‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’ [‎111] (160/470)

peece of a W all with it. In the Gentile age was a Bath at Tenos, where hjik
every one of what rank or quality foever he was , muft waih himfelf, ,66i
or otherwife , it was not lawfull for him to enter the Temples of
i ^fpollo , dlinerya , or Diam. Tenos is of it felf fruitfull enough and
would produce more grain than indeed it does , if the Inhabitants
were inclined to that Tillage,but they find more profit in Silk, having
large W oods of Mulbeery T rees ,fo that this Illand is the chief place
for Silk Stockings in the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. .
After we had llaid a few daies at tenos we fet fail further up , and Mi!0j
by the way pur m at A4ilo. Which lies in 3 7 and 21 It is m siiimuon
length about 7 Leagues , tending North and South. Amongft the
many convenient Havens it hath, there is one on the Weftern coafb,
where Ships may ride in the hardeft weather that is, without either
Anchor or Horfer. The Villages on this Illand are very neat and 7 '" 2 "'
clofe builtj and is alfo fortified with two ftrong Holds which com- strength.
mandtheSeaon each fide the Illand. The Inhabitants are fome of
the Greek church , but fpeak moft It , for that it is much fre-
quented by the Venetians , and other of whom the Women of '"b"-
thislfland(as they fayjlearn theLanguage between Sheets,which their
wanton deportment feems to verify. Common fame gives Milo the bell
for able Sea-men and Filhers, who for both thofe faculties do the
tmns no fmail fcrvice. And here is the prime place for the Armada to
Water at , where they alfo generally pro vide themfelves with Bread ,
Oil, Salt, Wine and Vinegar.There is alfo much Honey found in this
Illand, but wild, in the Rocks and Hollow-Trees.
Thus T raverfing
to and again, to and from the Iflands , our Ship,
7hePrjnces , grew very leaky, fo that we were affraid , that if we
Ihould be taken in a Tempcft Ihe would not hold out , which our
Mate obferving,willed the Gommander to acquaint the Admiral with
her Gondition, which he did ; and thereupon we were difmilFd,
and the Venetians aboard us received order to go aboard other Ships.
Having taken our leave of the Fleet with a Gun or 2 , we fpeeded 'us
for Venice , where not without much difficulty we arrived. Here I
took my leave of the Ships-folk, and went into a Privateer called the
St.lohn, which was lull intended for Legorn : but by the way under-
'ftanding that our Gaptain, whofe name was had 3 Gom-
milllons and. went for a General Gaper , I took my leave of the
Gent-