The _Turks_, that were not far from us, wonder’d what we were so earnest about; and after we rose from the Table, my _Chiaux_ went to them. They gathered themselves in a Ring about him, and I saw them hearkening to the Discourse he made, with great Attention; and at last, at Noon, they were all silent, and worshipped God according to their Custom. I thought it long till my _Chiaux_ returned to me, that I might know why he prated so amongst his Comrades; I was afraid, though I had ever found him a good Man, that he might represent what I had spoken to him, to my Prejudice: At last, when the Wind ceased, we went aboard again, and followed our intended Course. The first thing I did, was, to ask of my _Chiaux_, what serious Discourse he held with his Country-men? He smil’d, and made me this Answer: _We were disputing about ~Predestination~, and I told them what you had alledg’d ~Pro~ and ~Con~; by which it was plain, that you had read our Books, and was well read in the ~Scriptures~, so that there was nothing wanting to your Happiness, but to turn to our ~Religion~, which, in the Prayers you saw us make, we desired of God._ When News was brought to _Constantinople_ that _Bajazet_ was dispatched, I was afraid that our Affairs, which were in a hopeful way of Conclusion, would now meet with a Rub at last; the Misfortune of _Bajazet_ might over-turn all, make the _Turks_ more Insolent, undo what was done, and propose harder Conditions. I had passed over some Difficulties, as the Loss of _Gerba_, and the Imprisonment of _Bajazet_, and the _Vaivode_’s Expulsion out of _Moldavia_; but there were two terrible ones, _Bajazet_’s Death, and another, which I shall speak of by and by. _Haly_ sent one of his Domesticks, to tell me, that _Bazajet_ was dead for certain; that therefore, I should not defer the Peace, in hopes of his Success: That I should remember, Princes of the same Religion are more easily reconcil’d, than those of contrary ones are; and, therefore, I should hesitate no longer, nor seek Knots in a Bulrush, as the Proverb is.