Veil. ill. Mifcelldne/t Curiofa. 65 



in a certahl I^roceffion C'srep^Ai/^/O at which he 

 was prefenf, they Sang to the Emperor Ni-- 

 cefhorm TrbKhi Uy) that is, many Years, (which 

 Codinm^ who lived juft about the taking oi 

 Conftami'riofle^ by the Turh^ exprefTes 4^^" 

 htiv "TToKvx&viov ox by 'ji'TTQKvyjgvii^eiv and the 

 wilh or falute hy'TraKvxejvtai/.ct) and at Dinner 

 the Greeks then prefent wifh'd with a loud 

 Voice to the Emperor and Eardas^ Vt Deus 

 annos mvlti-pUcet^ as he Tranflates the Greek. 



The Turkijh Coin in it felf is pitiful and iii- 

 confiderable, which I afcribe not only to their 

 want of Bullion, but to their little Skill in 

 matters relating to theMint.Hence it comes to 

 pafs that Zecchinesand Hungarsfor Gold, and 

 Spamjl) Dollars and Zalotts for Silver ftampt 

 in Chriftendom pafs current among them, moffc 

 of the great Payments being made in them^ 

 they not caring either through Ignorance or 

 Sloth to follow the Example of the IndUn or 

 Perftan Emperors, who ufually melt down the 

 Chrifiian Mony imported by the Merchants 

 into their feveral Countries, and give it a 

 new Stamp. The mofl: ufual pieces are the 

 Sheriphi of Gold, fomewhat lefs in value 

 than a Venetian Zecchine, and Afpers ten of 

 which are equal to fix Pence EngUjh^ and fome 

 few three Afper Pieces. A Mangur is an ug- 

 ly old Copper Piece, eight of which make 

 but one Afper, and is not I think a Turkijh 

 Coin, but rather Greek. They have no Arms 

 upon their Coin, only Letters embofled oix 

 both fides, containing the Emperor's Name, 

 or fome fliort Sentence out of the Alcoran. 



Tht Turks look upon Earthquakes as Omi- 

 nous^ as the vulgar do upon Eclipfes, not 



