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over" to the beys, arrived at Cairo with difpatches from 

 them ; he was therefore put m irons. 



The 14th. the kapudan pallia feat a deputy to the 

 beys ; who was received with very particular marks of 

 fionour. Amurath bey prefented him with 1000 

 Venetian zequins ; Ibrahim bey with a pelice that was 

 valued at 5000 piafters, and a horfe completely eapa- 

 rifoned worth 4000 piafters, and others with very am- 

 ple provifion for their journey back. 



The kapudan pallia admonished the beys, in his let- 

 ter, no longer to refill the will of the fultan ; and that 

 they would return to Cairo; he allured them of his pro- 

 tection, and of his- mediation whereby he could pro- 

 rrrife them the pardon of the fultan for all that was palt 5 

 and to procure horfe-tails for each of them, as like- 

 wife polls for the little beys. 



On the 19th. the beys fent him for anfwer, that they 

 had never fallen off from their obedience to the fultan ? 

 that they were ready to give him an account of what- 

 ever he required; tiiat, if he would procure them the 

 favour of being permitted to remain in a part of ^Egypt, 

 they would grant him all he demanded ; and allured 

 Mm in writing, that in conformity with their laws, 

 they Would not be unmindful of their promifes* 



Abdul pallia,: commandant of Caferlain, that lies 

 but about nine miles from Cairo, fent a deputy with a 

 numerous cohort of flaves, to the kapudan pafha, to 

 requeft the favour of being admitted to his prefence. 

 The latter hereupon held a long cpnference with the 

 ambalTador, of which but little ever tranfpired. What 

 did get abroad conlifted in this, that Abdul palha in- 

 freated the kapudan pafha to effect his- reinHatement 



