‘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’ [‎254] (315/470)

The Voyages of V oy . III #
rut. Plefure at the Hands of his Legate : for the Errand is difpatched
x6ji. Wit h fmch fpeed that they have not time to diipofe or confuk afFaifs.
Thefe extreme Mefures create great Loyalty and Obedience in the
Greateft Officiated Perfonages > who are carefuil to pleafe and fear-
full to difpleafe their Soveraign Lord: neither is it one of the left
Machines to bring vaft Sums and an inexhauftibleTrefure into the
Kings Coffers , for they ^mulate who fhouldbring the greateft and
moft acceptable Prefents: as alfo to luch as they underftand to be
the chief Minion s and Favorites in Court.
The Chan having entred the City apparrelled in his Robe, which
was of Cloth of Gold, he was faluted with the Ordnance, andfe-
veral Volleys of fmall Shot > The People alfo of all degrees and ranks
continued playing and junketting the greateft part of the night.
New U' On the 3 dito, Lews Fabritius rode poft to Derhent in order to his
'flam" 1 " Journey for OMtfcou,upon the firft good and certain news he could
/uffia. have from Rujfia: for there was a ftrong report that the Czar had a
great Army in Camp and having beat the Rebells in open Field was
ready to lay fiege to AjlrnchAn-,as alfo that one ofa high Command
and next to Rad^in, was taken and put to a fhamefull and ignomi-
nihus Death.
On the 10 dito one SUbitsky a Tolifh Gentleman 3 went to Court,
fweea* where he cafually met with the Trumpeter > who ^as a
Poiiih Under , and a Renegado , where reprehending the Trumpeter for
renouncing the Chnftian Faith , and becoming a Profelyte in Per-
a Rene- Jin, he grated a little too hard upon the Renegado's Confcience,
gtdv. jr 0 [ ie a fter a few hot words drew his Scy miter and ran upon the
Gentleman, who was not remifs in doing the like; yet having bad
fuccefs in his aim ? the Renegado hack'd and wounded him foj that
his Life was defpaired of.
On the 18 came an Exprefs to my Patron j the Envoye,
from the Court at ifpahan , with the fame Mandate, that he fhould
fece/ves forthwith go for Poland : But he excufed himfelf, alleadging that
a man- the CufptAn Sea, was full of Coptc Pyrates, and that the Tart at Coim-
%m. treys were alfo very unfafe, fince he muft go thro the Tern*
tories, who had more than once badly intreated the PoUJh Minifters,
who were to pafs that way: Thefe were indeed likely, but not tie
real reafons why he deferred his Repatriation, but as was f 31 ^^-
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