‘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’ [‎232] (291/470)

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Dutch, and had Letters for the Sul Whereupon the Soldier tur
ning to the Tartars bade them fee what they did , for that thofe
men had Letters for the Saitm : and fo they got free from the
tars i but were fuddenly carried before the Sultan , who fo foon as
they were admitted asked them. What Countrey men they were?
They anfwered Hollanders. Then he asked for the Letters which he
was informed they had for him, upon which they fell down u-
pon their knees humbly begging Forgivenefs,faying, That
/aid, hoiv t hat Tve had Letters for the Sultan,
Tve cannot deny , for moji true it is-, bthit Tkw fe-
cure and reUafe our Per fins from the T artars,
Perfian J tmfdiction: Wherefore, Grea
upon m, fir Tve are thofe very people fled from Aftrachan
approaching of the Cofacs, and haye been unfortunately
Dageftan^CM/?, Inhere T»e svereplundered,
habitants, andjince continued in miferable Scemkal,
and thereforehaye made bold to feekProtection They
told him moreover how that they had been 3 days and 2 nights
by the Way; Travelling only by night and hiding themfelvs by
day, left they fhould be detected, and retaken, as they had fure-
ly been at the Gate , if the Soldier had not fhown them fucH a
a Fayour. The Sultan freely pardoned them and fent them to a
Houle where he had ordered they Ihould have abode and mainte
nance , till they were otherwife provided} for this Prince, has
ever been favourable to our Nation. But thefe two fearing that
their Living fo would coft them too dear, and that one time or
another they muft pay for all, they removed into a for
fo they call an Inn or Tavern, where they took no care for Diet,
being well fupplied by the continual concourfe of people that came
thither, as well Indians as Per fans. The Sultan alfo promifedto write
to the King about the Redemption of the reft of the Captiv
Slaves , and as much as in him lay to further the fame. Certain
it is he did as kindly for our Countrey men as might be expeued.
from him ^ when as the Brother of the Scewikdczv&c to demand them
as Fugitivs , and he refufed to let them go , for that they were
now in Berbent , and that the King had underftood how unkmalY
they had dealt with thofe that were his Allies , and with thofe with