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not adventure to land any Men. He caufed the Gallies fand who are true Janizaries or Janizaries of the Porte, 
to batter that Part of it which is towards the Sea, while on This Soldiery was once compofed only of Tributary 
the other Side they continually fired from the fix Forts. Children, inftrufled in the J’urkift) Religion j but at pre- 
The Venetian Fleet was fo difperfed, that they could not fent this is not obferved, and People are not moldted 
come to relieve them. The Befieged were much Freight- on this Account, fince the Officers take Money of the 
nedfor Provifions, but moft for Want of Water ; for J’lirks themfelves to be entred in this Body. Formerly 
above a Month they had but a Pint a Day, and were fo the Janizaries were not permitted to marry, the Turks 
diffieartned, that they were near inclining to furrender the being perfuaded, that the Cares of a Family render 
Place. But itpleafed Good to ffiew them his Goodnefs Soldiers lefs fit for the Exercife of Arms. Yet now*a- 
in a fignal Manner, by a Shot from the Enemy, which days they who will, marry, with the Confent of their 
ftruck a Piece ofRockafunder at the Bottom, a little above Chiefs, who alfo at the fame Time give them a Sum of 
the Sea, out of which fprang a Water which fufficed Money. The principal Reafon, which keeps the Ja^ 
them to drink. I have feen the Fountain, and drank nizaries from marrying, is, that Batchelors only arriva 
of the Water, though it is not very pleafant. Several at Offices, the moft defirable of which are to be Chiefs 
Officers that were in the Ifland avowed this for a Truth, in their Chambers ; for this Soldiery are all lodged in a 
it being noted in the Venetian Hiftory of Suda, The large Quarter, divided into one hundred and fixty two 
Winds coming about Northerly, the Venetian Fleet came Chambers. Every Chamber has a Chief, who com- 
from Zante^ forcing the Turkijh Gallies to retreat. The mands in it ; but out of it he only performs the Office 
Captain Bafha was killed with a great Shot, upon which of Lieutenant of the Company, and receives Orders 
the Army broke up and retired to Canea. from the Captain. Every Chamber has its own Enfign- 
The Vizier, in his March from Canea to Candia^ paf- bearer, its Expenditor, its Cook, and its Water-Carrier, 
fed by here, and with Admiration beheld the Place, but Above the Captains there is only the Lieutenant-Gene- 
woLild not attempt any Thing at that Time, faying,ic was ral of the Janizaries^ who is fubjcd to the Aga. 
not worth the Men which had been already loft againft Bcfids the common Fay, the Emperor gives dntja- 
it. The Port is very commodious, being one of the nizaries tvtvy Yezr a compleat Suit of Cloth of Salonu 
largeft in all thefc Seas, and there is very good Anchor- ca^ and every Day allows them a Quantity of Rice, 
hold all over the Bay, at the Bottom of which are Salt- Meat, and Bread, The Chamber lodges them for One 
pans. The Turks have here a fmall Tower, where are half per Cent, upon the Pay they receive in Time of 
two or three Servants of the Cuftomer of Canea., to fee Peace, and fcvenp^r Cent, in Time of War. This Pay 
that no Goods are carried away which have not paid Cuf- is but from, two to twelve Afpers a Day, and is never 
tom at the City. In Time of Peace they have all Pro- raifed bur by little and little in Proportion to their Ser- 
vifions from Canea at the Market Price, and there is a vice. When they are difabled they have an Allowance 
good Correfpondence betwixt theinquifitore of 5z/d<2and for Life. The Cap peculiar to the. Janizaries is made 
the Bafha, who often fend Letters to one another. The like the Sleeve of a Coat, one End is put upon their 
Governor of Suda hath the Title of Inquifitore Generate Head, and the other hangs down upon their Shoulders ; 
delle Ifole di Levante *, Cerigo and Tine being alfo under to this Cap before is faftened a Sort of Spike half a Foot 
his Government, although there be Proveditors to both, long, of Silver, gilded and adorn’d with fome falfe Stones. 
Yh-e Venetians have no Benefit from thefe Hands, but Yd her\ the Janizaries mdit eh into the Field, the Sultan 
are at a continual Charge to maintain the Garrifons In furnifhes them with Horfes to carry their Baggage, and 
each. The Bottom of the Bay they call Cullatte. Camels to carry their Tents, to wit, one Horle for ten 
23. In colie6ling the Materials for this Sedlion, we Soldiers, and one Camel for twelve. At the Acceffion 
have met with fome more diftindf and connected Ac- of every Sultan their Pay is augmented at ieaft one 
counts of the Military and Naval Forces of theTurks', Afper a Day. 
which, as they come in properly enough at the Clofe The Chambers inherit the Effefls of thofe Merrtbers 
of this Defcription of their Dominions, fhall be here who die without Children, and the reft, though they 
inferred ; the rather, becaufe they will enable the Rea- have Children, always leave their Chamber a Legacy, 
der to difcern what Probability there is of thofe Events The Solaes and Veyes alone among the Janizaries are the 
happening, which were mentioned in the laft Secftion. Emperor’s Guard j the reft of the Corps never go to the 
It is with Bodies Politick, as with the natural Bodies •, Seraglio but to attend their Officers upon Divan Days, 
they get over even violent Difeafes when attacked in and to prevent Diforders that might happen in the 
their Youth •, but when Infirmities grow upon them in Court ; they are generally placed Centinel at the Gates 
their old Age, they feldom, if ever, cfcape. The moft and the Crofs-ways of the Town, to keep Watch there, 
that can be hoped for in fuch a Cafe, is a gentle and They are feared every where, and refpebted, tho’ 'they 
gradual Decay ; but even this can hardly be expedted carry only a Cane in their Hand, for Arms are not deli- 
in fome Conftitutions. That of the Turks has neither vered to them but when they take the Field. The 
Food nor Phyfick, but continual Wars. If thefe are greater Parc of the Janizaries do not want for Educa- 
fuccefsful they thrive *, if not, their Diftempers increafe, tion, being taken from the Body of the Azamoglans^ 
and their political Difeafes grow more and more dan- which either through Impatience, or on fome other Ac- 
gerous. It is not with them as with States of another count, they frequently forfake. Thofe who are to be 
Texture, where the Laws themfelves will, for a long admitted among the Janizaries, pafs along in Review 
Time, maintain the Form of the Gonernment by the before the Officer, and every one takes hold on the 
Refpecft: the People have for them. In thefe Countries Bottom of his Companion’s Veft. Their Names are 
the Laws are derived from the Will of the Grand entred in the Grand Signior’s Regiftry, after which they 
Signior, and confequently they are good or bad, wife all run up to the Mafter of their Chamber, who, to 
or otherwife, according to the Temper of the Prince, make them know they are under his Jurirdidion, gives 
W^'henever, therefore, it happens, and in the Decline them every one a Box on the Ear as they pafs by. ^ At 
of every Government it generally happens, that a Race their Inrollment they take two Oaths ; the firft is to 
of weak and degenerate Princes fucceed to the Empire ; ferve the Grand Signior faithfully » the fecond, that 
this alone muft bring on its final Ruin, which might, they will not fubmit to the Will of their Comrades in 
perhaps, have been diverted by the Intervention of a Matters relating to the Body. 
great Genius. It would be no difficult Thing to bring There is no Order of Men in Turkey fo united as that 
many Inftances in Support of this Dodrine, both from of the Janizaries ; it is this ftrid Union which pre- 
ancient and modern Hiftory j but that it is high Time ferves their Authority, and gives them the Courage fome- 
to leave our Refledions, and come to Matters of Fad, times to depofe the Sultan. Though there are but 
which, we dare promife the Reader, are important twelve or thirteen thoufand in Conjlantinople, they are 
enough to deferve, and fufficiendy curious and enter- affured that their Brethren, what Part foever of the Eni- 
taining to command his Attention. pire they are in, will not fail to approve their Condud. 
Though the greater Part of ihe Turkijh Infantry car- If they think they have Occafion to complain, their 
ries the Name of Janizaries *, yet it is certain, in all Difcontent begins to ftiew itfelf in the Court of the Di- 
this great Empire, there are not above twenty-five thou- van, at the Time of the diftributing the Difhes of Rice 
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