Excerpt from Sandys Travels, Containing an History of the Original and Present State of the Turkish Empire: Their Laws, Government, Policy, Military Force, Courts of Justice, and Commerce; He Mahometan Religion and Ceremonies Began my Journey through F rance, hard upon the time when that execrable Murther was committed upon the perlon of Henry the Fourth by an obfcure Varlet, even in the fireets of his principal City by day and then when Royally attended to ibew that there is none lo contemptible, that contemneth his own life, butis the mafler of another mans. Triumphs were interrupted by Funerals and mens minds did labour with fearful expectations. The Princes of the Blood drfcontcnted, the Nobles fafilous: thofe of the Reli gion daily threatned and nightly fearing a Mallacre. Mean-while a number ofsouldxers are drawn by (mall numbers into the City to confront all outrages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.