"رحلات جون ستريز المحفوفة بالمخاطر والأكثر تعاسة، عبر إيطاليا، اليونان، لايفلاند، موسكوفيا، تتاريا، ميديا، بلاد فارس، الهند الشرقية، اليابان، وغيرها من الأماكن في أوروبا، أفريقيا، وآسيا. تحتوي على، I. أكثر الملاحظات دقة للصفات المميزة، الدين، تنظيم المجتمع، التقاليد، القوانين، وممتلكات السكان؛ II. وصف وافٍ للعديد من المدن، البلدات، الحصون، وأماكن المعالم التاريخية، بخصوص موقعها وقوتها، وتحصنها بالطبيعة، أو الفن وغيرها، مع أشياء أخرى جديرة بالملاحظة: و III. مذكرة دقيقة بأكثر الكوارث المفجعة التي شهدها المؤلف في تلك الأماكن (ومنها) حطام سفينة غارقة، عمليات سرقة ونهب، الرِق، الجوع، والتعذيب، بالإضافة إلى العديد من الأمور الأخرى المزعجة فضلًا عن المصاعب الأخرى" [‎١‎٣] (٤٧٠/٥٢)

C h ap JI. The Voyages 'titriys.
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landj wewill do you no harm, we give you liberty to come afhoar. , 64S /
Capt. 4/^5 told us .that he had,Been there in that Ifland before,
and that a Slave of his, whom he had taught to read and writer
had run away from him there , haying .taken his opportunity
when the Ship iwas ready to fet .Sail j and tl^t .he,had, heard ho>y
the Slave was come to,great,Advaacement^ and by. the Natives '
elected Iving. \ v
So ibon as we weregot to, land, we .were intrgducted by the King
himfelfj and his AttendantSiinto his Pallace, which was in the midil
of a Sconce, reaibnablyftroiig j and.eaYiron'dwithPalizados. The
Houfe was hung with neat Ma;t-'Woris>and theFloors coyered with the
lame. The King prefehtly begiahvtoinqu irej V^hat for Fepple that we - •>
were ? and, to what place cur Ship belpng'dJ 1 .for he could lee by h^r
Colours that we did not come put ofThe Commander made
anfwer that we were HolUndcri ■, but were then jn the : fervice of
the Duke oiGema , to whom/he-Ships belong'd. After tliey had
exchanged afew Woi;4s tpgefher , - the :,Cfthe
liberty to ask him., Wliere.he ( had learned to 4pe a k I have
been, quoth he, formerly in Eafi India , and w^s ^t that time a Slave
to one lohn Maas ,a Marriner, and intending for Holland, we were
furpriz'd with a difmal Hurricano , which dilabled us of our
Mails , and made us in.fuch a Condition,that we were forced to
put in hereto Calk, and fit us out again j but I having no great
appetite to proceed on our Voyage, deferred my JHafter, when I faw
the Ship was ready to fail. Well { quoth the Captain /was not your
name Dternbro. Yes , replies the King, do you know me ? Why, faid
theCaptain, do you not know lohn A ? The King was hereupon
in a great ftupor, but viewing him thorowly began to remember his
Countenance, and with that embraced : and .kiiTedhim. While they
llood mute a while and fearing, one another earneftly pn the .face,
both llupifyed at this llrange meeting,, the King began thankfully
to acknowledge,hpw good a iyiqlfcer pur t Comm.ander had beento. him,
and prefented -him allneceiTaryTrpvifiongr^/ix: but the Commander
courteoufly declined it, j faying, He^ellemedit a fufHcient Favour it )
exchange Wares for Wares. The King (accorcling to the cuftome
of that Country) prefented our men. the ufeof his Wives and Con
cubines i who coming forth made choice of fuch as thev would
B 3 have