‘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’ [‎89] (132/470)

iV C hap. II. The Voyages of lokiStruys.
upon a Sand, near the fhoar, ajid at lafttoo eager in fliooting fet the Jtrs r £i
,, fhip on fire, having a litle before loft his Eie with a fplinter. 1656
| e ! st( H The Sultan had aboard her divers Perfons of Qiiality and Volun-
t i ers) w Ii 0 maximis ad mimmos quitted themfelves well and honourably:
' wiptt amongft which was , Capt. 'ZorziDadick 3 The Sieur Capt.
i'ltk Lieutenant Gremony'dte , and hcrnardivo Canal a. Reformado Captain,
'P Til whereof the two laft were irrecupc-rably wounded. During the F ight,
'' "fetk was the Dutch Ship, called 't iBapen fcan ^alTauli under the
^ '* Command of Capt. Faujlino Rha blown up with her own Powder, as
alfo another Ship called S)tn®aW6Eti dSolfatii by an
unfortunate fhot in her Powder Chamber , when fhe was ingaged
with the Galleys of the Bey, and lay fo clofe to the faid Galleys that
5 of them were blown up with her. Aboard the fame Ship were 44
Hollanders , and 2 2 left, being juft the half loft. The Prince of Parma
was fo forward that his Companions were fain to reftrain him by-
force j running himfelf oftentimes into a needlefs jeopardy of his
Perfon. Remarkable was that of the General Born being aboard the
; (fdpeffl Galeafs of MarcoRiya^ho having his youngSon by himjcarried him up
" ' and down to feewhat was worthy of note. When the Night came
on, they unanimoufly left off on both fides , and all was ftill j but
the next Morning by break of day, they fell on amain , and feem'd
iiittfaA. forfome hours to be equally match'd as that the Day was thought
aipffllti dubious, but at laft the T urks were fain to give over, only the Capt tan a
otto ((| held out very manfully, till the Admiral Marco Be mho came to clofe Ccu, ^ e
up with his Lar-board where he faluted him fo with Broad-fides, that
p he was forc'd to yield as well as the reft. capitana
whife
lzC .forfls The Venetians feeing the Capitam yield gave a great fhout that the
, j n i Caftle and Banks rang again, and fo well encouraged they were that,
they fell furioufly in one entire Body upon the , that they
w(((ii forthwith betook themfelves to flight, and retired to the Fort, but
"fVJ, the Chriftians had fo hindred their paflage , that few of them got
cleat. The Sieur Barharo Badoer who fucceeded the General concealed
•S atte his death fo long untill that the Fight was over, and he able for to
J ener I f .j give the Fleet an account of the Enemies Overthrow,which was in the
houtWJ 1 fecond Evening, pretty late.
imeOi-" The Venetians having now made themfelves Mafters of fo many
ean^ 1 ' Ships and Galleys, wereatalofsfor Men enough to manap-e them,
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