‘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’ [‎149] (198/470)

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they fliave, anointand put him in a Monks-hood, which they call the
Seraphic Wed : After which they adminifter no more Phyfic to him ,
JtOfA but commend him to the Grace of GOD. Now if it happen that he
rev ,' recover, he is obliged to abandon Wife , Children and Eftate for
Wis ! ever , and betake himfelf to a Monaftery, where he is to fpend the re-
Wjji mainderofhisdays. , , _ . , r
aj a But if our Patient dy, then all the N eighbours and F nends come
5 togetlier to bewail the deceafed asking the Corps , how he came to
dy, and for what reafon , for what defeft or want, like thofe
Mdagafcar , remembred inmyfirft Voyage. I remember that having '
■ . cccaiionto vifita Countreyman of min6 upqn a Munday morning I
!J i? 1 entred the Houfe, where the Mafter was dead and the Corps laid our,
J above afcore of old W omen, were fet round about him, and fpeaking
Mptfe to him as if they expected fome anfwer from him ; but above all, his
wetfe began to howl and yell aloud, whoiri his life time wifhed him
arefwp® athoufand times in Hell, for he behaved himfelf very feverely towards
ottkrt h er Qy t quoth flie, ^ Tmmnm po-Shmea- [ fbr;fHat was his name ] my
iGuldeis,! Dearejl, hoTt haft thou left me thus ? What
Udtu Did lever neglect to punt my felf ? Ha
merit Hadji not thoti all things at Command? Metheglin [amfureTvehad aheays m
plenty <nyty* and Brandy too. what then per fiaad me defolate
OTcds,: and forlorn,oh remember the dtfconfoUteJitte of tviddote-hoodand return
tedii the merry World, &c. Thcfc, and many other foolifh exprcllions by
tatonw: way of Interrogation, flie accofted him with , which made me at
rtflteiiit firft to think that he was not fully dead. So foon as the Party is depar-
L Fis ted they open the Windows, and fet Bafons of Holy- water, together
with fevcr.il Dilhes of meat bciide the Body , to relieve his Wants
on fo long and tedious a J ourney, as do the 5 w hich feems
to be the Reliques of Heathenifm, not long fmce profefled in many
parts of Mffuc. Imediately upon his departure they fend Brandy,
and Beer, with other Liquors and Prefents to the Prieft,who is to pray
for his Soul. The Bodythey wafli from Head to foot , as doe the
Jews ,' then winding it in a fheet, put it into a Coffin which is hol
lowed out of a Tree, and fo carried to Church,where they befprinkle
it with holy Water, and perfume it with Incenle ; which done they fay
Mafs, and with feveral Hymns commit it to the Ground.
. But if aPerfon die without adminiftration of the ExtremeUnction,
T 3 be