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MG-A(G.763.010
24 Feb 1763:31 (929)
Constantinople, October 16. There has been a dangerous
sedition at Belgrade. The Banshaw, or Governor of the Town,
a very just and sensible man, seeing the people daily stript
of their money, under the most frivolous pretences, by the
sordid greediness of some Janissaries (who carried their
vexatious tyranny to such a pitch, as almost intirely to
eradicate the commerce of Servia) took the most sage
measures to put a stop to their roguery. Some Janissaries,
getting scent of his design, immediately sounded the Tocsin,
formed themselves in a body, drew their scimitars, and vowed
destruction on the Banshaw. . .
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