‘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’ [‎115] (164/470)

^ ^ ^ h a p. I. The V oyages of %truys.
The Mafter together with the Carpenter , Carpenters Mate,
•tJtkitii, ^Anthony Munfler, lacob Trappen and 7oik had been the year before in
MtDii Mofcoyia. Having furniflied our felves with Provifion and things
»tlieC(||,i neceflary for the Journey , we imbarqued our felves in the Ship
'iMi Jtbcaljama sOfftcljanoe j which then lay at Amjierdam and was
bound for Riga., being 15 in company.
!) fonlj On the 2 oiSeptember 1668 we fail'd through the Pampuys, and on
Ik Coml the 3 towards the Evening came before where we put in and
upon Shipped 5 o Tun of Herring.
ir Leader, ^ )n tlie 4 we fet fail again and got the where we tarried 8 days
mi 14, for a good Wind: and on the 13 the Wind blowing fair all the Ships
A-;, outwardbound which were about 50 fail 5 began to weigh , and we
At refyeftivly to take our leave of Wives and Family, for 5 years : but
in k , ^ e 5 ore we g ot c l ea r of the Land, the W ind turned , fo that we were
ndialovi ^ ainto traverfe and wind all we could to get out, in the mean time
came a Ship belonging to TerSchellmg with a full drift againft us,
and ran her Bow-fpreet through our main Sail, which was with
fuch force that he rent our fail, and broke his Spreet-fail yard , info-
much that we were both fain to put into , to repair and
fit our felves out again.
1 5 On the 30 being clear we fet fail the fecond time , and had a frefh
gale at South and by Weft , which held favourably , fo long till we
arrived at Riga: but when we entred the Baltic Sea, it blew fo hard that
our Mizzen fail was all rent and unfit for life j whereupon the Mafter
fet me to work to repair the defeats.
On the 1 ft of Ottober we got the which is the Haven or
River of Riga , where we dropt Anchor.Immediately upon our arrival«
came the Searchers to villt the Ship, and amongft other Goods found ^
a Parcel of contra-band Wares, and took it aflioar with them, but
the Mafter told them that it was thrown in by chance , and pray'd
them to be fo kind as to leave it aboard , which, after he had daubed
them a litle in the fift,they did. The next day being under fail,we were
becalm'd, and fain to caft anchor half way up the River.-
On the 3 ditto we came up to the Kay of , where being arrived,
the Mafter refufed to pay me the moneys, he agreed with me for , to *' Ri sa-
make up his fail, which was 10 Rix-dollars ; but on the contrary,
gave me very ill Language , and told me ifl had any pretence upon
P 2 him