‘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’ [‎87] (130/470)

C hap . V. The Voyages^
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C H A Pi V.
li 7"/^ tfStnd tarns in faveur of the Venetians. Turks flee Are
'lllllji; The brave Courage of the GAlleys of Bey. Marccllo
manly Behaviour of Laaaro Mocenigo, cie. Dutch
Ships, to wit, ll^apen ban j^affau, ©en <©abiD en a5o!tat|), blown
up with their own Powder. The Turkis Capitana
diferderly Flight of the T urks. Their tu , loji
AFter the Chriftians had long laboured to clofe up with the T urks,
but could not effect their Intentions , for the Wind blew hard at l6s6 "
North, and North and by Eaft, and the ftream ftill falling with great
Force upon their Ships and Galleys , rendred their Indeavours fruit-
lefs, fo that they could not do any enterprize, than barely what was
done with their Ordnance, they had relblved to reft a litle : till on
a fudden by Heavenly providence the Wind came about 3 and GOD, 'f"*
out of his unfpeakable Goodnefs , granted the a helping
Hand , almolt after the fame manner , as about a Hundred Years ftians *
B. agon in the famous Sea-fight againft the T , under the Conduct of
sj Don luan d'juJlrU , when the Turks had the W ind fair and favourable,
^ till they came to engage with the Chriftians, and then by the Divine
Bounty of the Everlafting GOD, the W ind turned to the advantage
of the chriftim Fleet j in fuch fort that the Chriftians gave them the
.j greateft and moft fatal Overthrow, that ever yet was either known,
'jj, or heard of, in the world. The General Marccllo had no fooner
obferved that the Wind blew a litle Southerly , but he gave Com
mand to let fail, and ftretch the Oars, in order to give the a
fudden Affault, which was in obedience to his Will immediatly put
inpradife. The Turks being thus furprized by our filent Attacque,
and finding the Wind direftly againft them,were dreadfully difmai'd:
infomuch that upon our entring the Bay we faw them by whole flocks
jump over board. Some ran yith their Ships and Galleys bluntly
againft the Wall j others that lay at Anchor ncareft the Sea , ftroveto
drive through the Fleet and gain the Rere; and thofe that faw them-
felvesnot able to retreat, left the Ships, and betook themfetves to
fwimming j few of which efcaped ( for there runs a ftong Tide } and
'' moft ofthem were carried to the Seaward, that we met whole Shoals
of .