[330] Achmet Kiuprili was the real ruler of Turkey from 1661 to his death in 1676. He defeated Sobieski on several occasions, besides winning Crete for the Turks.
[331] Beetled = projecting.
[332] Vide Knolles’ Hist. of Ottoman Turks.
[333] Spon and Wheeler say, vol. i, p. 242:—“Sultan Mahomet IV, who now reigns, has so keen a passion for the chase, that for long he has made it his occupation. It is for this reason that for seven or eight years he has made his residence at Adrianople, for the environs are most suitable to give him the pleasure that he loves.” Mohamed IV was also of a decidedly literary turn of mind.
[334] Defterdar, High Treasurer.
[335] Muezin, the call to prayer from the minaret.
[336] Shawn or hautboy.
[337] I.e., metal-plated.
[338] Pollux (iv, 60) describes the Pandoura as used by the Assyrians, consisting only of three chords.
[339] Hornified = hardened.