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Edward Abbott to Sir Robert Cicell: news from Constantinople that the King of Tartars...

Catalogue reference: SP 46/23/fo221

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SP 46/23/fo221
Date
1603 Jan 17
Description

Edward Abbott to Sir Robert Cicell: news from Constantinople that the King of Tartars refused to serve in the Hungarish War unless his brother were delivered to him. The Turks imprisoned him in Roads but he escaped and joined the rebels and resides in Angora, styling himself King of Asia. Pest and Buda are besieged; London; 17 Jan. 1603; Sealed.

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SP 46/23/fo 221
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