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treat of the matters of their Faith, and render them out of
Arabick.into
Turkjjh, and thefe Books are
Sc burnt, Salat, Mukad, Multeka, Hidaie, & c .which they defcant upon in an Expofitory manner; inftru&ing
the more ignorant and of lower form, by way of Catechifm. They
havealfofome Books of Poetry written both in
Perfianand
Arabic4,
which run in Rhime andMeeter, like the Golden Verfes of
Pythagoras,containing excellent fentences of Morality, being dire&ioos for a
godly life, and contemplations of the miferies and fallacies of this
world, which many of them commit to memory, and repeat occafionaJ-
ly as they fall into difcourfe* For other Sciences as Logick, Phyfick,
Metaphfick, Mathematicks, and other out Univerfity Learning, they
are wholly ignorant» unlefs in the latter, as far asMufickis a part of
Mathematicks, whereof there is a School apart in the
Seraglio.Only
fome that live in
ConflantiMoplchave learned ipme certain rules of Aftro-
logy, which they exercife upon all occafions, and bufie themfelves in
Prophefies of future contingencies of the Affairs of the Empire, and
the unconftant eftate of great Minifters, in which their prediftions
ieldom divine grateful or pleafing ftories. Neither have the vvifeff
and mod: aftive Minifters or Souldiers amongft them, the leaft infpeffi-
on into Geography, whereby to be acquainted with the fituation of
Countreys or difpofition of the Globe, though they themfelves enjoy
the poffeifion of io large a proportion of the univerie. Their Seamen,
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l>it bcroo23aalit bat 311 / in tout rijt f)et oolutf/ gem gcitieciifaamhcit en Ijanbelonba nialbanbcc iionnmljebben/ bieniet5ccr icDiqiss / enntcthctom3acljaantoiifl/ 'ttodlt3p bm genen tocb?ageit/ in bfelbet tcgmtooo?Digbctt 3p 3ijn. äiö ;pnaar be plantfcn gaan / Die gefebiht 3011 om’t brfjocf Der natuur tc bolbom / of naar Ijct bab/ bwbett 3p ban cm gdubbe gebolgt^bte ijen nooit tut het ge3icljt bcrlicfl/cii uooit toolaat bat iemant ban ljun naaflrn ofbiicnben met nett fp?eeltt / 303p gecn beriof ban beKapa Aga,
of ’tljooft ber geltibbcn bcbbcit. «Delimiter®/Hua
baar 3p flapcn / 3ijn 3cci- lang / in Debiclhcn be gcljelc nacht bcur lampen U?am 3 ben. ljun bebben leggen 3Übcltng nan malhanber opSafraovcn
, of planhm /p ban be grout gcljeben. ÆujTcljcii bijf of 3e® ban be te bebben flaapt een gcluto be / bie in bier boegm gcplaatft iö/ bat Ijp 5ecr Itcptclijli ban 3ÎC11 m ho?cn of ’ct ooft iettf tutTcbeiiljmge3cgt/ of gebaan too’b / ’t toclh met cerlijb to / en bat be ScDigljcit qnetff.~tT- SO U V > 0
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3t|n 3elben 30iten ban gebo?e Curlieit; tttaar / geiijlt tft ge3cgt heb / mm nceittt henjareltjh® b’armedjptfenentunjBorea/ of Albanienaf, ’ttoclh beröo?3aaltt bat bC3e lanbm 3ecr ontbloot ban bullt 3Ün.3
©attt men b?eitgt ’er/ geüjh men mpbcr3cbccthceft/ iateljjü® meer bau ttoce buttem tc lionffantf nopolen.211®
5p baar gehonten 3ün/bertoom nteu hen boonaaitbeVifir,
bie hm bcrbcelt ttaar DatbP bau gesittti®/ fonunigenin’t^crrailban Galaca,dt b’anbcren itt bat ban Okmedon, of dinbunopel baar men hen tot berfrljeibe bienften gcbtutltt. ißctt laat ’er ooü cnigeit in bc Hat/ baar men hen ninbachtcn boctlerm. 3>aac 3ünanbcreit ' bie men in 3ce3cub/ omtot0oot®gc3eilcngc; toiuht te UwnDcn / cn om bc tcebaart te leren. «De gelten / bie gelulilugft 31311 / bjotbmboo?’t groot^erratl betonart/ baar ttten hm gebmibt om bc paerbcit tc be30’gcn/ teltoftm/ iitbetumeiitctocrftcit/ houttelilobm/ bcfloepbanbe
grote % et bootttcroejcit/ momin’talgemcenal’tgemtcbocn/ ’ttoelhhun ,
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berflcn antt hen bcbelen/ bie. tuen Oda Baffis noentt/ aanbctodlieinncn • tot hun betalittg bijfticn38
fpcrcn bc® baagö / ttocc hieben ban Iahen in ’t jaar/ cn een (lull lijntoaat gceft/ ont hentbett en ucuOboefteit baar af tc tttahen. «De3eT t - SO U W O
<De hinberm ban/ bie tot bc grote amptmban ’t fiphgcfchiht / enbanbe Van (durften
Ichoglans
geitocint toojbeit/ moeteitban ChnlleltjltcoubcrOgcfpio;,a°n^,
tdt / in b’ootlog gebangm / of ban 3cet berre gduacht 3ijn. 9ih heb bifttotjlo woi* aaitgemerht bat bc gelten ban ?Clgiero nooit gefchenhm aan ’t IJofbom/ of baar jtjn enige hinberm onber/ bie 3p in hun (troperijm gehangen Ijebbm.Jßm han licljtelij-t behemtm bat bit ^taatoüelcit Ineropfteunt/ bat bc hin-
bereu bccClJ?»|lmon altijt af fteer ban hun ouber o 5itlfett hebüm/ na bat 3p bol>
gettei gronbett m gcbtoottteiV bie 30 becl ban be Ijnnnett bcrfchillen/ opgetuacht
3ttllen 3htten bat/ 30 3p ban berre gcluacht tootben / 3p lithtdtjh tttet bc tijt be
geheugmio baar nfmllm bergen: in boegm bat bete licbm / alle be gefiel=
teiltet / bie 3Pbebbmüonbm/ eit be lief be cn geheugmitf ban hun oubero ber-
!o?dt!)cbbdtbc/ gern anber b5cltoit3ullmhcbbcn/ ban hun <0jootmccfter tc
behagen/ mbooth^m t’arbeibeit. <€mttoeeben/be3eüiinbcrmrnoctmbol-
maafttelpfchoori/ m aangcttaambangelaat3ün/ tu gern naturcliilt gclucft
hebben: toant bc Curhcit aclttm ’t bpna ontttogdijh tc 3ijn bat in emfthooti
lighaam cm (höbe 3iel gchuisibell30u toefen. <£n ih heb aangmterht bat ttict vor
aliemltjh in ’t ^errail/ maar 00h in ’t Ijiof ber liebm ban (laat/ alle be fonhljetttrc frel'
ban hun gebolgaangmaam ban gebannte/ toi)® / 3cbig/en3cerecrbiebigin g! rf°eet
tegcntooo?bigbeit‘banbnnnteeflcrsi io'r in boegm bat/atoem
BafliAga, ofimke.
Spahis
toanbdt / mm fiem altijt bait cm fchoon mtreffdijh gebblg bcr5dt 31‘et;
bermito’er nietet tO/ ’t toclh beterbe grootheit ban bit ßiihbertoont/ nlöhet
boo?trcffeltjh gefloet ban lieben / bie ban ¿Staat 3tjn: mihmagicggen batilt
in bc grootfie Ifobm ban ’t Cönltenbom nietö gc5im heb/ bat hiftbjffja*
len han.
€cr bC3e hinberm aangenomm too?bm / bertoortt ntmhmboo?begrote J^eer / bie hen / naar ’t hem belieft / in ’t ¿§crrailban pera / ban
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titb?inopel/ of in ’t groot ^errail ban Jkonflantinopolm 3mb. iDit 3ijn bc biicplaatfm/ baar 30 opgeboeb tootbm. gmm/ bie tot het groot ^§crrail nitgcfto3cit too?bett/ hebbett altijt icto bc30itber/’ttodhhmaanp?ii3elijltmaaltt; m3
P too?bm b’cerflen tot amptm gcbo?bert. .Wien (tdt hen onber’t bdrit ban beXapa Aga
, of lijooft ber toittc gcltibbm/
bie hm met cm toecrgabdo3c ftrmg- heit hattbclm / cn / betotjl3
P hnn tuchtmccftcrtf 31111 / ntethet ittinflc mtöDujfT,0^ laten betirgaan/ jottDcr hen met grote fellieit tcftraffett.3
©ant begdubbm kindere3
f)n ban ltatnur to?eet; of ombat3
Pb’anbcrm/ bie gehcel mongcffhoitben‘i>’'Tur 3ijn/ bettijbm/ of ont bat3
P mtgftn® benatuur ber btoutoen hebbm / biegeAcheHc mmelijlier to?cber m to?anh3uchtigcr 3ijn/ ban bc mattitm. jjI5
m|frafthm gemmdpft tttet flagcn onber tegm beboctm aan/ met lang baffen/ m utet lang toahen/ m fomttjtö met anbercflrengcrflrnffm: in boegm bat be gern / bie alle be bcrfcljcibc ftljolen / o?berangen m trappen ban ’t ^crrail bcitrgcraabtApart from the auxiliary schools already mentioned as existing in
Adrianople and Galata, a third one was founded by Ibrahim Pasha,
Grand Vizir o f Suleiman, and named after him. Both this and that
at Adrianople were abolished by Sultan Ibrahim, while the Galata
School is still flourishing. The total number o f pages in the Seraglio
was never less than 300 or more than 900. The usual course o f study,
extending for no less than fourteen years, included Turkish, Arabic,
and Persian in all their branches, while ‘ side-lines * such as leather
working, the manufacture o f bows and arrows and quivers, falconry,
dog-breeding, music, shampooing, manicuring, haircutting, and
turban-dressing were selected largely at choice. Rewards in the form
o f pay were always given, so that every encouragement to progress
1 D r Miller, Beyond the Sublime Porte, p. 56.
2 Lybyer, The Government o f the Ottoman Empire in the Time o f Suleiman the Magnificent,
p. 128, n. 1.
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