Serraglio

For although (as hath bene ſaid) the Temple of Sancta Sophia, which he moſt vſually frequenteth, is not aboue a ſtones caſt from the out-moſt gate of the Serraglio, yet hath he not ſo few as a thousand horſe (beſides the archers of his guard and other footmen) in that ſhort proceſſion: […]

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Here we ſaw certaine great Serraglios, exceeding high, and propt vp by buttreſſes.

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When we reached the Babamayun-kapoussi, or the grand gate of the serraglio, we found the infantry of the imperial guard drawn up in lines on each side of the street, from the walls of the serraglio to the hippodrome, and the entrance of the imperial mosque of Achmet, where the Courbann-Bairam namaz was to be offered up by Mahmood and his court, to the one God and to the prophet Mahomet.

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[…] desert: disputing in their shifts by night, candles in hand, in the Throne-room; telling each other fairytales; arming themselves with incomparable buffoonery for great adventures, moving the audience to limitless laughter over their efforts to catch a dove, acting as prime ministers, as admirals on ships, as turnkeys and sausage sellers, as heads of serraglios, and dyers and stableboys and philosophers are the four Masks of the Commedia, Truffaldino, (1) Tartaglia, Brighella and Pantaloon.

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