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cuT^ whatThïy'^^nï^ from their Husbands, who are very jealous, and j^^J.'jjf^" 
put fo little confidence in the frailty of that Sex, that they fuffer them not to 
(hew themfelves to Men -, and a Woman that Ihould allow a Man to fee her Face 
or Hands only, would be reckoned Infamous, and receive Bafionadoes on the 
Buttocks - and therefore they fuffer them not to go to the Mofcjites, where The Women 
2hey would only diftrad the Men from their Devotion, nor to Market, nor fj "^^^^ 
yet to enter into their Husbs.nds Shops. They never ihow their wives to y^J^^^ 
their Friends how intimate fo^ver they be j and m fhort, they hardly ever itir gi-oundsawo- 
out of doors, unlefs to the Bath, and thefe alfo, men of Quality have at home ; man may fue 
and thofe of higher Quaiity keep Eunuchs to look to their Wives ; fo that the out a Divorce 
greater Quality the Husbundshave, the lefs liberty have they. The wives have f^^™ ^^'^^^ 
not the priviledge of Divorcing their Husbands,as the husbands have of Divor- 
cing them, unleis he deny them the things which he is obliged to furnilh them ; 
which are Bread, Pilait, Coffee, and Money to go twice a week to the Baa- 
mo i for if he fail in giving them any of thefe things, they may goe before the 
Cady and demand a Divorce, becaufethe Husband is not able to maintain them : 
Then the Cady vilits the Houfe, and finding the Wives complaints to be juir, 
grants her Suit. A Wife may alfo demand divorce if her Husband hath of- 
fered to ufe her contrary to the courfe of Nature ^ then (he goes before the 
Cady, and turns up the fole of her Slipper, without faying a word ; the Cady 
underftanding that Language, fends for the Husband, who if he makes no good 
defence, is Baltanado'd, and his Wife Divorced from him. 
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Of the way of Mourning for the Dead among the Turh^^ 
their mamier of Burying^ and of their Burying-f laces. 
WHen any one Dies in Tnrky, the Neighbours foon have the news of it, for Of the way of 
the Women of the Houfe fall a Howling and crying out fo loud, 'Tiournins for 
that one would think they were in Difpair : all their Friends and Neighbours ^ '^^ ^^^*^* 
having notice of this, come to vilic them, and fall to making the fame rau- 
fick as they do, for thefe vifits are not rendered for Comforting, but for 
Condoling : They all then together v/eeping, and in a mournful and dole- 
ful tone, but ftill as if they were Hnging, fall to rehearfe the praife of the 
Deceafed; as for example, the Wife of him that is dead, will fay. He loved 
me fo well, gave me plenty of every thing I food in need of , CT'c. And then the 
reft fay the fame, making now and then all with one confent, fuch loud cries 
that one would think all were undone -, and this mufick they continue for The Burying 
feverâl hours together : But the belt of all is, that fo foon as the Company is 
all gone, the mourning is over ; and fo foon again as any Woman cometh, 
a new Lamentation begins. This lafts feveral days, and fometimes at the 
years end, they'll begin again. Such as cannot or will not weep, hire Mourn- 
ing Women, who gain a good deal of money thereby. At length, after all 
thefe Lamentations, comes the Ceremony that is to be obferved before the 
Deceafed be put in the Graven and his Relations and Friends having laid him » 
out upon the Ground, wafh his Body, and fhave ofFhis Hair ; for the Turks love 
fo much to have their Bodies neat and clean, that they make even the Dead 
obferve it. Next they burn Incenfe about him, which they fay fcares away 
Evil Spirits and Devils, who otherwife would mufter about the Body ; thea 
they wrap him up in a Sheet, praying God to be merciful unto him, but they 
few not up the fhroud at head and feet, to the end the Deceafed may the more 
eafily kneel, when the Angels that are to examine him, command him to do fo. The colour of 
They put him afterwards into a Coffin or Beer like to ours, which they co- the Palls of 
ver with a Pall, that ought to be red, if he be a Soldier that is Dead ; if it the Dead, 
be 2.Scherif, it ought to be a green Pall, and if neither of the two, a black 
one, and a thwart over it they extend a Turban^ according to the Office he 
I . , bore; 
