‘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’ [‎328] (395/470)

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likely to be his Trumpeter: but the more he charged me to conceal
it the more I reckon it my Office to publifli it, that Chriftians whofe
firft and chief Duty towards their Neighbour is Charity, and that
the remifsnefs of that Duty may be convinced by thofe who hold xt
as a voluntary and not an injoyned Aft, In fum his fair Carriage
towards me, unfortunately thrown from a Condition of Freedom to
a State of Slavery, bad fo far ingaged me to love and honour him, that
(had it not been for the Reftriilion and Care of a Wife and Children
who lived all this time as Widdow and Orphans} I could have bin
more content to ferv him all my Life as a Slave, than to have the Li
berty which I have before and fmce enjoyed , with fuch Anxiety.
When, with a faint Heart and Eies full of Tears, I took my lad leav
of him he embraced me , and told me he had yet hopes to fee me
once again, and when I was at a diftance, cried out,
highejl Heayens conduct you:GOD
which were the laft words 1 heard him fpeak.
My two Companions , to wit , and were
returned back again to Derbent , with intent to go by way of ,
and I departed with the Cay ay an of the Honorable the Com
pany, from the Royal City ifpahm, Raving a lufficient number of
Camels aad Mules to carry our Provifion and Baggage to
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The fame day we travailed 8 Leagues and about 10 a Clock came
to a village called CMajar , where we took up our nights Lodging.
We had alfo in our Company fomofthofe of whom I have
already made mention that live ftill in Heathenifm, whom I found
very civil and faithfull in all their Doings*
On the 18 it was very cold weather and fnowy, that we could hard
ly keep a Horfeback. T*he fno w was here thicker than ever 1 have leen
it (to my knowledge) in the LoT*>-fqu being between 4 and 5
Foot deep upon the Ground , and the 'Path fo narrow , that the
Horfes oftentimes going out of the Way, tumbled down in the fno w
with the Packs , which happening fo'often mainly detfrded that
days Journey. Before night we got the hilly Countrey and fet down
in the village Canifcht , where, by reafonof bad Weather, werefted
3 days with the Car wan. ' ^
Upon the 22 we fet forward again and had very hiliy way, wmch
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