"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" [‎١‎٥‎٦] (٤٧٠/٢٠٥)

The Voyages of lohn Struys. V oy. in.
m ^ rc . As the Titles of the Prince are great, fo his Revenues are confor-
imftrUl mable. The Kabacks or Taverns are altogether farmed through
Rtvtmts the Empire of the Emperour himfelf, whereof there are 3 at
Noyogorod which bring up yearly Tea Thoufand Gilders , and fo all
others according to proportion. The Tmpofition upon Iron, Corn,
Salt} Tar, Furs and other Commodities are very confiderable. If
fo the Revenues ofthis Prince be Great , fo likewife his Courtis as
luaiptuous, and Houfe-keeping very Royal, befidcs the vaft Char
ges in maintenance of the Str , who are exaftly and duly
paid.
c/iheu Their Laws, as we have elfewhere faid, are very rigorous againft
jufliu, Malefactors , and quite different from other Nations. Thefirftand
lightcft is the Battoki , which is when the Patient is to lie upon his
belly, then come two men, one fitting down upon his Neck and the
other upon his Leggs , who beat him till the Judge or Officer com
mands them to hold up. The is a Puniffiment of a higher
"degree, and fuch as ufuallythofe that fell Brandy, Metheglin or To
bacco without a fpecial Licenfe from the , are punilhed with, and
is after this manner : The Executioners Servant takes the patient and
ftrips him from the middle downwards , and takes him upon his
back, which done the Executioner with a fcourge of Thongs made
of a raw Elks-hide dried gives, him a certain number of ftripes , ac
cording to a Ticket which is delivered him immediately before he
takes the fcourge in his hand. This punifhment is exceeding fevere,
and yet not fufficient to fupprefs continual fmuckling , and felling
byftealth , which the more they are puniffi'd and threatned , the
more eager they are to do it. The Executioner and his Office are not
there fo contemptible as with us , for it. is fometimes purchafed by
the moft wealthy Merchants in the Land. Other Crimes are punilhea
with Chapping off a Hand or a Foot , and fometimes onlya Finger
according to the enormity of the crime. Falfe Coiners have liquid
mettal poured down their Throats : andRaviffimentof Virgins [or
^s our L3.W8 call it zRape ] is expiated by gelding of the Delffiquantj
of which if he tecover well and good, but it is very rare that any does.
GHAF.