‘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’ [‎100] (147/470)

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, oq The Voyages of Stmys. o y. II,
ywtB. on the other fide it has Candia about 13 Leagues diftant, infomuch
that the lultws fay, Congo is a good Corps duguarde
mm. the Chriftians to enter,the Archipelago. Qn the fouth-eaft fide is a
ftrong Fort built upon a proclive R.ock, and has but one way to enter
it. The nether-City is populous enough j and the Inhabitants very
diligent in their refpeftive callings. Here they fhow'd us the Foun-
?.uhs »/dations and Ruins of a famous T emple dedicate to the Goddes Femsy
itin the times of Gentilifiu. The Land is. very hilly , but the Valleys
Venus, rich and fertile j having one Well of very good Water. The Inha
bitants are chiefly Greeks , except the Garnfons, andthe Governour*
who is always a Venet 'un N obleman.
From Certgo we fet fail for Cxndix the renowned City of Crete, which
eaD ia ' now is alfo called Candid The Ifland lies about 4 .7 degr. Northerly
latitude j and is about 200 English land-miles in length, lying almoft
Eaftand Weft. It has many Creeks y and abundance of fair Cities, of
which the moftnotedare Candia , C mca , Retmo, Sitio, Apicormo, Chy*
famo, Mdipotamo, Garahafe , befides a great number of unwalled
Towns, which they fay amount to 6 50, all the inferior Villages and
fmaller Granges excluded out of the number. The whole Ifland has
been heretofore under fubjeftioa of the Venetians , but at that time
when I was there, the Turks were Mafters of all except the City Candid
itfelf,, which was then under the Venetians and a few ftrong Holds as
appendences on the Town , which they held ( as is univerfally
known) for a confiderable time together againft the Forces^
The Fortifications have been and are frequently altered, according toi
the Difcretion of the refpeftive Govemours: and is from the very firft
Foundation famous for it's admirable rare Site, and natural ftrength,
k lies in a fair flat Countrey: the Eaft and North Angles fronting the
stttngthSea. Upon that Angle which lies to the northward was an impre-
tfcatiugnable Fort or Caftle, which had not only all the Fortifications that
could be thought ufefull, or any way advantageous for the Town?
but alfo the Sea for a further urength , which encampafTedit as a
Mote. Thefame Caftle has not only the Command of the Haven,
but alfo the Sea on both the right and left fide. Between this Caftle
and the City was a Wall of 20 foot broad , on which the Soldiers
marched , from the one to the other. Befides this the Town was
muni ted with divers Ramparts, Bulwarks and other Fortifications