d hath been very
serviceable here.'--HENRY FELL to
Margt. Fell. (Barbadoes, 1656.)_

_'My dear Father ... Let me not be
forgotten of thee, but let thy
prayers be for me that I may
continue faithful to the end. If
any of your Friends be free to
come over, they may be
serviceable; here are many
convinced, and many desire to know
the way, so I rest.'--MARY FISHER
to George Fox. (Barbadoes, 1655.)_

_'This English maiden would not be
at rest before she went in purpose
to the great Emperor of the Turks,
and informed him concerning the
errors of his religion and the
truth of hers.'--GERARD CROESE._

_'Henceforth, my daughter, do
manfully and without hesitation
those things which by the ordering
of providence will be put into thy
hands; for being now armed with the
fortitude of the faith, thou wilt
happily overcome all thy
adversaries.'--CATHERINE OF SIENA._

XXVIII. SILVER SLIPPERS: OR A QUAKERESS AMONG THE TURKS

I

The Grand Turk had removed his Court from Constantinople. His
beautiful capital city by the Golden Horn was in disgrace, on account
of the growing disaffection of its populace and the frequent mutinies
of its garrison. For the wars of Sultan Mahomet against the Republic
of Venice were increasingly unpopular in his capital, whose treasuries
were being drained to furnish constant relays of fresh troops for
further campaigns. Therefore, before its citizens became even more
bankrupt in their allegiance than they already were in their purses,
the ancient Grand Vizier advised his young master to withdraw, for a
while, the radiance of his imperial countenance from the now sullen
city beside the Golden Horn. Thus it came about that in the late
autumn of 1657, Sultan Mahomet, accompanied by his aged minister,
suddenly departed with his whole Court, and took up his residence
close outside the still loyal city of Adrianople. His state entry into
that town was of surpassing splendour, since both the Sultan and his
Minister were desirous to impress the citizens, in order to persuade
them to open their purse-strings