Chap.XV. Grand Seignor's Seraglio. 71 



the Treafury , during the Grand Seignor's life, are brought into it again, at his death. 

 Whenever any piece is taken out, the Seligdar-Agh to whom it is delivcr'd, gives the 

 principal Officer of the Treafury an acknowledgment, under his hand, of his having re- 

 ceiv'd it •, and by that means nothing can be embrcill'd, good order being ftri&ly ob- 

 ferv'd in all things, relating to the Seraglio. In fome other parts of the Chamber you 

 find hanging up Ponyards and Knives, all rich Pieces, and befet with precious ftones, 

 which, as all the reft, are exactly Regiftred in the Books of the Treafury. On each fide 

 of the faid Chamber, there are two little Rooms, for four Pages of the Seferlis , who 

 wait on the Seligdar-Aga, and are always about his perfon. Tis now time that we 

 pals into the Grand Seignor's Quarter. 



CHAP. XV, 



Qf the Grand Seignor's Appartment. 

 The Principal Heads. 



Tl?e Chamber of the Forty Tages. A noble Monument of the Valour 

 of Amurath . 7be fituatton of the Mofqueys in Turkey. The 

 Ceremonies of their Demotions. A Magnificent Winter-Chamber. 

 Tlie myjlerious Seal of Mahomet. The great Superjiitions of 

 the Turks. A fantaftick, and covetous knack ofDeVotion. The 

 ^eltcks o/Omar. A ridiculous Setl. The Grand Seignor's 

 Quarter. The Emperour Amurath 's Belvedere, or place of 

 Trojpecl. The Excellent Wines of the Oyl of Tenedos. A per- 

 fidious All justly puniftfd. The Fortune^ of a beautiful Sicilian 

 Virgin. The Grand Seignor's Bed-Chamber. The ancient Ve- 

 neration of the Turks for Mahomet's Banner. A n>ord farther 

 of the Crime's Appartment. 



T Hough the inner part of the Seraglio ought properly to be divided into but 

 two great Quarters, which are the Grand Seignors own Quarter, and the 

 Quarter of the Sultamffes j yet have I thought it more convenient, for the 

 Reader's better remembrance of things, to diftinguim to him the different 

 parts, of which the former confifts, anfwerably to its feveral ufes : and. after a large 

 account, given of the Baths, the Treafury, the Cup-Bearer's Office, and the Falconry, 

 I come now to the particular Appartment of the Grand Seignors Perfon. 



The Haz-Oda is the firft Structure that offers it felf to your view, and 'tis by that ^ chmbtr 

 name the Turks call the fourth and higheft Clafle of the Icboglans, which is the Cham- f tkt Fort) 

 bet of the Forty Pages, who are hourly employ'd in the Grand Seignor's Service* This potts. 

 Chamber is of the fame largcnefs, as that of the Pages of the Treafury, and furniih'd 

 much after the fame rate •> but it is not near Co lightfome, or rather, it wants light. 

 As there is not fo great a number of them, fo have they accordingly more place to fit, 

 or Jye down i and in the midft of the Chamber, you rind a little fquarc place, rais'd 

 up fomewhat higher than the Beds of the Pages, whence the Haz-Oda-bacbi, their 

 Governour, may obferve all their adions, and fee how they demean themfelves* He 

 has order to give the Grand Seignot notice of it, Rewards being the copfequences of 



good 



