The Historical Register, Vol. 17

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Excerpt from The Historical Register, Vol. 17: Containing an Impartial Relation of All Transactions, Foreign and Domestick, With a Chronological Diary of All the Remarkable Occurrences, VIX. Births, Marriages, Deaths, Removals, Promotions, &C., That Happen'd in This Year, For the Year 1732So many Rebu¿'s, capable of cooling the Courage of any one but Prince Thomas, ferved only, as it were, to whet his, and at a time when his A¿'airs feemed to be the mo defperate, Heaven raifed him up a Deliverer in the Perfon of Thane: K'ouh'kan. This Chan was a Lord of about forty Years of Age, bred up from his Infancy in the School of Arms, brave as a Hero, a Man of excel lent Parts, frank and fincere, always rewarding thore who behaved theinl'elves like Men, and punifhing with Death thofe that ¿ed like Cowards, when it was their Duty to refill. He had always difiinguilhed himfelf by his Capacity, his Bravery, and Fidelity, whereby he had fo greatly infinuated himfelt' into the good Graces of Prince Thames, that that young King, entirely approving his Advice, refoived to purfue it, and to confide'altoé gether in him. From this Time, that is. To fay, in 1728, that young Prince's Mair: began to take a better turn. The Royal Army which Thames Katalihtm 'had got together, was not numerous, but it was well paid, and, well difciplined. The principal Cficers and mail of the Subaltexns, were, Men of the greateft Velour, perfonally known to, and chpfen by Titania: Kozdikan, and it was with fuch an Army, led on by fuch a Genius, that Prince Them: took the field. He fir¿. Marched againil the Af dalir, of whom he won three Battles in Perfon. He re. Took Hera) and Market, andafterwarde, in the Courfe of that Year, reduced all the Rebels of Cara¿'an and. There. Abouts. In there Expeditions, which were made in the Year 1728, all that were found in Arms were put to the Sword, but thofe who laid..them down, and beget! For the your), Kipg's Mercy, were glared, upon Condition that they ihould ferve in his maps, and that their Chiefs thould fend their F amiliee as Ho¿ages to guaranty their Fidelity. The Brace. Being thus fettled on that Side, it was. Refplved not to. Go upon any other Enter prizc that Campaign, but. To put. The Troops into. Win. Arr-quarters upon the Frontier that they might be rea dy to at} early, in the §pring againii the whom it wasgdetgrmined utterl to de¿roy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.