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Show A General Defcription o S 314 e ‘ L ---- \\- the chief City of Feking, there ftrangled him with-a b()W-firing; which ner of death is held in great efteem amongft the Tartars And thus the Eman }11_ y a c m l a r i n h h b f r e d hi t c m H ngquan rou they cauled the Youth who pretended himfelf to be the Son of Z""gfbi;;, he e S ------ an ltb t e o l n a f r a n f b l t P i i o f u whom the others they could find or meet with of the Royal Race: For it 15 a ,C 'L}ita through all 4z, that when a Kingdom is taken from another all the Kind Udo that King are pug to death by the Conquerour T Thele thing being thus brought t pafs the Tartar Arm fel e mu fc}) ll o lp :) na l‘ r f a f a c f m t g t i o h f N o u ing Cit ven, .and out of an innate hatred turned the Imperial Palace (the ancient g:;t (:t. the Emperours Courts) and alfo their Tombs and Sepulchres into 3 p o a ftones, yet never offered any hurt to the Inhabitants Houfes. Marching ¢ i i a t i o C t e o h t a they reduced :l?c c t u 1 e l y freelycly {fubium t c bmitting to avoid _.T'nis .Province thus f?tl.ed, part of thei Army was (enit for Hangchen, the firf chief City of the Dominion of Chekiang, and the other part marched ,over t i 1 River Kiang, to {fubdue the Southern Countries, as Kiangfs, Huguang, an Quantung. ' About this City was got together the femainder of the Chinefe Arm-y?ha had faved themfelves by flight, ‘where they were abo t to.chufe a new Emperou called Lorangus, of the Race of Taiminga : But he earneftly refufed to rake upon him that, Dignity, being contented with the Kingly Title;. faying, that whe W the Tartars were beaten and driven out of China, then he would accept of i His Reign had not continued three days, -but he faw the Tartars coming to figh with him, and.to drive him out of the Kingdom : But he not friglited therewith i and withal being a valiant Prince; encouraged his men to make a manly refift ance,. which they faithfully promifed to do, and accordingly behaved themfelye with great Valour.and Fidelity, till they were not able to hold out any. longe overpowered by hunger. Whereupon Louangus,who had not his fellow amongf the Chinefes for civility and a paffionate affe&ion to his Subje@s, went to the walls and. entreated: the Tartar General upon hisknees, that if he would forgive th City and Inhabitants, he fhould do with him what he would ; for he would wilYingly.offer up himfelf a Sacrifice for his Subje@s fafety Which faid, he forthwith delivered himfelf freely over to the Tartars,, who by that means became M ftersof the City ; yetinraged by their refiftance; they neither had compaffion o the Souldiers nor Inhabitants, but put all to the Sword ascould not fave themfelve 56 si by flight r‘ Af?{:_x,this the {fame Epemy took the City of Hangchen, without doing any prejudice to the Inhabitants: And from thence;by the lielp of Boats paffing the Rive Cienthang, they came before Xaoking, the moft compleat and uniform City of al China 5 which prefently {fubmitted to their Arms without making the leaft refift t any oppofition,had they not fet forth an Edi&,thereby commanding every Perfo i A ance: And without doubt they had taken all the other Southern Citieswithou to cut his Hair aftes the Tartar fathion 5 upon the firft hearing of which, the Chinefe Commanders. and Inhabitants, who have as much love for their Hair as thei Country, began to fly to their Atms, with a refolution to fight for thetr Hair which they did wich fuch Valour and Courage, that they beat the Tartars ou of the City of Xaoking, inforcing them to fly over the River with the lofs of ma ny of their Men : "And doubtlefs if at this-time they had purfued, they migh t a m n t e i f t s i b i b l f h t e p a e t o have regaine they had thus preferved their, Hair, they ceafed to purfue their ViGory, onl making rcfiftance on the South fide of the River, where they fo fortified tfhim elve |