‘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’ [‎329] (396/470)

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Chap. XXXIII. The Voyages of lohn Strays
proved fo incommodous that we travailed that day no more than 6
Dutch Miles, and took our Nights reft at where we
met another Caravan coming from richly loaden with all
forts oilftdian Commodities, and bound for feveral Markets in Pcrfia.
On the 23 we broke up and the fame day had bad and flippery way
infomuch that fom of our Camels and Horles fell, whereby the Chefts
and Goods were much endamaged. The Heer Bent, as Ifaid before,
having appointed me as Cajjtl Ab.ifi, or Overfeer, it was my duty to
look to the reparation of this Damage, and to fee the Chefts eftecfu-
ally mended, and therefore I went to fee if I could meet with any
Perfonwho could help me in the Village, letting the Car ay ah remain
fo long in a C ay fern. At laft after much enquiry I found one, but
coming back underftood that my Portmantle and my Money was
ftole, which put mein a great ftrait for I had not above the value of 25
gild. [or 55 fh. (lerltng^ left I fufpccted that fom of our Company was
the Party that had committed the Theft, and hadalfoaprivathint
given me of it. The matter concerned me fo far, that I forthwith
began to tax the Party with it that I had in fufpicion , butheftoutly
denied it, and was fo difpleafed at me for blemifliing his Reputa
tion , that he intimated the matter to fom of his Companions, who
unanimoufly fwore to be revenged on me and taking their opportu
nity fell all together upon me , and ufed me in moft cruel manner.
It was the Brother of the Party that told me, averring that he had
feen it , but when he came to confront him; denied every word he
fpoke to me, infomuch that I was fain for the time being to be patient,
yet fully refolved to have it out of his Hide the firft opportunity.
That day we travailed 7 Dutch Miles and came at night to a Village
formerly called furgeflan , now lefcgas.
On the 24 we broke up again, and that morning met a Poft coming
'®t ! from Cameron , and intending for ofwhom I underftood that
)fii the Dire&or "vander Dujfen, who had remitted the Money tor my Re
demption was gone for Batavia. Thefe Tidings I muft confefs, were
Jcfii'; very unwelcom to me, becaufe 1 knew it would be 4 Moneths betore
(UrJ any Ships would go for Bat'ayia , the more becaufe I was to endure
ftf' the hot feafon at 'Gamersn. This day we travailed 6 Milesand
• at night came to a fair new-biult Cara^dnfer^.
,f The next day we broke up and pafled thro a fair Town called
f - - t c Surint.