‘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’ [‎257] (318/470)

/»<-' m ] Liberty to go Tvhere I teould: jet me for his bad ujage defirom mjh .
to be out of his hands, batches me more narr Upon '•
this he exprefled how lorry he was that he had fold me to the Am-
baffador, as indeed for my own part I had ^reat reafon to be; where
as by the firft 1 had plenty of all that was neceflary and was without
any Overfight, but with the laft fullered perpetually Hunger, Rai
ling & Blows, and forced to lie all Winter on the hard and cold
Floor without any Coverlet to keep me Irom cold, fo that it was
an evident token of GODS Goodnefs that 1 came otf with health and
foundnels of Body. All the Winter long I was not permitted to come
in the Kitchin, much lefs at the Stove , fo that 1 had no way to warm
my lelf, unkfs when I found fom pieces of wood among the Rub-
bilh which I lay together and made a Fire of} but what was worft
I durli not for my life complain, however with the approachment
of the acceptable Summer feafon I was eafd of that one hardlhip.
CHAR XXIV.
7 he manner cf Celebrating New-years day among the Perfians. Advice from Boynak:
from Derbent. Fire-balls fall from the SJ^j. Five Hundred beautiful Damofels
fought up for theScach , fr Sophy ofPerfia. A quaint mean by which a Merchant
faves his Daughter* The Author writes to Smyrna. ACkieftainoftheCohks
brought into Scamachy; andis compelled to carry ^ of his Companions Heads in a
Bag to lipahan , where he is upon promife of dete fling fom thing ofweightfet at
Liberty. A Pcttianmurthered bj a drunken Georgian. The murtherer executed
by the Brother of the murthered Party, A Horrible Self murther committed by
feveral Perfons at a Wedding. A great Feafi celebratedin memory oflloffcyn,
the Son of AW. A terrible Earth-quake. The Chans Son dies andis interred,
ON the io of March being the Vernal <tMe0noEtul begins their cthhu-
Y ear. This day is celebrated with Shooting, Playing, Feafting tion 0 f
and Mufie. The Solemnity began with the Firing of two great Guns 5 ^
and feveral Volleys of Mufkets and lefler Fire-arms. All the night
they playd upon Trumpets j Comets 3 Flutes and other Wind-
mulicj, befides 15 Kettle-drums. This day the Per/tavs call Naur us
and wiih one another a happy New year 5 as is cuftomary among
lls on the 1 of lamary. TIk Chan as alfo all the Nobles and Citizens
K k kept