‘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’ [‎93] (140/470)

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fleevs hanging down to the middle of the Thighs 3 wiiich they feldome
or never put their arms into. The Peafants alfo wear long red Caps 165 '
as the Merchants and Citizens, but wide linen or Cotton Breeches
likeTrouzers. Their wear a white Silk or Cotton Sharf
about their Head j hanging over their back and Ihoulders like Nuns.
Their Stockings are moftly fcarlet and neatly embroyded, their Ihoes
with litle handfom heels, and fometimes for their more eafy going *'
with flaps. Thofe that are of ability wear a kind of Boddice or waft-
coat of cloth of Gold, and above that an upper-Coat with Ipng Silk
fleeves, this is girded about the middle with Ribbons. Some there are
alfo which wear a fliortfilk Jacket or Jufticore coming down to the
calf of the legs, their flaifts hanging down 2 palms below that.
Being now as we already told you , fent to collect Tribute ,
the firft Wand we came at was Path the place where the
H. Apoftle lohn , and the beloved Difciple of our Lord, was confined,
or banifhed to, and where he wrote his When we went
aihoar, they ihow'd us a litle Chappel in the cleft of a Rock , which
r as the Greeks afcertain'd to us } was the very place where he faw
thofe Heavenly Viikms ■,as alio a ftone which lay above his Bed.This
ftone the Greeks fell, and make great profit of it, being ftampt into
powder is "reputed the bell Remedy that ever was known, for a
Quartan Ague. The City Pathmos is founded upon a Hill about the
middle of the Ifiand , and has withirf it a very fair Monaftery with'
the T omb of chryfolodos the Founder thereof The Ifiand is both Fruit
ful, populous and well built, on the Sea-fide is a litle ftrong Sconce
to defend the place again ft Pyracy, but when they heard of the Over
throw of the T urks , did not in the left oppofe themfelves againft us,
being overaw'd by the Cadis.
When we had difpatched at Fxthmos , we fteer'd away for
which is an Ifiand right over againft the Gulf of to fee if we
could meet with any JWi-r, or other 'Tur Shipping , and according
to our expeftarion met with two rich Prizes , laden with raw Silk,
and other precious Commodities. After we had Sail'd to and again
for 5 or 6 days , we came to Samos to demand the Contributions as at r,yamwr '
other places. When we were arrived in this Road our Commander
thought good to fupply us with Waterand other neceffaries , upon
whichland 19 other of our Ships-folk were fent aihoar. Ten of oub/'f
M 3 Com-