^4^art IL Travels into the Levant. 
been known I muft have died, fince, by God's Affiftance, I would not re- 
nounce my Faith. On the Weft-fide they enter that Mofque by two great 
brazen Gates, near four fathom high, which are very weil wrought, and 
full of odd Figures ; in the middle of each of them there is a Chalice 
well cur. By the doors I faw the breadth of that Mofque, which may be a- 
bout eighteen fathom ; it hath two ranges of large thick Pillars of grey Mar- 
ble, of the Corinthian Order, which divide it into three Ifles ; and of all 
thefe Pillars each twofupport an Arch, over which are two little Arches, fe- 
parated by fmall Pillars, which look much like Windows: The Pavement is 
all of lovely ftones that fhine like Lookinglafs. That great Mofque which 
reaches from Eaftto Weft, is covered with a fiiarp ridged wooden Roof, and 
hath a very large Dome in the middle ; but on the Noth-fide, at the place 
where that Dome is largeft, there are little arched Windows all round; and 
from thefe Windows three or four foot higher, which is alfb their height, it is 
faced with green Stone glazed, which makes a lovely objeftto the fight,' and 
the reft is rough caft with Lime. 
On each fide of the Front of the Mofque, there is a fquare Steeple, with 
Windows like to ours ; but the higher and larger is on the Eaft-fide' ; and 
they fay it was made when that Church was firft built, which fince' hath 
been converted into a Mofque. The Turks affirm that Jefus is to return into 
this World by that Steeple. Thereis a third Steeple behind the Dome, which TheSreeple of 
is diametrically oppofite to that of the Meffias^ and this laft is round, and 
hath been built by the Tarks^ afwell as the other lefs fquare one. One Night 
of the Ramadan ; I went upon the Terrafs-walks, to the Windows of that 
Mofque, which are made like the Windows of our Churches, and have 
panes of glafs fèt in Plaifter which are wrought into Figures. I looked in 
through a quarry of one of thele Windows, from whence I faw the end of 
the Mofque, which I could not through the others, becaufe on the outfide 
they have wire Lettices. There, by the Lamp-light I perceived in the Ke- 
blay which is çxpofèd to the South, a hole grated over with gilt Iron, where- 
in they fay the Head of St. Zachary is kept, I could fee no more of the Orna- T^^ ^^^^ °^ 
ments except the Lamps, which are in great Number; and the Pillars I '^^'K'^^^^^^J'' 
mentionec^. 
Befides the two ranges of Pillars which are in the Body of the Mofque to 
the Number of fix and thirty, eighteen to each rank, there are at leaft three- ^ 
fcore more, afwell in the Court as at the Portico's which make the Entrys 
into the Court. Take this account of what I could obferve of that Court, its 
Porches and of all the outfide of the Mofque, having taken feveral turns 
round it. .1 
On the Weft-fide there are three Brazen Gates embelifhed with feveral 
Works ; and before thefe Gates within the Court, there is a Vortko divided 
into two Alleys , by eight great Pillars, of which four arc in length and four 
in breadth; and thefe Pillars fupport Arches, over which there are two o- 
ther little Arches, made in form of Windows feparated by a little Pillar. 
That Perfzco leads into the Court, which is very fpacious and large, and ali 
paved with great fhining Marble-ilones, as the Mofque and Fortico's are. To- ^ 
wards the end of the Court there is a kind of a little Chappel, with a Dome 
covered with lead, which is fupported by feveral Marble-Pillars, and they fay 
it was the Font. From that Entry on the Weft, one may fee the Eaft Gate 
at the farther End of the Court, and on the right hand the Body of the 
Mofque. 
On the South-fide, at the Bazaar of the Tick ( fb called becaufe Cloath is Pick a meî- 
ibid there by the Vtck, which is a meafijre much about two thirds of a French fure. 
Aune ; ) there is an Entry into the Mofque, and two lovely Gates overlaid 
with Brafs, with Chalices cut in the middle of each of them. 
On the Eaft fide, there are three Brafs-Gates, and a Fortko like to that I 
have been fpeakingof, and then a Court, towards the end of which, near the 
Weft-Gate, there is another kind of Chappel, much higher than that on the 
Eaft-fide, which is fupported and covered in the fame manner ; and from 
that Gate, one fees the Weft-Gate, and then the Mofque is on the left 
hand. 
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