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Show the Empire of Cuina qui ue ti co a Tar th tha s For an k wa Bu o in felves wich rai bl er fi co thi an ti em at wholc year, withou The People having unfortunately loft cheir faithful and too zealoufly lovin Piince Lownangns, endeavoured to make another Head over them and to creat - one Lu (of the Family of Taiminga) Emperour; but he likewife refufed th m d n K th o e o f R o th h o u Imperial Title, only takin The Tartars finding their Armies much weakned by the great numbers of nie Pon te chie ; fl)\owgi o.a be‘P o they had loft in feveral Battels {o that they were not in a condition to execut any thing confiderable,fent for frefh men from Peking to re-inforce their Troops i hing thenc wherewich they endeavoured to pafs the River Cienthang; but notWithfianding th A it eé ef t ab no r w e t uf u c e t ic po a c fo all th the Chinefes began by degrees to recover their loft Country, which undoubtedl i e p h n n h d c a a u r f u a d i d e c l { u r p o p had ve e a c d r t a r h as i t e e p i w the nmiean time The Souldiery and Governours of the Province of Fokien, that were fled oui 'fifion, tlle i l o p e t o w g i i T o c R th of Chekiang, had with them one o b"' lhe fil‘ over th Thi n i e C o th o u e r b i w c i o P m ed Emperour in the { » and Quar ¢ Army tha t w e m h e k t ab no a r t o n t b a a t lo o i b c i P n i r v S c hi u n r t L n K t p d th w r p t m f fe d in bou ' Efllpcmu n K ‘t o e o f R o t T th i q a n m r v G hi ty, and lay dow th t ie al a n f no a ‘' a ie Ci f bu h h th i d l a d o take up , that whe ceept of ir former Empcrour as h_im'felf Lu argued on the other hand;> that he had the Pri ority of Title by the Ele@ion and Submiffion of the Subjcéts, and his Conqueft y t u C hi n d h h i r S th a r b fufficiently fhewed the Love h The Tartars were not a little overjayed at thefe ‘divifions, »which gave them a ng to figh therewith ly refift wP i th d u r p E o w th n c d r b d e i th r w opportunity r er; for it was impoflible to reconcile the diffecences of the two new Kings, f as they might join their Forces againft the Tartary eachof them ftill endeavourC g e b h L r g r i A e t e t o ing what he could the rui hemfelve ny. longe W amongf o the walls ‘t ie fi fu r ‘ a i t i m t l a n r w c h ‘ d a m C hi ties und forgive th r ev d dl ia :, ir ‘p i n f d th o u o f l o h a r grapple with the T venture over the Rivers the Tartars in the mean time labouring with thei att ‘n r d y th i S t w b r v R t e o atmoft endeavour to get vould wilhe forthcame Ma- on o themfelve cempt | anderftanding very wellothat ‘Lu-had fufficient to oppofe ;. notrd u i th 'i ta Ta t g i u v f c m t u r F c h : i n t withf h : a t f d a ho r v a i b t e p taking, on this year it h g any prc or in th b e t h i w o w; ll fh River on the South-fide was thereby gro ar f u ‘ u f c e i l t i b i a " s mation.of:fome Tréacherous Chinefe the Rive ity of al bl 't al le a fl e e t n t b h I th th , fudden Alarm to the Countre ;‘l{ refif swithou y Perfo p n N f ai ‘a v ' e a t f n x e C a M th in fl a g i o X t C th , Ch t ir s thei etr Hair artars O ofs of.m;t mi h ey , ,l,; onl :‘y‘kfl!‘ felve t e e p v g r v i t g i b l o e place for - their Horfe, :whereof a n d a a h th w n ‘t a z r r f fave their lives : - Lu himfelf was { che nint years after chic Cit of . th i Province of Chekiang o where he lived fevera o RE m e f F o P ‘ y a m c . b b r f b This I0and, never Inhabited th ai t th th fl e e i C th and Peafants, is niow;chrongh the concourfe o rfula Kingwe d p an Lu, as'the Brote@or of their Hair, ‘grown to be {o g a e e i C T ie Ci t n v { m { t i e dom, that there was recko ie Ci th o f ‘r th al r u n C a r T th d fl th i b i their Prote ee w o n K o t C th l o o t f of the. Pravince without ineeting any. opp of the Tutang vvas Governour u i o & V i th h n m m f fo did withftan th fo a u C t w e m h e qu r Arms 5 forthe Governour was refolve honou |