, who was born at Vicenza, composed in Italian and the Turkish language
, who was born at Vicenza, composed in Italian and the Turkish language the
“History of Mahomet II.
” which he dedicated to him. It
was very kindly received by that haughty sultan, who,
besides the civilities which he shewed to Angiolello, bestowed
on him very considerable proofs of his liberality. The
author had been an eye-witness of what he related; for,
being one of the slaves of the young sultan Mustapha, he
followed him in the expedition to Persia in 1473, which
Mahomet carried on in person with almost 200,000 soldiers
into the dominions of Ussun-Caesan. It is somewhat surprising that Angiolello, who knew without doubt the haughty
disposition of this emperor of the Turks, should venture to
repeat the abusive terms, which Ussun-Cassan used in reproaching him with his illegitimate birth, when he viewed
the army of the enemies from a hill upon the bank of the
Euphrates. It is certain, however, that Angiolello’s book
was not the less kindly received, or the less amply rewarded.
There was printed at Venice in 1553 a piece of Giov. Mario
Angiolello, “Delia vita et fatti di Re di Persia;
” and he
wrote also “Relatione della vita e de' fatti del signer
Ussun-Cassan,
” inserted in the second volume of Ramusio’s
Voyage, 1559, fol. By this it appears that he was living in
1524, and probably old, as this was fifty-one years after the
battle on the Euphrates, at which he was present.