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Show e 30 géneral i)efcription o S little difcovered eicher his knowledge or intentions, Ywenus woul foon have be Advertifed thereof,for he had his Creatures in all Corners of the Cit to give h'e intelligenice of all Affairs; but this being by filence and f{ecrefie prevcntgd T@ : me he knew of the Treafon hatched againft him by Ywenus, nor of what h int);;vdlac againft him for his reward ; but only that he would confer wit hjm about{o Affairs in order to the prefervation of the City ; for had the Emp rour n‘cvcrn(l tl;n e making him{elf alone kis own Privy-Councellour, had not difcovered toa the ; reft of the Military Officers, ) what would be be t b d n in that da exigent, for thefafety and welfare of the whole Empire Nowit isto that the Emperour would not {uffer any Gate to be fet open, under p SR the Enemy lay clofe tothe Walls; but in truth, for fear lef} Tgeemm&f toa crowd in upon him with hiswhole Army: therefore he fent him w?é houl fhould come to the Walls, and they would draw him up privately intor tht at.h cverthe Wall Of this defign of the Emperour, Ywenus had not th 1ca ‘t( :ll in i . m p r u th i d e fo C u c l th o ling given him by an o Treacherous dcaling, for the deftru&ion and ruine of the Sta unto him, to dcfire his prefence in'the City at the Council ofa\t;/)a:]etrené P."vatc:] nus came without any fear into the City, and addrefled himfelf*to the Empému in whofe prefence, uponhis very firft appearance, he was apprehended and be headed Thisbeing a publick a& could not be long concealed, nor indeed wa the Imperial City,out of fear of being attaqued by the Royal Army,whic lay no far from them, as foon as the Emperour fhould have appointed a Faithful Cop mander over the {fame inftea of Traytor ¥wenns : However it, for the Tartars heard of it prefently, and thereupon raifed their Siege, and lef in their return an march back they ruined and deftroyed what ever ftood in their way, and with grea ftore of wealth and booty got at laft into the Province of Leaotung The War continued till the Year 1536 with various events, fometimes th Chinefes having the better, other whiles the Tartars 5 but however the Chinefe defended themlelves fo well againft them till that time, that the Tartars did ver {et footing in China, but they were driven out again with great lofs. In th fame Year 1636, the Tartar King Thienzungus dyed, and his Son Zungtens (th Father of the prefent Emperour who now wears the Royal Diadem in China rough and {avage behaviour of his own Country, for the more civil and gentil behaviour of the Chinefes 5 {o that when he had got into the Throne, he reigne with much mildnefs yeilts quite contrar feverity he obferve their defigns againf moderation and affability, carrying himfelf towards his Subto the morofe nature of his Anceftors, whofe cruelty an to have been the overthrow, or at leaft the retarding of al the Chinefes, whom by his converfation among them, whil he lived there, he found were better to be won with a foft and mild hand, the with a rough and harfh ufage : Wherefore he refolved to alter the way and man ner of the Government of his Anceftors, and to confirm himfelf in his Thron rather by the love of his Subje@s, then by force of Arms This his pruden carriage immediately won to him the hearts not only of his own natural Subjeds but of the Chinefes his Enemies, who when they {fubmitted to him, were treat a the Crown, gave no {fmall figns of Prudence and Underftanding. To defcend little to particulars: He was both Learned, Courteous, and of a good difpofition. Being yet in his juvenile yecars, he wasdent by his Father into China, undz the Tuition of {fome of his Council, who put him into the Chinefe Habit; her he lived privately a long time, learned the Chinefe Language, and exchanged th all his Anceftors in Parts and Prudence ; and in his minority, before he attaine of Artand Nature, as if defigned for fome great Undertaking: He excecde fuccceded him : A Prince {o endowed with all the moft excellent qualities bot |