"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" [‎٣‎٨] (٤٧٠/٧٩)

^ 8 The Voyages of lohn Struys. V o y . I.
moft part are of brafs , and ofaneat fafhion, but generally chafed.
i^> o - , Xhey are alfo very cleanly in their Chamber, and furpafs any other
in thd/ people that I have feen, either before or fince. They keep their bo-
hml'td. d ies cleaner than the Turks themfelves , and baththemfelvesofter
ahout" than they eat, which is not only their Head, Hands and Feet, as
their so- was t ) ie Cuftome of the Talmudifts, and thofe under the Levitical
Law, but all over; which being done, they anoint themfelves with
perfumed Confedures, made of fragrant Spices, and Herbs. Some of
them I have known ufe an Oyntment made of or , wood of
Aloes , Sandal, Musk , and Ambergreece, tempered with Kofe-
water , . which befides the deleftable odour it renders , is a great
Prefervative againft epidemical and peftilential Airs.
Men homWhenfoever their Devotion moves them to go and vifit their
Sheila- Friends , or the Pagods , which they frequently adore, they bath
brtad. and anoint themfelves after this wife, and afterwards , attire them
felves in a Garb peculiar to fuch Solemnities : the Men have all their
fingers leaden with gold Rings , as many as they can well put on,
without hindring the due ufe of their Joynts, and a long Cotton
Robe , or Caffock, of divers colours either fo woven , or pain
ted j which appears very gorgeoufly : this is their Habit from the
middle downward > under that they wear a Shirt of very fine Linnen,
or Cotton, of red, white, or other colours: above the middle a kind of
Surplice, with wide fleeves (like the Gown of a Batchlour of Art
in our Univerfities )Head, Hands and Feet are all bare.
mme» The Women have their hair tied up in a round ball, on the crown
how at- 0 f the head, faftned with a golden Bodkin, 5 or 6 inches long. At
" rsd ' their Ears they hang Pendants of Gold about a finger long, which
are faftned to the Tips of their Ears , by great wide holes, bored
when they are Young, the head where they fallen the Pendant is
fet with Precious ftones, as Ruby, Diamond, Amethift, Emerald or
Pearls. Befides the Rings , which are alfo fet with Diamonds, or
other Stones , and fometimes plain , they wear others about their
arms, which are maffie and ponderous.They wear alfo a long Vefture
of 7 or 8 foot long , and 6 or 7 broad, painted of divers colours,
being faftned with a Surcingle about i6fcot long. , wound round
their body , which is neatly embroidered with Gold; From the
middle upward they have nothing but a Cotton-cloth, or a Scarf of
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