‘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’ [‎103] (150/470)

C hap . VIIL The V oyages of Strays. icy
As for the Candians (or * Cretians } they are naturally inclined to
Lazinefs, and more addicted to vouluptuous lives than their neigh-* utos
bours) They are alfo great afFeders of a glafs of "Wine , yet not fo 1^',
ealily fubdued, as the Phlegmatic Hollande for their Habit, thofe
that are of the beft quality ape the Venetia , the vulgar fort and Pe-
fantry retain ftill the old Greekish mode } only their heads are for mtuus !
the moft part ihaved , which to fupply they wear a thin Silk vail,
about the breadth of an ordinary handkercheif, and above that a great, citing^'
heavy hat. «/
Our Proveditorhaving finiflied his Charge at we fet fail nfdeT
and fteer'd away for Standing an Ifland lying about 2 or 3 Leagues from
the North-coaft, but not inhabited; However the their
ordinary Courfe and Traverfe through the ^JrchipeUgo put in here,
becaufe of it's commodious Road or Bay j and therefore ufed as a T «- "
Rendevouz for the benefit of Communication. After we had lay atswndu
anchor a few days we weighed and fail'd with the whole Fleet for the
Vardanelli to give the Tw/b battail; But I muft mind you , how that tTL*.
by the way we met with a Squadron of Ships , which were lent by
thofe of Argters , Trifoli, ihunis and Tjo , for the Afliftance of the
Turkish Armada. So foon as we had got fight of them , we put out
Turkish Colours and hover'd a little, that they might come up to us >
which they feeing made all the Sail they pollibly couM,till they came
near vis, at \vhat time they began to fufpe£t that they had got a wron g
Sow by the tail ,and fo indeavOured to go off: but Macenigo, the
General feeing them fleer to the ftarboard, made towards them , and
coming within Cannon fhot fired a Gun, which did fo diforder them,
that they thought better to ftay together in one entire Fleet and try
their valour , than to break their Squadron , and accordingly put
themfelves in a convenient Pofture, in order to receive Battel. Upon L a2Sr6
this fell a very hot Ingagement: which lafted more than a full Watch j
by which time the Venetims had taken and funk 4, Ships , 3 whereof
were of their firfb Rate , and the remainder being 12 in all , were g !er ' n< ' s
fain to betake themfelves to the Turktsh Havens , but were fo difabled ™ p £ e "
thatthey werenot in a long tim(| fit either for Sailing or Service.
After this fortunate Enterprife, the General fail'd diredly tor Xomfchi,
bemgaftrongand well fortified Sea-Town , and a Nell of
ryrats, lying on the coail of Amtol'u ; which after a fliort attacque we zouafth
took