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Venise pour connoitre la verite. C’etoit I’avis du plus grand noinbres des 
Cardinaux-Pretres et il paroissoit fort sage, inais le Pape ne voulut pas montrer 
de doute, et accepta la reliqiie sans hesiter. Je passe tout le ceremonial avec 
lequel on la re 9 ut. Elle fut portee en procession par le Pape ineme, le jour de 
I’ascension, enfermee dans un cliasse de cristal. La procession fut fort tumul- 
tueuse, et le Pape en fut si fatigue qu’il I’abregea. L’Ambassadeur du Grand- 
Seigneur presenta des lettres au Pape, par lesquelles la relique lui etoit adressee. 
Burcard dit qu’elles ne furent point lues publiquement, et qu’on pretendoit 
que c’etoit parcequ’elles faisoient mention d’un present de quarante mille du¬ 
cats, dont elles etoit accompagnees. C’etoit bien un motif pour ne pas incidenter 
sur la verification de la relique ; mais et la relique et I’argent avoit egalement 
pour but, de se rendre le Pape favorable relativement a Zizim frere de Bajazet 
qu’il avoit en sa puissance.” 
NOTE H.— Page 334. 
[^Bell-ringing at Etchmiatzin.1 The place seems to retain its right to the 
title of the Church with Bells. 
“ This patriarchal seat is called vulgarly by the name of Etchmeatzeii, but 
more usually in the parts of Turkey by the denomination of Changlee Chilse, 
or the Church with Bells^ having a privilege from the Sultan to use them, 
which is allowed in no other place that I have heard of, unless in Moldavia, 
Valachia, and Mount Alhos. It is also called Ouch Chilse, or the Three 
Churches ; because of the three churches which are there built in a triangle, 
the first of which (as we have said) is this Etchmeasin, the second Rupsameh, 
and the third Gayeneh. The Armenians report that these three churches are 
founded on three rocks placed in a triangular form, under which was a strange 
hollowness or cavity, replete in the time of Gentilism and idolatry with the 
voices of prophetic spirits or ghosts which gave answers to all questions that 
were made to them, in the same manner as the oracles of Delphos or Jupiter 
Haman, until such time as Jesus Christ, intending to have his name worship¬ 
ped there, descended from heaven on that place, and taking his cross on which 
he suffered, struck one blow therewith on each rock, with which ^they sunk 
into the ground, and thereby the diabolical spirits were displaced, for the 
word Etchmeasin signifies one blow or stroke, and there these three churches 
were founded, which are the highest in esteem amongst the Armenians.” 
— Rycaut’s Greek and Armenian Churches, p. 3l6—8. 
