <rs
            ref="#mpr19414"
            type="person">emperor</rs>, whose victory God may preserve and whose power He may 
            increase, and his imperial highness has heard and understood everything well, 
            which is why an imperial letter has been written and sent to your majesty by 
            order of his highness, because in this matter his imperial highness wishes to 
            follow and keep the holy word or saying of our holy prophet, the lord of the 
            human nation, may holy mercy and divine grace rest upon him, as he says: ‘Peace 
            should be a ruler and take precedence over all other things and judgments’. So 
            his highness has also demanded peace, security, quiet and tranquility for his 
            subjects and the inhabitants of the country, and has matters relating to peace 
            and good tranquility taken care of with good care and diligence, as is fitting. 
            Sharp orders have also been issued to the <rs
            ref="#mpr19641" type="person">beylerbey of <rs ref="#mpr7448" type="place">Buda</rs>
          </rs> and the other beys 
                  along the borders, but especially to the sanjak-beys in <rs
            ref="#mpr17670" type="place">Bosnia</rs>, <rs ref="#mpr9889"
            type="place">Klis</rs> and 
                  <rs ref="#mpr10349" type="place">Herzegovina</rs>, each and every one of them, and have been delivered to them by 
            prudent messengers, to remain at peace and not to invade, molest, plunder or do 
            any harm or injustice in your majesty’s country and territory. They have also 
            been most earnestly ordered and instructed, with threats and warnings, to 
            refrain from all this. 
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            Thus, it is certain that everyone will necessarily 
            obey the high command of his imperial majesty according to the will of the 
            Almighty God, for if they roam, rob and cause damage in your majesty’s territory 
            against the imperial mandate, then whoever he is, he will in no way obtain any 
            forgiveness or mercy. They will also not merely take his pay and let him go;  
            he will certainly be interrogated, tormented, and punished with harsh penalties.
            </p>
        <p xml:id="p.16">
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            Accordingly, when this friendly and sincere letter of ours comes into the hands 
            of your imperial majesty, it is necessary that, as is proper, it be inculcated
            and admonished upon your majesty’s border lords from your pure and sincere side 
            that each of them seriously restrain his subordinate soldiers and not allow 
            their squadrons or bands to rob or damage the territory of his highness and to 
            hunt and cut down the Muslims therein. 
               </p>
        <p xml:id="p.17">
            The prolongation and permanence of peace 
            and tranquility depends on both sides upholding the articles and terms of the 
            treaties and the promise of peace. However, if your majesty’s soldiers do not 
            remain in peace, but are constantly committing and practicing evil and 
            mischief, then the Muslim soldiers – in their zeal and fervor – cannot simply 
            stand by and watch. Rather, since they are affected by the matter, they deal 
            with these damages and misdeeds with all diligence and care. 
               </p>
        <p xml:id="p.18">
            It is fitting that 
            everything that has or has not happened so far, including the damages and 
            inequities that have occurred and have been committed thus far, should no 
            longer be taken into consideration by either side. Instead, what may occur in the future 
            should be made known by both parties and, if possible, should be settled and 
            subsequently observed on both sides in a lawful and honest manner.
               </p>
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            xml:id="p.19">
            Otherwise, there are also subjects of many particular villages lying inwards from the 
            borders of his highness within his imperial territory who have paid their 
            tribute in full on this side, but because your majesty would like to have a 
            tribute from them too in contradiction to the treaties and promises of peace, 
            and the subjects who are thus oppressed cannot bear so many burdens; this would 
            be a cause of their ruin and dispersion, which is now also not right. Your 
            majesty should indeed employ all good and diligent care 
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            to prevent and halt 
            those wicked people who cause the dispersal of the poor subjects in this manner. 
            Then, according to the will of the Most High, everything on this side will be 
            done in accordance with the old treaties and promises of peace and there will 
            be no more breaches of peace.
               </p>
        <postscript>
          <p xml:id="p.20"> Translation of <rs ref="#mpr19392" type="person">Mehmed Pasha</rs>’s letter to his imperial majesty.</p>
        </postscript>
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