‘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’ [‎5] (44/470)

C hap. I. The Voyag es of Struys.
knew whither we were bound } or upon what account we were fent
OUt. 1643,
On the fourth of lune , we met with 9 Turkifh Men of War,
about the 3d. Watch in the night, whoHail'dus, asking 3 From
whence our Ikp , we anfwered, From , and asked them. From
whence they were : they made anfwer, YvomArgiers. Our Com
mander hearing that unwelcome Eccho , was not a little alarm'd
and could have wifh'dhimfelfat a further diftance j however he re-
folves to exchange a ball or two with them by break of day ; and in or-
der thereto get^ all in a readinefs 3 commands every man to his Poft,
and gave us all the courage-he could by his own Example. TheCor-
fairs who although better jman'd and mounted than we , had no
great ftomach to go fo early to breakfaft, for obferving fuch marks Vlila -
of Courage mour Officers , and that they were abfolutelyrefolved
to fight'um, made all the fail they could, and left us
On the 14 we pafs'd the ^^Iflands , and onthe 6 of Tulv
we arrived at Boa wherewecameto Anchor in the Bay. On
this Illand werefeveral of the Banditti, who brought us fuch Pro-
vifion as they had aboard ; we took in alfo ten boats of fait. About
this Ifland is fuch plenty of Fifla that at one draught we cot ia-oo
Corcoads and Salmon-Fry. " p ?
Boa Vijla is one of thofe Iflands, which are called Cabo Verdo Iflands,
having obtained that appellation , from it's deleftable profpeft ^ Sa ' £
from the Seaward, and lies 7 leagues to the northward ofllht : '
and is reckoned to be about 2 o leagues in circumference ftretched
oi't in length South-eaft and North-weft. That part which lies near
the fea is all fandy and hilly ground , but within altogether
montanous and high land. On the north end is a long Bank near
half a league in length , which repelleth the billows of the fea with
great violence.. There are yet befides this feveral other Foords,
are 1° L D occnaon of Shipwrack. On the South is alfo
anotner, where the Rocks fometimes appear above water, and points
out .owards the Eaft, and E. and by North. The belt and lafell
place to come to Anchor in, is at the Southweft Point, where is a
SIlip j 0 ^ t ^ e grcateft burthen, havmg
t i, • T3 ^ m Water 3 and a fine fandy ground
In this Road we lay atanchor6 days, and Acnfet fail for
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