Chap. I. to the Levant. B23 
^rade, and dreadful Opprejpons by the Turks. 1 1 . T^he IJlands ^ Patmos and Naxos defcribed, mth an 
Account of the Inhabitants^ and of the State of the Greek and Latin Churches. 12. Of the Ifands 0/' Pa- 
ros, Delos, Micone and Tina. 13. I^he IJlands of Nio and Santorini defcrihed, with fome very curU 
ous Particulars relating to the latter. 14* Account of the If and of Polecandro, and its Inhabi- , 
tants. 15. ADefcription of the If ands of M\\o and Chimolo, with a very curious Account of the 
Hot-Baths in the former. 16. Sifanto and Thermia defcribedy with an Account oj their Produce,^ 
afid of the Cufoms of their Inhabitants. 17. Of the Ifands of Ajera and Scyra, with an Account of 
their Inhabitants. 18. Of the Ifands of Samos and Nicaria, and of the peculiar Privileges which the 
Women enjoy in the latter. 19. A Defcription of the If and of Coos, now called Kola Longa, and 
of the famous Caflle of Bodrou, which formerly belonged to the Knights of St. John. 20. Of the fa- 
mous If and of Rhodes, the Manner in which it was taken by the Turks, and the Remains of the 
Cafiles, Palaces, and other Strudlures ereSled there by the Knights of St. John, while they were Maf-^ 
ters of it. 21. A large and curious Defcription of the noble If and of Cyprus, with an Account of 
its ancient and prefent State. 22. Mr. Randolph’^ Account oj the If and and Kingdom of Candia, 
and of the long Warjuftained by the Venetians againfl the Turks, in Defence thereof 23. Mijcelia- 
neous Obfervations and Remarks from various Authors. 
1 * Phevenot left Conflantinople, Auguft 30, 
1656. and fail’d in a Saique to Montagna, 
JL ▼ jL from whence he rode to Burfa, which was 
called by the Ancients Prufta, the Metropolis of the 
ancient Kingdom of Bythynia., and was the Capital City 
of the lurkifh Empire in the Reign of Orcan, the Son 
of Ofman, the firft Sultan, who took it in the 726th 
Year of the Hegyra, and in the Year of our Lord, 1325 ; 
but it was taken from Bajazet by lamerlane. It is about 
ten Miles diftant from Mount Olympus. It is pleafantly 
fituated, and Water is fo plentiful, that befides what 
they have in all their Dwellings, they have Fountains in 
their Houfes of Office for their Ablutions. They 
have fome Waters that run through the Town, fo hot, 
as to boil an Egg, of which they have made feveral 
Bagnio’s, which ferve for the Cure of many Diftem- 
pers, and People come above ico Miles to waffi in 
them. There are many fair Houfes in the Town, 
and above 200 Mofques*, many Hans, very magnificently 
built and conftantly inhabited, becaufe the Caravans from 
feveral Places pafs through this Town but the moft re- 
markable Buildings of this City are the Sepulchres of the 
firft lurkifh Emperors and their Sultana’s, in fo many 
Chappels built Dome-wife. 
Among them is faid to be one, of a French Sultana, who 
being taken Captive, and prefented to the Grand Signior, 
fo much raviffied his Affedions, that he enjoy’d her, but 
permitted her to exercife her Religon to her Death. 
The Chriftians after her Deceafe defired, to have the Care 
of her Burial, but it was not granted them, and fo ffie lies 
in a little Chapel, arch’d and inclofed with Walls among 
the reft. This Town is about half a French League in 
Length, not entirely wall’d, and has a Caftle ftanding 
in the Middle on a little Hill, which has Baftions that 
in their Opinion render it impregnable ; but the Wa- 
ter that fupplies it runs through the Town, and fo may 
be cut off. No Chridian is allowed to go into it, left 
they ffiould endeavour to regain it, becaufe it was ta- 
ken from them by ftopping the Water. Within this 
Caftle was formerly the Seraglio of the firft Sultans of the 
Ottoman Family, but it is now demoliihed. It is faid 
to be built by an Emperor’s Daughter, who was cured 
of a Leprofy by waffling in the hot Waters of this 
Town, being taught the Experiment by a meafly Hog, 
that by wafhing in it was cured. Clofe by the Town 
is an Hill, where a Furkilh Hermit lives in a Chapel, 
which is enclofed with good Walls and Iron Gates. In 
it are the Tombs of one Roland, or Orland, and his 
Son, with his Sword and Mace lying on a Table juft by, 
who valiantly defended this Caftle againft the Saracens 
in the Life of the Foundrefs, and ffew many of them. 
2. From Burfa he went to Smyrna with the Caravan, 
and becaufe Nothing is to be met withal upon this 
Road but Water, Travellers muft carry all their Provi- 
fions and Houfhold-ftuff along with them, or want 
both. The Way lies through Tahlitalie, Loubat, Sou- 
furluc, Dgelembe, Palamout, and Manafia, to Smyrna. 
This Town is a noted Place in Ionia, built at firft by 
tantalus, named fo from an Amazon who took it, and 
when it was demoliffied by an Earthquake, rebuilt by 
Mark Anthony nearer the Sea, to make the Harbour more 
commodious. It boafts of being the Birth-place of 
Homer. 
The "lurks call it Ifmyr. It is a large Town, and 
well inhabited both by "Turks and Chriftians, but is nei- 
ther pleafant nor ftrong. It is commanded by a Caftle, 
at the Bottom of which, in the Way to the Greek 
Church called Santa Veneranda, is a great Amphitheatre, 
where Sc. Polycarp, St. John\ Scholar and Biffiop of 
Smyrna, fuffered Martyrdom. Near it are the Ruins 
of St. Johyi's, Cathedral Church, which had feveral large 
Chapels, and in one is ftill a Tomb, which the People 
fay is St. Polycarp's, *, but it feems rather to be that of 
fome Turk. The Port is but fmall, but the Road is 
fpacious and fafe, and has a Caftle lately built, to hin- 
der what Ships they pleafe from coming in, or going 
out. By the Road ftands the Cuftom-Houfe, and the 
Houfes of the Confuls and Merchants, Franks, who 
have, for the moft Part, a Back-door towards the Sea. 
In it is a Cadi to adminifter Juftice, 
Befides Turks, there live in it Chriftians of all Coun- 
tries, Greeks, Armenians, and Latins. The Greeks have 
two Churches, viz. St. Veneranda, where their Arch- 
biffiop officiates, and St. George, which belongs to 
their Monks. The Armenians have alfo two Churches, 
and the Latins as many, one of them belonging to the 
Capuchins, which is over-againft the French Gonful’s 
Houfe, and the other to the Jefuits, which has a lovely 
Houfe adjoining to it. The Country about it is plain 
and fertile in Olive-trees, and full of Gardens. All 
Things there are in Abundance, and their Wine is moft 
excellent. It is very fubjeft to Earthquakes, which hap- 
pen every Year, and often ruin the Town ; but it is 
foon rebuilt again, becaufe of the Convenience of its 
Situation. The Air in Summer-time would be very 
hot, if it were not for the low Wind, or North Breeze, 
as they call it, which blows regularly every Day, and 
much qualifies the Heat. 
We have a larger and more correifl Account of this 
City in Sir George Wheeler's Travels, which we will add 
in his own Words. Smyrna hath fo many Advantages 
from its natural Situation, that notwithftanding the 
great Calamities which have befallen it by War, and 
moft prodigious Earthquakes, that no lefs than fix 
Times have over-thrown and almoft utterly ruined it : 
Yet it hath ftill been thought worth the Repairing and 
Reftoring to all the Beauty the Art of its Inhabitants could 
contrive to adorn it with ; notwithftanding alfo, that 
from fome old Tradition they expedl the Seventh 
fhali be its utter Ruin, never to be repair’d. It is fitu- 
ated at the Bottom of a Bay, efteemed twenty Miles to 
its Mouth, fecured with high Mountains on every Side 
from all Winds but the Weft ; whence from Sea they 
can receive no Damage : For the Hermus which emp- 
tieth itfelf into it, maketh a Bank of Sand that barreth 
the raging of the Sea out, yet leaves fuch a Paffage in 
it, although but narrow, that he muft be a very Ideoc 
of a Pilot that cannot ibring a Ship in fafe into the in- 
moft Part of the Bay 1 where he may find Room and 
Depth enough,* with very good Moorage. 
This Bay hath Mount Sypilus North. Another 
Mountain, which I judged to be the Mefogifmonds, 
mentioned 
