âgé Travels into the hEY ant. Part I. 
ried in their Sleeves; and were all very well Mounted, and not ill Clsd for 
j4rabs. They were in number above Three thoufand, and among them march- 
Cafchsfs. ed the fixteen Cafchep or Bailiffs, who are Subjedls of this Bey, and his Souf- 
The foug of y^pja. After thefe came the Toh^ of the Bey, which is a Horfes Tail at the end 
the Bey. a Pike, and a large fair pair of Colours: Then came above Two thoufand 
Harquebufiers on Horfe- back well clad, carrying all their Harquebufes before 
them, and their Shables by their fides ; and of thefe the laft forty had on Coats 
of Mail, Vambraces, Steel-Caps, Neck-pieces, and in a word, they were all 
Semhin, or j^j jyjgj]^ followed by the Beys foot , who are called Semhin, or Serban. 
er an. Thefe are Men who have no Pay but from him, receiving none from the 
Grand Signior. They were about four hundred in Number, all in good Order, 
every one with a large Mufquet on his Shoulder, well Gilt ; nay, fomc of 
them carried Blunderbuifes as big as little Faulcons, with their Shables by their 
fide: After them came fix led Horfes, as if it had been before the Bafha him- 
felf, then many of the Chiaoux of Caire^ Agas and Janizaries, all with their 
Caps of Ceremony ; then the two Pages of the faid Bey of Gtrge^ and the 
eight of the Bafha, with their Gilt Silver-Cap, and lovely Plumes of Feathers, 
and at length, came the Bey of Girge. He was a Man of good prefence, about 
forty Years of Age \ after him came his Houfehold, to the number of three 
hundred Men, all in good Order. The ten firfl: were cloathed in Green Vel- 
vet, with a large Collar of the fame Stuff, covered over with Plates of Gold, 
having neat Bows and Quivers full of pretty Arrows, with Shables by their 
fides: The ten that came next were Apparelled in Yellow Satin, carrying 
each a Pike, a Shield and a Shable, The reft were all well Cloathed too, 
every one carrying a Carbine and Shable, and in the Rear of them, ten play- 
ed on Timbrels, and as many on Trumpets and Flutes ; befides all thefe, there 
were above fixty Men playing on Timbrels, every one mounted on a Camel, who 
being difperfed here and there through the Cavalcade,madea great Noife. They 
drew all up in the Cora Meiàan^ but though it be a large place, yet it could not 
contain both them and the Militia of Caire^ fo that a good many of them 
were forced to March out into xhtRomeille^ to make room for the reft. When 
the Bey came near the Xzmi!^, he alighted from his Horfe, and went unto it, 
where the Bafha expeded him \ and treated him with Coffee, Sorbet, and a 
Perfume, prefenting him and every one of his Officers with a Caftan a piece. 
Whilft he was there, I went to a narrow Avenue at the end of the Romeilk^ 
through which he was to pafs ; foon after, we faw him and all his Men pafs that 
way in File. I reckoned all thofe of his Retinue who had Caftans^ and found 
them to be an hundred and eight, and they marched in the fame Order as they 
came. The KiayA of the Bafha waited upon the Bey back to his Houfe, which 
was not far diftant : However that was a thing extraordinary, for it is not the 
cuftome for the KUya of a Bafha to wait upon a Bey \ he faluted all the PeopJe 
on both hands as he went, who all fliouted, and wifhed him a thoufand Blef- 
iings. The Turks and People of the Country, were much furprifed to fee fo 
many Men, faying. That there was no King fo powerfiil f s he. The truth is, 
the Bey of Girge is a very mighty Prince when he is beloved of his Subjedts, 
who arc all Warlike, fo that when he is at Girge^ he values not the Grand Sig~ 
himfelf. And neverthelefs, a Year after thisfoiemn entry, the Bafha of 
Caire having made War with him ( who feeraed to be very well beloved of his 
Subjeds ) he took him, and caufed him immediately to be Strangled. His 
Arabs, who were his greateft ftrength, and in whom he put mofi: Confidence, 
having forfaken him ^ but it was thought they were corrupted by the Balha. 
This Bey kept in his Houfe about him a Guard of Two thoufand Men, and the 
reft of his Forces returned to Bez^eten, and the Rode, which is a Country-houfe 
belonging to him, over againft Caire, but they came daily to the City to 
know how the Affaires of their Mafter ftood, becaufe he miftrufted fome bad 
defign againft him j and therefore when he went abroad in the Town, he took 
always Three thoufand Horfe along with him. This Bey prefented the Bafha 
in Money and Horfes, to the value of eighty Purfes, and it was judged, that 
that Journey would coft him Three hundred Purfes -, and indeed, he had brought 
Two thoufand Purfes with hira, which amount to fifty Millions of Maidms, or 
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