‘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’ [‎154] (203/470)

The Voyages of lohnStruys. V oy . III.
of all he hangs a Crofs about it's neck of Gold , Silver , Tin , or
Ivory, with the Image of fome Saint, to whofe Patronage he is fpe.
cially committed and commended, and fo the Sum of this Sacrament
is performed. The Water is thrown away into a Cave of the Earth,
becaufe it is impure. Ifany Perfon befofarbefotted , as to become a
Profelyte and embrace their Religion, he muft renounce his former
Baptifm, and be rebaptized after their manner, firftfpitting3 times
over his fhoulder in token of Abhorrency of his former Errors.
Tkir The Sacrament which we call , or the L. they
c J* m 'hold forth likewife as necelfary to Salvation , receiving it in both
kinds, yet not as is ufual among thofe of the Reformation , for they
break the Bread into the Wine, which the Communicant takes with
a fpoon. This Sacrament is alfo adminiftred to Children , and all
under the Notion of Tranfubftantiation, altho not info full a Sence
as the Romanics. The Sick do likewife partake of this Sacrament,
which is given them upon their Death - bed , as the Hoft in the
Church of Rome.
Confepon is alfo a Sacrament held forth by them , and is much
i.xr'con- after the manner of the Church of Rome , and are injoyned to Penance
fifm, according to the Nature and Degree of the Sin , which they obey
wondrous well, and if the Crime be very Hainous, they wafli them-
felves at the Epiphany.
They have alfo their weekly and annual Fafts; Four times in the
my ear ij a pp ens t h e ktter , in which they fhow themfelves outwardly
zealous , agreeable to the literal Injunction of the Church j but are
at no time fo loofe and wanton as then , paffing away the time in
Drinking, Dancing, Gaming Whoreing, and what not ? No time,
nay all the time in the year round affoards not more news of Murther;
and lince the Main Faft happens in the Winter, there are many fo far
befottedthat they are not able to find the way home, but dropping
afleepby the way are fo frozen to death > whence (if they efcape the
Wolf and Bear^ they are carried to the Precaus^nd. from thence
to the Dome , of which we have already made mention.
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