‘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’ [‎269] (332/470)

C hap .XXV . The Voyages of tohn Struys. x6 9
Infolencics perpetrated by the Wood-rangers: and on the 2 9 fet for- J c / vf .
ward, taking with hxnvPeter Arwtjz, of , oneofour Ships- l671.
Company , and a Poltfh Jew, who had been taken by the Scemkal-
Ttirtars and made his Elcape.
On the 30 arofe a moft hideous Tempeft of Wind , Thunder ,
Hail and* Lightning; which continued for two days together after storms
which all was very calm-and ftill and the air very ferene. The Hail
did much damage to the Fruk, every Hailftone beingof anmnufoal
bignefsfonras-large as the Egg of a H en or Turky.
On th© 6 of June I went with a Vencti.m (who had bin a Slave
in Turk find run away) about 15 Miles w: thin Land, where we found
oa -Armenian Friary. The Monaftics received arrd treated us very
kindly, when they underftood that wa were Ghriftians , and m
Slavery to the ■■jMn.hometms. They intreated us to tell them all the paf-
fages we had met with abroad, which the Venemn fir ft did, andafrer-
wards deilringme to do the like, I related all in brief, which they
- took great delight to hear > efpecially about the taking in of Ajlruh'm.
They defired us furtherto tarry with thenifor fom time,which vve'pro-
mi fed to do, and accordingly ftay'd there two nights. All the time
thev careffed'us with all kmdnefs imaginable , neither i paring for
Victuals nor good: Drink: profeiling themfelvsforry that our con- '
dition would not allow them the happinefsofalongcrenjoymenrof
our Company. Their manned of Life was very fingle, without any
Incumbrance of the Mahometans , their Hons-holding regular and
" gentile , and the Men among themfelvs mutually loving one ano
ther , and fociable with Arrangers , very charitable to all that were
in necefllty, of whatOpinion or Faith foever they were. Right loath
we were to leav them, but riotrda?iag to flay any longer , we took
our leavs of them ,- thanking them for their kindnefs and civility they
had fhown us. In taking our way to we were fain to climb
over fome Hills, and one great Mountain flat at Top, upon which
was a Lake, according to our gueffing, 3 miles in Circuit.;Going along
the fhore to our great amazement we found four Bodies of Men that
had but newly been mufthered , having their throats'cut, we illp-
pofed them' to be Anglers, feeing Filhing Canes and other Imple
ments about them." However, we thinking it for two reafons unfafe
for us. to ftay there any longer , made all the hail we'could to gee out'
LI 3 off