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OF THE DEATH OF PATKUL. 14c
and courage, that the king,paying his hand upon his sboul-
der , laid, IT?/ Z/z/ac /er /zcz/7- c^z/zzz'rz/ nr z/ Am.'s z/zz/zz
yZzcz/ZzZ, z/7zzZ i z/Zz'W/ j/<?z/ /nr zs.
CAnrAr, however, who added the baleness of hypocrisy
to the ferocity of a tyrant, was determined to punish. the zeal
and honedv avhich he thought dt to commend, and a sew days
afterwards'caused Pz?;^z// to be declared guilty os high trealon,
and condemned to die. Pz/^G/Z, however, found means to
elcape into pn/nv/, where he continued till CAnr/cr was dead.
Hehopedthathissentencewouldhavebeen then reserved, as
it had been declared unjud, even by tlte tyrant that procured
it; but being disappointed in this expectation, he applied to
^z/g*z//Zz/r, king of P^/;;7;<V, and soilicited him to attempt the
conquest ofPz'wzzzz/from thc^nc/er, which, he laid, might
be ealily ejected, as the people were ready to shake osf their
yoke, and the king of tSlrs/Av; was a child incapable os com-
pelling their subjeclion.
^/^y?MrpoHenedhimlelfofP^77M, in consequence of
this propolal, and afterwards, when C/w-/s.tXH. entered the
province to recover it', Pz/s^z//commanded in the &wc7zarmy
againsthim. C/n^ Zcrv.ms victorious, andP^/Tz//, seme time
afterwards, being disguded at the haughty behaviour os Gen.
PZewz/z^, ^z/gw/Zz/ds favourite, entered into the iervicc of
the Czar, with whom ^z/g*z//Zz/r was in ItriCt alliance, and a
little before GAzzz/cr compelled ^Zz/gz/Zz/r to abdicate the throne
of Pc/z/zzzZ, and his lubjeCts to eleCt Xrz/zzyG/z/r in his dead. The
Czar lent Puzdz/Z, with the title of his ambasador inCz/vcz/y,
to prevail with ^//gz/Zz/r to meet him at Gr<?zZ/zz/, that they
might cooler on the date os their assairs.
This conference took place, and immediately afterwards
the Czar went from GrezZzzp, to quell a rebellion inX/?,-*z;z-;<v.
As loon as the Czar was gone, XTgz//Zz/.r, to the G.rprixe
ofallPz/zvyv, ordered P<i/GzZ, who was then at Dzy/zAz/, to
be leized as a date criminal.
By this injurious and unprecedented aCfion ^/z/gzz/?z/r at once
violated the law of nations, and weakened his ownintered;
for PnsZzz/ was not onlyanambadador, but an ambaisador
from the only power that could afford him prote&ion. The
cause, however, was this: Px/;/w/had diseovered that Xz'gzz-
/Zz/s s miniders were to propose a peace to CAwZsy upon any
terms, and had theresore formed a deiign to be besore band
with him, and procure a separate peace between CAzz/ Aj- and
his new mader the Czar. The deiign os sa/.bz/was diseovered,
and
and courage, that the king,paying his hand upon his sboul-
der , laid, IT?/ Z/z/ac /er /zcz/7- c^z/zzz'rz/ nr z/ Am.'s z/zz/zz
yZzcz/ZzZ, z/7zzZ i z/Zz'W/ j/<?z/ /nr zs.
CAnrAr, however, who added the baleness of hypocrisy
to the ferocity of a tyrant, was determined to punish. the zeal
and honedv avhich he thought dt to commend, and a sew days
afterwards'caused Pz?;^z// to be declared guilty os high trealon,
and condemned to die. Pz/^G/Z, however, found means to
elcape into pn/nv/, where he continued till CAnr/cr was dead.
Hehopedthathissentencewouldhavebeen then reserved, as
it had been declared unjud, even by tlte tyrant that procured
it; but being disappointed in this expectation, he applied to
^z/g*z//Zz/r, king of P^/;;7;<V, and soilicited him to attempt the
conquest ofPz'wzzzz/from thc^nc/er, which, he laid, might
be ealily ejected, as the people were ready to shake osf their
yoke, and the king of tSlrs/Av; was a child incapable os com-
pelling their subjeclion.
^/^y?MrpoHenedhimlelfofP^77M, in consequence of
this propolal, and afterwards, when C/w-/s.tXH. entered the
province to recover it', Pz/s^z//commanded in the &wc7zarmy
againsthim. C/n^ Zcrv.ms victorious, andP^/Tz//, seme time
afterwards, being disguded at the haughty behaviour os Gen.
PZewz/z^, ^z/gw/Zz/ds favourite, entered into the iervicc of
the Czar, with whom ^z/g*z//Zz/r was in ItriCt alliance, and a
little before GAzzz/cr compelled ^Zz/gz/Zz/r to abdicate the throne
of Pc/z/zzzZ, and his lubjeCts to eleCt Xrz/zzyG/z/r in his dead. The
Czar lent Puzdz/Z, with the title of his ambasador inCz/vcz/y,
to prevail with ^//gz/Zz/r to meet him at Gr<?zZ/zz/, that they
might cooler on the date os their assairs.
This conference took place, and immediately afterwards
the Czar went from GrezZzzp, to quell a rebellion inX/?,-*z;z-;<v.
As loon as the Czar was gone, XTgz//Zz/.r, to the G.rprixe
ofallPz/zvyv, ordered P<i/GzZ, who was then at Dzy/zAz/, to
be leized as a date criminal.
By this injurious and unprecedented aCfion ^/z/gzz/?z/r at once
violated the law of nations, and weakened his ownintered;
for PnsZzz/ was not onlyanambadador, but an ambaisador
from the only power that could afford him prote&ion. The
cause, however, was this: Px/;/w/had diseovered that Xz'gzz-
/Zz/s s miniders were to propose a peace to CAwZsy upon any
terms, and had theresore formed a deiign to be besore band
with him, and procure a separate peace between CAzz/ Aj- and
his new mader the Czar. The deiign os sa/.bz/was diseovered,
and