‘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’ [‎292] (357/470)

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ternal Diftempers, as was advifed my Patron by a Doctor at
to make ufe of it for a weaknefs in his joints.
On the id. my Mafter fetout to go to thefe Baths and asked me to
go with him , bidding me take a Horfe, lo that I was as well mounted
as he himfelf: he took with him 3 Slaves with an Afs to carry clean
Linnen , Meat, and Wine , with other Refrelhments. A little
before we came at thofe Wells, we fmelled a ilrongfmellofBrim-
ftone, and heard the Water bubble up and boil. We faw alio fmoke
and vapours that rofe in many places from the Water, which made
me very faint. The chiefeft 01 thofe Wells is called but
this my Mafter thought not fit for him to ufe, but went to another
called Serdebe , which neverthelefs is reputed the beft Water, and
was therefore roofed over with a ftately Arch , at the Charges of
the Grand Chancelor T^ulphayachm. Among the Slaves that my Pa
tron had was an old Greek, for whom he had a great kind nefs, and
efed him more like a Brother than a Servant. Sofoonashewasun-
cloathed this Greek rubbed his Body with a Towel, till he was all
over red, then he ftepped into the Bath , where for fome time he
fat to the neck in Water , and then coming out dried himfelf,
took a draught of very ftrongWine, and away again into the Bath,
which having done 2 or 3 times together he clothed himfelf and rode
away to a Caranvanfcra. , where the Day before he had befpoke a warm
Bed, in which he lay him down and ftayd over night. The next day
betimes in the Morning we rode back to K^frdebtl, where he kept his
Bed for fom days following.
On the so 1 ' 1 -1 went with my Patron to fee the moft noble Sepulchre
of SchichSephy. My faid Patron alfo prepared himfelf for this, as
he did to vifit the other at Kelcher by Falling and Prayer. This
fepdehre famous Maufoleum erected to the memory of Seach and now
sephy" the Burying Place of other Perjim Kings lies near the CMiydan. Before
Aide- this pompous Sepulchre ftands a fair Gate of rich Marble, in which
is fhown an Admirable Skill in Architecture. Within this Port or
Gate hang two Maffy Silver Chains athwart each other like Feftons :
thofe they, fay were beftowed on this Place by the Chan of
for a Monument of his Zeal. Having entred this Gate we came into
a fair and fpacious Court all paved withfquare Stones and polilhed
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the fa-
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Porphyr} round about on each fide were Arches, as Piazzas, under
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