‘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’ [‎236] (295/470)

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iul . when they perceiv that any Forces are fent outagainftthem, they
1670. run into Cavfcs and holes in the Hills and Woods: They are alfo
very well difciplin'd and as, well arm'd , the greateft part thereof
confifting in deferring Soldiers. And by rcaion thole of muft
have all their Fewel and Timljer from this Place, and the work put
upon the Slaves, it happens that every year a great number of thofe
miferable fort of men are either difpatched or wounded.
The next day I was fent up into the Countrey to a place where
my Eatron kept his Cattle , which I was to look after and drive
rhe mi - them up and down where I found the beft Pafturage. When the
that Sun was gon down and I driving the Cattle to their Houfe,Imet
'carried*3 Robbers , who took three Cows away with them, and tied my
away by hands behind my back, fo drawing me along > yet it was not long
RoUers. [3 e f ore we met with 8 Gentlemen of fom whereof knew me,
being frequently at my Mailers houfe. Thefe therefore releafed me
and retook the Beafts, fo that I came fafe home; for which kindnefs
my Mafter gave them a Prefent , I fuppofe , of more value than
what I was fold for to him. Unfpeakable was the kindnefs of my Pa
tron that he had for me, for altho my Work was a litle fervile and
Slavifli, yet my Bed and Table was Lordly; and whatfoever I did
whether well or ill, he always took it in good pa-rt, and would after
that time , never fufter me to go abroad to do any work, faying,
that he beleeved that I was born under fom malevolent Planet. To
be brief I found my daily Tafk fo eafy, and my ufage fo comfor
table, that were it not for the name ofa Slave and that to a M.thwne-
tan , I could not have lived better abroad in any Place of the W odd,
having litle or no care upon my head.
rkh About this time my Patron made preparation to take a Journey
iTscl- ^ cr Scamachy , there to repair his Houfes which were thrown down
ituchy. with an Earth-quake in the year 1667. On the firll of wc
were ready and fet forward with a Card-vxu of 1800 Horfes, and a
great number of Camels , Dromedaries , Ailes and other Beafts
of Carriage, having in Company feveralThoufandsof Men. The
lirft day we palled over three Rivers, to wit , and
Sam bur ■, whereof the fecond is the greateft, running thro the Moun
tains of Elhur. This River divides it felfinto 5 branches, or arms,
broad but iliallow, and runs over a ftony Ground. The next day
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