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Stirrops, which are of ineftimable value, by reafon of the abundance of precious 

 Stones, whereby they are enrich'd. There are fome Harneffes which amount to a mil- 

 lion of Livers, French Money. The great Stables ltand all along the Canal, which 

 beats againlt the Walls of the Seraglio. They are .always well replcnifh'd,' and in 

 good order, and they take care, that there be not fo much as one vacant place there- 

 in. In thofe Stables docs the Grand Seignor keep a great number of Horfes of value, 

 tobeieferv'd for the War, or tobeus'd in fome Magnificent Solemnity,- that Stran- 

 gers may fee the Splendor of his Court. 



CHAP. IV. 



Of the Hall of the Divan and the exaft Juftice 

 which the Grand Seignor caufes to be admitted 

 there. 



The Principal Heads. 



The T)ivm-Hall not very magnificent. The Council- 

 days. Caufes quickly decided. The caufes of that 

 expedition of Juftice in Turkey. The fubtle Poli- 

 cy of the Ottoman Family. The care which is 

 tahgn to prevent the revolt of the Janizaries. Hot* 

 the Grand Seignor affifts at the Divan 5 or Council. 

 The hold aBion of a Timar-Spahi^ who htfls a 

 Grand Vizir, and is pardon ft. The noble Genius 

 of Sultan Amurat, and by what Artifices , be difco- 

 verd a great breach ofTruft. A fynd of Beads 

 urd by the Turks at their Prayers. A noble Ex- 

 ample of a fevere aB of Juftice. At what times y 

 and how, the Grand Seignor rids thofe out of the 

 way whom he fufpcUs. The days on which Am- 

 bajfadors come to the Divan. 



|He Hall of the Vivan, which belongs to this Second Court, is* on the left Tin Divan-mlt 

 hand, next to the little Stables, as you go towards the Grand Seignrv tvtryMag. 



T\ 

 Quarter. 'Tis a great low Hall, coverM with Lead , and wainfeoiivi. and ni fi c£nti 

 gilt in fome places within, from which it derives a little Ornament, i'he 

 Floor of it is cover'd with a great Carpet, and there are fome Benches for 

 the Officers, of whom that Council confifis, which the Turfy Call Divan. There are, 

 as I told you, Galleries of all the fides of that Court, which makes it look as it were 



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