TRAVELS TO THE EAST. 
tongue, which is likewife ufed in their public Wor- 
Ihip, and differs as much from the Armenian they 
commonly fpeak as the literal Greek does from the 
modern Greek. They had lefs regard to order and 
decency here than amongft the Greeks. He that 
came firft began to fing ; and if any thing was to be 
done, as dreffmg and undreffing the prieft, lighting 
the candles, &c. they ran to and fro without order. 
They had not fo many lights in proportion to the 
fize of the church, which is large, handfome and 
magnificent, and by far furpaffes the Greek church. 
The fair fex never fhewthemfelves openly in any of 
the Chriftian churches in the Eaft, or mix amongft 
the men; but are always prefent in the church, 
where they have galleries for themfelves, before 
which are fixed lattices through which they may fee 
all that paffes in the church, but cannot be feen. 
The burial of our Saviour w r as celebrated by the 
Greeks in the afternoon of the x 3th. The daughters 
of Eve have, by virtue of the Evangelic Hiftory, re- 
ferved this ceremony to themfelves, which is but 
right, as nature has made them propereft for what 
is here required, namely, to weep. I know not how 
many there were that fulfilled their duty, as I dared 
not to go there. Their howlings were difagreable 
enough at a di fiance, and nothing amiable could 
be feen, as they were veiled. 
The Armenians had a large and magnificent mafs 
on the afternoon of the 14th, Eafter eve, at which 
I was prefent. In the choir beneath the altar was 
placed a delk, on which were laid the books of the 
Evangelifts, wrote in literal Armenian, bound in 
folio in red and gold tiffue. On one fide of the delk 
was placed an armed chair, which was occupied by 
the chief prieft (who was to direft the aft inftead of 
the Bilhop) dreffed in bis black prieftly habit, and a 
cowl. 
