5 2 A Relation of the Chap.IV. 



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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 he fhould be re-eftablifhed in his Timar. He thereup- 

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

 fhould teach them to do juit things, and not to fuffer themfelves to be fo blinded by 

 favour, as not to obferVe Equity. The violent action of the Spain is certainly not to 

 beapprov'd, though the injuftice of the Vizir was rrianifeft : but the procedure of the 

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

 Model of perfect Equity. 



Ï (hall not think it much, to produce here a fécond Example of the exact Jufticc, 

 which the Grand Seignor would have adminiilred to the People : and in this Exam- 

 ple there is fometbing 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 obfervation, I 

 think my félf oblig'd not to conceal them from the Reader. 



How Sultan In the Reign of Sultan Amur at, a certain private Perfon finding himlèlf without 

 hmxaiifçê* Wi f e or Children, refolv'd to undertake the Pil grimage of Mecba. Before his departure, 

 hnaéeftruft. ne conce i v '^ > f h at ^ e cou ^ not better difpofe what he left behind him,that was moft 

 valuable, then by putting it into the hands of a Hoggia,z Doctor of the Law. He there- 

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

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

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

 cntrufted the Hogg/a withal, calls for what he had depofited in his hands. The other 

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

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

 (hering his difcontent, and reflecting, that the thing had been done without witneffes. 

 did nothing for fome days -, but, afterwards,he Prefcnts a Petition to the Grand Vizir, 

 and acquaints him how all things had pafs'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 tranfadted without witnelTes, 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 circumfpedt 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 proteftations of friendihip to him, and to put him in hopes 

 of being employ'd in things of great importance. Some days pals 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 ; and fo putting him into very fair hopes, 

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

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

 be any longer unknown to his Highnefs. The Doctor overjoy'd at that difcourfe, 

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

 Vizir had made him his Hougia,which is as much as to fay, his Almoner. The Vizir 

 proceeds, and according to the fecret Orders he had receiv'd from the Grand Seignor, 

 gives the Doctor another Employment, which was, that he fhould bring him in a Re- 

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

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

 deferv'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 pafs on in this manner, ere there could be any difcovery made 

 of the falfify'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 

 fine Coral. This Tefbuch is a kind of Ghappelet, or String of Beads, confiding of nine- 

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