yo 
Travels into the L e v a n t- 
Part I. 
Head-attIre 
of th&^mi 
\Arie5. 
againft them, upon pain of death ; fo that they feem to be Tacred ; and really I 
know no Order of Militia in the World, that is fo much refpeded -, for Jove- 
nor money cannot fave the life of a Man that hath beaten a Jamz.ary. Seeing 
they can beat any man, upon ajuft ground and no body dare touch them, Am- 
bailadours and Confuls entertain fome of them , to march before them ; and 
when a Fra-ûh would go into the City or Countrey, without fear of being 
abufed, he takes one of the AmbafFadour's Jamz^aries with him j or the firft he 
finds, who for fome Afpres to be pay'd him at his return, goes before with a 
Cudgel in his hand, wherewith he foundly drubs thofe that offer but to call a 
crofs look attheFr<3»^. The Habit oïthtJaniz.aries differs not from that of other 
Turks, but they have another kind of Head-attire \ for on their head they 
wear a Cap hanging down behind, and fhaped like the Sleeve of a Cafaque ; in 
one end of which they put their head, and the other hangs down their back, 
like a large Livery-hood ; on the forehead they have a Cone half a foot long, 
fallened to this Cap, which is of Silver gilt, and fet with counterfeit Stones. 
Zerco/^, a Cap yhig Cap is called ZercoU^ and is their Cap of Ceremony ; but commonly they 
for the^^j?//^ ^^^'^ ^ woollen Cap, wreathed about with a Turban, in a manner peculiar to 
01 e^âni- |.]^çj^fgjygg^ Their Pay is two, three, four, five or fix Afpres a day, fome 
more and fome lefs j and befides their Pay, they have a Piece of Cloth yearly. 
Every new Grand Signior adds an Afpre to their Pay. The Janizaries of the 
a..^ Port,who (as I faid before) are twelve thoufand in number, live in two Inns or 
rz>i Lodgings. Colleges containing an hundred and threefcore Chambers, and they are 
thirty, forty, or fifty in a Chamber j thofe who would lodge elfewhere, may, 
but they areftillof fuch a Chamber ^ fo that they are divided into Chambers, 
which they call Oda^ and every Chamber hath three Officers, an Oda Ba^ia^ 
that is to fay, Chief of the Chamber, a Chorhagi^ who is a Captain, and a 
Vikil Hardgc^ Vv/hich is to fay, the Steward. The Chorbagis wear a Cap of fine 
Stuff, with fair large plumes of Feathers, placed in form of a Crefl-, jufl like 
thtSolaques over this is the A'^^y.j Bcy^ or Lieutenant General of the Jani- 
The Jani^X' 
ries Pay. 
Tlie Jjni^d- 
Oil. 
Chorbagi, 
Vikil Hardge. 
Ki'tyi Bey, 
Lieutenant 
General of 
the jMi\.iries. 
Tlie Ago. of 
of the Foot. 
The way of 
punifhing a 
Janizary. 
A^npes. 
Dgehegis^ 
Topdgis. 
CbtMUX. 
.ariesj and Over him the j^ga of the Janiz.arjesy who is General of the whole 
Body, and is a MMtefcraca -, but he has no power to punifh any one in his 
Lodging i only when Jultice is demanded againft a yaniz.ary , he enquires 
jdnizaries , is what Chamber he belongs to ; then fends lor his Oda Bajlia^into whofe hands he 
the General delivers him, and he carries him to his Chamber, where he caufes him to be 
punifned in the Night-time ; for Soldiers can neither be beaten nor put to death 
in publick: If he hath not deferved death, he has blows on his feet ; and if he 
be guilty of death, he is llrangled, then put into a Sack, and thrown into the 
Sea: AH Soldiers are ferved in this manner. There are alfo the ^2:<«/)f/, who 
are as it were the old Troops, and are, indeed,, Pioniers j they were infdtu- 
ted before the Janiz,aries-, though they be inferiour to them. There are many 
more Foot-Soldiers, as the Dgebegis or Cuirafiers, Topdgis or Gunners, and 
others -, but having fpoken of the chief, I fh-ill now proceed to the Horfe -, and 
firit to the ChiaoHx-, who are much like the Exempts des gardes in France ; their 
Office is very honourable, for they execute mofi; part of the Grand Stgnior'*s 
Comraands,and of his Baflias^^wà are fent on Embaffiesto Foreign Princes ; they 
wear Caps above a foot in diameter, and yet they are not round, but long 
and flat above. This kind of Cap, is the Cap of Ceremony of thofe of greateft 
Quality, and of the Grand Signior himfelf, and his Bajhas their Chief is 
called ChiaoHx BaJJja. The Mnteferacas are all Perfons of Quality, and are lb 
many Dead payes^ for they are not obliged to go to the Wars, if the Grand 
Signior is the Signior do not go in perfon ; he is the Chief of i\\t^Hteferacas ; and he that 
Mmfemx^ lia^ the Government of a Place, muft be a Mnteferaca. Befides all thefe, there 
spihis. arethe 5p^fcj, who are ordinary Troopers, or Light Horfemen -, but there are 
The Pay of two forts of them, for fome receive their Pay every two months, afwel as the 
the spxhis. other Soldiers; and that Pay is fifteen, twenty, or forty Afpres, fome more 
and fome lefs : They are divided into fix Regiments, and have each Standards 
of different Colours, and a Commander, whom they call Buluk^Agafi: The 
others inftead of Pay, have a Tt mar, vjhich is as it were a Commander ie j for it is 
a Penfion or yearly Revenue afljgned to them upon conquered Territories, ancj 
Ti-mr spxhi, thefe Men are called Timar Spaht, that is to fay, the Spahis oïTimar. They are 
very numerous, and obey the Sangiac Bey of the Quarter where their Timar is> 
ÇSangiac 
Muteferaas 
,jr;:.e Grand 
Siihik Agafi- 
Timjr. 
