Vienna 1683 / The History and Consequences of the Defeat of the Turks before Vienna, September 12, 1683, by John Sobieski, King of Poland, and Charles Leopold, Duke of Lorraine

by Henry Elliot Malden

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VIENNA
1683

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VIENNA
1683

THE HISTORY AND CONSEQUENCES OF
THE DEFEAT
OF THE TURKS BEFORE VIENNA, SEPTEMBER 12, 1683
BY JOHN SOBIESKI, KING OF POLAND
AND
CHARLES LEOPOLD, DUKE OF LORRAINE

BY
HENRY ELLIOT MALDEN

LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1883

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"Think of that age's awful birth,

When Europe echoed, terror-riven,

That a new foot was on the earth,

And a new name come down from Heaven

When over Calpe's straits and steeps

The Moor had bridged his royal road,

And Othman's sons from Asia's deeps

The conquests of the Cross o'erflowed.

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"Think with what passionate delight

The tale was told in Christian halls,

How Sobieski turned to flight

The Muslim from Vienna's walls;

How, when his horse triumphant trod

The burghers' richest robes upon,

The ancient words rose loud, 'From God

A man was sent whose name was John.'"

Lord Houghton.

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