‘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’ [‎94] (141/470)

94 The Voyages of Struys. Vor.II,
jfjs'E. Company werefent up to the Village to buy Provifion and Refrefli-
16 ments 3 and the reft, amongft whom I my felt was one, were to take in
Water, and manage the Boat. But hardly had we taken in two Boat-
fulls but wefaw a Brigandine making toward us, ftow'cLfull of Men;
whereupon we concluded it was no time to dally , and therefore
threw our Things aboard, and betook our felvs to rowing as hard as
j^Xwe could drive towards the Ship. But the Turk* having far more
mtr- Xmds than we , and confequently fwifter at rowing , came in
c'gedby between us and the Ship, which lay half a League from Land.
Turk?, We then Teeing litle hopes of getting aboard , wheel'd about and
made towards Land ; but were as hotly purfued by the and
feeing the Brigantine within piftol-fhot of us aftern, wejump'dover
board and betook our felves to running. Batwhenlfaw that I could
not run any longer, I was forced to feek a lurching place, for my feet
were fere in running through Thorns and Thiftles. Our Commander
and Folk aboard feeing how cafes ftood, came nearer the fhoar and
fhot at the Infidels with their Guns from aboard , tho they held not
uptopurfueus. When I had lay a litle there, I began to peep out, to
fee if the coaft was clear, but was fpied by 4 , who were hunting
after us, and feeing no mean to make my efcape was forced to fubmit.
The^u- When they had tied my hands behind my back,, as they had done
thrand with 6 more of the Company, they dragg'd us away to the Brigadine,
f/jTow"- where coming aboard we met with more civility from the Captain
ftty than we could indeed expeft. They were alfofo civil to us when they
took us that they did not fo much as take a rag o f cloaths from u s, for
I had then 25 Ducats about me which I ftill kept. The Captain, who
was a perfon of a generous Spirit, and with one compaflionat, feeing
us in fuch diflrefs and confternation , faid , Be not grieved
of your Liberty, for I'toill notufeyou fuffer
am thing, that is need full if fee ourfehes However
he brought us to Rhodes where the Plague raged with great violence
and confequently the Slave-market very low, for we could not yield
himabove 100 Pieces of Eight. But the Captain not willing to part
with us at fo low a price brought us to Great Scio , where the
Armada then lay, thinking fo to get a better Sum , but found it quite
to the contrary: whereupon we pray'd him to fell us to our own Ship.
tVeU , faid he , if your Commander, or your
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