4<5 MifcelUneA Curiofa. VoL ItL 



ble Stone, hvonght^ 3.st\\t TurkszndChrifiians 

 \ relate, from Palefl-we^ on which they Fable, 

 that the blefTed Virginufed to walii the linnen 

 of our Saviour. 



I obferved but one ftep from the Body of 

 the Church to the Bema or place where the 

 Altar formerly ftood. 



The great Mofch at Ch^fim'^baffa on Pera 

 fide to the Wefl:,was formerly a Church dedi- 

 cated to St Theodojia. 



Gianghir^ a Mofch fo called, upon a hilt at 

 Fond ache near Tophana. 



In Confiantinofle there are feveral narrow 

 ftreets of Trade, clofed up with fheds and 

 pent-houfes, which I fuppofe were in ufe be- 

 fore the Greeks loft their Empire, and are the 

 fame with the cn^-^-'^rA^o'i yy <ppcL)tjoi cfpoyM in Chry- 



faloras his Epiftle. But befides 

 m Pag- 119. thefe places, feveral Trades have 



their diftant quarters* The 

 ftreets are raifed for the moft part on each 

 lide for the greater convenience. 



Not far from Suleimania is the houfe of the 

 Aga or General of the Jamz^ariesy which fo 

 often changes its Mafters. 



Pompey'^s pillar, as the Franh erroneoufly call 

 it, is of the Corinthian order J curioully wrought, 

 about eighteen foot in height and three in 

 Diameter. 



Bejlnl^ajh^ a Village within three or four 

 iDiles of Confiantinople towards the Bofphorui^ 

 where lies buried the famous Pyrate Ariadin^ 

 whom the Chriftian Writers call Barharcjfa^ 

 who built here a handfome Mofch, having 

 two rows of Pillars at the entrance. The 

 Captain Bajfa ufaally, before he puts to Sea 



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