‘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’ [‎168] (217/470)

! 68 The Voyages of V o y . HI.
1ULY. Tartars for their alfiftance, who were LMzhometms. Thefe made not
1669. mu ch delay, but on a fudden raifed a mighty Army, which inccrpo-
rating with the Rebells gave the Vice-Koy battail, and gain'd the
Field, andpurfuingthefuccefsof the day invaded the Emperours
Territories. The Cuarin the mean while being informed by Exprefs
that the Hoftility kept the Field,had put theForces under Conduct of
the Vice-Roy to flight, and that they approached with a great
Body, he levied as great an Army as he could do with fo fhort war
ning, and ingaged with the Twtars in open Field. But the Hoftility
increafihg more and more, what with their own Nation , and
what with the Maleconte'nts within the Jurifdidion , were
almoft 15 to 3 , and after a Ihort but very hot Battel the Empe-
rour was lain to flee and betake himfelf to Novomod. The Tart in
feeing themfelves Mafters of the Field , marched forward
which they attacqued , took in and plundered. However the
Cittadel Crernekm held ftoutly forth all the time, without making
Propofals or Articles upon which they would feem willing to fur-
render it , till at laft finding themfelves not in a capacity to hold
forth they gave it over , upon very honourable Conditions as to
themfelves, but difadvantageous Terms for the great Duke himfelf,
and the City of (jMofcou. Shamefull was this Lofs to the Emperour,
and no Ids ground of Honour for the Victory to the Hoftility , who
now as it were in a moment had regained all their Freedoms which
from time to time before they had loft. Right loath was the to
give his ailcnt to the Conclulions of the Treaty, but was at laft com
pelled to fign it with his own hand , partly for that his Eojars and
Council preffed him to it, and partly upon his own confiderations,
how that his Countrey in all probability would in cafe he continued
refractory be overrun, and he himfelf with all his Race be fecluded
from the Monarchy. TheTartawns had 2 Generals , Brethren and
equall in command, whereof the elder called erefted
a Statue in tJMofcou , to which he obliged and injoyned the
to pay certain Homages. The younger called marched on
for Cafin where he had his Refidence, thinking, that becaufe it had
formerly been a Soveraignty, and that the Footsfteps and Reliques of
a wafted Kingdom were ftill apparent, he might the better ered and
rear a new Monarchy upon the Foundations of an old.