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délier s there, who all have fair Churches.. In thcCountrey alfo, there are 
feveral Roman Catholick Churches, belonging either to the Bifhop, or to thefe 
Religious. There are a great many alfo belonging to the Greeks^ fcattered up 
and down, infomuch that in the whole Ifland, there are abov.e thirty Lattn 
Churches, and more than five hundred G-/eek^: They are all very wellferved, 
and Divine Service is performed there with all the Ceremonies, as if it were in 
Great free- the heart of Chriftendome, for the Turks molefl them not j fo that all have 
Vv^Znlnctio ^'^^ exercife of their Pveligion : Nay, the ProfelTion of it is pubiick, and on 
)(,ion in 10. ^^^^^^ chrtfii day the Holy Sacrament is carried about the ftreets under a Cano- 
py, without any fear, or indignity offered even by the Turks. This Town 
and whole Ifland is governed by Chriftians, but under the Authority of the 
Turks, who give them free liberty to adt in matters of fmall Importance. They 
chufe Confuls one half Greeks-, and one half Latins, who ^during the time of 
their continuance) take the care of all Affairs. When any man is found kill'd, 
Turk or Crhiftiaa, the Author of the Murther is fought out ; and if he be not 
The price of found, the whole Town pays the price of the dead man's blood, at the rate of 
man kiira at^^'^^^^ thoufand Afpres, or a hundred and fifty Piaftres, and the Confuls of 
ciig^ the Town alTefs every houfe for its proportion ^ fo that the Tax exceeds not 
fifteen or fîxtcen Afpres a houfe, one with another : And when the Murtherer is 
apprehended, his Blood pays for the other's that is kilPd ; for if Juftice be 
executed, there is nothing to be paid. When Money is paid in that nature, 
tlie Cady and other Turkilh Officers make the profit of it, keeping it to them- 
felves. 
The Town oïChio (as I faidj is but fmall, and yet hath eight Gates. It is 
TheCaftleof not ftrong at all, but it hath a pretty good Caftlethat defends it, and cora- 
^^''"^ mandsitalfo. The Turks live there, and commonly there are eight hundred 
Men in it. No Chrifl:ian may lodge there, but the Jews for a certain fumm of 
Money, which they pay yearly, live there i for they would not befo fafe, nor 
fo well accommodated among the Chriftians, who would often abufe them. 
, This Caftle is a mile in circumference, and you muft pafs three Gates before you 
enter it; overthe third are flill to be feen, the Caftle with three Towers, 
The Arms of and the Eagle of ftone in relief, which are the Arms of the Jufiimani G emefe 
the 5F"yJ/n/^w Lords, to whom heretofore that I lie belonged, with the Title of a Principa- 
at chip. jij-y. Having palVd this lafl Gate, you fee a very fair Houfe in the Caftle, 
with the fame Arms, which are upon feveral other Houfes befîdes. This is a 
very lovely Caftle and well built ^ all the Houfes in it were built when the 
Chriftians were Mafters thereof j and, indeed, they are very high, and of fine 
Free-ftone, adorned with many Coats of Arms, and well cut Figures ; among 
others, there is one over the Gate, reprefenting in bas relief our Saviour's 
riding into Jerufalemu'pQnthe Ais, and is very well cut. All the Streets are 
ftreight and broad, and I faw one where two Coaches might eafily go a breaft. 
This Caftle abfolutely commands the Port, which is little, and lyes juft before 
it i yet there are always a great many Saiques there, going or coming from Cow- 
(I antinomie, Metelin, and Other places of the Archipelago and (^gypt. The Gal- 
leys of the Beys commonly Winter there. A little without the Harbour, and 
about a Piftol-fhot from the Mole, there is a fmall Church in the Sea, called 
St. Nicholas, which ferves for a Light-houfe and Signal, afvvel by day as by 
night, for Veffels that would put into the Harbour, becaufe the entry into it is 
pretty narrow, there being great Rocks on the fide of italmoft, to the height 
of the water. 
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