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Part I, 
Bnrfa. 
The Hegyra, 
726. 
Mount OJjm 
pus. 
Water at 
Burfa. 
Hot waters 
at Eurfa. 
of the Clock came to »W<j»r^^«^ ; I made no flay there, and indeed, it did not 
^feem to deferve it, but took Horfes to go to Burfa, about eighteen Miles from 
Momagna. I arrived at Bnrfa the fame day, about Four or Five a Clock in the 
Evening, and lodged in a Han, where I had taken a Chamber. 
Biirfa^ called by the Antients Prufea, the Metropolitan City and Seat of the 
Ancient Kings of Bitkynia^ was the firft Capital of the Turkifh Empire, .ha- 
ving been taken by Orcan, the Son of Ofman^ the firit Saltan^ during the Rei?n 
of his Father, in the Year of the Hegyra-, 726. which was the Year of our 
Lord, Ï325. it was afterwards taken from the Turks by Tamerlan, having 
totally Routed their Emperour Bajaz^et^ whom he made Prifoner. This Town 
Hands towards Mount Olympus^ which is but about Ten Miles diftant. It has 
a pleafant Scituation, and fo great plenty of xrefh Water, that the Inhabitants 
bring it into all the Houfes and //<««.f, where it is conveyed in Pipes bigger 
Plenty of fair then ones Leg, into the Houfes of Office, and fo wafhes away all the filth, and 
fupplies them with clean Water, without any neceffity of carrying Pots of 
Water into thefe places for the Ablution -, for there they have Fountains on 
purpofe. Beiîdes thefe, there are other Waters that run through the Town, 
which are fo hot, that they eafily boyl Eggs. They have made lèverai, fair 
Bngrnps in the place where this Water runs, which ferves for the Cure of many 
Diltempers, fo that People come to Bath there above an Hundred Miles off. 
I went thither out of Cnriofity, and cntred into a very lovely Bagnio, all 
adorned with Marble, and in flead of the innermoft Room where they Swear, 
there was a very large Bafon, above Nine Foot deep, full of hot and cold 
Waters mingled together ^ all that pleafe may Bath therein, and fome take 
their pleafure in Swiming there. There are Steps to go down into it on all 
lîdes, where one may be as deep as he pleafes. They bring into it two thirds 
of cold Water, and nevcrthelefs it is ftill fo hot, that I was fcalded when 
firft I went into it, though the hot Water run through the Fields in an open 
Rivulet. There are many fair Buildings in this Town, and they reckon above 
Two hundred lovely Mofques in it ^ and among others they fliew"'d me the 
Mofque of the Dervjfies, and in a little Chappel at the back of it, I faw a 
Tornb, which rbev aflured me was the Tomb of the Mufti, whom the Grand 
Signior had caufed lately to be Strangled in that Town. There are a great many 
Buns in it alfo, all very Magnificent, and conftantly Inhabited, becaufe this 
Town is a common palTage for Caravans from feveral places. But one muft 
not forget to fee the Sepulchres of the firft Turkifh Emperours, and of their 
Sdtanas, in fo many little Chappcls built Dome-wife, among which is the 
Monument of a French Sultana ('as they fay j but feeing they call all the Euro- 
peans Franks, they many times confound the French with the reft of Franks. 
They believe fhe was a molt beautiful French Princefs, that having been taken 
St Sea was prefented to the Grand Signior, who was fo much in love with her, 
that he allowed her the Exercife of her Religion, and yet lay with her though 
fhe was a Chriftian ^ for fhe never forfook her Faith, but lived and died in 
the fame Religion fhe had been bred up in. After htr death, the Chriftians 
of the Country beg?sd her Body, that they might Bury her after their Way, 
and even offered Money to have that liberty, but it was refufed them, and fhe 
was Buried like the other Sultanas. Her Tomb is in a little Chappel, arched 
and enclofed with Walls, and one may fee into it through Windows with 
Grates. I could earneftly have wifhed the Door had been open that I might 
have gone in, and read a Paper I faw faftned to the end of her Tomb, which 
without doubt was her Epitaph, for I obferved in the Tombs of the other Sul- 
tanas, that their Epitaph was cut in the Stone, which was not fo on this j but 
I had not that fatisfadion. This Town is above half a French League in 
length, and not Walled in all places: Upon a little Hill in the middle of it, 
there is a Caftle, which is almoftas big as the reft of the Town, it is Wal- 
led round, and no Chriftian permitted to live in it. This Caftle is very 
ftrong, and hath a Baftion that commands the Town, which feems to be Im- 
pregnable, yet the Water that runs into it may be cut off as it paffes through 
the Town. The Chriftians heretofore loft it fo ; for the Turks having Befieged 
it ( then held out by the Chriftians) and perceiving that there was noway 
to take it by Force, bethought themfelves of cutting off the Water, for 
want 
A French 
Sulma. 
The length 
of Burj'a. 
The Caftle 
of Bttr[it. 
