AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1585. 



were built by Mahomet Bassha with so many goodly 

 commodities. 



The 6. we lay in another of them. 

 Si/weri. The 8. we came to Siliveri, which by report was the 



last towne that remained Christian. 



The 9. of September wee arrived at the great and 

 Constantin- most Stately ~ Citie of Constantinople, which for the 

 °^^' situation and proude seate thereof, for the beautifull and 



commodious havens, and for the great and sumptuous 

 buildings of their Temples, which they call Moschea, 

 is to be preferred before all the Cities of Europe. 

 And there the Emperour of the Turkes then living, 

 whose name was Amurat, kept his Court and resi- 

 dence, in a marveilous goodly place, with divers 

 gardens and houses of pleasure, which is at the least 

 two English miles in compasse, and the three parts 

 thereof joyne upon the sea : and on the Northeast 

 part of the Citie on the other side of the water over 

 against the Citie is the Towne of Pera, where the 

 most part of the Christians do lye. And there also 

 wee did lye. And on the North part of the saide 

 Towne is the Arsenal, where the Galies are built and 

 doe remaine : And on the Southside is all the Ordi- 

 nance, artilerie, and houses of munition. Note that by 

 the way as wee came from Ragusa to Constantinople, 

 wee left on our right hand the Countreys of Albania, 

 and Macedonia, and on the left hande the countreys 

 of Bosnia, Bulgaria, and the river of Danubius. 



The 14. of September was the Turkes Beyram, that 

 is, one of their chiefest feastes. 



The 15. we went to the blacke Sea called Pontus 



Pompeys Euxinus, and there upon a rocke we sawe a piller of 



ptller. white Marble that was set up by Pompeius : and from 



thence we passed to the other side of the water, upon 



the shore of Asia and there we dined. 



The 25. we departed from Constantinople. 

 The 29. we came to an ancient Towne called Cher- 

 chisea, that is to say, fourtie Churches, which in the 



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