lets, which they call Chaimaili^ being little 

 bits of Paper of two or three Fingers breadth, 

 roul'd up in pieces of Silk, containing feve- 

 ral fhort Prayers or Sentences out of the jil- 

 coran^ with feveral Circles with other Fi- 

 gures, they ufually infcribe the Holy and Ve- 

 nerable Name of JESVS^ or the Figure of the 

 Crofs, or the firfl: Words of St. Johnh Gofpel, 

 and the like they hang them about their 

 Necks, or place them under their Arm-pits, or 

 in their Bofom near their Hearts (being the 

 lame with what the Greeks call e^/x-SAw.) and 

 efpecLally when they go to War, as a prefcrva* 

 tive againft the Dangers of it and indeed a* 

 gainfl: any misfortune whatfoever. Some have 

 them fbw'd within their Caps : And I heard 

 of a Turh^ who was fo fuperftitious herein, 

 that he always pluck'd it off, and was unco- 

 verMwhen he had occaiion to make Water. 

 Some are fuch Bigots in their Religion, and 

 fo furious againft the Chriftians, that not 

 only they treat them with all imaginable 

 Scorn and Contempt, but take it ill to be fa- 

 lam'd or faluted by them, as if it were the 

 effedt of Sawcinefs or unbecoming Famili- 

 arity. Their Malice againft the Chriftians 

 makes them e|>vy the rich Furs they line 

 their Vefts with, and it is a trouble to thefe 

 hypocritical Zealots to fee the Franh ride up* 

 on their fine Arabian Horfes. 



The refped which they fttew the Alcoran is 

 wonderful: They dare not open the Leaves 

 of it withunwafhen Hands, according to the 

 Advice or Command written in ArabicKuY^-* 

 on the Cover, Let no one touch this Booh^^ but 

 he that is clean. They kifs it, and bend their 



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