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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 HarnelTes which' amount to a mil- 

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

 beats againit the Walls of the Seraglio. They are always well replcniih'd, and in 

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

 in. In thofe Stables does the Grand Seignor keep a great number of Horles of value, 

 tobereferv'd for the War, ortobeus'din fome Magnificent Solemnity, that Stran- 

 gers may fee the Splendor of his Court. 



CHAP. IV. 



Of the Hall of the Divan, and the exacl: Juftice 

 which the Grand Seignor caufes to be admitted 

 there. 



The Principal Meads. 



The T)iva.n-Hall not very magnificent. The Council- 

 days. Caufes quickly decided. The caufes of that 

 expedition of Juflice ///Turkey. The fubtle Poli- 

 cy of the Ottoman Family. The care which is 

 ta^en to prevent the revolt of the Janizaries. How 

 the Grand Seignor ajfifls at the Divan., or Council 

 The bold aUion of a Timar-Spahi., who fylls a 

 Grand Vizir, and is pardon d. The noble Genius 

 of Sultan Amurat^ and by what Artifices he difco- 

 verd a great breach ofTrufl. A tynd of Beads 

 ns'd by the Turks at their Prayers. A noble Ex- 

 ample of a fevere a& of Juflice. At what times ; 

 and how j the Grand Seignor rids thofe out of the 

 way whom he fufpeBs. The days on which Am- 

 Tadors come to the Divan. 



THe riall of the Divan, which belongs to this Second Court, is, on the left Thi Dîvttn~Hai 

 hand, next to the little Stables, as you go towards the Grand Seignor's nB } ver ) M<*i- 

 Quarter. Tis a great low Hall, covefd with Lead , and Wainfcoted and ni fi' tnu 

 gilt in fome places within, from which it derives a little Ornament. The 

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

 the Officers, of whom that Council contifts, which the Turks call Divan. There are, 

 as 1 told you, Galleries of all the tides of that Court, which makes it look as it were 



( E 2 ) like 



