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tinople^ to make their Complaints to the Janissary Agaft^ who fent them to the 
KhtyxBey. Kiaya Bey^ who is Liuetenant General of all the Foot : They went then to the 
Kiaya Bey^ and having reprefented to him how long they had ferved, and 
what Pay and Cloth was in Arrear to them ; complained alfo, that more than 
one half of them were ftrucken out of the Mufter-Roll. The anfwer the 
Kiaya Bey gave them, was, Rafcals, withdraw and be gone, elfe I'll caufe you 
all to be. Strangled, and thrown into the Sea ; you keep foaking in Taverns, 
and come and make fuch Complaints to me : You are a pack of Rogues , 
that break open and rob poor Peoples Houfes in the Night-time. Away, I 
fay, elfe I'll make you fmart for it. The poor Men extreamly furprifed at 
this difcourfe, and not knowing what to do, went Jlreight to the Atmeidan ; 
Vi?here they met with feveral D^ebed^is and Topgis^ who were likewife difcon- 
tented, that their Pay was kept from them ; fo that there were about four 
Hundred got together ; but they aded nothing till Friday, when Janiz^aries^ 
Spahisj Tofgisarid Dgekdj^isj all together, to the number of above five Thou- 
fand, aiTcnibled at the Âtmeidan, in the Afternoon ^ and there took an Oath, 
that they would be revenged of the wrong that was done them. Saturday, the 
Fifth 0Î Aiarchy there were above ten Thoufand got together in the fame place, 
among whom their was a Spahi, named Gelep Jfan A^a, who had but fix Afpres 
Pay J but was a Man of \A^it, fpoke well, and was fo cunning, that he got 
Pngomin. him felf made Chief of the Aflembly ^ and prcfently zhcr Ehamln Mahomet Aga 
GeJtpApn A. and Ef7den Zade Mahomet ^^^,S/)^?k.f, declared them.felves to be of the Party, who 
go. is made altogether refolved to oblige the Grand Signior to give an Ayac Divan, or Pub- 
Sedltious'^'^^ lick Audience. The 7vz./^r -r^^^/, or Keeper of the G"?-.???*;^ S/^mVs Women, 
jyac Div'itn. ^^d the reft of the Eunuchs of the Serraglio, having intelligence of this Riot, 
Kxhr A'Mj'i. deputed the Nadn Efchrcf, Chief of the Emirs, to know of thefe Men what 
Na\in Éfiref. their Defign was. This Man having fpoken to them, they gave him their 
Reafons in Writing, to be prefented to the6'r^«<:^ Signior. Whereupon he 
returned to the Scrraglio, with a defign to according to their intention ; 
but the Kz.lar Agafi, who would by no means have that come to the ears of 
the Grand Signior, faid to him. What -would you do ? thou art Marifoid, and fo 
turned him out.' After that, he fent theiV/f/),^??^^ Ba^ut to pray the Seditious 
that they would declare their Defign; bid them difperfe, and afTure the 
^:,f2riej that they fhould have their Cloth and Pay : But hardly had they heard 
this, when they began to throw flones at him, snd would have cut him in 
pieces, faying, That they very well knew, he was not come from the Grand 
Sigmor, but from the Arabs, to wit , the Eunuchs: However Gelep AJfan 
hindred them from killing him, and they were content to detain him. The 
Kx^lar Aga being informed that they detained the Nichangi Bapa, fent again 
Ahcherif. Taoukgi Mtfiapha Bajlia with an Ahtcherif, or Letter, under Signet, faying. 
That it was the Grand Signior's-, wherein he prayed God, that the Bread and 
Salt which they had eaten in his Service, might do them good, befeeching them 
to withdraw ; that to give them fatisfaélion, he had turned out of Place thofe 
who had done them wrong, as the yaniz.ary Aga and Kiaya Bey ; then all cried 
with one voice, that that was not enough, that they vv-ould have them put to 
death alfo, and that befides, they would have the Grand Signior to hold an Ayac 
Divan, or elfe he fhould repent it ; becaufe they would know who were the 
Robbers that ftole away all the Grand Signior s Money, and why there were 
fo many, counterfeit Afpres among their Pay, which is the common pretext of 
their Seditions. In fliort, that feeing he was their King, they would fee him, 
and declare their Reafons to hirafelf in Perfon, and in conclufion apprehended 
this Manas they had done the other. The fame day after the Q^indy, the fix 
BidnliAgalar, with the Kiaya Bey, who was newly prom.oted to that Office, 
accompanied with all the Tchorbagis, Odabachis and Odgiak Agalar^ being come 
The way of into the publick place, caufed an Alcoran, a Sword, Bread and Salt, to be 
Swearing u- brought out in prefence of all the Aflembly, and took an Oath, That where one 
Hair of the Janiz^aries Heads fhould fall , there all their Heads fliould go 
alfo ; and then the Janiz.artcs fwore the fame Union with the Spahts. The 
Oath being taken, and Prayers faid, the Kodgia Htfoiif Bajlm, with Niehangi 
Bajlia, Gelep AJfan Aga, Enden Xade Mahomet Aga, the Tornadgi Bafha, the fix 
Bul/ik^ Agalar, and the fix Kiayas of the Spahis, were detained in the Oda<s all 
Night 
