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day_n judge_n session_n judicature_n diet_n and_o give_v a_o account_n to_o the_o king_n of_o whatsoever_o have_v pass_v pag._n 17._o chap._n 3._o of_o the_o audience_n and_o entertainment_n give_v to_o ambassador_n pag._n 28._o chap._n 4._o of_o the_o person_n that_o live_v in_o the_o seraglio_n and_o chief_o of_o the_o woman_n and_o virgin_n p._n 34._o chap._n 5._o of_o the_o ajamoglan_n how_o take_v distribute_v and_o employ_v p._n 56._o chap._n 6._o of_o the_o king_n itchoglan_n their_o severe_a diseipline_n and_o education_n in_o the_o four_o subordinate_a school_n and_o of_o their_o after_o advancement_n p._n 67._o chap._n 7._o of_o inferior_a person_n and_o buffoon_n mute_n musician_n etc._n etc._n of_o white_a eunuch_n and_o of_o the_o grand_a officer_n of_o the_o seraglio_n p._n 87._o chap._n 8._o of_o the_o black_a eunuch_n and_o black-moor_n girl_n and_o woman_n of_o the_o physician_n andof_o the_o king_n child_n p._n 100_o chap._n 9_o of_o the_o cook_n kitchen_n diet_n of_o the_o king_n and_o queen_n and_o of_o their_o other_o manner_n of_o service_n of_o the_o scullery_n and_o provision_n of_o the_o seraglio_n p._n 108._o chap._n 10._o of_o apparel_n bed_v sickness_n hospital_n inheritance_n king_n expense_n recreation_n receive_v of_o petition_n of_o the_o king_n stable_n and_o byram_n solemnity_n p._n 128._o chap._n 11._o of_o the_o old_a seraglio_n and_o woman_n life_n therein_o of_o their_o marriage_n and_o child_n slave-selling_n and_o witness_n p._n 147._o chap._n 12._o of_o their_o religion_n opinion_n clergyman_n time_n place_n and_o rite_n sacred_a and_o of_o the_o woman_n small_a devotion_n p._n 158._o the_o grand_a signor_n seraglio_n chap._n i._n a_o description_n of_o the_o place_n partition_n and_o manifold_a convenience_n of_o the_o seraglio_n the_o *_o house_n seraglio_n wherein_o the_o grand_a signior_n reside_v with_o his_o court_n be_v in_o that_o place_n where_o byzantium_n stand_v upon_o a_o point_n of_o the_o continent_n which_o 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