[42] Begun by his duel with one of their clan in 1648.
[43] Married to Radziwill, the Croesus of Lithuania.
[44] The king bound himself by the pacta conventa not to marry without the consent of the republic.
[45] See Daleyrac, chap. i. p. 39.
[46] A “seraskier” was a commander-in-chief, who received his commission direct from the Grand Vizier.
[47] The chiefs of these principalities, now united under the name of Roumania, had been offended at the insolence of the seraskier, and their troops, being Christians, disliked serving under the Turks.
[48] History of the Grand Viziers, Mahomet and Ashmet Cuprogli, by F. de Chassepol; Englished by John Evelyn, junior, published 1677. See bk. iv.
[49] Salvandy (i. 419) says Hussein was cut down by Prince Radziwill; but most accounts agree that he escaped and died of his wounds at Kaminiec.
[50] Coyer appears to have first made this statement. It would be interesting to know his authority. His mainstay, Familiar Letters of the Chancellor Zaluski, does not support him.
[51] Coyer says that the Polish army, on their way to Kotzim, met this envoy.