EXTRACTOF THELIFEOFThe AUTHOR
From M.Bayle.
Thathe was born inFlanders, educated atParis,Lorrain,Venice,Bologna, andPadua; made great Progress in his Studies, having acquir’d a Knowledge in near Ten different Languages; was sometime inLondon, with the EmperorFerdinand’s Ambassador; returned toFlanders, and from thence toVienna, where he was appointed Ambassador toSolyman the Great, and soon set out forConstantinople; but not finding him there, was obliged to go toAmasia, &c.and during his long Stay in that Country, having a strong Propensity to Learning, collected many valuable Manuscripts, Coins,&c.Took great Delight in procuring rare Plants, and studying the Nature of Animals; made himself perfect Master of theTurkishState, Policy,&c.That the Account he composed of his Journey, is a very good Work, and deserves the Approbation of all good Judges; the LearnedSadelerius, in his Edition of it, Printed atMons, asserts it deserves a Thousand Impressions. The CelebratedThuanusowns he transcribed many Things out of it to insert in his History, and likewise gives a great Character of the Author and his Work. In short, as we have no good Account of that Country and People, anEnglishVersion, ’tis presum’d, will be agreeable to the Public.
N. B.Those who are inclin’d, may see a much larger Account of the Author inBayle’sDictionary,Vol. II.