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Night till next Morning, that they might Confult what was belt to be' done, 
and how to put an end to their Bufinefs. 
Sunday thefixth of March^ about break of day, they made a Lift of thofe The Lift of 
that they would have delivered up to them : The firft was the K:^lar j4g4, the fjiofe whofe 
fécond the Cap Jjiafi, or Keeper of the Pages, the third Bild Jga Hodgia gedkioufde^ 
of , the Grand Si^^mor^ the fourth Mienfahab Hifonf Aga^ the fifth Ctagmi Ibra- ^^jn^^ 
him Jga, chief Eunuch to the Queen- Mother of the Grand Sigmor ^ tho. HoigixVrs^ 
lîxth the Jamz,ary Aga^ who before had been Grand Emir Abhor ^ orMafter ceptor. 
of the Horfe to the Grand Signiorj the feventh the Kiaya Bey-f or Lieutenant 
General of all the Janiz.aries, the eighth the G hummck Emin, or Mafter of the ^^^-^^^ 
Cuftoms, called AJfan Aga, the ninth Sale Efendi Terfljani Emini^ or great Ma- Terjlmm 
fter of the Arftnal^ the tenth Chaban Kalfa^ the eleventh Mulhhi Kadun^ the Emm 
Wife of Chaban Kalfa, the twelfth Jbro Haanadar, or the Treafurer of the l^^indor. 
Kz^lar Aga^ the thirteenth Deli Bnlhaz.er Hamet Aga, the fourteenth the Chia- 
cHx Bapa, the fifteenth Karaptallah -j and many others to the number of fixty. 
Nay, I was told, that the Mother of the GrandStgmor, was put in among the 
reft, but that for Money her name was dafhed out. 
The Roll being finiflied, all with one confent parted from the Emeidan, 
which is a place where Meat is fold, and went to the Atmetdan, finding that 
there was a neceflity of ufing Force, fince otherwife they were not like to 
have any Satisfadion. They come to the Aimeidan about Ten a Clock in the The Muti- 
morning,and prefcntly cried thrice Allah.Thç, Grand Stgnior hearing fuch a noife, ^^^^"^^ J^X '^'"i'' 
was ftrangely Aftonifned, and not knowing the meaning of it, asked the Kz,lar ^g^^ ^^^^ 
Agafi what the matter was ^ who anfwered him. That they would have his heard by the 
own Head, his Mothers, and the Heads of his moft faithful Servants. T\{\% Cuni signior, 
ftruck him into aftrangeDump, wherefore he prefently fcnt an Atcherif un- 
der his Hand, to know what was the intention of his People, who feemed to 
rife againft him, acquainting them, that if they had any thing to demand of 
him, theyfhould come under the Alai Kienskj, which is a Pavillion of the Ser- Alai Kieush 
raglio before Santa Sophia, and he would give them all manner of fatisfadion. 
In the mean while Karaptullah came to them on Horfe-back, and having asked KaniptuUab 
them who was their Chief, gave them fome threatning words, but was pre- ^H^^^^î^ 
lently knocked on the Head. Then all the Aflèmbly crying Allah, went to the ' 
Kienskz little after Twelve of the Clock with fo much crouding, that there 
was a Dgebedgiler Chorbagi ftifled in the Croud j and a Jew having prefi: in A few catch'd. 
amongthethickeft of them, to Plunder perhaps ( if it come to that j and be- • ^^j^^''^"'; 
ing known to be a Jew, with much adoe faved his Life by turning Turk. So pears on the 
foon as they were come under the Kieush-, the Boftangt Bafia fpoke to them Kieusk. 
through a Lettice Window ; but all faying that they would fpeak to the 
Grand Signior, he appeared fitting on a Taht, or Throne, his Mother being 
clofe by him behind a Curtain, and near him the Meifti, the Cadilefquers and 
feven Vtfiers ; and on his left hand the Caymacan Zornefan Mnfiapha, Bafija, and 
the Boftangt Ea^m, before him. Thofe who were deputed to fpeak to the The Grand 
Grand Signior advancing, the Grand Signior asked them why they had gathered que'= 
toget her, and what they defired? They made anfwer. That they intended no Mutineers!^ 
hu: i to him, that on the contrary they wiflied him all Happinefs -, that three The anfwer 
days ago they had met together, to give him to underftand, that it was not of the De- 
he that was King, but the Eunuchs j that AJïa and Enrope were Ruined, that P^'ies. 
neither Janiz-ary nor Spahi could keep their Houfes, becaufe of the publick 
Robbers that were in the Provinces. The Grand S^^wor having heard that, 
replied, Have a little patience, and tell me plainly what it is you would 
have. They prefently pulled out their Lift and read it to the Grand Signior, 
-which ftunned him, not knowing what to anfwer ; however he told them, 
that he muft enquire of the Mufti, if liich a thing had ever been done. The 
MnfiiMd, It wa*; 2 thing unheard of, and ought not to be made a Prefident. 
Which they hearirig,cried out, with one voice. That they would have another 
Jl^nfti, thisMsn being for the Eunuchs, and not for the Grand Signior . Im- 
mediately the GrandSignior made him Manfod, naming in his place Kodgia- The Mufti 
z.ade, and then faid to them : My Subjects, demand what you pleafe, and if JP^''^ ^'^'^^ 
you would have me, I'll deliver my felf unto you ; read your Lift again, 
that I may hear who they are you demand : Which being done, he was more 
^ ^ amazed 
