The book of similitudes- (1860) (14752906834)

Identifier: bookofsimilitude00barb (find matches)
Title: The book of similitudes:
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Emblems Religions
Publisher: New Haven, Conn., Pub. for the author by J. H. Bradley
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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se whowere found there with great cruelty. Mad with conquest, Solyman now proceeded west-ward to Vienna, glutting himself with slaughter on hismarch, and vainly hoping in a short time to lay all had yielded the liberties of its church to the pope of Rome. A ma-nifest want of patriotism was evidenced in the inhabitants, who,instead of bringing forth their treasures to the public service anddefence of the place, buried them in vast heaps ; insomuch, thatwhen Mahomet, suspecting the case, commanded the earth to bedug up, and found immense hoards, he exclaimed, How was itthat this place lacked ammunition and fortification, amidst suchabundance of riches! The Turks found a crucifix in the greatchurch of St. Sophia, on the head of which they wrote, This isthe God of the Christians, and then carried it with a trumpetaround the city, and exposed it to the contempt of the soldiers,who were commanded to spit upon it. Thus did the superstitionof Rome afford a triumph to the enemies of the cross.
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SOLYMAff DEFEATED BEFORE VIENNA. Grown desperate by resistance, Solyman, the Turkish chieftaindetermined to undermine the Corinthian gate, but beino- dis-covered by the citizens, they prepared a train of gunpowder,winch being set on fire, blew up about 8,000 of their enemiesand thus prevented the further introduction of Mahometanisminto Europe. 484 Europe at his feet, and to banish Christianity from theearth. Having pitched his tent before the walls of Vienna,he sent three Christian prisoners into the town, to terrifythe citizens with an account of the strength of his army,while a great many more whom he had taken in hismarch were torn asunder by horses. Happily for theGermans, three days only before the arrival ol theTurks, the earl palatine, Frederic, to whom was as-signed the defence of Vienna, had entered the townwith 14,000 chosen veterans, besides a body of horse.Solyman sent a summons for the city to surrender; butthe Germans defying him, he instantly commenced thesiege. It has