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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42631	A description of the present state of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos, and Mount Athos by Joseph Georgirenes ... ; translated by one that knew the author in Constantinople.; Perigraphē tēs parousēs katastaseōs tēs Samou, Ikarias, Patmou, kai Athōnos. English	Geōrgarinēs, Iōsēph, 17th cent.; Denton, Henry, 1633?-1681.	1678 (1678)	Wing G536; ESTC R7929	42,183	134

concerns Marriage and the parties enterchanging a Ring the Priest takes two Garlands made like Crowns and signing them with the sign of the Cross he puts one on the Bridegrooms Head with these words The Servant of God N. N. is Crown'd to the Servant of God A. A. in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost henceforth and for ever The like is done to the Bride and then the Epistle and Gospel appointed for the Occasion is Read Then he that gives them in Marriage first Kisses the Garlands and all the Company in Testimony of their wishing Joy to the Married Parties On Maunday Thursday which is an high day with the Greeks they Consecrate Bread and pour upon it consecrated Wine with these words The Vnion and Conformation of the Holy Body and Precious Blood Amen This Bread is laid up till the first Sunday after Easter and then the Priest in all his Formalities lighting all the Lamps of the Altar perfumes the Bread with Incense and cuts it into pieces as small as a Grain of Wheat Then being put up in a certain Vessel it is laid up for all occasions of the Sick for that year When any is Sick he takes one of these Grains of Bread and putting it into the Chalice he carries it in his hand to the Sick Man's House All that meet him by the way go back with him to the sick Man's House But at Constantinople and other Cities where the Turks are numerous the Priest carries it secretly under his Arm for fear of some affront The Priest is oblig'd to carry this Sacrament to those that have the Plague in which case he puts the Grain of Bread into a Raison and gives it him at the end of a long Cane When any person dyes a Lamp is lighted over the Corps and the House is perfum'd with Incense Then the Corps being stript they dip a Sponge or Lint in warm Water and draw it over the Face Knees and Feet in form of a Cross Then taking a white Linnen Cloth they make a Hole in the middle large enough for the Head to come out and sewing it up close at the Feet they cloath him again with the best Garments the Party Deceased had When the Corps are ready to go to Church the Priest goes before the Corps with a Cross and a Taper in his hand singing certain Prayers At the Church the Office for the Dead being ended the Friends and Kindred of the Party Deceased come and kiss the Corps The Corps being brought to the Grave the Priest takes some of the Earth and sprinkling upon the Head and the Feet and the two Sides in form of a Cross saying these words The Earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof Take O Earth that which is form'd of thee by the hand of God who hath received that which was made according to his likeness and do thou take the Body which belongs to thee Then the Priest throws upon the Corps some Water or Oyl out of one of the Church-Lamps and a piece of flaming Incense and so the Corps are covered In Samos they give Bread and Wine at the Church to those that accompany the Corps to Church Three days after Interment the Friends of the Deceased have a solemn Office at the Church for the Dead After the Office is ended they have a sort of small Junket which they distribute and Eat in the Church with Wine or Strong Water to wash it down This sort of Junket they call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Colyba and they derive its first Institution from the time of Julian the Apostate who to spite the Christians commanded all the Bakers to raise their Paste with the Blood of Beasts that were Sacrific'd to Idols The Christians ignorant of the command were about to buy the Bread till St. Theron that was a Martyr under Maximin appearing to the Patriarch Eudoxius admonish'd him to forbid the Greeks to Eat any Bread of the Bakers making because it was mix'd with the Blood of Beasts offer'd to Idols The Patriarch then ask'd the Saint what the People should Eat He told them Colyba and so shew'd him the way how to make it But now the Greeks use it at these Funeral Commemorations and on a Shrove-Sunday and the Sunday before Pentecost Moreover they have another Commemoration for the Dead nine dayes after Burial at the House where the Party dy'd Then again forty days then at the end of three Months then of six Months then of nine Months and at last of twelve Months The first Year of the party Deceased being expired the Commemoration is only Annual Every Parish hath an anniversary Feast in Commemoration of that peculiar Saint or Patron to whose memory that Church is Dedicated and by whose name it is called All they of the Parish and others that have a particular devotion for the Saint carry with them a present of Bread of a Wax-Taper and Frankincense The Bread goes to the Arch-Bishops Vicar General the Tapers and Incense to the service of the Church And now we have finished the Description of Samos and the story of its present State and Condition by which one place being one of the largest of the Archipelago for Circumference and one of the Fruitfullest for Soil We may guess at the condition of all the rest that are rich enough to maintain a Turkish Governour Besides it acquaints us in great part with the Religion of the whole Greek Church which throughout the whole extent of the Patriarch of Constantinoples Jurisdiction is very uniform without any variation of Rites or Ceremonies A DESCRIPTION Of the ISLE of Nicaria olim Icarus THe Isle of Nicaria being under the Jurisdiction of the Arch-Bishop of Samos I thought it expedient to add this Relation of it as a Supplement to that of Samos Nicaria lies in length East and West its prospect on the North is to Scio on the South to Paros and Naxos on the East to Patmos and the West to Mycone Three Miles distant from the Island on the South-side towards Patmos lye some small Islands unhabited but known by the name of Furny and furnish'd with good Harbours capacious enough for all sorts of Vessels Here the Corsairs of Malta and other Christians us'd to lay in wait for Ships that trade from Scio to Rhodes It lies twelve Miles distant from Samos The Sea about it was formerly call'd the Icarian Sea from Icarus so Famous among the Ancient Poets Quid fuit ut tutas agitaret Daedalus alas Icarus immensas nomine signet aquas Tot premor adversis ut si comprendere coner Icariae numerum dicere coner aquae Ov. l. 4. El. tr 5. Icarus Icariis nomina fecit aquis Transit Icarium lapsas ubi perdidit alas Icarus vastae nomina fecit aquae Ovid. l. 4. Fast It is upwards of fourscore Miles in compass and yet has not one Port nor Road for great Ships but only two small Creeks for

commodious Havens to which it owes its being inhabited though not so well as in former times as appears by the many and great Ruins in it This Island was eminent for those wonderful Revelations which the Blessed Apostle and Evangelist St. John had in it during his banishment thither in the time of the Persecution under Domitian The substance of what is related in that Life of St. John that goes under the Name of Prochorus is generally believ'd in Patmos to this day And though the Author might be of later years than Prochorus the Disciple of St. John as the most judicious Historians of later days do pronounce him to be Yet that the whole contents of that Book should be a meer Fable and nothing but the Product of the Authors invention and fancy is very improbable For though he might take great liberty in the Manner and Circumstance of what he relates yet the Matter and Substance were built upon some foundations of real Truth and such as many Books now not extant and the Streams of Tradition then nearer the Fountain but now run dry might acquaint him with That the Island at St. John's first coming were all Idolaters had people possessed with Devils and were mis-led with Magicians is more than probable That St. John's casting a Devil out of young Apollonides had a great influence on the peoples Conversion and rais'd him the Enmity of a Magician and all that he could draw after him is a thing reasonably credible The Name of Cynops the Magitian is known to all the People to this day yea not without some very improbable circumstances of the Story that St. John should cause him to jump twice into the Sea and the second time to be turn'd into a Rock which now bears his name However it is no small credit to a Place otherwise very inconsiderable that that great Apostle once the peculiarly beloved Disciple who of all the Apostles did alone survive our Saviours judicial coming into his Kingdom of Power and Vengeance upon the Jewish Nation that he should be for no small time an Inhabitant of this Island and there Pen that Mysterious and Sublime Book which to him indeed was Apocalypse but to all others Apocrypha to him a Revelation but to us yet an hidden Mystery like the former Prophecies of the Old Testament that were never rightly understood till actually fulfill'd The Tradition of this Island is very positive that he writ his Gospel here likewise and that upon the Request of the Islanders who at his departure after seven years abode in the Island did importune him to leave them in writing what they ought to believe Whereupon he staid eight days longer to dictate the Gospel to his Disciples that writ it They add more that as he was beginning the Work there hapned a great Thunder and Earthquake whereupon looking up to Heaven he spake those words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In the beginning was the Word Besides it is a most confirm'd Tradition that the Cavern which now goes by the name of the Holy Grotto was made by the Rupture of the Earth in that Earthquake The Original of this Island as it is at this day is ascribed to St. Christodoulus in the Days of Alexius Comnenus It was Alexius Comnenus the first of that name in whose dayes began the Holy War who reigned the 20 last years of the tenth Century and the 18 first of the eleventh and was contemporary with William the Conquerour and Godfrey of Bulloigne This Christodoulus was Abbot of Latros and had jurisdiction over some 20 Monasteries in Asia near a great Lake about a days Journey and half from Ephesus He being molested by the Turks whose power now mightily encreas'd in Asia obtained leave of the Emperour to build a Monastry in Patmos Whither having transported his Wealth and Family he built a Monastry near the Port of Nestia and named it Rouvali But not liking the place and as the Tradition goes being warned by a Vision and a Voice from Heaven he quitted that Monastry and built another in the highest part of the Island and fortifi'd it with a strong Castle environ'd with high and strong Walls And there he built a Church The Inhabitants that lay scatter'd in the Isle desired leave to build Huts neer the Monastry for their better Shelter and defence in case of any sudden Attaque by Pirats In process of time these Huts were chang'd into fair Houses and by Trade and Commerce became a great Town to the number of 800 Houses and there Inhabited by rich Merchants that traded into all parts But the many Revolutions that have happen'd since have eclips'd the former Glory of the place And their Ships of Merchandise are all dwindl'd into small Fisher Boats and the Inhabitants are all extremely poor About half a mile from this place stands the Holy Grotto where St. John the Evangelist is said to have writ the Apocalypse Here is a small Monastry under the Jurisdiction of a Caloir The Inhabitants of the neighbouring Borough pay great Devotion to this place They talk here of a Fig-Tree whose Figs have naturally the Characters of the Word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apocalypsis Near the Grotto is a stone Font where St. John the Evangelist is said to have baptiz'd The best Port of this Island and of all the Archipelago on the West side towards Naxos is call'd Scala or the Wharf because of a Wharf built of stone for the convenient lading or un-lading of Ships That which renders it free from annoyance of Winds are certain little Islands that shelter it from the East and North-east Winds The Venetian Fleet were wont to winter here during the War of Candy Besides this Port stands an entire Village call'd Phocas without an Inhabitant Here is likewise among old Ruins a Church yet standing which they say was built in St. John's days and they shew something like a Pulpit where they say St. John us'd to Preach 2. Merike whose neighbouring Hills are well stored with Vine-yards 3. Leukes fortify'd with a Castle for the Retreat of the Labourers in the Vine-yards and well supply'd with fresh Fish from a neighbouring Lake 4. Myrsini from the growth of Myrtles hereabouts Here is a Fountain of excellent Water which the People call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hagiasma or Holy-Well 5. St. Nicholas from a Church here dedicated to that Saint 6. St. George's from a Church here dedicated to that Saint This is a convenient place for Ships to take in fresh Water at Two Miles hence are the Ruins of an old Town call'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Platys Gialos or the Broad shore but now it is cover'd with the shrub Arbutus which the Greeks call Coumara in old Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it bears a Fruit like a Strawberry but much bigger 7. Turcolimnionos or the Turks Port because it is frequented by the Corsairs Betwixt this place and Port Scala a rich Merchant Nicholas Mathas did lately build a

Tower at Livadi it being a convenient place for Vine-yards and Fishing 8. Agrio Livadi before which lies St. Thecla's Isle with a little Church dedicated to that Saint 9. Port Sapsila before which lies a little Island with a Church in it dedicated to St. Luke 10. Port Gricou next to Scala for commodiousness The Island Tragonesi or Isle of Goats defends it from all Winds 11. Diacopti famous for Salt Pits which belong to the Caloirs Besides this Port is a steep Rock of a very great height which they call Cynops from the Magician in St. John's days whom the People report to have lodg'd in a great Cave in this Rock which Cave they yet believe to be haunted by Devils For once letting down a Man into 't by a Cord for curiosity to see what was in the Cave they pull'd him up dead 12. Meloi a Mile from Port Scala And so we have finish'd the Circuit of the Island in naming the Ports The Inland Villages are 1. Livadi 2. Vagie well beset with Vines and Figtrees 3. Megalocampos rich in the same Fruits and accommodated with a Lake well stor'd with Fish 4. Hagio Theophanes from a Church there dedicated to that Saint and built by St. Christodoulos 5. Sazousa close by the Sea near to which are hot Springs of Water that cure many Diseases The Island is well stored with Vines Figg-Trees Lemon and Orange Trees and Corn sufficient for the Inhabitants if they could keep what they have free from the Robbery of Pirats as well Christian as Mahometan that often pillage the poor People who have no other remedy but patience and sometimes the pleasure of seeing them perish at Sea that have been so injurious to a Shore The Patmians complain more of the Cruelty of the Christian Pirats than of the Turks And though the Islanders have procur'd Charters and Patents from the Pope the King of France from the State of Venice from the Dukes of Tuscany from the Grand Master of Maltha to secure them from the Injuries of Christian Corsairs it is so far from prevailing upon them to withhold their hands from rapine that it does but provoke them to more fierceness Yet these Pirats sometimes are made the visible objects of Divine Vengeance About six years ago the Marquess de Fleury that carry'd away not only the Grazing but the Working Cattle had got no further than Paros 'till his Ship sunk in the Port and he was taken Prisoner and clapt into custody at Corfou by the Venetians Another that pillag'd the Monastry of Liptos had no sooner put to Sea but meeting with some Saiks to which he gave earnest Chase he run himself a Ground and there perish'd he and all his Company Let us now return to the State and Government of the Place The whole Island was given by a Alexius Comnenus to Christodoulus and his successours in the Monastry and the Islands near about that were not inhabited And what Culture they bestow on the little Islands or what Cattle they put to Grazing there becomes all a Prey to the Corsairs so that the Revenues of this Monastry are now much diminish'd and the Monks become extremely poor And his Son Calo Johannes gave also fourteen Villages in Candie But the Turks left them but one small Hospital in Candie which yields them 200 Dollars a Year whereas their Revenues before were at least 13000. Besides the great Monastry there is a little Nunnery containing 40 Nuns This was built but an age ago They purchase their living by their labour for they have no Revenues only the Abbot of the great Monastry is oblig'd to supply them with a Reverend Ancient Monk to do all Sacred Offices among them Besides these there are some small Hermitages that maintain some few Monks 1. The Hermitage of the Holy Grotto of St. John the Divine 2. The Hermitage of the Parasceve 3. Of the Annuntiation of the Blessed Virgin lately built by a Bishop in this last Century 4. The Hermitage called Asomati Lastly in a place called the Gardens which furnish the Monks Kitchin with all necessaries They have certain Chappels consecrated for the Labourers at certain Hours to hear Prayers and so return to their Work And this is the present Condition of the Isle of Patmos once famous for the Residence of that great Apostle St. John and for the great and mysterious Revelation he had in it But now groaning under the Yoke of such Lords as are common enemies to the Christian Faith by whom they are both kept in great awe and slavish obedience and yet ill protected against the violent Incursion of Pirats and Robbers so that Poverty is their best Protection against Rapine and Patience the only Remedy against the grievous Yoak of Tyrannical Oppression A DESCRIPTION OF MOUNT ATHOS MOunt Athos is a demy-Isle or Chersonese lying betwixt the Gulf of Strymon from a River of that name on the North and the Gulf of Singus from the Town Singus on the South The Isthmus or Neck of Land that parts them is not much above a Mile broad It is called by the Greeks 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Athonas by the Franks or Western Christians Monte Santo It is 170 Miles in compass Lemnos stands directly East of it some 40 Miles distant and a little before Sun-set is overshadow'd by it Thassos is 30 Miles distant to the North-east Thessalonica is four days Journey to the West and Philippopoli as many to the North. On the Land side there stands erected a great Wooden Cross beyond which all Women are forbidden to pass Because the Caloirs the only Inhabitants of the place are forbidden all communication with Women as the principal Rule of their Profession Not far from this Cross without the Bounds on the Water-side stands a Village call'd Alladiava The Inhabitants live most upon Fishing and bring their Fish to sell to the Caloris If perchance their Wives or any Women of their Family come along with the Men they are left in the Boat and not suffer d to step a Shore for fear of Excommunication for the highest Rule of Discipline and the most strictly observed is that of not conversing with Women And for more caution and better security of preserving this Rule inviolable they suffer no other Female Creature of what kind soever nor any Children or young men that are Beardless to come within the Mount. In describing the place we cannot pass from Town to Village but only from Monastrys to Hermitages 1. The first and most ancient St. Laura built by Athanasius who obtained special License of the Emperour of Constantinople to retire hither and found a College of Monks so called from that Monastry of Laura of Bethlehem where St. Saba liv'd and his Disciple John once Bishop of Colonia in Armenia and afterwards Monk after the Discipline of St. Saba whose Disciples from a peculiar Rule of Silence which they did solemnly profess and strictly practice were call'd Silentiarii Of this