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covel's diary.
with severall adornments. Upon a settle or little stand by
lay the Al Koran and a whimsicall coat of a great Santon1
dervish, which was all cover'd with green silk ; this was
not there at Adrianople. The santones coat I saw taken
out about ten dayes after ; it was like a Taberd? There
are therefore three courts, as it were, all invironed with a
wall tent, embattled like the walls of a City, which none
else can have but himself; the flowers and corners are red
canvas, the lists of white girt web, the ground green canvas;
all in this fashion, but 4 have some severall fantasyes in
some suits, which are not in other suits ; yet the severall
suits are uniforme to themselves. In the first court, there-
fore, stood the Kiosk, the square tent, round tent, and the
Capagasi? etc., and Long tent; in the 2d Court the odd,
and many tents at distance two oghlans, or pages ; and
others in the third court were all other offices, Kitching,
sherbets, etc. One side of this outward wall in the Maidan
reached 400 paces ; but that may alter, according to the
ground on which they pitch it, which may be lesse, or far
more, and the figure may alter ; the foreside was about 100
paces. They have many bales of wall tents to adde upon
occasion. We went in at a side door, having obtein'd first
leave of the Capagasi ; before the great or common door
stood six Javelings, which, with horse-tayles about their
upper end, and a golding globe at top, about 4 yards
high, and just before them was pitch't a round ordinary
tent, where the hangman set, and all publick justice is
done in the sight of the G. Sr., who stands in his little
Kiosk.
Upon the right hand, going up from thence, stood the
1 Santo?i = ho\y man.
- Tabard was originally a light vest worn over the armour ; and
generally embroidered with the arms of the wearer.
Kapougi, ''gate-keeper"; and Kapa Agasi, "master of the gate".
with severall adornments. Upon a settle or little stand by
lay the Al Koran and a whimsicall coat of a great Santon1
dervish, which was all cover'd with green silk ; this was
not there at Adrianople. The santones coat I saw taken
out about ten dayes after ; it was like a Taberd? There
are therefore three courts, as it were, all invironed with a
wall tent, embattled like the walls of a City, which none
else can have but himself; the flowers and corners are red
canvas, the lists of white girt web, the ground green canvas;
all in this fashion, but 4 have some severall fantasyes in
some suits, which are not in other suits ; yet the severall
suits are uniforme to themselves. In the first court, there-
fore, stood the Kiosk, the square tent, round tent, and the
Capagasi? etc., and Long tent; in the 2d Court the odd,
and many tents at distance two oghlans, or pages ; and
others in the third court were all other offices, Kitching,
sherbets, etc. One side of this outward wall in the Maidan
reached 400 paces ; but that may alter, according to the
ground on which they pitch it, which may be lesse, or far
more, and the figure may alter ; the foreside was about 100
paces. They have many bales of wall tents to adde upon
occasion. We went in at a side door, having obtein'd first
leave of the Capagasi ; before the great or common door
stood six Javelings, which, with horse-tayles about their
upper end, and a golding globe at top, about 4 yards
high, and just before them was pitch't a round ordinary
tent, where the hangman set, and all publick justice is
done in the sight of the G. Sr., who stands in his little
Kiosk.
Upon the right hand, going up from thence, stood the
1 Santo?i = ho\y man.
- Tabard was originally a light vest worn over the armour ; and
generally embroidered with the arms of the wearer.
Kapougi, ''gate-keeper"; and Kapa Agasi, "master of the gate".