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cowl. On each fide of him fat a prieft on the floop 
dreffed in the fame habit. Six married priefts went 
forward to the pulpit, one after the other, fome of 
Which read, others chanted, fomething out of a 
book. They were dreffed in their black prieftly 
habits, and when they began theiroffice, a handfome 
pall was put on them. On each fide of the pulpit 
ltood a prieft, having a pall and mitre, who held 
lome wax candles, near whom were fome boys 
dieffed in white furplices adorned with croffes. 
When thefe had made the round, twelve handfome 
young men came up to the fame place dreffed in 
whlte furplices, which reached to the ground, 
a °i ned on tne back and fleeves with red croffes. 
ii^y were bare-headed, fhaved to the ears, and 
the crown bald like the Romilh Monks. As far as 
could learn, fome of thefe were difciples to the 
clergy, the others common fervants, but who had 
the advantage to have been at the hallowed places 
near Jerufalem, and acquired the name of Hadgi. 
fhey were all handfome and well-made youths, 
and feemed to be fitter to be under the command of 
a Colonel than a Bilhop. They kiffed the Vice- 
uihop s arm as they went forward, and obferved 
the lame at their return. Each of them chanted or 
tea lometning out of a book, in the fame manner 
us the former ; and betwixt each of their chanting, 
one o the priefts who fat on the floor rofe up, and 
repeated fome words thrice over. I underftood not 
'Ti, at t ‘ e y wer e, but was told they were Gloria, 
v ur on S ended, one of them that had before 
mountCl ^ one °f th e fteps, and flood before 
a L ar, which was hid by a curtain. After he 
nnrl mft lnted il p ' ece out °f f amc book, the vocal 
, "Unental mufic began below the altar. The 
' oonflftcd of fmali iron pipes, not unlike a kind 
of 
