Part 1. 7 ravels into the Lev ant. 
already faid) many do drink, and are very often drunk, though if by mif- 
chance Wine IhouW be fhed upon their cloaths, the greateft Drunkard that 
is, endeavours to get out the ftain -, and the more Scrupulous t^iink, they 
cannot longer wear them without fin. 
CHAP. XL. 
Of the Minijlers of the Turl^^h Larp, 
As all Religions have their Priefts or Miniflers, to refolve the Doubts that Tarkifh Mi- 
may arife about their Belief, and celebrate Divine Office, fo have the "^'^^''.s. 
Turks their Ecclefiafticks, who are knowing Men, and continually ftudy the 
Alcoran. The chief of their Ecclefiafticks, isthe Mnfti^ for whom they have 
as much refpedt, zs the Romans have for the Pope ; he is not Eledted by an Af- 
fembly of their Ecclefiafticks, but the G"rW 5^^wor prefers whom he pleafes, 
who is always a knowing Man in their way, and much verfed in the Alcoran ; 
fot it is he who is confulted about matters of Confcicnce, and he gives his De- 
cifions in little Writs, which are called Fc?«<«. This ^l^/^/r* is Married as the 
reft of the Turks are. They have a great veneration for the Mnfti^ and when 
he goes to fee the Prince, fo foon as the C7r^«<^Si!^««or perceives him, herifes 
up, advances fome fteps, and falutes him very refpedfully. They hold, 
that it is not lawful by their Law to put a Mufti to death , and neverthelefs A Mufti 
Shltan Amurat (who knew mo other Law, but his own Willj having a mind "^'^ 
to put one to death, fent^r him, and asked him who had made him yl//^//? ; (^^3^^"'^ 
he anfwered, That his Majeftyhad done it: Then reiplkd Sultan Amurat) if 
I made thee Mufti, I may very well unmake thee j and caufed him to be 
Itrangled. Sultan Mahomet, at prefent, who (in my opinion) traces pretty 
well his Uncles foot-fteps, put do death one called Hodgiaz.a Efentii^ whilft I A Mufti 
was at Confiantinople ; they feized him at his houfe, and having put him into ^'"^"S'^^' 
a Caiijue or Boat, carried him to Burfa, and it was fome time before they knew 
at Confiantinople whether or not he was put to death j fome faid , that he 
was ftrangled about the Ifles that are before Confiamimple, and then thrown 
into the Sea ; others, that he was Hill alive at Burfa, where I was informed he 
had been ftrangled, and buried in the Convent of the Dtrvifhes : It is to be 
obferved, that they ftrangled him rather than cut off his head, becaufe 
it would have been a great fin to fhed his blood ; and befides, Perfons of Qua- 
lity who deferve death, are commonly ftrangled among them. Hewasaccu- 
fed, for what I could learn, of having contrived the Death of the Grand Signior, 
and the fetting his Brother upon the Throne. He was a very riged Man, as I 
underftood at a Vifite which the French AmbafTadour (whom I had the honour 
to accompany) made to him. He was a great Enemy of all Chriftians, and 
had refolved to leave the Greeks but one Church in each Town. There is only 
one Mufti, whofe ordinary Refidence is 2.1 Con ft antinof le ; and becaufe he can- 
not difpatch all the affairs of Confcience in the Empire (which is of a vaft ex- 
tent, and many whereof require expedition) the Cadilefquers perform the Office cadikfquers» 
q{ Mufti out 0Ï Confiantinople, every one in their feveralJurifdicHiions, for they 
ftudy the Canon afwel as Civil Law- For want of Cadtlefcjuers, they have 
recourfe to the Moulla, who is the chief of the Cadis^ and feeing there are places Mmiia. 
where there is neither Cadilefquers nor Moulla, but only a Cady, this Cadv dif- udy. 
charges the Office of all, and is Judge in all matters. As for thofe who do Duty 
in the Mofquss, they are called Damfchmend, who are they whom the Franks call 
Talifmans, and their Chief is called Imam, who is as the Parfon of the Parifh,rd///»7^«^. 
and reads Prayers aloud in the Mo [que s , attheufual hours. They who go up^'"'^™^- 
to the top of the Minarets to call the people to Prayer, are nzmed Mue z-insMue^in s . 
There are alfo Hodgias, who are old Men of integrity, very knowing in the mlgm. 
Alcoran^ 
