66 A Relation of the Chap.XlII 



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the more ancient among them, take the places of the two Pages cf the Kilar, and 

 ccmpleat the conducting of the Kilargi-Bachi, under the Arms, td%ffer the Cup to the 

 Prince. When he has not any thing to fay to him, he carries 4rback again into the 

 Kilar ■■> but if he will take his opportunity to entertain him witr^fefne Affair, he deli- 

 vers the Cup and the Server into the hands of one of the Pages, who led him under 

 thj Arms, and he delivers it to thofe, who, belonging to the Cup-Bearer's Office, wai- 

 ted there in expectation of his return. 



A way to 'ji s i n tne f ame pl ace> t o wit, that under the over-fight of the Cup-bearer, they keep 

 qmCh [ hir îoU a11 forts of re ^ rdhin S and cooling Waters, 'as that of Peaches, Cherfles, Ràfpices, and 

 particular to ^ ucn omer ^ xaits ' The Turkj do not drink during their refection, that is, not till they 

 tbs Levantines, have given over eatings and becaufe it is poiTible they may be dry, whilft they eat i take 

 here the manner how they quench that thirft. .They are ferv'd at Table with thefe 

 < Waters, in great Cups of Parcel ajjie^ which hold about two Quarts, and the better to 



diftinguifh them, they put into -every one. of thofe Cups, fome of the fame fruit, from 

 which the Water that is therein had been extracted, and which they had preferv'dfor 

 that purpofe. Every one has lying by him a Wooden fpoon, which holds three or 

 four times as much as any of our ordinary ones, and whereof the handle is of a length 

 proportionable : for as to Gold hi Silver fpoons , it is not their cuftome to ule any. 

 With thole (poons ; they can take out what is in the Cups , according to the Water 

 which they njôft fancy, andfo they fufpend thirft, taking ever and anon fome fpoonmls 

 of it. 



I'm competition It is alfo in the Cup-bearers Appartment that the 'treacle is made, which the Turfy 

 of Treacle. call Jiridk^Farik^, and there is a great quantity of it made, becaufe they ufe it as an Uni- 

 verfal remedy, and charitably bellow it on all forts of people, as well in City as Coun- 

 try, who are defirous of it. The Vipers whicli are us'd in this compoiition are brought 

 out of JEpypt^ and they make no account of thofe which other Countries afford, or 

 they are of opinion at leaft, that the former are much the better for that purpofe. 



A ftattlyftr- Before the Appartment of the Kilar, there is a Gallery whereof the floor is pav'd 

 vice of Gold with fquare pieces of Black and White Marble, and fuftain'd by eight fair Pillars of 

 flatt. White Marble, and at the end of it is a little Quarter, where the principal Cup-bearer 



has his refidence. There alfo are the Lodgings of his Subftitute, the KtLirquet-boHdafi, 

 who is not an Eunuch, as the Kilargi-bacbi is, and who, at his removal out cf the Se- 

 raglio , is ordinarily advane'd to the charge of a Baffa. The Kilargi-bachi has in his 

 cuftody all the Gold and Silver-plate, the Balins, the Ewers, the Bowls, the Cups, the 

 Servers, and the >^andlefticks, the greater! part of that fcrvice being garnifh'd with Dia- 

 monds, Rubies and Emeralds, and other pretious Stones of value. As for golden Di- 

 mes and Candlefticks, without any additional embellilhments of prtcious Stone, there 

 are fome To large, and iomafly, that there muft be two men to carry one of them. 

 Thefe Candlefticks are made after a fafhion quite different from ours. They are ordi- 

 narily two or three Foot high, upon a Bafe of above twelvê inches Diameter, and the 

 upper part thereof is as 'twere a Box, or kind of Lamp, with its beak, and it may con- 

 tain above a pound of fuet. 5 Tis to prevent the fall of any thing upon the Carpet, that 

 they make the foot of the Candleftick fo large as I told you -, and befides, it is requifite, 

 that it fhould bear fome proportion to the height. The match, or vyieke, which they 

 put into the Suet, beaten into fmall bits, is about the bignefs of a Man's thumb, and 

 cpnfequently muft needs make a great light in the Room. As to the Kilarquet-boudafi, 

 he is the Superiour over the Halvagis, and the Ahggis, who are the Cooks and the Con- 

 fectioners, of whom not one can enter into fervice, but by his Orders. 



In my difcourfe of the Treafury, I made no mention of the Quarter of thofe Officers, 

 who ferve there , becaufe my defign was to follow the order of the Structures of the 

 Seraglio, and to conduct the Reader, by little and little, out of one Court into another, 

 and out of one Quarter into another. That of the Pages of the Treafury, is hard by the 

 Kilar, and begins with a Gallery, pav'd with fquare pieces of Marble, of different co- 

 lours, fuftain'd by eight Pillars, of the fame material, and whereof the fides and the roof 

 are painted with all forts of flowers, in Gold and Azure. That Gallery is open on the 

 one fide, and on the other you find in the midft of it, the Door leading into the Appart- 

 ment 



