‘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’ [‎215] (274/470)

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C hap . XVIII. The Voyages of loh n Struys. xij
to the Hermites Cell, travailing every day 5 Miles, winch we rec- mi.
koned for a good days journey, the more, in regard that the higher
we came, the fteeper we found the Hill, At every 5 Miles end we
found a Hermitage , where we were fupplyed with a Peafant and
an Afs, to carry our Provifion , and Wood for Fewel, becaufe
that about the midle of the Mountain it is fo extreme cold, that Ice
of half a nights freezing, will bear man andhorfe. In our Journey
upward?, we pafled through three forts of clouds. The firft were
thick , mifty and dark. The fecond were cold and like fnow , al
though it was then perfed fummer below in the Valleys, and fo
warm that the Grapes were very early ripe. The third fort werefo
cold, that we could hardly endure any longer, and thought verily
that we fhould have grown ftiff, and not able to proceed on our Tour
ney. But having now travailed 4 days, and hadpafled through the
higheft and coldeft clouds , we found the Air very temperate and
tolerable. On the 7 of that Moneth , we arrived at the Hermites
houfe, which was hewen out of a Rock, the Weather being there
fo moderate and gentle as man can imagine, or heart canwifh; nei
ther more hot than might very well be endured, nor yet more cold
than was expetible and congruous to humane conftitution. The fun
enlivened us with thwarting beams , which were again refrafted,
with the refrefhing gales of Wind j the Wind correcting the Sun'
the Sun the Wind. The Hermite told me he had lived there 5 years,
and never had feen the weather any otherwife. But on the top of the
Hill, it was yet more calm , where as none can remember that
the Air there did ever change, or was fubjed either to Wind or Rain,
which is prefumed to be the reafon that the'Ark has endured fo long
without being rotten.
Going into the Hermites Cell, I took a view of the Rupture,
which I faw was Ihut forth about the bulk of a henns-eggj and with
one afked him. How long he had had it? he anlwered, A Moneth :
which gave me good encouragement, fmce I was fure that the Fiifure
was frefh, and therefore the Cure with greater facility to be effeded.
Thus I undertook the work, and taking 2 00 frefh Hen -eggs I boy-
Jed them hard, and made thereof an Unguent. I made alfo a Trufs,
and anointed him 4 times a day with the Oyntmentcaufing himto
ly ftill for a fortnight together, which done I let him rife up to fee
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