‘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’ [‎264] (327/470)

2(5^ The Voyages of lohn V o y. I ll t
which gave a wonderfull {how. No lefs worth y of light was the Pro-
ceflion', which was .performed with many Ceremonies > and fuch
was my curibfitie that notwirhftanding all the Thumps I got, Iftiil
crowded in among them to fee all I could. Firft ofallappeared the
chauh ,or High-prieft, accompanied with a long rout of Inferior
Clergy} The Ch.ztib , or CMufti , himfclf was attired in a long blew
Robe ,' with a white Torie , or Wreath about his Head , and fo
were all the reft of the Clergy attired after the fame manner > yet diffe
rent in Pomp and ftatelynefs according to their fevera! degrees and
advancement. The Chatib had in his hand an Book , out
of which he read the Memorials of the Saint with an exceedmg^loud
voice j which ended he was filent for a little while, and then again
began all the Priefts to fmg-with a ftrange melody or rather howling,
fork was but aconfufed Harmony,ever crying out 0
EojJ'eyn! In fliort a third part of what I heard was After thefe
followed all the Great Perfonages; and next to them 2 Great Pageants
of form, fquare, each with a pompous Canopy, thefc were fnppor
ted and born by a certain number of Men, on the one was the R-e-
prefentation of the Prophet being fignified by a Perfon who had
taken in a Potion which made him to ileep for 48 hours together,
lying upon a Bier. Round about the [fuppofed] Corps fate 6 little
Boys, who had the Art of weeping Above the Canopy
flood two Towers very pompous and coftly, and out of the one a
Youth put forth his Head weeping aloud and dolefully cried out
Holscyn. Hojfeyn! 0 Hofieyn, Hojfeyn ! On each fide the Pageant ran feve-
ral young Men all naked ,fave only about the Middle,having anointed
themfelvs with Flower and black T^yphih.-t j that they looked more
like Satyrs than Men: in their Hands they had Truncheons, where
with they thrcatned dcyo ^to baftonado the Muitncrer. Otheis
there were who carried in each hand a Flint or fom hard ftone, which
they fmote together, ftill howling and weeping aloud, that had it
not appeared otherwife by their wanton Adions when any She-flave
came near them I Ihould "have taken all for real and unfeigned for-
row. All this while they jumped and twifted themfelvs into many
poftures; the Air ftill Ecchoing with Befidcs thcle
were 6 lufty Men of robuft Bodies having each a naked Scymiter in
the hand , and bare-headed : thefe danced after a very od manner
making