‘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’ [‎265] (328/470)

C hap . XXIV. The Voyages of lohn Struys. 2.6^
making various Figures, and always at turning made an cfTeftual
Exrfcife of their Weapons, in fuch manner that the Blood which l67I ' J
came gufliing out of the Wounds on their Heads ran down their
Shoulders with inch ftreams, that no part of their Bodies was free
of Blood j and to thofe Champions was imputed a great mefureof
Sandity, for that they had voluntarily fhed their Blood for the lake
of the great HojJejn. In one of their Heads /as L afterwards could
defcry) were more than 2 o Wounds.
After this follow'd the fecond Pageant which was carried by the
like number of Men. Above it had a Coffin , upon which was a green
Turbant , and round about it were alfo 6 young Men , each one
with an A Ichor an in his Hand, wherein they continually read. After
this Pageant there followed another fmall one, on which was car
ried a V efiel!, not.much unlike a Bathing-T ub, full of Blood, wherein
fat two Children, nothing appearing lave only their Heads [per
haps to reprefent the 2Sons of that reputed Martyr] This was car
ried with a ft range noife of vocal Mufic, but to me ieemmgly void
of RuleandJ udgement. Laft of all came another fmall Pageant, with
a fair blew Silk Covering , and thereon fate a Youngroan who read
all the way in a great Book. After thefe Pageants, or Brancards,'fol
lowed 4 Noble-men, each leading a horle of State, richly cappari-
fon'd; The Saddles being of Gold, and befetwith Precious Stones.
On the far-lide had each Horfe a Da Scymiter , and on the
near-iide a Shield. On each Saddle wasaTurbant, adorned with
variety of Gems and unfpeakably rich. This Solemnity wa-s con
cluded with-a grand Retinu of Citizens, who feemingly furpaffed
all the reft in Devotion. When the Paaieants were come before
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the Door of the Deputy they ftood ftill: and the Deputy accompanied
with all the Nobles about the Court-, rode out to hear the chatyh [or
Sermon] that the Prieft before mentioned, according to the cuftom,
was to preach, which he did with fuch Zeal, as that the Ch.tn [or De
puty] with all that heard him could not refrain from weeping. Moft
of the Sermon was a collaudatory Rehearfal of the Sanctity and N oble
Afts of Hojfeyn, together with a Hiftorical recitation of his Martyr
dom. When the Chatyb was concluded there came an Image of Straw
mounted upon an Afs, armed with Bow and Arrows: this Figure
was to reprefent the Murtherer, who as he rode thro the Preas, every
L1 one