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graven the words before-mentioned, with the name of the Prince then reigning, after 

 which they put the Bags into the Coffers, which are all double chain'd. 



Before they come out of the Vault, the chief Officer of the Treafury, does ordinarily ^ Liberal^ 

 make this Complement to the Grand Seignor ; Seadetlu padichatm eumijd dur tits 10 tbt 



qmfou hendderignus eti^re ihfan cheri jfgnus i^har idejts :That is to fay, S<Port 

 JMy Emperour, hope, that you ififl make a difcoVery of your Li- 

 herdtties to your Slaves . According to the humour the Grand Seignor is then 

 in, he orders, That there (hould be a diftribution of Twenty or Thirty Purfes, amongft 

 all thofe who have aceompanyM him, every Purfè, as I told you before, amounting 

 to Five hundred Crowns. The Grand Vizir, and the other Grandees of the Port, 

 are permitted to enter into the Chambers of the Treafury, where the fumptuous Har- 

 ndTes and the Precious Stones are kept, when the Grand Seignor comes thither him- 

 felf \ but they arc not to go as far as the Secret Treafury. They ftay for him in the 

 Fourth Chamber, when he is to come out of the Vault, and then he orders the Coffer 

 of his Jewels to be opened, to (hew them the moft precious things there are in it.- 

 And whereas there are alwayes fome Favourites attending there, as alio divers other 

 perfens, whom the Prince looks upon kindly upon the fcore of their merit, it feldom 

 happens, but that they all receive fome Prêtent or other from him, and he makes not 

 any, but what is of very confiderable value. The Treafury being (hut up, the Grand 

 Seignor returns to his own Quarter, and all the Grandees accompany him to the Gate 

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