‘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’ [‎81] (124/470)

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meeting perpetually with one obftruftion or other and the Coaft
narrowly watch'd by the Turks. The Ruji had feveral times attempted l6?6 "'
to run away, but was ever taken, and had neither Nofe nor Ears left
"him. This woful Precedent daunted me fo, that I had no great fto-
mach to try, but one day above the reft he gave me good encoura
gement 3 faying, Pre thee Brother, Which befi , T<? Ltyery,
or i Doe Hfhat you can, to make your Eft ape?
111 and Tve should be taken , I shall he furc to hare the hardejl me a fur e,
only a hundredjlroaks on the foot, at ~S»orJi. thrtatned to
burn me , if eyer I run aTvay again , and a j hut ,
than to lite all my day sunder the lash ofthofe unreafonahle Hell-Hounds , and
to he tormented Trith a 7 houfand Plagues,
come,refolve. Faint heart never won fair Lady, ^Nothing venture,
nothing have 5 What is there in the World a.
Golden freedom ? By thefe and many other reafons he moved me to
hazard to matter. The Mofcoyian or who was a fubtile Impoftor,
and had an excellent hand at any kind of Roguery , had been fome
time before at Conftanttnoplc , where he had bought a File; this he had
ftitch'd up in his Coat, and carried always a litle Tinder-box and a
Watch-light about him, to ufe in time of occafion. ^
Having now for the fpace of 6 Weeks endured this wofull
we found an Opportunity to rid our felvs of that miferable Slavery :
for being now left to our Liberty to fetch Water for our felves, my Efcapc.
Camrade and I that were chain'd together went farther within L^nd'-"
than we needed, and fo returned honeftly back to the Galley, and-
that for 2 or 3 times together , the better to prevent fufpicion, till at
laft, we ran fo far out of fight that we thought our Enterprize half
won. The night coming on, it began to rain, and we to fhelter our
felvs, crept into a cave, where my Mate ftruck fire and lighted jits
Wax-candle, that we might fee to file : and after a litle labour got
our felves loofe. The night in regard it was dark favour'd us mainly,
fo that we came to the ftrand an hour before break of Day, which
we faw full of Tents. But being a very rainy night and ftormy wea
ther , the Sentinels did not attend their Polls , fo that we paffecl
through the middeft of them without any examination, and betook
our felves to fwimmine before it was obferv'd. But it was not Ions:
before they began tofufped; fome thing, or other, for that Water is
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