The original manuscript of the proclaimation and other printed proclaimations of Emperor Leopold the first from 1690 with which he takes the Macedonian people under his protection

37 just to this end, so that we shall restore the People, subjected to Us by Law, and depending, by the Law, on Our mentioned Reign of Hungary, and all the other Christians, taken out from the cruel servitude of the Turks, to the former Freedom, the former Privileges, and to the former Union with the body, on which they depend, every abuse having been removed, every flaw, introduced through the Turkish tyranny, having been corrected, and each Law having been given back to anyone; therefore, we Beningly incite the People, formed through the entire Albania, Serbia, Missia, Bulgaria, Silistra, Illyria, Macedonia and Rascia, and the other Provinces, depending on Our aforementioned Reign of Hungary, and all the other People, wailing under the Turkish yoke, so that, corresponding to Our Pious and Fatherly desire, in such a favourable occasion, the Turkish forces having been destroyed by so many losses through Our victorious Army, for their own Safety and Liberation, and for the promotion of the Christian Religion, they all shall join Our side, take up Arms against the Turks, join Our Troops, according to the opportunity and necessity, by the Orders of Our War Generals and Commanders, who will soon appear in the battlefield with a proper and plentiful army, and provide them, according to their ability, with provisions and other things that shall be necessary for their sustenance, and give a tempestive help, in occasions of whichever kind, against the common enemy, and even willingly surrender themselves to Our said War Generals, who will bestow upon them every Protection against the assaults of the Turks, who will protect everywhere the exact military discipline, as we seriously demanded, and to Our legitimate Dominion, if they want to experience Our Grace and Clemency. Translation of Facsimile No. 10