Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	family_n	parent_n	3,006	5	8.2083	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02743	The rarities of Turkey, gathered by one that was sold seven times a slave in the Turkish Empire, and now exposed to view for the benefit of his native countrey:.	Georgijević, Bartolomej, d. ca. 1566.	1661 (1661)	Wing D1921A; ESTC R175972	34,635	147

like experience from Christians charity when as they travel for conscience sake to Rome or Compostella The Incantation of Turks against Fugitives THey have certain kinde of Charms which they think can draw them off from flying The name of the Slave is written in a Schedule of Paper which is hung up in his Tent or House then with vengeable and horrible Curses his head is charged and threatned conceiving this by the Devil's help the Fugitive will be affrighted with meeting of Lyons and Dragons in his Journey or that the Seas or Rivers will swallow him the heavens will grow dark and these astonishments will bring him back again The memory of Christ by degrees lost in former Christian Provinces THere is some memory yet left of the expugnation of Constantinople the Kingdoms of Greece Albania Valachia and Servia now reduced to Provinces These for a long time constantly retained the Christian Faith but their Children have forgot it and there will come to pass a full oblivion of Christ And likely it is to fall out so in Croatia Hungary and Sclavonia which are now additaments and adjuncts to the Turkish Empire The condition of the conquered VVHen a Province is subdued and taken all sorts of Goods moveable and immoveable are given away for spoyle They totally extirpate the whole Nobility but especially the Princely Issue And when they took John the King's Son of Hungary and favoured him with life it was on good advice that if Hungary were lost again they might imploy and involve him into any new incumbrances and when the Province should be in a quiet and calme condition then to dispatch him for in such respects the Turk regards neither Kindred Father or Brother he spares none And if they do kill and murder not all Church and Clergy-men they take yet they expose them to all scorn nakedness and beggery despoyling them of all their Fortunes Goods and Dignities Their Bells their Organs and other Instruments and Ornaments of Churches Chappels and Devotions they raven and tear from the Temples profaning them with consecration to their Mahomet leaving onely the most miserable and wretched Chappels to the Christians wherein they are forbid publick Prayers and may pray seemingly in silence which Chappels when either Earth-quake Fire Tempest or Age destroy they must in no sort re-edifie Preaching or reading parts of the Scripture is utterly forbidden It is a sin to admit a Christian to any publick Office to wear have Arms or habit like a Turk or else to use the recreations of cheerfulness as Pageants Playes or Dancings If they injure Christ or you with bitter or contumacious words you must be silent and endure it If you speak ought against their professed Religion you are forced to circumcision and but to whisper again Mahomet Fire and Brimstone followeth If a Christian on horseback pass by a Musselman that is one initiated in the Turkish Faith he must on necessity light from his horse and bowing downe his head worship him which if omitted he straight is knocked down with clubs The condition of Priests and Fryers under Tribute THey are held the worst of Men and are esteemed by Turks the very Sacriledge and Scandal of God and Mankinde They have no benefit from Churches Upon some festival dayes a little bread is given them by poor Women and not on other dayes They get their livelihood by carrying Wood their custome being to cut down sticks in Woods lade them on Asses and with this Merchandize they cry about the Streets Wood to be sold The Tribute of Christians THey pay a part of all encrease not onely of Corn and Cattle but even Mechanicks pay it out of all their profits And then they pay another subsidie for every single man through a Family each head a Crown If Parents refuse this Tribute their Children are taken from them and made Slaves Others are bound in Chains and beg from door to door to pay this Crown which if they cannot this way procure they are cast into perpetual Prison and when all Duties are performed it is yet lawful for the Turk to chuse the best amongst his Children whom he circumciseth and removes from all approach or sight of Parents and breeds him for his Wars ne'er to return to Friends and so a childe easily forgets both Christ his Parents and his Kindred that after if he chance in company with them he shall not know them No Man can express by Words the Lamentations Cries Tears and grievous sighs at this distraction of Children The Father to see his Son educated in the fear of Christ torn from him and made an Instrument of Satan to oppose Christ hurried from his Mother to live perpetually with strangers leaving whatsoever is dear in blood pleasing in society or loving in familiarity with an everlasting dereliction after listed in the ranks of those the Greeks call Fatherless and Motherless yet many of these although they have denied Christ carry about them the Gospel of St. John In the beginning was the word c. in Greek or the Arabick tongue as an amulet or preservative in their Armpits and with great desire they expect the Christian Sword according to some Turkish prophesies should revenge and free them from those great afflictions and persecutions and that if Christians do it not whatever is the cause or with what mindes soever hindred all very ill deserve of Christian Religion CHAP. III. A Narration of a dispute with a TURK AFter I had travelled with much labour and many dangers the better parts of the world and seen many pleasant Towns Countrys as Socrates Plato other Philosophers had diligently done at length I arrived at the famous City of Hungary Varadinum where by chance I met one Dervis Gsielebi a skilful man in the Laws of Mahomet who having dispatched his business with the Governour he very much desired conference with some Christian about Religion on either side This motion of his being published by an Interpreter and none for divers dayes appearing to encounter him in defence of the Christian cause though many religious persons were in that Town struck mute and speechless at the courage of one Ethnick Infidel who seemed to me like Israelites that durst not adventure on one uncircumcised Goliah provoking them This I perceiving and grieving in my spirit that in such plenty of Clerks and learned men none was so well armed with Truth as durst though by Interpreters reprove the insolence of such an Heathen And fearing that so wicked and detestable a silence in so good a Cause with so bad a Man would betray the Truth and render our Saviour Jesus Christ's Opinion with him more ignominious I my self though never called to Ecclesiastical Function undertook the charge of arguing this point of Piety with him and so a prefixed day was agreed on between us when multitudes of people of each Religion came Spectators of the event The place was in a Monastery of Franciscans the day Whitson-Sunday