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DECEMBER,

1754.

W

HILE the memorable cardinal Ximenez was minifter in Spain, king Ferdinand V. of ArraA gon, about the year1505, fent Peter, count of Na-, varre, with a powerful force; which, without difficulty took Oran. The inhabitants of this famous city in general were Moors, which had been forced out of Granada and Valencia, about 2 years before.

Thefe, being a bold and active people, B and being well vers'd in the manners, as well as language of the Spaniards, did contiderable damage, both by fea and land, to the dependents of that crown.

From Oran the Spaniards, flushed with fuccefs, purfued their conqueft and took Bugia, and many other places, with heroick valour. The Algerines, being apprehenfive their city would undergo the fame fate, fent for affiftance, by way of caution, to Selim Eutemi, a prince of Arabian extraction, famous for kill in military affairs. He accepted their invitation, and came with a large number of valiant followers, which he had felected from that populous nation, and encamped upon the plain of Mutija, D where he had power; attended alio by his wife Zaphira, a lady of great worth and virtue, and his fon Selim, not then 12 years old, whom he was fond of initiating into the exercife of war.

Notwithstanding this fuccour, another fleet and more troops from Ferdinand, E quickly fubdued the city of Algiers, and obliged it to pay tribute; and even fuffered the Spaniards to build a fort, and man it with fome of the best troops, on a fmall island, that lay oppofite the city, to the great injury of the Algerine Corfairs, December, 1754•

who could not, with fafety, go out and in the harbour.

This, however difagreeable, they bore with patience, till the death of Ferdinand in 1516, which put then then upon an attempt to recover their liberties.

They fent deputies to Arach Barbaroffa, a Mahometan Corfair, born at Meteline in the Archipelago, of great fame for his bravery and his fuccefs in battle. He was upon a cruife with his fquadron, when the Algerine deputies met him, with their request to aflift them to throw off the Spanish yoke; promifing him great dignities to his perfon, and large gratification for fuch fervice. He gave the deputies a most favourable answer, and fent them back to Algiers, to revive the fpirits of their dejected countrymen.

Barbarola immediately fent 18 gallies, and a great number of barks to Algiers, while he marched by land, collecting all the Moors and Turks, that feemed inclined to affift his enterprize; and was fo fuccefsful in his levies, that the Algerines thought the hour of deliverance at hand.

Selim Eutemi, general of Algiers, with many of the chief officers and principal citizens, went two days journey to meet him; and brought him, with great ho nours, in triumph into their city, conducting him, amidit the fhouts of people, to the palace of Selim Eutemi: Where he was nobly received, while his army met with great indulgence from the glad Algerines; which they foon abused, and claimed by force, what was firft given them thro' courtely.

Batharoffa, too, being of an ambitious nature, form'd a wicked defign of making himfelf fovereign of Algiers, and all its provinces. His officers applauded his defign, promifed to aflift in it, and fwore themfelves to fecrecy, till a time happened to put it in execution. In order to begin commotions, Barbaroffa wink'd at X X X 2 the

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the infolente and villainies of the Turkish oldiers, who were perpetually railing diforders in the city; which he hoped might enrage the citizens to fome defperate act, that might favour his defign.

Selim Eutemi now difcovered his error in calling Babaroffa in to his athitance: For, fo infolent was this pirate, that he treated the prince with contempt, never afking his advice in any thing; but built forts, attacked the Spanish castle, and all without his knowledge or confent.

The citizens too plainly perceived his defign, and made no fcruple of deciating their fentinients. Barbaro, finding himself fufpected, gave way to his fury; which was heightened by a paffion he B

had entertained for Selim's wife, the fair Zaphira. He therefore determined to make fhort work of it, and, by the death of Selim, fatisfy at once his ambition and his love: For he did not doubt but upon her hutas d's death, Zaphiła would listen to his fuit, and confent to marry hun, which affiance would add dignity to him, and his own mean extraction be hid by the tion with this lady, who was related to mot of the powerful cheques of the Arabiems; who, if the Algerines fhould oppo would, for his wife's fake, affitto chabih him upon

the throne.

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baroffa was feated under a canopy, furrounded with his adherents and guards, while proper othcers were fent to the principal inhabitants, requiring them, in the name of the new king, to attend and take the oath of allegiance before him; promising great rewards to thofe, who fhewed themselves most ready to perform the ceremony. In this exigency the citizens who apprehended immediate death would follow their refufal, fuffered themselves to be brought to the palace; where, after the king had repeated his fpecious promifes, they took the oaths, and figned the inftrument for his coronation.

Barbaroffa, having thus far obtained his end, ordered the inhabitants to go quictly about their feveral callings, and depend upon his care for their protection. Prince Selim's for, with reafon, apprehending he was not long to furvive his father's murder, found means to fly, with only two fervants to Oran, and heg protection from Spain. The marquis De Gomartz, governor of the place, received him with all the refpect and honour due to his birth and youth.

Barbaroffa, being thus fettled on the throne, caufed all the fortifications of Algiers to be repaired; and placed in them trong garifons of Turkish foldiers, whom he paid well with money he had D coined in his own name.

Barbaroffs, having fixt his scheme, waited an opportunity of Selim's being alone in a Bath; where he rushed upon him, and flew him. He fell down in the Bath, where the water finished what his hurry had imperfe&ly done. The pirate hatened out, and collecting fome of his friends, returned to the Bath, under pretence of cooling himself as ufual; where, with an affected furprize, he fhewed Selim E dead. This was foon fpread throughout the city; and Barbat off, under pretence of difcovering any foul play that might have been used to Selim, put all the foldiers under arms, with orders to fecure every pafs till he could confider further on this accident.

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The citizens of Algiers, notwithstanding reports given out, looked upon the death of Selim to be a ftroke of the inhuman Barbaroifi's; and, diending the further mifchief they fufpected he had planned, locked themselves in their houses, which gave the Turkish army full power to difiefs and fpoil at pleasure.- -They immediately conducted Barbaroffa in pomp to Selim's palace, proclaiming him king G of Aliers; adding, Deftrection to all oppofers of him, that heaven has chofen for our deliverer and protector.

Thele menaces alarm'd the citizens with most dreadful apprehenfions. Bar

The people foon felt the grievances of Barbaroffa's ufurpation; for, where he had the leaft fufpicion, he feized upon the effects of the fabjects: Others, that had fecured their money, were put to death, while he and his affociates revelled in their profperity.

While affairs were in this fituation, Barbaroffa began his addreffes to the princefs Zaphira, who rejected them with the utmost difdain, for the looked upon him as the murderer of her husband; and expecting her contempt of him would enrage him to attempt fome violence, the always cariled a dagger with her; fully refolved, if the could not revenge herself on him, to fave her virtue at the price of