‘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’ [‎373] (450/470)

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the moft barbarous and inhuman A £ls and Torments, which the Cofacks ftudicd
to kill and torture the Inhabitants and Loyal Officers, who did not forthwith iubmit
themfelvs to their unreafonable and unjuft "Wills.
On the "Wednefday following was the Secretary Alexo Alexowits hung upup-
on a Flefc-hook by the Ribbs, and fufFercd much defpightful uiagc and Tor
ments before he died. The fame was done to a Noble mans Son oi Gilan. Alio
two Sons of the Vice-roy , Deputy, or waywod were hung up by the^hecls, the
one being a very hopefull youth of about 16 years of Age, and the other a Child
of about 7 or 8 at the moft. n u
The Day following they were both found alive, and the youngekat u.e u*-
tcrceffion and Mediator of fome of Minions was taken down, and lav
ed alive, but the eldeft Was thrown down from the Top of the 1 ower, whilit
ftill alive, which was the Death his Father fuftcred.
The fame day I had News how that Chriftian Brand one of my Men was Itiii
alive, and was conftrainedto feignhimfelfas Cofac.
On the zothof July the Cofac General departed with an inhnte num
ber of fmall Shipping and feverall Thoufands of Men , drawing 20 Men out of
each Company to ferve for the GarrMon at Afirachm and left there 2 Governors
of equal Command and Power, the one being a Go[ac , and the other a
ON the 2 of Avtgufi began a New Maflacre continuing for feveral days to
gether , where takeing one day with another , were 150 Perfen-s killed , fpanng
neither lex nor Age. For which reafon I began to hunt out for a Cave in the Eartn
where I might fave my (elf in time of need, 'hearing of nothing but a^perpetual and
inceffant maflacre 5 and a general Lamentation of Parents for their Children, Wid-
dows and Orphans for their Hufbands and Fathers, and that as well among thole
who had bin inftrumental and moft forward to let in the Rebells, as others that op-
pofed it; a juft reward fortheir Treachery who had been afliftant in theBloodlhed
of thofe who under GOD ihouldhaveprotefted them from fuchdilmalCalamines.
ABOUT this time I difpatched three Letter forand had notice how that
Chrifiian Brandt was fet free. It feems that he was taken for a Perfian , having a
brown, fwarthy complexion, and by fuch means was fpared in the maffacre; for
all the Dutch were hewn down , or otherwife difpatched, fave onely Z/. Fabrithit
Son in Law to Captain Rudolph,
A BO U T the fame time I had news by the Chirurgeon , how that my Mnps-
company that betook themfelvs to flight widi the Shallop were rpn aftrand on the
Scemk*l ox J) age ft an Coaft, a Countrey butting^ut againft the Cffptan Sea.
O N the 22 of Auguft was much Tyranny committed jn- the Citjs an d people
of all ages maflacred/ The Chirurgeon after a long foliciting procured a Pafpoi t
to depart with a Servant to attend him, altho not without giving Security for his
Return. This gave me like wife opportunity to leave the place under pretext of being
his Servant. i- 1 a
ON Munday in the afternoon being Aug. 2 5 weleft Ajirachan and imbarque
our felves aboard a Veflel belonging to fomeMerchants, who were alio pi -
laged and robbed of all they had. ^ ? ^
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