‘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’ [‎272] (337/470)

1^2, The Voyages of V o y. III.
itrt. his beft Horfe: now the Saddle which he ordered me tafet on being
1671. richly fet with Pearls and Precious ftones., he kept italwaies , in the
Chamber where his, Plate was , fo that I jnuft pafs through three
Chambers to fetch it, but opening the Door of the fecond Room
I found my Patronefs ftandirig naked in the Bath, upon which being
in a,great amazement , and fearful that this rafh Action might be
rcprefented to my Mafter, who might make me pay for my Peeping,
in all haft I retreated and offered to run out again, which Ihe feeing,
cried outj Ho! ho!don i run at fullfilyour Coni-
mtnds. This flie faid with a fmiling Countenance } which cured me
of the Palfie, that the fight of her had already ftruck me into.
rhe .4m- On the 10'h. the Amballadors Brother departed for ifpahan , to make
bJjkion complaint againft the Chan , about the Money that the Ambaffa-
gw/fr dour had upon Intereft and disburied for him, which he could not
ifpalian, get in. *
rhe On the ii llu of luly is a great Fair at S cam itchy > upon which day above
great 500 Slaves were brought to Market, that being their main Traffiic.
^ Of thefe Slaves are of all forts, of People , Men... Wofiicn , Chil
dren , Chriftians and Pagans , , , Georgians and
Circ/ts-Tartars. The roles & Rujfes are commonly ftole by the
Tartars, as alfo the Circajfcs which are Heathens, foraccdrdingtothe
Voice of the x^Alchomn no Mahometan [^or may be made a
Slave , which mainly tends to the Propagation of Turctfm. On the
contrary the Circas-Tartars in xevenge do ileal the "Dtgefiam and fell
them to x\\e Rufms. And.-fo. the Janm. , althofeemingly many Na
tions , yet doubtlefs of old one People , live in conftant jarrs and
private Hoftility, who if they had but Difcretionand Conduftan-
fwerable to their Power, were in a capac ity to fubdue both — and
Ferjia. But as for the Gcorgims they are generally flich. as are fold by
their own.inhuman Parents, and m that out do both and Pagan
who .will not make fale, of fuch as are of their own Opinion or Na
tion , much lefs their own,Children , which is a thing fo befides
Nature, that the moft favage Beafts do abhor it, and will aafoon part
with their Life as with their Young. This Fair , which , aslhave
faid, confifts moft in the Sale of ftollen Booty is agreatadvantage
to Derhcnt and So am achy , which of late years feefn to ilounfh mainly,
and for this reafon is frequented by many Merchants, .where they
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