3 6 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 



After having made that declaration publicly, and bona 

 jrde, in prefence of their prieft,he thereupon declared to them,, 

 that all their pall fins were forgiven, 



All this the patriarch moft willingly and chearfully per- 

 formed. I faw him frequently when I was in Cairo ; and 

 we had already commenced a .great friendfhip and intimacy. 



In the mean while, Rifk fent to me, one night about nine 

 o'clock, to come to the Bey. I faw him then for the firft 

 time. He was a much younger man than I conceived him 

 to be; he was fitting upon a large fofa, covered with crim- 

 fon-cloth of gold ; his turban, his girdle, and the head of 

 his dagger, all thick covered with fine brilliants; one in hi3- 

 turban, that ferved to fupport a fprig of brilliants alio, was 

 among the largeft I had ever feen. 



Hs entered abruptly into difcourfe upon the- war 'between. 

 Ruflia and the Turk,. and alked me if I had calculated what 

 would be the coniequenee of that war? I faid, the Turks 

 would be beaten by lea and land wherever they prefented 

 themfelves.. 



AGAiN,Whether Conllantinople would be burned or taken J 

 — I ia : d, Neither ; but peace would be made, after much 

 blocdfhed, with little advantage to either party. 



He clapped his- hands together, and fwore an oath in 

 Turkifh, then turned to Rilk, who ilood before him, and 

 faid, That will be fad indeed ! but truth is truth, and God 

 is merciful. 



Hs. 



