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Show the Emfire of C H 1‘ N Ak 29 CHAP. XIX Of the laft CHINESE and TARTAR WAR, whercin the Tartars overran and conquered the whole Empire of CHIN A LTHOUGH by the means mentioned in the laft Chapter, the Chinef Empire was for a while freed from the fury and deftroying Sword of th wafting Tartars; yet it was not long before it fell into far greater troubles the ever, by thofe their old Enemies, who once mote renewed the War, and neve left it off till they had brought under the whole Empire : The manner as fol lows a D The Chinefes {ufpeéting the return of the Tartars after that they had quiete their home Troubles and fetled their Affairs, providently in the mean time too care to fupply the Frontier places with firong Garrifons, and raile more Force a ne ha i or be me fo pe l rc {c wa ic ‘w t St i th o ~ for the fecurit tha ch Ni i e ea ap n be e in Mu an e ub Tr th fo e they imagi revent th ed fevera : Empire {uch vaf pstob d to car xatt per sihatha very Juftl of Suchue /'d by he in ha ng ot Le o We th int fal an y Ar ht mi wi rn ret Ki Ci chi th u c bl t or be fen h o (w f Ho 70 t given ord f Th y Ar ma th wi lo fo l wo fe hi h tha rin afl of Leaoyang Horfe-men, to fhew their Courage and Valour, no {ooner approached but ftorm ca Ki the or be it o te Ma am be tim ed the City, and in two day fo fid e eit o ti wa ra Co n wa r Th ce Fo hi up to them wit th o ' kil we Me 30 lea a til h bo b ir was manfully fought ou f lof e ne ha (w ta Ta th o tha o lef n an efe Chi th o par many Men before in any one Fight in this Quarrel 5) yet at laft they took th fo it hi wi ch ha er ac Tr a City, not fo much by their own ftrengt erPre o mi pr an e Mo wi de ma Co they had bribed one of th perh c Wh rg Ch hi t re mi co ment, to fet open one of the Gate fa th wo an Cit th int hi ru ca a Tar th forming as by agreemen gainft th hofe goo in the fpace of a few hours, laying it level with the ground in a moft miferabl th to er un in ha o r v G o an Tu Th r aft inanner, in a fhort ti y his Arm an Ci th up in co wa th ti ol de an n ru th fc t liv might no it fully fup 2 andon | rcCOVCl‘C 1 regarl 'Sy joync beinbg f reveng by havir sught the h th tl fe pr l f{ hi g' ha h th rt he t mu ve Treafon, took it f its Inhabirants the example by the Tartar be ferviceabl e lo fo l te ou un ha u ll nc Co The Emperonrs chie te ve pr be no h ha an Tu th o fat th and undergon ul fh h th ig de o ou on lif hi e {a an hi to tha h Bu y nt Co th o io di co th unto them in difcoverin l wo an ta Ta th t Ki o l Ti th gi t rn {c lif hi ui va no hi i of re f Tr th ra be a t O th i fi fa t de fw pe b wi n i n.C an it bi St e ra Co th a n by the Emperour. - The Tartars wondr t re th er Li an Li hi bo francy of this Man, gave him afterward eIn an tu Vi ar re t ho to er Tet the World know, that they un wh we ve wi kn my En th th fe hi t e cr mo prity. But h hi e ri de re fh hi t fal l wo La ne Ch th t Reward (aCCOrdin f fe hi gi ha b re fp ha e E hi c wh c Li ow {e)f of hi Fo when they return home al th bl on ea un ve ug th na Ch i to Cu an La o k it is mth av be on o do wh on ri Ga o t Fo o r d a m C an General d he an liv the fe fo y te un or un h fi wh alf f th bu l felves we |