Christian soldiers on a campaign refuse to put up with their ordinary food,… It makes me shudder to think of what the result of a struggle between such different systems must be;…” Busbecq’s concern here is that if these two forces face each other in battle that the Turks will not be complaining like the Christian soldier but will face their adversities and overcome them. Busbecq also laments the system of how the Christian soldiers achieve rank through heredity and not through achievement like the Turks. Busbecq states this disparity as the reason for the Turks immense success, “This is the reason that they are successful in their undertakings, that they lord it over others, and are daily extending the bounds of their empire.” What Busbecq is conveying is that the Christians better wake up and take notice of the superior training and discipline that the Turks are displaying or they will be under Turkish rule
Christian soldiers on a campaign refuse to put up with their ordinary food,… It makes me shudder to think of what the result of a struggle between such different systems must be;…” Busbecq’s concern here is that if these two forces face each other in battle that the Turks will not be complaining like the Christian soldier but will face their adversities and overcome them. Busbecq also laments the system of how the Christian soldiers achieve rank through heredity and not through achievement like the Turks. Busbecq states this disparity as the reason for the Turks immense success, “This is the reason that they are successful in their undertakings, that they lord it over others, and are daily extending the bounds of their empire.” What Busbecq is conveying is that the Christians better wake up and take notice of the superior training and discipline that the Turks are displaying or they will be under Turkish rule