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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52655	A narrative of the success of the voyage of the right honourable Heaneage Finch, Earl of Winchilsea, Viscount Maidstone, Baron Fitz-Herbert of Eastwell, Lord of the royal mannor of Wye, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Kent and city of Canterbury, His Majesties ambassadour extraordinary to the high & mighty Prince Sultan Mamet Han, emperour of Turkey, from Smyrna to Constantinople; his arrival there, the manner of his entertainment and audience with the Grand Fizier and Grand Seignior.		1661 (1661)	Wing N227; ESTC R214299	7,523	13

Against next day things were provided for our entrance being the 18. day and indeed with that handsome State and Equipage that I believe none of his Predecessours nor yet the Emperours Ambassadours can boast of a more honourable nor a more noble reception The Grand Seignior sent several of his officers to attend and receive him at his first landing and the multitude of people that flocked from all parts made the businesse of more wonder and expectation Assoon as we descended from the Ship into the boat designed to carry us ashore the Ship fired 51. Guns with that deliberation and so leisurely as continued until his landing where being met by his own Servants the Merchants of the place and those brought with us from Smyrna with the Officers of the Grand Seignior my Lord's Horse being covered with a Crimson velvet foot-cloth richly laced and being mounted thereupon and his Ladie in the Coach we marched in this order 1. The Vaivod of Gallata and his men 2. The Captain of the Janizaries with his Janizaries 3. The Chouse Bashaw with his Chouses 4. The English Trumpeters 5. The English horsemen and Merchants 6. My Lord 's own Janizaries 7. The Druggermen 8. My Lord himself with Pages and Footmen by his side 9. My Lord's Gentlemen 10. His Ladies Coach and three other Coaches following with her women made almost after the manner of Holland waggons 11. The Officers and Reformadoes of the ship As we marched all the streets were crowded with people and the windows with spectatours as being unusual in this Councrey to see a Christian Ambassadour attended with so many Turkish Officers The presse was also the more augmented and the passage obstructed by casting 550. five foll pieces which My Lord commanded to be disposed of amongst the people And thus being arrived at his house at Pera he was immediately saluted by the Secretary of the Emperours Resident in behalf of his Master and soon after by the Secretary of the Excellentissimo Ballarino and Capello who negotiate the affairs of the Venetian Republique and the next day by a messenger of the French Ambassadours and Dutch Agent On that day the Grand Seignior sent him a present of ten sheep and fifty hens a hundred loaves of bread twenty sugar loaves twenty wax candles a favour extraordinary not usually conferred on any Ambassadour On the 20. day of this moneth he had audience of the Grand Vizier and being attended thither with the same solemnity as at his first entrance onely that untill he came unto Constantinople side He had not the attendance of Chaus Bassa who met him on the other side of the water and thence conducted him to his Viziers pallace At his first entrance he was led in between two of his Gentlemen very few of his retinue being suffered to follow him into the presence of the Vizier who sate in a little room upon Cushions and his feet covered a fire in the room and upon a Sapha were several Bashaws and Chauses standing by him Two Crimson Velvet stools were fetched out one for my Lord and the other for Sir Thomas Bendish on which being sate he presented the Kings Letter to the Vizier by the hand of the Chancellor who was there present by him the Letters were wrote on parchment and put in a bagg made of cloth of Gold As soon as they were delivered my Lord Bendish began to inform the Vizier that this was that honourable person he had formerly acquainted him was coming Ambassadour rhat he was of that Nobility and Alliance to the King that had not his Majestie highly and in an extraordinary manner intended to honour the Grand Seignior he would not have exposed his kinsman to so long dangerous a voyage Then my Lord began to tell him the Restauration of the King of his greatness and power of his Clemency in pardoning all but such as were engaged in the bloud of his Father That in his passage to this place he had by the command of the King touched at Algier endeavouring to renew the former articles of peace and to release an English Lord which was there a captive enslaved contrary to the agreement of peace but was foiled in the Treaty and could reduce them to nothing of reason or justice and therefore desired to know of the Vizier what should be done in this case To which he replied that he would have a care of it and see to do him justice My Lord further assured him of the friendship that the King his Master desired to preserve with the Grand Seignior and therefore desiring to honour him hath sent him his first Ambassador to salute him before he had appointed or designed any for the Christian Princes To which the Vizier proudly replied that that was but reason since the Grand Seignior was an Emperour and they but Kings and he the greatest most Soveraign Potentate of the world He further told him that being now come upon a business of Ceremony and Complement he could not insist upon much business whereby to over burthen him with a tedious discourse but should referre that to be intimated to him by his Drugerman at some other convenient time of Treaty and discourse This being passed two bowls of Sherbet were brought forth which we drunk one to another but not the Turks This being done the English present was brought forth and laid before the Vizier consisting of twenty Vests four of them being of fine English cloth of several colours four Velvet of several flowred Stuffs of gold and silver four of watered Tabbies four of several Sattins worked gaudy and gay after the Turkish fashion In recompence we received thanks and my Lord himself with Sir Thomas Bendish and six of those that attended were vested which vests had nothing of value more then that they came from the Vizier as usual Liveries and Badges of their favours After this my Lord departed wearing this painted vest untill he came without the gates of the Pallace and then delivered it to the hands of his Page and so likewise did those that followed him to their Servants and thus in the same manner returned back again to his house at Pera with an appearance of fair correspondencie of a maintainance of the former Capitulations with an amendment of the afore passed abuses On the 26. Feb. my Lord had audience of the Gr. Seignior which was purposely deferred until that day of payment of the Janizaries that so the Ambassadour might see more than an usual solemnity and make a good report in his own Countrey of the glory and magnificence of the Ottoman Emperours We being attended as formerly when he had audience of the Vizier he departed from his house upon the first break of day and having passed the water was on Constantinople side met by the Chouse Bassaw and his Chouses which conducted us to the Seraglio where being entred and riding through the first spacious Court we alighted from our horses and walked through another Court untill

we came to the Divan where at the upper end was placed the Grand Vizier on his right hand were five other Viziers of which the Captain Bashaw was one on his left hand were the two Judges or Chief Justices one of which wore a great Turbant of green being of the family and kindred of the Prophet near to whom was placed the Toftardar or Lord Treasurer with three other Bashaws being under Treasurers The floor of the Divan was spread with Carpets and on them a rich covering of bags of money to pay the Souldiery there being in all an hundred and fifty heaps every one of which consisted of ten purses and every purse five hundred dollers so that the summe by computation amounted to an hundred and fifty thousand pounds Being come to the door of the Divan none were admitted in besides my Lord Sir Thomas Bendish and about six or seven more being entred Sir Thomas Bendish and my Lord approched towards the Vizier others remaining at the lower end of the room where for them were set two small red Velvet Stools on which being set there passed some discourse of kindnesse and civility which being done they retired to another part of the room In the mean while the payment of the Souldiers went forward every Colonel and Captain receiving the pay of his Regiment and company which having done every one of them came up to the Vizier and kissed the hemme of his vest on his knees and so retired with great humility making haste away from him passing with one side towards him so as not to turn his back The payment being over three small Tables were brought in the Grand vizier retiring by reason of his indisposition of body on which were set a large capacious Voider for a Table that on which they dined being of silver oar other of mixed metal Being set at these Tables their meat was served in one dish after another where they had no knives laid for them to cut for supposing the sharpness of their stomacks would make amends for the want of knives they fell too after the Turkish fashion and tore it in pieces but scarce was any dish upon the table sometimes almost before they had tasted it but immediately was snatched off and another set in his place having thus superficially proved every dish of which there was about two Courses the Table was taken away and the Chouse Bashaw advised them to accompany him where they should receive the Honour of the Grand Seigniors Vests according to the usual custome upon like occasions Eighteen Vests were bestowed and one more above the number as a mark of more honour and favour Whilest this was doing the present made to the Grand Seignior by the Turkey Company was displayed in open Court consisting of fifty Vests ten being of Velvet ten of Sattin ten of Cloth of Gold ten of Tabbies ten of fine English cloth every one of which Vests was held by a several person so that fifty men were rancked in order for the better appearance and four English Mastiffs were also given as an addition to the Present In this Court were also drawn up the whole body of the Janizaries that were then paid consisting of five thousand men amongst whom there was that silence that not one whisper or noise or the least motion was understood And as the Janizaries Aga and other Commanders passed the bowing and salutations that they made were also regular at the same time as may well testifie the exactnesse of the Discipline and admirable obedience which hath been the sole cause of their Conquest and enlargement of their Empire Being thus vested and the Grand Vizier gone into the presence of the Grand Seignior to whom we bowed as he passed two Cappagee Bashaws with Silver staves conducted him to the Audience none being permitted to follow him but Sir Thomas Bendish his Brother the Drugerman the Captain of the Ship the Treasurer and his Secretary who carried the Cloth of Cold bagg in which were the Kings Letters The Gate we first entred was set vvide open vvithin it vvas paved vvith vvhite Marble vvhere attended some fourty Eunuchs all clothed vvith divers Colours of silk and Sattin Vests coming near the Presence door vve made a stand in the Porch vvhere runnes a pleasant Fountain of vvater and trode very softly so as not to disturb vvith the least motion that great Majesty vvhere vvas so profound a silence that nothing vvas heard more than the murmuring of the Fountain Just at the Entrance hung a Ball of gold studded vvith Diamonds and precious stones and about it great Chains of rich Peail The Chamber vvhere the Grand Seignior sate vvas covered vvith a Carpet of Crimson Velvet and embroidered vvith Gold vvire and so likevvise vvas an open Gallery before the Entrance through vvhich vve first passed and many of them beset vvith small seed-pearl The Grand Seigntor himself sate in a Throne raised a small heighth from the ground supported vvith four pillars plated vvith Gold from the top hung great Balls of massie and vveighty Gold The Cushions he sate upon and those also that lay by and the Carpets spread upon the Throne were all beset vvith Jevvels on his Right hand stood the Grand Vizier the tvvo Cappagee Bashavvs took him by each hand and brought him into the Presence about the middle of the room laying their hands upon his head made him bovv untill he had almost touched the Carpets vvith his fore-head and then raising him again they retired vvith him backvvard unto the furthest part of the room in like manner they did unto the rest of his company The Kings Letters being presented they vvere appointed to be carried to the Lord Chancellour and the Drugerman by his order in the Turkish Language read in his Paper to this effect First declaring hovv the King of England vvas restored again vvithout War or any Conditions and the great Clemency of the King in pardoning all but such as had a hand in the murther of his Father Secondly to recommend to his Majesty the continuance of his protection to our Merchants Thirdly to beg all English slaves as a Testimony of his Majesties gracious acceptance of him The Ceremonies being over and the paper read vve immediately retired avvay and so passing along by the Janizaries unto our horses and being mounted vve stood out of the vvay to see those Souldiers march by us vvhich indeed seemed a very flourishing Militia of young men strong and vvell cloathed about tvvo or three thousand first marched vvith baggs of money upon their shoulders aftervvards follovved about as many more running vvith much haste after the money next follovved their Commanders vvell mounted vvith brave feathers of a yard high upon-their heads next follovved the Chouses and their Commanders vvith several Bashavvs of great quality Last of all the Grand Vizier vvho being gone my Lord and his attendance proceeded forvvards and so returned to his house It is observable that there vvere admitted to eat in the Divan many of his Retinue vvhich never before vvas admitted onely for the tvvo Ambassadours and also that none had access to the presence of the Grand Seignior but onely the tvvo Ambassadours and the Drugerman 'T is observable that the dishes in vvhich the meat vvas served up vvere of a greenish colour made of earth very ordinary to the eye yet such as Cost the Grand Seignior an hundred and fifty dollers apiece brought from China vvhose virtue is such that as soon as any poyson comes into them they break immediately and therefore the most necessary for the security of the Emperour FINIS