SIX TURKS _enter gravely, two and two at the sound of instruments. They carry three carpets which they lift very high as they dance several dances The_ TURKS _pass under the carpets, singing and range themselves on each side of the stage. The_ MUFTI, _accompanied by_ DERVISHES, _closes the march. The_ TURKS _then spread the carpets on the ground, and kneel down upon them. The_ MUFTI _and the_ DERVISHES _stand up in the middle of them; and while the_ MUFTI _invokes Mahomet in dumb contortions and grimaces the_ TURKS _prostrate themselves to the ground, singing_ Alli, _raising their hands to heaven, singing_ Alla, _and continue so alternately to the end of the invocation; after which they all rise up, singing_, Alla eckber, _and two_ DERVISHES _go and fetch_ MR. JOURDAIN. SCENE X.--THE MUFTI, DERVISH, TURKISH SINGERS _and_ DANCERS. MR. JOURDAIN, _dressed like a Turk, his head shaved, without any turban or sword_. THE MUFTI (_to_ MR. JOURDAIN). [1] Se ti sabir, Ti respondir; Se non sabir, Tazir, tazir. Mi star muphti, Ti qui star si? Non intendir; Tazir, tazir. [2] [1] _Lingua franca,_ jargon composed of Italian, Spanish, &c., and spoken in the Levant. [2] If you understand, Answer; If you do not understand, Hold thy peace, hold thy peace. I am the Mufti (TWO DERVISHES _retire with_ MR. JOURDAIN.) SCENE XI.--THE MUFTI, DERVISHES, TURKS, _singing and dancing_. MUF. Dice, Turque, qui star quista? Anabatista? anabatista? [Say, Turk, who is this? Is he Anabaptist? Anabaptist?] TUR. Ioc. [No.] MUF. Zuinglista? [A Zwinglian?] TUR. Ioc. [No.] MUF. Coffita? [A Capht?] TUR. Ioc. [No.] MUF. Hussita? Morista? Fronista? [A Hussite? a Moor? a Phronist?] TUR. Ioc, ioc; ioc. [No, no, no.] MUF. Ioc, ioc, ioc. Star pagana? [No, no, no. Is he a pagan?] TUR. Ioc. [No.] MUF. Luterana? [A Lutheran?] TUR. Ioc. [No.] MUF. Puritana? [A Puritan?] TUR. Ioc. [No.] MUF. Bramina? Moffina? Zurina? [A Brahmin? a Moffian? a Zurian?] TUR. Ioc, ioc, ioc. [No, no, no.] MUF. Ioc, ioc, ioc. Mahametana? Mahametana? [No, no, no. A Mahometan? a Mahometan?] TUR. Hi Valla. Hi Valla. [There you have it. There you have it.] MUF. Como chamara? Como chamara? [How is he called? How is he called?] TUR. Giourdina, Giourdina. [Jourdain, Jourdain.] MUF. (_jumping_). Giourdina, Giourdina. [Jourdain, Jourdain.] TUR. Giourdina, Giourdina. [Jourdain, Jourdain.] THE MUFTI. [1] Mahameta, per Giourdina, Mi pregar sera e matina. Voler far un paladina De Giourdina, de Giourdina; Dar turbanta, e dar scarrina, Con galera, e brigantina, Per deffender Palestina. Mahameta, per Giourdina, Mi pregar sera e matina. (_To the_ TURKS.) Star bon Turca Giourdina?