‘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’ [‎359] (434/470)

There is no frefli Water upon the Ifland, which if there had we
had bin very unhappy, for the Englifh had intended to leav us there
with a little Frovifion , till our own Ships lliould come to fetch us off:
buc feeing there was none, they were fo kind as to carry us tor
Eng/and. The reafon of their defign to do fo, was becaufc they had
very many fick aboard, and grew every day weaker and weaker by
the Death of their Men; fearing therefore that we fliould rife and.
make our felvs Matters of the Ship when we found an Opportunity,
being about 300 D»/c&inall.
On the 2 3 of f une we left KAfcenfttt Ifland, and fet our Courfe N. W.
till we came under the ^Equinoftial, and then North till we came
in 13 iegr. which is the height of the then fteered N. and
by E. till we came in 43 degr. where we altered our Courfe N. E. till
we found that we were in 48 degr. then changed our Point N. E. and
by E. till we came at 5 1 degr. 11 mm. then ileered Eall till we had 5' 1
degr. 2 o mln. and the next day got fight the day following
arrived fafe at Bait amor e , which is a very fair Haven and good Anchor-
ground, as alfo a fafe Harbor for Shipping againft all Winds.
Being arrived here the Captains gave us liberty to go where we liked,
fo that fom of our Men went over Land for
On the 26 we had news of the Engagement between the Englifh and
Dutch. The day following I fet forward with fom of our Company
afoot over land, palling through many fair Towns, as Bahhamors,
Top, Rofs and others.
On the 2 8 we came at the Caftle Til Brit ton, where we ftay'd all night,
and the next morning betimes fet forward on our Journey, and about
noon came to Kmgjale, being one of the moft commodious Havens
and ftrongeft Place that I had feeninall IreUnd. The Haven is fuffi-
cient to contain a confiderable number of Shipping, as at our beinf r
there were 80 or 100 fail laying at Anchor, all Ships of a great Burthen!.
The City it's fclf is alfo ftrongly Wall'd and has an impregnable Fort,
We tarried here 10 days, and fet forward again for where we
happily found a Ship ready to fail for is a fair City and
the Metropolitan of the Province of that name, being alfo aBiihops
Seat. The Mailer received us aboard, and in the Afternoon fet fail,
and that night came to Anchor before , which lies about 5
Leagues from Cork.
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