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Excerpt from The Historical Register, Vol. 17: Containing an Impartial Relation of All Transactions, Foreign and Domestick; With a Chronological Diary of All the Remarkable Occurrences, VIX. Births, Marriages, Deaths, Removals, Promotions, &C. That Happen'd in This Year; For the Year 1732
So many Rebufl's, capable of cooling the Courage of any one but Prince Thames, ferved only, as it were, to whet his; and at a time when his Afl'airs feemed to be the mo defperate, Heaven raifed him up a Deliverer in the Perfon of Timur K'onh'kan. This Chan was a Lord of about forty Years of Age, bred up from his Infancy in the School of Arms, brave as a Hero, a Man of excel lent Parts, frank and tincere, always rewarding thofe who behaved theinfelvcs like Men, and punifhing with Death thofe that fled like Cowards, when it was their Duty to refifl. He had always difiinguiflied himfelf by his Capacity, his Bravery, and Fidelity; whereby he had fo greatly infinuated himfelt' into the good Graces of Prince Thauas, that that young King, entirely approving his Advice, refoived to purfue it, and to confide'alto� gether in him. From this Time, that is. To fay, in that young Prince's Aflairs began to take a better turn. The Royal Army which Titania: Koalihm had got together, was not numerous, but it was well paid, and, well difciplined. The principal Oficers and moll of the Subaltexns, were Men of the greatefi Velour, perfonally known to, and chpfen by Titania: Koulz'kan; and it was with tuch an Army, led on by fuch a Genius, that Prince Thamar took the Field. He firfi. Marched againfi the Af dalir, of whom he won three Battles in Perfon. He re. Took Hera} and Macbat, andafterwards, in the Courfe of that Year, reduced all the Rebels of Garafl'an and. There. Abouts. In there Expeditions, which were made in the Year 1728, all that were found in Arms were put to the Sword; but thofe wbg laid them down, and beget! For the young Kipg's Margy, were {pa-led, upon Condition that they lhouid ferve in his r00ps, and that their Chiefs lbould fend their Families as Hoflages to guaranty their fidelity. The Pfiace. Being thus. Fettled on that Side, it was, refplved not to. Go upon any other Enter prize that Campaign, but to put. The Troops into. Win. Ten-quarters Upon the Frontiers that they might be rea dy to at} early, in the �pring againtt the dglwqm, whom it wasgdetgrmined berg to deflroy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
