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with his Armata of GalUes, vifits the Tomb 

 of this fortunate Robber^who had made fever-* 

 al thoufand Chriftidns Slaves, and makes his 

 Prayers at the neigh bom*ing Church for the 

 good Succefs of his expedition. 



They reckon in the City above a hundred 

 publick Baths, every ftreet almoft affording 

 one. They are efteemed works of great Piety 

 and Charity ; ftiere being a continual ufe of 

 them, not only upon the accompt of Religion, 

 but of Health and Cleanlinefs. For their Dy- 

 et being for the moft part hot fpiced meats ia 

 the Winter, and crude fruits in the Summer^ 

 their Liquor Fountain Water, or Cofiee, to 

 which we may add their lazy kind of Life 

 (for walking is never ufed by them for digeftion-^ 

 or otherwife in the way of diverfion) frequent 

 bathing becomes neceflary. 



There are feveral receptacles of Water un- 

 der Ground, and one particularly under the 

 Church of SanBa Sophia^ as 1 was informed j 

 but I did not think it worth my curiofity to 

 defcend into it. Thefe were of great ufe to 

 the poor Greekj in the laft fatal Siege ^ but the 

 Turks are fo fecure, that they do not think, 

 that they deferve either colt or pains to keep 

 the Waters fvveet, or the cifterns in repair. 

 ^ The AqueduBs^ which anfwer to thofe glo- 

 rious AqtieduBs^ near Pyrgos^ and convey the 

 water to the great ciftern near Sultan Selim^s 

 Mofch, are in that part of Conftantimple^ 

 which lies between the Mofeh of Mahomet the 

 Gtc^t and Shaxade. 



The Turkj began to befiege ConftantinofU 

 on the fifth of -/4j?r//, and took it the twenty 

 ninth oiMayon WhitfunTuefday morning i4$3' 

 or as the Twh reckon ift the year 857* of the 



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