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diff --git a/40519-h/40519-h.htm b/40519-h/40519-h.htm index 84c218a..1908c67 100644 --- a/40519-h/40519-h.htm +++ b/40519-h/40519-h.htm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Captain of the Janizaries, by James M. Ludlow. @@ -155,45 +155,7 @@ hr.l15 { </style> </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -Project Gutenberg's The Captain of the Janizaries, by James M. Ludlow - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The Captain of the Janizaries - A story of the times of Scanderberg and the fall of Constantinople - -Author: James M. Ludlow - -Release Date: August 17, 2012 [EBook #40519] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CAPTAIN OF THE JANIZARIES *** - - - - -Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40519 ***</div> <div class="tnbox"> <p class="center"><b>Transcriber's Note:</b></p> @@ -201,7 +163,7 @@ Internet Archive) Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved.</p> -<p>The book uses both Palćologus and Palćlogus.<br /> +<p>The book uses both Palæologus and Palælogus.<br /> The book uses both DeStreeses and De Streeses.<br /> The book uses both Moesian and Mœsian<br /> In all cases, both spellings have been retained.</p> @@ -368,7 +330,7 @@ middle. Deep-set eyes gleamed from beneath broad and heavy brows. The lips were firm, as if they had grown rigid from the habit of concealing, rather than expressing, thought, except in the briefest words of -authority,—Cćsar-lips to summarize a campaign in a +authority,—Cæsar-lips to summarize a campaign in a sentence. The chin was heavy, and would have unduly protruded were it not that there were needed bulk and strength to stand as the base of such prominent @@ -481,7 +443,7 @@ them.</p> <p>"That we cannot tell. It is a secret," replied the subaltern officer in charge of the squad, making a low -salâm, and with a twinkle in his eyes which took from +salâm, and with a twinkle in his eyes which took from his reply all semblance of disrespect.</p> <p>"But I must have your secret," said the general @@ -674,7 +636,7 @@ if they must be flashed from our swords. Farewell!"</p> them. Then rising he raised his hand, "By the beard of Moses! Let that be the watchword between our people and our rightful prince. Brave men scattered -from Adria to Hćmus will listen for that watchword. +from Adria to Hæmus will listen for that watchword. Farewell, Sire. By the beard of Moses!"</p> <p>Scanderbeg summoned a soldier and said sternly, @@ -735,7 +697,7 @@ intrepidity, self-reliance, and balance of disposition, if not of character. For religious discipline they had the occasional ministrations of a Greek priest or missionary monk from the Rilo Monastir, many leagues -to the west of them. They knew the Creed of Nicća, +to the west of them. They knew the Creed of Nicæa, the names of some of the saints; but of truly divine things they had only such impressions as they caught from the great vault of the universal temple above @@ -1042,7 +1004,7 @@ had been his home. His head dropped upon his bosom. Morsinia stood by his side, her arm about his neck, and her cheek pressed close to his, so that her bright golden hair mingled with his gray beard—as -in certain medićval pictures the artist expresses a +in certain mediæval pictures the artist expresses a pleasing fancy in hammered work of silver and gold. They scarcely noticed that a group of horsemen, more gaily uniformed than the ordinary soldiers, had halted @@ -1820,7 +1782,7 @@ The Padishah's engineers are more skilful than any in the land of the Frank or German. The new compound of saltpetre and sulphur, of which you hardly know the use, is buried beneath every gate; and -a spark will burst it as Ćtna or Vesuvius.<a name="FNanchor_16" id="FNanchor_16" href="#Footnote_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a> Even +a spark will burst it as Ætna or Vesuvius.<a name="FNanchor_16" id="FNanchor_16" href="#Footnote_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a> Even the valor of the White Knight cannot conquer the soulless element. The black grains never blanch with fear. No panic can divert a stone ball hurled from @@ -1835,7 +1797,7 @@ for, unless my destiny is misread, the Macedonian legions of the Great Alexander were not swifter than my new Macedonian braves shall be. This will encourage the Venetians and Genoese; and with their navies on -the Hellespont, the timid Palćlogus pressing out from +the Hellespont, the timid Palælogus pressing out from his covert of Constantinople, and insurrection everywhere from the Crimea to Peloponnesus, there will not, a generation hence, be left a turban in Europe. @@ -2047,7 +2009,7 @@ than the old one."</p> <p>"Yes, if you will let me transplant it from these barren mountains to the gardens of Buda and the banks of the Drave, it will get better shelter than you -can give it. The boy shall be my protégé for to-night's +can give it. The boy shall be my protĂ©gĂ© for to-night's adventure, if his father will enter my personal service. You see, you gave me so warm a welcome that I am loath to part company with you, my good fellow."</p> @@ -3511,7 +3473,7 @@ campaigns, being found always at the head of the various departments. The Janizary, while a mere lad in years, was often more than a match in single combat for the most stalwart men in other corps, such as -the Piadé and Azabs among footmen, the Ouloufedji +the PiadĂ© and Azabs among footmen, the Ouloufedji and Akindji among troopers.</p> <p>But, notwithstanding this individual prowess and @@ -3786,7 +3748,7 @@ the face.</p> <p>Selim placed his little guest by his side upon the divan. Mustapha also appeared, and, removing his -shoes, made a profound and dignified salâm—quite in +shoes, made a profound and dignified salâm—quite in contrast with his usual rough and badgering manner when with Selim—then placed himself beside his comrade upon the cushions. An excellent repast was @@ -4966,7 +4928,7 @@ the desperate attempt to make their way from the flames which drove them out.</p> <p>Constantine, by strange strength and skill, extricated -himself from the męlée. A sharp flesh wound +himself from the mĂŞlĂ©e. A sharp flesh wound cooled his blind rage; and, realizing that another's life, as dear to him as his own, was involved in his safety, he withdrew from the danger, and sought @@ -5236,7 +5198,7 @@ emptied during the fight at the konak. Constantine's appearance was evidently a surprise to the soldier, who eyed him closely, but made no movement indicating suspicion beyond that of a rather pleased curiosity. -The man made a low salâm, bowing his turban to the +The man made a low salâm, bowing his turban to the saddle bow, and addressed him—</p> <p>"Will you not mount, Sire?" Without responding @@ -6278,7 +6240,7 @@ the chief to the pot-scourers, he took his departure for the Asiatic provinces.</p> <p>Had he remained, the Turks would have had enough -to occupy them without this gratuitous męlée. For +to occupy them without this gratuitous mĂŞlĂ©e. For during the night scouts brought word that Scanderbeg had massed all his forces, that were not behind the walls of Sfetigrade, at a point to the right of the @@ -6623,7 +6585,7 @@ the smoke of an open fire; eggs; sweet, though black bread; and wine pressed from various mountain berries, and allowed to ferment in skins. As they sat beside a low table at the doorway of the konak, -the stargeshina offered a formal salâm, the zdravitsa, +the stargeshina offered a formal salâm, the zdravitsa, which was half a toast and half a prayer, and extended his hand to Amesa in the protestation of personal friendship. At the meal the glories of Castriot and @@ -7706,7 +7668,7 @@ putting some life into the old Greek empire at Constantinople. The dolt of an emperor, John, is dead, thanks to Azrael<a name="FNanchor_61" id="FNanchor_61" href="#Footnote_61" class="fnanchor">[61]</a>! In Constantine, who has come to the throne, Christendom has hope of something better -than to see the heir of the empire of the Cćsars +than to see the heir of the empire of the Cæsars dancing attendance upon Italian dukes; seeking agreement with the Pope upon words of a creed which no one can understand; and demoralizing, with his @@ -7984,7 +7946,7 @@ The union, though wrong in itself, was justified—according to Latin ethics—by the result to be secured, the safety of both Greek and Latin churches from being conquered by the Turks. Our Eastern empire, -the glory of the later Cćsars, has already become +the glory of the later Cæsars, has already become <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_211" id="Page_211">211</a></span> reduced to the suburbs of Byzantium. The empire of Justinian and Theodosius has not to-day ten thousand @@ -8200,7 +8162,7 @@ now squandered in princely parades and useless embassages."</p> <p>The galley glided smoothly through the little gulf -of Ćgina, with its historic bays of Eleusis and Salamis. +of Ægina, with its historic bays of Eleusis and Salamis. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_217" id="Page_217">217</a></span> Giustiniani and Urban discussed the disposition of the Greek and Persian fleets during the ancient @@ -8208,7 +8170,7 @@ fight at Salamis, as they moved under the steep rocky hill on which Xerxes sat to witness the battle. They soon rounded the headland, opposite the tomb of Themistocles, and anchored in the harbor of the -Pirćus.</p> +Piræus.</p> <p>This port of Athens was crowded with shipping. There were Spanish galleasses like floating castles, @@ -8274,7 +8236,7 @@ views on this subject; for, among the problems which then perplexed his statecraft, was that of the marriage of the emperor—that the succession might not be left to the hazard of strife among the families of the blood -of the Palćologi. Had the choice of the royal spouse +of the Palæologi. Had the choice of the royal spouse been left entirely in his hands, he would have made the selection on no other principle than that adopted by the purveyor of plumage for the court, who seeks the @@ -8289,7 +8251,7 @@ Her conversation, which was free from the conventionalities of the day, was, for this very reason, as refreshing to Phranza as the simple forms of nature—the mountain stream, the tangles of vines and wild flowers—are to the -habitués of cities. There was a native poetry in her +habituĂ©s of cities. There was a native poetry in her diction, an artlessness in her questions, and a transparent honesty in her responses. Indeed, her very manner unveiled the features of so exalted and healthy @@ -8303,7 +8265,7 @@ her character: he simply felt her worth.</p> <p>But no fairness of a maiden, be she Albanian or Greek, can long monopolize the attention of an elderly man whose swift vessel bears him through the clustering -glories of the Ćgean. Nor could any awe for his +glories of the Ægean. Nor could any awe for his rank, or interest in his learned conversation, absorb <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_220" id="Page_220">220</a></span> Morsinia from these splendors which glowed around @@ -8318,7 +8280,7 @@ diamonds, lifting themselves from the horizon like the "great white throne" that St. John saw from the cliffs of Patmos yonder.</p> -<p>Crossing the Ćgean, the voyagers hugged the old +<p>Crossing the Ægean, the voyagers hugged the old Trojan coast until off the straits of the Hellespont. They lay during a day under the lee of Yeni Sheyr shoals, and at night ran the gauntlet of the new Turkish @@ -8523,7 +8485,7 @@ their faces, that the monarch found an Esther in the Albanian.</p> <p>The reigning beauty at the court of Constantine -Palćlogus at this time was the daughter of a Genoese +Palælogus at this time was the daughter of a Genoese admiral. Though not reputed for amiability, she won the friendship of Morsinia by many delicate attentions. Gifts of articles of dress, ornaments and such @@ -8553,7 +8515,7 @@ the person of its princely owner. Better than the ideal marriage of Venice with the sea—the ceremony of which was annually observed—would be the marriage <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_227" id="Page_227">227</a></span> -of the two seas, the Adriatic and the Ćgean; +of the two seas, the Adriatic and the Ægean; and the reunion of their families of confluent waters under the double banner of St. Mark and Byzantium. But the Grand Duke Lucas Notaris, who was also @@ -8569,7 +8531,7 @@ Phranza that the silver gondola of Venice was fairer than its possessor; and that queenly beauty awaited elsewhere the imperial embrace.</p> -<p>No habitué of the court knew less of this gossip +<p>No habituĂ© of the court knew less of this gossip than Morsinia herself; nor did she suspect any unusual attention paid her by the emperor to be other than an expression of regard for Castriot, @@ -8697,7 +8659,7 @@ as the face of Jesu<a name="FNanchor_67" id="FNanchor_67" href="#Footnote_67" cl altar, the sceptre shall not depart from him who worships before it?"</p> -<p>"But," said Palćlogus, "God rejects His people +<p>"But," said Palælogus, "God rejects His people for their sins. The empire's misfortunes have not been greater than its crimes. As the rising mists return in rain, so the sins of Constantinople, rising @@ -9131,7 +9093,7 @@ statue of Apollo wrought by Phidias.</p> <p>"Shame for such neglect!" muttered the man. "A people that cannot keep its art from cracking to pieces with age, cannot long keep the old empire of the -Cćsars."</p> +Cæsars."</p> <p>The narrow street to the north of the Hippodrome square shut out the remnant of daylight as the man @@ -9282,7 +9244,7 @@ some inlet: I will explore."</p> <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_247" id="Page_247">247</a></span> of the sound. Soon he was beyond his depth; but, being an expert swimmer, kept on; his outstretched -arms answering as antennć of some huge water-spider, +arms answering as antennæ of some huge water-spider, and guarding him from collision with the pillars.</p> @@ -9536,7 +9498,7 @@ antique description; strange patterned tapestries, rugs of all hues and sizes, ebony boxes inlaid with silver and ivory, shields bossed and graven, spear-heads, cimeters and daggers. The salesman made as low a -salâm as his crowding wares would permit, and, opening +salâm as his crowding wares would permit, and, opening a way through the heaps of merchandise, conducted the visitors into an inner room. </p> @@ -9687,7 +9649,7 @@ to form transparent mosaic pictures, through which the variegated light flooded the apartment.</p> <p>Mahomet was himself in striking contrast with his -surroundings. He was dressed in négligé, with loose +surroundings. He was dressed in nĂ©gligĂ©, with loose gown, large slippers, and white skull cap.</p> <p>Before the Sultan stood the Grand Vizier, Kalil, @@ -10087,7 +10049,7 @@ Discover why? I hear that Urban, the cannon founder, is in the pay of the Greeks. He who discovered a way to turn the Dibrians against Sfetigrade can find a way to turn a foreigner's eyes from the battered crown -of the Cćsars to something brighter—Go, and Allah +of the Cæsars to something brighter—Go, and Allah give you wisdom!"</p> <p>The reader is acquainted with the immediate sequel @@ -10884,7 +10846,7 @@ men.'</p> <p>"If this should fail—as I have known it to fail in the case of those who were not born in the sacred family -of Islâm—we should try the virtues of the heritage bowl, +of Islâm—we should try the virtues of the heritage bowl, which is much esteemed among the Giaours. I have possessed myself of one, once the property of an ancient family. It is made of silver, and engraved with @@ -11075,7 +11037,7 @@ thickest!" Near the gateway of St. Romanus, where he had met the first of the invaders, under the piles of the dead, gashed by sabre strokes and crushed beneath the feet of the victors, lay the body of Constantine -Palćologus, the noblest of the Cćsars of the +Palæologus, the noblest of the Cæsars of the Eastern Empire!</p> <p>The Turks placed his ghastly head between the @@ -11268,7 +11230,7 @@ by the followers of Jesus, was now devoted to the ablutions of the Moslems.</p> <p>From St. Sophia the Sultan passed to the palace of -the Greek Cćsars.</p> +the Greek Cæsars.</p> <p>"Truly! truly!" said he "The spider's web is the royal curtain; the owl sounds the watch cry on @@ -11437,7 +11399,7 @@ family and fortune, and would have bestowed upon her the heirship to his estates: of how she was stolen away from the great castle by a company of Turkish officers, who afterward fought among themselves for the -privilege of presenting her to the Validé Sultana;<a name="FNanchor_85" id="FNanchor_85" href="#Footnote_85" class="fnanchor">[85]</a> +privilege of presenting her to the ValidĂ© Sultana;<a name="FNanchor_85" id="FNanchor_85" href="#Footnote_85" class="fnanchor">[85]</a> for it was about the time of the Ramedan feast when the Sultan's mother made an annual gift to her son of the most beautiful woman she could secure. The vain @@ -11466,7 +11428,7 @@ is the reason I wear the cord of gold in my hair; for one day my royal lover will put the crown here."</p> <p>The bedizened beauty rose and paced to and fro -through the great salôn. The pride which gave the +through the great salĂ´n. The pride which gave the majestic toss to her head, however it would have marred that ethereal form which the inner eye of the moralist or the Christian always sees, and which is @@ -11508,7 +11470,7 @@ calm in its great dignity and reserve, now flushed with the struggle between indignation and pity for the girl.</p> <p>At this moment the purple hangings which separated -the salôn from the open court were held aside by the +the salĂ´n from the open court were held aside by the silver staff of the eunuch in charge; and the young Padishah stood as a spectator of the scene.</p> @@ -11704,7 +11666,7 @@ contemptuous tone:</p> <p>"Ah! I know your thoughts. It is not according to the Koran that wine should be drunk. But by the staff of Moses,<a name="FNanchor_92" id="FNanchor_92" href="#Footnote_92" class="fnanchor">[92]</a> which they found in the palace of the -Cćsars yonder, I swear that Mahomet the Emperor +Cæsars yonder, I swear that Mahomet the Emperor shall not yield to Mahomet the Prophet in everything. The Prophet made laws to suit his own taste, so will I<a name="FNanchor_93" id="FNanchor_93" href="#Footnote_93" class="fnanchor">[93]</a>. He can have Mecca and Medina and @@ -11842,7 +11804,7 @@ the beast shall have your black body for his next supper. Bring her!"</p> <p>The eunuch soon returned with Morsinia. She -wore a sombre feridjé, or cloak completely enveloping +wore a sombre feridjĂ©, or cloak completely enveloping the person. This she had on at the moment she was summoned, and the eunuch obeyed literally the mandate of the monarch to bring her as she @@ -11872,7 +11834,7 @@ thought.</p> <p>The woman stepped back, as if to avoid the contact of her person with the black eunuch; but as suddenly <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_317" id="Page_317">317</a></span> -threw off the feridjé herself. If she had seemed +threw off the feridjĂ© herself. If she had seemed a gloomy prophetess before, her appearance now would have suggested to an ancient Greek the apparition of Pudicitia, the goddess of modesty. @@ -11917,7 +11879,7 @@ whispered to the Sultan.</p> <p>"Ah! it is good! good!" cried the Monarch. "My Lord, the Grand Duke Notaras, will revisit his mansion. For him we have provided a feast such -as his master Palćologus never gave him. Ah! my +as his master Palæologus never gave him. Ah! my lovely Arnaout shall sit at my right hand—for the queen of beauty has precedence to-day," said he, addressing Elissa. "And the Egyptian shall make @@ -12084,7 +12046,7 @@ cluster about the villa of the late Phranza at the new capital.</p> <p>An old woman, who, formerly a servant in the -harem, had been given by the Validé Sultana, the +harem, had been given by the ValidĂ© Sultana, the mother of Amurath, to a subaltern officer as wife, but had long been a widow, was permitted freely to enter the haremlik, and engaged as a convenient broker @@ -12209,7 +12171,7 @@ woman.</p> Bey, or the noble Kaikji,<a name="FNanchor_100" id="FNanchor_100" href="#Footnote_100" class="fnanchor">[100]</a> who made love to you never got you for nothing."</p> -<p>"Indeed, no! He paid the Validé Sultana ten provinces, +<p>"Indeed, no! He paid the ValidĂ© Sultana ten provinces, and a brass buckle besides, to prevent her giving me to Timour; who took it so hard that he would have broken his heart, but that the grief went the @@ -12689,7 +12651,7 @@ heaven!</p> <p>Ballaban was now an undoubting Moslem that he found Kismet on the side of his inclinations. He belonged -to Islâm, the Holy Resignation; resigned to the +to Islâm, the Holy Resignation; resigned to the will of Providence, since Providence seemed just now to have resigned itself to his will. He was surprised at the ecstatic character his piety was taking on. He @@ -12906,7 +12868,7 @@ barges, elegantly decorated, rowed by eunuchs, their decks covered with divans, were to receive the odalisks from Adrianople at the extreme inner point of the seraglio water front on the Golden Horn. The -Validé Sultana's barge was to lead the procession, +ValidĂ© Sultana's barge was to lead the procession, which should float to the cadences of music far out into the harbor. At the same time, the Sultan in his kaik, and the women of the temporary haremlik, each @@ -13031,7 +12993,7 @@ locks.</p> together by the web-like cross bracing, and seemed scarcely to break the surface of the water when the odalisks stepped into them. Morsinia had brought a -feridjé of common sort; saying to the eunuch, whose +feridjĂ© of common sort; saying to the eunuch, whose attention it attracted, that yesterday she was quite chilled after rowing, and to day had taken this with her by way of precaution. She might have found @@ -13259,13 +13221,13 @@ they were still fugitives.</p> should lie upon the bottom of the boat, and take needed rest.</p> -<p>"If I had now my feridjé!" said she. +<p>"If I had now my feridjĂ©!" said she. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_354" id="Page_354">354</a></span></p> <p>"I have provided for that," replied Constantine. "Yours would be recognized. I have one belonging to the common women, which will be better." In -addition to the feridjé, the foresight of Constantine +addition to the feridjĂ©, the foresight of Constantine had laid in warm wraps and a store of provisions. These were packed in bundles that they might be carried conveniently on horses, in the hand, or in the @@ -14009,7 +13971,7 @@ you need to confer with your new friends, your faithful Drakul may inquire at our lines for Ballaban Badera, Aga of the Janizaries."</p> -<p>With a low salâm he withdrew. A few muffled +<p>With a low salâm he withdrew. A few muffled orders, a shuffling of feet, and the castle was as quiet as the stars that looked down upon it. </p> @@ -14026,7 +13988,7 @@ had Jove, who, according to the mythologic conception, held his court upon the summit of the not distant Olympus—looked down upon such a display of earthly power since, fifteen centuries before, the armies of -Pompey and Cćsar there contended for the domination +Pompey and Cæsar there contended for the domination of the Roman world. For Mahomet II. had sworn his mightiest oath, that, by one blow, he would now sweep all the Arnaout rebels into the sea; and that @@ -14371,7 +14333,7 @@ that of his captor. With impatience the Aga conversed with the various commanders who thronged him, and as soon as possible dismissed them. When they were alone Constantine rose, and, without completing -his salâm, exclaimed, +his salâm, exclaimed, <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_384" id="Page_384">384</a></span></p> <p>"You play more roughly, Michael, than when last @@ -14525,7 +14487,7 @@ and whom he pleaseth he will put in the right way.<a name="FNanchor_109" id="FNanchor_109" href="#Footnote_109" class="fnanchor">[109]</a> Believe me, my brother, Albania's safety is only in submission. The Fate that directs all affairs has indubitably decreed that all this vast -peninsula between Adria and Ćgea shall lie +peninsula between Adria and Ægea shall lie beneath the shadow of the Padishah's sceptre; for he is Zil-Ullah, the shadow of God. Who can resist the conqueror of the capital of your Eastern Christian @@ -15138,7 +15100,7 @@ in him were invincible by the might of men."</p> <p class="footnote"><a name="Footnote_2" id="Footnote_2" href="#FNanchor_2"><span class="label">[2]</span></a> Bashaw; an old name for pasha.</p> <p class="footnote"><a name="Footnote_3" id="Footnote_3" href="#FNanchor_3"><span class="label">[3]</span></a> Arnaout; Turkish for Albanian, a corruption of the old -Byzantine word Arvanitć.</p> +Byzantine word Arvanitæ.</p> <p class="footnote"><a name="Footnote_4" id="Footnote_4" href="#FNanchor_4"><span class="label">[4]</span></a> Koran, Chap. II.</p> @@ -15416,382 +15378,6 @@ crime was committed, and by it paid to the general government.</p> <p class="footnote"><a name="Footnote_111" id="Footnote_111" href="#FNanchor_111"><span class="label">[111]</span></a> Castriot married late in life.</p> </div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The Captain of the Janizaries, by James M. 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