66 A Relation of the Chap.XIII 



the more ancient among them, take the places of the two Pages of the Kilar, and 

 , ccmpleat the concluding of the Kilargi-Bacbi, under the Arms, to offer the Cup to the 



Prince. When he has not any thing to fay to Him, he carries it back again into the 

 Kilar; but if he will take his opportunity to entertain him with fome Affair, he deli- 

 vers the Cup and tire Server into the hands of one of the Pages, who led him under 

 the Aims, and he delivers it to thofe, who, belonging to the Cup-Bearer's (jfrice, wai- 

 ted there in expectation of his return. 



A way to 5 ji s i n the fame place, to wit, that under the over-fight of the Cup-bearer, they keep 



piHcbthirjl a jj f ortso f refrdhiifg and cooling Waters, as that of Peaches, Cherries, Rafpices, and 



particular to * mc h othcr * mits ' The Tttrh do not drink during their refe&ion, that is, not till they 



tb'i Levantines, have given over eating-, and becaufe it is poifible they may be dry, whilft they eat j take 



here the manner how they quench that thirft. They are ferv'd at Table with thefe 



Waters, in great Gups of Pottrcelaine, which hold about two Quarts and the better to 



diftinguilh them, they put into every one of thole Cups, fome of the fame fruit, from 



which the Water that is therein had been extracted, and which they had preferv'dfor 



that purjpofe. Every one has lying by him a Wooden fpoon, which holds three or 



four times as much as any of our ordinary ones, and whereof the handle is of a length 



proportionable: for as to Gold or Silver fpoons , it is not their cuftome to ufe any. 



With thofe fpoons , they can take out what is in the Cups, according to the Water 



which they molt fancy, and fo they fufpend thirft, taking ever and anon fome fpoonfuls 



of it. 



fnt emprftion It is alfo in the Cup-bearers Appartment that the Treacle is made, which the Turfy 

 o) Treacle. call Jiri.jfyF.tri^ and there is a great quantity of it made, becaufe they uie it as an Uni- 

 verfal remedy, and charitably bellow it on all forts of people, as well in City as Coun- 

 try, who are defirous of it. The Vipers which are us'd in this compoikion are brought 

 out of JEpypt, and they make no account of thofe which other Countries afford, or 

 they are of opinion at leaft, that the former are much the better for that purpofe. ' 



Afiatityftr- . Before the Appartment of the Ki/^r, there, is a GaUeiy whereof the floor is pav'd 

 vice of Cold withAiqoare pieces of Black and White Marble, and fufta'4 by eight iair Pillars of 

 ?Utt. White Marble, arid at the end of it is a little Qterteii: Whcr#fhe principal Cup-bearer 



has hjs refidence. There alfo, are the Lodgings of Jiis Subltitute, the Kihrquet-boudap^ 

 wh§ ^floxan. Eunuch, as >tljfei&i&r^4C&, is, and who, at his removal out of the Se- 

 ^»9lk^-.QMitoi* r ,?^ai^'ilttQ,'the charge of a Bafa. The Kilargi-bacbi has in his 

 cuftody. all the Geld and Silver-plate, the Baiins, the Ewers, the Bowls, the Cups, the 

 Servers, and the«Jandleiticks, the greateft part of that fervice being garnilh'd with Dia- 

 monds, Rubies and Emeralds, and other pretious Stones of value. As for golden Di- 

 ihes and Candlefticks, without any additional embellifhments of precious Stone, there 

 are fome fo large, and Co mafly, that there muft be two men to carry one of them. 

 Thefe Candlefticks are made after a fafhion quite different from ours. They are ordi- 

 narily two or three Foot high, upon a Bafe of above twelve inches Diameter, and the 

 upper part thereof is as 'twere a Box, or kind of Lamp, with, its beak, and it may con- 

 tain above a pound of fuet. 5 Tis to prevent the fall of any thing upon the Carpet, that 

 they make the foot of the Candleftick fo large as I told you •, and befides, it is requilite, 

 tfjat It fhould bear fome proportion to the height. The match, or wieke, which they 

 put into the Sue^ beaten into fmall bits, is about the bignefs of a Man's thumb, and 

 confidently muft needs make a great light in the Room. As to the Kilarqua-boudafa 

 he is tjbe Superiour over the Halvagis, and the Akggis^ who are the Cooks and the Con- 

 fe&iqners, of whom not one can enter into fervice, but by his Orders. 



In my difcourfe ofjhe Treafury, I made no mention of the Quarter of thofe Officers, 

 who ferve there , becaufe my delign was to follow the order of the Structures of the 

 Seraglio, and to conduct the Reader, by little and little, out of one Court into another, 

 and put of one Quarter into another. That of the Pages of the Treafury, is hard by the 

 KH&y and begins with a Gallery, pav'd with fquare pieces of Marble, of different co- 

 lours; fuftain'd by eight Pillars, of the fame material, and whereof the fides and the roof 

 are painted with all forts of flowers, in Gold and Azure. That Gallery is open on the 

 one lide, and on me other you find in the midft of it, the Door leading into the Appart- 

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