‘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’ [‎191] (244/470)

^ C hap .XIV . The Voyages of l ohn Struys Ipi
^ Councils .But fo foon as they were underSail and almoft clof ^Tth the sept.
Enemy , the v illains on a fudden and unanimoufly fell
upon the Of
%, ficers, and difpatched them, furrendring the reft with the whole Flee't cm
into the Hands of the c./itfe, Sadzmhaving got fo rich a prey wrthout "" •/
W, any difficulty or dj£pute , inftantly ordered his men two Moneths
Pay in hand, with promife of free enjoyment of what they fhould take
by 1 lunder , befides other means of Encouragement
S' J h f Go TT r 7K n0t \ lit ^ dirma > , ' dattheretid ' in g s . demote "L,.,
'Mi wh , en , he "n«ood how the Commonalty murmured asainft him W'"-
■«!(,, ^th»t^»wasmpnemUaudablyfpoke of, and that not only'KSt
!'W|1 S /w't" but / f r ' aU th ' 5 To ™ s round lbout ' th « ^re under
^1 it,; t fuhjc£tion of the Emperour. The StrdUwn who had not in a
long time received Pay, and hearing how had given his men
I v moneths Pay tn hand found now occalion to grow mutinous , and
C.» ,• fo unanimoufly that the Government and Ofticers durft not oo-
» pofe them by any rigorous courfe or violent mean , but did all they
' ; could to perfwade them by fair words and promifes.
Radzin finding himfelf grow ftrongerand ftrongenand that with n.r -
I?! * no 7, un , d / r hls command he had about 16000 Men, he unflup'd
m- a part of the Men, andfentfometo and others to TzanLr ^ ^
lit to but he himfelf remained upon the Fleet, where he was as much refoe-
ie,m ftedasa King, and had a foveraigneawover the People.- When he
mn was drunk few of the Officers durft appear in prefence , for it was
rftt very cuftomary with him, for a fmall offence to behead a Man 3 1 f ea
though the greateft Minion or Favourite he had : The meaner fort
icoi were m fio danger, for thofe were wont to flatter him , and upon a -
or Sol Wink would difpatch their Officers, when he had taken an y diflike
tUffli agamft them , and therefore willing to have them removed and
tkiri ot ters m their place. Thus by giving ear to the Commons more
petf than to the Ameers he became more dreadfull and formidable - for the
lie erf' fole command direction of the whole Army lay in himfelf. This
lover# kefides that gave the Rable fuch encouragement that in the fpace of
Jed# ^ y s a r e ^ a d got the Ajlrachan Fleet, his Army was raifed front
ni* i 6oooto 27000 Men , being a mixt multitude of Pefants , Slaves
L k i Tartars^na Cofacks , and men of reftlefs minds from all Parts, beiao-
tlC Wlt ^ fhoughts of free enjoyment of Plunder. Thefe
^ running to and again over the face of the Countrey , committed