‘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’ [‎132] (181/470)

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13 4 The Voyages of HI
the Emperour took occafion to fay } Sofanhfullarc my fuhjects
_i6«9. high eft Bojar, tothe meaneft Fajfd,that these is not one of them >ho. Tvould
refufeto throlvhimfclf pracipittrnly
good to command : aad thereupon calls a Bojar, or Lord , whom he in-
ttantly commanded to throw himfelf head - long down, which after
he had taken his Leave of his Imperial Majefty and thofe that were
with him j jump'd off from the higheft pinacle, where he was taken
up dead , buried with greated Solemnity , and his Children pro-
moted to the greateft Places of Truft, in which they and their Defcent
continue till this day.
Befides this there is yet another Tower and one of the wideft that
S re«Bett ever I have feen in my life, in which is the greateft Bell without doubt
in the World, weighing 394000 and the Clapper 10000 I mea-
fured it and found it 2 3 foot Diameter , and 2 foot folid mettal. It
is as much as 5 o ftrong men can move, and that only fo as may j uft be
perceived. It is feldom rung, and that only upon Feftival days , or
when any Forreign Prince or Minifter of State dcfires it. When they
intend to do it at any extraordinary time , they make proclamation
through the Town, by which warning the Citizens rake down all the
Glafles and Earthen Ware, for it makes all tremble and fhake.
There are befides the Imperial Court feveral other fpacious Palaces
for the So/^, or Nobility, as alfo for the Spiritual Lords , amongft
which that ofthe Patriarch is the moft magnificent. Without
gorod , directly before the Palace of the , is one of the faireft
5emfa" Churches (I muft neds fay } that I have feen in all my Travels,
lcm . l which i s built after the model of the T emple of whence
cwot. i t has that Name. Near unto this church is the great Market having
Shops of all Wares and Merchandifes that may be imagined , but
every Shopkeeper has his own Row or Street, fo that people of one
Dealing have all their Shops together, and by themfelves. In this part
of the City dwell likewife the ableft Merchants ] and other
Perfons ofnote, who dwell in ftone houfes to preferve their Goods,
if a Fire Ihould happen.
Zitur-gorod which is the fecond part of Mofcou encompaffeth KitiJ-
gorod almoft in the form of a Crefcent, which is alfo environed with a
huge Wall, which they call , that is , The white Wall.
Zaar-gorod is divided into two parts by the River T^eglina , which
runs
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