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After having made that declaration publicly, and froiue 

 fede, in prefence of their priefl,he thereupon declared to thern^ 

 that all their pall fins were forgiven. 



All this the patriarch mofl 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, Rife fen t 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 his 

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

 among the largefl I had ever feem 



Hs entered abruptly into dif courfe. upon the war between 

 Ruffia and the Turk, and afked me if I had calculated what 

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

 would be beaten by fea and land wherever they prefented 



themfelves. 



AGAiN,Whether Conflantinople would be burned or taken? 

 — I fa ; d,. Neither ; but peace would be made, after much 

 bloodihed, with little advantage to either party,,- 



He clapped his hands together, and fworc an oath in 

 Turkifh, then turned to Rifk, who flood before him, and 

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



is mercifuk 



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