‘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’ [‎127] (176/470)

C hap . III. The Voyages of lohn stmjs Il7
but upon what account ! know not. Firft they began to make i
'quarrel, and fo boldly offered to ftrike with their Axes , fayine S
that they were upon their own Ground , and that we were a parcel
of Rogues and V agabonds &c. To which fome of our Company who
could fpeak the Language , prai'd them not to moleft us , as they
tendred their Welfare, and that we had no time to ftand difputim'
and anfwering their impertinent Objedions. This not availing S"
perfwading them to be quiet, but rather made them worfe, for they
came clofer apd clofer to us : which Capt. £/*//«-obferving fell a ca
ning them, whereupon they retired alitle, as if they would away
but all on a fudden came running in upon us full drive with their
Axes, upon which three of our Company levelled their Mufquets
but the Captain forbad to fire 5 and let the Maftive loofe upon them'
The Mallive flies diredly at one of them, and had him fo faft by the
Throat, that we had much ado to get him off : the other feein^his
Mate fo hard put to it,ran away as faft as he could, but the Do" bdno-
loofe flew after him, and tore ofFhis left ear ; and had we not
our mdeavour to take him off, had rent him all to pieces. So loon as
we had got rid ofthem we proceeded on our way, and at night came
to Gerodna , where we ftaid till morning.
offltfeJi On the 2 + ditto we went forward , paffing over; 2 Rivers , where
;al)orejo (i we came to a Village called SaTvtdoTsa , and at night came to c n
ldMrS i Spa?which was our Stage. Here we provided our felves again with S
Stai frefh HorfeSjbut not without much difficulty, for in the mean time we
mk were very uncivilly treated by the Inhabitants, whom we found mi-h
rc ttv kt tll y inclined to quarrel with us, although without occafion. ^
vhiclfe . 0n tlie 2 5 we took our leaves of Smlk* going over a laree
PI a J ' and at ni ght came to a village called where for want K r .
tian ^ 0 P neyS We wer( l forc ed to ftay, till we had an Exprefs from
left whlchcame not before the 4 of Decem following , at which time
.iM ca ™ealfo one of the Domefticks of the , Kinfman
imedi" 1 roCa P ra! bringing the unwelcom news of his Matters Sicknefs
% ^ homtheP %/\ cia f J" d ged to be paft recovery. The Captain upon
foeoil 1 ^ 0 P eni ng of the Letter was^ fadly dejefted , and immediatlv took
■ lid J ?i? iean i C !? e £ Wffcott, leaving us Order the next day to
1 # rVl Ba ?g a g e : Inthe mean time it began to fnow hard
infomuch that we were forced to tarry 6 days at Onthei
we
fet