‘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’ [‎375] (452/470)

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us, bearing up dofc to the Coaft. The Surgeon had again hid his Gold in a place
where they did not once make fearch for it.
THE Wind continued hard till Thurfday following, blowing moftly from
North-W. and by N. and now changed again into W.N, W. which was good and
favourable for us; but the Banians would in no wife give their confent that we ihould
weigh Anchor, for that they thought it too high and boiftrous.
BUT on Saturday the Wind continuing ft ill in the fame point, wc weighed,
and vath a frefh Gale fteered away South and by Wcft^ and foon after defcrieda
fmallVeflel riding at Anchor, being one ofthofe that left Aftrachan .with us: thofe
aboard were Perjians and had the luck to efcape the Cofacks> keeping off at Sea.
When they faw who we were, they weighed and kept us company. Towards the
Evening the Wind blew North-Eaft , and I found that w r e had failed too much
Wefterly, I prefs'd hard that we fhould alter our courfe, but could not pre
vail with them to fteer another way: fo that in the Morning we found ourfelves
clofe to the Coaft, and had the Wind at Eaft and by N. With this fort of Shipping
it is very difficult to fteer without n points of the Compafs Wind to their ad
vantage. %
HOWEVER we thought good to keep clofe to the Coaft, but towards the E ven-
ing it growing calm we rowed oft to the Seaward and loft the other Veftel. Meanwhile
we began to be diftrefledfor want ofProvifion, and fed of the crums of moldy Bread:
and the greateft part of the Company had no more to eat, Butthe were b eft
provided, and imparted to us fuch as they had.
INTERIM, the Wind came about Eaft, and E. and by S. fo that we were
conftrained to drop Anchor., and fo to ride three days at half a fathom X^ater.
Yet growing calmer we ever now and then rowed a little. But having fpent all our
wood were at a great lofs for Fewel to bake bread, of that little quantity of Meal
which the banians had left: and were fain at laft to cut up fome parts of the Ship
for Chips , which flood us in very good ftead. The Wind then continued Eafterly
and we fteered as far Southerly as we could, tillonthe loiKpf SeptembertQW&rds
the Evening we came to a good place of Anchorage, near the Coaft, of 5 Foot
water, where I ftept aihoar to feek up fome Wood and Herbs, or what elfe I thought
might be ferviceable t© us on our Voyage.
ON Thurfday being the 1 i^h. oi September we failed clofe by the Coaft which
wc kept in fight till Saturday following, when as the Banians, a poor andhelplcfsv
People not able to endure fuch hardfhip, prefled very hard that we fhould put
afhoar, whichoutofmeerpityw 7 e were willing to do, being all wet and very cold.
MExAN'WHILE we were fet upon by aparty ofC^r/^r, who now the third time
plundered us : but the Chirurgcon not having time nor the conveniency to hide
his Ducats as before, digged a hole and hid them in the Sand, and threw down
his Mufcjuet aboutthcfameplaceforatoken to find them again. I alfo being afraid^
ran and hid my felf among the Reeds ; but they making a very narrow fcrutiny
found me out: and having by me a Pfalmbook found thatpallage or Title of a Pfalm,
where David is faid to have feigned himfelf mad before the Fhilifiines to efcape
them, I refolyed to do the like, by which means I efcaped, When they had me