The Turkish secretary containing the art of expressing ones thoughts, without seeing, speaking, or writing to one another : with the circumstances of a Turkish adventure : as also a most curious relation of translated by the author of the Monthly account.
         Secrétaire turc. English
         Du Vignau, sieur des Joanots.
      
       
         
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             The Turkish secretary containing the art of expressing ones thoughts, without seeing, speaking, or writing to one another : with the circumstances of a Turkish adventure : as also a most curious relation of translated by the author of the Monthly account.
             Secrétaire turc. English
             Du Vignau, sieur des Joanots.
             Phillips, John, 1631-1706.
          
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           Harem.
           Turkey -- Court and courtiers.
        
      
    
     
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           THE
           
             Turkish
             Secretary
          
           ,
           CONTAINING
           The
           Art
           of
           Expressing
           ones
           Thoughts
           ,
           without
           Seeing
           ,
           Speaking
           ,
           or
           Writing
           to
           one
           another
           ;
           With
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           a
           Turkish
           Adventure
           :
           As
           also
           A
           most
           Curious
           Relation
           of
           several
           particulars
           of
           the
           Serrail
           that
           have
           not
           before
           now
           ever
           been
           made
           publick
           .
        
         
           Translated
           by
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Monthly
             Account
          
           .
        
         
           Licensed
           July
           3.
           
           
             R.
             Midgley
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             B.
          
           and
           sold
           by
           
             Jo.
             Hindmarsh
          
           at
           the
           
             Golden
             Ball
          
           over
           against
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
          
           ,
           and
           
             Randal
             Taylor
          
           at
           Stationer's-Hall
           ,
           1688.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           THE
           Book
           now
           presented
           to
           thee
           ,
           kind
           Reader
           ,
           was
           written
           some
           few
           Weeks
           ago
           in
           French
           by
           a
           God-son
           to
           the
           most
           Christian
           King
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           had
           been
           a
           Secretary
           of
           an
           Embassy
           of
           His
           Majesty
           at
           Constantinople
           .
           It
           was
           dedicated
           to
           the
           Grand-Duke
           of
           Tuscany
           ,
           and
           met
           with
           so
           very
           kind
           a
           Reception
           at
           the
           Courts
           of
           France
           and
           Florence
           ,
           that
           the
           Author
           had
           extraordinary
           Prais●
           and
           Presents
           conferred
           upon
           him
           by
           the
           two
           Soveraign●
           and
           this
           his
           Performance
           has
           an
           universal
           vogue
           among
           the
           two
           Nations
           .
           As
           the
           Translator
           flatters
           himself
           he
           has
           done
           the
           Original
           justice
           ;
           and
           as
           no
           Countrey
           is
           more
           fam'd
           than
           
             Old
             England
          
           for
           Hospitality
           ,
           he
           does
           not
           question
           but
           the
           
             Turkish
             Secretary
          
           will
           meet
           with
           as
           kind
           Treatment
           here
           as
           among
           the
           French
           and
           Italians
           .
           He
           has
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           the
           Charm
           of
           Novelty
           .
           All
           our
           other
           Relations
           concerning
           Turkey
           ,
           treat
           only
           of
           Policy
           ,
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           ,
           whereas
           this
           displays
           nothing
           but
           Flowers
           ,
           Fruits
           and
           Gallantries
           ,
           which
           I
           should
           think
           most
           seasonable
           ;
           so
           that
           I
           may
           well
           expect
           it
           to
           be
           kindly
           taken
           .
           And
           as
           a
           long
           Grace
           to
           a
           good
           Meal
           and
           Appetite
           is
           unmannerly
           ;
           so
           Gracious
           Reader
           ,
           adieu
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           TURKISH
           SECRETARY
           :
           OR
           ,
           
             The
             Art
             of
             making
             ones
             mind
             understood
             without
             Speaking
             ,
             Seeing
             ,
             or
             Writing
             to
             one
             another
             .
          
        
         
           THere
           are
           several
           Ways
           of
           Expressing
           Love.
           The
           first
           School
           is
           that
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Lessons
           which
           the
           Poets
           have
           given
           for
           this
           purpose
           would
           be
           useless
           without
           the
           assistance
           of
           that
           Universal
           Mistress
           .
        
         
           All
           Animals
           in
           general
           make
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           only
           for
           the
           Conservation
           of
           their
           Species
           .
           Man
           to
           whom
           the
           use
           of
           Reason
           is
           peculiar
           ,
           never
           Loves
           without
           endeavouring
           to
           augment
           his
           Pleasures
           by
           new
           Inventions
           .
           He
           Employs
           all
           manner
           of
           means
           to
           make
           the
           beloved
           Objected
           sensible
           of
           ,
           and
           acquainted
           with
           his
           fond
           thoughts
           .
           A
           Lover
           full
           of
           the
           Troubles
           which
           his
           Love
           occasions
           in
           him
           ,
           Expresses
           himself
           sometimes
           by
           Word
           of
           Mouth
           ;
           He
           makes
           use
           of
           Writing
           by
           the
           liveliest
           strokes
           to
           represent
           the
           ardency
           that
           burns
           him
           ,
           and
           upon
           failure
           of
           Voice
           and
           Writing
           ,
           he
           endeavours
           to
           make
           known
           by
           the
           Different
           motions
           of
           his
           face
           ,
           the
           Sentiments
           of
           his
           heart
           .
           This
           is
           much
           the
           manner
           of
           making
           Love
           in
           a
           free
           Countrey
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           easy
           to
           communicate
           ,
           and
           where
           you
           may
           speak
           ,
           see
           ,
           or
           write
           to
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           Nations
           that
           do
           not
           enjoy
           this
           advantage
           .
           The
           greater
           part
           of
           the
           Turks
           can
           neither
           reade
           nor
           write
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           any
           freedom
           of
           communicating
           with
           Women
           .
           Yet
           are
           they
           not
           insensible
           ;
           On
           the
           contrary
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           more
           susceptible
           of
           Love
           ,
           than
           any
           other
           of
           the
           Eastern
           Nations
           ,
           
           where
           the
           Commerce
           of
           Women
           is
           equally
           difficult
           .
           They
           abandon
           themselves
           entirely
           to
           this
           Passion
           ;
           they
           make
           it
           their
           Sovereign
           Pleasure
           ;
           they
           push
           it
           even
           to
           fury
           .
           Nay
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           averr'd
           to
           me
           that
           there
           are
           Turks
           ,
           both
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           who
           to
           prove
           their
           Love
           in
           their
           Extravagancies
           ,
           run
           Daggers
           into
           their
           Arms
           ,
           and
           cause
           burning
           Sulphur
           to
           be
           dropt
           into
           the
           Wound
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           commonly
           seen
           them
           ,
           bite
           a
           piece
           of
           the
           flesh
           from
           off
           their
           Arms
           ,
           suck
           and
           drink
           the
           blood
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           leave
           a
           burning
           Match
           to
           consume
           it self
           upon
           the
           Wound
           .
        
         
           Thus
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           wonder'd
           if
           a
           People
           of
           so
           hot
           a
           Constitution
           ,
           when
           they
           want
           the
           usual
           means
           of
           making
           known
           their
           Passion
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           invent
           such
           as
           are
           Extraordinary
           .
           Flowers
           ,
           Fruits
           ,
           Woods
           ,
           Odoriferous
           Simples
           ,
           Silks
           ,
           Gold
           ,
           Silver
           ,
           Colours
           ,
           Stuffs
           ,
           and
           in
           short
           all
           things
           that
           serve
           to
           the
           Commerce
           of
           Life
           ,
           do
           among
           the
           Turks
           partake
           in
           that
           Love.
           This
           Skillfull
           Master
           whose
           Empire
           ,
           by
           Establishing
           it self
           strongly
           over
           all
           Creatures
           ,
           proves
           it self
           by
           this
           maxime
           of
           giving
           Wit
           to
           such
           as
           have
           none
           ,
           of
           Suggesting
           Inventions
           for
           the
           bringing
           about
           Designs
           ,
           which
           it
           causes
           to
           be
           conceived
           ,
           does
           not
           fail
           to
           Exercise
           its
           Power
           in
           the
           need
           Lovers
           have
           of
           it
           in
           Turkey
           ,
           where
           the
           more
           difficult
           is
           the
           frequentation
           of
           Men
           with
           Women
           ,
           the
           more
           Projects
           and
           Enterprizes
           does
           this
           Passion
           seem
           there
           to
           occasion
           ,
           particularly
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           Women
           ,
           to
           overcome
           the
           Obstacles
           they
           meet
           withall
           in
           their
           Amours
           .
           Surprizing
           stories
           are
           told
           us
           upon
           this
           Subject
           ,
           and
           which
           seem
           incredible
           .
           Certain
           it
           is
           that
           this
           Sex
           being
           the
           most
           attackt
           by
           that
           Violent
           Passion
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           most
           blame-worthy
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           if
           it
           studies
           all
           possible
           means
           to
           procure
           its
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           The
           Custom
           of
           a
           Turk
           's
           taking
           a
           Young
           Person
           for
           his
           Wife
           ,
           without
           having
           ever
           seen
           or
           known
           one
           another
           ,
           but
           only
           in
           concert
           with
           the
           Maids
           Father
           ,
           or
           with
           some
           other
           Relation
           ;
           the
           usage
           of
           Marrying
           a
           Maid
           as
           soon
           as
           she
           is
           thirteen
           or
           fourteen
           years
           Old
           ;
           the
           Number
           of
           Wives
           the
           Turks
           are
           allowed
           to
           have
           ,
           and
           their
           manner
           of
           considering
           them
           in
           that
           Estate
           ,
           not
           otherwise
           than
           as
           being
           proper
           to
           afford
           them
           Children
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           the
           World
           as
           they
           do
           their
           
           Horses
           ,
           when
           they
           think
           fitting
           to
           use
           that
           which
           pleases
           them
           most
           ;
           All
           these
           Reasons
           and
           many
           more
           that
           cannot
           handsomly
           be
           unfolded
           ,
           are
           very
           prevalent
           to
           take
           away
           from
           Women
           the
           pleasure
           of
           their
           Husbands
           ,
           and
           to
           Excuse
           them
           if
           in
           spight
           of
           the
           rigour
           which
           keeps
           them
           penn'd-up
           and
           inaccessible
           ,
           they
           Employ
           all
           sorts
           of
           Inventions
           to
           revenge
           themselves
           of
           such
           Injuries
           and
           Provocations
           ,
           by
           a
           Commerce
           of
           Gallantry
           with
           some
           Lover
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           Subject
           that
           would
           lead
           me
           too
           farr
           ,
           but
           to
           come
           to
           the
           manner
           of
           their
           writing
           to
           one
           another
           without
           Pen
           ,
           Ink
           and
           Paper
           ,
           by
           the
           means
           of
           Flowers
           ,
           Fruits
           ,
           Woods
           ,
           Silks
           ,
           Colours
           and
           other
           things
           ,
           we
           cannot
           positively
           affirm
           that
           this
           was
           invented
           by
           the
           particular
           Genius
           of
           Lovers
           .
           There
           is
           reason
           to
           believe
           that
           this
           comes
           from
           the
           Ancient
           manner
           of
           Explaining
           ones
           mind
           by
           Cyphers
           ,
           and
           by
           Figures
           such
           as
           were
           the
           Hieroglyphicks
           among
           the
           AEgyptians
           ,
           before
           Letters
           were
           invented
           .
           Be
           it
           as
           it
           will
           all
           these
           things
           which
           the
           Turks
           call
           Selam
           in
           this
           use
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           Safety
           ,
           or
           desire
           of
           Peace
           ,
           have
           their
           Naturall
           or
           Allegoricall
           Signification
           and
           Worth
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           a
           little
           Packet
           of
           about
           an
           Inch
           bigg
           ,
           if
           you
           have
           a
           regard
           to
           what
           it
           contains
           ,
           composes
           a
           very
           Expressive
           Discourse
           ,
           which
           is
           understood
           by
           the
           Interpretation
           of
           the
           name
           of
           Each
           thing
           they
           send
           .
        
         
           For
           Example
           ,
           a
           bit
           of
           Sugar
           in
           Turkish
           call'd
           Cheker
           ,
           will
           signify
           
             seni
             Madem
             tcheker
          
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           
             My
             Bosom
             longs
             for
             you
             ,
             My
             Heart
             wishes
             for
             you
             passionately
             .
          
           A
           Stone
           which
           in
           Turkish
           is
           called
           Tach
           ,
           will
           be
           interpreted
           
             Koyalum
             bi
             r
             yastuga
             bach
          
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           
             let
             's
             lay
             our
             heads
             upon
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Pillow
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           also
           Explain'd
           by
           a
           Phrase
           ,
           whose
           first
           Syllable
           is
           like
           to
           the
           first
           of
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           thing
           which
           one
           sends
           ,
           as
           Mavi
           ,
           which
           signifies
           Blew
           ,
           will
           signify
           
             Mail
             oldum
          
           ,
           I
           am
           fallen
           in
           Love.
           Karenfil
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           Pink
           ,
           or
           a
           Clove-Gilliflower
           ,
           will
           signify
           
             Karenfil
             sen
             Kararung
             yok
             ,
             ben
             seni
             tchoktan
             severem
             meyer
             benden
             hbaherung
             yok
          
           ;
           Which
           signifies
           
             you
             are
             a
          
           Pink
           ,
           
             a
             Beauty
             not
             to
             be
             parallel'd
             ;
             a
             long
             long
             time
             have
             I
             lov'd
             you
             without
             daring
             to
             let
             you
             know
             it
             .
          
           A
           Plum
           in
           Turkish
           call'd
           Erik
           will
           give
           to
           understand
           Eridik
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           
             We
             are
             dissolv'd
             away
             in
             grief
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           of
           others
           ,
           which
           custom
           
           authorizes
           rather
           than
           any
           certain
           Rule
           ;
           for
           the
           Turks
           do
           not
           only
           take
           the
           just
           Explication
           litterally
           ;
           but
           also
           sometimes
           Metaphorically
           ,
           and
           by
           helping
           on
           a
           little
           for
           the
           Connexion
           of
           the
           sense
           .
           For
           Example
           ,
           they
           are
           minded
           to
           Express
           these
           words
           .
        
         
           
             I
             am
             Extremely
             in
             Love
             with
             you
             ,
             the
             Torment
             my
             Love
             makes
             me
             suffer
             makes
             me
             faint
             away
             and
             almost
             run
             distracted
             .
             My
             Heart
             breaths
             after
             you
             with
             passion
             ,
             wishing
             you
             to
             bring
             it
             the
             necessary
             Remedy
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           They
           wlll
           take
           a
           Grape
           ,
           Blew
           Silk
           ,
           a
           Plum
           ,
           a
           Pea
           ,
           a
           bit
           of
           Sugar
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           Aloes
           Wood
           ,
           which
           is
           common
           in
           Turkey
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           observe
           to
           range
           all
           these
           things
           well
           ,
           and
           bind
           the
           Silk
           in
           such
           manner
           ,
           that
           each
           thing
           may
           gradually
           discover
           it self
           ,
           and
           be
           orderly
           Explain'd
           as
           the
           following
           Table
           will
           let
           you
           see
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Selam
                 ,
                 Or
                 a
                 thing
                 that
                 is
                 sent
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Aloes
                   Wood.
                
                 
              
               
                 Sugar
                 .
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Pea.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Plum.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Blew
                   Silk
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Grape
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           All
           this
           is
           call'd
           in
           Turkish
        
         
           
             
               
                 Names
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Eud
                   Agadgi
                
                 .
              
               
                 Cheker
                 .
              
               
                 Nohoud
                 .
              
               
                 Erik
                 .
              
               
                 Mavi
                 .
              
               
                 Usum
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           Whose
           Signification
           is
        
         
           
             
               
                 Signification
                 .
              
               
                 Iladgi
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Seni
                   madem
                   tcheker
                   .
                   Bachimung
                
              
               
                 
                   Derdunden
                   oldum
                   beihoud
                
                 .
              
               
                 Eridik
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mail
                   oldum
                
              
               
                 
                   Iki
                   giaizum
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Which
           in
           English
           is
           litterally
        
         
           
             
               
                 Construction
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Physiciaen
                   ,
                   Remedy
                   of
                   my
                   head
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   My
                   Bosom
                   longs
                   after
                   you
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   My
                   torment
                   makes
                   me
                   mad
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   We
                   dissolve
                   away
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   I
                   am
                   fall'n
                   in
                   Love.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   My
                   Eyes
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
         
           All
           these
           Phrases
           joyn'd
           together
           frame
           a
           Letter
           by
           tacking
           them
           a
           little
           for
           the
           Connexion
           of
           the
           Sense
           .
           Thus
           when
           you
           write
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             Eyes
             ,
             I
             am
             fall'n
             in
             Love
             ,
             We
             are
             Disolv'd
             away
             ,
             My
             Torment
             makes
             me
             Mad
             ,
             My
             Inclinations
             ,
             My
             Bosom
             attracts
             you
             ,
             Physician
             Remedy
             of
             my
             head
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           
             My
             Heart
             ,
             My
             Dear
             ,
             I
             am
             fall'n
             in
             Love
             with
             you
             ,
             and
             the
             Torment
             I
             am
             under
             from
             my
             Passion
             ,
             makes
             me
             sometimes
             faint
             away
             and
             then
             again
             almost
             run
             distracted
             .
             My
             heart
             passionately
             desires
             you
             to
             bring
             it
             the
             necessary
             Remedy
             .
          
        
         
           Though
           there
           are
           Selams
           to
           which
           the
           Turks
           give
           severall
           Significations
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           ever
           take
           that
           which
           sutes
           best
           with
           the
           Other
           things
           that
           go
           along
           ,
           I
           have
           only
           applyed
           my self
           to
           give
           them
           one
           simply
           ,
           that
           so
           I
           might
           not
           occasion
           a
           Confusion
           that
           could
           be
           only
           unravell'd
           by
           long
           practise
           ;
           But
           it
           is
           to
           be
           observed
           that
           as
           the
           Turks
           have
           no
           Gender
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           equally
           say
           with
           us
           ,
           a
           
             handsome
             Man
          
           and
           a
           
             handsome
             Woman
          
           ,
           the
           same
           Terms
           and
           Phrases
           serve
           for
           Lover
           and
           for
           Mistriss
           .
        
         
           This
           way
           of
           Expressing
           a
           Passion
           ,
           as
           Extravagant
           as
           it
           may
           〈◊〉
           has
           ,
           nevertheless
           ,
           it's
           prettinesses
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           only
           proc●●●s
           from
           a
           great
           want
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           ignorance
           of
           the
           most
           Common
           Science
           which
           is
           that
           of
           Reading
           and
           Writing
           ;
           Yet
           is
           it
           so
           Gallant
           and
           Ingenious
           that
           those
           who
           know
           how
           to
           read
           and
           write
           ,
           do
           not
           disdain
           to
           make
           use
           of
           it
           .
           They
           Phancy
           these
           Selams
           to
           have
           more
           efficacy
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           greater
           Impressions
           upon
           the
           mind
           ,
           then
           the
           Characters
           that
           are
           form'd
           in
           a
           Letter
           ;
           which
           besides
           ,
           being
           liable
           to
           interception
           ,
           would
           endanger
           the
           two
           Lovers
           secret
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           too
           usuall
           in
           Amorous
           Commerces
           .
        
         
           The
           Persons
           that
           are
           wont
           to
           make
           use
           of
           Selams
           have
           ever
           a
           little
           Cabinet
           full
           of
           all
           the
           things
           that
           compose
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           know
           their
           Significations
           so
           well
           by
           heart
           ,
           that
           they
           use
           them
           with
           great
           readyness
           ,
           either
           in
           Writing
           or
           making
           an
           Answer
           .
           Perhaps
           you
           may
           object
           to
           me
           ,
           what
           I
           my self
           sometimes
           said
           to
           the
           Turks
           ,
           that
           with
           these
           Selams
           one
           cannot
           act
           so
           freely
           in
           the
           search
           of
           some
           quaint
           turn
           of
           Phrase
           ,
           or
           of
           some
           new
           Expression
           which
           the
           Wit
           and
           Hearts
           of
           Lovers
           may
           Suggest
           ,
           so
           to
           distinguish
           ones
           self
           with
           the
           beloved
           Object
           ,
           and
           to
           insinuate
           our
           
           selves
           into
           its
           Affections
           after
           a
           more
           agreable
           manner
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           these
           Selams
           being
           common
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           Persons
           ,
           The
           Woman
           of
           the
           least
           Ingenuity
           may
           say
           as
           fine
           things
           as
           the
           most
           Understanding
           Man
           in
           the
           World.
           In
           answer
           to
           this
           I
           shall
           quote
           what
           the
           Turks
           retorted
           upon
           me
           .
           Though
           that
           the
           reason
           I
           have
           alledg'd
           may
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           since
           the
           Wit
           does
           not
           in
           some
           manner
           leave
           to
           employ
           it self
           ,
           and
           express
           it's-gallantry
           and
           politeness
           in
           the
           Choice
           and
           ranging
           of
           the
           Selams
           that
           one
           sends
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           absolutely
           true
           ,
           what
           necessity
           is
           there
           of
           spending
           time
           in
           needless
           words
           ?
           This
           is
           good
           for
           Infidells
           ,
           say
           the
           Turks
           ,
           who
           have
           only
           windy
           flourishes
           of
           Discourse
           ;
           but
           for
           their
           parts
           they
           go
           directly
           to
           the
           point
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           particularly
           in
           a
           matter
           ,
           wherein
           they
           hold
           that
           all
           Discourse
           is
           Superfluous
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           reason
           is
           it
           that
           without
           making
           use
           of
           Circumlocutions
           or
           Equivocations
           ,
           they
           make
           no
           difficulty
           as
           well
           Women
           as
           Men
           to
           explain
           their
           minds
           freely
           and
           express
           things
           as
           they
           think
           them
           ,
           believing
           (
           saving
           some
           Rules
           of
           Decorum
           )
           that
           there
           is
           no
           more
           harm
           in
           the
           one
           than
           the
           other
           ,
           since
           the
           Sin
           consists
           in
           the
           Intention
           .
           It
           suffices
           them
           that
           with
           these
           Selams
           they
           give
           to
           understand
           all
           that
           can
           be
           said
           and
           written
           in
           a
           Commerce
           of
           Amity
           and
           Correspondence
           as
           is
           very
           feasable
           ,
           as
           will
           be
           made
           manifest
           in
           the
           Series
           of
           this
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           we
           may
           the
           more
           delightfully
           introduce
           the
           usage
           of
           those
           Selams
           or
           mute
           Characters
           ,
           and
           give
           a
           more
           perfect
           understanding
           of
           the
           Turks
           manner
           of
           interpreting
           them
           ,
           I
           will
           relate
           a
           little
           History
           that
           has
           happen'd
           in
           my
           time
           ,
           which
           I
           learnt
           from
           an
           old
           Jewess
           called
           Boul-Ester
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Principal
           Actress
           in
           it
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           will
           add
           a
           Character
           of
           all
           the
           Phrases
           that
           may
           be
           employed
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           Dictionary
           of
           Flowers
           ,
           Fruits
           ,
           Stuffs
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           that
           serve
           instead
           of
           these
           same
           Phrases
           ,
           such
           as
           I
           had
           at
           Constantinopie
           in
           Turkish
           Terms
           and
           Characters
           :
           I
           have
           here
           retrenched
           them
           that
           so
           I
           might
           not
           perplex
           the
           Reader
           by
           words
           of
           a
           Forreign
           Tongue
           ,
           wherein
           he
           would
           not
           be
           bound
           to
           believe
           me
           ,
           having
           only
           contented
           my self
           with
           faithfully
           Translating
           them
           ,
           and
           with
           instancing
           the
           Approbations
           thereunto
           annexed
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           took
           upon
           the
           places
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           my
           History
           ,
           which
           he
           will
           allow
           Credence
           to
           if
           he
           thinks
           fitting
           .
        
         
         
           As
           to
           the
           Turkish
           proper
           names
           that
           may
           be
           met
           withall
           in
           this
           Book
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           be
           pronounced
           exactly
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           as
           they
           are
           writ
           in
           English
           Characters
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           Corrupting
           them
           ,
           as
           most
           of
           those
           do
           ,
           especially
           the
           French
           ,
           who
           read
           these
           sorts
           of
           things
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           meer
           Fancy
           of
           strange
           Difficulties
           in
           pronouncing
           a
           Language
           ,
           against
           which
           they
           are
           unjustly
           prejudic'd
           .
           From
           thence
           is
           come
           the
           errour
           of
           Pronunciation
           ,
           which
           is
           committed
           when
           one
           is
           obliged
           to
           read
           in
           English
           proper
           Names
           ,
           and
           other
           Turkish
           words
           ,
           which
           it
           would
           be
           much
           more
           easy
           to
           pronounce
           naturally
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           pronounced
           ,
           than
           after
           the
           manner
           People
           do
           pronounce
           them
           .
           For
           example
           the
           name
           of
           Murad
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           pronounced
           in
           Turkish
           is
           much
           softer
           and
           easier
           to
           be
           read
           and
           pronounced
           in
           English
           than
           is
           Mourat
           or
           
             Amurat.
             Sarai
          
           which
           is
           the
           true
           word
           ,
           would
           be
           much
           smoother
           and
           easier
           than
           
             Serraglio
             .
             Ahmet
          
           is
           easier
           than
           Akhomet
           ,
           which
           is
           often
           taken
           for
           another
           name
           than
           Ahmet
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           the
           same
           .
           It
           is
           the
           like
           with
           a
           world
           of
           others
           ,
           which
           People
           seem
           to
           have
           taken
           delight
           in
           maiming
           and
           guelding
           .
           This
           would
           be
           very
           blameable
           ,
           if
           a
           too
           antient
           usage
           ,
           and
           a
           Complaisance
           for
           the
           Publick
           ,
           which
           I
           my self
           have
           had
           ,
           did
           not
           render
           those
           excusable
           that
           have
           written
           in
           this
           manner
           ;
           but
           they
           too
           often
           commit
           a
           fault
           ,
           in
           which
           it
           is
           convenient
           to
           give
           an
           explication
           that
           will
           not
           bevoid
           of
           use
           for
           those
           that
           daily
           read
           Gazettes
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           considerable
           matters
           that
           concern
           Turkey
           .
        
         
           In
           speaking
           of
           the
           Pacha's
           ,
           some
           will
           absolutely
           call
           them
           Bachas
           ,
           others
           read
           Pacas
           ,
           or
           Bacas
           ,
           others
           write
           Bassas
           ,
           and
           none
           of
           all
           these
           speak
           right
           ,
           confounding
           together
           the
           words
           of
           
             Pacha
             ,
             Bacha
          
           ,
           and
           Bachi
           .
           Certain
           it
           is
           that
           all
           the
           world
           is
           not
           bound
           to
           know
           the
           difference
           there
           is
           between
           these
           three
           words
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           write
           concerning
           them
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           ignorant
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           make
           them
           to
           be
           well
           pronounced
           ,
           and
           understood
           in
           such
           manner
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           understood
           and
           pronounced
           .
        
         
           Pacha
           ,
           which
           imports
           Viceroy
           ,
           is
           a
           Diminitive
           of
           Padichah
           which
           signifies
           Emperour
           .
           This
           Title
           is
           conferred
           on
           the
           Governours
           of
           Provinces
           ,
           as
           Pacha
           of
           
             Aleppo
             ,
             Pacha
          
           of
           
             Cairo
             ,
             Pacha
          
           of
           
             Candia
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           It
           is
           likewise
           given
           to
           Lieutenant
           Generals
           ;
           
           to
           the
           High
           Admiral
           Capoudan-Pacha
           ,
           derived
           from
           the
           word
           Capitano
           ;
           to
           the
           Controllour
           General
           of
           the
           Finances
           Defterdar-Pacha
           ;
           to
           several
           other
           great
           Officers
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           to
           those
           that
           have
           stood
           possess'd
           of
           the
           Dignities
           to
           which
           that
           Title
           is
           annexed
           .
           Pacha
           is
           subordinate
           to
           Vesir
           ,
           not
           Visir
           or
           Visier
           ,
           which
           in
           its
           Arabick
           Etimology
           signifies
           Porter
           ,
           as
           if
           one
           should
           say
           the
           Person
           in
           whose
           Prudence
           and
           Conduct
           is
           confided
           the
           whole
           weight
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           Empire
           .
        
         
           Bassa
           was
           never
           said
           in
           Turkish
           ;
           It
           has
           been
           borrow'd
           from
           the
           Greeks
           ,
           who
           not
           being
           able
           to
           pronounce
           the
           Ch
           otherwise
           than
           as
           two
           ss
           ,
           say
           Passa
           instead
           of
           Pacha
           ,
           and
           the
           change
           of
           the
           P
           to
           the
           B
           is
           made
           by
           Corr●p●ion
           or
           mistake
           〈◊〉
           the
           word
           Bacha
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           very
           mean
           Title
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           〈◊〉
           which
           is
           annex'd
           to
           very
           Honourable
           Employs
           ,
           nay
           ar
           〈…〉
           that
           are
           the
           Principal
           of
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           Bacha
           and
           Bachi
           do
           both
           derive
           themselves
           from
           the
           same
           word
           Bach
           ,
           which
           signifies
           Head
           ,
           Chief
           ;
           But
           they
           are
           extream
           different
           in
           Application
           :
           Bachi
           is
           bestow'd
           upon
           seve●al
           very
           considerable
           Officers
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           the
           Chief
           Commanders
           of
           any
           Body
           ,
           Company
           ,
           Brigade
           ,
           or
           Party
           .
        
         
           Bacha
           is
           commonly
           taken
           for
           the
           J●nizaries
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           of
           the
           lowest
           Condition
           whom
           they
           call
           
             Ibrahim
             Bacha
             ,
             Osman
             Bacha
             ,
             Eumer
             Bacha
             ,
             Mustapha
             Bacha
          
           &c.
           
           As
           if
           we
           should
           say
           in
           English
           to
           People
           of
           the
           lowest
           Rank
           ,
           
             Master
             Peter
             ,
             Master
             John
             ,
             Master
             Thomas
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           as
           it
           would
           be
           very
           ridiculous
           to
           confound
           Master
           Peter
           ,
           Master
           Thomas
           ,
           Master
           John
           ,
           with
           Master
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           Master
           of
           Requests
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           Wardrobe
           ,
           &c.
           so
           it
           is
           no
           less
           ridiculous
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           Turks
           ,
           that
           one
           confounds
           the
           word
           Bacha
           with
           that
           of
           Pacha
           ,
           which
           signifies
           Vice-Roy
           Governour
           of
           a
           Province
           ,
           or
           with
           that
           of
           Bachi
           ,
           which
           signifies
           Master
           ,
           Chief
           ,
           Superintendant
           ,
           or
           Commander
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Topchi
             Bachi
          
           Grand
           Master
           of
           the
           Artillery
           ,
           Chief
           of
           the
           Canonniers
           ;
           the
           
             Bostangi
             Bachi
          
           ,
           Master
           Gardiner
           ,
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Policy
           of
           Constantinople
           ,
           and
           Superintendant
           of
           the
           Imperiall
           Gardens
           and
           Houses
           ;
           the
           
             Capidgi
             Bachi
          
           who
           are
           as
           it
           were
           the
           
             Grand
             Signiors
          
           Gentlemen
           in
           Ordinary
           .
           The
           
             Tcha●uch
             Bachi
          
           ,
           Commanding
           the
           Companies
           as
           it
           were
           of
           Gentlemen-Pensioners
           ,
           and
           Sundry
           other
           considerable
           Officers
           of
           the
           
           Port.
           After
           this
           petty
           Observation
           which
           does
           not
           ill
           become
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           Turkish
           Secretary
           ,
           since
           it
           concerns
           the
           speaking
           and
           Writing
           well
           ,
           I
           proceed
           to
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Old
           Jewess
           .
        
      
       
         
           THE
           HISTORY
           OF
           
             YOUSSUF-BEY
             and
             of
             GUL-BEYAZ
          
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           the
           Custom
           of
           the
           Turks
           in
           publick
           Merriments
           to
           spend
           the
           three
           days
           of
           the
           Bairam
           ,
           which
           is
           their
           feast
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           year
           the
           most
           Solemn
           ,
           after
           a
           Fast
           of
           thirty
           Days
           ,
           as
           is
           that
           of
           Easter
           among
           the
           Christians
           .
           The
           Turkish
           Princesses
           and
           Ladies
           of
           the
           first
           Quality
           that
           have
           their
           Palaces
           and
           Abodes
           in
           the
           City
           of
           Constantinople
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Neighbourhood
           ,
           repair
           to
           the
           
             Grand
             Signiors
             Seraglio
          
           to
           visit
           the
           Sultana's
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           to
           be
           seen
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           and
           there
           they
           spend
           those
           three
           days
           in
           sports
           and
           Gallantries
           .
           The
           Slaves
           that
           are
           not
           Employ'd
           in
           Singing
           or
           dancing
           ,
           which
           makes
           up
           the
           Principal
           Divertisement
           of
           the
           Princesses
           ,
           withdraw
           into
           some
           By-Apartment
           where
           they
           contribute
           to
           each
           others
           Mirth
           and
           Recreation
           .
        
         
           Upon
           a
           certain
           Day
           that
           
             Bournaz
             Hatidge
             Sultan
          
           ,
           Sister
           to
           
             Sultan
             Murad
          
           ,
           went
           to
           the
           Seraglio
           to
           visit
           the
           
             Sultana
             Valide
          
           ,
           Mother
           to
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
             Mahomet
          
           the
           4th
           ,
           now
           lately
           Depos'd
           ,
           these
           two
           Sultana's
           meaning
           to
           be
           private
           ,
           dismiss'd
           for
           a
           time
           all
           their
           Slaves
           ,
           out
           of
           their
           Presence
           .
           Some
           that
           were
           most
           Intimate
           struck
           off
           from
           the
           rest
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           discourse
           with
           the
           more
           freedom
           ,
           and
           went
           to
           
           sit
           in
           a
           great
           Kiochque
           ,
           or
           House
           of
           Pleasure
           to
           take
           the
           Air.
           This
           Banquetting-house
           look'd
           upon
           the
           Gardens
           of
           the
           Seraglio
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           open
           Sea
           ,
           that
           washes
           the
           great
           Front
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Constantinople
           ,
           on
           the
           sides
           of
           the
           Isles
           of
           Princes
           .
        
         
           Their
           Discourse
           happen'd
           to
           fall
           upon
           the
           Amours
           of
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           which
           signifies
           White-Rose
           .
           She
           was
           the
           
             Sultana
             Valide's
          
           Principal
           Slave
           ,
           and
           had
           some
           Years
           ago
           been
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Seraglio
           to
           be
           given
           in
           Marriage
           to
           the
           Son
           of
           a
           rich
           Pacha
           ,
           thro'
           adventures
           as
           Whimsical
           as
           they
           were
           propitious
           for
           her
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           Slaves
           Mutually
           entreated
           their
           Companions
           to
           tell
           that
           Story
           ;
           but
           as
           one
           of
           them
           called
           Fatma
           ,
           was
           better
           acquainted
           with
           it
           than
           the
           Rest
           ,
           thro'
           her
           having
           been
           concern'd
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           Gulbeyaz
           having
           made
           her
           her
           Confident
           without
           Reserve
           ,
           they
           earnestly
           entreated
           her
           to
           relate
           it
           ,
           which
           she
           did
           in
           these
           terms
           .
        
         
           Gulbeyaz
           had
           reach'd
           to
           Fifteen
           or
           Sixteen
           years
           of
           Age
           ,
           without
           being
           acquainted
           with
           Love
           ,
           though
           she
           had
           dayly
           heard
           the
           other
           Maids
           her
           Companions
           discourse
           of
           that
           Passion
           ,
           which
           produced
           such
           strange
           effects
           ,
           that
           it
           made
           them
           at
           the
           same
           time
           proceed
           from
           joy
           to
           sadness
           ,
           and
           from
           Love
           to
           Jealousy
           and
           Despair
           ,
           Insomuch
           that
           their
           Countenances
           chang'd
           as
           often
           as
           their
           hearts
           were
           ruffled
           with
           different
           Motions
           .
        
         
           So
           pitteous
           an
           Estate
           had
           made
           Gulbeyaz
           afraid
           of
           such
           like
           Engagements
           ,
           and
           she
           had
           shunn'd
           them
           as
           much
           as
           was
           possible
           for
           her
           ;
           but
           at
           length
           Love
           being
           provok'd
           by
           the
           resistance
           of
           so
           beautifull
           a
           Person
           ,
           constrain'd
           her
           to
           buckle
           to
           his
           Power
           ,
           and
           inspir'd
           her
           with
           Sentiments
           of
           tenderness
           for
           a
           Young
           Turk
           ,
           the
           Neighbour
           of
           a
           Jew
           ,
           at
           whose
           house
           she
           had
           been
           boarded
           with
           several
           other
           Slaves
           above
           her
           Age.
           She
           was
           plac'd
           in
           that
           Family
           to
           learn
           to
           Read
           ,
           Write
           ,
           Sing
           ,
           Dance
           ,
           Play
           upon
           Instruments
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Exercises
           that
           are
           commonly
           taught
           us
           ,
           so
           to
           polish
           and
           render
           her
           worthy
           of
           being
           introduced
           into
           this
           Seraglio
           ,
           where
           Gulbeyaz
           remain'd
           for
           three
           years
           ,
           after
           which
           she
           went
           out
           hence
           ,
           with
           a
           fortune
           equal
           to
           her
           Merit
           ,
           and
           the
           greatness
           of
           her
           ove
           .
        
         
           This
           Turk
           call'd
           Youssuf-Bey
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Mehemmed
             Pacha
             ,
             Seraskier
          
           ,
           was
           the
           Neighbour
           and
           much
           the
           friend
           of
           the
           Jew
           ,
           
           at
           whose
           House
           Gulbeyaz
           was
           plac'd
           ,
           and
           he
           frequently
           went
           thither
           to
           hear
           her
           Sing
           ,
           and
           play
           upon
           a
           Psaltery
           ,
           which
           she
           did
           incomparably
           better
           than
           any
           Body
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           She
           was
           then
           in
           her
           Sixteenth
           year
           ,
           and
           Youssuf
           conceived
           so
           much
           Love
           for
           her
           ,
           that
           to
           see
           and
           hear
           her
           the
           oftener
           ,
           he
           spent
           Days
           and
           Nights
           in
           his
           Garden
           ,
           which
           was
           contiguous
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Jew
           ,
           or
           at
           Windows
           that
           look'd
           upon
           a
           Place
           where
           Gulbeyaz
           was
           wont
           to
           walk
           :
           Nay
           one
           day
           he
           would
           needs
           discourse
           her
           upon
           the
           Passion
           she
           had
           produced
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           but
           his
           Amorous
           Cajolleries
           made
           so
           little
           Impression
           upon
           her
           mind
           ,
           that
           as
           then
           she
           had
           not
           the
           least
           Sentiment
           of
           tenderness
           .
        
         
           Some
           time
           after
           ,
           the
           Person
           that
           had
           plac'd
           her
           at
           the
           Jews
           House
           finding
           her
           sufficiently
           instructed
           ,
           presented
           her
           to
           the
           Sultana
           our
           Mistress
           .
           Absence
           which
           is
           a
           great
           Remedy
           against
           Love
           ,
           instead
           of
           stifling
           Youssuf's
           Passion
           ,
           did
           only
           serve
           to
           augment
           it
           ,
           while
           that
           Gulbeyaz
           lived
           very
           peaceably
           in
           the
           Seraglio
           ,
           where
           Love
           as
           yet
           had
           not
           disturb'd
           her
           Repose
           .
        
         
           Youssuf
           try'd
           all
           manner
           of
           ways
           to
           have
           some
           Account
           of
           the
           Dear
           she
           he
           adored
           .
           All
           his
           Endeavours
           were
           in
           vain
           ;
           the
           Doors
           of
           the
           Womens
           Apartment
           are
           inaccessible
           Places
           .
           The
           Eunuchs
           that
           keep
           them
           being
           peevish
           ,
           and
           vex'd
           to
           see
           themselves
           depriv'd
           of
           what
           might
           render
           them
           agreeable
           to
           so
           many
           Beauties
           as
           they
           have
           under
           their
           Charge
           ,
           become
           jealous
           of
           them
           even
           to
           fury
           ,
           and
           have
           piercing
           Eyes
           that
           discover
           their
           very
           least
           steps
           .
        
         
           So
           many
           Difficulties
           had
           almost
           pawl'd
           Youssuf
           ,
           who
           had
           spent
           near
           three
           years
           in
           Abortive
           Endeavours
           .
           He
           gave
           himself
           up
           to
           Grief
           and
           Complaints
           ,
           when
           that
           one
           of
           his
           friends
           ,
           who
           shar'd
           in
           all
           his
           Afflictions
           ,
           inform'd
           him
           that
           a
           Jewess
           ,
           call'd
           Boul-Ester
           ,
           had
           a
           free
           Access
           into
           the
           Seraglio
           ,
           where
           she
           sold
           a
           World
           of
           Toys
           to
           the
           Sultana's
           .
        
         
           Youssuf
           who
           had
           Wit
           and
           Money
           ,
           avail'd
           himself
           of
           his
           Friends
           advice
           ,
           and
           thence
           conceived
           good
           hopes
           ,
           both
           for
           that
           he
           was
           prodigiously
           rich
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           knew
           with
           Money
           the
           most
           Difficult
           Enterprises
           are
           brought
           about
           ,
           He
           resolved
           to
           entrust
           his
           Passion
           in
           this
           Jewess
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           her
           his
           Friend
           ,
           wherein
           he
           found
           no
           great
           Difficulties
           ,
           because
           that
           considerable
           
           Presents
           ,
           and
           the
           promise
           of
           redoubling
           them
           in
           case
           of
           good
           success
           ,
           immediately
           engag'd
           the
           Jewess
           to
           serve
           Youssuf
           in
           his
           Amour
           .
        
         
           He
           encharged
           her
           with
           a
           pair
           of
           Pendants
           ,
           which
           were
           two
           Emeraulds
           of
           the
           Pear
           Cutt
           ,
           with
           a
           pair
           of
           Diamond
           Bracelets
           and
           with
           a
           Girdle
           garnished
           with
           Rubies
           enchac'd
           in
           enamell'd
           Gold.
           He
           accompanied
           this
           Present
           with
           a
           Letter
           written
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           Selam
           ,
           contained
           in
           a
           Gold
           enamell'd
           Watch
           Cover
           enrich'd
           with
           Diamonds
           .
        
         
           He
           conjur'd
           this
           Toy-woman
           to
           use
           her
           utmost
           Industry
           to
           make
           Gulbeyaz
           sensible
           of
           the
           excess
           of
           his
           Love
           ,
           and
           to
           represent
           to
           her
           the
           Disorders
           which
           this
           Passion
           had
           occasion'd
           in
           his
           Bosom
           ;
           the
           State
           challenging
           pity
           to
           which
           it
           had
           reduced
           him
           ;
           that
           Gulbeyaz
           had
           been
           now
           near
           three
           years
           in
           the
           Serraglio
           ,
           without
           his
           having
           been
           able
           to
           find
           out
           an
           occasion
           to
           have
           the
           least
           tydings
           of
           her
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           ready
           to
           dye
           if
           all
           he
           had
           suffer'd
           for
           her
           sake
           was
           incapable
           of
           inspiring
           her
           with
           some
           Compassion
           and
           Acknowledgment
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           Jewess
           ,
           who
           was
           extraordinary
           Sly
           and
           Cunning
           ,
           coming
           to
           the
           Serraglio
           ,
           after
           her
           usual
           manner
           ,
           watcht
           the
           time
           that
           the
           
             Sultana
             Valide
          
           was
           not
           visible
           ,
           and
           seeking
           for
           an
           occasion
           to
           speak
           conveniently
           to
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           she
           entreated
           her
           to
           give
           her
           leave
           to
           rest
           a
           little
           in
           her
           Apartment
           ,
           which
           Gulbeyaz
           could
           not
           civilly
           refuse
           her
           ,
           being
           of
           all
           the
           Maids
           this
           Toy-woman
           was
           the
           most
           familiarly
           acquainted
           withall
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           her
           employ
           of
           the
           Sultana's
           Treasuress
           ,
           to
           which
           she
           had
           attained
           in
           a
           very
           little
           time
           by
           her
           merit
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           Princess's
           most
           peculiar
           esteem
           .
        
         
           Women
           are
           naturally
           curious
           ;
           Gulbeyaz
           immediately
           askt
           the
           Jewess
           what
           she
           had
           new
           to
           shew
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           having
           told
           her
           that
           she
           brought
           Jewells
           ,
           she
           extoll'd
           their
           Beauty
           and
           Perfection
           ,
           and
           taking
           out
           of
           her
           Bosom
           a
           Box
           wherein
           they
           were
           contain'd
           ,
           she
           shew'd
           them
           to
           Gulbeyaz
           .
        
         
           The
           fire
           and
           lustre
           of
           these
           Precions
           Stones
           which
           Gulbeyaz
           ey'd
           attentively
           and
           with
           a
           wishing
           look
           ,
           put
           her
           upon
           decking
           her self
           with
           them
           for
           a
           moment
           ,
           and
           the
           Jewess
           did
           not
           fail
           by
           her
           flatteries
           and
           praises
           to
           engage
           her
           often
           to
           consult
           her
           Table-Glass
           ,
           which
           she
           found
           by
           Chance
           ,
           and
           which
           made
           her
           
           observe
           an
           Extraordinary
           flushing
           in
           her
           face
           ,
           occasion'd
           by
           Vexation
           and
           Spight
           ,
           for
           that
           fortune
           had
           not
           favour'd
           her
           with
           the
           like
           Treasure
           .
        
         
           Boul-Ester
           who
           plainly
           perceiv'd
           all
           that
           pass'd
           in
           Gulbeyaz
           heart
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           was
           falling
           into
           the
           snare
           ,
           judg'd
           that
           all
           Moments
           were
           precious
           ,
           and
           fancy'd
           it
           to
           be
           now
           time
           to
           play
           her
           part
           ,
           and
           to
           discover
           to
           this
           fair
           one
           the
           subject
           of
           her
           Commission
           ;
           by
           delivering
           her
           Youssufs
           Letter
           and
           Prefent
           .
        
         
           Charming
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           (
           said
           she
           to
           her
           )
           
             I
             must
             own
             t'
             ye
             that
             I
             cannot
             but
             wonder
             that
             the
          
           Sultan
           
             is
             not
             taken
             with
             so
             many
             Beauties
             ,
             and
             with
             so
             many
             Attractions
             as
             I
             observe
             in
             your
             Person
             .
             There
             is
             nothing
             in
             you
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             capable
             of
             inspiring
             Love
             ,
             and
             if
             his
             Highness
             had
             seen
             you
             thus
             adorned
             ,
             the
          
           Sultana
           
             would
             be
             jealous
             ,
             and
             I
             can
             easily
             persuade
             my self
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             what
             has
             been
             affirm'd
             to
             me
             of
             the
             passion
             which
             a
             Young
          
           Turk
           ,
           call'd
           Youssuf
           
             had
             for
             you
          
           .
        
         
           Tho'
           since
           Gulbeyaz
           had
           been
           in
           the
           Seraglio
           ,
           she
           had
           neither
           heard
           talk
           of
           the
           Jew
           ,
           at
           whose
           house
           she
           had
           been
           boarded
           ,
           nor
           of
           Youssuf-Bey
           ,
           yet
           that
           name
           made
           her
           change
           Colour
           .
           This
           young
           Man's
           Passion
           was
           not
           unknown
           to
           her
           ,
           since
           he
           had
           discours'd
           her
           upon
           the
           torments
           she
           made
           him
           to
           endure
           .
           She
           did
           what
           she
           could
           to
           dissemble
           her
           surprize
           ,
           and
           conceal
           the
           Disorder
           of
           her
           mind
           ,
           but
           the
           poyson
           that
           had
           so
           long
           been
           shed
           therein
           ,
           without
           her
           perceiving
           it
           ,
           discover'd
           it self
           in
           spight
           of
           her
           ,
           by
           a
           sigh
           that
           broke
           forth
           from
           the
           bottom
           of
           her
           heart
           ,
           and
           which
           she
           could
           not
           keep
           in
           .
        
         
           Boul-Ester
           availing
           her self
           of
           the
           Disorder
           she
           knew
           Gulbeyaz
           to
           be
           in
           ,
           did
           so
           lively
           represent
           to
           her
           Youssuf's
           Passion
           and
           Merit
           ,
           that
           she
           perfectly
           insinuated
           him
           into
           her
           heart
           ,
           tho'
           this
           fair
           one
           durst
           not
           yet
           however
           declare
           her self
           openly
           .
           The
           Jewess
           presented
           her
           at
           the
           same
           time
           with
           the
           Box
           of
           Diamonds
           ,
           and
           as
           she
           fancy'd
           it
           to
           be
           a
           thing
           that
           she
           only
           shew'd
           her
           ,
           Curiosity
           made
           her
           open
           it
           ;
           but
           instead
           of
           a
           Watch-movement
           ,
           she
           found
           a
           letter
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           oblig'd
           her
           to
           shut
           it
           again
           immediately
           to
           restore
           it
           to
           the
           Toy-woman
           .
        
         
           She
           pretended
           to
           be
           vex'd
           ,
           though
           she
           would
           willingly
           have
           been
           inform'd
           of
           the
           Contents
           of
           the
           Letter
           ,
           not
           doubting
           but
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Declaration
           of
           Youssuf's
           Passion
           ,
           who
           began
           
           to
           ,
           please
           her
           .
           The
           Jewess
           who
           had
           too
           much
           Experience
           to
           be
           a
           stranger
           to
           and
           not
           understand
           this
           feint
           ,
           press'd
           her
           so
           earnestly
           to
           take
           the
           Box
           again
           ,
           that
           she
           could
           not
           decline
           it
           ,
           but
           she
           protested
           to
           her
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           only
           out
           of
           Complaisance
           ,
           and
           to
           free
           her self
           from
           her
           Importunities
           .
        
         
           In
           taking
           out
           the
           Letter
           Gulbeyaz
           found
           underneath
           a
           little
           Pacquet
           ,
           which
           contain'd
           a
           Selam
           ,
           but
           as
           she
           was
           impatient
           to
           read
           ,
           she
           immediately
           open'd
           the
           Letter
           ,
           which
           was
           conceived
           In
           these
           terms
           .
        
         
           
             To
             see
             and
             Love
             you
             ,
             Divine
          
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           
             were
             to
             me
             but
             one
             and
             the
             same
             thing
             .
             Heaven
             that
             made
             you
             so
             beauteous
             ,
             ought
             to
             have
             made
             you
             more
             sensible
             ,
             or
             not
             to
             have
             inspir'd
             me
             with
             so
             much
             Love
             with
             so
             little
             hopes
             .
             My
             Passion
             is
             as
             old
             as
             the
             knowledge
             I
             have
             had
             of
             your
             merit
             ,
             and
             time
             which
             consumes
             all
             things
             has
             only
             served
             to
             augment
             it
             .
             Now
             for
             several
             years
             have
             I
             not
             been
             my self
             ;
             and
             only
             live
             for
             you
             .
             I
             spend
             both
             days
             and
             Nights
             in
             that
             part
             of
             my
             Garden
             ,
             whence
             I
             heard
             you
             Sing
             ,
             and
             Play
             upon
             Instruments
             ,
             and
             whence
             I
             some
             times
             discours'd
             you
             .
             That
             Place
             which
             was
             the
             Confident
             of
             my
             Pleasures
             ,
             is
             at
             present
             of
             my
             Torments
             ;
             and
             will
             be
             quickly
             that
             of
             my
             Grave
             ,
             unless
             you
             cause
             my
             destiny
             to
             be
             chang'd
             ,
             being
             no
             longer
             able
             to
             live
             without
             seeing
             you
             .
             I
             know
             the
             difficulty
             of
             this
             Enterprize
             ;
             but
             ,
             incomparable
          
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           
             if
             you
             would
             have
             a
             little
             Compassion
             of
             him
             that
             languishes
             away
             for
             you
             ,
             and
             grant
             him
             the
             happiness
             of
             throwing
             himself
             at
             your
             feet
             ,
             leave
             all
             things
             to
             the
             Care
             and
             Contrivance
             of
             the
             prudent
          
           Boul-Ester
           ,
           
             she
             'l
             know
             how
             to
             manage
             both
             my
             good
             fortune
             and
             your
             Reputation
             .
          
        
         
           The
           reading
           the
           Letter
           gave
           Gulbeyaz
           the
           Curiosity
           to
           open
           the
           Selam
           ;
           It
           was
           compos'd
           of
           Ginger
           ,
           with
           Yellow-Wax
           ,
           a
           bit
           of
           Cloath
           ,
           of
           Coal
           ,
           Alum
           ,
           Cypress
           ,
           wrapt-up
           in
           Pearl-colour
           Silk
           ,
           whose
           Signification
           is
           ;
        
         
           
             Feign
             would
             I
             ,
             My
             Eyes
             ,
             that
             you
             were
             fully
             inform'd
             of
             the
             Love
             I
             have
             for
             you
             ;
             It
             robbs
             me
             of
             my self
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             do
             not
             take
             pitty
             of
             the
             Condition
             I
             am
             in
             ,
             I
             shall
             dye
             while
             you
             enjoy
             a
             happy
             Life
             .
             Honour
             me
             with
             an
             Answer
             ,
             and
             put
             a
             period
             to
             my
             torments
             .
          
        
         
           Though
           Gulbeyaz
           pretended
           the
           not
           being
           well
           pleas'd
           with
           this
           Declaration
           which
           she
           found
           100
           free
           ,
           yet
           was
           her
           heart
           Extremely
           well
           Satisfy'd
           with
           Youssufs
           Constancy
           .
           This
           Heart
           of
           
           hers
           spoke
           to
           her
           in
           his
           behalf
           ,
           &
           there
           needed
           no
           great
           Endeavours
           to
           persuade
           her
           that
           he
           lov'd
           her
           ,
           and
           inspire
           her
           with
           tenderness
           .
        
         
           The
           Jewess
           ,
           who
           studied
           Gulbeyaz's
           Countenance
           ,
           perceiving
           the
           effect
           of
           the
           Letter
           and
           Selam
           ,
           offer'd
           her
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           Jewells
           with
           which
           she
           was
           already
           deck'd
           .
           Her
           reason
           which
           was
           not
           as
           yet
           wholly
           prepossess'd
           ,
           made
           her
           refuse
           them
           flat
           and
           plain
           .
           She
           gave
           her
           to
           understand
           the
           injury
           that
           this
           would
           do
           her
           Reputation
           ,
           if
           the
           Sultana
           discover'd
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           ought
           not
           to
           accept
           a
           Present
           ,
           much
           less
           embrace
           an
           Intreague
           that
           might
           be
           the
           occasion
           of
           her
           ruine
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           she
           took
           off
           those
           Jewells
           ,
           and
           restored
           them
           with
           the
           Box
           ,
           only
           keeping
           the
           Letter
           and
           Selam
           .
        
         
           Boul-Ester
           ,
           whom
           long
           Practice
           had
           rendred
           a
           Person
           of
           large
           Experience
           ,
           was
           persuaded
           that
           an
           over-great
           Earnestness
           does
           sometimes
           hinder
           the
           success
           of
           what
           one
           most
           wishes
           :
           wherefore
           without
           insisting
           longer
           to
           make
           Gulbeyaz
           take
           the
           Jewells
           ,
           she
           contented
           her self
           with
           min●ing
           her
           of
           the
           acknowledgment
           that
           is
           owing
           to
           Persons
           that
           have
           favourable
           Sentiments
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           required
           that
           she
           should
           at
           least
           return
           an
           Answer
           ,
           without
           which
           there
           would
           be
           occasion
           to
           doubt
           of
           the
           fidelity
           of
           her
           Message
           .
        
         
           Gulbeyaz
           fell
           happily
           into
           the
           Trap
           ,
           and
           fancy'd
           she
           should
           gain
           a
           mighty
           Victory
           over
           her self
           ,
           by
           returning
           Youssuff
           an
           Answer
           quite
           contrary
           to
           what
           her
           thoughts
           were
           for
           him
           ,
           nay
           and
           to
           what
           she
           had
           newly
           done
           in
           keeping
           his
           Letter
           and
           Selam
           :
           For
           her
           Answer
           was
           as
           now
           follows
           .
        
         
           
             I
             know
             you
             to
             be
             a
             Romancer
             ,
             and
             think
             to
             expose
             me
             to
             your
             Raillery
             ,
             Recollect
             your self
             ,
             and
             remember
             that
             I
             am
             very
             angry
             at
             your
             temerity
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             will
             never
             consent
             to
             your
             fond
             Pretensions
             .
          
           This
           was
           express'd
           by
           a
           Pepper
           Corn
           ,
           a
           little
           bit
           of
           Parchment
           ,
           of
           Velvet
           ,
           a
           small
           Splinter
           of
           Box
           ,
           a
           Pistacho
           ,
           a
           piece
           of
           Glass
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           things
           made
           a
           small
           Pacquet
           in
           a
           piece
           of
           Cloth
           ,
           by
           which
           forsooth
           she
           would
           feign
           let
           Youssuff
           know
           that
           Gulbeyaz
           was
           weary
           of
           his
           Importunities
           .
        
         
           She
           was
           too
           high
           and
           arrogant
           both
           in
           Language
           and
           Action
           to
           continue
           so
           long
           .
           And
           this
           Consideration
           did
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           comfort
           Youssuff
           ,
           for
           otherwise
           Spite
           and
           Vexation
           would
           
           have
           sent
           him
           to
           his
           Grave
           ,
           if
           his
           Mistress's
           over-great
           Affectation
           to
           oppose
           his
           Addresses
           ,
           had
           not
           made
           him
           guess
           she
           would
           yield
           in
           a
           little
           time
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           far
           from
           being
           pawl'd
           ,
           he
           grew
           more
           and
           more
           fortified
           in
           his
           Resolution
           .
           The
           Jewess
           did
           more
           than
           a
           little
           contribute
           thereunto
           ,
           by
           giving
           him
           a
           faithfull
           Account
           of
           all
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           her
           Conversation
           with
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           and
           by
           encharging
           her self
           with
           a
           second
           Mute
           Letter
           ,
           which
           he
           gave
           her
           for
           that
           beauteous
           Person
           .
           He
           was
           not
           willing
           to
           make
           use
           either
           of
           Ink
           or
           Paper
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           some
           Accident
           ,
           and
           besides
           he
           perceiv'd
           by
           experience
           that
           she
           perform'd
           but
           too
           well
           in
           the
           other
           way
           of
           writing
           .
           He
           contented
           himself
           with
           justifying
           himself
           after
           a
           modest
           sort
           of
           manner
           ,
           'till
           such
           time
           as
           that
           he
           had
           answerable
           Returns
           from
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           who
           he
           foresaw
           would
           not
           be
           long
           in
           Debt
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Some
           days
           after
           did
           
             Boul
             Ester
          
           return
           to
           the
           Serraglio
           ,
           and
           in
           entring
           the
           Sultana's
           Apartment
           ,
           she
           Embrac'd
           Gulbeyaz
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           her
           Companions
           who
           were
           there
           ,
           and
           told
           her
           I
           give
           you
           the
           good
           morrow
           and
           this
           also
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           she
           put
           into
           her
           hands
           a
           very
           little
           Box
           of
           Gold
           ,
           that
           contained
           Tow
           ,
           and
           a
           bit
           of
           a
           kind
           of
           Coverlet
           ,
           and
           took
           out
           of
           her
           bosome
           a
           pair
           of
           Cizars
           very
           curiously
           wrought
           ,
           and
           a
           pocket
           Looking-Glass
           ,
           which
           she
           pretended
           to
           make
           her
           a
           present
           of
           .
           As
           Gulbeyaz
           was
           the
           she
           of
           all
           the
           Slaves
           ,
           who
           stood
           the
           Jewess
           in
           most
           stead
           with
           the
           Princess
           ,
           this
           present
           gave
           no
           matter
           of
           suspicion
           to
           the
           Rest
           ;
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           been
           suprized
           if
           Gulbeyaz
           should
           not
           have
           accepted
           it
           .
           Now
           she
           interpreted
           this
           new
           Selam
           in
           the
           manner
           following
           .
        
         
           
             If
             it
             is
             possible
             ,
             My
             Dear
             Mistress
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             been
             so
             unhappy
             as
             to
             displease
             you
             ,
             pardon
             me
             ,
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             that
             fault
             ,
             or
             command
             me
             to
             dye
             .
             I
             am
             just
             ready
             to
             sacrifice
             my
             Life
             to
             Express
             to
             you
             the
             Excess
             of
             my
             Love
             and
             of
             my
             Obedience
             .
          
        
         
           Boul-Ester
           staid
           a
           long
           time
           in
           the
           Chamber
           with
           the
           Sultana
           ,
           who
           consulted
           her
           upon
           the
           Quality
           of
           certain
           stuffs
           for
           a
           furniture
           ,
           and
           in
           putting
           up
           an
           Extraordinary
           fine
           Herons
           Top
           which
           she
           had
           shew'd
           her
           ,
           she
           entreated
           Gulbeyaz
           to
           order
           a
           Glass
           of
           Water
           to
           be
           brought
           her
           into
           the
           Anti-chamber
           ,
           for
           her
           to
           drink
           at
           her
           going
           away
           ,
           which
           was
           as
           much
           as
           to
           
           say
           that
           she
           desired
           an
           Answer
           .
        
         
           The
           obligation
           of
           being
           always
           with
           the
           Princess
           ,
           had
           hinder'd
           Gulbeyaz
           from
           getting
           a
           Selam
           ready
           as
           baughty
           as
           the
           first
           .
           This
           Constraint
           occasioned
           her
           entertaining
           a
           secret
           joy
           ,
           though
           otherwise
           she
           labour'd
           under
           an
           extraordinary
           impatience
           to
           discourse
           Boul-Ester
           .
           Yet
           had
           she
           not
           the
           opportunity
           of
           doing
           it
           that
           day
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           world
           of
           Maids
           that
           flock'd
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Lodgings
           to
           see
           what
           the
           Jewess
           had
           brought
           .
        
         
           All
           that
           Gulbeyaz
           could
           do
           was
           to
           give
           her
           hastily
           a
           Selam
           ,
           in
           bidding
           her
           Adieu
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           as
           the
           other
           had
           bid
           her
           good
           morrow
           .
           This
           Selam
           was
           more
           succinct
           and
           much
           less
           severe
           than
           the
           former
           ,
           in
           which
           Gulbeyaz
           has
           told
           me
           several
           times
           that
           she
           pretended
           so
           much
           rigour
           only
           on
           the
           account
           that
           she
           thought
           Honour
           and
           Decorum
           engaged
           her
           thereunto
           ,
           that
           so
           she
           might
           not
           yield
           otherwise
           than
           in
           form
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           might
           charge
           to
           time
           and
           the
           perseverance
           of
           her
           Lover
           the
           excuses
           of
           a
           Passion
           ,
           which
           she
           had
           been
           but
           too
           sensible
           of
           from
           the
           first
           Declaration
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           Gulbeyaz
           told
           Boul-Ester
           just
           as
           she
           was
           going
           away
           that
           she
           had
           several
           Commissions
           to
           encharge
           her
           with
           ,
           but
           wanting
           the
           opportunity
           of
           unfolding
           her
           mind
           to
           her
           ,
           she
           entreated
           her
           only
           for
           that
           time
           to
           take
           a
           *
           Themen
           ,
           and
           with
           it
           to
           buy
           her
           Pens
           to
           write
           ,
           like
           to
           one
           she
           gave
           her
           in
           pressing
           her
           hand
           ,
           to
           which
           she
           added
           that
           this
           was
           all
           that
           time
           and
           her
           Devoir
           to
           her
           Mistress
           did
           permit
           her
           to
           tell
           her
           ;
           as
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           was
           true
           .
        
         
           Her
           Eyes
           and
           the
           tone
           of
           her
           Voice
           gave
           Boul-Ester
           much
           more
           to
           understand
           than
           did
           the
           Themen
           and
           the
           Quill
           ,
           which
           signified
           however
           ,
           
             that
             as
             she
             had
             not
             any
             proof
             of
             the
             Sincerity
             of
          
           Youssuff's
           
             words
             ,
             she
             did
             not
             advise
             him
             to
             suffer
             any
             longer
             for
             the
             love
             of
             her
             .
          
        
         
           This
           was
           for
           all
           the
           world
           like
           casting
           Oyl
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           and
           does
           plainly
           manifest
           the
           blindness
           of
           those
           that
           love
           .
           Gulbeyaz
           would
           not
           have
           her
           Lover
           think
           of
           her
           ,
           and
           yet
           could
           not
           forbear
           thinking
           continually
           of
           him
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           resisting
           Destiny
           ,
           which
           treated
           them
           both
           in
           the
           manner
           you
           are
           going
           to
           hear
           .
        
         
         
           The
           more
           Youssuff
           and
           the
           Jewess
           grew
           sensible
           of
           Gulbeyaz
           weakness
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           violence
           of
           her
           Love
           ,
           the
           more
           did
           they
           push
           things
           to
           extremity
           ;
           though
           in
           the
           up
           shot
           ,
           Youssuff
           was
           found
           to
           deal
           upon
           the
           square
           .
           They
           contrived
           so
           well
           together
           the
           means
           of
           persuading
           his
           Mistress
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           she
           could
           no
           longer
           decline
           owning
           that
           she
           was
           convinc'd
           of
           his
           Sincerity
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           should
           willingly
           and
           delightfully
           make
           suitable
           returns
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           far
           forth
           as
           her
           good
           Fortune
           would
           allow
           her
           the
           occasions
           .
        
         
           Youssuff
           redoubled
           his
           Presents
           and
           his
           Promises
           to
           Boul-Ester
           ,
           &
           engag'd
           her
           so
           far
           in
           his
           Interests
           ,
           that
           she
           resolved
           to
           watch
           her
           opportunity
           to
           go
           to
           the
           Serail
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           she
           did
           the
           first
           time
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           when
           she
           knew
           the
           Sultana
           not
           to
           be
           visible
           ,
           that
           so
           she
           might
           have
           an
           occasion
           of
           speaking
           freely
           to
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           and
           of
           using
           her
           utmost
           endeavours
           to
           satisfy
           
           Youssuff's
           Love
           by
           bringing
           him
           some
           favourable
           Declaration
           from
           his
           Mistress
           ,
           which
           accordingly
           fell
           out
           three
           days
           after
           .
        
         
           While
           that
           the
           Sultana
           did
           ,
           after
           her
           usual
           rate
           ,
           take
           her
           Repose
           ,
           all
           the
           Slaves
           went
           into
           the
           Gardens
           to
           gather
           Flowers
           therewithall
           to
           adorn
           their
           Apartments
           ,
           saving
           two
           ,
           who
           according
           to
           Custom
           staid
           in
           the
           Princess's
           Chamber
           .
           During
           that
           time
           ,
           Gulbeyaz
           out
           of
           a
           kind
           of
           fore-knowledge
           would
           needs
           remain
           alone
           to
           take
           the
           fresh
           air
           in
           a
           Balcony
           that
           looks
           upon
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           Serrail
           .
           There
           was
           she
           pensive
           and
           musing
           upon
           the
           Jewells
           which
           Boul-Ester
           had
           shewn
           her
           from
           Youssuff
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           Disorder
           she
           was
           brought
           into
           by
           being
           acquainted
           with
           his
           Passion
           .
           Nay
           she
           began
           to
           repent
           her
           having
           shewn
           her self
           so
           scornfull
           ,
           when
           that
           she
           perceiv'd
           the
           Jewess
           coming
           into
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           Serrail
           ,
           and
           directing
           her
           steps
           towards
           the
           
           Valide's
           Apartment
           .
        
         
           Gulbeyaz
           went
           down
           immediately
           to
           meet
           this
           Toy-woman
           ,
           and
           having
           askt
           her
           without
           thinking
           on
           what
           she
           said
           ,
           thro'
           what
           malice
           on
           her
           part
           ,
           and
           thro'
           what
           fatality
           for
           her
           heart
           ,
           she
           came
           just
           at
           a
           time
           they
           might
           have
           the
           leisure
           to
           continue
           a
           long
           while
           together
           ,
           and
           discourse
           in
           her
           Chamber
           ;
           Boul-Ester
           knowing
           ,
           by
           the
           hurry
           and
           quality
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           what
           past
           in
           the
           Bosom
           of
           that
           Lovely
           Person
           ,
           answer'd
           her
           that
           she
           was
           in
           hopes
           of
           gaining
           that
           day
           a
           great
           Victory
           .
           Being
           
           both
           got
           into
           Gulbeyaz
           Chamber
           ,
           the
           Jewess
           represented
           to
           her
           all
           that
           Cunning
           and
           Fancy
           can
           suggest
           to
           bring
           about
           what
           one
           has
           undertaken
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           was
           easy
           for
           her
           to
           perceive
           the
           Progress
           that
           what
           she
           said
           to
           her
           made
           in
           her
           heart
           ,
           by
           Gulbeyaz
           fond
           and
           hasty
           way
           of
           asking
           her
           whether
           she
           had
           a
           Selam
           to
           give
           her
           ;
           Yes
           ,
           answered
           the
           Jewess
           ,
           taking
           out
           the
           Jewells
           she
           shew'd
           her
           the
           first
           time
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           a
           very
           large
           Diamond
           which
           Gulbeyaz
           had
           not
           yet
           seen
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           little
           Box
           made
           of
           one
           sole
           Emerauld
           .
           
             Here
             's
             the
          
           Selam
           
             I
             have
             orders
             to
             give
             you
             with
             an
             absolute
             prohibition
             of
             carrying
             the
             least
             part
             of
             it
             back
             .
          
        
         
           Gulbeyaz
           was
           agreeably
           surprized
           ,
           and
           beginning
           to
           open
           the
           Box
           ,
           she
           found
           it
           to
           contain
           a
           Letter
           ,
           which
           she
           tell
           immediately
           to
           u●cifring
           ,
           being
           much
           more
           eager
           to
           know
           what
           concern'd
           Youssuffs
           Person
           and
           the
           Sentiments
           of
           his
           heart
           ,
           than
           to
           view
           the
           Jewells
           ,
           which
           ,
           however
           fine
           they
           were
           ,
           much
           less
           affected
           her
           .
           This
           Ticket
           was
           the
           Kernel
           of
           a
           Nut
           ,
           Sea-green-Colour'd
           Silk
           ,
           a
           Grain
           of
           Corn
           ,
           a
           little
           Plum
           ,
           a
           bit
           of
           Corrail
           ,
           Cherry-Colour'd
           Silk
           ,
           Jessamin
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           Tobacco
           ,
           wrapt
           up
           in
           Peach-Colour'd
           Silk
           :
           All
           this
           was
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
        
         
           
             I
             ever
             was
             in
             hopes
             that
             you
             would
             at
             the
             long
             run
             put
             a
             period
             to
             your
             rigours
             and
             my
             torments
             ;
             but
             since
             I
             see
             the
             Impossibility
             that
             is
             met
             withall
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             are
             inflexible
             to
             my
             Entreaties
             ,
             not
             withstanding
             the
             piteous
             Estate
             to
             which
             you
             have
             reduced
             me
             ,
             I
             abandon
             to
             you
             all
             I
             have
             in
             the
             world
             with
             my
             Life
             ,
             after
             Swearing
             to
             you
             that
             I
             act
             with
             the
             utmost
             sincerity
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             are
             the
             only
             cause
             of
             my
             Death
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Ticket's
           tenderness
           and
           sincerity
           ,
           which
           were
           sufficiently
           proved
           by
           Youssuffs
           Magnificence
           and
           Generosity
           ,
           afforded
           Boul-Ester
           a
           free
           Field
           to
           tell
           Gulbeyaz
           all
           she
           was
           minded
           .
           At
           last
           after
           many
           replies
           and
           great
           Contests
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           she
           fully
           convinced
           her
           by
           a
           means
           she
           could
           not
           resist
           .
        
         
           This
           Toy-woman
           represented
           to
           Gulbeyaz
           that
           her
           Beauty
           being
           set
           off
           with
           the
           Stately
           Attire
           and
           Lustre
           which
           these
           Jewells
           gave
           her
           ,
           she
           might
           chance
           to
           please
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           and
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           come
           to
           be
           Sultana
           .
           The
           pretext
           which
           Gulbeyaz
           used
           of
           the
           Desire
           of
           reigning
           at
           least
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           an
           Emperour
           ,
           
           was
           a
           mighty
           help
           to
           her
           ,
           to
           cover
           the
           Complaisance
           she
           had
           for
           Youssuff
           ,
           and
           this
           reason
           having
           prevailed
           over
           all
           her
           own
           ,
           she
           consented
           to
           receive
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           began
           at
           length
           to
           declare
           her self
           for
           him
           that
           sent
           it
           .
        
         
           Boul-Ester
           could
           have
           wisht
           that
           she
           would
           have
           become
           as
           easy
           to
           have
           received
           him
           himself
           in
           her
           Apartment
           :
           She
           mentioned
           it
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           employed
           her
           whole
           Address
           to
           make
           her
           consent
           to
           it
           .
           Gulbeyaz
           heart
           indeed
           ,
           was
           not
           altogether
           averse
           to
           this
           Proposal
           ,
           but
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           Undertaking
           and
           the
           dangers
           she
           should
           have
           exposed
           her self
           to
           ,
           did
           absolutely
           hinder
           her
           from
           thinking
           on
           it
           ,
           and
           whatever
           endeavours
           the
           Jeness
           used
           to
           gain
           her
           Compliance
           ,
           she
           could
           not
           as
           yet
           obtain
           any
           thing
           further
           from
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           save
           that
           the
           would
           place
           her self
           at
           the
           Windows
           to
           see
           her
           Lover
           in
           the
           Gardens
           ,
           provided
           he
           could
           come
           thither
           without
           too
           much
           hazzard
           .
           She
           allowed
           him
           three
           days
           to
           contrive
           the
           means
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Boul-Ester
           would
           needs
           have
           this
           Permission
           in
           writing
           ,
           that
           so
           she
           might
           shew
           it
           to
           Youssuff
           ;
           But
           though
           Honour
           and
           Reson
           made
           Gulbeyaz
           refuse
           this
           ,
           Love
           engaged
           her
           on
           the
           other
           side
           to
           make
           known
           to
           her
           Gallant
           by
           a
           Selam
           the
           true
           Sentiments
           of
           her
           heart
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Passion
           had
           nothing
           that
           displeased
           her
           .
           This
           Selam
           was
           put
           into
           a
           Silk
           Handkerchief
           Embroidered
           with
           Gold
           ,
           wrought
           with
           her
           own
           fair
           hand
           ,
           after
           which
           the
           Toy-woman
           went
           her
           ways
           ,
           pretending
           before
           the
           other
           Slaves
           who
           had
           caught
           them
           in
           Discourse
           ,
           that
           she
           lest
           those
           Jewells
           with
           Gulbeyaz
           to
           shew
           them
           to
           the
           
             Sultana
             .
             Youssuff
          
           being
           impatient
           to
           learn
           the
           success
           of
           his
           Enterprize
           ,
           waited
           his
           Confident's
           return
           ,
           who
           gave
           him
           a
           full
           Account
           of
           what
           had
           passed
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           Handkerchief
           sent
           him
           by
           his
           Mistress
           .
        
         
           The
           joy
           he
           had
           in
           receiving
           this
           Pledge
           of
           the
           allowance
           of
           his
           Passion
           ,
           transported
           him
           in
           such
           manner
           ,
           that
           without
           minding
           what
           it
           contained
           ,
           he
           kissed
           it
           a
           thousand
           and
           a
           thousand
           times
           ,
           and
           water'd
           it
           with
           his
           Tears
           with
           the
           softest
           Expressions
           that
           Love
           can
           inspire
           .
        
         
           When
           he
           was
           a
           little
           recovered
           from
           this
           Extasie
           ,
           Boul-Ester
           made
           him
           view
           the
           Selam
           .
           It
           was
           of
           Isabella
           Silk
           ,
           a
           little
           bit
           of
           Spunge
           ,
           Myrrhe
           and
           Mint
           .
        
         
         
           I
           cannot
           express
           to
           you
           the
           excess
           of
           joy
           this
           afforded
           Youssuff
           .
           It
           was
           so
           great
           that
           it
           robbed
           him
           of
           Speech
           ,
           and
           this
           Ravishment
           had
           lasted
           much
           longer
           ,
           if
           Boul-Ester
           ,
           as
           curious
           as
           he
           was
           satisfied
           ,
           had
           not
           pressed
           him
           to
           give
           her
           the
           meaning
           of
           this
           Ticket
           ,
           which
           she
           guess'd
           to
           be
           very
           propitious
           .
           He
           did
           so
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
        
         
           
             I
             accept
             of
             your
             Vows
             ,
             and
             be
             persuaded
             of
             my
             fidelity
             ,
             provided
             you
             be
             constant
             .
             I
             pray
             to
             Heaven
             that
             it
             would
             bestow
             you
             upon
             me
             ,
             and
             that
             our
             Souls
             may
             be
             inseparble
             .
          
        
         
           
             Is
             it
             possible
             ,
             most
             Lovely
          
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           did
           Youssuff
           then
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             that
             my
             Passion
             is
             pleasing
             to
             you
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             to
             amase
             me
             ,
             and
             to
             laugh
             at
             my
             torment
             ,
             that
             you
             study
             to
             ensuare
             me
             and
             engage
             me
             further
             ?
          
           And
           kissing
           the
           Handkerchief
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Dear
             Pledge
             of
             the
             fidelity
             of
             her
             I
             adore
             ,
             will
             you
             be
             also
             of
             the
             Sincerity
             of
             her
             heart
             ?
          
           Then
           addressing
           himself
           to
           the
           
             Selam
             ,
             And
             you
             ,
             Mute
             Mouth
             ,
             do
             you
             assuremt
             of
             the
             Continuance
             of
             her
             budding
             Passion
             ?
          
        
         
           That
           Wish
           of
           his
           Mistress's
           put
           him
           into
           a
           sweet
           Fit
           of
           Resvery
           and
           Musing
           ,
           whence
           he
           would
           not
           have
           quickly
           recollected
           himself
           ,
           if
           the
           Moments
           had
           not
           been
           pretious
           to
           him
           to
           prepare
           for
           the
           intended
           Interview
           .
           The
           Difficulty
           of
           this
           Enterprize
           made
           him
           more
           than
           a
           little
           fretfull
           .
           He
           despaired
           of
           being
           able
           to
           find
           in
           the
           Serrail
           a
           Friend
           so
           faithfull
           as
           to
           entitle
           him
           to
           be
           made
           a
           Confident
           in
           his
           Amours
           ,
           and
           his
           Impatience
           augmented
           sutably
           as
           it
           drew
           near
           the
           so
           much
           desired
           term
           .
        
         
           After
           having
           tormented
           himself
           extreamly
           about
           the
           means
           of
           bringing
           his
           Design
           about
           ,
           he
           remember'd
           that
           there
           was
           an
           Old
           Chief
           of
           the
           Ga●diners
           called
           
             Ousta
             Mehemmed
          
           ,
           who
           had
           great
           Obligations
           to
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           hoping
           that
           this
           consideration
           would
           dispose
           him
           to
           serve
           him
           ,
           he
           resolved
           to
           go
           find
           him
           out
           .
        
         
           
             Ousta
             Mehemmed
          
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           natural
           Inclination
           for
           Youssuff
           ,
           received
           him
           with
           great
           estimonies
           of
           kindness
           ,
           and
           expressed
           to
           him
           a
           large
           Sense
           of
           Gratitude
           and
           Acknowledgment
           for
           the
           Benefits
           he
           had
           received
           from
           the
           Pacha
           his
           Father
           .
           Though
           Youssuff
           was
           persuaded
           of
           
           Mehemmed's
           Fidelity
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           knew
           that
           if
           he
           could
           not
           grant
           him
           the
           favour
           he
           meant
           to
           ask
           of
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           keep
           his
           Secret
           ,
           he
           ,
           nevertheless
           ,
           
           exacted
           an
           Oath
           from
           him
           by
           the
           head
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           never
           reveal
           what
           he
           had
           to
           impart
           to
           him
           .
           Then
           he
           discover'd
           his
           flame
           to
           his
           Friend
           ,
           and
           did
           it
           in
           such
           melting
           terms
           ,
           that
           though
           Mehemmed
           should
           not
           have
           had
           a
           desire
           to
           serve
           him
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           without
           much
           ado
           have
           declined
           it
           .
        
         
           
             I
             Love
          
           ,
           said
           he
           to
           him
           ,
           
             but
             what
             avails
             my
             Love
             ,
             since
             I
             may
             not
             speak
             to
             her
             I
             love
             ?
             My
             heart
             is
             inflamed
             by
             a
             beauteous
             Prisoner
             .
             The
             Inside
             of
             the
          
           Serrail
           
             which
             is
             the
             Guardian
             of
             this
             Treasure
             ,
             is
             almost
             impenetrable
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             the
             access
             of
             it
             is
             so
             difficult
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             attempting
             it
             without
             great
             perils
             .
             Yet
             this
             is
             not
             what
             witholds
             me
             ;
             My
             Passion
             which
             is
             boundless
             would
             make
             me
             attempt
             the
             utmost
             ,
             if
             the
             Person
             I
             love
             would
             suffer
             it
             .
             I
             have
             only
             obtain'd
             to
             see
             her
             from
             a
             little
             Garden
             of
             Flowers
             ,
             which
             is
             under
             the
          
           Sultana's
           
             Appartment
             .
             My
             Dear
          
           Mehemmed
           
             you
             must
             facilitate
             my
             Entrance
             into
             it
             ,
             It
             is
             on
             you
             alone
             that
             the
             Success
             of
             this
             Enterprize
             does
             depend
             :
             I
             have
             built
             my
             hopes
             on
             your
             Friendship
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             were
             formerly
             in
             Love
             ,
             you
             will
             know
             the
             importance
             of
             the
             Service
             ,
             and
             the
             greatness
             of
             the
             Obligation
             I
             shall
             have
             to
             you
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Discourse
           affected
           the
           Old
           man
           ,
           and
           the
           Impression
           it
           made
           upon
           his
           mind
           ,
           with
           the
           remembrance
           of
           the
           Disorder
           which
           the
           like
           Passion
           had
           formerly
           wrought
           in
           his
           Bosom
           ,
           made
           him
           easily
           consent
           to
           Youssuff's
           Request
           ,
           without
           considering
           the
           danger
           to
           which
           he
           exposed
           himself
           in
           case
           the
           Intrigue
           came
           to
           be
           discovered
           .
           He
           promised
           to
           introduce
           him
           in
           the
           Habit
           of
           a
           Gardiner
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           that
           he
           needed
           only
           to
           take
           the
           time
           which
           his
           Mistress
           should
           prescribe
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Youssuff
           immediately
           dispatcht
           Boul-Ester
           to
           the
           Serrail
           .
           He
           did
           not
           encharge
           her
           with
           any
           Letter
           ,
           the
           joy
           he
           felt
           being
           too
           great
           to
           permit
           him
           to
           write
           ,
           and
           to
           hazzard
           his
           Enterprize
           by
           confiding
           it
           to
           Paper
           .
           He
           only
           sent
           Gulbeyaz
           a
           little
           Selam
           composed
           of
           a
           Pomgranate
           Kernel
           ,
           of
           a
           little
           bit
           of
           Bread
           ,
           with
           Lilly-Convally
           and
           Cinnamon
           .
           Of
           which
           the
           Sense
           is
           this
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Flame
             which
             your
             Love
             has
             kindled
             in
             my
             heart
             ,
             has
             impos'd
             an
             absolute
             necessity
             upon
             me
             of
             seeing
             you
             .
             I
             will
             do
             all
             that
             is
             requisite
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             and
             surmount
             all
             the
             Difficulties
             that
             may
             interpose
             in
             this
             Design
             .
          
        
         
           Though
           Gulbeyaz
           had
           a
           great
           share
           of
           Love
           ,
           yet
           had
           she
           Reason
           also
           .
           She
           was
           detained
           by
           the
           fear
           that
           if
           the
           Intreague
           came
           
           to
           be
           discovered
           ,
           the
           Sultana
           would
           cause
           her
           to
           be
           rigorously
           punished
           ,
           thus
           she
           would
           and
           would
           not
           .
           But
           this
           notwithstanding
           there
           was
           no
           help
           ,
           way
           she
           must
           give
           to
           what
           her
           Passion
           exacted
           .
           Gulbeyaz
           promised
           that
           the
           next
           morning
           at
           half
           an
           hour
           past
           nine
           a
           Clock
           ,
           she
           would
           repair
           into
           a
           low-Room
           which
           looks
           upon
           the
           Garden
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           only
           parted
           from
           it
           by
           a
           Wooden
           Trellis
           like
           a
           Lettice
           ,
           whence
           she
           would
           open
           a
           little
           Wicket
           which
           should
           be
           the
           Signal
           of
           her
           being
           come
           ;
           that
           this
           was
           the
           most
           convenient
           time
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           Sultana
           took
           her
           Repose
           after
           Breakfast
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           all
           her
           Maids
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Eunuchs
           were
           at
           the
           outward
           Gate
           for
           fear
           of
           making
           a
           noise
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           Declaration
           Gulbeyaz
           immediately
           dispatcht
           away
           the
           Jewess
           giving
           her
           a
           Box
           containing
           a
           bit
           of
           Radish
           ,
           a
           Grape-Seed
           ,
           a
           little
           of
           Brick
           ,
           twisted
           Thrid
           ,
           a
           Pear
           ,
           Myrtle
           and
           a
           Flower
           of
           Narcissus
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Signification
           is
           as
           follows
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Eyes
             ,
             it
             is
             too
             difficult
             for
             me
             to
             repair
             to
             you
             ,
             but
             come
             to
             morrow
             and
             take
             the
             place
             which
             I
             design
             you
             in
             my
             heart
             .
             I
             beseech
             Heaven
             that
             the
             Enterprize
             may
             succeed
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             may
             be
             free
             to
             express
             to
             you
             upon
             all
             occasions
             that
             I
             am
             wholly
             yours
             .
          
        
         
           Youssuf
           was
           ready
           to
           dye
           of
           joy
           upon
           receiving
           this
           Selam
           .
           He
           was
           nevertheless
           uneasy
           through
           the
           Apprehension
           that
           his
           ill
           fortune
           might
           make
           him
           lose
           so
           favourable
           an
           Occasion
           .
           He
           spent
           the
           Night
           in
           cruel
           Agitations
           occasion'd
           in
           him
           by
           Hope
           and
           Fear
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           hour
           prescribed
           he
           repaired
           to
           the
           Serail
           .
           His
           friend
           Mehemmed
           made
           him
           shift
           the
           Sumptuous
           attire
           he
           had
           on
           ,
           for
           that
           of
           a
           Gardiner
           ,
           which
           was
           of
           Coarse
           Red
           Serge
           ,
           and
           a
           Cap
           a
           foot
           long
           ,
           of
           a
           stuff
           of
           the
           same
           Colour
           .
           He
           put
           a
           Spade
           into
           his
           hands
           ,
           and
           led
           him
           to
           the
           Garden
           ,
           ordering
           him
           to
           dig
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           to
           work
           upon
           a
           Bed
           that
           is
           under
           the
           Windows
           of
           the
           Apartment
           .
        
         
           At
           each
           stroke
           he
           gave
           with
           his
           Spade
           ,
           the
           Young
           Gardiner
           lift
           up
           his
           Eyes
           ,
           to
           see
           if
           the
           Wicket
           of
           the
           Lettice
           did
           not
           open
           ,
           but
           Unhappily
           the
           Sultana
           falling
           asleep
           a
           little
           later
           than
           ordinarily
           ,
           our
           pretended
           Gardiner
           had
           the
           leisure
           to
           digg
           almost
           the
           whole
           Bed
           ,
           before
           that
           Gulbeyaz
           could
           come
           to
           the
           Assignation
           .
        
         
         
           You
           may
           judge
           ,
           my
           Dear
           Companions
           ,
           pursued
           Fatma
           ,
           how
           horribly
           Youssuf
           was
           rack'd
           with
           impatience
           .
           He
           sometimes
           heard
           certain
           great
           Flies
           ,
           that
           seeking
           passage
           beat
           against
           the
           Lettice
           .
           He
           Phancy'd
           his
           Mistress
           view'd
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           laugh'd
           to
           see
           him
           in
           that
           Equipage
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Martyrdom
           she
           made
           him
           suffer
           .
        
         
           When
           that
           Gulbeyaz
           drew
           near
           the
           Window
           ,
           and
           that
           through
           the
           Trellis
           she
           perceiv'd
           Youssuf
           with
           the
           Spade
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           she
           no
           longer
           doubted
           of
           the
           force
           of
           his
           Love
           ,
           and
           tho'
           she
           could
           not
           without
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           trouble
           see
           a
           Man
           of
           his
           rank
           digging
           the
           Earth
           to
           have
           a
           Minutes
           Satisfaction
           of
           seeing
           her
           ,
           this
           afforded
           her
           joy
           ,
           and
           without
           considering
           what
           the
           delay
           of
           this
           happiness
           made
           him
           suffer
           ,
           she
           took
           delight
           in
           viewing
           him
           for
           some
           time
           before
           she
           shew'd
           her self
           .
        
         
           As
           he
           had
           been
           already
           at
           work
           above
           an
           hour
           ,
           and
           that
           so
           harsh
           an
           Exercise
           for
           so
           delicate
           a
           Body
           as
           his
           ,
           did
           often
           oblige
           him
           to
           rest
           himself
           upon
           his
           Spade
           ,
           and
           to
           cast
           his
           Eyes
           from
           time
           to
           time
           to
           the
           place
           where
           his
           Mistress
           was
           to
           appear
           ,
           she
           open'd
           the
           Lettice
           ,
           and
           plainly
           perceiv'd
           her
           Lovers
           pain
           to
           redouble
           .
           The
           Spade
           fell
           from
           his
           hands
           ,
           and
           he
           remain'd
           motionless
           like
           a
           Statue
           ;
           but
           happily
           he
           was
           not
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           by
           reason
           Mehemmed
           ,
           who
           had
           foreseen
           the
           Consequences
           of
           this
           first
           Interview
           ,
           had
           sent
           out
           of
           the
           way
           the
           other
           Gardiners
           that
           were
           to
           work
           in
           the
           same
           place
           .
        
         
           No
           Torture
           greater
           than
           to
           be
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           what
           we
           Love
           ,
           without
           being
           suffered
           to
           discourse
           the
           Party
           .
           What
           Youssuf
           endured
           in
           being
           depriv'd
           of
           that
           Consolation
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           nearness
           of
           the
           Sultanas
           Apartment
           was
           no
           less
           sensible
           to
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           and
           what
           ever
           scornfull
           carriage
           she
           thought
           to
           have
           affected
           ,
           she
           partak'd
           in
           all
           the
           Vexation
           that
           besieg'd
           him
           .
           Luckily
           the
           Language
           by
           signs
           ,
           which
           is
           much
           us'd
           in
           that
           Court
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           both
           perfectly
           understand
           ,
           did
           so
           well
           supply
           the
           failure
           of
           the
           voice
           ,
           that
           they
           parted
           very
           much
           satisfied
           with
           their
           Interview
           .
        
         
           The
           Eyes
           ,
           Motions
           of
           the
           Face
           ,
           the
           Finger
           signs
           and
           gestures
           of
           the
           two
           Lovers
           ,
           said
           more
           than
           the
           most
           Eloquent
           tongue
           could
           have
           done
           ,
           which
           is
           often
           Mute
           in
           such
           like
           occasions
           ,
           and
           says
           nothing
           by
           reason
           it
           finds
           too
           much
           to
           say
           .
           They
           so
           
           very
           much
           delighted
           in
           this
           mute
           Conversation
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           have
           lasted
           much
           longer
           ,
           if
           Gulbeyaz
           had
           not
           heard
           a
           walking
           in
           the
           Sultanas
           Apartment
           ,
           which
           obliged
           her
           to
           tip
           the
           Wink
           upon
           Youssuf
           to
           be
           gone
           ,
           and
           she
           immediately
           shut
           the
           Wicket
           .
        
         
           During
           all
           these
           Intrigues
           which
           I
           was
           not
           then
           acquainted
           withall
           ,
           Boul-Ester
           who
           was
           become
           the
           Mutual
           Confident
           of
           their
           Amours
           ,
           made
           many
           and
           many
           a
           journey
           to
           the
           
             Serrail
             .
             Gulbeyaz
          
           took
           no
           less
           delight
           in
           hearing
           from
           her
           Dear
           Youssuff
           ,
           than
           he
           from
           his
           lovely
           Mistress
           .
           He
           was
           extremely
           rich
           ,
           and
           promised
           her
           to
           use
           his
           utmost
           endeavours
           ,
           and
           set
           all
           his
           Friends
           to
           work
           to
           get
           her
           out
           of
           the
           Serrail
           and
           marry
           her
           ,
           as
           accordingly
           happen'd
           at
           the
           long
           run
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           both
           exposed
           themselves
           to
           tryals
           of
           Love
           ,
           which
           the
           more
           dangerous
           they
           were
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           render'd
           those
           two
           Lovers
           worthy
           of
           each
           other
           .
        
         
           The
           Jewess
           came
           twice
           or
           thrice
           a
           week
           to
           the
           Serrail
           ,
           tho'
           she
           sold
           but
           very
           little
           ,
           but
           she
           was
           abundantly
           rewarded
           by
           these
           Lovers
           ,
           whose
           Presents
           were
           sufficient
           to
           enrich
           her
           .
           Their
           Passion
           became
           boundless
           .
           Youssuf
           being
           ever
           impatient
           and
           restless
           that
           he
           did
           not
           see
           his
           Dear
           Mistress
           ,
           would
           needs
           attempt
           a
           second
           Interview
           ,
           wherein
           he
           might
           freely
           and
           not
           by
           Signs
           ,
           express
           by
           word
           of
           Mouth
           the
           excess
           of
           his
           Love.
           He
           laid
           his
           Design
           with
           his
           Confident
           ,
           reiterating
           to
           her
           great
           promises
           if
           she
           so
           order'd
           matters
           as
           to
           accomplish
           it
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           gave
           her
           a
           Purse
           of
           two
           hundred
           Sequins
           ,
           worth
           about
           five
           hundred
           Crowns
           .
           Gain
           thus
           inviting
           the
           Toy-woman
           she
           promised
           to
           omit
           no
           manner
           of
           endeavours
           for
           the
           making
           him
           successfull
           in
           his
           undertaking
           .
        
         
           She
           came
           to
           the
           Serrail
           .
           and
           gave
           Gulbeyaz
           a
           Selam
           contained
           in
           a
           Cup
           of
           a
           most
           perfect
           Agath
           .
           It
           must
           be
           own'd
           that
           as
           Love
           gives
           wit
           ,
           it
           borders
           also
           upon
           folly
           .
           Youssuf
           was
           minded
           to
           engage
           his
           Mistress
           by
           a
           rich
           Present
           .
           This
           Cup
           was
           garnished
           with
           Circles
           of
           Gold
           enrich'd
           with
           Diamonds
           ,
           and
           he
           endeavour'd
           to
           persuade
           her
           of
           his
           Passion
           by
           a
           Selam
           composed
           of
           the
           hair
           of
           his
           *
           Pertchem
           ,
           of
           a
           little
           Rose-colour'd
           Silk
           ,
           Aloes
           wood
           ,
           Antimony
           ,
           Nutmeg
           ,
           a
           sprigg
           of
           Broom
           ,
           a
           little
           bit
           of
           Cloth
           ,
           of
           Coal
           ,
           of
           Pearl-colour'd
           Silk
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           
           little
           Allum
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
        
         
           
             Pretious
             Crown
             of
             all
             my
             wishes
             ,
             Nightingale
             whose
             warbling
             Notes
             are
             alone
             capable
             of
             charming
             the
             anguish
             of
             my
             Soul
             ,
             true
             Remedy
             of
             the
             evils
             I
             endure
             ,
             consider
             the
             tears
             that
             flow
             from
             my
             eyes
             ,
             while
             that
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             you
             laugh
             at
             my
             torture
             ;
             take
             pity
             of
             me
             ,
             and
             mind
             but
             the
             Condition
             you
             have
             reduced
             me
             to
             .
             Dye
             I
             must
             if
             you
             do
             not
             bless
             me
             with
             a
             Letter
             and
             afford
             me
             a
             certain
             Answer
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Selam
           and
           the
           Account
           Boul-Ester
           gave
           Gulbeyaz
           of
           Youssuff's
           piteous
           Estate
           ,
           whom
           she
           described
           to
           her
           languishing
           and
           dying
           for
           her
           ,
           affected
           her
           so
           very
           much
           ,
           that
           being
           egg'd-on
           with
           Love
           and
           Compassion
           ,
           she
           consented
           to
           a
           second
           Interview
           ;
           but
           the
           place
           and
           Maiden
           Garb
           for
           Youssuf
           which
           the
           Jewess
           propos'd
           to
           her
           perplexed
           her
           cruelly
           .
           She
           could
           not
           well
           so
           far
           comply
           with
           
           Youssuf's
           Disguise
           ,
           as
           to
           introduce
           him
           into
           her
           Apartment
           ,
           which
           was
           next
           of
           all
           to
           the
           Princess's
           .
           This
           was
           a
           ticklish
           matter
           ,
           and
           which
           stak'd
           no
           less
           than
           Honour
           and
           Life
           upon
           the
           venture
           of
           this
           Intrigue's
           being
           discover'd
           .
           All
           these
           Considerations
           were
           sufficiently
           prevalent
           to
           have
           broken
           off
           such
           a
           Design
           ,
           if
           Love
           which
           was
           still
           more
           prevalent
           had
           not
           absolutely
           crampt
           them
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           Gulbeyaz
           without
           further
           pause
           gave
           her self
           to
           
           Boul-Ester's
           Persuasions
           ,
           and
           permitted
           her
           to
           bring
           Youssuf
           disguis'd
           as
           a
           Maid
           .
           She
           even
           gave
           him
           the
           assurance
           of
           it
           by
           a
           little
           Selam
           composed
           of
           a
           little
           Cucumber
           ,
           Barley
           ,
           twined
           Silk
           ,
           a
           bit
           of
           Latin-wire
           ,
           a
           Grape
           ,
           Millet
           ,
           a
           little
           Tabby
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           Bean
           ;
           of
           which
           now
           take
           the
           Interpretation
           .
        
         
           
             Whatever
             apprehensions
             I
             may
             harbour
             that
             you
             will
             tumble
             us
             into
             strange
             Misfortunes
             if
             the
             least
             Suspition
             be
             conceived
             of
             your
             Enterprize
             ,
             yet
             do
             I
             hope
             that
             Fortune
             will
             not
             abandon
             us
             .
             Come
             ,
             my
             Eyes
             ;
             I
             am
             too
             sensible
             of
             your
             torments
             ,
             my
             heart
             is
             yours
             ,
             be
             persuaded
             of
             my
             Eternal
             Constancy
             .
          
        
         
           It
           was
           requisite
           to
           deferr
           it
           ,
           for
           five
           or
           six
           days
           ,
           because
           that
           too
           frequent
           visits
           might
           have
           been
           suspected
           .
           These
           wereas
           so
           many
           Ages
           to
           the
           Enamour'd
           Youssuf
           ,
           for
           whom
           they
           fitted
           a
           very
           neat
           Habit
           ,
           that
           so
           his
           Garb
           answering
           the
           Beauty
           of
           his
           Face
           ,
           whereon
           hair
           did
           not
           as
           yet
           appear
           ,
           they
           might
           the
           more
           easily
           deceive
           all
           the
           Guards
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           seventh
           day
           Boul-Ester
           and
           Youssuf
           disguised
           as
           a
           Maid
           
           repaired
           to
           the
           Serrail
           .
           The
           Toy-woman
           ,
           who
           was
           well
           known
           ,
           having
           said
           that
           she
           who
           accompanied
           her
           was
           her
           Daughter
           ,
           tho'
           she
           was
           not
           wont
           to
           bring
           any
           along
           with
           her
           ,
           she
           deceived
           the
           Eunuchs
           who
           suffering
           them
           to
           enter
           ,
           they
           were
           conducted
           to
           
           Gulbeyaz's
           Chamber
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           be
           a
           hard
           matter
           for
           me
           ,
           my
           Dear
           Companions
           ,
           to
           express
           to
           you
           
           Youssuf's
           concern
           and
           trouble
           when
           he
           found
           that
           beauteous
           Person
           almost
           dying
           in
           Bed
           ,
           wherein
           she
           had
           been
           for
           two
           days
           attackt
           with
           a
           Pestilential
           Feavour
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           common
           in
           that
           Countrey
           .
           You
           may
           judge
           whether
           the
           surprize
           of
           so
           unforeseen
           an
           Accident
           as
           this
           was
           not
           capable
           of
           breaking
           all
           the
           Measures
           of
           this
           Disguise
           .
           Little
           did
           it
           want
           but
           that
           he
           had
           made
           himself
           known
           ;
           But
           Gulbeyaz
           who
           kept
           her
           judgment
           entire
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           her
           illness
           which
           was
           of
           three
           days
           standing
           ,
           entreated
           her
           Companions
           to
           leave
           her
           for
           one
           moment
           alone
           with
           this
           Jewess
           ,
           to
           dispatch
           some
           business
           they
           had
           together
           .
        
         
           When
           Youssuf
           saw
           himself
           alone
           near
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           he
           abandon'd
           himself
           to
           his
           Grief
           ,
           and
           forgetting
           the
           place
           where
           he
           was
           ,
           he
           snatcht
           off
           his
           Veil
           ,
           and
           planting
           himself
           at
           his
           sick
           Mistress's
           Beds-head
           ,
           he
           bathed
           her
           with
           his
           tears
           ,
           without
           being
           able
           to
           utter
           a
           word
           .
           Gulbeyaz
           on
           her
           part
           received
           such
           pressing
           onsets
           of
           Love
           ,
           besides
           the
           violence
           of
           her
           Distemper
           ,
           that
           having
           made
           a
           general
           Revolution
           throughout
           her
           whole
           Body
           ,
           it
           gave
           her
           a
           Crists
           that
           saved
           her
           Life
           ,
           and
           little
           did
           it
           want
           but
           that
           she
           had
           been
           
           Youssuff's
           Death
           ,
           who
           being
           in
           no
           wise
           to
           be
           prevailed
           with
           to
           forsake
           her
           Pillow
           ,
           drew
           in
           the
           air
           of
           a
           Malignant
           Sweat
           ,
           which
           struck
           him
           to
           the
           very
           heart
           and
           made
           him
           fall
           into
           a
           Swoon
           .
        
         
           Boul-Ester
           being
           much
           perplexed
           at
           her
           pretended
           Daughter's
           swooning
           away
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           the
           more
           through
           fear
           of
           the
           Consequences
           that
           must
           redound
           from
           the
           unravelling
           of
           this
           Intrigue
           ,
           if
           
           Youssuf's
           Malady
           augmenting
           they
           should
           have
           been
           sorced
           to
           have
           put
           him
           to
           Bed
           ,
           called
           me
           to
           help
           her
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           enter'd
           Youssuf
           began
           to
           breath
           again
           ,
           and
           to
           sigh
           ,
           turning
           his
           eyes
           towards
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           whose
           name
           he
           utter'd
           with
           so
           melting
           and
           so
           Amorous
           an
           Accent
           ,
           that
           I
           wonder
           I
           did
           not
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           Disguise
           .
           I
           made
           no
           Reflexion
           either
           upon
           
           giving
           the
           Sigh
           or
           the
           uttering
           of
           Gulbeyaz
           name
           ,
           and
           I
           attributed
           to
           an
           Amity
           of
           a
           long
           date
           ,
           what
           was
           only
           a
           pure
           effect
           of
           Love.
           
        
         
           It
           was
           not
           so
           with
           Boul-Ester
           .
           She
           was
           so
           surpriz'd
           that
           all
           her
           Senses
           having
           forsaken
           her
           ,
           and
           her
           face
           having
           changed
           colour
           she
           fell
           into
           a
           Fit.
           I
           was
           alone
           and
           in
           a
           very
           great
           perplexity
           .
           I
           left
           the
           Daughter
           near
           Gulbeyaz
           Bed
           ,
           and
           I
           ran
           to
           the
           Mother
           ,
           who
           was
           not
           long
           in
           that
           condition
           .
           After
           both
           of
           them
           were
           come
           to
           themselves
           again
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           prepare
           a
           Cordial
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           amorous
           Youssuf
           improved
           that
           moment
           to
           the
           entertaining
           of
           his
           Mistress
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           with
           a
           very
           weak
           and
           languishing
           voice
           .
           
             Death
             that
             pursues
             me
          
           ,
           said
           he
           to
           her
           ,
           
             is
             much
             less
             sensible
             to
             me
             ,
             adorable
          
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           
             than
             the
             grief
             for
             your
             sufferings
             ;
             I
             should
             with
             pleasure
             embrace
             it
             if
             I
             thought
             to
             ease
             you
             .
             This
             you
             may
             be
             persuaded
             of
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             should
             dye
             a
             thousand
             times
             rather
             than
             abandon
             you
             ,
             if
             in
             staying
             here
             I
             did
             not
             expose
             you
             to
             a
             much
             greater
             peril
             than
             your
             Malady
             .
             I
             go
             ,
             and
             I
             go
             to
             die
             ,
             being
             no
             longer
             able
             to
             stand
             up
             under
             so
             many
             Griefs
             .
          
        
         
           Gulbeyaz
           being
           dejected
           by
           the
           force
           of
           her
           Distemper
           ,
           concern'd
           at
           heart
           for
           
           Youssuf's
           torment
           ,
           and
           weakned
           by
           the
           vehemence
           of
           her
           Crisis
           ,
           could
           no
           otherwise
           answer
           to
           such
           soft
           assurances
           save
           by
           tears
           ,
           which
           made
           her
           faint
           away
           .
           Then
           was
           it
           that
           Youssuf
           had
           occasion
           for
           all
           his
           Reason
           to
           resist
           so
           many
           evils
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           do
           nothing
           to
           betray
           the
           Secret.
           Gulbeyaz
           was
           a
           long
           while
           in
           that
           condition
           ,
           and
           having
           begun
           to
           breath
           again
           ,
           Boul-Ester
           ,
           who
           was
           afraid
           of
           some
           new
           Accident
           ,
           endeavour'd
           to
           get
           Youssuf
           away
           from
           the
           sick
           fair
           one
           and
           take
           him
           along
           with
           her
           .
           He
           could
           not
           resolve
           upon
           so
           harsh
           a
           separation
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           a
           dread
           might
           become
           eternal
           ;
           fain
           would
           he
           have
           expired
           before
           the
           eyes
           of
           her
           he
           loved
           .
           However
           he
           could
           do
           no
           otherwise
           than
           obey
           his
           Mistress's
           Orders
           ,
           who
           not
           being
           able
           to
           speak
           made
           a
           sign
           to
           him
           to
           be
           gone
           ,
           and
           presented
           him
           her
           hand
           ,
           which
           he
           kissed
           ,
           protesting
           to
           her
           that
           he
           would
           not
           long
           survive
           her
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           Accidents
           that
           had
           newly
           accompanied
           so
           perillous
           an
           Interview
           ,
           were
           not
           sufficient
           to
           counter-ballance
           the
           happiness
           of
           these
           Lovers
           .
           For
           as
           ill
           luck
           would
           have
           it
           upon
           passing
           through
           one
           of
           the
           Gates
           of
           the
           Serrail
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           Baltadgi's
           ,
           
           who
           are
           the
           Servants
           without
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           suspecting
           by
           the
           Gate
           of
           the
           feigned
           Maid
           ,
           which
           she
           no
           longer
           studied
           to
           make
           answerable
           to
           what
           she
           represented
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           her
           grief
           and
           weakness
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Disguise
           ,
           stopp'd
           her
           by
           the
           arm
           .
           Boul-Ester
           who
           had
           ever
           a
           ready
           wit
           ,
           said
           nothing
           to
           the
           Baltadgi
           for
           fear
           of
           drawing
           others
           thither
           ,
           but
           making
           up
           to
           him
           she
           gave
           him
           a
           Ring
           which
           she
           took
           off
           her
           Finger
           ,
           &
           slipt
           it
           secretly
           into
           his
           hand
           to
           oblige
           him
           to
           open
           the
           other
           that
           held
           Youssuf
           .
           Thus
           she
           set
           that
           poor
           Lover
           at
           Liberty
           ,
           who
           thought
           much
           less
           of
           the
           present
           danger
           than
           of
           Gulbeyaz
           piteous
           condition
           .
        
         
           As
           soon
           as
           Youssuf
           was
           return'd
           to
           his
           Palace
           ,
           he
           went
           to
           Bed
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           seiz'd
           with
           a
           violent
           Feavour
           .
           He
           was
           so
           circumspect
           in
           all
           that
           concerned
           his
           adorable
           Mistress
           ,
           that
           he
           durst
           not
           send
           for
           Boul-Ester
           ,
           out
           of
           fear
           of
           giving
           a
           suspicion
           of
           their
           Correspondence
           ,
           and
           he
           could
           not
           trust
           in
           any
           of
           his
           Domestiques
           .
           Four
           days
           were
           spent
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           during
           which
           our
           two
           Lovers
           suffer'd
           incomparably
           more
           by
           having
           no
           tydings
           of
           each
           other
           ,
           than
           by
           the
           pangs
           of
           their
           Distemper
           ;
           but
           at
           the
           long
           run
           that
           of
           Youssuf
           coming
           to
           Extremity
           ,
           he
           would
           needs
           make
           use
           of
           the
           time
           he
           sancy'd
           he
           had
           to
           live
           ,
           to
           bid
           a
           last
           farewell
           to
           his
           Mistress
           ,
           and
           without
           thinking
           of
           ought
           else
           ,
           he
           caus'd
           Paper
           and
           Ink
           to
           be
           brought
           him
           ,
           being
           not
           in
           a
           Condition
           to
           do
           otherwise
           .
           Now
           this
           is
           what
           he
           wrote
           ,
        
         
           
             I
             dye
             for
             you
             ,
             Incomparable
          
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           
             and
             Death
             is
             so
             much
             the
             more
             Wellcome
             to
             me
             ,
             for
             that
             I
             hope
             its
             Cause
             which
             is
             your
          
           Crisis
           ,
           
             will
             be
             the
             Prolongation
             of
             your
             Days
             .
             If
             I
             had
             a
             certain
             assurance
             of
             this
             ,
             I
             should
             dye
             without
             Concern
             .
             My
             Malady
             is
             hastening
             me
             away
             ,
             and
             I
             employ
             the
             little
             time
             I
             have
             left
             ,
             in
             giving
             you
             testimonies
             of
             a
             Love
             I
             shall
             carry
             with
             me
             to
             my
             Grave
             ;
             happy
             if
             that
             last
             Moment
             can
             better
             convince
             you
             of
             it
             ,
             than
             years
             of
             sighs
             and
             tears
             have
             done
             .
          
           Adieu
           ,
           
             Most
             Lovely
             of
             all
             your
             Sex
             ,
             Live
             and
             remember
             that
             the
             same
             Love
             ,
             which
             restores
             you
             to
             Life
             gives
             me
             my
             Death
             .
          
        
         
           As
           soon
           as
           he
           had
           finisht
           his
           Letter
           ,
           thinking
           he
           was
           at
           the
           last
           moment
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           he
           sent
           it
           to
           Boul-Ester
           with
           the
           ring
           he
           wore
           on
           his
           finger
           ,
           whereon
           was
           Engrav'd
           her
           Name
           and
           
           his
           own
           ,
           upon
           a
           very
           neat
           Ruby
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           seiz'd
           with
           new
           Convulsions
           and
           Redoublings
           of
           his
           Feavour
           ,
           which
           depriv'd
           him
           at
           the
           same
           time
           both
           of
           his
           Reason
           and
           Speech
           .
           He
           continued
           two
           days
           in
           this
           Condition
           ,
           which
           having
           occasion'd
           a
           General
           Report
           of
           his
           being
           Dead
           ,
           this
           made
           Boul-Ester
           to
           carry
           this
           false
           and
           killing
           News
           to
           Gulbeyaz
           .
           That
           Amiable
           Person
           whose
           Crisis
           had
           freed
           from
           Danger
           ,
           the
           sweat
           having
           dispers'd
           the
           tumours
           of
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           was
           Sicker
           in
           Mind
           than
           Body
           .
           Youssuf's
           silence
           ,
           and
           Boul-Esters
           deferring
           to
           go
           and
           give
           her
           an
           Account
           of
           all
           that
           pass'd
           since
           their
           parting
           ,
           put
           into
           her
           sad
           forebodings
           and
           mortal
           Disquiets
           .
           She
           wept
           all
           the
           Day
           ,
           and
           spent
           the
           Nights
           either
           in
           restless
           tossings
           ,
           Dreams
           or
           Visions
           ,
           which
           seem'd
           to
           prognosticate
           to
           her
           the
           misfortune
           she
           dreaded
           .
           She
           had
           chosen
           me
           out
           for
           her
           Confident
           since
           Youssuf's
           Interview
           .
           I
           endeavour'd
           to
           divert
           her
           so
           to
           drive
           away
           the
           fatal
           thoughts
           that
           tormented
           her
           .
           Nothing
           was
           capable
           of
           giving
           her
           Comfort
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           still
           worse
           with
           her
           when
           that
           Boul-Ester
           came
           to
           the
           Serrail
           to
           acquit
           her self
           of
           the
           Commission
           given
           her
           by
           Youssuf
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           Gulbeyaz
           saw
           her
           ,
           she
           with
           Extreme
           Earnestness
           inquired
           how
           he
           did
           ;
           but
           the
           Jewess's
           silence
           ,
           and
           the
           tears
           she
           could
           not
           keep
           in
           ,
           gave
           that
           Impatient
           Fair-One
           to
           understand
           what
           she
           had
           to
           say
           to
           her
           .
           Ah
           ,
           cry'd
           she
           ,
           Youssuf
           
             is
             no
             more
          
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           she
           swoon'd
           away
           in
           my
           Arms.
           
        
         
           After
           she
           was
           come
           to
           her self
           ,
           Toussufs
           Letter
           and
           Ring
           ,
           which
           Boul-Ester
           put
           into
           her
           hands
           ,
           without
           being
           able
           to
           utter
           a
           Word
           ,
           seem'd
           a
           certain
           Confirmation
           of
           the
           misfortune
           she
           had
           dreaded
           .
           Gulbeyaz
           did
           several
           times
           kiss
           those
           dear
           Pledges
           of
           her
           Lovers
           Affection
           ;
           she
           watered
           them
           with
           her
           tears
           ,
           and
           hung
           the
           Ring
           at
           her
           Neck
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           she
           devoted
           her self
           to
           the
           Manes
           of
           what
           she
           loved
           .
           Then
           she
           remain'd
           for
           a
           while
           without
           speaking
           .
           Her
           face
           became
           red
           ,
           and
           she
           burst
           out
           into
           such
           touching
           Complaints
           ,
           as
           would
           have
           mov'd
           the
           most
           insensible
           to
           Compassion
           .
           And
           God
           knows
           how
           long
           she
           would
           have
           continued
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           been
           interrupted
           by
           the
           coming
           in
           of
           her
           Companions
           ,
           and
           which
           oblig'd
           Boul-Ester
           ,
           to
           withdraw
           .
           The
           Constraint
           she
           put
           upon
           her self
           in
           curbing
           her
           transports
           ,
           cast
           her
           into
           a
           
           new
           fit
           of
           a
           Feavour
           and
           that
           too
           so
           violent
           ,
           that
           she
           could
           never
           have
           recover'd
           it
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           happy
           News
           .
           I
           brought
           her
           the
           next
           day
           .
           Boul-Ester
           was
           no
           sooner
           got
           out
           of
           the
           Serrail
           ,
           but
           that
           she
           ran
           to
           Youssufs
           Palace
           ,
           where
           she
           expected
           the
           Confirmation
           of
           the
           Account
           of
           his
           Death
           .
           Joy
           succeeded
           to
           Sadness
           ;
           they
           told
           her
           that
           he
           not
           only
           breath'd
           but
           that
           he
           was
           perfectly
           recovered
           from
           the
           Condition
           she
           had
           left
           him
           in
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Pestilence
           having
           made
           its
           way
           thro'
           a
           great
           tumour
           under
           the
           Armpit
           ,
           he
           was
           held
           to
           be
           out
           of
           Danger
           ;
           It
           was
           impossible
           however
           to
           speak
           to
           him
           as
           yet
           ,
           but
           the
           Zealous
           Jewess
           without
           staying
           for
           that
           ,
           return'd
           the
           next
           Morning
           as
           soon
           as
           she
           could
           ,
           to
           impart
           to
           me
           this
           happy
           News
           .
           I
           fail'd
           not
           to
           acquaint
           Gulbeyaz
           with
           it
           ,
           who
           would
           needs
           see
           Boul-Ester
           for
           certainty's
           sake
           .
           When
           she
           had
           no
           longer
           any
           reason
           to
           doubt
           of
           it
           ,
           she
           put
           on
           a
           smiling
           Countenance
           ,
           and
           we
           began
           from
           that
           Moment
           to
           perceive
           in
           her
           Eyes
           all
           the
           tokens
           of
           an
           approaching
           Recovery
           .
        
         
           Youssuf
           on
           his
           side
           no
           sooner
           saw
           his
           health
           so
           well
           restored
           as
           to
           permit
           him
           to
           bestow
           his
           Cares
           upon
           his
           Passion
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           set
           his
           thoughts
           wholly
           upon
           securing
           to
           himself
           the
           Possession
           of
           his
           Mistress
           .
           In
           order
           to
           this
           he
           made
           his
           Address
           to
           
             Gulistan
             Kadun
          
           his
           Mother
           in
           Law
           ,
           a
           Woman
           of
           Extraordinary
           Beauty
           ,
           and
           an
           infinite
           Deal
           of
           Wit.
           She
           was
           the
           Daughter
           of
           
             Sultan
             Ibrahim
          
           ,
           and
           by
           Consequence
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           Regnants
           Sister
           ,
           but
           by
           another
           Mother
           than
           the
           Valide
           ;
           and
           his
           Highness
           according
           to
           his
           Custom
           of
           thus
           disposing
           of
           his
           Sisters
           and
           Daughters
           ,
           had
           given
           this
           for
           a
           Second
           Wife
           to
           
             Mehemmed
             Seraskier
             Pacha
          
           ,
           the
           Father
           of
           Youssuf
           ,
           on
           the
           score
           of
           his
           vast
           Riches
           .
           She
           was
           still
           very
           young
           ,
           and
           dwelt
           in
           a
           Serrail
           ,
           in
           the
           Countrey
           since
           the
           Death
           of
           her
           Husband
           
             Mehemmed
             Pacha
          
           ;
           and
           as
           she
           had
           ever
           very
           much
           valued
           Youssufs
           Merit
           ,
           and
           always
           retain'd
           a
           most
           peculiar
           regard
           for
           him
           ,
           she
           immediately
           became
           affected
           at
           the
           Confidence
           he
           put
           in
           her
           ,
           by
           imparting
           to
           her
           his
           Adventures
           ,
           and
           promis'd
           to
           spare
           no
           manner
           of
           means
           that
           might
           tend
           to
           render
           him
           happy
           .
        
         
           She
           so
           earnestly
           besought
           the
           Valide
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           himself
           to
           bestow
           Gulbeyaz
           upon
           her
           as
           a
           Slave
           ,
           for
           whom
           she
           had
           a
           mighty
           Inclination
           ,
           without
           telling
           them
           her
           Design
           or
           
           Youssufs
           Passion
           ,
           that
           she
           obtain'd
           her
           .
           Thus
           Gulbeyaz
           left
           the
           Serrail
           to
           go
           to
           
             Gulistan
             Kadun
          
           .
           This
           Generous
           Princess
           to
           shew
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Valide
           her
           Gratitude
           and
           Acknowledgment
           for
           their
           Present
           ,
           and
           the
           Esteem
           she
           had
           for
           it
           ,
           gave
           Gulbeyaz
           ,
           as
           of
           her
           own
           accord
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           rich
           Portion
           ,
           to
           Youssuf-Bey
           ,
           her
           Son
           in
           Law
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           believe
           ,
           found
           no
           reluctance
           in
           himself
           to
           give
           his
           consent
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           thus
           did
           she
           take
           delight
           in
           uniting
           those
           two
           Lovers
           ,
           whom
           we
           now
           know
           to
           enjoy
           all
           the
           Sweets
           and
           Comforts
           of
           a
           perfect
           Affection
           .
        
         
           Fatma
           thought
           she
           could
           not
           better
           end
           her
           History
           than
           in
           telling
           all
           her
           Companions
           that
           she
           wish'd
           the
           like
           happiness
           might
           befall
           them
           .
           They
           unanimously
           answer'd
           ,
           Amin.
           This
           Cry
           having
           been
           heard
           by
           
             Tacham
             Sultan
          
           ,
           and
           
             Bournaz
             Hatidge
             Sultan
          
           ,
           made
           them
           send
           to
           inquire
           what
           was
           the
           matter
           .
           Fatma
           ,
           who
           had
           with
           an
           admirable
           readiness
           of
           Wit
           a
           facetious
           jocund
           humour
           ,
           went
           to
           tell
           them
           that
           having
           tun'd
           out
           a
           lay
           to
           their
           Prosperity
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           commonly
           practic'd
           in
           the
           time
           of
           great
           Festivals
           ,
           her
           Companions
           had
           answer'd
           all
           together
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           zeal
           equal
           to
           her
           own
           ,
           Amin.
           This
           Extremely
           pleas'd
           the
           two
           Sultana's
           ,
           who
           to
           reward
           them
           distributed
           among
           them
           several
           pieces
           of
           Stuffs
           ,
           Jewells
           ,
           and
           other
           Gallantries
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           what
           the
           Old
           Jewess
           told
           me
           of
           the
           Adventures
           of
           the
           Beauteous
           Gulbeyaz
           .
           'T
           was
           she
           who
           gave
           me
           an
           Exact
           Memorial
           of
           all
           the
           Selams
           I
           have
           made
           Fatma
           to
           rehearse
           in
           the
           relation
           of
           the
           fore-going
           History
           .
           What
           is
           left
           for
           me
           to
           do
           is
           to
           impart
           to
           the
           Reader
           the
           Testimonials
           I
           brought
           from
           Constantinople
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           Common
           use
           of
           Selams
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Story
           .
        
         
           
             ATTESTATIONS
             .
          
           
             
               
                 HAving
                 seen
                 and
                 Examined
                 the
                 Work
                 of
                 the
              
               Turkish
               Secretary
               ,
               
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 nothing
                 therein
                 but
                 what
                 is
                 conformable
                 to
                 the
                 things
                 whereof
                 it
                 treats
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 affirm
                 thro'
                 my
                 having
                 practis'd
                 them
                 my self
                 ,
                 and
                 seen
                 them
                 practis'd
                 by
                 the
                 most
                 Intelligent
                 Persons
                 in
                 that
                 matter
                 .
                 At
              
               Pera
               ,
               lez
               Constantinople
               
                 the
                 Eighteenth
                 day
                 of
              
               April
               ,
               1681.
               
            
             
               
                 Bekir
                 Tchelebi
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   Son
                   of
                
                 Hassan
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Another
               from
               an
               Officer
               of
               the
               Artillery
               .
            
             
               
                 AFter
                 that
                 the
                 Mercifull
                 Creator
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 had
                 bless'd
                 me
                 so
                 far
                 as
                 to
                 suffer
                 me
                 to
                 return
                 from
                 the
                 Campagne
                 of
              
               Cheherim
               ,
               
                 in
                 company
                 of
                 many
                 innumerable
                 Legions
                 of
                 Soldiers
                 faithfull
                 to
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 Slaves
                 ,
                 like
                 me
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Sovereign
                 Emperour
                 of
                 Lands
                 and
                 Seas
                 ,
                 King
                 of
                 Kings
                 ,
                 Distributer
                 of
                 Crowns
                 ,
                 Refuge
                 ,
                 Azilum
                 ,
                 and
                 Protector
                 of
                 all
                 Nations
                 ,
                 who
                 with
                 the
                 Dreadfull
              
               Mahometan
               
                 Spear
                 ,
                 whose
                 Conduct
                 he
                 had
                 confided
                 to
                 the
                 piercing
                 Eye
                 and
                 invincible
                 Arm
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 High
                 and
                 most
                 glorified
                 Lord
                 the
                 Supreme
              
               V●zir
               Cara
               Mustafa
               Pacha
               ,
               
                 comes
                 from
                 tumbling
                 into
                 the
                 Abyss
                 of
                 Hell
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 dethroning
                 the
                 Infidels
                 from
                 the
                 Throne
                 of
                 Pride
                 and
                 Blasphemy
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 scandalously
                 erected
                 to
                 themselves
                 in
                 the
                 inexpugnable
                 Fortress
                 of
              
               Cheherim
               ,
               
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 subdued
                 and
                 reduced
                 to
                 Dust
                 ,
                 putting
                 to
                 rout
                 and
                 in
                 Confusion
                 all
                 the
                 Infidels
                 that
                 had
                 the
                 temerity
                 to
                 go
                 about
                 to
                 oppose
                 the
                 Exploits
                 of
                 the
                 Tryumphant
                 .
                 After
                 ,
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 having
                 seen
                 with
                 my
                 own
                 Eyes
                 all
                 these
                 Prodigi●s
                 which
                 appertain
                 only
                 to
                 the
                 sole
                 Nation
                 of
                 the
                 True
                 Believers
                 by
                 the
                 Mercy
                 and
                 infinite
                 Graces
                 of
                 the
                 Almighty
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 Merit
                 of
                 the
                 Chief
                 of
                 the
                 Prophets
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 recreated
                 my self
                 after
                 the
                 fatigues
                 I
                 underwent
                 during
                 that
                 severe
                 Campagne
                 by
                 an
                 abode
                 of
                 near
                 two
                 years
                 in
                 the
                 Center
                 of
                 Happiness
                 and
                 Pleasures
                 ,
                 I
                 mean
                 the
                 Excellent
                 and
                 Antient
                 City
                 of
              
               Constantinople
               ,
               
                 which
                 is
                 at
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 at
                 all
                 times
                 ,
                 the
                 Principal
                 and
                 most
                 worthy
                 Subject
                 of
                 the
                 Admiration
                 of
                 Mortals
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Place
                 of
                 Residence
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 August
                 and
                 ever-victorious
                 Family
                 of
                 the
              
               Ottomans
               ,
               
                 Head
                 ,
                 Foundation
                 ,
                 and
                 Formidable
                 Support
                 of
                 the
              
               Mussulman
               
                 Law.
                 I
                 have
                 employ'd
                 my self
                 in
                 several
                 Exercizes
                 as
                 well
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 as
                 of
                 the
                 Mind
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 among
                 these
                 latter
                 I
                 have
                 m●t
                 with
                 none
                 that
                 have
                 been
                 more
                 sensible
                 to
                 me
                 than
                 in
                 the
                 practice
                 of
                 the
                 things
                 of
                 which
                 the
              
               Turkish
               
                 Secretary
                 gives
                 an
                 Account
                 as
                 well
                 real
                 as
                 succinct
                 and
                 diverting
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 my self
                 obliged
                 without
                 otherwise
                 knowing
                 the
                 Author's
                 Person
                 in
                 any
                 manner
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 my
                 Approbation
                 to
                 his
                 Work
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 History
                 of
              
               Youssuf-Bey
               ,
               
                 which
                 he
                 has
                 added
                 thereu
                 to
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 has
                 made
                 too
                 much
                 noise
                 in
                 this
                 Country
                 ,
                 for
                 any
                 Doubt
                 to
                 be
                 harboured
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 what
                 I
                 affirm
                 and
                 certify
                 by
                 the
                 Impression
                 of
                 my
                 Seal
                 .
                 At
              
               Tophana
               of
               Constantinople
               the
               
               
                 twenty
                 nineth
                 Day
                 of
              
               March
               ,
               
                 One
                 Thousand
                 Six
                 Hundred
                 and
                 Eighty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Servant
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 fear
                 God
                 ,
                 Osman-Chorvadgi
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 
                   Cara
                   Eyub
                
                 ,
              
            
          
           
             
               Another
               .
            
             
               
                 We
                 have
                 examined
                 the
                 History
                 of
              
               Gulbeyaz
               
                 and
                 her
                 Lover
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Work
                 of
                 the
              
               Turkish
               
                 Secretary
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Report
                 and
                 just
                 Interpretation
                 that
                 has
                 been
                 made
                 to
                 Us
                 thereof
                 .
                 Wherefore
                 We
                 give
                 it
                 our
                 Approbation
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 humble
                 Hatidge
                 ,
                 the
                 Wife
                 of
                 Hassan-Aga
                 dwelling
                 at
                 Constantinople
                 in
                 the
                 Quarter
                 of
                 Comcapi
                 ;
                 the
                 poor
                 Emine
                 ,
                 Daughter
                 of
                 
                   Suleiman
                   Bey
                
                 ,
                 in
                 her
                 House
                 at
                 Tophana
                 ;
                 the
                 indigent
                 Salhe
                 ,
                 Wife
                 granted
                 to
                 
                   Mustafa
                   Tchelebi
                
                 ,
                 Son
                 of
                 Emir-Bektach
                 ,
                 lodging
                 at
                 Scudaret
                 ,
                 near
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Mosch
                   ;
                   Aiche
                
                 ,
                 the
                 slighted
                 Wife
                 of
                 Abtelrahman-Bey
                 ,
                 Son
                 of
                 Hussein
                 ,
                 dwelling
                 at
                 Cassompacha
                 ,
                 behind
                 the
                 Arsenal
                 of
                 the
                 Gallies
                 ;
                 
                   Alime
                   ,
                   Nourou
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Rabbie
                 ,
                 Wives
                 of
                 
                   Kieur
                   Ibrahim
                   Pacha
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             The
             following
             Catalogue
             contains
             the
             Phrases
             which
             the
             Turks
             express
             in
             sending
             or
             in
             giving
             themselves
             the
             things
             that
             signify
             them
             .
             They
             would
             for
             example
             note
             to
             a
             Person
             ,
             
               that
               he
               has
               the
               Power
               to
               dispose
               of
               them
               as
               he
               pleases
            
             ;
             they
             will
             find
             this
             thought
             in
             the
             Number
             19.
             of
             the
             Catalogue
             ,
             and
             then
             a
             Pear
             which
             is
             the
             Selam
             ,
             or
             the
             thing
             which
             they
             must
             send
             to
             give
             to
             understand
             that
             one
             has
             the
             Power
             to
             dispose
             of
             them
             .
             Or
             if
             you
             send
             them
             Coal
             ,
             they
             will
             seek
             in
             the
             Dictionary
             which
             is
             after
             the
             Catalogue
             for
             the
             word
             Coal
             ,
             whose
             explication
             will
             be
             markt
             to
             them
             in
             the
             Catalogue
             by
             the
             Cypher
             83.
             and
             they
             will
             find
             that
             it
             signifies
             ,
             
               I
               consent
               to
               dye
               provided
               you
               ever
               enjoy
               a
               most
               happy
               Life
               .
            
             And
             the
             same
             with
             all
             the
             other
             things
             that
             may
             be
             sent
             or
             received
             ,
             whether
             that
             there
             be
             but
             one
             alone
             or
             several
             together
             according
             to
             the
             more
             or
             less
             of
             what
             you
             have
             a
             mind
             to
             make
             known
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             also
             to
             be
             observed
             that
             to
             supply
             the
             things
             of
             which
             they
             shall
             have
             need
             ,
             having
             them
             not
             at
             hand
             ,
             they
             may
             write
             and
             send
             upon
             a
             bit
             of
             Paper
             just
             as
             many
             Cyphers
             as
             are
             in
             the
             
             Catalogue
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             signify
             thoughts
             that
             should
             suit
             with
             them
             ,
             which
             they
             would
             interpret
             in
             the
             usual
             manner
             of
             decyphering
             Letters
             ,
             provided
             that
             each
             have
             a
             Book
             at
             his
             Elbow
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CATALOGUE
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 TO
                 give
                 to
                 understand
              
               ,
               We
               are
               both
               of
               the
               same
               mind
               ,
               I
               approve
               very
               much
               of
               what
               you
               say
               ,
               
                 they
                 must
                 send
                 an
              
               Ambrette
               Flowe
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               I
               weep
               continually
               ,
               but
               you
               make
               a
               mock
               of
               my
               tears
               .
               
                 A
                 Rose
                 ,
                 either
                 the
                 Leaf
                 or
                 bit
                 of
                 the
                 Rose-Tree
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               I
               Swear
               to
               you
               that
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 Jessemin
                 ,
                 either
                 Flower
                 or
                 Leaf
                 .
              
            
             
               4.
               
               You
               are
               a
               Flower
               ,
               a
               Beauty
               beyond
               Compare
               ;
               a
               long
               long
               time
               have
               I
               lov'd
               you
               ,
               without
               daring
               to
               let
               you
               know
               it
               .
               
                 A
                 Pink
                 or
                 the
                 Stalk
                 of
                 a
                 Pink.
                 
              
            
             
               5.
               
               The
               torments
               you
               make
               me
               suffer
               are
               the
               occasion
               that
               my
               Body
               is
               become
               as
               dry
               as
               a
               Tooth-pick
               .
               
                 A
                 Tulip
              
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               Let
               me
               partake
               of
               your
               Carsses
               .
               
                 A
                 Violet
              
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               You
               must
               surmount
               all
               the
               Obstacles
               that
               may
               interpose
               in
               your
               Designs
               .
               Liricumfancy
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               I
               will
               in
               all
               occasions
               give
               you
               proofs
               that
               I
               am
               your
               Slave
               .
               
                 A
                 Narcissus
              
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               Have
               a
               care
               that
               God
               do
               not
               punish
               you
               for
               the
               evil
               you
               may
               wish
               me
               ,
               as
               I
               wish
               he
               may
               reward
               you
               for
               your
               good
               intentions
               .
               A
               Hyacinth
               .
            
             
               
               10.
               
               I
               will
               do
               for
               you
               things
               which
               you
               your self
               shall
               be
               Witness
               of
               .
               A
               Lilly.
               
            
             
               11.
               
               I
               'le
               Answer
               to
               you
               for
               all
               Events
               .
               A
               Wind-Flower
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               You
               must
               be
               perfectly
               Discreet
               .
               A
               Dazy
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               The
               more
               pains
               we
               shall
               have
               ,
               the
               more
               we
               shall
               relish
               Pleasures
               .
               A
               Tuberose
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               We
               are
               cross'd
               by
               many
               People
               .
               The
               
                 Flower
                 Paunsy
              
               .
            
             
               15.
               
               Let
               nothing
               trouble
               you
               .
               A
               Mary-Gold
               .
            
             
               16.
               
               My
               Constancy
               is
               weakned
               by
               your
               InfidelIties
               .
               An
               Orange-Flower
               .
            
             
               17.
               
               I
               know
               that
               you
               have
               sufficiently
               deceiv'd
               me
               .
               A
               Peach
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               Don't
               think
               on
               me
               .
               An
               Apple
               .
            
             
               19.
               
               You
               may
               dispose
               of
               me
               as
               you
               please
               .
               A
               Pear
               .
            
             
               20.
               
               Pish
               !
               Your
               making
               so
               much
               ado
               is
               but
               meer
               Fooling
               .
               A
               Quince
               .
            
             
               21
               Why
               do
               you
               torment
               me
               at
               this
               rate
               ?
               A
               Wallnut
               .
            
             
               22.
               
               We
               are
               broke
               off
               .
               A
               Hasel-nut
               .
            
             
               23
               I
               was
               always
               in
               hopes
               you
               would
               have
               some
               kindness
               for
               me
               .
               
                 The
                 Kernel
                 of
                 à
                 Nut.
              
               
            
             
               24.
               
               Why
               are
               you
               so
               scornfull
               ?
               A
               Gallnut
               .
            
             
               25.
               
               I
               am
               angry
               with
               you
               .
               A
               Pistacho
               .
            
             
               
               26.
               
               Bestow
               some
               small
               favour
               upon
               us
               .
               A
               Cherry
            
             
               27.
               
               I
               am
               quite
               spent
               with
               Anguish
               and
               D
               jection
               .
               A
               Plum.
               
            
             
               28.
               
               I
               know
               how
               matters
               stand
               with
               you
               .
               A
               Pome-Citron
               .
            
             
               29.
               
               May
               all
               the
               Mischiefs
               in
               the
               World
               over-whelm
               you
               .
               An
               Orange
               .
            
             
               30.
               
               None
               has
               Compassion
               of
               Me.
               A
               Fig.
               
            
             
               31.
               
               It
               is
               impossible
               to
               find
               any
               one
               that
               Excells
               you
               in
               Beauty
               and
               Goodness
               .
               An
               Apricock
               .
            
             
               32.
               
               I
               am
               intoxicated
               and
               distracted
               with
               my
               Love.
               A
               Chessnut
               .
            
             
               33.
               
               I
               very
               much
               fear
               that
               the
               Suspicion
               which
               People
               may
               have
               of
               our
               Concerns
               ,
               will
               occasion
               their
               being
               fully
               detected
               .
               A
               Cowcumber
               .
            
             
               34.
               
               You
               'l
               never
               attain
               your
               Designs
               .
               A
               Date
               .
            
             
               35.
               
               My
               Heart
               burns
               with
               Love.
               A
               Pomegranate
               .
            
             
               36.
               
               Draw
               a
               little
               near
               us
               .
               A
               
                 Sorb
                 Apple
              
               .
            
             
               37.
               
               I
               begin
               to
               perceive
               that
               if
               you
               grow
               Luke-warm
               ,
               I
               shall
               grow
               indifferent
               .
               An
               Almond
               .
            
             
               38.
               
               You
               have
               made
               me
               endure
               sufficiently
               .
               An
               
                 Apple
                 or
                 slip
                 of
                 Cyprus
              
               .
            
             
               39.
               
               Let
               your
               Inclination
               for
               me
               follow
               its
               own
               Dictates
               .
               A
               
                 Jujube
                 Plum.
              
               
            
             
               40.
               
               I
               hope
               to
               see
               your
               Funeral
               .
               An
               Olive
               .
            
             
               
               41.
               
               My
               Eyes
               ,
               (
               as
               one
               says
               my
               Heart
               ,
               my
               Dear
               Soul
               )
               A
               
                 Green
                 or
                 Dry
                 Grape
              
               .
            
             
               42.
               
               Change
               abode
               to
               see
               us
               the
               more
               conveniently
               .
               Rosemary
               .
            
             
               43.
               
               May
               God
               bestow
               you
               upon
               me
               .
               Mirrhe
               .
            
             
               44.
               
               If
               you
               act
               sincerely
               ,
               so
               much
               the
               better
               for
               you
               .
               Marjerom
               .
            
             
               45.
               
               Leave
               off
               those
               ways
               of
               yours
               .
               
                 Wild
                 Time.
              
               
            
             
               46.
               
               I
               will
               bring
               you
               up
               in
               my
               Bosome
               .
               
                 Sweet
                 Bazile
              
               .
            
             
               47.
               
               Let
               's
               Love
               with
               as
               much
               passion
               as
               sincerity
               ,
               and
               let
               our
               Souls
               be
               inseparable
               .
               Mint
               .
            
             
               48.
               
               Do
               you
               dwell
               by
               your self
               ?
               Parsley
               .
            
             
               49.
               
               Your
               Slaves
               ,
               Your
               Servants
               ,
               are
               not
               they
               to
               be
               suspected
               ?
               Sorrel
               .
            
             
               50.
               
               Inconstancy
               must
               be
               punish'd
               .
               Fennel
               .
            
             
               51.
               
               If
               you
               study
               silly
               Evasions
               ,
               you
               will
               find
               Numberless
               Difficulties
               .
               Lettice
               .
            
             
               52.
               
               I
               assure
               you
               you
               are
               the
               most
               in
               the
               wrong
               in
               the
               World.
               Beats
               .
            
             
               53.
               
               Let
               's
               have
               Condescention
               for
               each
               other
               .
               Nettle
               .
            
             
               54.
               
               Leave
               me
               ,
               Perfidious
               Wretch
               .
               Ivy.
               
            
             
               55.
               
               What
               reason
               can
               you
               have
               to
               authorize
               all
               you
               do
               against
               me
               ?
               Colewort
               .
            
             
               56.
               
               Do
               but
               so
               much
               as
               once
               glance
               upon
               the
               unhappy
               Condition
               I
               am
               in
               .
               Woollen-Cloath
               .
            
             
               
               57.
               
               I
               grow
               weary
               of
               your
               Importunities
               .
               Linnen
               .
            
             
               58.
               
               Tell
               me
               where
               your
               House
               is
               ?
               
                 Glaz'd-Callicoe
                 ,
                 or
                 Coarsc-Cloth
              
               .
            
             
               59.
               
               We
               shall
               be
               together
               to
               morrow
               .
               Canvas
               .
            
             
               60.
               
               Methinks
               you
               have
               droll'd
               sufficiently
               upon
               me
               .
               Velvet
               .
            
             
               61.
               
               No
               Body
               vouchsafes
               to
               look
               upon
               me
               .
               Satin
               .
            
             
               62.
               
               My
               Heart
               is
               theirs
               I
               Love.
               Tabby
               .
            
             
               63.
               
               This
               Cheat
               suffices
               us
               .
               Taffety
               .
            
             
               64.
               
               Your
               Love
               has
               fetter'd
               me
               .
               Cambrick
               .
            
             
               65.
               
               I
               leave
               my
               Concerns
               to
               Destiny
               .
               
                 Twisted
                 Silk
              
               .
            
             
               66.
               
               You
               have
               robb'd
               me
               of
               my
               very
               Senses
               .
               
                 White
                 Silk
              
               .
            
             
               67.
               
               Agreeable
               Nightingale
               of
               my
               Bosom
               ,
               who
               charms
               the
               Melancholly
               of
               my
               Soul.
               Rose-Colour'd-Silk
               .
            
             
               68.
               
               Write
               me
               a
               Letter
               .
               Pearl-Colour'd-Silk
               .
            
             
               69.
               
               I
               consent
               that
               you
               have
               your
               Revenge
               ,
               your
               Turn
               .
               
                 Issabella
                 Silk
              
               .
            
             
               70.
               
               We
               are
               fallen
               out
               .
               Grass-Green-Silk
               .
            
             
               71.
               
               There
               's
               no
               doing
               what
               is
               impossible
               .
               Seagreen-Silk
               .
            
             
               72.
               
               You
               have
               chosen
               a
               Convenient
               Place
               .
               Gall-green-Silk
               .
            
             
               73.
               
               You
               have
               taken
               my
               Liberty
               ,
               take
               also
               my
               Soul.
               
                 Cherry
                 Colour'd
                 Silk
              
               .
            
             
               
               74.
               
               Know
               that
               you
               are
               the
               cause
               of
               my
               Torments
               .
               
                 Peach-Flower
                 Coloured
                 Silk
              
               .
            
             
               75.
               
               Rid
               your self
               of
               all
               ill
               People
               .
               
                 Sulphur-Coloured
                 Silk
              
               .
            
             
               76.
               
               You
               must
               not
               think
               to
               use
               me
               so
               scornfully
               .
               
                 Crimson-Coloured
                 Silk
              
               .
            
             
               77.
               
               Is
               there
               any
               Conscience
               in
               using
               us
               as
               you
               do
               .
               A
               
                 Crimson-Violet
                 Silk
              
               .
            
             
               78.
               
               I
               am
               fall'n
               Extremely
               in
               Love.
               Blew-Silk
               .
            
             
               79.
               
               Since
               that
               I
               love
               you
               I
               am
               hated
               and
               envyed
               by
               all
               the
               World.
               Violet-Silk
               .
            
             
               80.
               
               Let
               's
               Embrace
               .
               Yellow-Silk
               .
            
             
               81.
               
               There
               's
               a
               great
               Difference
               between
               your
               way
               of
               Loving
               and
               Mine
               .
               Musk-Silk
               .
            
             
               82.
               
               I
               am
               ready
               to
               sacrifice
               my self
               for
               you
               .
               A
               
                 Mirrour
                 or
                 piece
                 of
                 Glass
              
               .
            
             
               83.
               
               I
               consent
               to
               dye
               provided
               you
               ever
               enjoy
               a
               very
               happy
               Life
               .
               A
               Coal
               .
            
             
               84.
               
               Let
               's
               lay
               our
               heads
               upon
               one
               and
               the
               same
               Pillow
               .
               A
               Stone
               .
            
             
               85.
               
               I
               shall
               cost
               you
               a
               great
               deal
               .
               A
               
                 Pistol
                 or
                 other
                 piece
                 of
                 Gold.
                 
              
            
             
               86.
               
               I
               have
               not
               any
               proof
               of
               the
               sincerity
               of
               your
               Words
               .
               A
               
                 Piece
                 of
                 Money
                 of
                 5
                 pence
                 value
                 .
              
            
             
               87.
               
               Take
               all
               due
               Courses
               to
               have
               me
               ,
               and
               come
               to
               me
               .
               
                 A
                 piece
                 of
                 thres
              
               Aspres
               ,
               
                 or
                 a
                 three
                 pence
              
               .
            
             
               
               88.
               
               Keep
               always
               a
               good
               Understanding
               .
               An
               Aspre
               ,
               
                 or
                 a
                 Penny.
              
               
            
             
               89.
               
               Don't
               engage
               us
               in
               a
               Difficult
               Bus'ness
               .
               Barley
               .
            
             
               90.
               
               Precious
               Crown
               of
               all
               my
               Wishes
               .
               Hair.
               
            
             
               91.
               
               Do
               not
               slight
               those
               that
               submit
               themselves
               to
               you
               in
               all
               .
               
                 The
                 Twig
                 or
                 Wood
                 of
                 a
                 Vine
                 .
              
            
             
               92.
               
               My
               Face
               is
               like
               the
               Earth
               which
               is
               at
               your
               Feet
               ;
               my
               Submission
               to
               you
               is
               infinite
               .
               
                 A
                 Vine-Leaf
              
               .
            
             
               93.
               
               You
               are
               a
               Treasure
               of
               Youth
               and
               Beauty
               .
               
                 A
                 Grape
              
               .
            
             
               94.
               
               All
               my
               Riches
               are
               at
               your
               Disposal
               .
               Corral
               .
            
             
               95.
               
               Let
               's
               not
               let
               slip
               any
               occasion
               of
               improving
               our
               Pleasure
               as
               far
               as
               we
               are
               able
               .
               
                 A
                 Spoon
              
               .
            
             
               96.
               
               Summons
               all
               your
               Wit
               together
               in
               your
               Head
               ;
               Recall
               all
               your
               Senses
               :
               do
               but
               reflect
               upon
               the
               Course
               you
               take
               .
               Box.
               
            
             
               97.
               
               You
               kill
               me
               with
               laughing
               .
               
                 A
                 Pipe.
              
               
            
             
               98.
               
               I
               love
               you
               even
               to
               Madness
               .
               
                 White
                 Wax
              
               .
            
             
               99.
               
               D'
               ye
               consent
               to
               what
               is
               just
               and
               reasonable
               ?
               Aniseed
               .
            
             
               100.
               
               Send
               me
               a
               certain
               Answer
               .
               Pepper
               .
            
             
               101.
               
               Know
               that
               I
               love
               you
               .
               Ginger
               .
            
             
               102.
               
               My
               Heart
               passionately
               desires
               you
               .
               Sugar
               .
            
             
               103.
               
               Though
               you
               be
               cruel
               to
               me
               ,
               I
               'le
               be
               faithfull
               to
               you
               .
               Sugar-Candy
               .
            
             
               
               104
               :
               I
               suffer
               much
               ,
               while
               you
               have
               only
               Pleasure
               .
               Nutmeg
               .
            
             
               105.
               
               I
               'le
               be
               at
               all
               the
               necessary
               Charge
               .
               Cinnamon
               .
            
             
               106.
               
               D'
               you
               find
               in
               your self
               any
               kind
               Disposition
               for
               me
               .
               
                 A
                 Clove
              
               .
            
             
               107.
               
               The
               Bow
               of
               your
               Love
               cannot
               draw
               ,
               you
               are
               inflexible
               to
               my
               Entreaties
               .
               Wheat
               .
            
             
               108.
               
               You
               are
               a
               perpetual
               inconstancy
               :
               You
               go
               from
               fair
               one
               to
               fair
               one
               .
               
                 Bruised
                 Wheat
              
               .
            
             
               109.
               
               I
               am
               sensible
               to
               your
               Torments
               .
               Millet
               .
            
             
               110.
               
               I
               have
               lost
               my
               Senses
               by
               loving
               you
               too
               much
               .
               
                 A
                 Pea.
              
               
            
             
               111.
               
               Keep
               me
               in
               your
               Bosom
               .
               
                 A
                 great
                 Bean.
              
               
            
             
               112.
               
               Come
               to
               our
               house
               this
               Evening
               ,
               I
               am
               wholly
               yours
               .
               
                 A
                 little
                 Bean.
              
               
            
             
               113.
               
               Will
               not
               all
               the
               Service
               I
               have
               done
               you
               in
               any
               wise
               avail
               ?
               
                 A
                 Leek
              
               .
            
             
               114.
               
               Have
               a
               care
               how
               you
               expose
               us
               to
               Peoples
               railleries
               .
               Rice
               .
            
             
               115.
               
               Answer
               me
               sincerely
               and
               without
               Affectation
               .
               Allum
               .
            
             
               116.
               
               I
               desire
               you
               to
               pass
               a
               day
               at
               our
               House
               .
               Incense
               .
            
             
               117.
               
               You
               'l
               ruine
               us
               if
               you
               push
               on
               your
               Design
               .
               
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Match
              
               .
            
             
               118.
               
               We
               go
               to
               the
               Bath
               to
               morrow
               .
               
                 A
                 Sweet-Ball
              
               .
            
             
               119.
               
               Give
               me
               your
               Soul.
               Amber
               .
            
             
               120.
               
               The
               Difficulties
               I
               start
               are
               the
               better
               to
               fix
               our
               concerns
               .
               Musk
            
             
               
               121.
               
               You
               are
               the
               true
               Remedy
               of
               all
               my
               evils
               .
               
                 Aloes
                 Wood.
              
               
            
             
               122.
               
               The
               Sun
               of
               my
               Life
               .
               
                 A
                 Sugar
                 Cane
                 ,
                 or
                 Powder
                 Sugar
                 .
              
            
             
               123.
               
               You
               are
               an
               Inconstant
               ,
               you
               never
               keep
               your
               promise
               .
               
                 Common
                 Wood.
              
               
            
             
               124.
               
               I
               in
               no
               wise
               consent
               to
               what
               you
               propose
               to
               me
               .
               Glass
               .
            
             
               125.
               
               I
               suffer
               much
               for
               that
               we
               are
               at
               a
               distance
               from
               each
               other
               .
               
                 A
                 Comb.
              
               
            
             
               126.
               
               I
               grow
               daily
               leaner
               and
               leaner
               ,
               but
               your
               Plumpness
               does
               visibly
               augment
               .
               Iron
               .
            
             
               127.
               
               Come
               to
               me
               .
               
                 Copper
                 or
                 Lattin
                 Wire
              
               .
            
             
               128.
               
               It
               's
               easy
               for
               you
               to
               deceive
               me
               .
               Pewter
               .
            
             
               129.
               
               I
               must
               by
               all
               means
               have
               the
               honour
               of
               seeing
               you
               .
               Bread.
               
            
             
               130.
               
               I
               only
               breath
               Revenge
               .
               Meal
               .
            
             
               131.
               
               Come
               and
               see
               us
               when
               you
               have
               an
               opportunity
               .
               Porcelain
               .
            
             
               132.
               
               I
               have
               undeniable
               proofs
               of
               your
               deceiving
               me
               ,
               and
               of
               your
               Infidelity
               .
               Bone.
               
            
             
               133.
               
               How
               d'
               you
               do
               ?
               Carpet-Work
               .
            
             
               134.
               
               Think
               no
               more
               of
               your
               former
               Inclinations
               .
               Earth
               .
            
             
               135.
               
               Come
               and
               see
               me
               to
               morrow
               .
               
                 Brick
                 or
                 Tile
              
               .
            
             
               136.
               
               I
               act
               with
               all
               possible
               Sincerity
               .
               Tobacco
               .
            
             
               
               137.
               
               Is
               't
               possible
               I
               'me
               so
               unhappy
               as
               to
               have
               displeas'd
               you
               .
               Tow.
               
            
             
               138.
               
               You
               have
               afforded
               me
               mighty
               satisfaction
               .
               Ivory
               .
            
             
               139.
               
               I
               'de
               fain
               speak
               with
               you
               .
               
                 Cummin
                 ,
                 a
                 small
                 black
                 Grain
                 .
              
            
             
               140.
               
               I
               shall
               ever
               pride
               in
               being
               your
               Slave
               .
               Matt.
               
            
             
               141.
               
               I
               desire
               nothing
               of
               you
               ,
               and
               I
               abandon
               you
               to
               your
               Destiny
               .
               Straw
               .
            
             
               142.
               
               Take
               me
               and
               carry
               me
               along
               with
               you
               .
               
                 A
                 Tooth-pick
              
               .
            
             
               143.
               
               Wherein
               have
               I
               fail'd
               ?
               Packthread
               .
            
             
               144.
               
               Have
               you
               need
               of
               Illustration
               ?
               
                 Raw
                 Thrid
              
               .
            
             
               145.
               
               Take
               place
               in
               my
               Heart
               .
               
                 Common
                 Thrid
              
               .
            
             
               146.
               
               I
               'le
               stick
               t'
               ye
               as
               close
               as
               the
               Button
               to
               your
               Vest.
               
                 A
                 Needle
              
               .
            
             
               147.
               
               The
               more
               violence
               you
               use
               ,
               the
               less
               will
               you
               prevail
               upon
               my
               mind
               .
               
                 A
                 Pin.
              
               
            
             
               148.
               
               Submit
               to
               no
               Body
               .
               
                 A
                 Button
              
               .
            
             
               149.
               
               I
               advise
               you
               to
               suffer
               no
               longer
               for
               the
               Love
               of
               me
               .
               
                 A
                 Pen
                 to
                 Write
              
               .
            
             
               150.
               
               Get
               at
               a
               distance
               from
               those
               that
               may
               perplex
               you
               .
               
                 A
                 Musket
                 Match
              
               .
            
             
               151.
               
               I
               beg
               of
               you
               to
               pardon
               me
               .
               Marble-Paper
               .
            
             
               152.
               
               As
               long
               as
               I
               live
               I
               shall
               wish
               for
               nothing
               else
               .
               Linnen
               .
            
             
               
               153.
               
               Don't
               trust
               in
               so
               many
               People
               .
               Paper
               .
            
             
               154.
               
               All
               you
               urge
               to
               me
               as
               good
               Reasons
               ,
               seems
               to
               me
               a
               meer
               Imposture
               ▪
               Parchment
               .
            
             
               155.
               
               If
               you
               have
               several
               Mistresses
               ,
               it
               's
               better
               to
               quit
               them
               all
               than
               to
               enjoy
               but
               one
               of
               them
               .
               Lime
               .
            
             
               156.
               
               Turn
               not
               your
               Eyes
               from
               me
               ,
               do
               not
               forsake
               me
               .
               Gold-Wire
               .
            
             
               157.
               
               You
               are
               a
               Person
               that
               wears
               two
               Faces
               ,
               you
               betray
               me
               .
               
                 Gold
                 twisted
                 upon
                 Silk
              
               .
            
             
               158.
               
               Command
               me
               to
               dye
               and
               I
               am
               ready
               to
               do
               it
               .
               Cizzars
               .
            
             
               159.
               
               If
               you
               reduce
               me
               to
               Despair
               ,
               I
               shall
               commit
               some
               mad
               thing
               
                 A
                 Knife
              
               .
            
             
               160.
               
               What
               reason
               have
               you
               to
               laugh
               so
               ?
               Soot
               .
            
             
               161.
               
               You
               are
               a
               known
               Lyar.
               Spanish
               -
               Leather
               .
            
             
               162.
               
               I
               have
               not
               yet
               sufficiently
               seen
               you
               ,
               and
               I
               cannot
               sate
               my self
               with
               seeing
               you
               .
               
                 A
                 Spiders
                 Web.
              
               
            
             
               163.
               
               Come
               and
               dwell
               with
               us
               .
               Cotton
               .
            
             
               164.
               
               Your
               Absence
               kills
               me
               ,
               and
               the
               Difficulties
               of
               seeing
               you
               plunge
               me
               into
               Despair
               .
               Wool.
               
            
             
               165.
               
               I
               should
               never
               have
               thought
               this
               of
               you
               .
               Wadd
               .
            
             
               166.
               
               My
               Eyes
               dissolve
               into
               tears
               .
               Antimony
               .
            
             
               167.
               
               You
               have
               reduced
               me
               into
               a
               perpetual
               Languishment
               .
               Soap
               .
            
             
               
               168.
               
               Come
               hither
               ,
               Fair
               Maid
               .
               Mastic
               .
            
             
               169.
               
               Let
               's
               see
               one
               another
               sometimes
               .
               Garlick
               .
            
             
               170.
               
               Never
               speak
               to
               me
               ,
               you
               appear
               hideous
               to
               me
               .
               Onion
               .
            
             
               171.
               
               It
               's
               a
               very
               hard
               matter
               to
               find
               you
               .
               
                 A
                 Radish
                 ,
                 or
                 bit
                 of
                 Radish
                 .
              
            
             
               172.
               
               Remember
               to
               keep
               your
               word
               .
               Spunge
               .
            
             
               173.
               
               Pity
               me
               once
               at
               least
               .
               
                 A
                 Sprigg
                 of
                 Broom
              
               .
            
             
               174.
               
               Rustical
               ,
               Inhumane
               ,
               Salvage
               ,
               Cruel
               .
               
                 Humain
                 Nail
              
               .
            
             
               175.
               
               You
               've
               forgot
               those
               happy
               Moments
               ,
               when
               you
               took
               delight
               in
               listening
               to
               my
               Addresses
               ,
               and
               in
               indulging
               them
               .
               Marble
               .
            
             
               176.
               
               If
               Fidelity
               dies
               in
               you
               ,
               I
               'le
               produce
               Inconstancy
               in
               my self
               ;
               If
               you
               change
               me
               ,
               I
               'le
               change
               you
               .
               
                 White
                 Iron
              
               .
            
             
               177.
               
               In
               giving
               my self
               to
               you
               ,
               I
               have
               robb'd
               my self
               of
               my-self
               .
               
                 Yellow
                 Wax
              
               .
            
             
               178.
               
               I
               could
               not
               find
               out
               where
               you
               dwell
               .
               
                 A
                 Nail
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             A
             Dictionary
             of
             Flowers
             ,
             Fruits
             ,
             Stuffs
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             things
             that
             may
             be
             sent
             to
             express
             the
             thoughts
             that
             are
             contained
             in
             the
             foregoing
             Catalogue
             .
          
           
             
               A
            
             
               AN
               Almond
               .
               37.
               
            
             
               Aloes
               Wood.
               121.
               
            
             
               Alum
               .
               115.
               
            
             
               Amber
               .
               119.
               
            
             
               Ambrette-flower
               .
               1.
               
            
             
               Anis
               ,
               90.
               
            
             
               Antimony
               .
               167.
               
            
             
               Apple
               .
               18.
               
            
             
               Apple
               of
               Cyprus
               .
               38.
               
            
             
               Apricock
               .
               31.
               
            
          
           
             
               B
            
             
               BRoom
               ,
               
                 or
                 bit
                 of
                 a
              
               Broom
               .
               174.
               
            
             
               Button
               ,
               149.
               
            
             
               Brick
               .
               135.
               
            
             
               Box-Wood
               ,
               96.
               
            
             
               Bean
               ,
               Great
               Bean.
               111.
               
            
             
               Bean
               ,
               Little
               Bean
               ,
               112.
               
            
             
               Barley
               ,
               89.
               
            
             
               Bone
               ,
               133.
               
            
             
               Bread
               ,
               129.
               
            
             
               Brimstone
               ,
               117.
               
            
             
               Brimstone-Match
               ,
               117.
               
            
          
           
             
               C
            
             
               CArpet
               ,
               133.
               
            
             
               Cambresine
               ,
               84.
               
            
             
               Canvas
               ,
               59.
               
            
             
               Corn
               ,
               107.
               
            
             
               Corn
               ,
               
                 Beaten
                 or
                 Malted
              
               ,
               108.
               
            
             
               Cinamon
               ,
               105.
               
            
             
               Cherry
               ,
               26.
               
            
             
               Coal
               ,
               83.
               
            
             
               Chesnut
               ,
               32.
               
            
             
               Colewort
               ,
               55.
               
            
             
               Cyprus-Wood
               ,
               38.
               
            
             
               Cizars
               ,
               159.
               
            
             
               Cowcumber
               ,
               33.
               
            
             
               
                 Colours
                 ,
                 see
                 Silk
              
               .
            
             
               Corral
               ,
               94.
               
            
             
               Cotton
               ,
               164.
               
            
             
               
               Cloth
               ,
               56.
               
            
             
               Cloves
               ,
               106.
               
            
             
               Comb
               ,
               125.
               
            
             
               Cobweb
               ,
               163.
               
            
             
               Crows-toe
               ,
               or
               Jacint
               .
               9.
               
            
             
               Cummin
               ,
               140.
               
            
          
           
             
               D
            
             
               DAce-fruit
               ,
               34.
               
            
             
               Dazy-flower
               ,
               12.
               
            
          
           
             
               E
            
             
               EArth
               .
               134.
               
            
          
           
             
               F
            
             
               FEnnel
               ,
               50.
               
            
             
               Fig
               ,
               30.
               
            
             
               Franckinsence
               ,
               116.
               
            
          
           
             
               G
            
             
               GOld-Wyre
               ,
               157.
               
            
             
               Garlick
               ,
               170.
               
            
             
               Gall-Nut
               ,
               24.
               
            
             
               Glazed-Callicoe
               ,
               58.
               
            
             
               Glass
               ,
               
                 or
                 breaks
                 of
                 a
              
               Glass
               ,
               124.
               
            
             
               Ginger
               ,
               101.
               
            
             
               Grain
               of
               Raisin
               ,
               93.
               
            
             
               Gold
               &
               Silk
               Thread
               ,
               158.
               
            
             
               Gold
               Money
               ,
               
                 See
                 piece
                 of
                 Gold.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               H
            
             
               HAir
               ,
               90.
               
            
             
               Hirse
               ,
               or
               Millet
               ,
               109.
               
            
          
           
             
               I
            
             
               IVory
               ,
               139.
               
            
             
               Iron
               ,
               126.
               
            
             
               Iron
               ,
               or
               Lattin-Wire
               ,
               127.
               
            
             
               Jacint
               ,
               or
               Crows-Toe
               ,
               
                 a
                 Flower
              
               ,
               9.
               
            
             
               Jasmin
               ,
               3.
               
            
             
               Jujubes-fruit
               ,
               39.
               
            
             
               Ivy
               ,
               54.
               
            
          
           
             
               K
            
             
               KNife
               ,
               160.
               
            
          
           
             
               L
            
             
               LIne
               of
               Flax
               ,
               153.
               
            
             
               Line
               of
               Tow
               ,
               
                 mixt
                 together
              
               ,
               138.
               
            
             
               Lilly
               ,
               10.
               
            
             
               Lime
               ,
               156.
               
            
             
               Lemond
               ,
               28.
               
            
             
               Lettice
               ,
               51.
               
            
             
               Looking-Glass
               ,
               82.
               
            
             
               Liricumfancy
               ,
               7.
               
            
             
               Lentil
               ,
               113.
               
            
             
               Linnen
               Cloth
               ,
               57.
               
            
             
               Leafs
               of
               Vine
               ,
               92.
               
            
          
           
             
               M
            
             
               MArble
               ,
               176.
               
            
             
               Marjerom
               ,
               44.
               
            
             
               Marygold
               ,
               15.
               
            
             
               Marbled
               Paper
               ,
               152.
               
            
             
               Mastick
               ,
               
                 a
                 Sweet-Gumm
              
               ,
               169.
               
            
             
               Mint
               ,
               47.
               
            
             
               
               Mat
               ,
               141.
               
            
             
               Match
               ,
               117.
               
            
             
               Meal
               ,
               104.
               
            
             
               Millet
               ,
               or
               Hirse
               ,
               109.
               
            
             
               Mony
               of
               Gold
               ,
               
                 See
                 piece
                 of
                 Gold.
              
               
            
             
               Musk
               ,
               120.
               
            
             
               Myrtle
               ,
               43.
               
            
          
           
             
               N
            
             
               NAil
               ,
               Finger
               Nail
               ,
               175.
               
            
             
               Nail
               ,
               or
               Spicker
               ,
               179.
               
            
             
               Narcissus
               ,
               8.
               
            
             
               Needle
               ,
               147.
               
            
             
               Nettle
               ,
               33.
               
            
             
               Nutmeg
               ,
               104.
               
            
          
           
             
               O
            
             
               OLive
               ,
               40.
               
            
             
               Onion
               ,
               171.
               
            
             
               Orange
               ,
               
                 or
                 bit
                 of
              
               Orange-Tree
               ,
               29.
               
            
             
               Orange-flower
               .
               16.
               
            
             
               Ordinary
               Wood
               ,
               123.
               
            
          
           
             
               P
            
             
               PAck
               thread
               ,
               144.
               
            
             
               Paper
               ,
               154.
               
            
             
               Parchment
               ,
               155.
               
            
             
               Parsley
               ,
               48.
               
            
             
               Paunsy-flower
               ,
               14.
               
            
             
               Peach
               ,
               17.
               
            
             
               Pear
               ,
               19.
               
            
             
               Pearl
               ,
               93.
               
            
             
               Pease
               ,
               110.
               
            
             
               Pen
               ,
               or
               Quill
               
                 to
                 write
                 with
              
               ,
               150.
               
            
             
               Penny
               ,
               
                 See
                 piece
                 of
                 a
              
               Penny.
               
            
             
               Pepper
               ,
               100.
               
            
             
               Perry
               ,
               Drink
               .
               52.
               
            
             
               Pewter
               ,
               128.
               
            
             
               Piece
               of
               Gold
               Money
               ,
               
                 or
                 bits
                 of
              
               Gold
               ,
               85.
               
            
             
               Piece
               of
               5
               pence
               ,
               86.
               
            
             
               Piece
               of
               3
               pence
               ,
               87.
               
            
             
               Piece
               of
               a
               penny
               ,
               88.
               
            
             
               Pin
               ,
               148.
               
            
             
               Pink-flower
               ,
               4.
               
            
             
               Pipe
               ,
               97.
               
            
             
               Pistacho
               ,
               25.
               
            
             
               Pistol
               ,
               a
               Gold
               Pistol
               ,
               85.
               
            
             
               Plum
               ,
               27.
               
            
             
               Pomegranate
               ,
               35.
               
            
             
               Porcelain
               ,
               131.
               
            
             
               Powder-Sugar
               ,
               122.
               
            
          
           
             
               Q
            
             
               QUill
               
                 to
                 Write
                 with
                 ,
                 or
              
               Pen.
               150.
               
            
             
               Quince
               ,
               20.
               
            
          
           
             
               R
            
             
               RAdish
               ,
               172.
               
            
             
               Raisin
               ,
               41.
               
            
             
               Raw
               
                 (
                 or
                 Undyed
              
               )
               Thread
               ,
               145.
               
            
             
               Rice
               ,
               114.
               
            
             
               Rose
               ,
               2.
               
            
             
               Rosemary
               ,
               42.
               
            
             
               Running
               
                 (
                 or
                 creeping
              
               )
               Thyme
               ,
               
                 a
                 Sweet
                 Herb
              
               ,
               45.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
            
             
               SAttin
               ,
               61.
               
            
             
               Scent
               
                 (
                 or
                 Sweet
              
               )
               Ball
               ,
               118.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Blew
               Colour
               ,
               78.
               
            
             
               
               Silk
               of
               Cherry
               Colour
               ,
               73.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Crimson
               Purple
               Colour
               ,
               77.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Gall
               green
               Colour
               ,
               72.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Isabella
               Colour
               ,
               69.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Musk
               Colour
               ,
               81.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Peach-flower
               Colour
               ,
               74.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Pearl
               Colour
               ,
               68.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Red
               Colour
               ,
               76.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Rose-Colour
               ,
               67.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Sea-green
               Colour
               ,
               71.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Sulphur
               
                 (
                 or
              
               Brimstone-Colour
               ,
               75.
               
            
             
               Silk
               ,
               
                 that
                 is
                 twisted
              
               ,
               65.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Violet
               ,
               
                 (
                 or
                 common
                 Purple
              
               )
               Colour
               ,
               79.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               White
               Colour
               ,
               66.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Yellow
               Colour
               ,
               80.
               
            
             
               Silk
               of
               Young-Grass-green
               Colour
               ,
               70.
               
            
             
               Small-nut
               ,
               22.
               
            
             
               Small-nut
               ,
               
                 without
                 shell
              
               ,
               23.
               
            
             
               Soap
               ,
               168.
               
            
             
               Soot
               ,
               161.
               
            
             
               Sorb
               Apple
               ,
               36.
               
            
             
               Sorrel
               ,
               49.
               
            
             
               Spanish-Leather
               ,
               162.
               
            
             
               Spoon
               ,
               95.
               
            
             
               Spunge
               ,
               173.
               
            
             
               Stone
               ,
               84.
               
            
             
               Straw
               ,
               142.
               
            
             
               Sugar
               ,
               102.
               
            
             
               Sugar-Candy
               ,
               103.
               
            
             
               Sulphur
               ,
               117.
               
            
             
               Sweet-Bazil
               ,
               46.
               
            
          
           
             
               T
            
             
               TAbby
               ,
               62.
               
            
             
               Taffeta
               ,
               or
               Sarsenet
               ,
               63.
               
            
             
               Thread
               ,
               146.
               
            
             
               Thread
               ,
               undyed
               Thread
               ,
               145.
               
            
             
               Tile
               ,
               135.
               
            
             
               Tin
               ,
               177.
               
            
             
               Tobacco
               ,
               136.
               
            
             
               Tooth-pick
               ,
               143.
               
            
             
               Tow
               ,
               137.
               
            
             
               Tow
               and
               Line-Wax
               
                 mixt
                 together
              
               ,
               138.
               
            
             
               Tubereuse-flower
               ,
               13.
               
            
             
               Tulip
               ,
               5.
               
            
             
               Twigs
               ,
               Vine-Wood
               ,
               91.
               
            
             
               Twisted
               Silk
               ,
               
                 See
                 Silk
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               V
            
             
               VElvet
               ,
               60.
               
            
             
               Vine-Leaf
               ,
               92.
               
            
             
               Vine-Wood
               ,
               91.
               
            
             
               Violet-flower
               ,
               6.
               
            
          
           
             
               W
            
             
               WAd
               ,
               166.
               
            
             
               White-Wax
               ,
               98.
               
            
             
               Wind-flower
               ,
               11.
               
            
             
               Wood
               ,
               Common
               Wood
               ,
               123.
               
            
          
           
             
               Y
            
             
               YEllow-Wax
               ,
               178.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             After
             having
             shewn
             you
             in
             Gulbeyaz
             History
             ,
             the
             strict
             manner
             of
             confining
             Women
             in
             the
             Serrail
             ,
             I
             thought
             that
             the
             Turkish
             Secretary
             could
             not
             well
             dispense
             himself
             from
             giving
             you
             some
             knowledge
             of
             the
             place
             where
             they
             spend
             their
             Life
             ,
             though
             it
             is
             no
             easie
             matter
             to
             attain
             to
             such
             knowledge
             of
             it
             as
             is
             certain
             .
             For
             indeed
             people
             never
             go
             thither
             to
             make
             their
             Court
             ,
             nor
             do
             they
             attend
             at
             the
             
             Sultana's
             Toilets
             .
             Nevertheless
             I
             cannot
             but
             flatter
             my self
             that
             I
             have
             got
             very
             exact
             Instructions
             as
             well
             from
             the
             Eunuchs
             and
             Bostangies
             that
             were
             my
             Friends
             ,
             and
             shew'd
             me
             the
             accessible
             parts
             of
             the
             Serrail
             ,
             as
             from
             several
             Jewish
             Women
             ,
             and
             others
             that
             have
             been
             in
             its
             most
             impenetrable
             parts
             ,
             or
             who
             have
             exactly
             learnt
             what
             is
             there
             done
             from
             the
             
             Sultana's
             themselves
             that
             had
             been
             taken
             out
             thence
             to
             be
             put
             into
             the
             Old
             Serrail
             after
             Sultan
             Ibrahim's
             Death
             .
             As
             I
             as
             well
             sifted
             as
             frequented
             these
             various
             Acquaintances
             with
             more
             ease
             and
             convenience
             than
             any
             other
             could
             have
             done
             during
             seven
             years
             continual
             abode
             in
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             having
             the
             Turkish
             Tongue
             in
             pretty
             good
             perfection
             ,
             I
             would
             give
             an
             ample
             and
             large
             description
             of
             all
             I
             could
             be
             inform'd
             of
             even
             to
             the
             least
             circumstances
             ,
             if
             I
             was
             not
             willing
             to
             spare
             the
             Reader
             the
             repetition
             of
             what
             so
             many
             others
             before
             me
             have
             written
             upon
             the
             matters
             of
             Turky
             ,
             and
             particularly
             
               Monsieur
               Tavernier
            
             ,
             and
             
               Monsieur
               de
               la
               Croia
            
             ,
             formerly
             Secretary
             of
             the
             Embassy
             at
             Constantinople
             in
             his
             Memoirs
             .
             Wherefore
             I
             shall
             now
             only
             dwell
             upon
             the
             secrets
             I
             could
             attain
             to
             ,
             concerning
             the
             
             Sultana's
             and
             Women
             that
             serve
             them
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Of
           the
           Women
           Of
           the
           Serrail
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Sultana's
           that
           have
           partaken
           in
           the
           favours
           of
           the
           Emperour
           .
        
         
           THE
           Harem
           ,
           or
           Women's
           Apartment
           ,
           is
           divided
           into
           several
           Chambers
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           separated
           and
           kept
           with
           extreme
           Regularity
           .
           All
           the
           Maidens
           ,
           there
           confined
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           taken
           in
           Countries
           Enemies
           to
           the
           the
           Ottomans
           ,
           as
           
             Poland
             ,
             Russia
             ,
             Moscovy
             ,
             Circassia
             ,
             Mingrolia
             ,
          
           and
           others
           .
           The
           
             Turks
             ,
             Greeks
          
           and
           Armenians
           ,
           Subjects
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           may
           not
           be
           confined
           there
           ,
           and
           His
           Highness
           cannot
           without
           Adultery
           admit
           them
           to
           the
           Imperial
           Bed
           ,
           unless
           he
           has
           married
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           which
           forbid
           the
           Sultans
           to
           ally
           themselves
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           wise
           share
           the
           Soveraign
           Power
           with
           Women
           ,
           but
           permits
           them
           to
           have
           as
           many
           Slaves
           as
           they
           think
           convenient
           .
           Those
           Emperours
           have
           rather
           chosen
           to
           take
           this
           course
           ,
           and
           this
           reason
           is
           said
           to
           have
           obliged
           
             Sultan
             Murad
          
           to
           cause
           an
           Armenian
           Woman
           to
           be
           strangled
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           was
           desperately
           in
           Love
           ,
           because
           that
           she
           being
           become
           with
           Child
           ,
           he
           was
           oblig'd
           to
           execute
           through
           a
           Devoir
           of
           Religion
           what
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Empire
           forbad
           him
           .
           And
           thus
           was
           he
           constrain'd
           to
           make
           his
           Love
           give
           way
           to
           Reason
           ,
           so
           to
           avoid
           a
           popular
           Commotion
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           drawn
           on
           his
           Ruin.
           
        
         
           The
           Dorters
           where
           those
           Unvoluntary
           Virgins
           dwell
           are
           long
           and
           spacious
           Chambers
           .
           There
           are
           great
           Scaffolds
           on
           each
           side
           ,
           and
           separations
           of
           Curtains
           that
           are
           drawn
           by
           
           day
           ,
           and
           by
           night
           form
           a
           kind
           of
           Bed.
           They
           are
           two
           and
           two
           in
           each
           little
           Apartment
           ,
           lye
           by
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Beds
           are
           parted
           by
           that
           of
           the
           Eunuch
           who
           looks
           to
           and
           serves
           them
           .
           The
           Mattresses
           ,
           Cushions
           and
           Quilts
           ,
           which
           are
           very
           fine
           do
           by
           day
           make
           the
           Ornament
           of
           the
           place
           :
           At
           their
           rising
           they
           are
           obliged
           to
           range
           them
           in
           form
           of
           Sofa
           ,
           where
           they
           work
           in
           the
           day
           time
           .
           Besides
           the
           Eunuchs
           ,
           there
           are
           ten
           or
           twelve
           old
           Women
           in
           each
           Chamber
           ,
           who
           have
           an
           eye
           to
           the
           Conduct
           of
           these
           young
           Women
           ,
           who
           are
           watcht
           as
           exactly
           as
           if
           they
           were
           Nuns
           .
        
         
           These
           old
           Women
           are
           called
           
             Boula
             '
          
           ,
           their
           Functions
           consist
           in
           instructing
           the
           New-comers
           in
           the
           particular
           Exercises
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           good
           Grace
           and
           Breeding
           of
           the
           Serrail
           .
           They
           have
           their
           Sofa
           at
           the
           further
           ends
           of
           the
           Chambers
           ,
           whence
           they
           see
           all
           that
           passes
           there
           .
           They
           rigorously
           chastise
           those
           Maidens
           upon
           the
           least
           fault
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           more
           Indulgence
           for
           this
           fair
           Sex
           ,
           than
           the
           white
           Eunuchs
           have
           for
           the
           Pages
           .
           Each
           Chamber
           has
           its
           particular
           Officers
           .
           The
           Odabachi
           commands
           all
           the
           rest
           ;
           she
           wears
           three
           Poniards
           at
           her
           side
           ,
           which
           distinguish
           her
           ,
           and
           shew
           her
           Authority
           .
           The
           Bulukbachi's
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           Female
           Brigadieres
           ,
           and
           govern
           a
           number
           of
           Maidens
           ,
           and
           wear
           a
           Heron's
           top
           in
           their
           Head-gear
           which
           denote
           their
           Character
           .
        
         
           All
           these
           Maidens
           are
           Virgins
           ;
           and
           generally
           perfectly
           well
           taught
           before
           they
           are
           introduc'd
           into
           the
           Serrail
           .
           The
           Jews
           buy
           them
           very
           young
           ,
           have
           them
           learn'd
           to
           Dance
           ,
           Sing
           ,
           Embroider
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           capable
           of
           pleasing
           ,
           and
           sell
           them
           for
           considerable
           sums
           to
           the
           Pacha's
           and
           other
           Lords
           who
           present
           them
           to
           the
           Sultan
           .
           He
           sees
           them
           all
           at
           their
           coming
           in
           ,
           and
           appoints
           them
           what
           Chamber
           he
           pleases
           ,
           or
           sometimes
           he
           sends
           them
           to
           some
           one
           of
           his
           Favourites
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           greatest
           Misfortune
           that
           can
           befal
           a
           Maiden
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           service
           of
           a
           Sultana
           ;
           not
           but
           that
           their
           Mistresses
           Love
           and
           Caress
           them
           :
           They
           raise
           them
           up
           to
           Places
           about
           them
           ,
           and
           bestow
           great
           advantages
           upon
           them
           :
           But
           unluckily
           the
           more
           they
           render
           themselves
           worthy
           of
           the
           
           Sultana's
           kindnesses
           ,
           the
           less
           worthy
           are
           they
           of
           those
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ;
           the
           years
           they
           consume
           in
           acquiring
           the
           favour
           of
           the
           Ladies
           ,
           wear
           out
           the
           brightness
           of
           their
           Beauty
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           might
           render
           them
           recommendable
           to
           the
           Sultan
           .
        
         
           His
           Highness
           maintains
           them
           ;
           They
           have
           two
           Habits
           a
           year
           furnish'd
           by
           the
           Treasury
           ,
           and
           their
           food
           comes
           out
           of
           his
           Kitchin.
           Besides
           this
           they
           have
           twenty
           five
           Aspers
           Pay
           a
           day
           for
           their
           small
           Expences
           ,
           and
           Liberalities
           from
           time
           to
           time
           .
           Their
           hours
           are
           regulated
           as
           well
           as
           those
           of
           the
           Pages
           .
           They
           rise
           very
           early
           to
           pray
           ,
           they
           go
           not
           to
           the
           Mosch
           ,
           One
           of
           the
           ancientest
           of
           them
           says
           Prayers
           .
           These
           old
           Women
           are
           Otourak
           or
           Veteranes
           .
           They
           are
           Maidens
           that
           being
           past
           the
           Age
           of
           Marrying
           ,
           devote
           themselves
           absolutely
           to
           the
           service
           of
           the
           Serrail
           ,
           and
           renounce
           going
           thence
           ;
           their
           Pay
           is
           augmented
           ,
           and
           they
           mount
           to
           the
           Places
           of
           the
           Chamber
           .
        
         
           Their
           daily
           Occupation
           after
           Prayers
           and
           Breakfast
           ,
           is
           teaching
           to
           Read
           and
           Write
           ;
           which
           they
           do
           with
           great
           success
           .
           The
           other
           hours
           are
           appointed
           for
           Handy-works
           ,
           Embroidering
           ,
           Sowing
           and
           Spinning
           .
           They
           are
           not
           suffer'd
           to
           talk
           .
           They
           eat
           with
           as
           much
           frugality
           and
           modesty
           as
           silence
           .
           They
           are
           ten
           to
           each
           Dish
           .
           One
           of
           them
           has
           the
           care
           of
           laying
           the
           Cloth
           ,
           of
           going
           to
           receive
           the
           Meat
           from
           the
           Eunuchs
           hands
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           
             Zulufli
             Balt
             adgis
          
           give
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           wash
           the
           Dishes
           ;
           this
           is
           the
           Office
           of
           the
           Last-comer
           .
           They
           have
           no
           other
           pleasure
           than
           that
           which
           they
           take
           at
           the
           Meetings
           and
           Assemblies
           which
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           causes
           to
           be
           held
           for
           his
           Diversion
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           Emperour
           goes
           to
           any
           of
           his
           Pallaces
           either
           by
           Land
           or
           Sea
           ,
           he
           ever
           takes
           along
           some
           Favourite
           and
           Maids
           .
           They
           hang
           Cloths
           eight
           foot
           high
           on
           each
           side
           the
           way
           ,
           from
           the
           Door
           of
           the
           Womens
           Apartment
           to
           the
           Coaches
           or
           Galliotts
           :
           The
           Bostangi's
           hold
           them
           behind
           ,
           and
           the
           Women
           pass
           without
           being
           seen
           .
           The
           Eunuchs
           are
           very
           careful
           to
           shut
           close
           up
           the
           Boots
           and
           Doors
           of
           the
           Coaches
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           at
           the
           Cabbin
           Doors
           of
           the
           Galliots
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           Rowers
           turn
           their
           backs
           .
           The
           
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           does
           very
           often
           go
           out
           with
           them
           into
           the
           Gardens
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           case
           a
           Halvet
           is
           made
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           Prohibitions
           against
           any
           Man's
           coming
           as
           near
           as
           sight
           can
           distinguish
           an
           Object
           .
           If
           it
           be
           at
           Constantinople
           ,
           Guards
           are
           plac'd
           both
           by
           Land
           and
           Sea.
           Nay
           ,
           even
           those
           are
           forbidden
           that
           cry
           in
           the
           Moschs
           near
           that
           place
           where
           the
           Halvet
           is
           to
           mount
           into
           the
           Minurets
           for
           fear
           the
           height
           of
           those
           Towers
           might
           occasion
           the
           discovering
           of
           something
           ;
           and
           if
           through
           imprudence
           any
           one
           should
           mount
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           perceiv'd
           by
           the
           Eunuchs
           ,
           who
           with
           Prospective-Glasses
           look
           on
           all
           sides
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           no
           Pardon
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           While
           the
           Sultan
           reposes
           in
           some
           Arbour
           or
           Grotto
           with
           his
           Favourites
           ,
           the
           Maids
           run
           ,
           leap
           and
           play
           a
           thousand
           Apish
           Tricks
           ,
           to
           divert
           him
           ,
           and
           inspire
           him
           with
           Love.
           They
           horribly
           plague
           the
           Eunuchs
           ,
           who
           are
           armed
           with
           Bows
           and
           Arrows
           to
           shoot
           at
           the
           first
           unhappy
           wretch
           that
           should
           have
           the
           curiosity
           to
           peep
           :
           They
           pull
           off
           their
           Turbants
           ,
           which
           they
           throw
           into
           the
           water
           ,
           and
           often
           tread
           them
           themselves
           under
           foot
           ,
           as
           well
           out
           of
           Revenge
           for
           the
           severity
           of
           those
           Monsters
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           the
           Sultan
           laugh
           .
        
         
           A
           Maid
           having
           been
           for
           several
           years
           in
           the
           Serrail
           ,
           and
           seeing
           no
           likelyhood
           of
           Fortune
           for
           her
           with
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ;
           or
           the
           Sultanesses
           ,
           may
           request
           the
           favour
           of
           going
           out
           and
           marrying
           ;
           she
           presents
           a
           short
           Petition
           to
           his
           Highness
           ,
           who
           does
           not
           refuse
           it
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Sultaness
           bears
           her
           any
           good
           will
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           Maid
           has
           ,
           as
           we
           say
           ,
           Friends
           at
           Court
           ,
           she
           has
           a
           Dowry
           given
           her
           ;
           they
           make
           her
           her
           Bundle
           ,
           they
           give
           her
           Jewels
           ,
           which
           she
           joyns
           to
           all
           she
           had
           been
           able
           to
           get
           during
           her
           abode
           in
           the
           Serrail
           by
           her
           Pay
           ,
           her
           Industry
           ,
           and
           the
           Emperours
           Liberalities
           .
           Till
           then
           they
           keep
           from
           the
           Maids
           all
           the
           precious
           Stones
           and
           other
           Jewels
           which
           they
           have
           been
           able
           to
           purchase
           ,
           and
           leave
           them
           only
           what
           pleases
           the
           Sultan
           ;
           but
           they
           precaution
           themselves
           by
           sale
           ,
           and
           by
           sending
           them
           underhand
           to
           some
           one
           to
           keep
           them
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           one
           on
           the
           contrary
           is
           so
           unhappy
           as
           to
           have
           displeas'd
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           or
           any
           Favourite
           ,
           or
           that
           she
           has
           committed
           some
           other
           fault
           ,
           they
           turn
           her
           not
           away
           as
           
           they
           do
           a
           Page
           ,
           but
           they
           banish
           her
           to
           the
           old
           Serrail
           ,
           where
           the
           has
           leisure
           to
           deplore
           her
           misfortune
           .
           The
           Turks
           call
           this
           Chastisement
           Surgan
           ,
           Banishment
           ,
           Exile
           .
           Those
           who
           die
           in
           the
           Serrail
           without
           Relations
           ,
           which
           is
           common
           ,
           since
           they
           are
           Slaves
           from
           all
           sorts
           of
           Nations
           ,
           have
           for
           their
           Heiress
           the
           Sultaness
           they
           serve
           ,
           if
           not
           ,
           their
           things
           are
           sold
           ,
           and
           the
           money
           thence
           arising
           is
           put
           into
           the
           Treasury
           of
           the
           Chamber
           .
        
         
           The
           Accession
           of
           an
           Emperour
           to
           the
           Throne
           is
           immediately
           followed
           with
           Presents
           from
           all
           the
           great
           Lords
           ,
           who
           amongst
           other
           things
           chuse
           out
           the
           handsomest
           Maidens
           they
           can
           find
           ,
           that
           so
           if
           haply
           some
           one
           should
           have
           Charms
           sufficient
           to
           engage
           their
           Sultan
           ,
           He
           that
           presented
           her
           may
           have
           a
           powerful
           Protection
           ,
           and
           a
           continual
           Advocate
           with
           him
           .
           The
           generality
           of
           those
           great
           Officers
           do
           extreamly
           want
           such
           a
           Protection
           to
           shelter
           themselves
           from
           the
           Tempests
           ,
           which
           the
           Complaints
           of
           their
           Justices
           do
           often
           bring
           down
           upon
           their
           heads
           .
        
         
           All
           those
           who
           partake
           in
           the
           Grand
           Signior's
           Favours
           ,
           and
           are
           admitted
           to
           the
           Imperial
           Bed
           ;
           are
           not
           thereby
           Hasseki
           or
           Favourites
           :
           This
           is
           a
           Title
           which
           is
           only
           conferr'd
           upon
           those
           that
           have
           had
           Children
           ,
           the
           others
           are
           barely
           stiled
           Odalik
           ,
           Chamber-Maids
           or
           Concubines
           .
           The
           Hasseki
           and
           the
           Odalik
           have
           all
           their
           Trains
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           Slaves
           as
           they
           need
           to
           serve
           them
           .
           Their
           happiness
           is
           annexed
           to
           the
           Emperour's
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           Quality
           of
           Mistress
           procures
           them
           considerable
           Offerings
           and
           Presents
           ,
           but
           after
           his
           Death
           they
           are
           sent
           to
           the
           
             Old
             Serrail
          
           ,
           where
           they
           bewail
           the
           loss
           of
           their
           former
           Fortune
           .
           The
           Sultaness-Queen
           only
           who
           is
           become
           Valide
           ,
           staies
           in
           the
           Serrail
           with
           the
           Emperour
           her
           Son.
           
        
         
           If
           these
           Sultanesses
           ,
           who
           are
           confined
           in
           this
           honourable
           Prison
           have
           Male-Children
           ,
           they
           remain
           perpetually
           with
           a
           double
           Anguish
           occasion'd
           by
           the
           absence
           of
           their
           Children
           ,
           that
           are
           kept
           in
           the
           Serrail
           ,
           and
           whom
           they
           are
           in
           a
           continual
           fear
           of
           losing
           ,
           through
           a
           cursed
           Custom
           ,
           which
           ,
           however
           ,
           has
           begun
           to
           be
           more
           moderate
           since
           
             Sultan
             Ahmet
          
           .
           There
           is
           but
           one
           sole
           thing
           which
           flatters
           their
           Ambition
           ,
           
           and
           which
           a
           little
           mollifies
           the
           Anguish
           of
           their
           Exile
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           hopes
           of
           seeing
           their
           Son
           mount
           the
           Throne
           by
           some
           unexpected
           hit
           ,
           and
           to
           become
           Valide
           .
        
         
           The
           Daughters
           of
           the
           Emperour
           Dead
           or
           Deposed
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           married
           ,
           follow
           the
           Fortune
           of
           their
           Mothers
           ,
           whom
           they
           accompany
           to
           the
           
             Old
             Serrail
          
           .
           This
           change
           of
           Residence
           neither
           changes
           their
           Quality
           nor
           Train
           :
           The
           manner
           of
           Living
           is
           equal
           ,
           they
           keep
           their
           Eunuchs
           and
           their
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           takes
           care
           to
           marry
           them
           and
           give
           them
           Portions
           .
           If
           the
           Sultanesses
           that
           have
           no
           Children
           are
           still
           so-so
           young
           ,
           and
           that
           having
           had
           the
           sense
           to
           avail
           themselves
           of
           His
           Highnesses
           Liberalities
           ,
           they
           have
           scrap't
           up
           Wealth
           ,
           they
           are
           at
           liberty
           to
           Marry
           again
           ,
           so
           to
           free
           themselves
           from
           that
           perpetual
           Prison
           ;
           nay
           ,
           and
           the
           Sultan
           obliges
           the
           Pacha's
           to
           Marry
           them
           ,
           which
           they
           avoid
           as
           much
           as
           they
           can
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           the
           like
           Matches
           render
           them
           the
           Slaves
           of
           those
           Princesses
           who
           pretend
           that
           the
           Quality
           of
           Widdows
           of
           an
           Emperour
           renders
           them
           Mistresses
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           do
           such
           men
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Honour
           ,
           whom
           a
           harsh
           necessity
           of
           obeying
           has
           made
           their
           Husbands
           .
        
      
       
         
           Of
           the
           Valide
           ,
           Mother
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
             Mahomet
          
           the
           4th
           .
           A
           Story
           concerning
           her
           .
        
         
           
             VAlide
             Sultan
          
           ,
           Mother
           of
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Quality
           which
           makes
           that
           Princess
           to
           be
           considered
           both
           within
           and
           without
           the
           Serrail
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Sultanesses
           Honour
           and
           Respect
           her
           ,
           by
           reason
           she
           has
           commonly
           a
           great
           Influence
           over
           her
           Son.
           She
           has
           a
           separate
           Apartment
           where
           she
           is
           serv'd
           by
           the
           Eunuchs
           ,
           and
           by
           her
           own
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           a
           Pallace
           in
           the
           City
           where
           her
           Intendant
           Lodges
           ,
           and
           
           a
           world
           of
           considerable
           Officers
           ,
           who
           are
           encharg'd
           with
           the
           gathering
           in
           of
           her
           Revenues
           ,
           and
           with
           her
           Expences
           ,
           both
           within
           and
           without
           the
           Serrail
           .
        
         
           
             Haznadar
             Boula
          
           ,
           the
           Principal
           Officeress
           of
           this
           Sultaness
           ,
           is
           her
           Treasuress
           ,
           taking
           care
           of
           her
           Money
           ,
           Jewels
           ,
           and
           most
           precious
           Attire
           ;
           she
           commands
           five
           Maids
           that
           are
           appointed
           to
           help
           her
           .
           
             Okomich
             Boula
          
           is
           she
           who
           reads
           and
           writes
           ,
           and
           she
           holds
           the
           second
           rank
           among
           the
           
           Sultaness's
           Maids
           .
           
             Tchamachir
             Boula
          
           is
           the
           Laundress
           ,
           she
           has
           the
           Direction
           of
           the
           Linnen
           ,
           and
           those
           Maids
           under
           her
           .
           The
           Intendant
           of
           the
           Bath
           ,
           the
           Rubber
           ,
           the
           Dresser
           ,
           the
           Mistress
           of
           Ceremonies
           ,
           whose
           Function
           is
           to
           serve
           at
           Table
           ,
           the
           Intendant
           of
           the
           Offices
           ,
           the
           Keeper
           of
           the
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           Plate
           wherein
           the
           Sultaness
           eats
           ,
           and
           she
           who
           prepares
           the
           Coffee
           ,
           and
           gives
           to
           wash
           ,
           are
           the
           most
           considerable
           of
           all
           the
           Maids
           that
           are
           Attendants
           of
           this
           Princess
           .
           They
           are
           ever
           with
           her
           ,
           and
           compose
           the
           
             Haz
             Oda
          
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           Chamber
           .
           The
           others
           endeavour
           to
           render
           themselves
           worthy
           to
           fill
           the
           Places
           that
           fall
           .
        
         
           As
           soon
           as
           the
           Sultaness
           is
           awake
           ,
           they
           throw
           over
           her
           shoulders
           a
           Furred
           Night-gown
           ,
           and
           they
           give
           her
           to
           wash
           in
           a
           golden
           Bason
           and
           Ewer
           .
           She
           saies
           her
           Prayers
           and
           Dresses
           .
           Her
           Winter
           Cloths
           and
           Drawers
           are
           of
           Broccard
           of
           Gold
           ,
           those
           for
           Summer
           are
           of
           Musseline
           :
           She
           wears
           a
           Girdle
           and
           Bracelets
           of
           Massy
           Gold
           enriched
           with
           Jewels
           :
           Her
           Head-gear
           called
           
             Selam
             Takie
          
           ,
           is
           a
           round
           thing
           of
           Past-board
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Plate
           covered
           with
           Cloth
           of
           Gold
           ,
           beset
           with
           Pearls
           and
           Jewels
           ;
           it
           is
           plac'd
           upon
           the
           top
           of
           her
           Head
           ,
           sloaping
           a
           little
           upon
           the
           front
           .
           Her
           Hair
           is
           hid
           under
           a
           Musseline
           Scarf
           ,
           embroidered
           with
           Gold
           ,
           and
           adorned
           with
           a
           Garland
           of
           Jewels
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           surround
           her
           Head.
           
        
         
           Pearls
           are
           not
           us'd
           about
           the
           Neck
           ,
           they
           make
           them
           accompany
           the
           Face
           ,
           they
           hing
           on
           the
           sides
           of
           the
           Cheeks
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Demy-Circle
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           fastened
           by
           Roses
           of
           Diamonds
           and
           Emeraulds
           .
           Her
           Shooing
           is
           of
           white
           Spanish
           Leather
           ,
           enriched
           with
           Gold
           ;
           the
           
           little
           Slippers
           are
           of
           the
           same
           Matter
           and
           Work.
           
        
         
           The
           Sultaness
           Breakfasts
           after
           she
           is
           drest
           .
           The
           great
           Bason
           ,
           the
           little
           Dishes
           ,
           and
           the
           Banquette
           on
           which
           they
           rest
           ,
           are
           of
           Gold.
           The
           Repast
           consists
           of
           new
           laid
           Eggs
           done
           in
           a
           Chaffindish
           ,
           Pitty-patties
           ,
           and
           boiled
           Chickens
           serv'd
           up
           in
           their
           Broth.
           
        
         
           The
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           does
           in
           the
           morning
           send
           the
           Treasuress
           with
           a
           
             How
             d'
             ye
          
           to
           the
           Sultana
           ;
           then
           he
           visits
           her
           himself
           ,
           (
           at
           least
           this
           was
           Mahomet
           the
           fourth's
           Custom
           )
           she
           affects
           such
           a
           Gravity
           ,
           and
           the
           Sultan
           so
           great
           a
           Respect
           ,
           that
           he
           does
           not
           sit
           till
           his
           Mother
           has
           entreated
           him
           three
           times
           so
           to
           do
           .
           He
           mounts
           upon
           the
           state
           ,
           and
           takes
           his
           place
           upon
           the
           Carpet
           that
           is
           spread
           .
           He
           sits
           upon
           his
           Knees
           and
           Heels
           without
           any
           Cushion
           ,
           having
           his
           Vest
           close
           wrapt
           up
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           mark
           of
           the
           greater
           submission
           .
           He
           informs
           her
           of
           what
           he
           is
           to
           do
           that
           day
           .
           Coffee
           is
           brought
           ,
           the
           Sultaness
           takes
           it
           first
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           Emperour
           is
           upon
           withdrawing
           ,
           he
           kisses
           his
           Mothers
           hand
           ▪
           asks
           her
           Blessing
           ,
           and
           she
           accompanies
           it
           only
           with
           a
           nod
           of
           her
           Head.
           
        
         
           After
           the
           Grand
           Signior's
           gone
           ,
           the
           Kizlar-Aga
           asks
           leave
           to
           come
           in
           ,
           and
           though
           he
           has
           full
           power
           in
           the
           Womens
           Apartment
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           dare
           to
           shew
           himself
           if
           he
           were
           not
           introduced
           by
           the
           Treasuress
           .
           He
           informs
           this
           Sultana
           Dowager
           of
           all
           that
           passes
           :
           He
           presents
           her
           the
           Requests
           with
           which
           he
           is
           encharg'd
           concerning
           that
           Princess's
           own
           Affairs
           ,
           about
           the
           Disposal
           of
           Places
           that
           are
           in
           her
           Appanage
           ,
           the
           renting
           of
           her
           Lands
           ,
           or
           the
           Complaints
           that
           are
           brought
           against
           her
           Officers
           ,
           on
           which
           she
           consults
           with
           this
           Black
           Intendant
           ,
           who
           sends
           back
           the
           Requests
           with
           the
           
           Sultaness's
           Deliberations
           to
           the
           Kiahia
           to
           have
           them
           executed
           .
        
         
           This
           Kiahia
           ,
           or
           Intendant
           abroad
           ,
           is
           a
           great
           Lord
           considered
           by
           his
           Mistress
           ,
           and
           though
           all
           his
           care
           be
           to
           look
           after
           the
           receiving
           the
           Revenues
           ,
           and
           to
           pay
           upon
           the
           
           Sultaness's
           Orders
           ,
           yet
           is
           he
           in
           great
           Credit
           with
           her
           .
           For
           the
           most
           part
           they
           chuse
           some
           powerful
           Man
           to
           officiate
           this
           Place
           .
           His
           Houshold
           is
           compos'd
           of
           an
           Intendant
           ,
           
           a
           Secretary
           ,
           a
           Treasurer
           ,
           sixty
           Itchoglans
           or
           Pages
           ,
           ten
           Aga's
           or
           Gentlemen
           ,
           of
           a
           Hodgia
           ,
           a
           Preceptor
           ,
           Chaplain
           ,
           a
           Steward
           ,
           and
           twelve
           Blacks
           for
           his
           Womens
           Guard.
           These
           Aga's
           and
           other
           Principal
           Officers
           have
           each
           of
           them
           three
           Servants
           .
           He
           has
           thirty
           Grooms
           ,
           and
           three
           hundred
           Horses
           for
           his
           own
           service
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           his
           People
           .
           He
           is
           oblig'd
           to
           give
           four
           Meals
           a
           year
           to
           his
           Mistress
           at
           the
           end
           of
           every
           three
           Months
           :
           She
           presents
           him
           ,
           besides
           the
           Charges
           of
           the
           Houshold
           ,
           with
           1200
           Sequins
           for
           each
           Meal
           ,
           which
           are
           about
           three
           thousand
           Crowns
           .
        
         
           This
           Occupation
           for
           the
           Regulation
           of
           her
           Affairs
           ,
           employs
           her
           till
           Dinner
           ,
           which
           is
           dress'd
           in
           the
           Grand
           Signior's
           Kitchin.
           The
           
             Zulufly
             Baltadgis
          
           goes
           to
           take
           the
           Dishes
           ,
           and
           carry
           them
           to
           the
           Eunuchs
           ,
           who
           put
           them
           into
           the
           Female
           Officers
           hands
           .
           These
           Dishes
           of
           green
           Porcelain
           ,
           with
           great
           Covers
           of
           White
           Iron
           covered
           with
           Red-Spanish-Leather
           ,
           are
           wrapt
           up
           in
           Clothes
           and
           sealed
           .
        
         
           The
           Sultaness
           does
           never
           in
           eating
           put
           her
           finger
           to
           the
           Dish
           ,
           her
           Carver
           does
           it
           ,
           and
           serves
           it
           to
           her
           in
           golden
           Plates
           .
           Her
           Principal
           Female
           Officers
           eat
           after
           her
           what
           comes
           from
           her
           Table
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Slaves
           live
           on
           the
           Remnants
           of
           these
           former
           .
           The
           Sultanesses
           Repast
           is
           seasoned
           with
           the
           Divertisement
           of
           She-singers
           ,
           Dancers
           and
           Buffoons
           ,
           who
           continue
           it
           till
           after
           Dinner
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           of
           reading
           some
           History
           or
           a
           Chapter
           in
           the
           Alcoran
           .
        
         
           The
           Sultana-Queen
           does
           commonly
           about
           that
           time
           go
           to
           pay
           her
           Devoirs
           to
           her
           Mother-in-law
           .
           This
           Visit
           is
           as
           full
           of
           Ceremony
           and
           Respect
           as
           is
           that
           of
           the
           Sultan
           :
           They
           are
           not
           wanting
           however
           to
           divert
           themselves
           in
           Songs
           and
           Dances
           ;
           Coffee
           ,
           Sorbet
           and
           Perfumes
           are
           given
           to
           the
           Sultanesses
           ,
           being
           the
           common
           Entertainments
           ,
           but
           they
           very
           rarely
           eat
           together
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Custom
           to
           sup
           betimes
           ,
           and
           they
           reserve
           their
           fruits
           to
           eat
           them
           before
           they
           go
           to
           Bed
           ;
           they
           eat
           them
           pill'd
           and
           cut
           into
           pieces
           .
        
         
           The
           
           Sultaness's
           Bed
           is
           a
           Cotton
           Quilt
           ,
           and
           Musseline
           Sheets
           :
           The
           upward
           one
           is
           sow'd
           to
           a
           Coverlid
           of
           Gold-Broccard
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           heavy
           according
           to
           the
           season
           .
           This
           Bed
           is
           surrounded
           with
           Cushions
           and
           Curtains
           fasten'd
           to
           
           the
           Cieling
           ,
           which
           they
           raise
           or
           let
           down
           like
           to
           a
           Field-bed
           .
           A
           great
           Flambeau
           of
           Wax
           burns
           all
           the
           night
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Chamber
           in
           a
           Candlestick
           of
           Massy-Gold
           ,
           enriched
           with
           Jewels
           .
           Eight
           Maids
           are
           on
           the
           Guard
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           the
           Bed.
           There
           are
           as
           many
           at
           her
           Chamber-door
           ,
           who
           lie
           upon
           Carpets
           and
           have
           only
           a
           plain
           Coverlet
           over
           their
           backs
           .
        
         
           The
           Valid●
           has
           eight
           female
           Itchoglans
           clothed
           like
           Men
           with
           Vestments
           button'd
           from
           the
           neck
           to
           the
           waste
           ,
           and
           Sleeves
           close
           at
           the
           wrist
           :
           Their
           Head-gear
           is
           a
           long
           Bonnet
           border'd
           with
           Sable
           :
           They
           have
           a
           Ponyard
           by
           their
           side
           like
           the
           Grand
           Signior's
           Pages
           .
        
         
           This
           
           Princess's
           setled
           .
           Revenue
           is
           four
           hundred
           thousand
           Crowns
           ,
           the
           casual
           is
           much
           more
           considerable
           .
           The
           Presents
           which
           the
           Tributary
           Princes
           continually
           make
           ,
           as
           also
           those
           who
           are
           willing
           to
           share
           in
           the
           Imploys
           of
           the
           Empire
           by
           the
           Credit
           of
           this
           Princess
           ,
           do
           extraordinarily
           augment
           her
           Income
           ,
           which
           she
           cannot
           exhaust
           by
           the
           Subsistence
           and
           Maintenance
           of
           those
           that
           serve
           her
           within
           and
           without
           ▪
           seeing
           it
           is
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           who
           is
           at
           all
           these
           Expences
           .
           Thus
           it
           is
           only
           Extraordinaries
           ,
           and
           little
           petty
           Expences
           that
           draw
           her
           Purse
           .
           These
           Princesses
           most
           commonly
           heap
           up
           Treasures
           to
           be
           imployed
           in
           Pious
           works
           ,
           if
           not
           ,
           all
           these
           Riches
           return
           to
           the
           Emperour
           .
        
         
           
             Tachan
             Sultan
          
           ,
           the
           Mother
           of
           
             Sultan
             Mahomet
          
           the
           4th
           .
           who
           lately
           was
           depos'd
           ,
           died
           about
           five
           years
           ago
           ,
           but
           before
           her
           death
           caused
           a
           magnificent
           Mosch
           to
           be
           built
           .
           She
           had
           almost
           an
           absolute
           Power
           over
           her
           Son
           ,
           who
           respected
           and
           honoured
           her
           really
           :
           She
           was
           a
           Muscovite
           ,
           a
           little
           lean
           ,
           and
           markt
           with
           the
           small
           Pox
           ,
           her
           Eyes
           blew
           ,
           her
           Complexion
           fair
           ,
           and
           her
           Hair
           ,
           which
           the
           Turks
           love
           best
           ,
           inclining
           to
           reddish
           :
           Her
           Wit
           was
           nice
           and
           piercing
           ,
           and
           she
           made
           good
           use
           of
           it
           for
           the
           keeping
           the
           Empire
           to
           her
           Son
           during
           his
           Nonage
           .
           The
           Tartars
           took
           her
           when
           she
           was
           but
           twelve
           years
           old
           .
           But
           she
           had
           the
           good
           luck
           ,
           that
           having
           been
           sold
           and
           presented
           to
           the
           Serrail
           at
           Sultan
           Ibrahim's
           Accession
           to
           the
           Empire
           ,
           she
           pleas'd
           him
           .
           He
           lay
           with
           her
           ,
           had
           
             Sultan
             Mahomet
          
           by
           her
           ,
           and
           she
           was
           declared
           Hasseki
           .
        
         
         
           It
           happened
           some
           time
           after
           that
           
             Tachun
             Sultan
          
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           Sultana-Queen
           ,
           passing
           by
           a
           
           Fruit-man's
           shop
           in
           Constantinople
           ,
           and
           curiosity
           putting
           her
           upon
           viewing
           thorow
           the
           Lettice
           of
           her
           Coach
           what
           pass'd
           in
           the
           Street
           ,
           she
           by
           chance
           cast
           her
           Eyes
           upon
           a
           young
           Boy
           of
           thirteen
           years
           old
           ,
           handsom
           enough
           that
           was
           in
           that
           Shop
           :
           His
           Master
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           very
           great
           love
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           had
           bought
           him
           for
           a
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           Crowns
           ,
           had
           at
           the
           very
           first
           taken
           care
           to
           have
           him
           Circumcised
           ,
           and
           to
           Cloath
           him
           pretty
           neatly
           according
           to
           his
           condition
           of
           a
           Slave
           :
           Nay
           ,
           he
           left
           to
           his
           care
           the
           Management
           of
           his
           Traffick
           .
           The
           sight
           of
           this
           young
           Slave
           ,
           called
           Youssuf
           ,
           did
           so
           very
           much
           affect
           the
           Sultaness
           ,
           that
           having
           caus'd
           her
           Coach
           to
           stop
           on
           pretence
           of
           buying
           fruits
           ,
           she
           caus'd
           him
           to
           approach
           ,
           and
           having
           view'd
           him
           nearer
           at
           hand
           ,
           she
           order'd
           the
           Kizlar-Aga
           to
           carry
           him
           to
           the
           Serrail
           .
        
         
           Youssuf
           was
           in
           no
           small
           peck
           of
           troubles
           ,
           and
           did
           more
           than
           a
           little
           regret
           his
           being
           taken
           from
           that
           shop
           ,
           where
           he
           lived
           very
           well
           satisfied
           with
           his
           Slavery
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           he
           had
           gain'd
           his
           Patrons
           good
           will.
           He
           was
           extreamly
           in
           pain
           to
           think
           what
           they
           meant
           to
           do
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           whatever
           he
           could
           imagine
           ,
           he
           thought
           of
           nothing
           less
           than
           of
           what
           was
           to
           befal
           him
           .
           
             I
             tormented
             my self
          
           ,
           said
           he
           one
           day
           to
           one
           of
           his
           Friends
           ,
           who
           told
           me
           the
           story
           ,
           
             I
             was
             afraid
             ,
             I
             intreated
             them
             to
             let
             me
             go
             ;
             I
             askt
             pardon
             ,
             thinking
             I
             was
             accused
             of
             some
             great
             Crime
             ,
             and
             I
             should
             have
             rather
             chosen
             to
             have
             been
             in
             my
             shop
             ,
             than
             in
             the
          
           Serrail
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           he
           confess'd
           his
           having
           been
           much
           more
           griev'd
           at
           his
           being
           thus
           taken
           away
           ,
           than
           at
           his
           having
           been
           made
           a
           Slave
           .
        
         
           The
           Sultaness
           was
           no
           sooner
           return'd
           to
           the
           Serrail
           ,
           but
           that
           she
           had
           him
           brought
           into
           her
           presence
           ,
           question'd
           him
           about
           the
           place
           of
           his
           Birth
           ,
           the
           name
           of
           his
           Parents
           and
           his
           Age
           ,
           and
           askt
           him
           particularly
           if
           he
           had
           not
           a
           Sister
           ,
           and
           a
           mark
           in
           his
           Body
           ;
           He
           answer'd
           pat
           to
           all
           these
           questions
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           a
           Sister
           that
           had
           been
           taken
           by
           the
           Tartars
           some
           years
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           himself
           was
           markt
           in
           the
           side
           by
           having
           been
           bitten
           by
           a
           
           Wolf.
           Joy
           interrupted
           the
           course
           of
           these
           Interrogations
           ▪
           The
           Sultaness
           found
           him
           to
           be
           her
           Brother
           ,
           and
           Caress'd
           him
           to
           the
           highest
           Degree
           imaginable
           .
           This
           news
           was
           immediately
           spread
           about
           the
           Serrail
           ,
           and
           came
           to
           Sultan
           Ibrahim's
           Ears
           ,
           who
           at
           the
           same
           time
           sent
           him
           a
           Vest
           of
           Samour
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           Sable
           .
           The
           Empress
           caus'd
           him
           to
           be
           cloath'd
           ;
           and
           gave
           him
           in
           charge
           to
           the
           Kislar-Aga
           .
        
         
           He
           continued
           some
           days
           in
           the
           Serrail
           ,
           during
           which
           they
           prepared
           one
           for
           him
           ,
           adorning
           and
           providing
           it
           with
           all
           things
           necessary
           to
           while
           away
           Life
           pleasantly
           .
           All
           the
           great
           Lords
           made
           him
           Presents
           to
           please
           the
           Sultaness
           ,
           and
           He
           that
           but
           a
           little
           before
           was
           a
           Slave
           ,
           and
           had
           bounded
           his
           Fortune
           in
           having
           a
           little
           Fruit-shop
           ,
           saw
           himself
           in
           a
           stately
           Palace
           surrounded
           with
           Domestiques
           ,
           Slaves
           and
           great
           Men
           ,
           who
           make
           their
           Court
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           throng
           him
           with
           Offerings
           .
           The
           Sultaness
           procured
           him
           an
           Arpalix
           ,
           or
           Appanage
           of
           five
           and
           twenty
           thousand
           Crowns
           Revenue
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           recompence
           of
           those
           that
           having
           done
           good
           services
           to
           the
           Empire
           ,
           are
           become
           uncapable
           of
           continuin●
           them
           by
           being
           deep
           stricken
           in
           years
           .
        
         
           This
           wa●
           the
           most
           stable
           settlement
           for
           
             Youssuf
             Aga
          
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           suitable
           to
           his
           Inclination
           ,
           and
           the
           Tranquillity
           of
           his
           Spirit
           .
           His
           Sister
           could
           have
           rais'd
           him
           to
           the
           highest
           Dignities
           of
           the
           Empire
           ;
           but
           she
           had
           then
           expos'd
           him
           to
           the
           jealousie
           of
           the
           Viziers
           ,
           who
           endeavour
           to
           ruin
           those
           who
           have
           over
           much
           credit
           with
           the
           Sultan
           ,
           whereas
           Youssuf
           is
           cherish'd
           by
           all
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           who
           respect
           him
           ,
           and
           pay
           him
           the
           same
           honours
           as
           to
           Pacha's
           ,
           though
           He
           has
           not
           any
           Place
           nor
           other
           Quality
           than
           of
           Aga
           ,
           which
           barely
           signifies
           Lord.
           Besides
           this
           Revenue
           ,
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           furnishes
           him
           with
           all
           things
           necessary
           for
           his
           Maintenance
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           his
           Domestiques
           ,
           and
           the
           Sultaness
           while
           she
           liv'd
           gave
           him
           fifteen
           Purses
           a
           Month
           ,
           for
           fear
           that
           after
           her
           Death
           some
           Sultan
           out
           of
           Caprice
           might
           withdraw
           his
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           deprive
           him
           of
           the
           means
           of
           subsisting
           .
           The
           Sultaness
           rewarded
           her
           Brothers
           Patron
           .
           Besides
           the
           Price
           of
           his
           Redemption
           ,
           she
           sent
           a
           Gift
           of
           a
           thousand
           
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           caus'd
           a
           Pension
           of
           forty
           pence
           a
           day
           to
           be
           assigned
           him
           upon
           the
           Customs
           .
        
         
           
             Youssuf
             Aga
          
           often
           saw
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           during
           his
           Nonage
           ,
           but
           has
           not
           seen
           him
           since
           .
           He
           frequently
           visited
           his
           Sister
           Incognito
           ,
           and
           secretly
           .
           Not
           but
           that
           the
           Sultaness
           was
           permitted
           to
           see
           her
           Brother
           when
           she
           pleased
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           authoriz'd
           it
           ,
           but
           they
           took
           this
           course
           rather
           out
           of
           Policy
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           give
           a
           scandal
           to
           the
           people
           .
           He
           lives
           as
           a
           private
           Person
           ,
           at
           least
           if
           he
           be
           not
           dead
           within
           these
           two
           years
           ,
           and
           his
           greatest
           pleasure
           is
           to
           spend
           the
           Summer
           and
           Autumn
           in
           Tents
           in
           a
           great
           Meadow
           full
           of
           Springs
           ,
           which
           terminate
           the
           Port
           of
           Constantinople
           .
           He
           employs
           his
           time
           in
           Reading
           ,
           and
           diverts
           himself
           with
           seeing
           his
           Itchoglans
           Mount
           his
           Horses
           ,
           and
           Dart
           the
           Javelin
           .
        
         
           One
           may
           by
           this
           Adventure
           observe
           the
           Caprices
           of
           Fortune
           ,
           which
           in
           various
           manners
           shew
           themselves
           throughout
           the
           whole
           World.
           It
           's
           most
           surprizing
           effects
           are
           seen
           in
           Turky
           where
           we
           find
           Countrey
           Girls
           become
           Queens
           ,
           Princesses
           ;
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           Men
           of
           the
           lowest
           Birth
           rais'd
           in
           a
           moment
           to
           the
           highest
           Dignities
           of
           the
           Empire
           .
        
      
       
         
           Of
           the
           
           Sultana-Queen
           ,
           Hasseki-Sultan
           .
        
         
           THE
           Quality
           of
           Hasseki-Sultan
           ,
           Sultana-Queen
           ,
           is
           commonly
           conferr'd
           on
           Her
           that
           brings
           forth
           the
           first
           Male-child
           ;
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           Children
           ,
           are
           barely
           called
           Hassek
           Favourites
           ,
           and
           the
           addition
           of
           Sultan
           is
           only
           due
           to
           the
           Queen
           ,
           and
           makes
           a
           particular
           distinction
           of
           the
           Mother
           of
           the
           Presumptive
           Heir
           from
           the
           other
           Favourites
           .
           Nor
           does
           any
           besides
           her
           wear
           the
           Diadem
           and
           Imperial
           Badge
           .
           It
           is
           a
           little
           Crown
           enrich'd
           with
           Jewels
           ,
           fasten'd
           upon
           a
           Velvet
           Bonnet
           ,
           fac'd
           with
           Sables
           .
        
         
           The
           Hasseki-Sultan
           is
           not
           only
           considerable
           because
           she
           represents
           the
           Empress
           ,
           but
           also
           because
           that
           being
           the
           Mother
           of
           the
           Presumptive
           Heir
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           she
           is
           lookt
           upon
           as
           a
           future
           Validé
           .
           All
           that
           I
           have
           said
           of
           the
           
           Valide
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           the
           Sultana-Hasseki
           ,
           only
           the
           Revenues
           are
           somewhat
           less
           .
           This
           Sultana-Hasseki
           did
           in
           the
           late
           Reign
           much
           ballance
           the
           others
           Credit
           ,
           which
           occasion'd
           Jealousie
           in
           the
           Valide
           ,
           but
           the
           Sultana-Queen
           was
           oblig'd
           to
           dissemble
           ,
           that
           she
           might
           not
           displease
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           taken
           his
           Mothers
           part
           against
           his
           Favourite
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           not
           yet
           heard
           who
           are
           the
           Sultanesses
           of
           Soliman
           the
           third
           ,
           who
           was
           lately
           proclaimed
           Emperour
           ,
           but
           his
           Brother
           
           Mahomet's
           Principal
           Hasseki
           ,
           called
           
             Guveche
             Sultan
          
           ,
           was
           a
           present
           of
           the
           deceased
           Valide
           ;
           she
           was
           given
           to
           her
           by
           
             Bournaz
             Hatidge
             Sultan
          
           ,
           Sister
           to
           
             Sultan
             Murad
          
           :
           She
           is
           thirty
           six
           years
           old
           or
           thereabouts
           ,
           beautiful
           ,
           and
           prettily
           shap'd
           ,
           though
           little
           ,
           fair
           complexion'd
           ,
           though
           her
           visage
           is
           a
           little
           long
           ,
           blew
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           Chesnut
           colour'd
           Hair
           :
           She
           has
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Wit
           ,
           with
           an
           extraordinary
           gay
           and
           jocund
           humour
           ,
           which
           gave
           her
           an
           inconceivable
           Ascendant
           over
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           whom
           she
           govern'd
           absolutely
           ,
           and
           often
           through
           her
           Intrigues
           were
           the
           most
           considerable
           Officers
           of
           that
           Empire
           made
           and
           destroyed
           .
           She
           has
           had
           four
           Children
           ,
           two
           Princes
           ,
           and
           two
           Princesses
           .
        
         
           
             Guveche
             Sultan
          
           was
           jealous
           to
           the
           highest
           degree
           of
           his
           Highness's
           favours
           .
           She
           lov'd
           rather
           he
           should
           caress
           his
           Male
           Minions
           ,
           than
           his
           Female
           Darlings
           ,
           for
           fear
           they
           should
           ravish
           her
           of
           what
           she
           carefully
           cultivated
           ,
           and
           she
           hindred
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           in
           her
           lay
           ,
           Amours
           prejudicial
           to
           her
           Credit
           and
           Repose
           .
           And
           of
           this
           I
           will
           here
           give
           two
           Examples
           which
           have
           made
           sufficient
           noise
           .
        
         
           The
           Valide
           could
           in
           no
           wise
           bear
           with
           Guveche
           Sultan's
           Arrogance
           ,
           as
           aiming
           to
           stand
           Candidate
           with
           her
           for
           the
           Authority
           .
           She
           was
           afraid
           that
           the
           Absolute
           Empire
           which
           the
           Hasseki
           had
           over
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           might
           occasion
           some
           disaster
           to
           the
           Princes
           his
           Highness's
           Brothers
           ,
           the
           design
           of
           whose
           Ruine
           she
           might
           have
           insinuated
           into
           him
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           secure
           to
           her
           Son
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           to
           her self
           the
           Quality
           of
           Queen-Mother
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           happen'd
           in
           these
           last
           disorders
           of
           Constantinople
           .
           This
           apprehension
           induc'd
           the
           Valide
           to
           contrive
           
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           two
           Princes
           whom
           the
           Soldiery
           had
           committed
           to
           her
           Guard
           ,
           particularly
           Soliman
           at
           present
           upon
           the
           Throne
           ,
           for
           whom
           she
           was
           suspected
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           little
           too
           much
           affection
           .
           She
           judg'd
           convenient
           to
           counterballance
           the
           Love
           the
           Emperour
           had
           for
           the
           Sultana-Queen
           ,
           that
           so
           she
           might
           lessen
           her
           Credit
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           means
           divert
           the
           storm
           which
           menac'd
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           two
           Sultans
           .
        
         
           A
           Present
           had
           been
           made
           her
           of
           a
           Circassian
           Slave
           ,
           very
           beautiful
           ,
           well
           educated
           ,
           and
           well
           instructed
           in
           all
           the
           exercises
           that
           a
           Maid
           is
           capable
           of
           .
           The
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           going
           one
           day
           ,
           after
           his
           usual
           manner
           ,
           to
           pay
           a
           Visit
           to
           his
           Mother
           ,
           she
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           a
           Maid
           had
           been
           given
           her
           equally
           beauteous
           ,
           graceful
           and
           knowing
           .
           The
           particularizing
           so
           many
           merits
           forthwith
           inflam'd
           the
           Sultan
           ,
           and
           gave
           him
           the
           curiosity
           to
           see
           her
           .
           The
           Valide
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           cover
           her
           Intention
           ,
           oppos'd
           this
           desire
           of
           his
           ,
           on
           pretence
           that
           he
           would
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           deprive
           her
           of
           a
           Maid
           ,
           that
           was
           her
           whole
           diversion
           ,
           but
           pretending
           compliance
           upon
           the
           Assurance
           he
           gave
           her
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           take
           her
           away
           ,
           she
           had
           her
           call'd
           into
           the
           presence
           .
        
         
           The
           young
           Slave
           being
           well
           instructed
           by
           the
           Valide
           and
           the
           Old-woman
           ,
           and
           egg'd
           on
           with
           Ambition
           to
           see
           her self
           rais'd
           in
           a
           little
           time
           to
           a
           station
           which
           all
           others
           aspire
           to
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           they
           sigh
           in
           vain
           almost
           all
           their
           life
           long
           ,
           made
           it
           her
           whole
           study
           to
           inspire
           Love
           into
           the
           Emperour
           by
           her
           gayety
           ,
           facetiousness
           and
           gallantries
           .
           Happy
           was
           the
           success
           ,
           the
           Sultan
           fell
           into
           the
           Trap
           ,
           and
           nothing
           perplex'd
           him
           so
           much
           as
           the
           promise
           he
           had
           pass'd
           to
           his
           Mother
           of
           not
           depriving
           her
           of
           her
           Slave
           ,
           whose
           Charms
           and
           Merits
           he
           so
           highly
           extoll'd
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Valide
           seeing
           the
           Affair
           at
           the
           point
           she
           had
           desired
           it
           ,
           offer'd
           her
           to
           her
           Son
           ,
           who
           express'd
           to
           her
           a
           large
           sense
           of
           gratitude
           ,
           and
           thus
           she
           satisfied
           the
           desire
           she
           had
           of
           traversing
           the
           
           Sultana-Queen's
           repose
           ,
           she
           knowing
           nothing
           of
           all
           that
           pass'd
           .
        
         
           The
           change
           of
           Apartment
           ,
           and
           the
           preparing
           a
           Train
           for
           a
           new
           Mistress
           ,
           gave
           the
           Sultana-Queen
           no
           small
           matter
           of
           disturbance
           ,
           Jealousie
           forthwith
           possess'd
           her
           ,
           she
           
           made
           great
           complaints
           to
           the
           Sultan
           ,
           curs'd
           the
           Validé
           ,
           and
           her
           Passion
           proceeded
           so
           far
           as
           reproaches
           of
           the
           Love
           the
           Validé
           had
           for
           
             Sultan
             Soliman
          
           ,
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           her
           own
           Son.
           She
           said
           the
           
           Validé's
           design
           was
           to
           dethrone
           him
           and
           introduce
           another
           in
           his
           stead
           ,
           whose
           Mother
           she
           was
           not
           ,
           and
           to
           enjoy
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           favours
           of
           him
           she
           loved
           ,
           and
           the
           pleasure
           of
           seeing
           him
           Reign
           .
           The
           Sultaness
           after
           this
           caus'd
           the
           young
           Slave
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           cruelly
           misus'd
           her
           ,
           which
           put
           the
           whole
           Women's
           Apartment
           into
           a
           Hub-bub
           ;
           but
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           having
           had
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           caus'd
           his
           new
           Mistress
           to
           be
           remov'd
           to
           the
           Serrail
           of
           Chataldge
           ;
           which
           is
           in
           the
           Neighbourhood
           of
           Constantinople
           ,
           and
           went
           thither
           to
           recreate
           himself
           with
           another
           Pleasure
           after
           the
           Fatigues
           of
           Hunting
           .
        
         
           The
           Empress
           perceiving
           it
           to
           be
           a
           remediless
           mischief
           ▪
           fear'd
           lest
           the
           increase
           of
           the
           
           Sultan's
           new
           Passion
           might
           make
           her
           totally
           lose
           her
           credit
           ,
           which
           was
           already
           much
           diminish'd
           .
           She
           fancied
           it
           her
           best
           course
           to
           sooth
           the
           Emperour
           in
           his
           new
           Inclination
           ,
           and
           let
           him
           know
           that
           her
           extravagance
           was
           an
           effect
           of
           the
           passionate
           Love
           she
           had
           for
           him
           ;
           that
           ,
           nevertheless
           ,
           she
           was
           minded
           to
           Sacrifice
           her
           private
           Interest
           to
           his
           Highnesses
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           should
           be
           fully
           satisfied
           did
           she
           but
           know
           that
           Prince
           to
           be
           content
           .
        
         
           The
           Artifice
           sped
           .
           Whether
           that
           the
           
           Sultan's
           Passion
           that
           had
           been
           augmented
           by
           the
           
           Sultaness's
           jealousie
           ,
           was
           diminish'd
           by
           her
           feign'd
           indifference
           ,
           or
           that
           really
           he
           very
           little
           minded
           all
           these
           Women
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           likely
           ,
           he
           went
           again
           after
           his
           usual
           rate
           to
           the
           
             Hasseki
             Sultan
          
           ,
           whom
           the
           news
           of
           her
           Rivals
           being
           with
           Child
           did
           strangely
           torment
           .
           Yet
           was
           she
           forc't
           to
           dissemble
           ,
           and
           curb
           her
           Spirit
           for
           fear
           of
           spoiling
           all
           ,
           and
           wait
           the
           success
           of
           the
           others
           lying
           in
           ,
           who
           happily
           for
           her
           had
           a
           Daughter
           at
           Baba
           in
           Bulgaria
           while
           that
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           was
           in
           his
           Carminiek
           Expedition
           ,
           and
           this
           did
           more
           than
           a
           little
           solace
           her
           .
           She
           was
           very
           much
           afraid
           of
           her
           having
           a
           Son
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           confirm'd
           her
           in
           the
           Grand
           Signior's
           Affection
           ,
           who
           had
           designed
           this
           young
           Sultaness
           his
           Daughter
           for
           the
           
           
             Grand
             Vizier
             Cara
             Mustafa
             Pacha
          
           .
           He
           was
           to
           have
           married
           her
           at
           his
           return
           from
           the
           Siege
           of
           Vienna
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           taken
           the
           Place
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           his
           ill
           fate
           to
           have
           perish'd
           at
           Belgrade
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           example
           of
           the
           
           Sultaness's
           jealousie
           is
           fresh
           ,
           seeing
           the
           thing
           pass'd
           within
           these
           four
           years
           .
           Custom
           will
           have
           it
           that
           the
           
             Grand
             Viziers
          
           at
           their
           Accession
           to
           the
           Ministry
           make
           Presents
           to
           the
           Emperour
           .
           
             Cara
             Ibrahim
             Pacha
          
           ,
           the
           Successor
           of
           Mustafa
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           newly
           strangled
           ,
           among
           other
           Oblations
           he
           made
           to
           his
           Highness
           ,
           presented
           him
           with
           a
           young
           Polish
           Slave
           call'd
           Hatidge
           ;
           the
           most
           perfect
           that
           could
           be
           found
           among
           the
           Jews
           who
           Trade
           in
           that
           Merchandise
           .
           She
           was
           cull'd
           from
           out
           a
           vast
           number
           .
           She
           had
           an
           advantageous
           Shape
           ,
           round
           Visag'd
           ,
           blew
           Eyes
           ,
           large
           ,
           well
           cleft
           ,
           her
           Nose
           a
           little
           turning
           up
           ,
           her
           Mouth
           and
           Teeth
           beautiful
           to
           perfection
           ,
           her
           Complexion
           of
           a
           dazling
           brightness
           ,
           and
           her
           Hair
           of
           an
           admirable
           Ash-colour
           .
           She
           was
           then
           in
           her
           eighteenth
           year
           .
        
         
           The
           Jew
           got
           considerably
           by
           
           Hatidge's
           Charms
           ,
           selling
           her
           for
           fifteen
           hundred
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           the
           Vizier
           sent
           her
           to
           the
           
             Kislar
             Aga
          
           ,
           to
           present
           her
           to
           the
           Sultan
           ,
           who
           falling
           in
           Love
           with
           her
           ,
           ordered
           the
           Keeper
           to
           observe
           secresy
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Sultana-Queen
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           should
           be
           brought
           to
           him
           the
           night
           following
           .
           It
           is
           to
           be
           believed
           that
           this
           new
           Mistresses
           secret
           Charms
           compleated
           what
           a
           bare
           sight
           had
           so
           much
           advanc'd
           .
        
         
           His
           Highness
           knowing
           the
           
           Sultaness's
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           fearing
           the
           sallies
           of
           her
           Temper
           ,
           caus'd
           her
           to
           be
           remov'd
           from
           the
           
             Grand
             Serrail
          
           to
           another
           upon
           the
           Channel
           of
           the
           Black-Sea
           ,
           to
           see
           her
           with
           the
           more
           freedom
           .
           She
           continued
           there
           for
           some
           time
           without
           the
           
             Guveches
             Sultans
          
           seeming
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           manifesting
           the
           least
           concern
           or
           trouble
           ,
           but
           she
           was
           brooding
           very
           different
           Designs
           in
           her
           Head
           ,
           and
           meditated
           a
           fatal
           and
           cruel
           Revenge
           .
        
         
           Upon
           a
           certain
           time
           that
           the
           Emperour
           was
           a
           Hunting
           at
           a
           days
           Journey
           from
           Constantinople
           ,
           the
           Sultaness
           commanded
           the
           Galliots
           to
           be
           made
           ready
           to
           go
           take
           the
           Air
           upon
           the
           Canal
           of
           the
           Sea.
           The
           chief
           of
           the
           Eunuchs
           having
           
           given
           the
           necessary
           Orders
           ,
           she
           stole
           on
           board
           with
           a
           small
           number
           of
           her
           most
           trusty
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           being
           come
           near
           
             Kandil
             Bakhtchei
          
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Serrail
           ,
           where
           this
           new
           Odalik
           was
           kept
           she
           would
           needs
           go
           on
           shore
           on
           pretence
           of
           going
           to
           divert
           her self
           in
           some
           one
           of
           the
           Grotto's
           of
           the
           Gardens
           ;
           when
           that
           Hatidgé
           ,
           who
           lov'd
           Fishing
           was
           in
           a
           Pleasure-House
           upon
           the
           Sea
           enjoying
           that
           innocent
           Pleasure
           .
           The
           Maids
           that
           were
           about
           her
           went
           to
           meet
           the
           
           Sultaness-Queen
           ,
           and
           joining
           with
           their
           Friends
           ,
           conducted
           her
           to
           the
           finest
           Place
           of
           the
           Garden
           .
           She
           staid
           there
           with
           two
           of
           her
           greatest
           Confidents
           ,
           the
           others
           struck
           into
           By-places
           ,
           to
           be
           at
           the
           more
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           This
           Sultaness
           whom
           jealousie
           and
           the
           desire
           of
           revenge
           did
           cruelly
           torment
           ,
           lost
           no
           time
           .
           She
           stole
           from
           the
           Grotto
           whence
           she
           was
           followed
           by
           two
           Accomplices
           of
           her
           wicked
           Design
           ,
           and
           went
           directly
           to
           the
           Pleasure-house
           of
           the
           Unfortunate
           Hatidgé
           .
           They
           surpriz'd
           her
           ,
           threw
           her
           into
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           went
           their
           ways
           without
           being
           perceived
           ,
           at
           least
           so
           is
           the
           Account
           the
           Eunuchs
           give
           of
           that
           matter
           .
           
           Hatidgé's
           Death
           extremely
           startled
           and
           afflicted
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           who
           nevertheless
           dissembled
           it
           ,
           and
           thought
           fitting
           to
           seem
           to
           believe
           it
           to
           have
           happen'd
           according
           to
           the
           Gloss
           they
           gave
           it
           in
           their
           relating
           it
           ,
           though
           he
           had
           been
           fully
           informed
           of
           the
           contrary
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           did
           not
           doubt
           but
           that
           it
           was
           a
           trick
           of
           the
           
           Sultana's
           ,
           but
           there
           was
           no
           remedy
           .
           He
           caus'd
           the
           Body
           to
           be
           sought
           for
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           not
           lose
           with
           a
           Mistress
           he
           loved
           ,
           a
           vast
           quantity
           of
           Jewels
           he
           also
           valued
           .
        
      
       
         
           Of
           the
           
             Grand
             Signiors
          
           Daughters
           and
           Sisters
           ;
           of
           their
           Marriages
           ,
           and
           Ceremonies
           therein
           observed
           .
        
         
           THE
           
           Sultaness's
           condition
           is
           much
           happier
           than
           that
           of
           the
           
           Sultan's
           ,
           the
           Emperour's
           Sons
           .
           His
           Highness
           is
           ever
           careful
           to
           provide
           for
           the
           Daughters
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           favour
           the
           Princes
           can
           hope
           for
           from
           him
           ,
           is
           the
           preservation
           
           of
           Life
           ,
           to
           pass
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Emperour
           now
           reigning
           did
           ,
           in
           a
           perpetual
           Prison
           ,
           to
           be
           brought
           up
           and
           fed
           like
           Women
           ,
           and
           serv'd
           by
           Old-women
           ,
           who
           take
           care
           to
           give
           them
           often
           a
           certain
           Conserve
           proper
           to
           extinguish
           the
           flames
           of
           Concupiscence
           .
           The
           Sultanesses
           on
           the
           contrary
           are
           married
           in
           their
           greenest
           years
           ,
           and
           have
           sometimes
           had
           three
           or
           four
           Husbands
           before
           they
           have
           attain'd
           to
           the
           Age
           of
           Wedlock
           .
           Nay
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           stroke
           of
           Policy
           ,
           and
           a
           piece
           of
           Husbandry
           in
           the
           Court
           to
           rid
           it self
           of
           them
           betimes
           ,
           and
           to
           encharge
           some
           rich
           old
           Pacha
           with
           the
           keeping
           of
           a
           Princess
           ,
           who
           is
           most
           commonly
           the
           occasion
           of
           his
           Downfal
           ;
           they
           are
           not
           wanting
           to
           find
           Pretences
           to
           take
           away
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           give
           the
           Confiscation
           of
           his
           Estate
           to
           his
           Dowager
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           is
           minded
           to
           rid
           himself
           of
           a
           Daughter
           or
           Sister
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           chuses
           her
           a
           Husband
           ,
           he
           signifies
           this
           his
           Intention
           to
           the
           Party
           by
           a
           Hatcherif
           or
           Royal
           Command
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           prepare
           himself
           for
           the
           Honour
           he
           means
           to
           do
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           regulates
           the
           
           Sultana's
           Dowry
           ,
           which
           consists
           in
           all
           sorts
           of
           Jewels
           ,
           Vests
           of
           rich
           Stuff
           ,
           Furrs
           of
           great
           value
           ,
           Cushions
           ,
           Quilts
           ,
           Carpets
           and
           Tapestries
           of
           admirable
           work
           ,
           a
           world
           of
           Plate
           ,
           and
           a
           bundle
           of
           Linnen
           ,
           Sheets
           ,
           Shifts
           ,
           Handkerchiefs
           embroidered
           with
           Gold.
           The
           Pacha
           on
           his
           part
           sends
           Presents
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           his
           future
           Bride
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           to
           the
           Sultanesses
           ,
           to
           the
           Princess's
           Nurse
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Maids
           that
           are
           about
           them
           .
           If
           the
           Bride
           be
           the
           
           Sultan's
           Daughter
           ,
           the
           sending
           of
           these
           Presents
           is
           done
           with
           great
           Pomp
           ,
           which
           is
           also
           practis'd
           at
           the
           removing
           of
           that
           Princess
           to
           her
           Husband
           's
           Serrail
           .
        
         
           The
           Mufty
           makes
           the
           Contract
           ,
           and
           settles
           the
           Dowry
           Nekia
           .
           Formerly
           it
           did
           not
           amount
           to
           above
           twenty
           five
           thousand
           Crowns
           ,
           it
           now
           sometimes
           reaches
           to
           a
           100000.
           
           The
           day
           appointed
           for
           the
           Nuptials
           being
           come
           ,
           the
           Pacha
           does
           with
           his
           Friends
           attend
           in
           his
           own
           Apartments
           till
           notice
           is
           brought
           him
           to
           enter
           into
           that
           of
           the
           Sultaness
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           he
           sees
           the
           
             Kiahia
             Kaden
          
           appear
           ,
           she
           being
           the
           Intendant
           ,
           encharg'd
           with
           this
           Care
           ,
           he
           rises
           ,
           goes
           to
           meet
           
           her
           ,
           kisses
           her
           hand
           ,
           and
           follows
           her
           while
           that
           his
           Friends
           make
           Vows
           for
           his
           happy
           Marriage
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           Prosperity
           .
        
         
           The
           Sultaness
           being
           cover'd
           with
           a
           Veil
           of
           Red
           Taffety
           ,
           which
           hides
           her
           quite
           ,
           is
           seated
           upon
           a
           Stool
           at
           her
           Chamber
           Door
           :
           As
           soon
           as
           she
           perceives
           him
           she
           rises
           ,
           and
           withdraws
           into
           a
           corner
           of
           the
           Sofa
           .
           The
           Eunuchs
           take
           away
           this
           Bridegroom's
           Slippers
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           stay
           a
           while
           upon
           the
           Threshold
           of
           the
           Door
           ,
           as
           a
           mark
           of
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           then
           introduce
           him
           into
           the
           Chamber
           .
           He
           makes
           three
           low
           Bows
           at
           three
           several
           times
           ;
           he
           falls
           upon
           his
           knees
           with
           his
           face
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           says
           a
           short
           Prayer
           ,
           which
           being
           ended
           ,
           the
           Intendant
           conducts
           him
           to
           the
           
           Sultana's
           feet
           ,
           joyns
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           utters
           some
           words
           which
           make
           the
           Marriage
           .
           He
           sits
           down
           upon
           the
           Sofa
           near
           his
           Bride
           ,
           and
           entreats
           her
           to
           unveil
           her self
           :
           She
           makes
           no
           semblance
           of
           hearing
           him
           ,
           and
           affects
           a
           haughty
           ,
           arrogant
           ,
           scornful
           Carriage
           ,
           which
           nothing
           is
           capable
           to
           make
           her
           recede
           from
           ,
           save
           the
           considerable
           Presents
           he
           promises
           her
           ,
           and
           she
           asks
           for
           Drink
           to
           have
           a
           pretence
           to
           take
           off
           the
           Veil
           which
           hides
           her
           face
           .
        
         
           The
           Husband
           starts
           up
           ,
           takes
           at
           the
           same
           time
           a
           
           China-Cup
           full
           of
           Water
           that
           is
           set
           there
           on
           purpose
           ,
           and
           continues
           standing
           till
           such
           time
           that
           the
           Bride
           nods
           to
           him
           to
           draw
           near
           .
           He
           kneels
           down
           at
           her
           feet
           ,
           and
           presents
           her
           the
           Cup
           She
           takes
           off
           her
           Veil
           ,
           and
           drinks
           a
           little
           out
           of
           Ceremony
           .
           The
           Slaves
           immediately
           bring
           a
           Bason
           ,
           on
           which
           there
           are
           two
           Plates
           garnish'd
           ,
           the
           one
           of
           two
           rosted
           Pigeons
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           of
           Sugar-candy
           .
        
         
           The
           poor
           Husband
           is
           here
           forc'd
           to
           undergo
           another
           Fatigue
           ,
           so
           to
           oblige
           the
           Sultaness
           to
           sit
           down
           to
           Table
           ,
           and
           to
           tast
           those
           Meats
           which
           are
           of
           the
           essence
           of
           the
           Ceremony
           .
           She
           redoubles
           her
           disdainful
           Carriage
           ,
           and
           nothing
           can
           sweeten
           it
           but
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Presents
           .
           Then
           she
           suffers
           the
           Pacha
           to
           take
           her
           under
           the
           Arms
           and
           conduct
           her
           to
           the
           Table
           .
           He
           serves
           a
           Pigeon
           to
           her
           ,
           to
           let
           her
           know
           by
           that
           Bird
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           symbol
           of
           Fidelity
           and
           Union
           ,
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           live
           together
           like
           two
           Turtles
           .
           She
           eats
           ,
           and
           presents
           him
           with
           Sugar-candy
           to
           express
           her
           sweetness
           ,
           
           which
           is
           not
           over
           great
           ,
           seeing
           that
           most
           commonly
           those
           Sultanesses
           continue
           in
           their
           insupportable
           airs
           of
           Arrogance
           ,
           and
           availing
           themselves
           of
           their
           Birth
           ,
           and
           the
           Grand
           Signior's
           Authority
           ,
           treat
           those
           Husbands
           like
           Slaves
           ,
           without
           their
           having
           the
           liberty
           to
           complain
           of
           their
           usage
           .
        
         
           This
           Repast
           ends
           almost
           at
           the
           same
           time
           it
           begins
           .
           The
           Sultaness
           goes
           again
           to
           her
           Place
           ,
           and
           the
           Pacha
           by
           her
           .
           All
           the
           company
           withdraws
           ,
           and
           leaves
           them
           at
           full
           liberty
           ,
           though
           not
           to
           consummate
           the
           Marriage
           :
           It
           may
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           be
           the
           season
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           not
           the
           mode
           .
           The
           Husband
           employs
           those
           precious
           moments
           in
           expressing
           to
           his
           new
           Bride
           the
           Obligation
           he
           has
           to
           the
           Sultan
           for
           the
           honour
           he
           has
           done
           him
           in
           chusing
           him
           for
           the
           Husband
           of
           so
           charming
           a
           Princess
           .
           He
           assures
           her
           that
           he
           will
           use
           his
           utmost
           endeavours
           to
           render
           himself
           worthy
           of
           this
           Blessing
           by
           extraordinary
           Assiduities
           and
           Respects
           ,
           that
           she
           is
           his
           Patroness
           ,
           and
           he
           her
           Slave
           .
           Those
           Complements
           are
           slightly
           enough
           received
           ,
           and
           if
           any
           returns
           be
           made
           them
           ,
           't
           is
           only
           by
           a
           nod
           of
           the
           head
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           say
           a
           kiss
           ;
           the
           Pacha
           would
           be
           happy
           were
           he
           but
           permitted
           to
           touch
           her
           fingers
           end
           ,
           if
           she
           has
           not
           yet
           been
           married
           .
           And
           though
           she
           have
           already
           been
           married
           ,
           yet
           he
           thereby
           finds
           but
           little
           more
           Indulgence
           ,
           the
           fashion
           being
           to
           spend
           all
           that
           time
           in
           merriments
           till
           the
           morning
           .
        
         
           After
           the
           Pacha
           has
           discours'd
           a
           while
           with
           the
           Sultaness
           ,
           his
           Friends
           come
           into
           the
           Hall
           ,
           where
           they
           set
           the
           Instruments
           a
           playing
           ,
           to
           let
           him
           know
           that
           they
           expect
           him
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           signal
           of
           the
           Bridegroom
           's
           coming
           out
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Lady's
           return
           to
           the
           Sultaness
           .
           The
           whole
           night
           is
           spent
           in
           Feasts
           ,
           Sports
           ,
           Musical
           Divertisements
           ,
           Dances
           ,
           and
           Puppet-plays
           each
           apart
           .
           The
           Bridegroom
           diverts
           himself
           with
           his
           Friends
           ,
           and
           the
           Bride
           with
           the
           Ladies
           .
        
         
           Two
           hours
           before
           Day
           ,
           they
           prepare
           the
           Nuptial
           Bed.
           The
           Intendants
           undress
           the
           Sultaness
           ,
           they
           put
           her
           to
           Bed
           ,
           and
           the
           Ladies
           withdraw
           into
           other
           Rooms
           .
           None
           stays
           with
           her
           save
           the
           
             Yengue
             Kaden
          
           ,
           Mistress
           of
           the
           Nuptial
           Ceremonies
           ,
           who
           instructs
           her
           in
           what
           she
           is
           to
           do
           ,
           that
           so
           she
           may
           not
           derogate
           from
           her
           Quality
           or
           the
           Customs
           .
           An
           Eunuch
           goes
           to
           acquaint
           the
           Husband
           that
           it
           is
           time
           to
           
           leave
           the
           company
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           done
           after
           a
           manner
           pleasant
           enough
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           without
           speaking
           to
           him
           .
           He
           only
           presents
           him
           his
           Papoushes
           ,
           a
           kind
           of
           Slippers
           ;
           then
           gets
           up
           ,
           and
           withdraws
           into
           his
           own
           Room
           ,
           and
           leaves
           his
           Friends
           ,
           in
           nodding
           to
           them
           with
           his
           head
           .
           The
           Musick
           leaves
           off
           ,
           the
           Pacha
           undresses
           ,
           and
           goes
           in
           his
           Night-Gown
           to
           his
           new
           Wife
           .
        
         
           He
           does
           not
           presently
           flounce
           into
           Bed
           ;
           he
           kneels
           at
           the
           
           Sultaness's
           feet
           ,
           kisses
           them
           ,
           and
           scratches
           the
           sole
           ,
           and
           then
           steals
           gently
           under
           the
           Quilt
           ;
           he
           laies
           himself
           at
           the
           side
           of
           her
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           respect
           he
           would
           not
           dare
           to
           embrace
           her
           ;
           't
           is
           she
           must
           make
           all
           the
           Advances
           ,
           and
           kiss
           him
           ,
           to
           give
           him
           the
           boldness
           to
           caress
           her
           .
        
         
           If
           she
           is
           a
           Virgin
           ,
           he
           contents
           himself
           with
           these
           Caresses
           ,
           &
           attempts
           no
           farther
           without
           having
           a
           supreme
           order
           for
           his
           so
           doing
           .
           This
           is
           a
           priviledge
           which
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           reserves
           to
           himself
           .
           One
           must
           by
           a
           Request
           let
           him
           know
           that
           the
           Princess
           his
           Daughter
           ,
           or
           Sister
           ,
           will
           not
           consent
           to
           the
           consummation
           of
           the
           Marriage
           ,
           and
           ask
           his
           permission
           to
           constrain
           her
           to
           it
           .
           His
           Highness
           gives
           a
           Hatcherif
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           orders
           the
           Pacha
           to
           consummate
           the
           Marriage
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           shall
           have
           receiv'd
           the
           blessed
           command
           :
           These
           are
           the
           very
           terms
           .
           He
           reads
           this
           to
           his
           Wife
           ,
           entreats
           her
           anew
           ,
           and
           if
           she
           does
           not
           obey
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           rare
           ,
           he
           has
           the
           power
           to
           act
           as
           Master
           in
           the
           case
           .
        
         
           After
           the
           Consummation
           of
           the
           Marriage
           the
           Husband
           goes
           to
           the
           Bath
           ,
           and
           an
           Eunuch
           on
           behalf
           of
           the
           Sultaness
           brings
           him
           a
           Shift
           ,
           a
           pair
           of
           Drawers
           ,
           and
           an
           Handkerchief
           .
           At
           his
           coming
           out
           of
           the
           Bath
           ,
           he
           returns
           to
           his
           Friends
           in
           his
           own
           Apartment
           :
           They
           wish
           him
           joy
           upon
           his
           new
           Marriage
           ,
           and
           a
           Meal
           is
           serv'd
           up
           all
           of
           Sheeps
           Petty-toes
           .
           Thus
           the
           Day
           by
           us
           call'd
           the
           
             Weddings
             Good-morrow
          
           ,
           is
           by
           them
           called
           the
           Day
           of
           
             Petty-toes
             ,
             Pacha-guni
          
           .
           The
           Sultaness
           gives
           the
           same
           entertainment
           to
           her
           Friends
           .
           The
           Diversion
           of
           this
           Day
           quickly
           ends
           by
           the
           drinking
           of
           Liquors
           ,
           and
           taking
           of
           Perfumes
           .
           The
           Guests
           take
           their
           leave
           of
           the
           new
           Married
           Couple
           ,
           and
           the
           Pacha
           shuts
           himself
           up
           for
           eight
           days
           with
           the
           Sultaness
           to
           accustom
           her
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           render
           her
           familiar
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Of
           the
           Grand
           Signior's
           manner
           of
           spending
           His
           time
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Highness's
           secret
           Pleasures
           .
        
         
           THE
           Daily
           Occupations
           of
           this
           Prince
           are
           pretty
           well
           regulated
           .
           He
           rises
           an
           hour
           before
           day
           in
           Winter
           ,
           and
           at
           break
           of
           day
           in
           Summer
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           earlier
           .
           He
           washes
           his
           Face
           and
           Hands
           ,
           then
           says
           his
           Prayers
           .
           This
           was
           Mahomet
           the
           Fourth's
           Method
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           days
           when
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           Bathes
           ,
           he
           rises
           an
           hour
           sooner
           than
           ordinary
           .
           If
           he
           has
           lain
           in
           his
           own
           Chamber
           ,
           he
           goes
           into
           the
           Bath
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           the
           Hammamdgi-Bachi
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           Bath
           that
           rubs
           him
           ;
           If
           he
           has
           lain
           at
           the
           
           Sultaness's
           ,
           He
           goes
           into
           that
           of
           this
           Princess
           .
           At
           his
           getting
           out
           of
           Bed
           ,
           she
           puts
           a
           little
           Quilt
           o'er
           his
           Shoulders
           ,
           she
           accompanies
           him
           with
           the
           Treasuress
           ,
           the
           Laundress
           ,
           she
           who
           makes
           the
           Coffee
           ,
           and
           a
           Female
           Buffoon
           for
           their
           diversion
           .
           'T
           is
           the
           Sultaness
           who
           rubs
           and
           washes
           his
           Highness
           ;
           the
           others
           prepare
           the
           Linnen
           perfum'd
           with
           Amber
           and
           
           Aloes-wood
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           coming
           out
           of
           the
           Bath
           they
           put
           upon
           his
           head
           a
           great
           Veil
           of
           Goats-hair
           ,
           finer
           and
           more
           curious
           than
           Silk
           .
           They
           call
           it
           Chal
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           returning
           to
           the
           Ladies
           Lodgings
           ,
           he
           goes
           to
           his
           own
           Apartment
           .
        
         
           After
           Prayer
           they
           serve
           up
           Breakfast
           ,
           consisting
           of
           Eggs
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           Sheeps
           petty-toes
           ,
           boil'd
           Chickens
           and
           Fruit.
           Then
           he
           assists
           at
           the
           Divan
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           one
           of
           the
           days
           appointed
           for
           Justice
           ,
           or
           confers
           with
           the
           Vizier
           about
           Affairs
           of
           State
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           he
           reposes
           an
           hour
           or
           two
           ,
           or
           else
           takes
           Horse
           .
           At
           nine
           a
           clock
           he
           goes
           again
           to
           Prayers
           ,
           which
           is
           followed
           with
           a
           walk
           in
           the
           Gardens
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           Divertisement
           till
           Dinner
           time
           .
        
         
           Before
           he
           sits
           down
           to
           Table
           they
           spread
           a
           great
           Indian
           Carpet
           of
           Silk
           Embroidery
           ,
           and
           upon
           that
           another
           smaller
           one
           of
           Gold
           Broccard
           ,
           to
           cover
           two
           Cushions
           between
           which
           the
           Emperour
           sits
           .
           They
           cover
           his
           Knees
           with
           an
           Embroidered
           Toilet
           ,
           and
           they
           set
           before
           him
           a
           Banquet
           garnish'd
           
           with
           Plates
           of
           Gold
           ,
           on
           which
           they
           place
           a
           very
           large
           silver
           Bason
           ,
           which
           is
           at
           least
           four
           foot
           in
           Diameter
           .
           The
           whole
           is
           set
           out
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           Sallads
           ,
           and
           the
           midst
           of
           it
           is
           empty
           to
           receive
           the
           Dishes
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           eats
           always
           alone
           in
           the
           Hazoda
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Gardens
           .
           All
           the
           Dishes
           are
           cover'd
           and
           wrapt
           up
           in
           Toilets
           ,
           and
           seal'd
           with
           the
           Clark
           of
           the
           Kitchens
           Seal
           ;
           and
           are
           not
           unseal'd
           again
           but
           in
           his
           Highness's
           presence
           .
           They
           serve
           him
           up
           but
           one
           Dish
           at
           a
           time
           .
           During
           the
           Repast
           ,
           the
           Mutes
           and
           Dwarfs
           make
           a
           thousand
           pleasant
           postures
           to
           divert
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           who
           throws
           Morcels
           to
           them
           to
           have
           the
           pleasure
           of
           seeing
           them
           scramble
           and
           snatch
           'em
           from
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           an
           errour
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Turks
           neither
           eat
           in
           Gold
           nor
           Silver
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           rather
           an
           effect
           of
           their
           Policy
           than
           a
           prohibition
           of
           the
           Law.
           They
           are
           afraid
           lest
           an
           over-great
           use
           might
           diminish
           a
           Metal
           ,
           the
           Mines
           of
           which
           are
           not
           over-abounding
           among
           them
           .
           The
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           has
           Dishes
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           which
           he
           makes
           use
           of
           in
           his
           Progress
           both
           in
           the
           Field
           &
           Army
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           the
           green
           Porcelain
           Mertabani
           ,
           wherein
           he
           commonly
           eats
           ,
           cannot
           without
           danger
           be
           carried
           up
           and
           down
           .
           There
           is
           another
           reason
           which
           induces
           the
           Turks
           to
           make
           use
           of
           this
           green
           Porcelain
           which
           comes
           from
           Tartary
           ;
           they
           fancy
           that
           it
           cannot
           suffer
           any
           poyson'd
           thing
           without
           breaking
           .
           Their
           Spoons
           are
           of
           some
           precious
           Wood
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Beak
           of
           a
           Bird
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           growing
           hot
           keep
           their
           heat
           too
           long
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           not
           the
           same
           with
           Wood
           ,
           whence
           it
           is
           easy
           to
           conclude
           that
           the
           little
           use
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           Plate
           ,
           is
           less
           a
           Superstition
           than
           a
           very
           wise
           Reason
           .
           The
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           eats
           with
           his
           Fingers
           which
           he
           cleans
           at
           each
           mouthful
           ;
           he
           does
           not
           drink
           while
           he
           is
           at
           Dinner
           .
           After
           they
           have
           wash'd
           his
           hands
           with
           very
           fine
           Soap
           and
           sweet
           scented
           Waters
           ,
           they
           serve
           him
           up
           a
           great
           Porcelain
           Cup
           ,
           full
           of
           Sorbet
           .
           The
           Coffee
           and
           sweet
           things
           follow
           this
           Beveridge
           .
           After
           his
           Highness
           rises
           from
           Table
           ,
           he
           reposes
           again
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           then
           takes
           the
           Divertisement
           of
           Hunting
           ,
           Walking
           ,
           the
           Exercise
           of
           the
           Itchoglans
           ,
           Wrestling
           ,
           Buffoons
           ,
           Mutes
           and
           Dwarfs
           .
           He
           goes
           very
           often
           to
           eat
           in
           the
           Gardens
           of
           the
           Pachas
           ,
           and
           of
           other
           
           considerable
           Persons
           ,
           who
           ,
           besides
           the
           Treat
           ,
           are
           obliged
           to
           make
           him
           great
           Presents
           of
           Jewels
           and
           Money
           ,
           which
           they
           put
           under
           a
           Cushion
           by
           that
           Prince's
           side
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Selictar
           is
           careful
           to
           take
           along
           with
           them
           upon
           their
           going
           away
           .
        
         
           Every
           Tuesday
           the
           Grand
           Signior's
           head
           and
           face
           are
           shaved
           amid
           the
           sound
           of
           Instruments
           and
           Voices
           .
           This
           is
           practised
           with
           great
           Respect
           .
           Two
           Itchoglans
           hold
           the
           Linnen
           on
           which
           falls
           all
           the
           hair
           which
           they
           burn
           .
           Formerly
           they
           put
           it
           into
           a
           Gold
           Box
           ,
           and
           the
           Emperour
           made
           a
           Present
           of
           it
           to
           his
           Barber
           .
           This
           Custom
           was
           introduced
           by
           
             Sultan
             Murad
          
           ,
           for
           the
           abolishing
           the
           Barber's
           Priviledge
           ,
           who
           might
           demand
           what
           Boon
           he
           pleas'd
           ,
           while
           he
           had
           the
           Razor
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           without
           fear
           of
           being
           denyed
           .
        
         
           In
           case
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           should
           not
           go
           to
           the
           Bath
           all
           the
           week
           long
           ,
           he
           is
           by
           Religion
           oblig'd
           to
           go
           into
           it
           on
           the
           Friday
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           sanctifie
           the
           Day
           ,
           and
           to
           wipe
           away
           by
           this
           solemn
           Ablution
           ,
           in
           washing
           extreamly
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           what
           may
           have
           sullied
           the
           soul.
           
        
         
           His
           Highness
           sups
           about
           five
           a
           Clock
           ,
           and
           goes
           to
           Bed
           about
           an
           hour
           and
           half
           after
           it
           is
           night
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           last
           Prayer
           is
           performed
           .
           They
           make
           his
           Bed
           when
           he
           is
           ready
           to
           lie
           down
           .
           It
           is
           composed
           of
           three
           Quilts
           lined
           with
           a
           very
           rich
           Stuff
           ,
           and
           in
           Winter
           the
           last
           is
           garnish'd
           with
           Sables
           .
           They
           spread
           a
           Sheet
           of
           extraordinary
           fine
           Cloth
           ,
           and
           the
           second
           is
           fasten'd
           to
           the
           Coverlet
           of
           Broccard
           ,
           or
           Embroidered
           Sattin
           .
           There
           are
           a
           world
           of
           little
           Pillows
           stuff'd
           with
           Cotton
           ,
           and
           cover'd
           with
           Musceline
           Embroidered
           with
           Silk
           .
           The
           Bed
           is
           surrounded
           with
           great
           Cushions
           .
           In
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Chamber
           are
           two
           great
           Gold
           Candlesticks
           with
           two
           huge
           Wax-lights
           ,
           that
           burn
           all
           the
           night
           long
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Perfume
           of
           Amber
           and
           Aloes
           wood
           .
           The
           Sultan
           sleeps
           with
           a
           little
           Turbant
           on
           his
           head
           ,
           a
           Wast-coat
           and
           a
           pair
           of
           Drawers
           .
           There
           are
           always
           two
           Old-women
           watching
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           means
           to
           visit
           the
           Sultana-Queen
           by
           night
           ,
           he
           signifies
           his
           Intention
           to
           her
           by
           the
           
             Basch
             Mascara
             Beula
          
           ,
           the
           chief
           Female
           Buffoon
           ,
           that
           diverts
           her
           ,
           and
           prepares
           her
           for
           the
           Imperial
           Visit
           by
           Stories
           and
           Discourses
           befitting
           to
           make
           her
           expect
           that
           honour
           .
           She
           comes
           to
           receive
           the
           Sultan
           at
           the
           door
           of
           her
           Apartment
           ,
           kisses
           his
           hands
           ,
           which
           she
           lifts
           to
           her
           fore-head
           ,
           leads
           him
           under
           the
           arms
           ,
           undresses
           him
           her self
           ,
           and
           goes
           to
           Bed
           after
           him
           .
           The
           Slaves
           ,
           who
           commonly
           lie
           in
           the
           
           Sultaness's
           Room
           ,
           
           withdraw
           ;
           there
           are
           only
           two
           upon
           the
           Guard
           at
           the
           outward
           door
           ,
           to
           enter
           upon
           the
           least
           signal
           .
           His
           Highness
           only
           goes
           to
           the
           
           Sultaness's
           Apartment
           ,
           the
           others
           go
           to
           him
           in
           his
           ,
           which
           so
           much
           the
           more
           confirms
           her
           Preheminency
           ,
           and
           her
           Quality
           of
           first
           Hasseki
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Sultan
           means
           to
           make
           a
           new
           Mistress
           ,
           he
           orders
           the
           
             Kiahia
             Kaden
          
           to
           assemble
           the
           Maids
           .
           This
           order
           is
           sufficient
           to
           create
           an
           Emulation
           in
           all
           those
           lovely
           Prisoners
           ,
           each
           of
           them
           would
           please
           ,
           and
           fits
           her self
           out
           the
           best
           she
           can
           ,
           to
           gain
           the
           Grand
           Signior's
           Affections
           by
           displaying
           all
           the
           beauty
           and
           finery
           afforded
           her
           by
           Art
           and
           Nature
           .
           He
           goes
           to
           the
           place
           where
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           if
           there
           be
           any
           one
           has
           the
           gift
           of
           pleasing
           him
           ,
           he
           throws
           her
           his
           Handkerchief
           .
           This
           most
           happy
           creature
           immediately
           prostrates
           her self
           upon
           the
           floor
           ,
           takes
           the
           precious
           Pledge
           of
           her
           future
           happiness
           ,
           kisses
           it
           and
           puts
           it
           up
           safe
           in
           her
           bosom
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           Court
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           the
           others
           of
           Europe
           ,
           the
           Caresses
           of
           the
           Prince
           invite
           the
           Complements
           of
           those
           that
           are
           sometimes
           the
           most
           jealous
           of
           the
           good
           fortune
           of
           those
           they
           congratulate
           .
           All
           the
           other
           Maids
           come
           to
           partake
           in
           the
           joy
           of
           this
           new
           Mistress
           .
           The
           Old-women
           repair
           immediately
           to
           her
           ,
           lead
           her
           to
           the
           Bath
           ,
           dress
           her
           up
           gorgeously
           ,
           deck
           her
           with
           Jewels
           ,
           and
           conduct
           her
           at
           the
           usual
           hour
           to
           the
           door
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Chamber
           amid
           the
           sound
           of
           Instruments
           .
           The
           Eunuch
           on
           the
           Guard
           goes
           to
           give
           notice
           to
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           of
           this
           new
           Mistress
           being
           come
           ,
           and
           to
           receive
           his
           Orders
           for
           her
           introduction
           .
           If
           his
           Commands
           be
           for
           her
           to
           enter
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           she
           is
           over
           the
           threshold
           of
           the
           door
           ,
           she
           runs
           to
           the
           feet
           of
           this
           Emperour's
           Bed
           ;
           the
           door
           shuts
           ,
           and
           the
           Musick
           continues
           to
           sing
           and
           play
           Tunes
           suitable
           to
           what
           is
           to
           pass
           behind
           the
           Scenes
           .
        
         
           This
           fair
           one
           does
           not
           content
           her self
           with
           falling
           on
           her
           knees
           at
           the
           Bed's
           feet
           ,
           she
           lifts
           up
           the
           Coverlet
           a
           little
           ,
           kisses
           the
           
           Sultan's
           feet
           ,
           and
           continues
           in
           this
           posture
           till
           he
           commands
           her
           to
           come
           to
           Bed
           ;
           which
           she
           does
           by
           stealing
           in
           at
           the
           feet
           ,
           and
           slipping
           up
           softly
           by
           his
           Highness's
           side
           ,
           who
           ,
           upon
           his
           dismissing
           her
           ,
           puts
           a
           Handkerchief
           over
           her
           face
           ,
           for
           a
           mark
           that
           he
           has
           tryed
           her
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           Maid's
           Modesty
           does
           not
           permit
           her
           to
           shew
           her self
           before
           she
           be
           purified
           .
        
         
           Nevertheless
           this
           Ceremony
           is
           only
           a
           meer
           Grimace
           ,
           since
           she
           takes
           off
           that
           Handkerchief
           as
           soon
           as
           she
           is
           got
           out
           of
           the
           Grand
           Signior's
           Chamber
           ,
           where
           the
           same
           Old-woman
           waits
           her
           coming
           ,
           to
           conduct
           her
           to
           the
           Bath
           .
           She
           has
           then
           a
           Place
           given
           her
           in
           the
           
             Ouz●un
             Odes
          
           ,
           long
           Chamber
           ;
           It
           is
           the
           Apartment
           of
           those
           that
           have
           had
           the
           
           favours
           of
           the
           Emperour
           without
           having
           Children
           ,
           and
           whom
           they
           call
           Odalick
           .
           She
           has
           Eunuchs
           appointed
           her
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Maids
           for
           her
           Attendance
           .
           If
           she
           proves
           with
           Child
           ,
           and
           is
           brought
           to
           Bed
           of
           a
           Son
           ,
           they
           confer
           upon
           her
           the
           Quality
           of
           Hasseki
           ,
           first
           ,
           second
           ,
           or
           third
           ,
           according
           to
           her
           rank
           .
           The
           Emperour
           lately
           deposed
           made
           but
           two
           
           Hasseki's
           ;
           The
           Sultana-Queen
           did
           dexterously
           divert
           these
           sorts
           of
           Intrigues
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           was
           not
           over-prone
           ,
           his
           Inclinations
           being
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           somewhat
           faint
           for
           all
           things
           save
           Hunting
           ,
           that
           was
           his
           predominant
           Passion
           ,
           and
           he
           spent
           the
           finest
           Days
           of
           his
           Life
           in
           that
           Recreation
           with
           so
           great
           an
           Avidity
           ,
           that
           it
           frequently
           made
           him
           lose
           his
           Repose
           and
           Eating
           .
           In
           all
           likelihood
           Soliman
           the
           third
           ,
           his
           Brother
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           so
           wedded
           to
           that
           Exercise
           ,
           as
           well
           through
           his
           Humour
           and
           Inclinations
           ,
           which
           are
           very
           different
           from
           those
           of
           Mahomet
           ,
           as
           through
           the
           necessity
           of
           his
           Affairs
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           formerly
           in
           the
           Serrail
           a
           Chamber
           of
           Falconry
           with
           Eighty
           Pages
           ;
           commanded
           by
           the
           Grand-Falconer
           called
           Dongandgibachi
           .
           They
           govern'd
           ,
           fed
           and
           clean'd
           the
           Grand
           Signior's
           Birds
           .
           They
           alone
           had
           the
           Priviledge
           of
           walking
           in
           the
           Serrail
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           looking
           to
           their
           Birds
           ,
           and
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           they
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           carry
           a
           Bird
           upon
           their
           fist
           ,
           if
           not
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           been
           chastis'd
           .
           After
           the
           suppression
           of
           this
           Chamber
           ,
           there
           has
           ever
           been
           an
           Arsagalar
           ,
           who
           out
           of
           honour
           bears
           the
           name
           of
           Grand-Falconer
           .
        
         
           The
           Birds
           are
           at
           present
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           three
           Officers
           ,
           who
           no
           longer
           dwell
           in
           the
           Serrail
           ;
           they
           are
           called
           
             Dogandgi
             ,
             Tchakirdgi-Bachi
          
           and
           Chakindgi-Bachi
           :
           The
           difference
           of
           these
           three
           names
           comes
           from
           three
           different
           species
           of
           Birds
           which
           the
           Turks
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           namely
           ,
           of
           the
           Dogan
           ,
           which
           signifies
           a
           
             Spar-hawk
             ,
             Tchahir
          
           ,
           a
           Merlin
           ,
           &
           Chahin
           ,
           which
           signifies
           Falcon
           ,
           each
           Officer
           governs
           those
           whose
           name
           he
           bears
           ,
           and
           has
           a
           world
           of
           Servants
           appointed
           to
           look
           to
           ,
           air
           and
           exercise
           them
           .
           When
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           means
           to
           fly
           ,
           these
           three
           Officers
           carry
           the
           Bird
           ,
           &
           are
           followed
           by
           all
           their
           servants
           in
           the
           same
           equipage
           .
        
         
           These
           Officers
           have
           considerable
           Incomes
           ,
           which
           they
           derive
           from
           the
           Haz-arpalick
           assign'd
           them
           for
           their
           subsistence
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           their
           Equipages
           ,
           Birds
           ,
           and
           the
           servants
           that
           have
           them
           in
           keeping
           .
           There
           are
           several
           Villages
           that
           pay
           not
           any
           Tax
           ,
           on
           condition
           to
           furnish
           annually
           a
           certain
           number
           of
           Birds
           for
           the
           Falconry
           .
           They
           are
           bound
           to
           teach
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           them
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Officers
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           take
           a
           Receipt
           ,
           which
           exempts
           them
           from
           all
           sorts
           of
           Impositions
           .
        
         
         
           The
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           has
           above
           1200
           Greyhounds
           ,
           Hounds
           and
           Mastiffs
           ,
           or
           Bull-Dogs
           ,
           the
           last
           are
           for
           Bull-baiting
           .
           They
           are
           all
           fed
           differently
           according
           to
           their
           species
           .
           They
           give
           the
           Mastiffs
           Bread
           and
           a
           Goat's-head
           a
           day
           ,
           half
           the
           head
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           in
           the
           evening
           .
           The
           Greyhounds
           have
           two
           loaves
           a
           day
           ,
           and
           a
           Goat's-head
           a
           week
           boil'd
           ,
           without
           fleaing
           it
           ,
           taking
           off
           the
           hair
           ,
           or
           taking
           out
           the
           bones
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           this
           purges
           them
           .
           The
           Turkish
           Greyhounds
           are
           the
           most
           beautiful
           Dogs
           of
           their
           kind
           :
           Their
           Tails
           and
           Ears
           are
           like
           those
           of
           Spaniels
           ,
           principally
           those
           of
           the
           Isle
           of
           Cyprus
           ;
           nay
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           that
           quest
           and
           have
           a
           very
           good
           Nose
           .
        
         
           Sometimes
           wagers
           are
           laid
           upon
           the
           fleetness
           of
           these
           Dogs
           .
           The
           Masters
           for
           three
           days
           only
           feed
           them
           with
           the
           yolks
           of
           Eggs.
           They
           must
           be
           carryed
           evening
           and
           morning
           ,
           and
           walk'd
           out
           to
           empty
           them
           .
           The
           Turks
           have
           a
           great
           value
           for
           this
           kind
           of
           Dogs
           .
           The
           Hounds
           and
           Beagles
           are
           fed
           like
           the
           others
           .
           The
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           has
           a
           vast
           number
           of
           Poland-Tygers
           ,
           which
           are
           beautiful
           ,
           but
           worth
           nothing
           .
           They
           have
           all
           housses
           that
           are
           of
           Broccard
           when
           his
           Highness
           marches
           in
           Ceremony
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           little
           Tygers
           ,
           by
           the
           Turks
           called
           Ch●par
           ,
           which
           they
           make
           use
           of
           in
           Deer-hunting
           .
           It
           is
           so
           fierce
           an
           Animal
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           does
           not
           take
           its
           Prey
           in
           three
           Leaps
           ,
           it
           is
           pawl'd
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           that
           governs
           it
           does
           not
           caress
           it
           to
           comfort
           it
           ,
           it
           would
           burst
           with
           rage
           .
           The
           Falconers
           that
           have
           the
           care
           of
           them
           ,
           carry
           them
           behind
           them
           on
           Horseback
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           their
           fierceness
           they
           are
           so-so
           docible
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Emperour
           is
           minded
           to
           make
           a
           general
           Hunt
           ,
           after
           he
           has
           appointed
           the
           place
           ,
           he
           issues
           out
           a
           Command
           for
           the
           raising
           of
           the
           People
           that
           are
           to
           beat
           the
           Countrey
           ;
           this
           Command
           specifies
           the
           number
           .
           The
           
           Hasseki's
           of
           the
           
             Bostandgi
             Bachi
          
           ,
           who
           are
           encharg'd
           with
           the
           Execution
           ,
           appoint
           the
           number
           which
           each
           Bailywick
           of
           the
           Province
           where
           the
           Hunt
           is
           performed
           is
           to
           furnish
           .
           They
           sometimes
           get
           together
           full
           forty
           thousand
           ,
           and
           there
           would
           be
           many
           more
           ,
           if
           the
           Bostandgis
           ,
           made
           the
           Leavy
           exact
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           exact
           money
           from
           those
           they
           exempt
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           does
           not
           give
           any
           maintenance
           to
           these
           Hunters
           ,
           those
           that
           are
           obliged
           to
           furnish
           them
           ,
           feed
           them
           .
           They
           surround
           a
           vast
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           these
           Hunters
           who
           still
           march
           in
           a
           Circle
           ,
           drive
           all
           the
           Game
           that
           is
           within
           the
           compass
           ,
           and
           which
           retires
           into
           a
           Wood
           wherein
           they
           shut
           it
           up
           .
           There
           they
           make
           a
           number
           of
           Glades
           ,
           which
           end
           in
           a
           vast
           empty
           space
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           this
           
           Wood
           ,
           and
           wherein
           they
           erect
           a
           little
           Amphitheatre
           ,
           whence
           his
           Highness
           views
           the
           whole
           Chace
           according
           as
           it
           is
           rouz'd
           and
           started
           .
           Sometimes
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           does
           not
           mount
           upon
           this
           Amphitheatre
           ,
           he
           continues
           six
           or
           seven
           hours
           on
           Horse-back
           ,
           spurring
           on
           all
           sides
           during
           an
           excessive
           Cold
           ,
           without
           taking
           any
           nourishment
           ,
           saving
           some
           mouth-fulls
           in
           passing
           from
           one
           place
           to
           another
           ,
           where
           Men
           are
           set
           with
           Basons
           ,
           which
           they
           put
           upon
           their
           heads
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           see
           his
           Highness
           appear
           .
        
         
           They
           take
           Hinds
           ,
           Fallow
           Deer
           ,
           Staggs
           ,
           Wolves
           ,
           and
           particularly
           ,
           a
           world
           of
           Hares
           ,
           which
           they
           knock
           on
           the
           head
           ,
           according
           as
           they
           would
           make
           their
           way
           through
           the
           Circle
           .
           The
           hooting
           of
           these
           Hunts
           is
           very
           pleasant
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           performed
           in
           a
           good
           season
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           diverting
           to
           see
           Men
           ,
           Dogs
           and
           Animals
           Pell-mell
           within
           about
           a
           Leagues
           compass
           ,
           with
           the
           shouts
           of
           those
           that
           form
           the
           inclosure
           to
           hinder
           the
           Game
           from
           going
           out
           .
           The
           manner
           of
           tossing
           Hares
           in
           the
           Plain
           of
           St.
           Dennis
           is
           a
           slight
           Image
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           An
           Advertisement
           .
           MODERN
           HISTORY
           ,
           OR
           ,
           A
           
             Monthly
             Account
          
           Of
           all
           considerable
           Occurrences
           ,
           
             Civil
             ,
             Ecclesiastical
          
           ,
           and
           Military
           .
        
         
           With
           all
           Natural
           ,
           and
           Philosophical
           Productions
           and
           Transactions
           .
        
         
           Printed
           at
           London
           ,
           By
           
             J.
             B.
          
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             Joseph
             Hindmarsh
          
           at
           the
           
             Golden
             Ball
          
           over
           against
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
          
           ,
           and
           by
           
             Randal
             Taylor
          
           near
           Stationers-Hall
           in
           Ludgate-Street
           .
        
         
           
             AS
             Curiosity
             is
             natural
             to
             Mankind
             ,
             it
             has
             been
             likewise
             the
             Care
             and
             Bus'ness
             of
             This
             Age
             to
             furnish
             Novelties
             and
             Entertainments
             toward
             the
             gratifying
             of
             that
             Humour
             :
             But
             many
             People
             are
             so
             hasty
             ,
             or
             so
             heedless
             in
             the
             discharge
             of
             this
             Office
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             not
             attend
             as
             they
             ought
             to
             do
             ,
             either
             to
             the
             Dignity
             of
             the
             Subject
             they
             are
             to
             work
             upon
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             Truth
             of
             what
             they
             Report
             :
             By
             which
             means
             a
             Thousand
             Fables
             and
             Falsities
             are
             impos'd
             upon
             the
             world
             :
             Matters
             of
             moment
             ,
             promiscuously
             confounded
             with
             things
             of
             little
             worth
             ;
             and
             for
             want
             of
             separating
             the
             True
             from
             the
             False
             ,
             the
             Good
             from
             the
             Bad
             ,
             and
             useful
             Notions
             or
             Curiosities
             from
             matters
             unprofitable
             ,
             men
             are
             at
             a
             loss
             what
             to
             take
             ,
             and
             what
             to
             leave
             .
          
        
         
           
             Now
             for
             the
             preventing
             of
             these
             inconveniences
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             there
             is
             Order
             taken
             for
             the
             drawing
             of
             all
          
           Memorable
           and
           Notable
           Events
           and
           Relations
           
             out
             of
             the
             several
             Fragments
             that
             have
             been
             published
             concerning
             them
             into
          
           one
           entire
           Collection
           :
           
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             in
             the
             regular
             Series
             of
             a
          
           Monthly
           Account
           .
           
             This
             to
             be
             done
          
           
           
             in
             the
             most
             succinct
             and
             faithful
             manner
             possible
             ;
             and
             nothing
             to
             be
             inserted
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             of
             weight
             ,
             and
             verified
             from
             the
             best
             hands
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             for
             the
             perfecting
             of
             this
             work
             ,
             there
             is
             such
             a
          
           Correspondence
           
             setled
             abroad
             ,
             that
             very
             few
             Occurrences
             of
             any
             kind
             will
             scape
             us
             ,
             whether
          
           Civil
           ,
           Military
           ,
           or
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           beside
           Philosophical
           Transactions
           and
           Emprovements
           ,
           
             which
             we
             suppose
             will
             be
             as
             well
             beneficial
             as
             delightful
             to
             the
             curious
             :
             And
             as
             we
             shall
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             be
             very
             careful
             not
             to
             let
             any
             thing
             slip
             within
             the
             compass
             of
             our
             pretensions
             ,
             so
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             not
             to
             intermeddle
             in
             the
             secrets
             of
             any
          
           Church
           or
           State-matters
           
             beyond
             our
             Province
          
           .
        
         
           
             The
             reason
             for
             Publishing
             this
             Relation
          
           once
           ,
           and
           but
           once
           a
           Month
           
             (
             as
             that
             's
             the
             course
             resolv'd
             upon
             )
             is
             this
             ;
             First
             ,
             that
             the
             notices
             of
             things
             to
             be
             made
             publique
             may
             be
             carried-on
          
           Methodically
           
             upon
             equal
             distances
             of
             time
             ,
             and
             without
          
           wracking
           
             peoples
             expectations
             by
             any
             longer
             Intervals
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             matters
             may
             be
             deliver'd
             with
             as
             much
          
           caution
           
             for
             the
          
           certain
           truth
           
             of
             matters
             as
             such
             an
             undertaking
             will
             bear
             :
             But
             if
             any
             mistake
             of
             what
             kind
             soever
             shall
             happen
             (
             this
          
           care
           and
           industry
           
             notwithstanding
             ,
             )
             the
          
           Publisher
           
             of
             these
             Sheets
             will
             take
             it
             very
             kindly
             to
             be
             inform'd
             ;
             and
             that
             whatsoever
             is
          
           amiss
           
             shall
             be
             constantly
             rectify'd
             in
             the
             Account
             ensuing
             to
             the
             said
             Information
             :
             And
             we
             shall
             give
             further
             to
             understand
             ,
             that
             this
          
           Collection
           
             (
             God
             willing
             )
             shall
             be
             constantly
             publish'd
             the
          
           second
           Wednesday
           of
           every
           Month.
           
        
         
           Eight
           of
           these
           
             Monthly
             Accounts
          
           have
           already
           been
           Publish'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Ninth
           is
           in
           the
           Press
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           to
           be
           had
           for
           Six-pence
           a
           piece
           ,
           and
           once
           in
           a
           Year
           they
           will
           make
           up
           a
           Bound
           Book
           in
           Quarto
           ,
           of
           a
           considerable
           Volume
           ;
           besides
           ,
           their
           containing
           (
           as
           we
           have
           already
           said
           )
           the
           whole
           History
           of
           all
           
             Modern
             Occurrences
          
           they
           will
           be
           intermixt
           and
           beautified
           with
           Tracts
           of
           Geography
           ,
           Criticism
           ▪
           and
           generally
           ,
           all
           that
           falls
           within
           the
           Commonwealth
           of
           Learning
           ;
           as
           for
           example
           the
           foregoing
           
             Turkish
             Secretary
          
           being
           to
           be
           bound
           up
           with
           them
           :
           All
           which
           advantages
           joyn'd
           with
           their
           certainty
           will
           recommend
           'em
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Cabinets
           of
           all
           the
           curious
           ,
           but
           to
           all
           Publick
           Houses
           ,
           as
           Coffee-Houses
           and
           others
           ,
           where
           the
           Entertainment
           they
           afford
           must
           of
           necessity
           invite
           great
           resort
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A37114-e2570
           
             *
             A
             Current
             Piece
             in
             Turkey
             of
             about
             a
             Groat
             or
             five
             pence
             value
             .
          
           
             *
             The
             Lock
             which
             men
             wear
             on
             the
             Crown
             of
             their
             head
             .