‘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’ [‎2] (41/470)

The Voyages of lohn. v oy. i.
9 ec. to that end put me out to a Sail-maker. He now perceiving fome hope-
1647* ful Profpeit of Good in myUndertakingSjwas everftudious to give
me all the Incouragement he could on his part; and to (how the Af-
feftion incumbent on a Parent, reftrain'd me, as far as in him lay,
from going abroad, or alTociating my fclf with fuch Company , as
might be obnoxious, or deiiructive to thole good Maxims he had
given me: But various are the Tempers and Difpoiitions of Youth
and fometimes their frame of fpirit fo occult, that the piercing Judge-
ments of riper Years cannot found it, although it were with the
Eies of Eagles.
set fan - My Father, whole Rigour was fomewhat more than tolerable,
froin i was never remifs in reprehending; me for any noted Vice; fo that for
fome bad deportment he once took occalion to Chaib'fe me, and that
with fuch feverity, that I refolved to take my leave both of him, and
my native Land. At that time there-Were two Ships fitted out, and
bound for Genua. : the one was called . The St. Baptifi,
Chrtftmfz. oiL^mJierdam Mailer, the other, The .
iring of VVefep Vice-Commander, and of
Mailer; Over both thele Ships was Mr. of , as Up
per-Commander. The former was mounted with 28 Guns, the
latter carried 26. I hired my felf aboard the St /. Baptijl for Under-
Sailmaker, being then about :t 7 years old, never troubling my felf
either whither we wefo bound, or how long'we were to be out.
On the. 26 of December 1647. By Gods good Condu£t, welet
Sail', from the but were hardly' got withbufthe Gaats, ere
we found that pur Ships were not duly poiz'd, and thereupon were
fain to Tack about,. and put in at the again, where we unloa
ded part of the Ships-burthen , and took in a conllderable quantity
of Pewter, fome Boxes of Quickfilver, and other ponderous Ma
terials , to Ballaft us well at the Keel j" which when we had done and
all ready, we let out the fecond time, that was upon the 4 day of
tenuary , 164,8 , and with a brave Wind , we paffed the Spamardt
Gat , driven with fome Shoals of Ice it being then Frofty weather}
Seawards.
On the 1 o of lamtary we were forced by a contrary wind to put in
at the Do'tvris •, where after two days aboad, we weighed anchor,
having both Wind and Weather favourable. But foon after by a
p heavy