‘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’ [‎228] (287/470)

zz8 The Voyagesqf lohnStruys. V oy .III.
jUL¥ t they are about buying, they pull of their Cloaths and grope them 41
''tyvf over as if it were a Swine tir ac QalE Beiides their low efteem they have
for Slaves as to their Perfons they are very unkind and void of Mercy,
fo that were it not for the Lois of fo much money very few of thofe
wretched caitiffs would die a natural Death; Thofe people being by
nature very prone to Anger, and beiides that too jealous to live upon
Earth, thinking that if a Slave do but fmileorcaft a friendly look
toward one of their Wives that fomething extraordinary muft be in
the cafe; altbo I had never reafon to complain ofmy Patron for any
fuch thing: but one that lived in the neighbourhood was muchad-
difted to that inquietude and reftlefs humour. The bed where I lay
was upon the Top of the houfe for coolnefs fake, and could very well
fee into my neighbours Court, or Garden, where his Wives walked
and played together being undreft. The man faw mefeveral times
and I him; but he not knowing how to prevent it, Went and told my
Mailer that I hurled Stones among his Wives, which was not true.,
for confidering what circumftances I was under and fenfible of the
Condition of a Slave in thofe Places, it had been a T oken of the great-
eft imprudence in the World to hazard my felf fo far as to offend fuch
men who were both void of Reafon and had my Life in their hands.
My Mafter told him he did not beleev that I would do any fuch thing,
fVcll 3 replies the other, take your Slave aTvay, or,
for you. Upon this my Patron warned me to take heed or looking down
any more , not knowing what might come of it. I was very curious
to know what courfe the Infidel would take in hand, to fetch me
down, and accordingly went down to the old Place, where I faw le-
veral long Hand-guns ready levelled and cock'd , laying out at
the Window,' which made me in all haft to turn about and out of the
way, but was no fooner turned before I heard him fire, alt ho it did not
the mifchief he hoped and expecled. The Inhabitants, as was laid
before , are in this place fomthing currifn-natured, but the Per Jims
in general do not ufe their Slaves fo unkindly ,as the Turks , which I
could well obferv the time I was on the Galleys, nor yet fo inhumanly
as they do at ^Argicrs ,Trtpolt , , Sdee , and other maritim
Towns in Barbary , according to the univerfal report given by thofe
that fall into the hand of thefe'eruel Men ; for here when they do ufe
them fo hard, it is more to make them renounce their Faith and be
come