Chap.XV. Grand Seignor's Seraglio. 



the Treafury, during the Grand Seignor's life, are brought into it again, at his death. 

 Whenever any piece is taken out, the Seligdar-Agi, to whom it is deliver'd, gives the 

 principal Officer of the Treafury an acknowledgment, under his hand, of his having re- 

 ceiv'd it ; and by that means nothing can be embezill'd, good order being ftridtly ob- 

 ferv'd in all things, relating to the Seraglio. In fome other parts of the Chamber you 

 find hanging up Ponyards and Knives, all rich Pieces, and befet with precious ftones, 

 which, as all the reft, are exa&ly Regiftred in the Books of the Treafury. On each fide 

 of the faid Chamber, there are two little Rooms, for four Pages of the Seferlis who 

 wait on the Seligdar-Aga, and are always about his perfon. 'Tis now time that we 

 pafs into the Grand Seignor's Quarter. 



CHAP. XV. 

 Of the Grand Seignor's Appartment. 



The Principal Heads. 



The Chamber of the Forty Tages. A noble Monument of the Valour 

 of Amurath. Ihe fituation of the Mbfqueys in Turkey. The 

 Ceremonies of their Devotions, A Magnificent Winter -Ch amber . 

 The myjleriom Seal of Mahomet* The great Superflitions of 

 the Turks. AfantaHick, and covetous hack of Devotion. The 

 %elicks of Omar. A ridiculous Setl. The Grand Seignor's 

 Quarter. The Emperour Amurath's Belvedere, or place of 

 Trojpetl. The Excellent Wines of the Oyl o/'Tenedos. A per" 

 fidiows Atl justly punij]/d. The Fortune of a beautiful Sicilian 

 Virgin. The Grand Seignor's Bed-Chamber. The ancient Ve- 

 neration of the Turks for Mahomet's Banner \ A lt>ord farther 

 of the Trince's Appartment. 



T Hough the inner part of the Seraglio ought properly to be divided into but 

 two great Quarters, which are the Grand Scignors own Quarter, and the 

 Quarter of the SultanejJ'es i yet have I thought it more convenient, for the 

 Reader's better remembrance of things, to diftinguifli to him the different 

 parts, of which the former confifts, anfwerably to its feveral ufes: and after a large 

 account, given of the Baths, the Treafury, the Cup-Bearer's Office, and the Falconry, 

 I come now to the particular Appartment of the Grand Seignors Perfon. , . 



The Haz-Oda is the firft Structure that offers it felf to your view, and 'tis by that ^ c hambtr 

 name the Turfy call the fourth and higheft ClafTe of the Icboglans^ which is the Cham- f t ^ p ert y 

 ber of the Forty Pages, who are hourly employ'd in the Grand Seignors Service. This pages. 

 Chamber is of the fame largenefs, as that of the Pages of the Treafury, and furnuh'd 

 much after the fame rate i but it is not near fo lightfbme, or rather, it wants light. 

 As there is not fb great a number of them, fo have they accordingly more place to fit, 

 or lye down => and in the midft of the Chamber, you find a little fquare place, rais'd 

 up fomewhat higher than the Beds of the Pages, whence the Haz-Oda-bachi t their 

 Governour, may obferve all their actions, and fee how they demean themfelves. He 

 has order to give the Grand Seignor notice of it, Rewards being the confèquences of 



