Part I. 
Travels into, the Lev ant. 
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fay) it was raifed by Pomfey in memory of his Victory, after that he had 
overcome Mithridates. Clofe by this Rock, and round it, there are feveral 
others fcattered here and there in the Water, which many take to be the 
Cy^wf^w Ifles, ot Symi^legades. On the main Land of £«rope fide, over againft 
the Rock of Pompefs Pillar, there is a Village on the Water- fide with a Tower, 
on the top whereof there is a Light, for the convenience of Veifels, that by 
miftake they may not run foul of the Rocks and be call away ; for that's a very 
dangerous Sea, and many Ihipwrecks are made in it every year j fo that the 
Greeks call \t Maurothalajfa^ that is to fay, the Black Sea; not becaufethe Wa- 'M<ej;w^.2/<?j7i. 
ters of it are black,but becaufe Storms and Tempelts rife on it fo fuddenly, that 
they caufe many lofles ; and though the Weather be never fo fair, yet Vef- 
fels are often furprifed there in a moment ; for befides that, this Sea is not 
very broad, there are feveral Currents in itcaufed by the-D^w^^f, Borifihenes^ 
Tanaisy and many other fmaller Rivers that difcharge their Waters into it, 
which occafion fo many Eddies, that many times Veffels are carried upon the 
Rocks , and there perifh. The Antients called this Sea PontHs Enxtnus , a 
Name that hath been changed and foft'ned from that of Jxims^ which in 
Latin fignifies Inhofptabilis^ one that ufes his Guefts unkindly j as in Italy, the 
the City which was fince called Mdventum-) was named BeneventHm. If you go 
a-fliore on the fide of Europe, you'll fee a very fine Countrey, full of Gardens, 
and good Failure Ground ; and in this Countrey there are feveral Villages 
inhabited by Greeks : A little further up in the Countrey, on the fame fidCj 
there are very lovely Aqueduds, that carry water to Con^lantinople. 
Manners, 
I Have given but a fliort account of all the places of Conftantinople that I have 
feen, becaufe many others have treated largely of them : I fliall now fay i 
lomething of the Shape, Strength, Cloathing, Cuftoms and Manners of the 
Turks ; according to what I could obferve and learn. The Turks are com- The Shape of 
nionly well fhaped, having a well proportioned body, and are free from many the Turks, 
defeds which are more common in other Countries of Enrofe ^ for you fee nei- 
ther Crooked nor Criples amongft them, and it is not without reafon, that it 
is faid. As ftrong as a Turk ; they being for the moft part robuft and ftrong. 
Their Habit is fit to make them feem proper, and it covers defeds far more The ? Turks 
eafily than the Canons or Pantaloons of France ; next their skin, they wear a Habit advan- 
pair of Drawers, which Ihut alike behind and before ^ their Shirt (which hath *^a§'o"s. 
fleeves like our Womens Smocks, and is flit in the fame manner) comes over 
their Drawers ; they have a Doliman above their Shirt, whicb is like a clofe- Dol'mim. 
bodied CaflTockjthat reaches down to the heels, and hath ftrcight fleeves, ending • 
in a little round flap that covers the back of their hands ; thefe Dolmans are 
made of Stuff", Taffeta, Sattin, or other neat ftriped Stuffs ; and in Winter they 
have them quilted with Cotton -, over the Doliman^ they gird therafelves about 
the fmall of the wafte with a Safli,that may ferve them for a Turban,when it is 
wreathed about the head ^ or with a leathern Belt two or three fingers broad, 
adorned with Gold or Silver Buckles. At their girdle they commonly wear ^ . 
two Daggers, which they call Cangiars, and are properly knives in a fheath -, 
but the handles and Sheaths are garniflied with Gold or Silver, and fometimes 
with Precious- ftones -, or elfe the handles are only of the Tooth of a Fifti, 
which they efteem incomparably more than Ivory, and fell a pound of it 
CHAP. XXII. 
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