CHAPTER X.

TURKEY AND EUROPE.

First Intercourse--Alliance between Francis I and Suleiman the Magnificent--Intrigues between France and Austria--The First Treaty--Nature of Capitulations--Peculiar Favors Granted to the French--Their Recognition as the Protectors of Christians--Entrance of Other Powers--Louis XIV and His Ambassador--Influence of De Brèves--Peace of Carlowitz--Turkey No Longer Dreaded in Europe 183