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World : Where indeed feems to be a medly 

 of all or moft Nations of three parts of it^ 

 and of all Religions, which are allowed to 

 be publickly profeft and exercifed every 

 where throughout the Empire, except the 

 Perfan. For they look upon it as a corrup- 

 tion of, and deviation from the Rules and 

 Doftrine of Mahomet^ their great falfe^ Pro- 

 phet, and therefore abfolutely forbid it,^ as 

 repugnant to, and deftrudive of the Dodrine 

 of Life and Salvation, as they fpeak. And 

 accordingly they condemn with all imagina- 

 ble fury the Profeffors of it, who pretend to 

 follow as Seftaries and Apoftates, and 

 entertain worfe Opinions of them, than of 

 ChrifHans^ or Jews or Infidels. The Perfiani 

 are not behind-hand with them in their ha- 

 tred and difrefpeft, deriding them as grofs 

 and ftupid, and looking upon them as little 

 lefsthan barbarous^ Intereft and Zeal for 

 their feveral Tenets heightning their differ- 

 ences fo much, that in time of War they de- 

 ftroy one anothers Mofchs. I remember, that 

 there was a great Difcourfe in Confiantinofle 

 among the Turks concerning an impudent- 

 hot-headed Perfim^ who publickly in the new 

 Mofch built by the Mother of the prefent 

 Emperor, aflerted that AH was equal to Ma- 

 homet But it feems he very luckily made his 

 efcape out of their Hands, at which the 

 Priefts and the more zealous Tlwr^^ were very 

 much fcandalized. , 



The Greeks have twenty fix Churches with- 

 in the Walls of the City,befides 6 in Galata^ol 

 which 1 have given an Account elfewhere^* 

 They have alfo two Churches at Scutari^ one 



