of
delyces
where
a
man
shall
fynde
all
maner
of
fruytes
in
all
tymes
/
and
waters
and
ryuers
rennynge
with
mylke
and
hony
/
wyne
and
fresshe
water
/
and
they
shall
haue
fayr
houses
and
good
as
they
haue
deserued
/
and
those
houses
are
made
of
precyous
stones
golde
and
syluer
/
and
euery
man
shall
haue
.x.
wyues
and
all
maydens
/
and
he
shall
euery
daye
ones
haue
to
do
with
theym
and
shall
euermore
be
maydens
.
Also
they
speke
often
and
byleue
of
the
virgyn
Mary
and
saye
of
the
Incarnacyon
that
Mary
was
lerned
of
aungelles
/
&
that
Gabryell
sayd
to
her
that
she
was
chosen
before
all
other
fro
the
begynnynge
of
the
worlde
/
and
that
wytnesseth
well
theyr
boke
.
And
Gabryell
tolde
her
of
the
Incarnacyon
of
Ihesu
cryste
/
and
that
she
conceyued
and
bare
a
childe
.
And
they
saye
that
cryste
was
a
holy
prophete
in
worde
and
dede
/
and
meke
ryghtwysse
to
all
and
withoute
ony
wyte
.
And
they
saye
that
whan
the
aungell
sayd
her
of
th
yncarnacion
she
had
grete
drede
for
she
was
ryght
yonge
.
And
there
was
one
in
that
countree
that
medeled
with
sorcery
that
men
call
takyna
that
with
enchauntementes
coude
make
hym
lyke
an
aungell
and
he
wente
often
and
laye
with
maydens
/
and
therfore
was
Mary
the
more
a
ferde
for
the
aungell
and
thought
in
her
mynde
that
it
had
ben
Takyna
that
wente
with
the
maydens
/
and
she
couniured
hym
that
he
sholde
say
vnto
her
yf
he
were
the
same
Takyna
&
the
aungell
badde
her
haue
no
drede
for
he
was
certayne
a
messenger
of
Ihesu
Cryste
.
Also
theyr
boke
of
Alkaron
sayth
that
she
had
chylde
vnder
a
palme
tree
than
was
she
gretely
asshamed
&
sayd
that
she
wol
be
dede
/
and
as
soone
her
chylde
spake
&
conforted
her
and
sayd
too
Mary
.
Ne
timeas
maria
.
That
is
too
saye
/
Be
not
adrad
Mary
.
And
in
many
other
places
sayth
theyr
beke
Alkaron
that
Ihesu
cryst
spake
as
soone
as
he
was
borne
/
and
the
boke
sayth
that
Ihesu
cryste
was
sente
fro
god
almyghty
too
be
ensample
to
all
men
/
and
that
god
shall
deme
all
men
/
the
good
to
heuen
and
wycked
to
hell
/
and
that
Ihesu
cryste
is
the
beste
prophete
of
all
other
and
next
to
god
and
that
he
was
very
prophete
that
gaue
the
blynde
syght
and
heled
meselles
/
and
reysed
dede
men
&
went
all
quycke
to
heuen
/
&
yf
thry
may
fynde
a
boke
with
gospelles
and
namely
(
Missus
est
angelus
)
/
they
do
it
grete
worshyp
/
they
fast
a
moneth
in
the
ye
yere
and
they
ete
not
but
on
the
nyghte
/
and
they
kepe
theym
fro
theyr
wyues
/
but
they
that
art
syke
are
not
constrayned
to
that
.
And
that
boke
Alkaron
speketh
of
Iewes
and
sayth
they
are
wycked
people
/
for
they
wyll
not
byleue
that
Ihesu
cryste
is
of
god
And
they
saye
that
the
Iewes
lye
on
oure
lady
and
her
sone
Ihesu
cryste
saynge
that
they
dyde
hym
not
on
the
crosse
/
and
for
sarasyns
beleue
so
nere
our
fayth
and
they
are
lyghty
conuerted
whan
men
preche
the
lawe
of
Ihesu
cryste
/
and
they
saye
they
wote
well
by
theyr
prophecyes
that
theyr
lawe
of
Machomet
shall
fayll
as
dothe
the
lawe
of
Iewes
/
and
that
crysten
mennes
lawe
shall
last
vnto
the
worldes
ende
.
And
yf
a
man
aske
them
wherin
they
belyue
/
and
they
say
that
they
byleue
in
god
almyghty
that
is
maker
of
heuen
&
of
erthe
and
other
thynges
/
and
without
him
is
nothynge
done
/
&
at
the
day
of
dome
whan
euery
man
shal
be
rewarded
after
his
deseruynge
/
&
that
all
thynge
is
sothe
that
cryste
sayd
thrugh
the
mouthes
of
his
prophetes
.
¶
Yet
of
Machomet
.
ca.
xlv
.
And
there
be
also
other
men
that
men
calle
Surryens
&
they
holden
halfe
our
fayth
and
halfe
that
fayth
of
the
Grekes
&
they
haue
longe
berdes
as
the
Grekes
haue
.
And
there
be
other
that
men
calle
Georgyens
whom
saynt
George
conuerted
/
and
they
do
more
worshyp
to
halowes
of
heuen
than
other
do
/
and
they
haue
theyr
crownes
shauen
/
the
clerkes
haue
rounde
crownes
and
the
lewde
haue
crownes
square
/
&
they
holde
the
Grekes
lawe
.
And
there
be
other
that
men
calle
crysten
of
gyrdynge
/
for
as
moche
as
they
were
gyrdels
vnderneth
/
some
other
calle
Nestorynes
/
some
Aryens
/
some
Nubyens
/
some
Gregours
/
and
some
Indens
that
are
of
the
londe
of
preter
Iohan
and
euerychone
of
those
haue
some
artycles
of
our
byleue
.
But
eche
of
theym
varye
from
other
/
and
of
theyr
varyaunce
were
to
moche
for
to
telle
.
¶
Fro
to
torne
ayen
on
this
syde
Galyle
.
ca.
xl
.
NOw
sythen
I
haue
tolde
you
of
many
maners
of
men
that
dwelle
in
countrees
before
maundeuyll
.
sayd
.
Now
wyll
I
torne
ayen
to
my
waye
for
to
torne
vpon
this
syde
/
now
he
that
wyll
torne
fro
the
londe
of
Galyle
that
I
spake
of
to
come
on
this
syde
he
shal
go
thrugh
Damas
that
is
a
fayre
cyte
and
ful
of
good
marchaundyses
/
&
it
is
thre
Iourneys
from
the
see
/
&
fyue
Iourneys
fro
/
Iherusalem
/
but
they
cary
marchaundyses
vpon
camelles
/
mules
/
horses
&
dromedaryes
&
other
maner
of
beestes
.
This
cyte
of
Damas
founded
Helyzeus
that
was
Abrahams
seruaunt
before
Isaac
was
borne
/
&
he
thought
to
haue
ben
Abrahams
eyre
&
therfore
he
called
the
cyte
his
name
Damas.
And
in
that
place
slowe
Cayn
his
broder
Abell
/
and
besyde
Damas
is
the
mount
of
Syry
/
and
in
that
cyte
is
many
a
physycyon
/
and
that
holy
man
saynt
Poule
was
a
physycyen
to
saue
mennes
bodyes
in
hele
before
that
he
was
conuerted
/
and
after
he
was
a
physycyen
of
soules
.
And
Fro
Damas
men
come
by
a
place
called
our
lady
of
Sardemarche
that
is
fyue
myle
from
Damas
and
it
is
on
a
roche
/
and
there
is
a
fayr
chirche
and
there
dwelle
monkes
&
nonnes
hermaphrodites
¶
Of
the
kyngedome
named
Mancy
&
is
the
best
kyngdome
of
the
worlde
.
ca.
lxiij
.
TO
goo
fro
this
yle
towarde
the
eest
many
Iourneys
a
man
shall
fynde
a
kyngdom
that
is
called
Mancy
&
this
is
in
Ynde
the
more
/
&
it
is
moost
delectable
&
plente
of
goodes
of
all
the
worlde
.
In
this
londe
dwell
crysten
men
&
sarasyns
/
for
it
is
a
grete
londe
/
&
therin
is
.ij.
M.
grete
cytees
and
many
other
townes
.
In
this
londe
noo
man
gooth
on
beggynge
for
there
is
no
poore
man
/
&
the
men
haue
berdes
thynne
of
heere
as
it
were
cattes
.
In
this
londe
are
fayre
women
/
&
therfore
some
men
calle
the
londe
albany
for
the
whyte
folke
/
&
ther
is
a
cyte
that
men
call
Latorym
&
is
more
than
Parys
/
&
in
that
londe
are
byrdes
twyes
greter
than
it
be
here
/
&
there
is
good
chepe
of
all
maner
of
vytaylles
.
In
this
countree
are
whyte
hennes
&
they
bere
noo
feders
but
woll
as
shepe
do
in
oure
londe
/
and
women
of
that
countre
that
are
wedded
bere
crownes
vp
on
theyr
heedes
that
they
may
be
knowen
by
.
In
this
countree
they
take
a
beest
that
is
called
Loyres
.
&
they
kenne
it
to
go
in
to
waters
or
vyuers
/
and
as
soone
he
bryngeth
oute
of
the
water
grete
fysshes
/
&
thus
they
take
fysshe
as
longe
as
they
wyll
to
that
theym
nedeth
.
Fro
this
cyte
men
go
by
many
Iourneyes
to
an
other
grete
cyte
that
is
called
Cassay
that
is
the
moost
cyte
of
the
worlde
/
&
that
Cyte
is
fyfty
myle
aboute
/
&
there
is
in
the
cyte
mo
than
.xij.
pryncypall
gates
without
.
Fro
thens
within
thre
myle
is
an
other
grete
cyte
/
&
within
this
Cyte
are
more
than
.xij.
thousande
brydges
/
&
vpon
eche
brydge
is
a
stronge
toure
where
the
kepers
dwell
too
kepe
it
agayne
the
grete
Chane
for
it
marcheth
on
his
londe
/
&
on
one
syde
of
the
cyte
renneth
a
grete
ryuer
/
&
there
dwell
crysten
men
and
other
/
for
it
is
a
good
countre
&
plenteuous
&
there
groweth
ryghte
good
wyne
/
this
is
a
noble
cyte
where
the
kynge
of
Mancy
was
wonte
to
dwelle
/
&
there
dwelle
relygyous
men
crysten
freres
/
And
men
goo
vpon
the
ryuer
tyll
they
come
to
an
abbaye
of
monkes
a
lytell
fro
the
cyte
/
&
in
that
abaye
is
a
grete
gardyn
&
fayr
&
therin
is
many
maner
of
trees
of
dyuers
fruytes
In
that
gardyn
dwell
many
maner
of
beestes
as
baboynes
/
apes
/
marmosettes
&
other
/
&
whan
the
couent
hath
eten
a
monke
taketh
the
relleef
&
bere
it
in
to
the
gardeyne
/
&
smytech
ones
with
a
bel
of
syluer
whiche
he
holde
in
his
hande
/
&
anone
come
out
thyse
bestes
that
I
spake
of
&
many
moo
nere
iij.
or
.iiij.
thousande
/
&
he
gyueth
them
to
ete
of
fayre
vessels
of
syluer
/
&
whan
they
haue
eten
he
smyteth
the
bell
agayne
&
they
goo
agayne
theyr
way
.
And
the
monke
sayth
that
those
bestes
are
soules
of
men
that
are
dede
/
&
those
beestes
that
are
fayre
are
soules
of
lordes
&
other
ryche
men
/
&
those
that
are
foule
bestes
are
soules
of
other
comunes
.
And
I
asked
theym
yf
it
had
not
be
better
to
gyue
that
relefe
to
poore
men
&
they
sayd
ther
is
no
poore
man
in
the
countree
&
yf
there
were
yet
it
were
more
almes
to
gyue
it
to
those
soules
the
suffre
there
theyr
penaunce
&
may
go
no
ferder
to
gete
theyr
mete
than
to
men
that
haue
wytte
&
may
trauayl
for
theyr
mete
.
Than
come
men
to
a
cyte
that
is
called
Chybens
&
there
was
the
fyrst
sege
of
the
kynge
of
Mancy
.
In
this
cyte
are
.lx.
brydges
of
stone
as
fayre
a
they
may
be
.
¶
Of
the
londe
of
Pygmeen
wherin
dwelleth
but
small
people
of
thre
span
longe
.
ca.
lxiiij
WHan
men
passe
fro
the
cyte
of
Chybens
they
passe
ouer
a
grete
ryuer
of
fresshe
water
/
&
it
is
nere
.iiij.
myle
brode
/
&
than
men
entre
in
too
the
londe
of
the
grete
Chane
.
This
Ryuer
gooth
thrughe
the
londe
of
Pygmeens
/
&
there
men
are
of
lytell
stature
for
they
are
but
thre
span
longe
&
they
are
ryght
fayre
bothe
men
&
women
though
they
be
lytell
/
and
they
are
wedded
whan
they
are
halfe
a
yere
olde
/
&
they
lyue
but
.viij.
yere
&
he
that
lyueth
.viij.
yere
is
holden
ryght
olde
/
and
thyse
small
men
are
the
best
werke
men
in
sylke
&
of
cotton
in
all
maner
thynge
that
are
in
the
worlde
.
&
thyse
small
men
trauayl
ne
tyll
no
londe
/
but
they
haue
amonge
them
grete
men
as
we
are
to
trauayle
for
them
/
and
they
haue
grete
scorne
of
those
grete
men
as
we
wolde
haue
of
gyauntes
or
of
theym
yf
they
were
amonge
vs
.
Of
the
cyte
of
Menke
where
a
grete
nauy
is
.
ca.
lxv
ERo
this
londe
men
go
thrughe
many
countrees
&
cyters
and
townes
tyll
they
come
to
a
cyte
that
men
call
menke
.
In
that
cyte
is
a
grete
nauy
of
shyppes
/
&
they
are
as
swyte
as
snowe
of
kynde
of
the
wood
that
they
are
made
of
/
&
they
are
made
as
it
were
grete
houses
with
halles
&
chambres
&
other
esymentes
.
¶
Of
the
londe
named
Cathay
&
the
grete
rychesses
therof
.
ca.
lxvi
.
ANd
from
thens
men
goe
vpon
a
ryuer
that
men
call
Ceremosan
/
&
this
ryuer
gooth
thrughe
Cathay
&
doth
many
tymes
harme
whan
it
waxeth
grete
.
Caythay
is
a
fayre
countree
&
ryche
full
of
goodes
&
marchaundyses
/
thyder
come
marchauntes
euery
yere
for
too
fetche
spyces
and
other
machaundyses
more
comunely
than
they
do
in
to
other
countrees
.
And
ye
shall
vnderstande
that
marchauntes
that
come
from
Venyce
or
fro
Geene
or
from
other
places
of
Lombardy
or
of
Romayne
/
they
go
by
se
and
londe
.xi.
monethes
&
more
or
they
may
come
to
Caythay
.
¶
Of
a
grete
cyte
named
Cadon
where
in
is
the
grete
Chanes
palays
&
sege
.
ca.
lxvij
IN
the
prouynce
of
Caythay
towarde
the
eest
is
an
olde
cyte
/
&
besyde
that
cyte
the
Tartarynes
haue
made
an
other
Cyte
that
men
calle
Cadon
that
hath
.xij.
gates
/
and
euer
bytwene
two
gates
is
a
grete
myle
/
soo
that
those
two
cytees
the
olde
and
the
newe
is
rounde
aboute
.xx.
myle
.
In
this
cyte
is
the
palays
and
sege
of
the
grete
Chane
in
a
full
fayre
place
&
grete
of
whyche
the
walles
about
is
two
myle
/
&
within
that
are
many
fayre
places
&
in
the
gardeyne
of
that
palays
is
a
ryghte
grete
hyll
on
the
whiche
is
an
other
palays
/
and
it
is
the
fayrest
that
may
be
founde
in
ony
plade
/
and
all
aboute
the
hylle
are
many
trees
berynge
dyuers
fruytes
/
&
aboute
that
hylle
is
a
grete
dyche
/
and
there
nere
are
many
vyuers
on
eche
syde
/
and
in
those
are
many
wylde
foules
that
he
may
take
&
go
not
out
of
the
palays
:
Within
the
halle
of
that
palays
are
xxiiij
.
pylers
of
golde
/
and
all
the
walles
are
couered
with
ryche
skynnes
of
beestes
that
men
calle
pauters
.
Those
are
fayre
beestes
and
well
smellynge
&
of
the
smell
of
the
skynnes
none
euyll
smelle
may
come
to
the
palays
/
those
skynnes
are
as
reed
as
blode
/
&
they
shyne
so
agayne
the
sonne
that
vnethes
may
men
beholde
them
/
and
men
prayse
those
skynnes
as
moche
as
it
were
colde
.
In
myddes
of
that
palays
is
a
place
made
that
they
call
the
mounture
for
the
grete
Chane
that
is
well
made
with
precyous
stones
&
grete
perles
hangynge
aboute
/
&
at
the
four
corners
of
that
mountour
are
four
nedders
of
golde
/
&
vnder
that
mountour
&
aboue
are
conduytes
of
beuerage
that
they
drynke
in
the
emperours
courte
.
And
the
halle
of
that
palays
is
rychely
dyghte
&
well
/
And
fyrste
at
the
ouer
ende
of
the
hall
is
the
throne
of
the
Emperoure
ryght
hye
where
he
sytteth
at
mete
at
a
table
that
is
well
bordured
with
golde
/
&
that
bordure
is
full
of
precyous
stones
&
grete
perles
/
and
the
greces
on
the
whiche
he
gooth
vp
are
of
dyuerse
precyous
stones
bordred
with
golde
.
At
the
left
syde
of
his
throne
is
the
syege
of
his
wyfe
a
degre
lower
than
he
sytteth
&
that
is
of
Iasper
bordured
with
golde
/
&
the
syege
of
his
seconde
wyfe
is
a
degree
lower
than
the
fyrste
&
that
is
also
of
good
Iasper
bordured
with
golde
/
and
the
syege
of
the
thyrde
wyfe
is
a
degree
lower
than
the
seconde
/
for
alwaye
he
hath
thre
wyues
with
hym
where
soeuer
he
is
/
besyde
thyse
wyues
on
the
same
syde
sytteth
other
ladyes
of
his
kynne
echone
lower
than
other
as
they
are
of
degree
/
&
all
those
that
are
wedded
haue
a
counterfayte
of
a
mannes
fote
vpon
theyr
hedes
a
cubyte
longe
&
al
made
with
precyous
stones
/
and
aboue
they
are
made
with
shynynge
feders
of
pecockes
or
suche
other
in
tokenynge
that
they
are
subgeccyon
of
man
and
vnder
men
fote
/
and
they
that
are
not
wedded
haue
none
suche
.
And
on
the
ryght
syde
of
the
Emperoure
sytteth
fyrste
his
sone
that
shall
be
Emperoure
after
hym
/
and
he
sytteth
also
a
degree
lower
thanne
the
Emperoure
in
suche
maner
of
seges
as
the
Emperoure
sytteth
/
&
by
hym
sytteth
other
lordes
of
his
kynne
echone
lower
than
other
as
they
are
of
degre
.
And
the
emperoure
hath
his
table
by
hymselfe
alone
that
is
made
of
golde
and
precyous
stones
or
of
whyte
crystal
or
yelowe
bordred
with
golde
/
and
echone
of
his
wyues
hathe
a
table
by
herself
.
And
vnder
the
Emperours
table
sytteth
four
clerkes
at
his
fete
that
wryteth
al
the
the
Emperour
sayth
be
it
good
or
ylle
.
And
at
grete
festes
aboue
the
Emperours
table
&
all
other
tables
in
the
halle
is
a
vyne
made
of
fyne
golde
that
gooth
all
aboute
the
hall
&
it
hath
many
braunches
of
grapes
lyke
to
grapes
of
the
vyne
/
some
are
white
/
some
are
yelowe
/
some
reed
/
some
grene
/
and
some
blacke
/
all
the
reed
are
of
rubyes
of
cremas
or
alabaunce
/
the
whyte
are
of
crystale
or
byrall
/
the
yelowe
are
of
topaces
/
the
grene
are
of
emeraudes
&
crysolytes
/
&
the
blacke
are
of
quyches
&
gerandes
/
and
this
vyne
is
made
thus
of
precyous
stones
so
properly
that
it
semeth
as
it
were
a
vyne
growynge
.
And
before
the
borde
of
the
Emperour
standeth
grete
lordes
/
&
no
man
is
so
hardy
to
speke
to
hym
but
it
be
mynstrels
for
to
solace
th
emperour
.
And
all
the
vessell
that
is
serued
in
his
halle
or
chambres
are
of
precyous
stones
and
namely
at
tables
where
grete
lordes
ete
/
that
is
to
saye
/
of
Iasper
/
crystall
/
amatyst
/
or
fyne
golde
&
the
cuppes
are
of
emeraudes
/
saphyres
/
topaces
/
and
other
many
maner
of
stones
/
&
of
syluer
haue
they
noo
vessell
for
they
prayse
syluer
but
lytell
to
make
vessell
of
/
but
they
make
of
syluer
greces
pylers
and
pauymentes
of
halles
&
of
chambres
.
And
ye
shall
vnderstande
that
my
felowe
&
I
was
in
soudy
with
hym
.xvi.
monethes
agayne
the
kynge
of
Mancy
vpon
whome
he
made
warre
/
&
the
cause
was
for
we
had
so
grete
desyre
to
se
the
nobley
of
his
courte
yf
it
were
suche
as
we
herde
speke
of
/
&
forsoth
we
founde
it
more
rycher
&
solempne
than
euer
we
herde
speke
of
/
&
we
sholde
neuer
haue
by
leude
it
had
we
not
seen
it
/
but
ye
shall
vnderstande
that
mete
&
drynke
is
more
honest
amonge
vs
than
it
is
in
those
countrees
/
for
all
the
comons
ete
vpon
skynnes
of
beestes
on
theyr
knees
&
ete
but
flesshe
of
all
maner
bestes
/
&
whan
they
haue
all
eten
they
wype
theyr
hondes
in
theyr
skyrtes
&
they
ete
but
ones
on
the
daye
&
ete
but
lytell
brede
/
but
the
estate
of
the
lordes
is
full
nobley
&
full
rychely
.
¶
Wherfore
that
the
Emperour
of
Cathay
is
called
the
grete
Chane
.
ca.
lxviij
.
ANd
ye
shall
wete
why
he
is
called
the
grete
Chane
/
ye
wote
well
that
all
the
worlde
was
destroyed
with
Noes
flood
but
Noe
&
his
wyf
&
his
children
.
Noe
had
thre
sones
Sen
Cham
and
Iapheth
.
C
ham
was
he
that
sawe
his
faders
balockes
naked
whan
he
slepte
&
scorned
it
/
and
therfore
was
he
cursyd
/
and
Iapheth
couered
it
agayne
.
Thyse
thre
brethern
had
all
the
londe
.
C
ham
toke
the
best
parte
eestwarde
that
is
called
Asia
.
Sem
toke
Affryke
/
&
Iapheth
to
Europe
.
C
ham
was
the
myghtyest
&
rychest
of
his
brethern
/
&
of
hym
are
come
the
paynem
folke
&
dyuers
maner
of
men
of
the
yles
/
some
hedles
/
&
other
men
dysfygured
/
&
for
this
Cham
the
Emperour
there
called
hym
Cham
&
lorde
of
all
.
But
ye
shal
vnderstande
that
the
Emperour
of
Cathay
is
called
Chane
&
not
Cham
/
and
for
this
cause
it
is
not
longe
gone
that
all
Tartary
was
in
subgeccyon
&
thrall
to
other
nacyons
about
/
&
they
were
made
herdemen
to
kepe
beestes
/
&
amonge
theym
was
.vij.
lynages
or
kyndes
/
the
fyrst
was
called
Tartary
that
is
the
best
/
the
seconde
lynage
is
called
Tanghot
/
the
thyrde
Eurace
/
the
fourthe
Valayre
/
the
fyfthe
Semoth
/
the
sixth
Menchy
/
the
seuenth
Sobeth
.
Thyse
are
all
holdynge
of
the
grete
Chane
of
Cathay
.
Now
it
befell
so
that
in
the
fyrst
lynage
was
an
olde
man
&
he
was
not
ryche
&
men
calle
him
Changyus
.
This
man
laye
&
slepte
on
a
nyght
in
his
bedde
/
&
there
came
to
hym
a
knyght
all
whyte
syttynge
vpon
a
whyte
hors
&
sayd
to
hym
.
Chane
slepest
thou
/
god
that
is
almyghty
sente
me
to
the
/
&
it
is
his
wyll
that
thou
saye
to
the
.vij.
lynages
that
thou
shalt
be
theyr
Emperour
/
for
ye
shall
conquere
all
the
londes
that
are
about
you
&
they
shall
be
in
your
subgeccyon
as
ye
haue
be
in
theyrs
.
And
whan
morowe
came
he
rose
vp
&
sayd
it
to
the
.vij.
lynages
/
and
they
scorned
hym
&
sayd
he
was
a
fole
.
And
the
nyght
after
the
same
knyght
came
to
the
.vij.
lynages
&
badde
theym
of
goddes
behalf
to
make
Changyus
theyr
Emperour
&
they
sholde
be
out
of
all
subgeccyon
.
And
on
the
morowe
they
chose
Changyus
to
Emperour
&
dyde
hym
all
worshyp
that
they
myght
do
&
called
hym
Chane
as
the
whyte
knyght
called
hym
/
and
they
sayd
they
wolde
do
as
he
badde
theym
.
Than
he
made
many
statutes
&
lawes
the
whiche
he
called
Ysakan
.
The
fyrste
statute
was
that
they
sholde
be
obedyent
to
god
almyghty
/
&
byleue
that
he
sholde
delyuer
theym
out
of
thraldom
/
&
that
they
sholde
calle
on
him
in
all
theyr
werkes
.
An other
statute
was
that
all
men
that
myght
bere
armes
sholde
be
nombred
&
to
eche
.x.
sholde
be
a
mayster
&
to
an
hondred
a
mayster
/
&
to
a
thousande
a
mayster
.
Than
he
commaunded
to
all
the
grettest
&
pryncypalest
of
the
.vij.
lynages
that
they
sholde
forsake
all
that
they
hadde
in
herytage
or
lordshyp
/
and
that
they
sholde
holde
theym
payed
of
that
he
wolde
gyue
theym
of
his
grace
/
and
they
dyde
so
And
also
he
badde
theym
that
eche
man
sholde
brynge
his
eldest
sone
before
hym
and
slee
his
owne
sone
with
his
owne
handes
and
smyte
of
theyr
heedes
and
as
soone
they
dyde
his
byddynge
.
And
whan
he
sawe
they
made
no
lettynge
of
that
he
badde
theym
do
/
than
badde
he
theym
folowe
his
baner
/
&
than
he
put
in
subgeccyon
all
the
londes
about
hym
.
¶
How
the
grete
Chane
was
hydde
vnder
a
tree
&
so
scaped
his
enmyes
by
cause
of
a
byrde
.
ca.
lxix
.
ANd
it
befelle
on
a
daye
that
the
Chane
rode
with
a
fewe
men
to
se
the
londe
that
he
hadde
wonne
&
he
mette
with
a
grete
multytude
of
his
enmyes
and
there
he
was
cast
downe
of
his
hors
and
his
hors
slayne
.
And
whan
his
men
sawe
hym
at
the
erthe
they
wende
he
had
be
deed
/
&
fled
and
the
enmyes
folowed
after
/
and
whan
he
sawe
his
enmyes
were
ferre
he
hydde
hym
in
a
busshe
.
for
the
wood
was
thycke
there
/
and
whan
they
were
come
agayn
fro
the
chaffs
they
wente
to
seke
amonge
the
wood
yf
ony
were
hydde
there
/
&
they
founde
many
.
And
as
they
came
to
the
place
where
he
was
they
sawe
a
hyrde
sytte
vpon
a
tree
the
whiche
byrde
men
calle
an
oule
/
&
than
sayd
they
that
there
was
no
man
for
that
byrde
sate
there
&
so
wente
they
awaye
/
&
thus
was
the
Chane
saued
fro
deth
/
&
so
he
wente
awaye
on
a
nyght
to
his
owne
men
whiche
were
gladde
of
his
comynge
.
And
fro
that
tyme
hyderwardes
men
of
that
countree
haue
do
grete
worshyp
to
that
byrde
&
for
that
cause
they
worshyp
that
byrde
aboue
all
the
byrdes
of
the
worlde
And
than
he
assembled
all
his
men
&
rode
vpon
his
enemyes
&
destroyed
theym
.
And
whan
he
had
wonne
all
the
londes
that
were
about
hym
he
helde
them
in
subgeccyon
.
And
whan
the
Chane
had
wonne
all
the
londes
to
mount
Belyan
/
the
whyte
knyght
come
to
hym
in
a
vysyon
agayne
&
sayd
vnto
hym
.
Chane
the
wyll
of
god
is
that
thou
passe
the
mount
Belyan
and
thou
shalt
wynne
many
londes
/
&
for
thou
shalt
fynde
no
passage
go
thou
to
mount
Belyan
that
is
vpon
the
see
syde
&
knele
ix
.
tymes
theron
agaynst
the
eest
in
the
worshyp
of
god
&
he
shall
shewe
the
a
waye
how
thou
shalt
passe
/
&
the
Chane
dyde
so
/
and
anone
the
see
that
touched
the
hylle
withdrowe
hym
and
shewed
hym
a
fayre
waye
of
.ix.
foot
brood
bytwene
the
hylle
and
the
see
/
and
so
he
passed
ryght
well
with
all
his
men
and
than
he
wanne
the
londe
of
Cathay
that
is
the
moost
londe
and
the
grettest
of
all
the
worlde
/
and
for
those
.ix.
knelynges
&
the
.ix.
foot
of
waye
the
Chane
and
the
men
of
Tartary
haue
the
nombre
of
.ix.
in
grete
worshyp
.
¶
Of
the
grete
Chanes
letters
and
the
wrytynge
aboute
his
seale
.
ca.
lxx
.
ANd
whan
he
had
wonne
the
londe
of
Cathay
he
deyed
&
than
regned
after
Cytho
to
the
eldest
sone
of
Chane
/
and
his
other
broders
wente
to
wynne
theym
londes
in
other
countrees
/
&
they
wanne
the
londe
of
Pruysse
&
of
Russy
/
and
they
dyde
calle
themself
Chane
/
but
he
of
Cathay
is
the
grete
Chane
and
the
grettest
lorde
of
all
the
worlde
/
&
so
he
called
him
in
his
letters
&
sayth
thus
.
Chan
filius
dei
excelsi
vniuersam
terram
colenciū
summus
impator
&
dns
dominātiū
.
That
is
to
say
.
Chane
goddes
sone
Emperour
of
all
those
that
tylle
all
the
londe
&
lorde
of
all
lordes
.
And
the
wrytynge
aboue
his
grete
seale
is
.
Deus
in
celo
et
chan
super
terram
eius
fortitudo
omni
hoīm
impatoris
sigillum
.
That
is
to
saye
God
in
heuen
Chane
vpon
erthe
his
strengthe
the
seale
of
th
emperour
of
all
men
.
And
the
wrytynge
about
his
preuy
seale
is
.
Dei
fortitudo
omni
hoīm
īꝑatoris
sigillum
.
That
is
to
saye
.
The
strengthe
of
god
seale
of
the
Emperour
of
all
men
.
And
all
yf
it
be
so
that
they
be
not
crysten
yet
th
emperour
and
the
Tartaryns
byleue
in
god
almyghty
.
¶
Of
the
gouernaunce
of
the
courte
of
the
grete
Chane
.
ca.
lxxi
.
NOw
haue
I
tolde
you
why
he
is
called
the
grete
Chane
.
Now
shall
I
telle
you
of
the
gouernynge
of
his
courte
whan
they
make
grete
festes
/
&
he
keped
four
pryncypall
festes
in
the
yere
/
the
fyrst
is
of
his
byrth
/
the
seconde
whan
he
is
borne
to
the
Temple
to
be
circumcysed
/
the
thyrde
is
of
his
ydols
whan
they
begynne
to
speke
/
and
the
fourth
whan
the
ydoll
begynneth
fyrst
to
do
myracles
/
&
at
those
tymes
he
hath
men
well
arrayed
by
thousandes
and
by
hondredes
/
&
echone
wote
well
what
he
shall
do
.
For
there
is
fyrst
ordeyned
foure
thousande
ryche
barons
&
myghty
for
to
ordeyne
the
feest
&
to
serue
th
emperour
/
&
all
thyse
barons
haue
crownes
of
golde
well
dyght
with
precyous
stones
&
perles
/
and
they
are
cladde
in
clothes
of
golde
and
camathas
as
rychely
as
they
may
be
made
/
&
they
may
well
haue
suche
clothes
for
they
are
there
of
lesse
pryce
than
wollen
cloth
is
here
.
And
thyse
four
thousande
barons
are
departed
in
four
partyes
/
&
eche
company
is
clad
in
dyuerse
colour
ryght
rychely
/
&
whan
the
fyrst
thousande
is
passed
&
hath
shewed
theym
/
than
come
the
seconde
thousande
/
&
than
the
thyrde
thousande
/
and
than
the
fourth
&
none
of
theym
speketh
a
worde
.
And
on
one
syde
of
th
emperours
table
sytteth
many
phylosophres
of
many
scyences
/
some
of
astronomy
/
nygromancy
/
geometry
/
pyromacy
/
&
other
many
scyences
/
&
some
haue
before
theym
astrolabes
of
golde
or
of
precyous
stones
full
of
sonde
or
of
coles
brennynge
/
some
haue
orloges
well
dyght
&
rychely
&
other
many
Instrumentes
after
theyr
scyences
/
&
at
a
certayne
houre
whan
they
se
tyme
they
saye
to
men
that
stande
before
theym
make
peas
/
and
than
saye
those
men
with
a
loude
voyce
to
all
the
halle
now
be
stylle
a
whyle
/
&
than
sayth
one
of
the
phylosophres
eche
man
make
reuerence
&
enclyne
to
th
emperour
that
is
goddes
sone
&
lorde
of
the
worlde
for
now
is
tyme
&
houre
/
&
than
all
men
enclyne
to
hym
&
knele
on
the
erthe
/
and
than
byddeth
the
phylosophre
theym
ryse
vp
agayne
/
&
at
an
other
houre
an
other
phylosophre
byddeth
theym
all
put
theyr
fynger
in
theyr
eerys
&
they
do
so
/
and
at
an
other
houre
an
other
phylosophre
byddeth
that
all
men
shall
laye
theyr
honde
on
theyr
heed
&
they
do
so
/
&
than
he
byddeth
theym
take
awaye
&
they
do
so
/
and
thus
fro
houre
to
houre
they
bydde
dyuerse
thynges
/
&
I
asked
pryuely
what
this
sholde
mene
and
one
of
the
maysters
sayd
that
the
enclynynge
&
the
knelynge
on
the
erthe
at
that
tyme
hath
this
token
/
that
all
those
men
that
kneled
so
shall
euermore
be
true
to
th
emperour
/
that
for
no
gyfte
nehetynge
they
shall
neuer
be
traytours
ne
fals
to
him
And
the
puttynge
of
the
fynger
in
the
eere
hath
this
token
/
that
none
of
those
shall
here
none
ylle
be
spoken
of
the
Emperour
or
his
counseyll
.
And
ye
shall
vnderstande
that
men
dyght
no
thynge
/
clothes
/
brede
/
drynke
/
nor
none
suche
thynges
to
th
emperour
but
at
certayne
houres
that
the
phylosophres
telle
&
yf
ony
man
reyse
warre
ayenst
that
Emperour
in
what
countree
so
it
be
thyse
phylophres
wote
it
soone
&
tell
the
Emperour
or
his
counseyll
/
and
he
sendeth
men
thyder
for
he
hath
many
men
.
And
he
hath
many
men
to
kepe
byrdes
as
garfaukons
sperhaukes
/
faucons
/
gentyls
/
laners
/
sacres
/
popyniayes
that
are
spekynge
&
many
other
.x.
thousande
olyfauntes
/
baboynes
/
marmosettes
&
other
/
&
he
hath
euer
about
hym
many
physycyens
more
than
two
hondred
that
are
crysten
men
and
.xx.
sarasyns
/
but
trusteth
more
in
crysten
men
than
in
sarasyns
.
And
there
is
in
that
countree
many
barons
&
other
seruauntes
that
are
ceysten
&
conuerted
to
the
good
fayth
thorugh
prechynge
of
good
crysten
men
that
dwelle
there
/
but
there
are
many
that
wyll
not
that
men
wete
that
they
are
crysten
.
¶
Of
the
grete
rychesse
of
this
Emperour
and
of
his
dyspendynge
.
ca.
lxxij
.
THis
Emperour
is
a
grete
lorde
for
he
may
dyspende
what
he
wyll
without
nombre
/
bycause
he
spended
nother
syluer
nother
golde
/
&
he
made
no
money
but
of
leder
or
skynnes
/
and
this
same
money
gooth
thorugh
all
his
londe
/
and
of
the
syluer
and
golde
buylded
he
his
palays
.
And
he
hath
in
his
chambre
a
pyler
of
golde
in
the
whiche
is
a
Ruby
and
a
carbuncle
of
a
foot
longe
the
whiche
lyghteth
all
his
chambre
by
nyght
/
and
he
hath
many
other
prycyous
stones
&
rubyes
but
this
is
the
moost
.
This
Emperour
dwelleth
in
the
somer
towardes
the
North
in
a
cyte
that
men
calle
Saydus
and
there
it
is
colde
ynough
/
and
in
the
wynter
he
dwelleth
in
a
cyte
that
men
calle
Camalache
and
there
it
is
ryght
hote
/
but
for
the
moost
parte
is
he
to
Cadon
that
is
not
ferre
thens
.
¶
Of
the
ordynaunce
of
the
lordes
of
th
emperour
whan
he
rydeth
from
one
countree
to
an
other
or
to
warre
.
ca.
lxxiij
.
ANd
whan
this
grete
Chane
shall
ryde
from
one
countree
to
an
other
they
ordeyne
four
hoostes
of
people
/
of
whiche
the
fyrste
gooth
before
a
dayes
Iourney
/
for
the
hoost
lyeth
at
euen
where
the
Emperour
shall
lye
on
the
morowe
/
&
there
is
plente
of
vytayls
.
And
an
other
hoost
cometh
at
the
ryght
syde
of
hym
and
an
other
at
the
lyfte
syde
/
&
in
eche
hoost
is
moche
folke
.
And
than
cometh
the
fourth
hoost
behynde
him
a
bowe
drawght
/
&
there
is
more
men
in
than
in
ony
of
the
other
.
And
ye
shal
vnderstande
that
the
Emperour
rydeth
on
no
hors
but
whan
he
wyll
go
to
ony
secrete
place
with
a
pryue
meyne
where
he
wyll
not
be
knowen
/
but
he
rydeth
in
a
charyotte
with
four
wheles
/
&
there
vpon
is
a
chambre
made
of
a
tree
that
men
calle
lignum
aloes
that
cometh
out
of
Paradyse
terrestre
&
that
chambre
is
couered
with
plates
of
fyne
golde
and
precyous
stones
&
perles
/
and
four
olyfauntes
&
foure
oxen
all
whyte
gone
there
in
.
And
fyue
or
sixe
grete
lordes
ryden
about
hym
so
that
none
other
men
shall
come
nere
hym
but
yf
the
Emperour
calle
ony
.
And
in
that
same
maner
with
charyotte
&
suche
hoostes
rydeth
the
Empresse
by
an
other
syde
/
&
the
Emperours
eldest
sone
on
the
same
aray
/
and
they
haue
so
moche
people
that
it
is
a
grete
meruayll
for
to
se
.
¶
How
the
Empyre
of
the
grete
Chane
is
departed
in
to
.xij.
prouynces
/
and
how
that
they
do
cast
ensence
in
the
fyre
where
the
grete
Chane
passeth
thorugh
the
cytees
and
townes
in
worshyp
of
the
Emperour
.
ca.
lxxiiij
.
THe
londe
of
the
grete
Chane
is
departed
in
xij
.
prouynces
/
&
eche
prouynce
hath
more
than
two
thousande
cytees
&
townes
.
Also
whan
th
emperour
rydeth
thrugh
the
countree
/
&
he
passeth
thrugh
cytees
&
townes
/
eche
man
maketh
a
fyre
before
his
hous
&
casteth
therin
ensence
and
other
thynges
that
gyue
good
smell
to
th
emperour
.
And
yf
ony
men
of
relygyon
that
are
crysten
dwelle
nere
as
th
emperour
cometh
they
mete
hym
with
processyon
with
a
crosse
&
holy
water
/
&
they
synge
Veni
creator
spiritus
with
a
loude
voyce
.
And
whan
he
see
theym
come
he
commaundeth
the
lordes
that
ryde
nere
hym
to
make
waye
that
the
relygyous
men
may
come
to
hym
/
&
whan
he
se
that
crosse
he
doth
of
his
hatte
that
is
made
of
precyous
stones
&
grete
perles
/
&
that
hatte
is
so
ryche
that
it
is
meruayle
to
telle
and
than
he
enclyned
to
the
crosse
.
And
the
prelate
of
the
relygyous
men
sayth
orysons
before
hym
&
gyueth
hym
the
benyson
with
the
crosse
/
&
he
enclyneth
to
the
benyson
full
deuoutly
/
&
than
the
same
prelate
gyueth
hym
some
fruyte
of
the
nombre
of
ix
.
in
a
plate
of
golde
as
peres
or
apples
or
other
fruyte
/
&
than
the
Emperour
taketh
one
therof
&
the
other
he
gyueth
to
his
lordes
/
for
the
maner
is
suche
there
that
no
straunge
man
shall
come
before
th
emperour
,
but
he
gyue
hym
som
what
after
the
olde
lawe
that
sayth
.
Non
accedat
in
conspectu
meo
inanis
.
That
is
too
saye
.
No
man
come
in
to
my
syght
ydle
.
And
than
the
Emperour
byddeth
thyse
relygyous
men
that
they
shall
go
forth
so
that
men
of
his
hoost
defoule
theym
not
.
And
those
relygyous
men
that
dwelle
where
the
Empresse
or
the
Emperours
sone
cometh
do
in
the
same
maner
.
¶
How
that
the
grete
Chane
is
the
myghtyest
lorde
of
all
the
worlde
.
ca.
lxxv
.
THis
grete
Chane
is
the
myghtyest
lorde
of
the
worlde
/
for
prester
Iohan
is
not
so
grete
a
lorde
as
he
/
ne
the
Soudan
of
Babylon
ne
the
Emperour
of
Persy
.
In
his
londe
a
man
hath
an
hondred
wyues
/
&
some
.xl.
some
more
some
lesse
/
&
they
take
of
theyr
kynne
to
wyues
all
saue
theyr
systers
of
theyr
moders
/
but
theyr
systers
of
theyr
faders
other
wyues
they
take
also
/
&
they
take
also
well
theyr
stepmoder
yf
theyr
fader
be
deed
/
and
men
&
women
haue
all
one
maner
of
clothynge
so
that
they
may
not
be
knowen
but
the
women
that
are
wedded
bere
a
token
on
theyr
heedes
/
and
they
dwelle
not
with
theyr
husbondes
/
but
he
may
lye
by
whiche
that
he
wyl
.
They
haue
plente
of
al
maner
of
bestes
saue
swyne
&
forsothe
they
wyll
none
&
they
beleue
well
in
god
that
made
all
thynge
&
yet
haue
they
ydolles
of
golde
&
syluer
/
&
to
those
ydols
they
offre
theyr
fyrst
mylke
of
theyr
bestes
.
Yet
of
other
maners
of
this
countree
ca.
lxxvi
.
THis
Emperour
the
grete
Chane
hath
thre
wyues
/
&
the
pryncypall
wyfe
was
preester
Iohans
doughter
.
And
the
people
of
this
countree
begynne
too
do
all
theyr
thynges
in
the
newe
mone
/
and
they
worshyp
moche
the
sonne
&
the
mone
those
men
ryde
comunely
without
spores
/
and
they
holde
it
grete
synne
too
breke
a
bone
with
an
other
&
to
cast
mylke
on
the
erthe
or
other
lycoure
the
men
may
drynke
.
And
the
moost
synne
that
they
may
doo
is
to
pysse
in
theyr
houses
there
they
dwell
/
and
he
that
pysseth
in
his
house
shall
be
slayne
/
and
of
those
synnes
they
shryue
them
to
theyr
prestes
/
and
for
theyr
penaunce
they
shal
gyue
syluer
/
&
the
place
where
they
haue
pyssed
shall
be
halowed
/
or
els
may
no
man
come
there
.
And
whan
they
haue
do
theyr
penaunce
they
shall
passe
thrugh
a
fayr
fyre
or
two
too
make
theym
clene
of
theyr
synnes
.
And
they
haue
eten
they
wype
theyr
handes
vpon
theyr
skyrtes
for
they
haue
noo
table
clothes
but
it
be
ryghte
grete
lordes
/
&
whan
they
haue
all
eten
they
put
theyr
dysshes
or
doublers
not
wasshen
in
the
pot
or
caudron
with
flesshe
that
is
lefte
whan
they
haue
eten
vnto
they
wyll
ete
an
other
tyme
/
and
ryche
men
drynke
mylke
of
mares
or
asses
or
other
bestes
&
other
beuerage
that
is
made
of
mylke
&
water
togyder
for
they
haue
neyther
wyne
ne
ale
.
And
whan
they
goo
to
warre
the
warre
full
wysely
/
and
eche
man
of
them
bereth
two
or
thre
bowes
&
many
arowes
&
a
grete
hachet
/
&
gentylmen
haue
shorte
swerdes
/
&
he
that
fleeth
in
batayll
they
slee
hym
/
&
they
are
euer
in
purpose
to
brynge
all
londes
in
subgeccyon
to
theym
/
for
they
say
prophecyes
saye
that
they
shall
be
ouercome
by
shot
of
archers
&
that
they
shall
torne
theym
to
theyr
lawe
/
but
they
wote
not
what
men
they
shall
be
/
&
it
is
grete
peryll
to
pursue
the
Tartaryns
whan
they
flee
/
for
they
wyll
shote
behynde
&
flee
men
as
well
as
before
/
&
they
haue
small
cyen
as
lytell
byrdes
/
&
they
are
comunely
false
for
they
holde
not
that
they
promyse
.
And
whan
a
man
shall
deye
amonge
theym
they
steke
a
spere
in
the
erthe
besyde
hym
/
&
whan
in
draweth
to
the
deth
they
go
out
of
the
hous
tyll
he
be
dede
and
than
they
put
hym
in
the
erthe
in
the
felde
.
¶
How
the
Emperour
is
brought
vnto
his
graue
whan
he
is
dede
.
ca.
lxxvij
AN
whan
the
Emperour
is
deed
they
sette
hym
in
a
chayre
in
the
myddes
of
his
tente
/
and
they
set
before
hym
a
table
couered
with
a
clothe
and
therupon
flesse
and
other
mete
and
a
cuppe
full
of
mylke
of
a
mare
/
and
they
set
a
mare
with
a
colte
by
hym
and
an
horse
sadled
and
brydeled
/
and
the
lay
vpon
the
horse
golde
&
syluer
/
and
all
about
hym
they
make
a
grete
graue
/
and
with
all
thyse
thynges
they
put
hym
therin
as
the
tent
hors
golde
&
syluer
&
all
that
is
a
bout
hym
/
ad
they
say
whan
he
cometh
in
to
an
other
worlde
he
shall
not
be
without
an
house
ne
horse
ne
syluer
ne
golde
/
&
the
mare
shal
gyue
hym
mylke
&
brynge
forth
more
horses
tyll
he
be
well
stored
in
the
other
worlde
and
one
of
his
chamberlaynes
or
seruauntes
is
put
with
hym
in
the
erthe
for
to
do
hym
seruyce
in
the
other
worlde
/
for
they
byleue
that
whan
he
is
dede
he
shall
goo
in
to
an
other
worlde
&
be
a
greter
lorde
there
than
here
.
And
whan
that
he
is
layde
in
the
erthe
noman
shall
be
so
hardy
for
to
speke
of
hym
before
his
frendes
.
¶
Whan
the
Emperour
is
dede
how
they
chese
&
make
an
other
.
ca.
lxxviij
ANd
than
whan
the
Emperour
is
deed
the
seuen
lynages
gader
them
togyder
&
they
touche
his
sone
or
the
next
of
his
blode
&
they
saye
thus
/
we
wyll
and
we
ordeyne
and
we
praye
that
thou
be
our
lorde
&
our
Emperour
.
And
he
enquyreth
of
them
&
sayth
yf
ye
wyll
that
I
regne
vpon
you
so
must
ye
do
all
that
I
bydde
you
to
doo
.
And
yf
he
bydde
that
ony
he
slayne
he
shall
be
slayne
/
And
they
answere
all
with
one
voyce
/
all
that
ye
bydde
shall
be
done
.
Than
sayth
the
Emperour
fro
nowe
forth
my
wordes
shall
cutte
as
my
swerde
/
&
than
they
sette
hym
in
a
chayr
&
crowne
hym
/
and
than
all
the
good
townes
theraboute
sende
to
him
presentes
so
moche
that
he
shal
haue
more
than
.
C
Camels
laden
with
olde
&
syluer
besyde
other
Iew●lles
that
he
shall
haue
of
lordes
of
precyous
stones
&
golde
without
nombre
/
&
hors
&
ryche
clothes
of
camacas
&
tartaryns
and
suche
other
.
¶
What
countrees
&
kyngdoms
lye
next
to
the
londe
of
Cathay
&
the
frontes
therof
.
ca.
lxxix
.
THis
londe
of
Cathay
is
in
Asye
the
depe
/
&
this
same
londe
marcheth
towarde
the
west
vpon
the
kyngedom
of
Sercy
the
whiche
was
somtyme
to
one
of
the
thre
kynges
that
wente
to
seke
our
lorde
in
Bethleem
/
and
all
those
that
come
of
his
kynne
are
crysten
.
Thyse
men
of
Tartary
drynke
no
wyne
.
In
the
londe
of
Corosaym
that
is
at
the
north
syde
of
Cathay
is
ryght
grete
plente
of
good
but
no
wyne
/
the
whiche
hath
at
the
eest
syde
a
grete
wyldernesse
that
lasteth
more
than
an
hondred
Iourneys
/
and
the
best
cyte
of
that
londe
is
called
Corosaym
&
therafter
is
the
londe
soo
called
/
and
men
of
this
londe
are
good
warryoures
&
hardy
/
&
therby
is
the
kyngdom
of
Comayn
/
this
is
the
moost
&
the
gretest
kyngedom
of
the
worlde
/
but
it
is
not
all
Inhabyte
/
for
in
one
place
of
that
londe
is
soo
grete
colde
that
noo
man
may
dwell
there
for
colde
/
&
in
an
other
place
is
grete
hete
that
no
man
may
dwelle
there
/
&
there
are
soo
many
feyghes
that
a
man
wote
not
on
what
syde
he
may
torne
hym
/
&
in
this
londe
are
but
fewe
trees
berynge
fruyte
.
In
this
londe
men
lye
in
tentes
&
they
brenne
dounge
of
bestes
for
defaute
of
wood
.
This
londe
dyscendeth
towarde
Pruyse
&
Rossy
/
and
thorugh
this
londe
renneth
the
ryuer
Echell
that
is
one
of
the
greteste
ryuers
in
the
worlde
/
&
it
is
frosen
soo
harde
euery
yere
that
men
fyght
thervpon
in
grete
batayles
on
horse
/
and
fote
men
more
than
hondred
thousandes
at
ones
.
And
a
lytell
fro
that
ryuer
is
the
grete
see
of
Occean
that
they
call
Maure
/
and
bytwene
this
Maure
&
Caspye
is
a
full
strayte
passage
too
go
towarde
Ynde
&
therfore
kynge
Alexander
dyde
make
there
a
cyte
that
men
calle
Alexander
for
to
kepe
that
passage
/
soo
that
noo
man
may
passe
but
yf
he
haue
leue
/
and
nowe
is
that
cyte
called
Porte
de
fear
/
and
the
pryncypall
cyte
of
Comayn
is
called
sarachys
/
this
is
one
of
the
thre
wayes
to
go
in
to
Ynde
/
but
thrugh
this
waye
may
not
many
men
goo
but
yf
it
be
in
wynter
.
and
this
passage
is
called
Berbent
.
And
an
other
waye
is
for
too
goo
from
the
londe
of
Turkescon
thrughe
Persy
/
&
in
this
waye
are
many
Iourneys
in
wyldernes
.
And
the
thyrde
way
is
that
cometh
fro
Cosmane
&
gooth
thrugh
the
grete
cyte
and
thrughe
the
kyngdom
of
Abachare
.
And
ye
shall
vnderstonde
that
all
thyse
kyngedomes
&
londes
vnto
Persy
are
holden
of
the
grete
Chane
of
Cathay
&
many
other
/
&
therfore
he
is
a
full
gretelorde
of
men
&
of
londe
.
¶
Of
other
wayes
comynge
from
Cathay
to
warde
the
Grekes
see
.
And
also
of
the
Emperoure
of
Persy
.
ca.
lxxxx
NOw
haue
I
deuysed
you
the
londes
towarde
the
northe
to
come
fro
the
londes
of
Cathay
to
the
londes
of
Pruyse
&
Rossy
where
crysten
men
dwell
.
Now
shall
I
deuyse
to
you
other
londes
and
kyngedomes
in
comynge
downe
from
Cathay
too
the
Grekes
see
where
crysten
men
dwelle
.
And
for
as
moche
as
next
the
grete
Chane
of
Cathay
the
Emperour
of
Persy
is
the
gretest
lorde
/
therfore
I
shall
speke
of
hym
/
and
ye
shall
vnderstonde
that
he
hath
two
kyngdoms
/
the
one
begynneth
eestwarde
and
is
the
kyngdom
of
Turkescon
/
and
it
lasteth
westwarde
to
the
see
of
Caspye
/
&
southwarde
to
the
londe
of
Ynde
/
&
this
londe
is
good
&
playne
and
well
manned
/
good
cytees
/
but
two
moste
pryncypall
of
the
cytees
are
called
Bacyryda
&
Sormagaunt
.
The
other
is
the
kyngdom
of
Persy
&
lasteth
fro
the
ryuer
of
Physon
vnto
the
grete
Armony
/
&
northwarde
vnto
the
see
of
Caspy
/
&
southwarde
to
the
londe
of
Ynde
/
&
this
is
a
full
plenteuous
countre
&
good
/
and
in
this
londe
are
thre
pryncypall
cytees
.
Nessabor
.
Saphan
.
and
Sarmasse
.
¶
Of
the
londe
of
Armony
whiche
is
a
good
lond
&
of
the
londe
of
Myddy
.
ca.
lxxxi
THan
is
the
londe
of
Armony
in
whiche
was
somtyme
thre
kyngdoms
/
this
is
a
good
londe
&
plenteuous
.
&
it
begynneth
at
Persy
&
lasteth
westwarde
to
Turky
of
length
/
&
in
brede
lasteth
fro
the
cyte
of
Alexandre
that
nowe
is
called
Port
de
fear
vnto
the
londe
of
Myddy
.
In
this
Armony
are
many
fayr
cytees
/
but
Canryssy
is
moost
of
name
Than
is
the
londe
of
Myddy
&
is
ful
longe
&
not
brode
/
&
begynneth
eestwarde
at
the
londe
of
Persy
/
and
ynde
the
lesse
&
lasteth
westwarde
to
the
kyngdome
of
Caldee
/
&
northwarde
to
lytell
Armony
.
In
this
Myddy
are
many
grete
hylles
&
lytell
playne
&
there
dwel
Sarasyns
&
other
maner
of
men
that
men
call
Cordyns
&
Kermen
.
¶
Of
the
kyngdom
of
George
&
of
Abcan
&
many
meruaylles
.
ca.
lxxxij
THan
next
is
the
kyngdom
of
George
that
begynneth
eestwarde
at
a
grete
hylle
that
men
calle
Abyor
/
this
londe
lasteth
fro
Turky
too
the
grete
see
&
the
londe
of
Myddy
and
the
grete
Armonye
.
and
in
this
londe
are
two
kynges
/
one
of
Abcan
/
&
an
other
of
George
/
but
he
of
George
is
in
subgeccyon
to
the
grete
Chane
/
but
he
of
Abcan
hath
a
stronge
countree
and
defendeth
hym
well
agaynste
his
ennemyes
/
And
in
this
londe
of
Abcan
is
a
grete
meruaylle
/
for
there
is
a
countre
in
this
londe
that
is
nere
thre
dayes
longe
and
aboute
/
and
it
is
called
Hamfon
/
and
that
countree
is
all
couered
with
derkenesse
/
soo
that
it
hath
no
lyght
that
no
man
may
se
there
/
&
no
man
dare
go
in
to
that
countree
for
the
derkenesse
.
And
neuertheles
men
of
the
countree
thereby
saye
that
they
may
somtyme
here
therin
the
voyce
of
men
&
hors
whynynge
&
cockes
crowe
&
they
wote
well
that
men
dwell
there
/
but
they
wote
not
what
maner
of
men
/
and
they
saye
this
derkenesse
came
thrughe
myracle
of
god
that
he
dyde
for
crysten
men
there
.
For
there
was
a
wycked
Emperour
that
was
of
Poy
/
&
he
was
called
Saures
&
he
pursued
somtyme
all
crysten
men
too
destroye
/
&
dyde
them
make
sacryfyce
to
theyr
false
goddes
/
and
in
that
countree
dwelled
many
crysten
men
the
whiche
lefte
all
theyr
goodes
&
catelles
&
rychesse
&
wolde
go
in
to
Grece
/
&
whan
they
were
all
in
a
grete
playn
that
is
called
Megon
the
Emperoure
&
his
men
came
to
sle
the
crysten
men
/
and
than
the
crysten
men
al
set
them
vpon
theyr
knees
&
prayed
to
god
/
&
anone
came
a
thycke
cloude
&
ouerlapped
the
Emperour
&
all
his
hoost
/
so
that
he
myght
not
go
away
/
&
so
dwelled
they
in
derkenes
/
&
they
came
out
neuer
after
/
&
the
crysten
went
where
as
they
wolde
/
&
therfore
they
myght
say
thus
/
Adn̄o
factum
est
istud
&
est
mirabile
in
oculis
nostris
.
That
is
to
saye
?
Of
our
lorde
is
this
done
&
it
is
wonderfull
in
our
eyen
.
Also
out
of
this
derke
londe
cometh
a
ryuer
that
men
may
se
by
good
token
that
men
dwell
therin
.
¶
Of
the
londe
of
Turky
and
dyuers
other
countrees
&
of
the
londe
of
Mesopotamy
.
ca.
lxxxiij
.
THan
next
is
the
londe
of
Turky
that
marcheth
to
grete
Armony
/
&
therin
are
many
countrees
as
Capadoce
.
Saure
.
Bryke
.
Quesycyon
Pytan
&
Geneth
/
in
echone
of
thyse
countrees
are
many
good
cytees
/
&
it
is
a
playne
loude
and
fewe
hylles
and
fewe
ryuers
/
and
than
is
the
kyngdome
of
Mesopotamye
that
begynneth
eestwarde
at
flom
of
Tygre
at
a
Cyte
that
men
calle
Mosell
/
and
it
lasteth
westwarde
to
the
flom
of
Eufraten
to
a
cyte
that
men
call
Rochaym
/
&
westwarde
fro
hyghe
Armony
vnto
the
wyldernesse
of
Inde
the
lesse
/
&
it
is
a
good
londe
&
playne
/
but
there
is
fewe
ryuers
&
there
is
but
two
hylles
in
that
loude
/
the
one
is
called
Symar
/
&
the
other
Lyson
/
and
it
marcheth
vnto
the
londe
of
Caldee
.
And
ye
shall
wete
that
the
londe
of
Ethyope
marcheth
eestwarde
to
the
grete
wyldernesse
/
westwarde
to
the
londe
of
Nuby
southwarde
to
the
londe
of
Marytan
/
&
northwarde
to
the
reed
see
/
&
than
is
Marytane
that
lasteth
fro
the
hylles
of
Ethyope
vnto
Lyby
the
hygh
&
the
lowe
that
lasteth
to
the
grete
see
of
Spayne
.
¶
Of
dyuerse
countrees
&
kyngdoms
&
yles
&
meruaylles
beyonde
the
londe
of
Cathay
.
ca.
lxxxiiij
NOw
haue
I
sayd
&
spoken
of
many
thyngꝭ
on
this
syde
of
the
grete
kingdom
of
Cathay
of
whome
many
are
obeysaunt
to
the
grete
Chane
/
Now
shall
I
saye
of
some
londes
&
countrees
&
yles
that
are
beyonde
the
londe
of
Cathay
.
Who
so
gooth
fro
Cathay
to
Ynde
.
the
hyghe
&
the
lowe
he
shall
go
thrughe
a
kyngdom
that
men
call
Cadissen
&
is
a
grete
londe
/
there
groweth
a
maner
of
fruyte
as
it
were
gourdes
/
&
whan
it
is
rype
men
cutte
it
asonder
&
men
fynde
therin
a
beest
as
it
were
of
flesshe
of
bone
&
bloode
as
it
were
a
lytell
lambe
without
wolle
&
men
ete
the
beest
&
the
fruyte
also
and
that
is
a
grete
meruayl
.
Neuertheles
I
sayd
to
them
that
I
helde
that
for
no
meruayle
/
for
I
sayd
that
in
my
countree
are
trees
that
bere
fruyte
that
become
byrdes
fleynge
&
they
are
good
to
ete
/
&
that
that
falleth
in
water
lyued
/
&
tthat
that
falleth
on
the
erthe
deyed
&
they
had
grete
meruayle
of
this
.
In
this
londe
&
mani
other
about
there
are
trees
that
bere
clowes
and
nutmygges
&
canell
and
many
other
spyces
.
And
there
are
vynes
that
bere
so
grete
grapes
that
a
stronge
man
shall
haue
ynoughe
to
do
to
bere
a
cluster
of
the
grapes
.
In
that
same
londe
are
the
hylles
of
Caspye
that
men
call
Vber
/
and
amonge
those
hylles
are
the
Iewes
of
the
.x.
kyndes
enclosed
within
that
men
calle
Gog
and
Magog
and
they
may
not
come
out
on
no
syde
.
There
was
enclosed
.xxij.
kyngis
with
theyr
folke
that
dwelled
bytwene
the
hylles
of
Sych●
and
kynge
Alexander
chased
theym
thyder
amonge
those
hylles
/
for
he
trusted
for
to
haue
enclosed
theym
there
thorugh
werkynge
of
m●n
but
he
myght
not
/
&
whan
he
sawe
that
he
myght
not
he
prayed
to
god
that
he
wolde
fulfyll
that
he
had
begonne
/
&
god
herde
his
prayer
&
enclosed
the
hylles
togyder
so
that
the
Iewes
dwell
there
as
they
wete
locked
in
/
&
there
is
hylles
all
about
them
but
at
the
one
syde
/
&
there
is
the
see
of
Caspye
.
And
some
men
myght
aske
/
there
is
a
see
on
one
syde
why
go
they
not
out
there
/
for
there
to
answere
I
that
all
yf
it
be
called
a
see
it
is
noo
se
/
but
a
stange
stondynge
amonge
hylles
/
and
it
is
the
gretest
stange
of
all
the
worlde
/
and
yf
they
wente
ouer
the
see
they
wote
not
where
for
too
aryue
/
for
they
can
noo
speche
but
theyr
owne
.
And
ye
shall
vnderstande
that
the
Iewes
haue
no
lawe
of
theyr
owne
lawe
in
all
the
worlde
/
but
they
that
dwelle
in
those
hylles
/
and
yet
they
paye
trybute
for
theyr
londe
to
the
quene
of
Armony
.
And
somtyme
it
is
so
that
some
of
the
Iewes
goo
ouer
the
hylles
/
but
many
men
may
not
passe
there
too
gyder
for
the
hylles
are
so
grete
&
hyghe
.
Neuerthelesse
men
saye
in
that
countree
there
by
that
in
the
tyme
of
Antecryst
they
shall
doo
moche
harme
to
crysten
men
&
therfore
all
the
Iewes
that
dwelle
in
dyuerse
partyes
of
the
worlde
lerne
for
too
speke
Ebrewe
/
for
they
hope
that
the
Iewes
that
dwelle
amonge
the
hylles
aforesayd
shal
come
out
of
the
hylles
&
they
speke
all
Ebrewe
&
not
ell●…
/
and
than
shall
thyse
Iewes
speke
Ebrewe
to
theym
&
leede
theym
in
to
crystendome
for
to
destroye
crysten
men
.
For
thyse
Iewes
saye
they
wote
by
theyr
prophecyes
that
those
Iewes
that
are
amonge
those
hylles
of
Caspy
shall
come
out
&
crysten
men
shall
be
in
theyr
subgeccion
as
they
be
vnder
crysten
men
.
And
yf
ye
wyll
wete
how
they
shall
fynde
the
passage
out
as
I
haue
vnderstande
I
shall
telle
you
.
In
tyme
of
Antecryste
a
foxe
shall
make
his
denne
in
the
same
place
where
kynge
Alexander
dyde
make
the
gates
&
he
shall
dygge
in
the
erthe
so
longe
tyll
he
perce
it
thorugh
vnto
that
he
come
amonge
the
Iewes
.
And
whan
they
se
this
foxe
they
shall
haue
grete
meruayle
of
hym
/
for
they
sawe
neuer
suche
beest
/
for
other
beestes
haue
they
amonge
theym
many
/
and
they
shall
chase
this
foxe
&
pursue
hym
vnto
that
he
be
fledde
agayne
in
to
his
hole
that
he
came
fro
.
And
than
shall
they
dygge
after
as
he
wente
vnto
they
come
to
the
gates
that
Alexander
dyde
make
of
grete
stones
well
dyght
with
syment
/
&
they
shall
breke
thyse
gates
&
so
shall
they
fynde
the
yssue
.
¶
Of
the
londe
of
Bactry
and
of
many
gryffons
and
other
beestes
.
ca.
lxxxv
.
FRom
this
londe
men
shall
go
vnto
the
londe
of
Bactry
where
are
many
wycked
men
and
fell
.
In
that
londe
are
trees
that
bere
wolle
as
it
were
shepe
of
whiche
they
make
cloth
.
In
this
londe
are
many
Ypotaynes
that
dwelle
somtyme
on
londe
/
somtyme
on
water
&
are
halfe
man
and
halfe
hors
/
&
they
ete
not
but
men
whan
they
may
gete
theym
.
In
this
londe
are
many
gryffons
more
than
in
other
places
/
&
some
saye
they
haue
the
body
before
as
an
agle
&
behynde
as
a
lyon
/
and
they
saye
soth
for
they
are
made
so
/
but
the
gryffon
hath
a
body
gretter
than
.viij.
lyons
and
gretter
&
stal
worthyer
than
an
hondred
egles
.
For
certaynly
he
wyll
bere
to
his
nest
fleynge
an
hors
and
a
man
vpon
his
backe
or
two
oxen
yocked
samen
as
they
go
at
plough
/
for
he
hath
longe
nayles
on
his
feet
and
grete
as
it
were
hornes
of
oxen
/
and
of
those
they
make
cuppes
there
to
drynke
of
/
and
of
his
rybbes
they
make
bowes
to
shote
.
¶
Of
the
waye
for
to
go
to
prester
Iohans
londe
whiche
is
Emperour
of
Ynde
.
ca.
lxxxvi
.
FRo
this
londe
of
Bactry
men
goo
many
a
dayes
Iourney
to
the
londe
of
prester
Iohn
that
is
a
grete
Emperour
of
Ynde
/
and
men
calle
his
londe
the
yle
of
Pantoxore
.
This
Emperour
prester
Iohan
holdeth
grete
londe
&
many
good
cytees
&
good
townes
in
his
kyngdom
/
many
grete
yles
&
large
.
For
this
londe
of
Ynde
is
all
departed
in
yles
by
cause
of
grete
flodes
that
come
out
of
Paradyse
/
&
also
in
the
see
are
many
grete
yles
The
best
cyte
that
is
in
the
yle
of
Pantoxore
is
called
Nyse
/
for
that
is
a
noble
cyte
and
ryche
.
Prester
Iohan
hath
vnder
hym
many
kynges
&
many
dyuerse
people
/
and
his
londe
is
good
and
ryche
but
not
so
ryche
as
the
londe
of
the
grete
Chane
/
for
marchauntes
come
not
so
moche
thyder
as
they
do
in
to
the
londe
of
the
grete
Chane
for
it
is
to
longe
a
waye
.
And
also
they
fynde
in
the
yle
of
Cathay
all
that
they
haue
nede
of
/
as
spycery
clothes
of
golde
and
other
rychesse
.
And
all
yf
they
myght
haue
better
chepe
in
the
londe
of
preester
Iohan
than
in
the
londe
of
Cathay
and
more
fyner
/
neuertheles
they
wolde
lette
it
for
the
longe
waye
&
grete
pevyls
in
the
see
/
for
there
are
many
places
in
the
see
where
are
grete
Roches
of
a
stone
that
is
called
adamande
/
the
whiche
of
his
owne
kynde
draweth
to
hym
yron
/
and
for
as
moche
that
there
sholde
passe
no
shyp
that
had
nayles
of
yron
for
it
sholde
drawe
it
to
hym
/
therfore
they
dare
not
wende
in
to
that
countree
with
shyppes
for
drede
of
adamandes
.
I
wente
ones
in
that
see
and
sawe
as
longe
as
it
had
ben
a
grete
yle
of
trees
and
stockes
and
braunches
growynge
/
and
the
shypman
sayd
to
me
that
those
was
of
grete
shyppes
that
were
dwellynge
there
thorugh
the
vertue
of
the
adamandes
and
of
thynges
that
were
in
the
shyppes
were
those
trees
sprongen
and
waxen
/
and
suche
Roches
are
there
many
in
dyuerse
places
of
that
see
and
therfore
dare
no
shypman
passe
that
waye
.
And
an
other
also
that
they
drede
the
longe
waye
/
and
therfore
they
goo
moost
all
to
Cathay
and
that
is
nerer
vnto
theym
.
And
yet
is
it
not
so
nere
but
theym
behoueth
fro
Venys
or
fro
Geene
be
in
see
towarde
Cathay
.xi.
or
.xij.
monethes
.
The
londe
of
prester
Iohn
is
longe
&
marchauntes
passe
thyder
thorugh
the
londe
of
Persy
and
come
vnto
a
Cyte
that
men
calle
Hermes
/
for
a
phylosophre
that
men
called
hermes
founded
it
/
&
they
passe
an
arme
of
the
see
&
come
to
an
other
cyte
that
men
calle
Saboth
&
there
fynde
they
all
marchaundyses
&
popyniayes
as
grete
plente
as
larkes
in
our
countree
.
In
this
countree
is
lytell
whete
or
barley
and
therfore
they
ete
ryse
and
mylke
&
chese
and
other
fruytes
.
This
Emperour
prester
Iohan
weddeth
comonly
the
doughter
of
the
grete
Chane
and
the
grete
Chane
his
doughter
.
In
the
londe
of
prester
Iohn
is
many
dyuerse
thynges
&
many
precyous
stones
so
grete
&
so
large
that
they
make
of
theym
vessels
platers
&
cuppes
and
many
other
thynges
of
whiche
it
were
to
longe
to
telle
/
but
somwhat
of
his
lawe
&
of
his
fayth
shall
I
telle
you
.
¶
Of
the
fayth
&
byleue
of
prester
Iohan
/
but
he
hath
not
all
the
full
byleue
as
we
haue
.
ca.
lxxxvij
.
THis
Emperour
prester
Iohan
is
crysten
&
a
grete
parte
of
his
londe
also
/
but
they
haue
not
all
the
artycles
of
our
fayth
/
but
they
byleue
well
in
the
fader
&
the
sone
and
the
holy
goost
and
they
are
full
deuoute
&
true
one
to
an
other
/
&
they
make
no
force
of
catell
/
and
he
hath
vnder
hym
.lxxij.
prouynces
&
countrees
and
in
echone
is
a
kynge
/
&
those
kynges
haue
other
kynges
vnder
theym
.
And
in
this
londe
are
many
meruayles
/
for
in
that
londe
is
the
grauelly
see
that
is
of
sonde
&
of
grauel
&
no
droppe
of
water
/
and
it
ebbeth
and
floweth
with
ryght
grete
wawes
as
an
other
see
doth
and
it
is
neuer
styll
ne
neuer
in
rest
&
no
man
may
passe
that
londe
beyonde
it
.
And
all
yf
it
so
be
that
there
is
no
water
in
that
see
/
yet
men
may
fynde
there
in
ryght
good
fysshe
&
of
other
facyon
and
shape
than
is
in
ony
other
sees
/
and
also
they
are
of
full
good
sauour
&
swete
and
good
to
ete
.
And
at
thre
Iourneys
fro
that
see
are
grete
hylles
thrugh
whiche
renneth
a
grete
flood
that
cometh
fro
Paradyse
and
it
is
full
of
precyous
stones
and
no
drope
of
water
/
&
it
renneth
with
grete
wawes
in
to
the
grauelly
see
.
And
this
flood
renneth
thre
dayes
in
the
weke
so
fast
&
stereth
grete
stones
of
the
roches
with
hym
that
make
moche
noyse
/
&
as
soone
as
they
come
in
to
the
grauelly
see
they
are
no
more
seen
/
&
in
those
thre
dayes
whan
it
renneth
thus
no
man
dare
come
in
it
/
but
the
other
dayes
men
may
goo
therin
where
they
wyll
.
And
also
beyonde
the
flood
towarde
the
wyldernesse
is
a
grete
playne
also
sondy
&
grauelly
amonge
hylles
/
and
in
the
playne
growe
trees
that
at
the
rysynge
of
the
sonne
eche
daye
begynne
to
growe
/
&
so
grewe
they
to
myddaye
&
bere
fruytes
but
no
man
dare
ete
of
that
fruyte
/
for
it
is
a
maner
of
yron
/
and
after
myddaye
it
torned
agayne
in
to
the
erthe
/
so
that
whan
the
sonne
gooth
downe
it
is
no
thynge
seen
/
&
so
doth
it
euery
daye
And
there
is
in
that
wyldernesse
many
wylde
men
with
hornes
on
theyr
heedes
&
ryght
hydeous
/
and
they
speke
not
but
grunt
as
swyne
.
And
in
that
countree
are
many
popyniayes
that
they
calle
in
theyr
langage
pystak
&
they
speke
thrugh
theyr
owne
kynde
as
apertly
as
a
man
/
&
those
that
speke
well
haue
longe
tonges
&
large
&
on
euery
foot
fyue
toos
.
there
are
some
that
haue
but
thre
toos
and
tho
same
speke
nought
or
very
lytell
.
¶
How
the
Emperour
preester
Iohan
whan
he
gooth
to
batayll
hath
thre
crosses
borne
before
hym
of
fyne
golde
.
ca.
lxxxviij
.
THis
Emperour
preester
Iohan
whan
he
gooth
to
batayll
he
hath
no
baner
borne
before
hym
/
but
he
hath
born
before
him
thre
crosses
of
fyne
golde
&
those
are
grete
and
large
and
well
dyght
with
precyous
stones
/
&
for
to
kepe
eche
crosse
is
ordeyned
a
thousande
men
of
armes
&
mo
than
an
hondred
thousande
on
foot
in
maner
as
men
kepe
a
standarde
in
batayll
in
other
places
&
he
hath
men
without
nombre
whan
he
goth
to
ony
batayll
ayenst
ony
other
lorde
.
And
whan
he
hath
no
batayll
but
rydeth
with
preuy
company
than
dooth
he
bere
before
hym
but
a
crosse
of
tree
not
paynted
&
without
golde
&
precyous
stones
&
all
playne
in
token
that
our
lorde
Ihu
cryste
suffred
deth
on
a
crosse
of
tree
.
And
also
he
hath
born
before
hym
a
plate
of
golde
full
of
erthe
in
token
that
his
lordshyp
&
nobley
shall
torne
to
nought
&
his
flesshe
shall
torne
to
erthe
.
And
also
he
hath
borne
before
hym
an
other
vessell
full
of
Iewelles
&
golde
and
precyous
stones
in
token
of
his
nobley
&
his
myght
.
¶
Of
the
moost
dwellynge
place
of
prester
Iohan
in
a
cyte
called
Suse
.
ca.
lxxxix
.
ANd
he
dwelleth
comonly
at
the
cyte
of
Suse
&
there
is
his
pryncypall
palays
that
is
so
ryche
that
meruayle
is
to
tell
/
&
aboue
the
pryncypall
toure
of
the
palays
are
two
pomels
of
golde
all
rounde
/
&
eche
one
of
those
hath
two
carbuncles
grete
&
large
that
shyne
ryght
clere
on
the
nyght
And
the
pryncypall
gates
of
this
palays
are
of
precyous
stones
that
men
calle
Sardyn
/
&
the
borders
of
the
barres
are
of
yuory
/
&
the
wyndowes
of
the
halfe
&
chambres
are
of
crystall
.
And
tables
that
they
ete
of
some
are
of
Emeraudes
some
are
of
mastyk
/
some
of
golde
&
precyous
stones
/
and
the
pylers
that
bere
the
tables
are
of
suche
stones
also
&
the
greces
on
whiche
the
Emperour
gooth
to
his
see
where
he
sytteth
at
mete
one
is
of
mastyk
an
other
of
crystall
an
other
of
Iaphy
grene
an
other
of
dyasper
an
other
of
sardyn
an
other
of
cormlyn
another
of
sempton
/
and
that
he
setteth
his
foot
vpon
is
of
crysolytes
&
all
thyse
greces
are
bordured
with
fyne
golde
and
well
dyght
with
grete
perles
&
other
precyous
stones
/
and
the
sydes
of
his
sege
are
Emeraudes
bordured
with
golde
&
with
precyous
stones
/
the
pylers
in
his
chambre
are
of
fyne
golde
with
many
carbuncles
&
other
suche
stones
that
gyue
grete
lyght
on
the
nyght
/
and
all
yf
the
carbuncles
gyue
grete
lyght
neuertheles
there
brenneth
eche
nyght
.xij.
grete
vessels
of
crystall
full
of
bame
to
gyue
good
smell
and
to
dryue
awaye
wycked
ayre
.
The
forme
of
his
bedde
is
all
of
saphyre
well
bounde
with
golde
to
make
hym
to
slepe
well
&
for
to
destroye
lechery
/
for
he
wyll
not
lye
by
his
wyues
but
thryes
in
the
yere
after
the
sesons
and
all
only
for
getynge
of
childern
.
And
he
hath
also
a
fayre
palays
at
the
cyte
of
Nyse
where
he
dwelleth
whan
he
wyll
but
the
ayer
there
is
not
soo
well
tempred
as
it
is
at
the
cyte
of
Suse
.
And
he
hath
euery
daye
in
his
courte
more
that
.xxx.
thousande
men
without
comers
&
goers
/
but
.xxx.
thousande
there
&
in
the
countree
of
the
grete
Chane
spende
not
so
moche
as
.xij.
thousande
in
our
countree
/
he
hath
euermore
.vij.
kynges
in
his
court
to
serue
hym
/
&
echone
of
theym
serueth
a
moneth
and
with
thyse
kynges
serue
alwaye
.lxxij.
dukes
&
CCC
.
Erles
/
and
euery
daye
ete
in
his
courte
.xij.
archebysshops
and
.xx.
bysshops
.
The
patryarke
of
saynt
Thomas
is
as
he
were
a
pope
/
&
archebysshops
&
bysshops
&
abbottes
all
are
kynges
in
that
countree
/
&
some
of
the
lordes
is
mayster
of
the
halle
some
of
the
chambre
/
some
stuarde
/
some
marshall
&
some
other
offycers
&
therfore
he
is
full
rychely
serued
&
his
londe
lasteth
in
brede
foure
monethes
Iourney
/
and
it
is
of
length
without
mesure
.
¶
Of
a
ryche
man
in
prester
Iohns
londe
named
Catolonabes
&
of
his
gardeyne
.
ca.
lxxxx
.
IN
an
yle
of
prester
Iohans
londe
that
men
calle
Myscorach
&
therin
is
grete
plente
of
goodes
&
moche
ryches
and
many
precyous
stones
In
that
londe
was
a
ryche
man
not
longe
agone
that
men
called
there
Catolonabes
/
he
was
full
ryche
&
he
had
a
fayre
castell
on
an
hylle
&
stronge
/
and
he
hadde
made
a
walle
all
about
the
hylle
ryght
stronge
&
fayre
within
that
he
had
a
fayre
gardeyne
wherin
were
many
trees
berynge
all
mane●
of
fruytes
that
he
myght
fynde
/
&
he
dyde
plante
therin
all
maner
of
herbes
of
good
smell
&
that
bare
floures
/
&
there
was
many
fayre
welles
and
by
theym
was
made
many
fayre
halles
&
chambres
well
dyght
with
golde
&
asure
/
and
he
had
made
there
dyuerse
storyes
&
beestes
and
byrdes
that
songe
&
torned
by
engyne
and
orbage
as
they
had
be
all
quycke
/
&
he
had
in
his
gardayne
that
he
myght
fynde
to
make
a
man
solace
&
comfort
/
and
he
had
also
there
in
that
gardeyne
maydens
within
the
age
of
.xv.
yere
the
fayrest
that
he
myght
fynde
&
men
children
of
the
same
age
/
&
they
were
cladde
with
clothes
of
golde
&
he
sayd
that
the
same
were
angels
/
&
he
had
do
make
thre
hylles
fayre
and
good
all
enclosed
aboute
with
precyous
stones
of
Iaspye
and
crystall
&
well
bounde
with
golde
and
perles
&
other
maner
of
stones
/
and
he
had
made
a
conduyte
vnder
the
erthe
so
that
whan
he
wolde
the
walles
ranne
somtyme
with
mylke
somtyme
with
wyne
somtyme
with
hony
/
&
this
place
is
called
Paradyse
.
And
whan
ony
yonge
bachelere
of
that
countree
knyght
or
squyer
cometh
to
hym
for
solace
&
dysporte
/
he
ledeth
hym
in
to
his
Paradyse
&
sheweth
vnto
hym
all
thyse
dyuerse
thynges
/
&
dyuerse
songes
of
byrdes
and
also
of
his
damoysels
and
his
welles
/
and
he
dyde
stryke
dyuerse
Instrumentes
of
musyke
in
an
hyghe
toure
that
myght
be
seen
&
sayd
those
were
aungels
of
god
/
and
that
place
was
Paradyse
that
god
hath
graunted
to
those
that
byleued
whan
he
sayd
.
Dabo
vobis
terram
fluentem
lac
et
mel
.
That
is
to
saye
.
I
shall
gyue
you
londe
flowynge
mylke
&
hony
.
And
than
this
ryche
man
dyde
thyse
men
drynke
a
maner
of
drynke
of
whiche
they
were
dronken
&
he
sayd
to
them
yf
they
wolde
deye
for
his
sake
that
whan
they
were
deed
they
sholde
come
in
to
his
Paradyse
/
and
they
sholde
be
of
the
age
of
those
maydens
&
sholde
dwelle
alwaye
with
theym
/
and
he
sholde
put
theym
in
a
fayre
Paradyse
where
they
sholde
se
god
in
his
Ioye
&
in
his
mageste
/
and
than
they
graunted
to
do
what
he
wolde
/
and
he
hadde
them
go
&
slee
suche
a
lorde
or
a
man
of
the
countre
that
he
was
wroth
with
/
&
that
they
sholde
haue
no
drede
of
no
man
/
and
yf
they
were
slayne
themselfe
for
his
sake
he
sholde
put
theym
in
his
Paradyse
whan
they
were
deed
.
And
so
wente
those
bachelers
to
slee
grete
lordes
of
the
countree
/
and
were
slayne
themselfe
in
hope
to
haue
that
Paradyse
/
&
thus
he
was
auenged
of
his
enemyes
thorugh
his
deserte
.
And
whan
ryche
men
of
the
countree
perceyued
this
malyce
and
cautele
&
the
wyll
of
this
Catolonabes
they
gadred
theym
togyder
&
assayled
the
castell
and
slewe
hym
and
destroyed
all
his
goodes
and
his
fayre
places
&
rychesse
that
were
in
his
Paradyse
/
the
place
of
the
walles
is
there
yet
and
some
other
thynges
/
but
the
rychesse
is
not
there
and
it
is
not
longe
ago
syth
he
was
destroyed
.
¶
Of
a
meruaylous
vale
that
is
besyde
the
ryuer
of
Physon
.
ca.
lxxxxi
.
ANd
a
lytell
fro
that
place
on
the
lyfte
syde
besyde
the
Ryuer
of
Physon
is
a
grete
meruayle
.
There
is
a
vale
bytwene
two
hylles
&
that
is
foure
myle
longe
/
and
some
men
calle
it
the
valay
enchaunted
/
some
the
valey
of
deuylles
/
some
the
valey
peryllous
/
&
in
that
valey
are
many
tempestes
and
a
grete
noyse
and
hydeous
euery
daye
and
nyght
/
and
somtyme
as
it
were
a
noyse
of
Taburynes
of
nakers
and
of
trompettes
as
it
were
at
a
grete
feest
.
This
valey
is
all
full
of
deuylles
&
hath
ben
alwaye
/
&
men
saye
there
that
it
is
an
entre
to
helle
.
In
this
valey
is
moche
golde
and
syluer
/
wherfore
many
crysten
men
&
other
go
thyder
for
couetyse
of
that
golde
&
syluer
/
but
fewe
of
theym
come
out
agayne
for
they
are
anone
strangled
with
deuylles
/
&
in
myddes
of
that
vale
vpon
a
roche
is
a
vysage
&
the
heed
of
a
fende
bodyly
ryght
hydeous
&
dredefull
to
se
/
&
there
is
no
thynge
seen
but
the
heed
to
the
sholders
/
but
there
is
no
crysten
man
in
the
worlde
ne
other
soo
hardy
that
he
ne
sholde
haue
grete
drede
for
to
beholde
it
/
for
he
beholdeth
eche
man
so
sharpely
&
so
felly
/
&
his
eyen
are
so
sterynge
&
so
sprenkelynge
as
fyre
,
and
he
chaungeth
so
often
his
countenaunce
that
no
man
dare
come
nere
for
all
the
worlde
/
and
out
of
his
mouth
&
his
nose
cometh
grete
plente
of
fyre
of
dyuerse
colours
/
&
somtyme
is
the
fyre
so
stynkynge
that
no
man
may
suffre
it
/
but
alwaye
a
good
crysten
man
&
that
is
stable
in
the
fayth
may
go
there
in
without
harme
yf
they
shryue
theym
well
and
blysse
theym
with
the
token
of
the
crosse
than
shall
the
deuylles
haue
no
power
of
theym
.
And
ye
shall
vnderstande
the
whan
my
felowes
&
I
were
in
that
valey
we
had
full
grete
thought
yf
we
sholde
put
our
bodyes
in
auenture
to
go
thrugh
it
/
&
some
of
my
felowes
accorded
therto
/
&
some
wolde
not
accorde
therto
/
&
there
was
in
our
company
two
freres
mynours
of
Lombardy
&
they
sayd
yf
ony
of
vs
wolde
go
in
they
wolde
also
/
as
they
had
sayd
so
vpon
truste
of
theym
we
sayd
that
we
wolde
go
and
we
dyde
synge
a
masse
&
we
were
shryuen
&
houseled
and
we
wente
in
.xiiij.
and
whan
he
came
out
we
were
but
.x.
and
we
wyste
not
wheder
our
felowes
were
lost
there
or
that
they
torned
agayne
but
we
sawe
nomore
of
theym
/
other
of
our
felowes
that
wolde
not
go
in
with
vs
wente
about
by
an
other
waye
for
to
be
before
vs
&
so
they
were
/
&
we
wente
thrugh
the
valey
&
sawe
there
many
meruayllous
thynges
/
golde
syluer
&
precyous
stones
&
Iewelys
grete
plente
on
many
sydes
as
vs
thought
/
wheder
it
was
as
it
semed
I
wote
not
for
I
touched
theym
not
/
for
the
deuylles
are
so
subtyll
&
queynt
that
make
many
tymes
a
thynge
to
seme
that
it
is
not
for
to
deceyue
men
/
&
therfore
I
wolde
touche
no
thynge
for
drede
of
enemyes
that
I
sawe
in
many
lykenesses
what
of
deed
bodyes
that
I
sawe
lye
in
the
valey
/
but
I
dare
not
saye
that
they
were
not
all
bodyes
but
they
semed
bodyes
thrugh
makynge
of
deuylles
/
&
we
were
often
casted
downe
to
the
erthe
thrugh
wynde
&
thonder
&
tempestes
/
but
god
helped
as
alway
&
so
passed
we
thrugh
the
valey
without
peryll
&
harme
thanked
be
god
almyghty
that
kepte
vs
well
.
¶
Of
an
ylonde
where
in
dwelled
people
as
grete
as
geauntes
of
.xxviij.
or
.xxx.
foot
of
length
and
other
thynges
.
ca
lxxxxij
.
ANd
beyonde
that
valey
is
a
grete
yle
where
people
are
as
grete
as
geauntes
of
.xxviij.
foot
or
.xxx.
foot
longe
/
&
they
haue
no
clothynge
but
bestes
skynnes
that
hange
on
them
/
&
they
ete
no
brede
but
flesshe
rawe
&
drynke
mylke
/
&
they
haue
no
houses
&
they
ete
gladlyer
flesshe
of
men
than
of
other
/
&
men
sayd
vs
that
beyonde
that
yle
is
one
yle
where
are
gretter
geauntes
as
of
.xlv.
or
.l.
foot
longe
/
&
some
saye
of
.l.
cubytes
longe
but
I
sawe
not
theym
/
&
amonge
those
geauntes
are
grete
sheep
as
it
were
yonge
oxen
and
they
bere
grete
wolle
/
thyse
sheep
haue
I
seen
many
tymes
.
An other
yle
is
there
northwarde
where
are
many
yil
&
felle
women
&
they
haue
precyous
stones
in
theyr
eyen
/
&
they
haue
suche
kynde
that
yf
they
beholde
ony
man
with
wrath
they
slee
theym
of
the
beholdynge
as
the
baselyske
doth
.
An other
yle
is
there
of
fayre
folke
&
good
where
the
custome
is
suche
that
the
fyrst
nyght
that
they
are
wedded
they
take
a
certayne
man
that
is
ordeyned
therfore
&
do
hym
lye
by
theyr
wyues
to
haue
theyr
maydenhede
&
they
gyue
hym
grete
rewarde
for
his
trauayle
/
&
those
men
are
called
Gadlybyryem
/
for
men
of
the
countr●
holde
it
a
grete
thynge
to
make
a
woman
no
mayden
/
&
yf
it
be
so
that
the
husbonde
fynde
her
a
mayden
the
next
nyght
after
/
for
perauenture
he
that
laye
by
her
was
dronken
or
for
ony
other
cause
the
husbonde
shall
playne
of
hym
to
the
lawe
that
he
hath
not
done
his
deuoure
/
&
he
shall
greuously
be
punysshed
&
chastysed
/
but
after
the
fyrst
nyght
they
kepe
theyr
wyues
well
that
they
speke
not
with
those
men
/
&
I
asked
what
was
the
cause
why
they
had
that
custome
/
&
they
sayd
somtyme
men
laye
with
theyr
wyues
fyrst
&
none
other
&
theyr
wyues
had
serpentes
in
theyr
bodyes
&
stonged
theyr
husbonde
on
theyr
yerde
&
theyr
bodyes
&
so
was
many
man
slayne
/
&
therfore
had
they
that
custome
to
lete
other
men
haue
theyr
maydenhede
for
drede
of
the
deth
&
thus
they
suffre
theym
to
assaye
the
passage
or
they
put
theym
vnto
auenture
.
¶
Of
women
whiche
make
grete
sorowe
as
theyr
childern
are
borne
and
grete
Ioye
whan
they
are
deed
.
ca.
lxxxxiii
.
ANd
other
yle
there
is
where
women
make
grete
sorowe
whan
theyr
children
are
born
&
whan
they
are
deed
they
make
grete
Ioye
&
cast
theym
in
a
grete
fyre
&
brenne
theym
/
&
they
that
loue
well
theyr
husbondes
whan
they
are
deed
they
cast
theym
in
a
fyre
to
brenne
also
/
for
they
saye
that
fyre
shall
make
theym
clene
of
all
fylth
&
vyces
&
they
shall
be
clene
in
an
other
wo●lde
/
&
the
cause
why
they
wepe
whan
theyr
children
are
born
&
that
they
make
Ioye
at
theyr
deth
/
they
saye
a
childe
whan
he
is
borne
cometh
in
to
this
worlde
to
haue
trauayle
&
sorowe
&
heuynee
&
whan
they
are
deed
they
go
to
paradyse
where
ryuers
are
of
mylke
&
hony
and
there
is
lyf
&
Ioye
&
plente
of
goodes
without
trauayle
and
sorowe
.
In
this
yle
they
make
theyr
kynges
by
chesynge
/
and
they
chese
hym
not
for
his
rychesse
ne
his
nobley
but
hym
that
is
of
good
condycyons
&
moost
ryghtwys
&
true
that
Iuged
euery
man
truly
lytell
&
moche
after
theyr
trespas
/
&
the
kynge
may
Iuge
no
man
to
deth
without
counseyll
of
his
barons
&
that
all
they
assent
.
And
yf
so
b●
that
the
kynge
do
a
grete
trespas
as
slee
a
man
o●
suche
other
he
shall
deye
also
/
but
he
shall
not
be
slayne
/
but
they
shall
defende
&
forbede
that
no
man
be
so
hardy
to
make
hym
company
ne
to
speke
with
hym
ne
gyue
hym
mete
ne
drynke
&
thus
he
shall
deye
/
they
spare
no
man
that
hath
done
trespas
for
loue
ne
for
lordeshyp
ne
rychesse
nor
nobley
but
they
do
hym
ryght
after
that
he
hath
deserued
.
¶
Of
an
ylonde
where
a
men
wedde
theyr
own●
doughters
&
kynneswomen
.
ca.
lxxxxiiij
.
THere
is
an
other
yle
where
is
grete
plente
of
people
/
&
they
ete
neuer
flesshe
of
hares
ne
of
hennes
ne
of
goos
yet
is
there
many
of
theym
but
they
ete
gladly
flesse
of
all
other
beestes
&
they
drynke
mylke
.
In
this
countree
they
wedde
theyr
owne
doughters
&
other
of
theyr
kynne
as
theym
lyketh
/
&
yf
there
be
.x.
or
.xij.
men
in
one
hous
echo
ne
of
theyr
wyues
shall
be
comen
to
other
/
and
at
nyght
shall
one
haue
one
of
the
wyues
&
an
other
nyght
an
other
/
&
yf
she
haue
ony
childe
she
may
gyue
to
whiche
of
theym
she
wyll
so
that
noman
wote
yf
it
be
his
or
not
.
In
this
londe
&
many
other
places
of
Ynde
are
many
cocodrylles
that
is
a
maner
of
a
longe
serpent
&
on
nyghtes
they
dwell
on
water
&
on
dayes
they
dwel
on
londe
and
roches
&
they
ete
not
in
wynter
.
Thyse
serpentes
slee
men
&
ete
theym
wypēde
&
they
haue
no
tonge
.
In
this
countree
&
many
other
men
cast
sede
of
cotton
&
sowe
it
eche
yere
&
it
groweth
as
it
were
smalle
trees
and
they
berecotton
.
In
Araby
is
many
byrdes
/
that
some
men
call
Gyrsantes
that
is
a
full
fayre
beest
and
is
hygher
than
a
grete
courser
or
a
stede
but
his
necke
is
nere
.xx
cubytes
longe
/
&
his
croupe
and
his
tayle
is
lyke
an
herte
/
and
he
may
loke
ouer
an
hygh
house
/
&
there
is
many
camylyons
that
is
a
lytell
beest
&
he
eteth
ne
drynketh
neuer
/
and
he
chaungeth
often
his
coloure
/
for
somtyme
he
is
of
one
coloure
&
somtyme
of
an
other
/
&
he
may
chaunge
hym
in
to
all
colours
that
he
wyll
saue
blacke
&
reed
.
There
are
many
wylde
swyne
of
many
coloures
and
as
grete
as
oxen
/
and
they
are
spotted
as
it
were
small
fawnes
/
&
there
are
lyons
all
whyte
/
&
there
be
other
beestes
as
grete
as
grete
stedes
that
men
call
Lonhorans
&
some
men
call
them
Tontes
&
theyr
hede
is
blacke
/
&
thre
longe
hornes
in
his
fronte
as
cuttynge
as
sharpe
swerdes
/
and
he
chaseth
&
wyll
slee
the
olyfauntes
.
And
there
is
many
other
maner
of
bestes
of
whome
it
were
to
longe
for
too
wryte
all
.
¶
Of
an
other
ylonde
where
in
dwelleth
full
good
people
and
true
.
ca.
lxxxxv
.
THere
is
an
other
ylonde
good
and
grete
and
plenteuous
where
are
good
men
and
true
&
of
goodly
lyfe
after
theyr
fayth
/
and
all
yf
they
be
not
crysten
.
Neuertheles
of
kynde
they
are
full
of
good
vertues
&
they
fle
all
vyces
and
all
synne
and
malyce
/
for
they
are
not
enuyous
ne
proude
ne
couytous
ne
lecherous
ne
glotenous
/
and
they
do
not
vnto
an
other
man
but
that
they
wolde
he
dyde
too
them
/
&
they
fulfyll
the
.x.
commaundementes
/
and
they
make
no
force
of
rychesse
ne
of
hauynge
/
and
they
swere
not
but
saye
ye
&
naye
/
for
they
saye
he
that
swereth
he
wyll
dysceyue
his
neyghbour
/
and
some
men
call
this
the
yle
of
Bragamen
/
&
some
calle
it
the
londe
of
fayth
/
&
thorughe
it
renneth
a
grete
ryuer
that
men
calle
Thebe
/
and
generally
all
men
in
those
yles
&
other
thereby
are
truer
and
ryghtwyser
than
are
in
other
countrees
.
In
this
yle
are
no
theues
ne
murderers
ne
comune
woman
ne
beggers
/
and
for
as
moche
they
are
so
true
and
so
good
that
there
is
no
tempest
ne
thonder
ne
warre
ne
hunger
ne
other
trybulacyons
/
&
thus
it
semeth
well
that
god
loued
theym
well
&
is
well
payde
of
theyr
trouth
&
theyr
dedes
/
and
they
byleue
in
god
that
made
all
thynge
&
hym
they
worshyp
&
they
lyue
so
ordynatly
in
mete
&
drynke
that
they
lyue
ryght
longe
/
&
many
of
theym
deye
without
sykenesse
that
kynde
faylleth
them
for
aege
.
¶
How
kynge
Alexander
sent
his
men
thyder
for
to
wynne
that
londe
.
ca.
lxxxxvi
ANd
kynge
Alexander
somtyme
sente
his
men
to
wynne
that
londe
.
And
they
sente
hym
lettres
that
sayd
thus
.
What
behoueth
a
man
to
haue
all
the
worlde
that
is
not
contente
there
with
/
thou
shalte
fynde
not
thynge
in
vs
why
thou
sholdest
make
warre
vpon
vs
/
for
we
haue
no
rychesse
ne
tresoure
/
and
all
the
goodes
&
catell
of
our
countree
are
comune
/
our
metes
that
we
ete
are
oure
rychesse
.
And
in
stede
of
tresoure
of
golde
&
syluer
we
make
our
tresoure
peas
&
accorde
of
loue
/
and
we
haue
nought
but
a
cloth
vpon
our
bodyes
/
our
wyues
are
not
arrayed
rychely
too
pleasynge
/
for
we
holde
it
a
grete
fooly
a
man
to
dyg
hee
his
body
to
make
it
to
seme
fayrer
than
god
made
it
.
We
haue
ben
euermore
in
peas
tyll
now
that
thou
wylte
dysheryte
vs
.
We
haue
a
kynge
amonge
vs
not
for
nede
of
the
lawe
ne
to
deme
no
man
/
for
there
are
no
trespassours
amonge
vs
but
all
onely
/
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
vs
to
be
obedyent
to
hym
/
and
soo
mayste
thou
not
take
from
vs
but
our
good
peas
.
And
whan
kynge
Alexander
sawe
this
lettre
/
him
thought
al
thus
that
he
sholde
do
to
moche
harme
yf
he
troubled
them
&
sent
to
theym
that
they
sholde
kepe
well
theyr
good
maners
&
haue
no
drede
of
hym
.
¶
Of
an
other
ylonde
where
also
dwelleth
good
people
in
&
is
called
Synople
.
ca.
lxxxxvij
.
THan
is
there
an
other
ylonde
that
is
called
Synople
where
in
also
are
good
people
&
trewe
and
full
of
good
fayth
/
and
they
are
moche
lyke
in
theyr
lyuynge
to
the
men
before
sayd
/
and
they
go
all
naked
.
And
in
to
that
ylonde
came
kynge
Alexander
.
And
whan
that
he
sawe
theyr
good
faythe
and
trouthe
and
theyr
good
byleue
/
he
sayd
that
he
sholde
doo
to
theym
noo
harme
/
and
badde
theym
aske
of
hym
rychesse
and
nought
elles
and
they
sholde
haue
it
.
And
they
answered
that
they
hadde
ryches
ynoughe
whan
they
hadde
mete
and
drynke
to
susteyne
theyr
bodyes
/
and
they
sayd
also
that
rychesse
of
this
worlde
is
nought
worth
but
yf
it
were
so
that
he
myght
graunte
theym
that
they
sholde
neuer
deye
that
wolde
they
praye
hym
.
And
Alexander
sayd
that
myght
he
not
do
for
he
was
dedely
and
sholde
dey
as
they
sholde
.
Than
sayd
they
why
art
thou
so
proude
&
wolde
wynne
all
the
worlde
&
haue
in
thy
subgeccyon
as
it
were
a
god
&
thou
hast
no
terme
of
thy
lyf
/
and
thou
wylt
haue
all
rychesse
of
the
worlde
the
whiche
shall
forsake
the
or
thou
forsake
it
/
&
thou
shalt
bere
no
thynge
with
the
/
but
it
shal
dwelle
to
other
/
but
as
thou
was
borne
naked
so
shalt
thou
be
done
in
erthe
.
And
Alexander
was
gretly
astonyed
of
this
answere
/
&
yf
it
be
so
that
they
haue
not
the
artycles
of
our
fayth
/
neuertheles
I
byleue
that
god
loueth
theym
well
&
theyr
good
entencyon
&
that
he
taketh
theyr
seruyce
to
gree
as
he
dyde
of
Iob
that
was
a
paynym
the
whiche
he
helde
for
his
true
seruaunt
&
many
other
.
I
byleue
well
that
god
loueth
all
those
that
loue
hym
&
serue
hym
mekely
&
truly
&
that
despyse
the
vayne
glorye
of
the
worlde
as
thyse
men
do
&
as
Iob
dyde
/
and
therfore
sayd
our
lorde
thorugh
the
mouth
of
Ysaye
the
prophete
thus
.
Ponam
cis
multiplices
leges
meas
.
That
is
to
saye
I
shall
put
to
theym
my
lawes
in
many
maners
/
&
the
gospell
sayth
thus
.
Alias
oues
habeo
que
non
sunt
ex
hoc
ouili
.
That
is
to
saye
.
I
haue
other
shepe
that
are
not
of
this
folde
/
and
there
to
accordeth
the
vysyon
that
Saynt
Peter
sawe
at
Iaffe
how
the
angell
came
fro
heuen
&
brought
with
hym
of
all
maner
of
beestes
as
serpentes
&
foules
in
all
maner
and
sayd
to
saynt
Peter
.
Take
&
ete
.
And
saynt
Peter
answered
.
I
ete
neuer
of
vnclene
beste
.
And
the
aungell
sayd
to
hym
.
Non
ditas
in
.
unda
q
deus
mum
dauit
.
That
is
to
saye
.
Calle
thou
not
those
thynges
vnclene
that
god
hath
clensed
.
This
was
done
in
token
that
men
sholde
not
haue
many
men
in
despyte
for
theyr
dyuerse
lawes
/
for
we
wote
neuer
whome
god
loueth
and
whome
god
hateth
.
¶
Of
other
two
yles
that
one
is
called
Pytan
wherin
be
lytel
men
that
ete
no
mete
/
and
in
that
other
yle
are
the
men
all
rough
of
fethers
.
ca.
lxxxxviii
.
THere
is
an
other
yle
that
men
callle
Pytan
men
of
this
londe
tylle
no
londe
for
they
ete
nought
/
&
they
are
smale
men
but
not
so
smale
as
Pygmeens
.
Thyse
men
lyue
with
smell
of
wylde
apples
/
&
whan
they
go
ferre
out
of
the
countree
they
bere
apples
with
theym
/
for
anone
as
they
lese
the
sauour
of
apples
they
deye
/
they
are
not
resonable
but
as
it
were
bestes
.
And
there
is
an
other
yle
where
the
people
are
all
fethers
but
the
face
&
the
palmes
of
theyr
hondes
.
Thyse
men
go
as
well
aboue
these
as
on
the
londe
&
they
ete
flesshe
&
fysshe
all
rawe
.
In
this
yle
is
a
grete
ryuer
that
is
two
myle
brode
&
an
halfe
that
men
calle
Renemar
.
¶
Of
the
wyldernesse
wherin
that
growe
the
trees
of
the
sonne
&
of
the
mone
.
ca.
lxxxxix
.
ANd
beyonde
that
ryuer
is
a
grete
wyldernesse
as
men
that
haue
ben
there
saye
.
In
this
wyldernesse
as
men
saye
are
the
trees
of
the
sonne
&
of
the
mone
that
spake
to
kynge
Alexander
&
tolde
hym
of
his
deth
/
&
men
saye
that
folke
that
kepe
thyse
trees
&
ete
of
the
fruytes
of
theym
they
lyue
four
or
fyue
hondred
yere
thrugh
vertue
of
the
fruyte
/
&
we
wolde
gladly
haue
gone
thyder
/
but
I
byleue
that
an
hondred
thousande
men
of
armes
sholde
not
passe
the
wyldernesse
for
prete
plente
of
wylde
bestes
as
dragons
&
serpentes
that
slee
men
whan
they
haue
ony
.
In
this
londe
is
many
olyfauntes
all
whyte
&
blewe
without
nombre
/
and
vnycornes
and
lyons
of
many
maners
.
Many
other
yles
are
in
the
londe
of
prestes
Iohan
that
were
to
longe
to
telle
&
moche
rychesse
and
nobley
of
precyous
stones
in
grete
plente
.
I
byleue
that
we
haue
herde
saye
why
this
Emperous
is
called
preester
Iohan
/
but
for
those
that
wote
it
not
I
shall
saye
There
was
somtyme
an
Emperour
that
was
a
noble
prynce
&
doughty
/
and
he
had
many
crysten
knyghtes
with
hym
/
and
the
Emperour
thought
he
wolde
see
the
maner
of
seruyce
in
crysten
chirches
&
than
was
chirches
of
crystendom
in
Turky
Surry
&
Tartary
Ierusalem
Palestyn
Araby
&
Alapy
&
all
the
londes
of
Egypt
.
And
this
Emperour
came
with
a
crysten
knyght
in
to
a
chirche
of
Egypt
&
it
was
on
a
saterdaye
after
Wytsondaye
whan
the
bysshop
made
ordres
/
and
he
behelde
the
seruyce
&
he
asked
of
the
knyght
what
folke
those
sholde
be
that
stode
before
the
bysshop
/
&
the
knyght
sayd
they
sholde
be
preestes
/
&
he
sayd
he
wolde
no
more
be
called
kynge
ne
Emperour
but
preest
&
he
wolde
haue
the
name
of
hym
that
came
fyrst
out
of
the
preestes
/
&
he
was
called
Iohan
&
so
haue
all
the
Emperours
sythen
be
called
preester
Iohan.
In
that
londe
are
many
crysten
men
of
good
fayth
&
good
lawe
/
and
they
haue
preestes
to
synge
masse
and
they
make
the
sacrament
as
men
of
Grece
do
but
they
saye
not
so
many
thynges
as
our
prestes
do
for
they
saye
not
but
that
the
apostles
sayd
as
saynt
Peter
&
saynt
Thomas
and
other
apostles
whan
they
sange
masse
&
sayd
Pater
nr̄.
And
the
wordes
with
the
whiche
goddes
body
is
sacred
/
we
haue
many
addycyons
of
popes
that
haue
ben
ordeyned
of
whiche
men
of
those
countrees
knowe
not
.
¶
Of
a
grete
ylonde
and
kyngedom
called
Taprobane
.
ca.
C.
TOwarde
the
eest
syde
of
preester
Iohans
londe
is
an
yle
that
men
calle
Taprobane
/
&
is
ryght
good
&
fructuous
/
&
there
is
a
grete
kynge
&
a
ryche
and
he
is
obedyent
vnto
prester
Iohan
and
the
kynge
is
alwaye
made
by
eleccyon
.
In
this
yle
are
two
wynters
&
two
somers
/
and
they
shere
corne
twyes
in
the
yere
/
&
all
tymes
in
the
yere
are
gardeyns
florysshed
.
There
dwelleth
good
people