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Hi!
What is the exact meaning of the following passage? It is from an itinerary written nearly 420 years ago in Spanish, and was translated into English, nearly 110 years ago. Of course it is from a foot note about the skirmish among the Portuguese and other European nations. It is about some ranks od officials in Ottoman empire.
The Chawush moreover, is the other's superior in rank and roguery — less of an orderly and more of a bailiff — yet not of such rank that his mission to the Signory was any better than one of the covert insults dear to the Asian diplomatist.
Thanks very much
What is the exact meaning of the following passage? It is from an itinerary written nearly 420 years ago in Spanish, and was translated into English, nearly 110 years ago. Of course it is from a foot note about the skirmish among the Portuguese and other European nations. It is about some ranks od officials in Ottoman empire.
The Chawush moreover, is the other's superior in rank and roguery — less of an orderly and more of a bailiff — yet not of such rank that his mission to the Signory was any better than one of the covert insults dear to the Asian diplomatist.
Thanks very much