‘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’ [‎314] (379/470)

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how that being at Scamachi,. wc had a Letter from one of our Com-
j672 ' pany, to which was fet no name j yet prefumed that it was from
thony tJUmjler the Jeweller. The certainty thereof I underftood here,
as alfo how he was brought to Ifp Being com to , his Pa
tron wrought very hard upon him to renounce Chriftianity , and
embrace the CMahometm Faith , promifing him upon h is fo doing
to efteem him for his Son, to giv him one of his Daughters in Mar
riage , and a confiderable Dowry , beyond what was cuftomary in ,
thofe Lands. All thefe the young Man declined, faying 3 that neither
Promifes nor Threats fhould ever prevail with him and therefore
begg'd of him to reft contented. His Patron finally marking, that he
was not flexible to efpoufe that Religion , he began to pefter and
opprefs him with all manner of Cruelty that he could invent , info-
much that he became very Melancholic, and at laftloft his Sences,
in which condition he made his Efcape into the Dutch Lodge, which
he took up for his Sanftuary, and was kindly received by the Heer
Sent, who held him fo long in private till he had obtained his Free
dom from the King. Yet ftill continued this Frenzy with him, till
he died, only fomVay that by certain Expreflions he made, about
the Eternity of the Soul, he wasfenfible of himfelf a little before his
Death. He was buried with a more than ordinary Pomp , Confide-
ring themeannefs of his Perfon, as to outward Eftate } but was highly
fet by for his perfcverance and conftancy in the Chriftian Faith. His
outward Qualities were very commendable being of a handfom fta-
ture, fair Complexion and in every Way and Gefture very taking:
nor was he lefs to be praifed for the internal Faculties of the Mind
and Soul, being very confcientious and juft in all his dealings, and
withall pious. His fweet Manners and Converfation was fuch that
thofe who had the left converfe with him were very forry for his un
timely, or to fpeak more properly, his early Death, he not being fully
26 years of Age, t „■
The Dutch "Lodge is a very fair Building, not far from the Kings
Palace, having many fair Appartments, Ware-houfes, and other
Conveniences for repofing Merchandizes. The many fair Rooms
it has, are funufhed with all neceflary Moveables, beyondthoicot
the Pcrflms , and far more coftly. Behind the Houfe is a fair and fpa-
cious Garden, having all forts of Fruit-trees proper to that and other