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B21024	A voyage to Mount Libanus wherein is an account of the customs, manners, &c. of the Turks : also a description of Candia, Nicosia, Tripoly, Alexandretta, &c. : with curious remarks upon several passages re[l]ating to the Turks & Maronites / written originally in Italian by the R. F. Jerome Dandini.; Missione apostolica al patriarca de' Maroniti del Monte Libano. English	Dandini, Girolamo, 1554-1634.	1698 (1698)	Wing D168	76,284	146

of Mount Athos hath inserted in a Book of his called The Salvation of Sinners a particular Chapter touching the St. Laura of Mount Athos for 't is so he calls his Monastery They had therefore nothing at those beginnings of particular places to live upon in Community Eutychius reports That the Religious that inhabited Mount Sinai were dispersed here and there in the Mountains and Valleys about the Bush where God spake unto Moses until that the Emperor Justinian caused a Monastery to be built for to shelter them against the Incursions of the Arabs Those by whom they were governed took the Names of Abbots or Archimandrites upon them and I believe that these two terms came originally from the Syriac As to the first which is that of Abbot which signifies Father there is no doubt of it and for the secon● there is much likelihood that the Word Mandra which in the Greek signifies a Stable or place to put up Beasts hath been taken from the word Dour which the Chaldeans use to set forth the Habitation that Travellers have in pitiful Hutts and very often in Stables In effect the Syrians use the word Dairo for to signifie these sort of Mansions and a Monastery The Arabs have also imitated in that the Syrians insomuch that a Mandrite is no other thing than a solitary retirement into a small Mansion or Cell which our Author compares to the Caverns of Beasts He that was the Chief and as it were the Dean of all these Solitaries took upon him the Name of Archimandrite that is Head and Master of the Solitaries Moreover these sort of People who retired from the Towns to lead a private Life in Solitude could not subsist without some Rules wherefore they enacted certain Laws unto which they would submit and altho' we do not know whether they made then Vows of Poverty Chastity and Obedience they fail'd not to practise them all for as to that of Poverty they saw it was set forth in the Gospel as a state of Perfection in regard to Obedience 't is supposed they could not live in a body without Superiors whom they were obliged to obey finally as they had entirely quitted the Commerce of the World it seems their Condition engaged them to live separated from Women Thus when they receiv'd any one into their Society it was sufficient to represent unto him once without any worship what manner they lived if after that he embraced their sort of living he was obliged to conform himself to the rest without having occasion to make any Vows And our Author observes that altho' the Religious Maronites made none yet they lived in perfect Continence and that they went alone up and down and absented themselves many days from their Monastery without having the least ill spoken of them Their Habit also was very mean and conformable to their Profession for they clad themselves after the manner of Peasants and Labourers The Author attributes to the Religious Maronites only a Bonnet and a pitiful Coat that descends down only to the Girdle but it is supposed that they wear besides that a Drawers according to the A●abic Fashion which cover also their Legs he explains himself well when he saith those Monks have not a long Vest like unto that of the Religious Europeans In effect these long Habits would be incommodious for these People to labour in One may consult what Cassien and others have writ touching the Habits of the Ancient Monks As it hath always been the Custom in the Levant for to learn some Trade and that Persons of Quality also are not exempted hereof so ought not we to be astonish'd that these Solitaries who had no Employs in the Towns labour●d with their Hands for to get their Livelihood but I cannot approve that a Man who might be profitable to the Publick in some considerable matter should remain all day shut up in Solitude for to make Lanthorns and Sabots In the mean time altho' Hand labour hath not been so in use amongst the Monks of Europe because the greatest part of their Monasteries have been endow'd with Yearly Revenues yet they have not totally neglected it for to give them their due some have imploy'd themselves in a Labour much more profitable to wit to write Books and make several Transcriptions of them so that we are beholden to them for a great part of those we have extant amongst us Remarks upon the Seventeenth Chapter WE shall make no further Observations than to explain that which regards the Election of the Patriarch of the Maronites to wit if it depends really upon the People and how 'T is certain that the Election of Bishops and also Priests was done formerly by the People but as there happen'd sometimes great Disorders at these sorts of Elections they were oblig'd to change that Discipline the Thirtieth Canon of the Council of Laodicea forbids them but if good heed be given to the Words of the Canon it seems that that Prohibition regards but the inferiour sort In effect the People have assisted still at this Election long after the Ordinance of that Council As to the Election of the Patriarch of the Maronites the People have a great share therein for it depends upon the Body of the Republick who ought to acknowledge him that hath been elected otherwise the Election were null But as the Ecclesiasticks hold the first rank in the State so they contribute much to the Election their manner is thus Twelve of the principal Priests who in some fashion represent the sacred College of the Apostles assemble in the Monastery of Cannubin where they proceed to the Election of a new Patriarch by way of Scrutiny and when they are all agreed then the Republick which is assembled that is the Ecclesiasticks and the People give their Consent to that Election This sort of Election is much like unto that which was sometimes observed at the Election of the Patriarch of Alexandria which is spoken of in the Annals of Eutychius nevertheless as 't is impossible all the Voices should concurr together in the Scrutiny they have a second manner of proceeding which is a kind of Compromise that is that these dozen Priests chose three by Lot and that these three make a Patriarch which is also elected by two Voices and afterwards the People confirm that Election by their Consent But besides this since the Maronites have been united to the Church of Rome the Patriarch is obliged to receive the Pope's Bulls of Confirmation conformable to the Rules of the New Right of that Church FINIS BOOKS printed for Abel Roper at the Black Boy in Fleet-street THE ancient and present state of Muscovy containing a Geographical Historical and Political account of all those Nations and Territories under the Jurisdiction of the present Czar with Sculptures and a new Map by J. 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Chapter THE Author of this Relation is not exact enough in his Report of the Turks first of all there is but little appearance that they have taken all the Clocks of the Levant to make Artillery with them for that Metal whereof they are compos'd is not at all proper to make Cannon If they then depriv'd the Christians of their Obedience it was rather an Effect of their Policy than Oeconomy for that the sound of these Clocks might serve for a Signal for the execution of Revolts and to give the Alarm to all in a short time Neither is it true that the Men get up to the tops of the Minaretts or Steeples of the Turks for to supply the want of Clocks in crying 't is such an hour or such an hour of the day but the Author hath heard say that the Turks instead of Clocks are served with the Voices of Men for to give notice of Prayers from the top of the Moschs in effect this Officer crys with all his force three times from the top of the Minarett Allah Ecber that is God is Great then he continues to say for three times Esched en allah illah allah I testifie there is no other God but God then he says again three times Eschen en Mohammed resoul allah I witness that Mahomet is his Prophet He adds some other Articles as Hai allassalat God live by Prayer Hai alaphaleh Live to Salvation Allah Ecber God is Great L'allah illa allah There is no other God but God He says also at Noon and in the Evening and about an hour and a quarter after Sun-setting En allah ou Malaikto falouna ala el Nabi That God and his Angels bless the Prophet In the third place the Turks come but five times a day to Prayers as every-body knows 't is true that there be two other Prayers but they are voluntary the first of which we may call that of Supererogation since they are free to be at it or no is perform'd an hour and an half before Morning-prayer the other is done every Friday at Nine of the Clock but there are none but the Officers of the Mosch and some other Zealots that assist thereat In the fourth place the Author does not well use the Arabic words which the Turks pronounce aloud in their Moschs 't is easie to correct them by what I am about to say for they do not give to Mahomet the Quality of Companion of God but that of Resoul allah that is the Envoy of God Mahomet affects to take the Names which God gave Moses in the Old Testament and to our Lord in the New As to the Fashion the Turks observe at their Prayers I believe that they have taken them from the Jews for they wag their Heads very much in the reading of the Law in their Synagogues but the Mahometans go beyond them 'T is a pleasant thing to see the Turkish Children when they repeat in their Schools some Verses of the Alcoran especially when they pronounce the word Allah how they throw their Heads backwards and forwards I do not question but that all these Motions have their Reasons I believe they make use of 'em at least to hinder their sleeping during their Prayers which happens too often amongst us They say immediately in putting their Hands to their Ear Allah Ecber God is great and afterwards laying them across their Breast Rabbena lac Elmegd Lord to thee the Glory after that they prostrate themselves saying Allah Ecber God is great This last Action is doubtless an Adoration for that is the manner of adoring amongst the Eastern Nations and we have divers Examples hereof in the Old Testament 't is also the way of saluting Persons of great quality 't is used in respect to the Pope The three Estates harangue the King upon their Knees but as to Cardinals and Bishops they only kiss the Border of their Robes in doing of them reverence they are marks of a profound Respect which have been introduced into the Ceremonies of Religion wherefore we ought not to ridicule these Prostrations which the Turks use at their Prayers for we cannot be too humble in the presence of God I remember to have heard a Jew say that it was to be read in one of their Authors that the Reason which moved them to agitate their Heads at Prayers was for that Prayer is like unto a Flambeau that burns the Flames off which is in continual agitation and seems always to fly up but the more learned Jews say that this Custom is founded upon those words of David All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee As to the Greeks whom the Author speaks of in this Chapter it seems that they have been forced to use these sort of Movements for to divert the Jealousie of the Turks who would not be well satisfied to see them so well united with us As the Greeks are nourish'd up in that aversion for the Roman Church one ought not to be astonished if they contemn its Ceremonies and look upon them as Prophanations besides that the long and continual Disputes that have been between both Churches hath not a little contributed to entertain this Aversion in the mean time we ought not to attribute to all the Nation a Vice that regar●s none but a few false Zealots one need but consult for this purpose the oriental right bearing the Title of the Answers of the Patriarchs the matters in question are there propos'd and very judiciously decided The Author continues to render the Greeks odious in aggravating their ill conduct in the administration of Penance as if they deferred not to grant Absolution to the Penitent for the space of four or five-Years but through a Contempt they had of the Roman Church which obligeth every one in particular to communicate at least once a Year but we must render the Greeks Justice for they follow herein for the most part the usage of their Church which is very ancient If a new Right hath introduc'd a new Discipline into the Church of Rome ought we for that reason to condemn all those Churches which conform not themselves to this Discipline for that which is neither against the Faith nor good Manners ought to be indifferent It is the Duty also of an honest man and a good Christian to become conformable to the Manners and Discipline of them amongst whom he lives but 't is certain that the Greeks which are not latiniz'd follow yet to this day a good part of the ancient Discipline in the administration of Penance They have their penitential Books which regulate them and it is not their Caprice which makes them impose one Penance sooner than another but they follow their Canons herein There is nothing this day more common amongst them than to separate their Penitent from the Communion for a Year or two and sometimes more I see also no reason why the Author should charge the Greeks of Ignorance and Superstition because a