is _will_.".]

I CANNOT help wishing, in the loyality (sic) of my heart, that the
parliament would send hither a ship-load of young passive obedient
men, that they might see arbitrary government in its clearest, and
strongest light, where 'tis hard to judge, whether the prince,
people, or ministers, are most miserable. I could make many
reflections on this subject; but I know, madam, your own good sense
has already furnished you with better than I am capable of.

I WENT yesterday along with the French ambassadress to see the grand
signior in his passage to the mosque. He was preceded by a numerous
guard of janizaries, with vast white feathers on their heads, as also
by the _spahis_ and _bostangees_, (these are foot and horse guards)
and the royal gardeners, which are a very considerable body of men,
dressed in different habits of fine lively colours, so that at a
distance, they appeared like a parterre of tulips. After them the
aga of the janizaries, in a robe of purple velvet, lined with silver
tissue, his horse led by two slaves richly dressed. Next him the
_kyzlier-aga_ (your ladyship knows, this is the chief guardian of the
seraglio ladies) in a deep yellow cloth (which suited very well to
his black face) lined with sables. Last came his sublimity himself,
arrayed in green, lined with the fur of a black Moscovite fox, which
is supposed worth a thousand pounds sterling, and mounted on a fine
horse, with furniture embroidered with jewels. Six more horses
richly caparisoned were led after him; and two of his principal
courtiers bore, one his gold, and the other his silver coffee-pot, on
a staff; another carried a silver stool on his head for him to sit
on.---It would be too tedious to tell your ladyship the various
dresses and turbants (sic) by which their rank is distinguished; but
they were all extremely rich and gay, to the number of some
thousands; so that perhaps there cannot be seen a more beautiful
procession. The sultan appeared to us a handsome man of about forty,
with something, however, severe in his countenance, and his eyes
very ---- ---- ---- [Editor's note: as above a few words are
illegible but seem to be 'sultry and black'.] He happened to stop
under the window where he stood, and (I suppose being told who we
were) looked upon us very attentively, so that we had full leisure to
consider him. The French ambassadress agreed with me as to his good
mien; I see that lady very often; she is young,