s not defined by his birth, however; the respect to be paid to a man is measured by the position he holds in the public service" (Andrea/Overfield 88). The men who attain office are not the products of hereditary luck, but "partly the gift of God, and partly the result of good training, great industry, and unwearied zeal" (Andrea/Overfield p.88). De Busbecq was greatly impressed by the way that these Turks found their leadership; he made it a point to describe their feelings towards it in detail.
             De Busbecq also wrote extensively about the military strengths of the Ottoman. The soldiers of the Ottoman army are well trained and experienced in the arts of warfare and survival. The distances they must travel are so great, that the soldiers often have to carry a pack horse "on which they carry many of the necessaries of life" (Andrea/Overfield 89). The weapon that was affluent and extremely effective among the soldiers is the Turkish bow. "From the eighth, or even the seventh year of age they begin to shoot at a mark, and practice archery ten o
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