‘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’ [‎262] (325/470)

' z6z The Voyages of lohn Struys. V oy . HI.
enlargement promifing to impart fom weighty and important aftair
1&714 to the King.
I have already made mention, how that about 2 years before,
had difpatched 7 Ambafladors to the Court at ifpahan defiring a
Supply of Men and Ammunition, as alfo to enter into a League with
the King: butbyreafon the Cofa had plundered
bath and Lenkerm , and committed many infolent Outrages within
his Majefties Territories) and that Rad&tn was not by any acknow
ledged as a Soveraign Prince, his AmbalTadors found a very unkind
Reception at Court, and meeting with fome menacing Sentences
in their Inftructions , the King caufed their Heads to be fevered
from their Bodies, referving only one to bring back the Tidings, who
was upon his delivery of the Meffage ordered by Rd^tn himfelfto
be chop'd into Gobbets, as may be read more at large in 192 ,
193. So that I held it ftrange that would affumethe
freedom to fend any more Legates, without other Ground of Hope,
On the 25 was a Per /Ian of reputed Sanctity murthered by a
fian aim after a very bafe degenerate manner. The Murtherer was forth-
wmher. with apprehended and brought before the Prince , where he was
^ accufed of the Fact , and confequently delivered to the neareft
Allies of the Patient to ufe at their difcretion, as is cuftomary
in Perfi* ■. for rarely it happens that either the King , 1 mice,
Deputie or the Civil Magiftracy take notice of fuch delinquencies,
but turn over the Malefaftor to the aggrieved Parties, whoittney
be Poor oftentimes fell their Vengeance for Money , after which
the Law is filent: but here the Delinquent had not that fortune,
for, the Brother of the Murthered Party had neither Poverty nor
Mercy , but fo foon as permiflion was granted him , he caule
two Men to hold him down till he had ftabbed him with the lame
Weapon , faying , Get thee hen, ,
Tvhom thoubelongtft ; for the was a drunken Fellow , and
executed in the fame fit of Drunknefs wherein he had fo far miftake
himfelf, fo that the Murther, Complaint and Execution wexe a
done in the fpace of three Hours. jj "
^ On the 3 of May fell out a dolefull Tragedy at a Wedding, where
pttinf- w hen all the Company were in the middeft of their mirth, an
fage atk - - jjIlClv" 1