Part I. 
CHAP. XVI. 
Of the coming down of Mahomet V Vcf^ from- 
the Caflkj and of the fetting out 
of the Emir-Adge. 
ALL the Prefents that are yearly fent by the Grand Stumor to Mecha^^xQ by j^fj-g.^^^}^ 
the Franks called Mahomets Vefl:,they are wrought in the Caftle of Caire-, vcft. 
for Caire fends Ornaments to Mecha, and Money to Medina, and Damafcus 
fends Ornaments to Medina. When the time is come that the Caravan is 
to fet out for Mecha, the Prefents are brought in great pomp from the Caftle 
through the City, to the Houfe of the Emir-Adge. The Captain of the Cara- Emir-Adge. 
van of the Pilgrims of Mecha^ is called Emir-Adge. Now feeing I would 
not let any thing flip that was to be feen, I went to fee that Cavalcade which 
was performed on Saturday., the One and twentieth of Jw/y, i<^S7- inxheCaval- 
this Order. All the Families of the Beys paft, then the Chtaoux, next the cade of the 
Az.apesy then the Janiz^aries, and after them the Beys^ of whom he that was <^9.'"'"M°*? 
the Emir-Adge, had a Caftan, which he had received from the Bajha, as many ^ 
other Officers had, who were to be there. After them came the Jani,z.aries 
of the Divan, who were follo wed by Men carrying four very long pieces of 
Crimfon Velvet, Embroidered all over with Arabick Letters of Gold, as long, 
broad, and thick as ones Finger : Others carried a large and long Door-piece 
of Velvet, Embroidered in the fame manner ; and then came a Camel well 
Harnefled, carrying a great Pavillion, or Tabernacle, of Crimfon-Satin, all 
Embroidered with Gold, and chiefly in fome places, where there were great 
long letters Embroidered in Gold ; it was fhaped like a Bell, with a Gilt Ball 
overtime top, and fourfuch others about it: Then another little fquare Pa- 
villion of far lefs value, carried by a Man ; after that came eight pieces of 
Searge, and a Man with a burden of Ropes. All thefe things v/ere for adorn- 
ing the Kiabe, or Mofque of A<fecha, and were accompanied by many Procef- 
fions with Banners, and all the Santo*s, with fevcral Drums and Timbrels. 
But ftrange was the preiïïng and crowding of the People, to touch all the 
things that were fent in Prefent ; every one ftrove to get near, and thofe 
who were fo happy, touched them mofi; devoutly with the ends of their Fin- 
gers, nay, not fo much as the Ropes that were Confecrated to that holy 
place, but were touched with as much refped and devotion as the reft: ; and 
they, who becaufe of the Crowd could not come near, got up upon fome 
Stone, and undoing their Turban, threw one end of it upon the Relicks, and 
held the other in their Hand to pull it back by ; fo that if they could touch 
them with any thing that they could afterwards kifs , they were fatisfied. 
They have the fame Reverence for thefe things that Catholicks have fof their The refpea 
Relicks , and that only becaufe they are to be prefented to the Kiabe^ "^'^^ 
y • mctsns lor 
for adorning that place which they efteem holy. All thofe things were carri- the Prefents 
ed from the Caftle to the Houfe of the Emir-Adge. Two days after, to wit, that are fent 
Monday the twenty third of July, the Emir-Adge went out of the Town, that to Nlschx.^ 
he might Encamp abroad, and prepare for the Journey to Mccha ; it was much 
the fame as at the other Cavalcades, as for the order of the Families of the 
Beys, the ChiaoHx, and the reft. But there was this more in this lall Caval- six Fidd- 
cade, that after the Families of the Beys, came fix Field-pieces, everyone of l?'^'^^^ '^^'^ 
them drawn by tv/o Horfes ; which the Emir-Adge always carries with him in 
that Expedition. There were befides a great many little Children, fome 
mounted on Camels, fome on Horfes, and all in Caftans prefented to them,i 
thefe were the Sons of the Emir-Adge's Cooks, Grooms, and other Officers. 
The firft of thefe little Boys was the Son of the Smith, who goes to (hooe 
the Horfes, Mules, and AlTes of the Caravan ; and as a Hgnof that, he was 
upon 
