"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" [‎٢‎١‎٨] (٤٧٠/٢٧٧)

* V
The V oyages of lohn Struy V o y. hi.
yvLV, The fame day I took my leave ot the Hercmite , and fet for-
1670. ward on my Journey to VrTem in the Valley , accompanied asbe-
m takes fore in my going Up with an Afs and his Driver: but the way I found
hs leave mor e uneafy to travail in coming down, efpecially when we came
fiemwi- in the cold clouds, where it was fo flippery that I expected every
tt. moment to tumble head-long down. Coming ftill lower we found
it worfe , for it rained hard , which with the unevennefs of the
Rocks made our way very dangerous. At laft after much labour I
got down, and can well affure the Reader that their Opinion is
not true, who fuppofe this Mount to be innacceflible.
CHAP. XIX.
The Author put in Chains again: He is infixed Chriftian
Faith and became Mahometan ; Diver
ivaj of Trial.The great gain of warm Baths.
He is fold to a Perlian. The Situtation Cafpian
pools in the Bay of Gilan. -A difcourfe further De-
fcription of the Cafpian Sea, Cf'c.
SO foon as I was arrived at UrTv and entred the Hcufe of my
Patron cMebemct , he gave order tofecureme with 2 Chains, for
he feared that I would make my efcape, by running into the
Jurisdiction. One of thefe Chains was light and tolerable, but the
other very ma fly and ponderous, infomuch that to bear the Chain
alone, might feem to be Slavery enough. This Condition brought me
into a deep Melancholy, even to death, not only that I should be
come a Slave, but that my Patrons Incredulity should be the occa-
fion of fuch Affliction to xiie, as alfo that he should fo much vio
late his Word, when having promifed to let me go free again, on
condition he received that money upon my ellectingthe Cure, which
the Heremite caufed to be honeftly paid > for had I not trufted to
that his promife, I should have prevailed with the Heremite fo far
as to purchafe my liberty, fince the Slave-market is there very low.
Befides all this he continually wrought upon me to renounce Chn-
ftianity, with many fair Promifes, as, that if I would be Circum-
cifsd