They pay a mighty Veneration to any Relique of _Mahomet_, his Banner is still preserved in the Treasury of the _Seraglio_, and is look'd upon as the great Security of the Empire. They believe that it was sent from Heaven, and conveyed into the Hands of _Mahomet_, by the Angel _Gabriel_, as a Pledge and Sign of Success and Victory in his Battels against the _Christians_, and all other Enemies of the _Musulman_-Faith. It was sent to _Candia_ to encourage the Soldiers to endure the fatigue of that long and tedious Siege; and when it was brought thence after the Surrendry of that City, to be deposited in its usual Place, the _Vizir_ gave several _Christian_ Slaves, that row'd in the Galley that was fraught with this Holy Ware, their Liberty. They pretend to have some Rags of _Mahomet_'s Vest, to which they ascribe great Virtue. In confidence of which, the Emperor _Achmet_, in the time of a great Fire which raged at _Constantinople_, when all other means fail'd, dipt part of them in Water to be sprinkled upon the Fire to rebate the Fury of it. Next to the _Mufti_ or _Cadaleskires_ are the _Mollas_, of which these four are the chiefest in Dignity. The Molla of _Galata_, _Adrianople_, _Aleppo_, _Prusa_; and after them are reckoned these eight, _Stambol Ephendi_, _Larissa_, _Misir_ or _Cairo_, _Sham_ or _Damascus_, _Diarbekir_ or _Mesopotamia_, _Cutaia_, _Sophia_, _Philippi_. The Priests have no Habit peculiar to their Profession, whereby they are distinguish'd from others. If they are put from their Moschs for miscarriage or neglect of doing their Duty, or if they think fit to resign and be Priests no longer, they may betake themselves without any Scandal to secular Employments, their former Character and Quality wholly ceasing. While they remain Priests, they counterfeit a more than ordinary Gravity in their Discourse and Walking: and affect to wear Turbants swelling out, and made up with more cross folds: which was all the difference which I could observe by their Head Attire, which is various, tho' I could not find that this was constantly and strictly observed. In _Byram_ time, which is the great Festival of the Year, at which time every one looks cheerfully and merrily, among other signs of mutual Respect, they besprinkle one another with sweet Water. They indulge to several Sports: and some are mightily pleased with swinging in the open Air, the ordinary sort of People especially, paying only a few Aspers for the diversion.