[110] Chèvremont (L’état actuel de Pologne, 12mo, 1702) talks of the “vile et mesquin empressement,” which he showed by this act. He constantly speaks of him as “ce roi avare.” As Chèvremont was secretary to the Duke of Lorraine, it is to be feared that the latter was not satisfied with his share of the spoil.
[111] A kind of dysentery, called the Hungarian fever.
[112] Letters xx. xxi.
[113] Letter xvii.
[114] Letter xvi. Coyer, who had never seen this letter, takes up his favourite theme of a king pursuing selfish glory; and Coxe (House of Austria, ii. 449) countenances the idea.
[115] Letter xvii.
[116] This, as Coyer says, was most discreditable to the Christians. But Sobieski explains that the Turks had “made no prisoners” two days before, and that the sight of the bleeding heads of Poles upon the rampart of the fort maddened his troops.
[117] Letter xix.
[118] Letter xxi. The king notices in the same place that the Turks called him their executioner on account of the number of men which his victories had cost them.
[119] Quoted by Salvandy, ii. 282-284.