‘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’ [‎36] (77/470)

The Voyages of lohnStruys. Vox. 1.
j ^4 n. in company with a Female, he is bum'd alive, or at bell banifhed
li > 0 - the Kingdom during the Term of Life; and certainly if their Cod
piece were not faftned with fuch a heavy Padlock ; the Laymens
Wives and Daughters could never be fecure, from that peftifer-
ous rout? Tis true by their Rule they are not to hanole money,
yet like the Jefuits, have accumulated to themfelves vail Ireafures,
which are accompanied with a great reverence and honour
from the Commonalty, who whether they have fuftenance for their
Family and Children at home, will not fee the deftitute of
what he has a mind to , whether it be in Vittuals or Apparrel.
Their Funftion is to exhort and teach the People , for which end
they have certain Lectures, four times every moon, and at that
time fet open the Templed, where all the people refort, and meet
in due order. So foon as they have buzz'd over a few formal words,
they begin a kind of Admonition, infilling upon feveral good works
and moral vertues , but efpecially to be liberal to the , or
Priefts, and the Pagods : How far this prevails upon them appears
truly in their free-will offerings , which are indeed very conlide-
rable, in Gold, Silver, Garments and Meat, which the Bonztthax
receive at the Offertory, promifing to make fome new Gods there
with , or adorn the Old.
At morning and at night they go to prayers, which they rc-
hearfe with a loud voice that any flranger thereto induced by
curiofity, may be permitted to fee and hear. Ihey go alfo to
vifit the Sick, and pray for the Deceafed, with great fobbings, and
tokens of forrow. When they have done Prayer they fmg all to-
*whkb getherina Chorus , in the* Pegu or Tongue, and that witn
tte their a tolerable good Harmony; that done > they walk leifurely towards
C L*Ip!<i.the head of the Temple, and kifs the The are ima-
S". **ges of divers forts of Metalls, as fome of Gold, Silver and Br afs,
tntieM- others of Woodor Stone. In the Cathedral of India are twelve Pagods
toran, of a vail Bignefs, fitting all crofs legged , like T aylors upon a Ta-
tinif" ble; the chief whereof was 13 fathom high, as he fat, being ofa
Mafu due Symmetry and Analogy , through all his members. Thisisufu-
ally called by the Dutch , 0|OOtClt 3 that
is , The great Idol of SOES. The reft were fomewhat lefs than this,
and were placed direfllv one before another. The Ceremonies
which