‘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’ [‎339] (412/470)

C hap .XXXIV ". The Voyages of lo-hn Struys.
Minlkr may pafs fqr aa eminent Building, in which they fay that one
of rjiuhomeis Succeffors lies interred. Within it appears with great I67:^ •
niagnilicency, and is very well ordained as to it's ftructure and Order
of Cclums; in the middle is a Chore, or Quire A booklet formed of a single gathering of nested bifolia. 3 -which receives it's
light from a Lanthorn or Tower of Glafs above. The next remarka
ble Temple is that of C2g* Ri&a a very rich Merchant who
fpunded it at his proper Charges andleftaconfiderablefum to ere£t
him a Tomb at theEaft and thereof. There is a very fair Bajar round
ajbout with.tich Shops and many Galleries. There is alfo an Academy
which may take place, with the beft publicEdifices about Town, in
which are taught the Literature there in ufe, beiides variety of other
difcipUne and fciences. Thefe are all the Buildings that are of any
note in Styras fave only the Palace of the Deputy, which is environed
with a thick ftone Wall r and has on each fide feveral fpacious and
fair Galleries
The Land round about is very fertile, produces great plenty
of Corn and Fruit, but abov all is eminent for the rich Vineyards;
infomuch that this Place and Countrey has got the name beyond
all the Provinces in Perfia for delicate Wine , furpalling not only
the Candian and Canary-Wines but all the Wines in the World for
a delicate taft, rehfh, andflavor. From hence the King.of Per fit and
all the great Perfonages at have their Wine, and hither reoair
the Engltfh and Dmch to market: nay, fuch is the efteem thereof, that
notwithllanding the great abundance of the yearly product, it is as
dear here as Cm try Sack in the- LoTv-Countreys. This Trade in Wines
which they of Scyras ■ have is at prefent fo conliderable that there is
not fo much as half an Acre together of waft ground , or hard! y im-
ployed in any other ufe, for the Vineyards com fo dole to the Town
that one may throw a ftone from the Walls into them. Such ground
as is not proper to nourifh the vine they convert to Orchard ufe, a.nd
have many fair Arborets or Nutferiq for ypuag Fruir-Trees.of all
forts, which are tranfportcd hencetaotherfelaccs, the Fruit of this
Countrcy being nothing iiirerior to their Wines^ Thby have abun
dance of Oranges , Cittrons , .Pomegranats , Almonds , Dates ,
Apples , Pears and almpft all Fruits that rhav^feeaelfcwhere, in
fomuch that the T^wn of •■Scyras , as one.beholds the Couatrey.from
fom high building or^ToworFeemstoftand in the Center of an Earthy
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