‘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’ [‎347] (420/470)

C hap. X X X V. The V oyages of 547
The Inhabitants of Lnware very free and fociable to converfe with-
all j and great Lovers of Sciences and Learning. Not far from the l672 *
Caftle is a certain Kock out of which iiTues a very precious BaHem,
called by the Perfum, Mummay Kobas. This Balfem, or Oil, is ga-
thered only in the Monethof fmeabout which time it runs ,/>»•«/>«»
or drop by drop, out at aVein. The faid Rock from whence it corns
is continually guarded with a ftricl Watch, by Order of the King,
and none is buffered to touch it upon pain of Death. This Oil is rec-
koned and well known by experience to be the greateft Antidotagainft
Poyfon ni the World, altho never fo ftrong ; and is therefore held
by the King as an ineftimable Trtfure, and never fulfered to be ex
ported out of his Dominions. The King alfo willing to Ihowany of
his Subordinat Princes and Deputies an extraordinary and high Fa
vour, always fends them a few drops thereof, to make it the great
er in efteeiri and value, and with one injoyns them, not to fend it
out of the Kingdom, upon pain of his difplefure. .Without Z^r are
ere£):ed feveral Pillars for Monuments of the Execution of feveral
Robbers , who had made the high Ways unfree to Travel : Half
of their Bodies are fet up on thefe Pillars, and the other half buried
in the Ground, being cut afunder whilft they are ftill alive.
Having tarried here 3 Nights and 2 Days, we fet forward on the
22 and had very bad and rocky way. We faw here great Flocks of
wild Swine whereof our Company (hot 2 with their Hand-guns, but
durft not fetch them for fear of the that threatned toleav
us if we did, for they loath them more than Toads. We alfo fhot
feveral Eagles which nothwithftanding they prey upon the Pigs the
Perfiam fed heartily upon them. This day we travailed 7 Dutch Miles,'
which we thought more than a di'eia rat or an ordinary Stage,
in regard of the badnefs of Way and Weather: and at night had a
good Cdrdivanfcra.
On the 2 3 we broke up and pafled by a fair Town called Pharate,
Which we left on the right hand. Thefaid Town was pleafantlyfeat-
cd in the middefl of a Grove ofDate- Orange-and Lemmon Trees.
By the way we met with a Party of Robbers who furiouflyfet upon rfc
us, but finding themfelves too weak betook themlelvs to flight leaving
,7 Dead behind them. We alfo loft 2 Men of our Company that were
outnght killed in this Bickering, and had fix wounded. The Dead
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