Part I. Travels into the Levant. lo^ 
CHAP. LXV. 
Of the IJIe of Patino. 
HAving faid enough of Chio^ I flial] here make a little digreffion from Fatm. •-' 
my Travels, and relate what I have learned of feme Idles of the Archi- 
felago, where 1 have not bsen, as well by what has been told me, as by a mé- 
moire that hath come to my hands : And in the firft place I fhall fpeak of the 
Ifle ofPathmSf which ( though fmall) is neverthelefs Illuftrious ; as being the patbmos. 
place to which St. John the Evangelift was Banilhed, and where he wrote 
the Revelation. This Ifle called Oinchntly Pat h mo s , andatprefent Patino ^nâ 
Palmofa, is eighteen miles in circuit, and has in it but one well Built little ralmofi. 
Town, with a Caftle in the middle of it, called the Monaftery of St. John ; 
where two hundred Greek Monks live, who carefully keep in their Church, 
a Body ihut up in acafe, which they fay is the Body of St. John, what ever 
they think; who doubt whether he be as yet Dead or not. There are about 
three thoufand Souls iu this Ifle, who have much ado to live, the Land being Three thou- 
very dry, and all Rockie. In it istheGm^o where Sc. John wrote the y^^w- '^^nd Souls m 
calypfe; which Grotto by the Greeks is called Thcofkepofii, that is to fay in vul- xhe'^rw 
gar Greek, covered by God. The Inhabitants of this place, relate a pretty ^vhere the a- 
ridiculous ftory of St. John - and that is, that the Devil went to Tempt St. pocalypfe was 
John m that Grotto, which is but half a mile from the Sea, and as far from wiitten, cal- 
the Town, bidding him go and fwim ; and that St. John made anfwer to the ^^'•^ Thmlep- 
Devil, do thou firft throw thy felf into the Sea,and I'll follow thee-, which the ' 
Devil did, and was immediately changed into a Stone, of the fame Figure The figure of 
that he had when he threw himfelf into the Sea : And that Stone is to be a Devil at 
feen to this day, being but one ftep from the Land. No Turk lives in this ^'^f^ww* 
Ifland, they are Chriftians that bear rule there, yet they pay Tribute to 
the Grand Signior. And the Corfars put into this Ifland, to careen and take 
freflî Water. 
CHAP.. LXVI. 
Of the Ifle o/Nixia. 
TH E Ifle of Nixia, heretofore called Naxits, is fixfcore miles in circuit. Nixû. 
In latter times before it was pofl'efled by the Turks, it carried the title 
of a Dutchy ; and at prefent it has among its Inhabitants feveral noble Fami- The Families 
lies, defcended of the faid Dukes, who were the Sanudi, Somarigi Femtians, sanidi ^x\Ci 
' and others. The Fields of this Ifle are moft fruitful in all things^ and chiefly Sanf in^^° 
a certain Vafley called Darmtlla, wherein are eighteen Villages. The Inhabi- îï/xii. 
tants of this Ifle -make plenty of Wine, which they fend to Alexandria^ 
Smyrna, znd Chio-, as like wife very good Cheefe, for they have many Cows, 
Sheep, and Goats. Not far from the Town, near the Sea, are the Salt- pits, 
and a Pond, which the Town letts out to farmcj they Fifli in it but two 
Months in the Year; to wit, Augiifi 2nd September. There are great quanti- 
ties of Eels taken alfo in a Valley called PUchi, that is full of Marflies, which 
are always fupplied with Water from grea Springs that run into it. There 
are very thick Woods alfo in it, viith Rocks and foiirary Dens, where there 
are a great many tall Stags j and there the Gentlemen go a Hunting with the ^ , . 
' Gady, who governs the Ifland ; the Peafants catch Partridges with an Afs, in PamSs^^ 
this with an Afa 
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