  CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE. v SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. vii CHAPTER I. 1 Title: Vienna 1683 The History and Consequences of the Defeat of the Turks before Vienna, September 12, 1683, by John Sobieski, King of Poland, and Charles Leopold, Duke of Lorraine Author: Henry Elliot Malden Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Martin Pettit, |
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VIENNA
1683
title page
VIENNA
1683
THE HISTORY AND CONSEQUENCES OF
THE DEFEAT
OF THE TURKS BEFORE VIENNA, SEPTEMBER 12, 1683
BY JOHN SOBIESKI, KING OF POLAND
AND
CHARLES LEOPOLD, DUKE OF LORRAINE
BY
HENRY ELLIOT MALDEN
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1883
"Think of that age's awful birth,
When Europe echoed, terror-riven,
That a new foot was on the earth,
And a new name come down from Heaven
When over Calpe's straits and steeps
The Moor had bridged his royal road,
And Othman's sons from Asia's deeps
The conquests of the Cross o'erflowed.
* * * * *
"Think with what passionate delight
The tale was told in Christian halls,
How Sobieski turned to flight
The Muslim from Vienna's walls;
How, when his horse triumphant trod
The burghers' richest robes upon,
The ancient words rose loud, 'From God
A man was sent whose name was John.'"
Lord Houghton.
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