‘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’ [‎76] (119/470)

dpfired , that we might haveaT^M/sto tranfport ustothe Arinade,
t £6}6, ^ order to admit our fclves again into the fervice of the Common
wealth. To this the Governour gave his affent, and with a Ship and
i5 men j and fome Ammonition difpatched us for the Armade.
On the 3 of May we fet Sail from Candy but were put to our allow
ance at the rate of 2 lib. of Breadeach man a.day, upon a Calculation
of 10 days, and fo confequently 20 lib. the Voyage. « v
On the 8 ditto , we came clofe under .Mytilene , and found that our
Provifion was already, fpent, fo that it was refolved by the major part
of the Company , that we fhould go aflioar and fee out for fomething
to fupply our Wants, although we knew that the Ifland was under
the J urii'drction of the Turkifh Emperour. However, feeing there was
as much Danger on the other hand, we chufed rather to adventure
, our felycs on land , than to ftarv.aboard:and accordingly 12
ders and 15 Gneks ftepr afhoar, and feeing a drove of Cattel we took 6
fat Kine, which we led to the Boat and forgot them hoyf'd aboardpnc
by one. Tliis fair beginning, cncouraged.us to go further within land
and abouta mile from the Creek where the Tartan lay , found a fmall
village of about 10 or 12 Houfes., but not any appearance of either
man, woman or child, who we concluded had hid themfelves for
•fear. In the mean while finding no fcarcity of Bread, Meal, Butter,
Cheefe, Honey, WineandOil, we pisak'd and chuf'd each what
he had a mind to , and having pack'd up more than we could carry,
We thought it a fin toleave any thing behind us :< we therefore wenta
}itle out of the V illage,where we found about 2 o Affes, thefe we took
and loaded with our Spoil, and in our return to the Shallop efpy'd
a Caftlc which before,we had not feen, and thither we fuppofed that
the Peasantry of that Hamlet were fled to fecure themfelves. But in
coming forwards, we found that there was but one high way to the
Boat from-the Village, and tliat clofe by the Cattle >'for every man had
fene'd in his Ground with a high Flint-wall: neverthelefs.fi:oming paft
the Cattle we met with no obllruction or annoyance in the World,
till being got about half-way I looked about, andfpieft 200 Troo
pers following, us as hard as they could drive , whereupon I cried
put. Gentlemen , Here comei a, C , ,
and refolye without much loj? oftime, for if you do not be hay e year fehes comn-
gtoujly ure all dead men. Be ydws letus be faithful*