1 o 2 Travels- into the Le v n t. Part L 
their Neighbours, or Singing, and looking on thofe that pafs by : And à 
Stranger who had never feen them before, may without fcandal, ilop and 
talk to her he likes beft i who will entertain him, and Laugh as freely, 
as if ftie had known him for many Years. But to have the greater Di- 
verfion, it is neceflary that one Ihould fmatter a little in the vulgar Greek, , 
for though feveral of them underftand Italian^ yet their ufual Language' 
is the vulgar Greeks, which is for the moft part but the literal Greek cor- 
rupted. A Jefuit of Chio told me, that Pietro Delia Valle^ a Roman Gentle- 
man, who publifhed his Travels, being at Chio, obferved two things there, 
which he wondred to find together , to wit , great Mirth and Slavery : As 
to Slavery, I think they have no more of that but the Name, and certainly 
there is lefs Slavery there, than in any other place of Turkie, As for their 
AnimpertJ- Mirth , I wonder not. at all that it feemed ftrange to that Gentleman, 
nent thought who was of a Country where the Men are fully perfuaded , that a Wo- 
of the /w- fnan who Converfes with a Man, is ready to grant him all that he can de- 
fire of her ; it is alfo true, that at that time they made a great deal Mer- 
rier at Chie, than when I was there ; for feeing in my time, they were very 
apprehenfive of the Venetians zh^x the Battel of the Dardanelles. Four Bajhas 
with their Attendants , were come there , and Lodged all in the Citizens 
Houfes, who were forced to leave theni to the Turks. The fourth of thefe 
Bajhas arrived at Chio, whilft I was there, and feeing the Magiftratesof the 
Town had alTigned him a Qiiarter for himfelf and Men, they whofe Houfes 
were appointed for the Turks, makii>g difficulty to open their Doors, be- 
caufe they were in hopes to get off by delaying, the Turks that were to 
Quarter there broke open their Doors with Hatchets , and all over that 
Quarter where we Lodged, there was nothing to be heard but a horrid noife 
of blows of Hatchets, and the cries of Women who were in the Houfes 
within. Thofe who were lefs obftinate, removed their Goods quickly to the 
Houles of their Friends, becaufe they were obliged to give them no more 
but the bare Walls j but it was a fad fight to fee People forced to leave 
their Houfes to Men that they knew not, without knowing where to go and 
Lodg themfelves ^ and it feemed to me to be a faint reprefentation of à 
Town taken by Storm. The Houfe of our Vice-Conful, was exempted from 
APrefent f^ch Guefts;, by the means of fome good Friends that he had. Next day 
(ent to a Bajha^^^^^ that Bajha arrived, the Confuls of the City fenthimthe ufual Prefent, 
that came to ^^^.^^^ confifted of two Baskets full of Bread, eight white Wax-Tapers of an 
ordinary bignefs, five Sugar-Loaves, three Pots of Honey, three Pots of 
Orange- Water, two Baskets full of Pomegranates, two of Limons, two of 
Water-Melons, two of Mez.ingianes^ or Violet-Naveurs, one of Grapes, one 
of Grafs, half a dozen of Pidgeons, a dozen of Pullets, and three Sheep. 
Next day, his Kiaya-, or Lieutenant, had likewife the ufual Prefent brought 
to him, which was but one half of the abovementioned Provifions. They 
expedted two Ba^ias more within a fhort time, and thefe Bajhas caufcd Peo- 
ple to be often Baftonadoed as they went along the Streets, when they were out 
of Humour ; but for all that, no fooner were they Lodged, but the whole 
Trouble was over. 
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