‘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’ [‎4] (43/470)

^ ' The Voyages of lohn Struys. Vot .I.
f £B r. and Spoil. They have alwaies four Galleys ready upon all Oc-
iMi cafions, for Defence of the Havens j befides a confiderable number
more, which they have in their Arfenal, in goodequippage 5 thefe
are often imployed as Auxiliaries for the againft the Turks.
On the Sea-fide ftands a Watch-Tower, on which by night they fet
a Beacon j and juft at the Entrance of the Haven, ftands a huge
piece of Ordnance, mounted upon a Carriage, continually guar
ded with a Sentinel. The Dukes Perfon is guarded with a Body of
500 Soldiers, who with their Colonel have a place allotted them in
the Palace. The City is generally well built with ftately Houfes and
magnificent Structures, more efpecially on that fide which is feated
near the Sea: having befides the more eminent Hoftels and Public
Buildings, 3 0 fair Parifli Churches, of which that dedicated to St.,
Laurence claims the priority, as Cathedral. In the Church dedicated
to the H. Euchariftjthey mow'd us a Key made of an Emerald, being
of that unufual bignes that it's worth may not be computed. Com-
- ing to the Church of St. JjartholemeTv, wefaw a handkercheif, with
which they told us our Saviour wiped the fweat from his face, and ('as
they fay) has done abundance of Miracles. The City is very popu
lous, their Merchants rich and numerous; and their Manufa£tury alfo
very confiderable, efpecially in Velvets, there being ^according to
the relation given us ) above 8ooeLooms in the Town: fothatcon-
fidering the Magnificency of Building , the Riches of her Mer
chants, Commodioufnefs of Situation, and Splendor of her Court
^ ( and Palace, may be reckoned as a Town of the firft Magnitude.
Malawi On the 12 of we fet fail, directing our courfe for felez, Mt.'
7 a l*g£ y where on the 15 we arrived. On the 18 wehoifedfail, and
made for Mxlaga , and on the 2 4 came to caft anchor in the Bay > where
almoft all the Banditti were fet afhoar. Here we took in a hundred
Pipes of Wine, with candied Fruits and other Refrefhments for
the fick.
On the 29 of May we weighed Anchor , and with a brifk gale of
Wind reached the Straits mouth on the 2 of lune. When we were
paft Gihrdter , we ftcer'd our Courfe towards the Salt Ijlands , which
was defigned for another place of Refrefliment, from whence we
gathered that, our Voyage muftneeds be longer than at firft we
thought j for till then none aboard the fliip (unlefsthe Officers}
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