Sir Robert Sutton had his audience of the _Grand Signior_ at the _seraglio_ of this place, whither he rode about seven a clock on a horse of state, conducted as before by the _chiaush bashá_, and attended by all the gentlemen of the English nation. At these audiences it is the custom of the Turks to show somewhat of the discipline of their soldiery, together with the process of their justice at the _diván_. And therefore so soon as his Excellency entered at the first gate of the _seraglio_, into a large and green court, some companies of the _janisaries_, ranged on the opposite side, ran with a great but orderly agility, to seize several dishes of their broth, placed at equal distances on the area of the court; after which they were remanded by the _churbegées_, who ran among the ranks, and instead of words of command ordered them by a certain gentle hissing into their respective stations. During this entertainment his Excellency advanced towards the _diván_, which is an oblong ground room, opening on the front into a gallery, by which only it is separated from the court above mentioned. It is surrounded on three sides with benches, covered with embroidered silk, and the floor is laid with carpets; otherwise it has no ornaments, nor embellishments of the walls. On the middle of the principal bench, where it faces the door, sat the grand _vizír_, having one crimson cushion under him, and another to support his feet, by which only he is distinguished from other ministers of the _diván_. On his right hand upon the same bench sat the _caimekám_, and _Abdollá pashá_ son of the late _Mustaphá Kioprili_; but on his left hand the two _cadileskérs_, the one for Europe, and the other for Asia. The two side benches were took up on the right hand by the _nishangeé bashá_, and on the left by the _tefterdár_. Sitting in this order, and maintaining a profound silence, they dispatched several causes of _meum_ and _tuum_, in the sight of the ambassador and his retinue; in which there was no other process, than the reading several succinct cases to the _vizír_, together with the depositions of the witnesses, upon which he pronounced his verdict, and the parties were immediately dismissed. But in these, and other affairs of the like kind, the _reis effendi_ and _teskergée bashá_ also assist; the former of which acts as solicitor and secretary to the _diván_, and the latter is the gentleman usher, who carries all messages and papers betwixt the _Grand Signior_ and the _vizír_. In the mean time the _Grand Signior_, tho he is never personally present in the _diván_, yet he is at his pleasure a witness and overseer of all that passes there, by means of a lattice window, which looks out of his apartments just over the seat of the _vizír_. These ceremonies ended, there were brought in divers tables and placed before the _vizír_, the _caimekám_, the _nishangée_, and the _tefterdár_; all which being