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he himfelf would be voucher for him to the fultan* 

 And accordingly he remained in Cairo. 



The kapudan pafha then took in cuftody the kiaja of 

 Amurath bey, the kiafif who came with the two hof- 

 tages as negociator of the peace, another kialif of Ibra- 

 him bey the great, a fon of a kiaia of Ibrahim bey, 

 whom however he prefently fet free by the interpofi- 

 tion of a prefent of fome thoufand patafhes, on ac- 

 count whereof it is highly probable that he had been 

 put in prifon. 



At length, on the 8th. the kapudan pafha began his 

 journey ; with the reputation, that, if fultan Selim had 

 not been in a condition to make himfelf mafter of the 

 city of Cairo, he alone was able to perform that enter ~ 

 prife. 



Thus much, however, is true, that he left Cairo 

 with a fum of ten millions of patafhes, after having 

 facrificed above 30,000 men and laid all yEgypt vvafte, 

 Cairo he left in the hands of two rapacious tyrants ; 

 namely, the pafha of the fortrefs, and the ficcabeletti 

 Ibrahim bey, who immediately began to extort large 

 fums of money from the merchants in a collective ca- 

 pacity, that they might complete their plunderings as 

 fpeedily as poflible ; knowing that the fugitive beys 

 would not omit to come, and quickly put a ftop to 

 their proceedings : as it really happened. 



It will be imagined that the fum of ten millions is- 

 exaggerated, and be pronounced impoffible, that fo 

 much treafure could be amaffed in fo fhort a fpace of 

 time. But it muft be confidered, that the plundering^ 

 and extortions larred 16 months ; a period more than 

 fuffkient to this purpofe ; that iEgypt is one of the 



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