Henry Sidney, Diary of the times of Charles II… (1843)
“ I had a mind to see what kind of a man it was that could make himself so absolute as he hath done in that town: for I assure you the great Turk hath not more absolute dominion and power over any of his countrymen than he hath at Amsterdam; what he saith is ever done without any contradiction; he turns out and puts in who he likes, raises what money he pleases, does whatever he has a mind to, and yet he walks about the streets just like an ordinary shopkeeper. ”
