Letters written sometime between 1672 and 1680:
Sultan Mohammed IV to the Zaporozhian Cossacks:
I, the Sultan, son of Mohammed, brother of the Sun and Moon, grandson and Vice Regent of God, sovereign of all kingdoms of: Macedonia, Babylonia, and Jerusalem, of Upper and Lower Egypt; king of kings, ruler of all that exists;
extraordinary, invincible knight; constant guardian of the grave of Jesus Christ; trustee of God himself; hope and comfort of Moslems, confusion and great Protector of Christians, command you, the Zaporozhian Cossacks, to surrender to me voluntarily and without any kind of resistance, and don't permit yourselves to trouble me with your attacks!
Turkish Sultan Mohammed
Zaporozhians to the Turkish Sultan:
You Turkish Satan, brother and comrade of the damned devil and secretary to Lucifer himself! What the hell kind of knight are you? The devil shits and you and
your army swallow. You aren't fit to have the sons of Christians under you; we aren't afraid of your army, and we'll fight you on land and sea. You Babylonian busboy, Macedonian mechanic, Jerusalem beer brewer, Alexandrian goat skinner, swineherd of Upper and Lower Egypt, Armenian pig, Tatar goat, Kamenets hangman, Podolian thief, grandson of the Evil Serpent himself, and buffoon of all the world and the netherworld, fool of our God, swine's snout, mare's asshole, butcher's dog, unbaptized brow, may the devil steam your ass! That's how the Cossacks answer you, you nasty glob of spit! You're unfit to rule true Christians. We don't know the date because we don't have a calendar, the moon is in the sky, and the year is in a book, and the day is the same with us as with you, so go kiss our butt!
Chief Hetman Zaxarcenko with all the Zaporozhian Host
Well, He still doesn't dislike the mozzies as much as I do!
A.A.C.
"The Final Crusade Has commenced! Any Moslem target is to be considered a hard target!"