‘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’ [‎256] (317/470)

1671
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The Voyage?, ollohn Styujs. Voy. III. >1,
PrincTtherTmates the Overture, telling him that young Gentleman , ( «i
was one with whom he had intrufted his Life, andafkedif he would,
give him his Daughter in Marriage. The Merchant was at firft fur-
prifed, hardly ready enough to give confent that aftranger he had. 0
never heard of in his Life fhould have his only Daughter > and yet 0
durft not well deny him , for thofe Princes rule with an Arbitrary m
Power; and altho out offome (how of Courtefy they feem to requcft
a thing' of their Subjects , yet when occafion fervs they command
at their difcretion: nor dare the Subjeft either murmure oroppofe
them in the leaft, for fear of parting with their fweet Lives, and
lofs of Eftate which is taken from their Poftenty. The Father gives
confent but thought her too young for the nuptial Bed, fee not ex
ceeding 12years of Age, and therefore pray'd the Marriage might
be put off till {he was 2 years elder > however the Contraft was
figned in prefence of the Prince, with Condition that (hecameta
die without Iffue that her Eftate fhould devolve upon him. In fine
he was there in very great reputation and gave the Merchant reafon
to be well fatisfied with his Perloa j who fliow'd him all Poffible
Favour and Friendfliip. 1
On the 26 duo our Patron, the Ambafladour, got intelligence ot
the Party that had ftole his Plate, being difcoveredbya Goldfmith
that had bought it •, for Notice was given t<j all the Goldfmiths in
Sumac hy, that if any one bought it, he Ihould have his Money again,
and a Reward to boot. Yet this Delinquent had more favour Ihown
him than the Party who was put to the torment before, tho inno
cent of the Fad; for this received only a few blows on the toot,
and was declared free. He was a , notinfervice oftheAm-
baffador , but only a Parafite who frequented the Houfe.
On the firft of March was another Corps burned with a
Live-Woman , after the iame manner as was laid before j only the
Wood was poured over with T^jphse, in place ot Turpentine Oil.
On the 2 dm, Htdfy Biram my former Mafter fent for me to come
to him, where he intimated how that he intended fo foon as ne polli-
blv could to go for Ifpthm , and afked me if I would go with him. i
anfwered, Sir , 1 ivodd be glad that ,
difficulty Ml be toefcape out of the Hmd
hardly mji me over the threfhold Vuhout