32 A Relation of the Chap.IV. 



v done, and which is ordinary in that Language, when they approve a thing ■■> and 

 thereupon , there was an additional Liberality made by the Grand Seignor to the 

 Command which he gave, that lie (hould be re-eftablilhed in his Timor, He thereup- 

 on took occafion to (peak to the other Vizirs, and to tell them, That that Example 

 fhould teach them to do juft things, and not tofufTerthemfelves to be To blinded by 

 favour, as not to obferve Equity. The violent action of the Spabi is certainly not to 

 be approved, though the injuftice of the Vizir was manitelt : but the .procedure of the 

 Grand Seignor, cannot be look'd on otherwife then as molt commendable, and a great 

 Model of perfect Equity. 



I (hall not think it much, to produce here a fecond Example of the exact JulHce, 

 which the Grand Seignor wouldMiave adminitlred to the People : and in this Exam- 

 ple there is fomething that is fignally remarkable. A great Stone-Mortar, which may 

 be feen at the Gate of the Divan, ferves for a Monumental confirmation of this Sto- 

 ry \ and whereas it is accompany'd by many circumftances worthy our observation, I 

 think my fclf oblig'd not to conceal them from the Pleader* 



How Suit m in the Reign of Sultan Amur at, a certain private Perfon finding himfelf without 



v™7Tfifet' Wifc or chilclren > wfoWd to undertake the Pilgrimage of Mecha. Before his departure, 

 frtacbrfpufo ne concc i v 'd ) that he could nor better difpoie what he left behind him. that was molt 

 valuable, then by putting it into the hands of a Hogg/<*,a Doctor of the Law. He there- 

 upon left in hiscufiody certain Jewels, in a little bag,intreating him to keep them till he 

 retumM,and declaring him his Heir,in cafe he dy'd in hisPilgrimage.lt was the Pilgrim's 

 fortune to return fafely from Mecba, and making no queition but to get what he had 

 entrufted the Hoggia withal, calls for what he had depoiited in his hands. The other 

 makes him a very cold anfwer, telling him, That he knew not what he meant, leaving 

 him very much furpriz'd at fo unexpected an account of his concerns.The -Pilgrim/mo- 

 thering his difcontent, and reflecting, that the thing had been done without witnefles, 

 did nothing for fome days > but, afterwards,he Prcfents a Petition to the Grand Vizir* 

 and acquaints him how all tilings hadpafs'd between him and the Doctor. The Grand 

 Vizir perceiving there was a great nicety in that affair, and that the Doctor might eafily 

 deny a thing which had been tranfactcd without witneffes, bid the Pilgrim have pa- 

 tience awhile, and that he would give the Grand Seignor an account of it ■■> which he 

 accordingly did. 



The Grand Seignor Commands the Vizir to be very circumfpect in the management 

 of that Affair, as being very defirous to lift out the truth of it, and orders him to fend 

 for the Doctor, to make protections of f rieudihip to him, and to put him in hopes 

 of being employ 'd in things ot great importance. Some days pais on, while the 

 Grand Vizir minds what Game he had to play. At length, he fends for the Doctor, 

 he commends his Ingenuity, and his Conduct j and fo putting him into very fair hopes, 

 he promifes him to prevail fo far with the Grand Seignor, as that he lnould have the 

 honour to kifs his hands, fince it was not juft, that fo tranfeendent a Wit as he mould 

 be any longer unknown to his Highnefs. The Doctor over joy'd at that difcourfc, 

 thought himfelf the happielt man in the World, efpecially when he faw,that the Grand 

 Vizir had made him his Hougia,vj\\\ch. is as much as to fay, his Almoner. The Vizir 

 proceeds, and according to the fecret Orders he had received from the Grand Seignor, 

 gives the Doctor another Employment, which was, that he (hould bring him in a Pie- 

 port of all the Criminal Affairs which could be prefented. The Grand Seignor, upon 

 the Report of the Hougia, ask'd him his advice, and what -puniihment the guilty Perfon 

 deierv'd for the Crime whereof he was convinc'd,the execution being to be done accor- 

 ding to the judgment which the Doctor had pafs'd,whom he made his ordinary Reader, 

 and would have near his Perfon. 



Five or fix months pais on in this manner, ere there could be any difcovery made 

 of the faltify'd Truft. And it is to be obferv'd, That the Pilgrim had given the Grand 

 Seignor an exact Inventory of all the feveral things, which he had put into the lit- 

 tle Bag. Among other things, there was particular mention made of a Tesbuch of 

 nnc Coral. This Tefbucb is a kind of Chappelet, or String of Beads, confining of nine- 

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