"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" [‎٩‎٥] (٤٧٠/١٤٢)

toil Chap .1 V . The V oyagcs
Ik 1 Am content, their money is as good as another 's With this Refolution we
were brought back again to Samos , where when we were arrived, ,6}6 '
fent a Letter to the Commander , humbly praying him that he
would have the goodnefs to redeem us: upon which he made anfwer,
"That he was well inclined to do it , but that the Ship was at that /
"time very fcarce of Money, and that he could not make up above /
(c 1800 Pieces of eight, which if that would redeem us 7, we might
"ftrike a bargain with the Captain. Upon this anfwer we were very
glad, and under good hopes of coming out of the Hands of the
The Captain of the Brigantineobferving that we had got an arfwer
from aboard , a^ked us , ^I'/j.tt nc'tys• ^otiy yccrH
or not ? res , faid one of us , if you "mil lotth us
find means to be redeemed , but otherTvife Hereupon he deman
ded 2000 Pieces of eight, whereat we feemed to be aftoniflied,
and bad him 800 withall declaring that our Proffer feemed more to
the matter than his Demands} but he would riot feem to hearken to
that. We then raif d it to 1000 but he told us , That it was but
Labour loft unlefs we bad fomething more to the purpofe , and at laft
declared, "That for 1300 we Ihould be redeemed , provided we
"would pay him that day, but if not, that the next day he would go
" out of Town, and fell us to thofe that would bid moft , be who they
"will. We feeing it now brought to a good end, and fenlible of our
abihtie , of performance , took him at the word , left fome other
rdblution fhould take him 111 the head: and prefently put out a white 77* ^ .
a g-TheCommander tlicicupon fent out aShallop^wliich csine row- thorand
mg towards us, till they came within fpeech of us, and underftanding h "
the Conditions of Redemption row'd back again to the Ship , to rZfomed
bring us the Money for which we had covenanted with our Patron •
pupon this we were again Freemen and thanked G O D for his divine
f* bounty towards us.The other men had ftay'd at fo long in q uiet
[| f! till they were fetch'd away by theShips Company when the Brisan-
tme was gone^ ^
When we had don , and difpatched our affairs in the ^rchipeUyo,
we let Sail towards V'.nice , tho our Ship was fo leaky , that we were
tarn to pump continually, however by the help of GOD we arrived
bate, hut by the way were forced to put in at a certain Ifland right
over the City Maddonm ,• not daring to truft our felves any longer
at