‘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’ [‎88] (131/470)

88~" ^ The Voyages of lohn Struys. , Voy. l\
• mm . oi: them driving in the ftream , and amongft them many Chriftian
Slaves, which we took up with our Shallops. In the mean time the
Turks continued their Flight, endeavoring with their Galleys to tow
away fome of the ableft Ships, but the fell fo furioufly upon
them that they were anticipated , and only made their efcape with
14 which got the Caftle for their Refuge : Lazaro , who was
Volunteer and commanded the Sultan formerly taken by the )
made in with great Courage , and cut off their Paffage, where he lay
thundring and firing his Cannon till the General broke
through the middeft of the Enemies Armade, put them into diforder,
and kept his own Fleet in goodCondition holding ftill in the Nombrfl
or Center of the Crefcent, joyntly with the Proveditor
the Squadron of Maitha^ith the Ships andGaleaffes of
The Right Wing (or Horn) was commanded by
a Captain of the Gulf, the left by The Turks feeing
themfelves environed on every fide with the , and their
. Paffageobftruded, began to fight with better courage than before,
and defended themfelves very bravely , as fometimes defperate Sol-
ru no- diers do. But above all the Galleys of appeared fignally ftoutj
htroT' an ^ ^ or t' 1211 " laudable behaviour and lingular valour merited as much
thGal. the Honour, as the T urkishMujtapha the Diilionour of the Day. But
hyf with a Lion-like Courage, and as wifea Conduft, did a certain
manifeft his generous fpirit, who was the fame that had promifed the
Grand Seignior , to prefent him with Mwce/lo's head, or to forfeit his
own in lieu thereof ( being a Greek Renegado } and affuredly he gave
none reafon to tax him with Remifsnefs on his own behalf, yet fail'd
in the Atchievment of his well-intended Enterprize j for when he
was bound to board him, the General got affiftance , and offered to
Tkct- enter the BajjhGalley , but was unfortunately killed with a Cannon
Marceito ball, and four Gentlemen that flood next him. Zuanni Manello feeing
kill'd. this, held all in filence, for fear of difcouraging Armada,
took the Command upon himfelf, and purfued the Battel hotly after
the fame Order, till he had privately fignified the General's death to
'Barbiiro^aAoer >Proveditor of the Navy , who without lofs of time
fteptover, andfucceededhim, ftill holding the fame Order which
the General had defigned. Li7^yo Mocemgo in the mean while bufy to
obftruft the Paffage of the Turks with the , ran her unluckily
' " upon