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The history of the wars of Hungary: or, An account of the miseries of that kingdom. : Being an exact and impartial relation, of all the memorable transactions relating thereto, since the time it was invaded by Amurath, the second Turkish sultan, to the raising of the siege of Buda, on the 1st. of Novemb. 1684. Containing the motives that induced the Turks to invade it, the opposition they found, the bloody battles, seiges, policies & stratagems on either side. The division and discontents of the Hungarian nobility. Their contests about ecclesiastical affairs, or matters relating to religion: by what means the kingdom fell to the house of Austria, and became hereditary to the Roman emperors But especially what is remarkable in relation to Count Teckely, and the discontented Hungarians of his party: giving a peculiar account of the war, since his taking up arms against the Emperour. The whole containing a series of history for near three hundred years past. Faithfully collected, by John