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Richard Hakluyt - Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, 10
After them marched foure Captaines, men of armes, called in Turkish Saniaques, clothed all foure in
crimson veluet, euery one hauing vnder his banner twelue thousand men of armes well armed with their
morrions vpon their heads, marching in good order, with a short weapon by their sides, called in their
language, Simiterro.
After came 16000 Ianizaries, called the slaues of the Grand Signior, all a foote, euery one hauing his
harquebush, who be his gard, all clothed in violet silke, and apparelled vpon their heads with a strange
forme, called Cuocullucia, fashioned in this sort: the entering in of the forehead is like a skull made of
white veluet, and hath a traine hanging downe behind, in manner of a French hoode, of the same, colour,
and vpon the forepart of the said skull, iust in the middes of his forehead there is standing bolt vpright
like a trunke of a foote long of siluer, garnished most richly with Goldsmiths worke, and precious stones,
and in the top of the said trunke a great bush of fethers, which waueth vp and downe most brauely when
he marcheth.
After this, there cam 1000. pages of honour; all clothed in cloth of gold, the halfe of them carying
harquebushes, and the other halfe, Turkish bowes, with the trusses of arrowes, marching in good order.
Then came three men of armes well armed, and vpon their harnesse coates of the Turkes fashion, of
Libard skinnes, and murrions vpon their heads, their speares charged, and all the end of their staffe hard
by the head of the speare, a horse taile died in a bloody colour, which is their ensigne: they be the
chalengers for the Turkes owne person.
After them came seuen pages of honour in cloth of siluer, vpon seuen white horses, which horses were
couered with cloth of siluer, all embrodered and garnished with precious stones, emerauds, diamonds,
and rubies most richly.
After them also came sixe more pages of honour, clothed in cloth of gold, euery one hauing his bowe in
his hand, and his fawchine of the Turkes fashion by his side.
Immediately after them came the great Turke himselfe with great pompe and magnificence, vsing in his
countenance and gesture a wonderfull maiestie, hauing onely on each side of his person one page clothed
with cloth of gold: he himselfe was mounted vpon a goodly white horse, adorned with a robe of cloth of
gold, embrodered most richly with the most precious stones, and vpon his head a goodly white tucke,
containing in length by estimation fifteene yards, which was of silke and linnen wouen together,
resembling something Callicut cloth, but is much more fine and rich, and in the top of his crowne, a litle
pinnach of white Ostrich feathers, and his horse most richly apparelled in all points correspondent to the
same.
After him folowed sixe goodly yong ladies, mounted vpon fine white hackneis, clothed in cloth of siluer,
which were of the fashion of mens garments, embrodered very richly with pearle and precious stones,
and had vpon their heads caps of Goldsmiths worke, hauing great flackets of haire, hanging out on each
side, died as red as blood, and the nailes of their fingers died of the same colour, euery of them hauing
two eunuches on each side, and litle bowes in their hands, after an Antike fashion.
After marched the great Basha chiefe conductor of the whole army, clothed with a robe of Dollymant
crimson, and vpon the same another short garment very rich, and about him fiftie Ianizaries afoote, of his
owne gard, all clothed in crimson veluet, being armed as the Turks owne Ianizaries.
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