[4]. Knolles’s History, p. 296.
[5]. Dracula in the Wallachian language means Devil. The Wallachians were, at that time, as they are at present, used to give this as a surname to any person who rendered himself conspicuous either by courage, cruel actions, or cunning.
[6]. Although the amount of the tribute was often increased under the successive Voïvodes, the same formalities of payment existed as late as the year 1716, when various changes took place in the Wallachian government, as will be observed hereafter.
[7]. Nobles.
[8]. Christian tributary subjects.
[9]. A Ferman is a written order issued by the Grand Vezier in the Sultan’s name.
[10]. Higher clergy and nobility.
[11]. Cantimir’s History of the Ottoman Empire, p. 186.
[12]. Cantimir’s History of the Ottoman Empire, p. 451.
[13]. Cantimir’s History, p. 452.