1689 fhaved, and being then tied faft, boiling Water was poured Drop by Drop on their Skulls, which put them to fuch exquifite and intollerable Pain, that they immediately acknowledged their Crime, and discovered their Accomplices, as Theodore, or Fifka had done: Two Days were spent in confulting how to punish the Criminals. Prince Galliczin, with his Son and Friends, were condemned to Banishment, and He being brought to the Palace, had his Sentence read to him aloud; which was to this Purpose: "That he was The Dif "ordered by the Czar, to go to Karga, a grace and Ba"Town under the Pole, and to remain there nifhment of 66 as long as he lived, in Difgrace with his licein "Majefty; who, of his great Goodness, "nevertheless, allowed him three Pence a "Day for his Subfiftence; but that his Ju"ftice had ordained all his Goods to be for"feited to his Treasury. The miferable Prince being conducted to the Place of his Exile; a Secretary was difpatched to Moscow to feize upon his Palace, and make an Inventory of all the Riches and Furniture to be found in it. Among other Things a Trunk was difcovered buried in a Vault, wherein were no less than a hundred thousand Ducats, which were fuppofed to be the Spoils of the depofed Hettman Juan Samuelerrick, whofe Misfortunes we have before related. Befides thefe there were four hundred Veffels of Silver, weighing forty Pounds each, and other Moveables of great Value. The Ladies of the Prince and his Son were banished with them, but were allowed to take with them no more than thirty Roubles among Prince Gal 1689 in The End among them all. Thekelavitau had his Head cut off the next Day; two Strelitzes who to have been Affaffins, fuffered the fame Punishment. The Colonel that commanded the Detachment was whip'd, had his Tongue cut out, and was fent to end his Days in Siberia, with an Allowance of a Pennya Day; five other Strelitzes had their Tongues cut out, and were fent into Siberia, likewife to kill Sables. The Czar Peter, when thefe Executions were over, defired the Princess to leave the Palace, and retire into a Monastery, which fhe had built at Dewitz, a little Way out of Town, but the fhewing fome Reluctance to this, he commanded the Prefident of the Strelitzes to conduct her thither, if not willingly, by Force, to fet Guards upon all the Avenues, and fuffer no Perfon to come to her. Two Days after this the Czar Peter returned to Moscow and made his Entry on Horfeback, attended by 18,000 Strelitzes armed for his Guard. His Wife and Mother followed foon after in a Coach. The Czar John ftood to receive his Brother, at the Steps entering into the Palace; they embraced; Peter afked John to be Friends, who answering that he was fo, they each retired to their feveral Apartments. Thus ended the Regency of the Princefs Soof the Prin- phia, who had governed the Ruffian Empire cefs Sophia's for fome Years, but through a boundless Am Regency. bition, aiming at getting the whole Power into her own Hands, which fhe had held in the Name of her Brothers, fhe loft not only that Authority, which they would readily have. allowed her, but her Liberty alfo, being from from that Time kept in clofe Confinement 1689 till the Day of her Death, which did not happen till the Year 1704, fifteen Years after; during which Time fome Commotions. were raised in her Favour, as will be feen hereafter. THE HISTORY OF PETER I CZAR of Muscovy. the S BOOK II. The CONTENTS. The Rife and Character of General Le Fort. A S the Czar Peter feemed to be now fettled alone in the Government, for altho' his elder Brother John continued Czar, yet his Name was little mentioned, but in the Beginning of their publick Acts: It is not to be thought ftrange, that his own nearest Relations should endeavour 1689 Peter, when › young, gave being the felf. endeavour to get fome Share in the Adminiftration of Affairs. Narafkin, his Mother's Brother, found no Obftacle to his ambitious Views, but the Favourite, young Galliczin, whom he could not very eafily deftroy, ha- no great Exving himself been the greateft Caufe of his pectations of Advancement; however, Peter, at that Time, great Prince giving no Prefages of being that great Prince he afterwards he afterwards appeared, taking Delight in thewed him very idle and cruel Diverfions, and having but little of the Politician in him, was wrought upon by Narafkin, to believe that his Favourite muft needs have been concerned in fome of the Enterprizes of his Coufin the Great Galliczin, as might be judged from his zealous Endeavours to prevent his Execution; but the Czar Peter, at firft, seemed very unwilling to fufpect a Perfon, who had no lefs than three Times faved his Life: However Narafkin, at length accompanied by his Daughter and Sons, with Tears in their Eyes, declared to Peter, that if he did not remove this Favourite, he might as well recall the Great Galliczin from Exile: He yielded to them at laft, and promised to confine his Favourite to live upon his own Lands; but Galliczin, being advertized of the Matter, withdrew thither, before any fuch Orders were fent him. As foon as the Czar heard of it, he fent Courier after Courier to him, to know the Caufe of his Retirement: To whom he only answered, that fince his paft Conduct could not convince his Majefty of his Fidelity, he defired no more than to be allowed to live there without ever coming to Court. The Czar was fo fenfibly touched with this, VOL. I. D that |