‘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’ [‎15] (54/470)

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hand and foot; andafter him the firft and fecond Mate,together with
the reft of the Officers were brought up, and immediatly clapt into
fhakles. The foremaft men feeing themfelves outwitted by the
Commanders Politie, began to loofe their Courage, and after a ma
ture deliberation among themfclyes, concluded it the la fell way to
furrender themfelves and Ship to the Commander. This done, a
Council of War was held, and the Captive Officers himfelf
only excluded}\vere brought into the great Cabin, where the Council,
for the time being, was affembled, and asked which they would
rather chirfe. To burn with their Ship ? or , To fcrve the Com
mander faithfully without murmuring ? They conceiving that there
was no hopes of avoiding fome fevere Penalty , or other , which
the Council, perhaps , had defigned in cafe of their continuing
refraftory, chufed the latter: and with one humbly begged pardon
for their mifdemeanours , promifmg for the future not to be facti
ous in any Uproar, or the Occafioh of Tumult. Upon thefe Sup-
plications die Council fat again, and came to this Refult, That
their former misbehaviour Ihould be connived at) but, roogt theHfc^
Aiafter to continue in Irons, till we came again t() CjOitix, where he ^
fliould be bam-fhed upon the Galleys , during the term of life,.as a
condign Punilhment for his obftinate Rebellion. However to pre-
vent any mutinous confultations whichmight otherwife find oppor- cerS ' ani
tunity ,and detard our Voyage, the Ships companies were mixed and Sf :
counterchanged j'fome of our men fent aboard the St. Bernard , and
others from the <5"/. Bcrndrdm lieu of them, brought over to us. In the
mean while we recreated our felves with the Divertifements of Hun
ting , Fifhing and Fowling j as alfo ranging the woods , which
we found ftored with many forts of Fruit,
Madtgdfcar is diftant from the Coaft of Cefale about 110 Leagues ,
and 44 from Mofardtque. It lies in length Northeaft and South weft'
reaching from about 12 degr. to 26, Southerly Latitude > bein^ about
, 220 Dutch leagues in length and 70 in breadth, and confequentlv
reputed the largeft Ifland in the whole World. It is alfo divided
into feyeral Provinces and Dominions, which are moftly bounded and
fevered from each other ^ by Rivers.
. 5T l 1iis lAandisvery fertile, and affoards great plenty of Grain, as
Wheat (or Mais) and Barlyas alfo Pulfe, as Lentils Peaic & Beans
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