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FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO LONDON 51
Drogaman or Interpreter, but now Prince of Bugdamia1,
and attained to that dignity thus :—There beinge warrs
betweene the Emperor of Germany and the Turke, this
Gasparo was sent by the Gran Signior by reason of the
quicknesse of his witt and tongue to treate of a peace
betweene them, where hee soe dilligently behaved him-
selfe that it was concluded betwene the twoe Monarches,
And att his returne, for his good service therein performed,
hee was made Duke of an Hand called Naxia2; afterwards
for his good Goverment therein shewed, hee was created
Prince of Bugdania3.
From Adrianople wee came to Mustapha Pasha
Cupreesee (15 miles)4, as much to say as the bridge of
1 The term Bugdamia or Bugdania appears to have been used in
two senses: firstly, for some portion of die modern Bessarabia, then a
part of Moldavia; and, secondly, for the old province of Moldavia
itself.
Compare Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 294f., "The Janizaries...cried
out...why should they not march to...the foraging of the Countries
of Moldavia and Bogdonia....The King of Poland...encamped in the
fields of Bogdonia."
Gainsford, Glory of England, p. 183, alludes to "the inhabitants
of Bogdonia and the borders of Russia" and, on p. 192, he remarks on
the " Provinces of Bogdonia and Moldavia at strife."
Naxia or Naxos, in the Greek Archipelago.
3 " It was afterwards reported that standinge out in Rebellion
against the Turke hee was by them Slaine." Author's marginal note.
The downfall of Caspar Gratiani, when Voivode of Moldavia occurred
soon after Mundy left Constantinople. He was deposed on the
discovery of his intrigues with Sigismund III., the ruler of Poland.
Gratiani called upon the Poles for assistance. They sent him a force
of 50,000 men, 10,000 of whom were slain at a battle fought near
Jassy, in Moldavia, on the 20th September, 1620. Gratiani himself
perished in the retreat across the Dniester with the remnant of the
army. See Von Hammer, Hisloire de PEmpire Ottoman, vol. viii.
pp. 256—260. Knolles, Historie of the Turkes, p. 1385 f., gives a
different version of Gratiani's deposition and says that he escaped
alive after the battle.
4 This place is still known as Mustafa Pasha, or Jezar Mustafa
Pasha, or Mustafa Pasha Kuprusu. A map of 1744 (B.M. 28195. 22)
has Mustapha Bassa Cuprisy Pons !
Compare Busbequius, Travels into Turkey, p. 31, "We passed
over the Hebrus on a famous Bridge, made by Mustapha, and so
came to Hadrianople."
Compare also Poullet, Nouvelles Relations du Levant, vol. i. p. 189,
4—2
Drogaman or Interpreter, but now Prince of Bugdamia1,
and attained to that dignity thus :—There beinge warrs
betweene the Emperor of Germany and the Turke, this
Gasparo was sent by the Gran Signior by reason of the
quicknesse of his witt and tongue to treate of a peace
betweene them, where hee soe dilligently behaved him-
selfe that it was concluded betwene the twoe Monarches,
And att his returne, for his good service therein performed,
hee was made Duke of an Hand called Naxia2; afterwards
for his good Goverment therein shewed, hee was created
Prince of Bugdania3.
From Adrianople wee came to Mustapha Pasha
Cupreesee (15 miles)4, as much to say as the bridge of
1 The term Bugdamia or Bugdania appears to have been used in
two senses: firstly, for some portion of die modern Bessarabia, then a
part of Moldavia; and, secondly, for the old province of Moldavia
itself.
Compare Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 294f., "The Janizaries...cried
out...why should they not march to...the foraging of the Countries
of Moldavia and Bogdonia....The King of Poland...encamped in the
fields of Bogdonia."
Gainsford, Glory of England, p. 183, alludes to "the inhabitants
of Bogdonia and the borders of Russia" and, on p. 192, he remarks on
the " Provinces of Bogdonia and Moldavia at strife."
Naxia or Naxos, in the Greek Archipelago.
3 " It was afterwards reported that standinge out in Rebellion
against the Turke hee was by them Slaine." Author's marginal note.
The downfall of Caspar Gratiani, when Voivode of Moldavia occurred
soon after Mundy left Constantinople. He was deposed on the
discovery of his intrigues with Sigismund III., the ruler of Poland.
Gratiani called upon the Poles for assistance. They sent him a force
of 50,000 men, 10,000 of whom were slain at a battle fought near
Jassy, in Moldavia, on the 20th September, 1620. Gratiani himself
perished in the retreat across the Dniester with the remnant of the
army. See Von Hammer, Hisloire de PEmpire Ottoman, vol. viii.
pp. 256—260. Knolles, Historie of the Turkes, p. 1385 f., gives a
different version of Gratiani's deposition and says that he escaped
alive after the battle.
4 This place is still known as Mustafa Pasha, or Jezar Mustafa
Pasha, or Mustafa Pasha Kuprusu. A map of 1744 (B.M. 28195. 22)
has Mustapha Bassa Cuprisy Pons !
Compare Busbequius, Travels into Turkey, p. 31, "We passed
over the Hebrus on a famous Bridge, made by Mustapha, and so
came to Hadrianople."
Compare also Poullet, Nouvelles Relations du Levant, vol. i. p. 189,
4—2