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A06817	The voyages and trauailes of Sir John Maundeuile knight Wherein is treated of the way towards Hierusalem, and of the meruailes of Inde, with other lands and countries.; Itinerarium. English	Mandeville, John, Sir.; Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-ca. 1399, attributed name.	1582 (1582)	STC 17251; ESTC S107901	91,951	146

water how men may goe to Hierusalem And if it be so that there be many other waies that men goe by after the countries that they come from neuerthelesse they turne all to one end yet is there a way all by land to Hierusalem and passe no sea but to France or Flanders but that way is full long and perillous and of great trauaile and therefore few goe that way but hée that will goe that way must goe by Almaine and Pruse and so to Tartary this Tartary is holden of the great Caane of whom I shal speake afterward for thether lasteth his Lordship and all the Lords of Tartary yéeld to him tribute Tartary is a full euill land sandy and a little fruit bearing for there groweth but little corne or fruite but Beastes are there great plentie and therefore eate they flesh without bread and they sup the broth and they drinck milcke of all manner of Beasts they eate cats and all manner of wild beasts as rats mice and they haue little wood and therefore they dresse their meat with horse doung and other beast doung when it is dry Princes and other Lords eate but once in the day and that is very little and they bée foule folke and of euill liking and in Summer there is many tempests and thunders that slayeth many men and beasts sodainly it is right cold and againe on the sodaine it is right hot The Prince that gouerneth that land they call Roco and hée dwelleth at a cittie that men call Orda but very few men doe desire to dwell in that Land for it is good to sow thornes and wéedes in but other good there is none as I heard say for I was not that way but I haue béene in other Countries marching thereon as in the land of Rossie and Nisland and the kingdome of Grecon and Lectow and the kingdome of Grasten and in many other places but I went neuer that way to Hierusalem and therefore I cannot well tell it for I haue vnderstood that men may not well goe that way but in Winter when the waters and mires that bée in that land bée frosen and couered with snow so that men may passe thereon for were not the snow there might no man goe in that land but hée were lost And yée shall vnderstand that a man must goe thrée dayes iourney from Pruse to passe this way before hée can come to the land of Sarasins that men dwell in And if by chance any Christians passe that way as once a yéere they doe they carry their vittaile with them for they should finde nothing there but a manner of thing that they call Syles and they carry their vittailes vpon the Ise on sleds and chariots without whéeles and as long as their vittailes last they may dwell there but no longer And when the spies of the countries sée Christians come they runne to the townes and castles and cry aloud kara kara kara and as soone as they haue cryed then doth the people arme them And yée shall vnderstand that the Ise there is harder then it is here and euery man hath a stew in his house and therein they eate and do all things that them néedeth and that is at the North part of the world where it is commonly cold for the Sun appeareth nor shineth but a little in that country and that land is in some places so cold that there may no man dwell therin and on the South side of the world it is in some places so hot that there can no man dwell the Sunne giueth so great heate in those countries Of the faith of the Sarasins and of the booke of their law named Alkaron Chap. xliiij IN as much as I haue told you of the Sarasins of other Lands I purpose to set downe a part of their law and of their beliefe after as their booke saith that they call Alkaron and some call that booke Mysap some call it Harme in diuerse language of countries which booke Mahomet gaue them in the which booke hée wrote among other things as I haue often read and séene that they that are good shall goe to Paradise and the euill folks to hell and that beléeue all Sarasins And if a man aske of what Paradise they meane they say it is a place of delights where a man shall finde all manner of fruits at all times and waters and riuers running with milke and hony wine and fresh water and they shall haue faire houses and good as they haue deserued and those houses are made of precious stones gold and siluer and euery man shall haue ten wiues and maydens and he shall euery day once haue to doe with them and yet shal they still bée maydens Also they speake often of the blessed virgin Mary and tell of the incarnation that Mary was learned of Angels and that Gabryel said to her that she was chosen before all other from the beginning of the world and that witnesseth well their booke and Gabriell told her the incarnation of Iesus Christ and that she should conceiue and beare a childe and they say that Christ was a holy Prophet in word and déede and also méeke and right wise to all men and one not any blame worthy and they say that when the Angel told to her of the incarnation she had great dread for shée was very young and there was one in that Country that practised sorcery who was called Takina that with inchauntments could make him like an Angell and he went often and lay with maidens and therefore was Mary the more afraid of the Angell and thought in her minde that it had béene Takina who went to maydens and shée charged him in the name of God to tell her if he were the same Takina and the Angell bad her haue no dread for hée was for certaine a true messenger of Iesus Christ Also their booke of Alkaron saith that shée had a childe vnder a Palme trée then was shée greatly ashamed and wished her selfe dead but as soone as her childe was borne hée spake and comforted her saying Ne timeas Maria. That is to say Be not afraid Mary And in many other places saith their booke Alkaron that Iesus Christ spake as soone as hée was borne and the booke saith that Iesu Christ was sent of almightie God to bée ensample to all men and that God shall Iudge all men the good to heauen and the wicked to hell that Iesus Christ is the best Prophet of all other and next to God and that he was a holy Prophet for he gaue to the blinde their sight and healed all diseases hée raised men and was taken quicke into heauen and if they may finde a booke with Gospels namely Missus est Angelus they doe it great worship for they fast one month in the yéere and eate onely on the night and they kéepe them from their wiues but they that are sick are not constrained to it And their booke Alkaron speaketh of

messes together they sing in the bringing a song and they cut his meate and put it in his mouth and hée hath right long nailes on his hands that is great nobilitie in that country and therefore they let their nailes grow as long as they may and some let them grow so long that they come about their hands and that is great honour and gentry and the gentry of a woman is to haue small féete and therefore as soone as they are borne they binde their féete so straight that they cannot waxe halfe as they should And hée hath a full faire Pallace and rich where hée dwelleth of which the wall is two mile about and there is many faire gardens and all the pauements of the hal and chambers is of gold and siluer and in the midst of one of his gardens is a little hill wheron is a place made with towres and pinacles all of gold and there he will sit often to take the ayre and disport for it is made for nothing else From this land men may goe through the land of the great Caane How all the Lands Iles and kingdomes before rehearsed haue some Articles of our Faith Chap. cvij. AND yée shall vnderstand that all these men and folke that haue reason that I haue spoken of haue some articles of our faith and though they bée of diuers lawes and beliefes yet they haue some good points of our faith and they beléeue in God as the Prophesie saith Et metuent cum omnes fines terrae That is to say And all the ends of the earth shal dread him And in another place Omnes gentes seruient ei That is to say All Nations shall serue him but they cannot speake perfectly but as their naturall wit teacheth them neither of the Sonne nor of the holy Ghost but they can well speake of the Bible and specially of Genesis and of the bookes of Moyses And they say that those creatures which they worship are no Gods but they worship them for the great vertue that is in them which may not bée without the speciall grace of God and of simulacres and Idols they say that al men haue simulacres wherby they meane the Papists who haue Images of our Lady and other but they think that they worship the Images of stone and of wood and not the Saints whom they doe represent for as the letter teacheth Clarks how they shall beléeue so Images and Picture teacheth lay men they say also that the Angell of God speaketh to them in their Idols and doe miracles and they say truth but it is the euill Angell that doth miracles to maintaine them in their Idolatry How Sir Iohn Maundeuile leaueth many meruailes vnwritten and the cause wherefore Chap. cviij THere are many other Countryes where I haue not yet béene nor séene and therefore I cannot speake properly of them Also in countries where I haue béene are many meruailes that I speake not of for it were too long a tale and therefore hold you apaid at this time with that I haue said for I will say no more of meruailes that are there so that other men that goe thether may find enough for to say that I haue not told What time Sir Iohn Maundeuile departed out of England Chap. cix ANd I Iohn Maundeuile went out of my country and passed the Sea the yéere of our Lord 1332. and haue passed through many Lands Iles and countries and now am come to rest I haue compiled this booke and writ it the yéere of our Lord. 1366. thirtie two yéere after my departing from my Country The rather for the pleasure of all such as delight to read of the strange and wonderfull meruailes of other forraine countries as also for a direction to all such as shall desire to sée eyther all or some of these countries heretofore specified and because some things herein spoken of may séeme straunge and scarcely credible therefore I haue thought good to make knowne vnto all that will sée more proofe hereof in the booke called Mapa Mundy there they shall finde the most part of the same ratified and confirmed And I pray all that shall read this booke and looke for no further proofe to iudge fauourably therof since they shall in conceit sée as much at home without much paines as I did after many weary and dangerous steps passed and I pray to God of whom all grace commeth that hée will fulfill with his grace the readers and hearers hereof and saue them body and soule and bring them to his Ioy that euer shall last Amen FINIS THE TABLE HEe that will goe toward Hierusalem on horse on foote or by sea chap. 1 Of the Ilands of Greece chap. 2 To come againe to Constantinople to go to the holy land chap. 3 Of a terrible Dragon chap. 4 Of a young man and his lemman chap. 5 Of the manner of hunting in Cypres chap. 6 Of the hauen named Iaffe chap. 7 Of the hauen of Tire chap. 8 Of the hill Carme chap. 9 How Sampson slew the king and his enimies chap. 10 The way to Babilon whereas the Souldan dwelleth chap. 11 Yet here followeth of the Souldan and the kingdomes that hee hath conquered which hee holdeth strongly with force chap. 12 For to returne from Sinay to Hierusalem chap. 13 As men are passed this wildernesse againe comming to Hirusalem chap. 14 Here followeth a little of Adam and Eue and other things chap. 15 Of the dry tree chap. 16 From Ebron to Bethlehem cha 17 Of a faire mayden that should bee put to death wrongfully chap. 18 Of the cittie Hierusalem chap. 19 Yet of the holy cittie of Hierusalem chap. 20 Of the Church and of the holy sepulcher chap. 21 Of the Temple of God chap. 22 Yet of the Temple of God chap. 23 Of king Herod chap. 24 Of saint Saluatours church cha 25 The field of Acheldemack which was bought with the xxx pence chap. 26 Of the mount Ioy. chap. 27 Of the castle of Bethania chap. 28 Of Iericho other things cha 29 Of the holy place betweene Bethania and the riuer Iordane with other things chap. 30 Of Abraham and his generation chap. 31 Of the riuer Iordane chap. 32 Of many other meruailes chap. 33 Of the Samaritones chap. 34 Of Galile chap. 35 Of the way of Nezareth to the mount or hill of Tabor chap. 36 Of the sea of Galile chap. 37 Of the Table whereon Christ eate after his resurrection chap. 38 Of strange manners and diuers chap. 39 For to turne againe on this side of Galile chap. 40 How a man may goe furthest and longest in those Countries that are here rehearsed chap. 41 Of other wayes for to goe by land vnto Hierusalem chap. 42 Yet of another way by land toward the land of Promise chap. 43 Of the faith of the Sarasins and of the booke of their Law named Alkaron chap. 44 Yet it treateth more of Mahomet chap. 45 Of the birth of Mahomet chap. 46

thus sayd shée entred the fire and anone the fire went out and those branches that were burning became red Roses and those branches that were not kindled became white Rosiers full of white Roses and those were the first Roses and Rosiers that any man euer saw and so was the mayden saued through the grace of God and therefore is that field called the field of God flourished for it was full of Roses Also beside the Quire of that Church aforesaid at the right side as men come downeward xij steps is the place where our Lord was borne that is now full well dight of marble and full richly painted with gold siluer and asure and other colours And a litle thence by thrée paces is the crib of the Oxe and the Asse and béeside that is the place where the Star fell that lead the thrée kings Iasper Melchisor and Balthasor but men of Gréece call the kings thus Galgalath Saraphy Galgalath these thrée kings offered to our Lord Incence Gold and Mirre and they came together through the miracle of God for they mette together in a cittie that men call Chasake that is iiii daies iourney from Bethlehem and there they were at Bethlehem the fourth day after they had séene the Starre And vnder the Cloyster of this Church xviii degrées at the right side is a great pit where the bones of the Innocents lye and by that place is the tombe of Saint Hierom that was a Priest and a Cardinal that translated the Bible and the Psalter out of Ebrew into Latine and beside that Church is a Church of Saint Nicholas where our Lady rested her when shée was deliuered of childe and forasmuch as shée had so much milke in her paps that it grieued her shée milked it out vpon the red stones or Marble so that yet may the traces bée séene white vpon the stones And yée shall vnderstand that all that dwell in Bethlehem are Christians and there are fayre vines all about the Cittie and great plentie of wine but their booke that Mahomet betooke them the which they call Alcaron and some call it Massap and some call it Harme forbiddeth them to drinke any wine for in that booke Mahomet curseth all those that drincke of that wine and all that sell it and some men say that hée once slew a good hermit in his dronkennesse whom hée loued much and therefore hée cursed the wine and them that dronke wine but his malice is turned to himselfe as holy writ saith Et in verticem ipsius iniquitas eius discendit That is to say in English His wickednesse shall descend on his owne head And also the Sarasins bréed no Géese ne they eate no swines flesh for they say it is brother to man and that it was forbidden in the old law Also in the land of Palistine and in the land of Aegypt they eat litle Veale and Béefe except it be so olde that it may no more trauaile ne worke not that it is forbidden but they kéepe them for tilling of their land In this Cittie of Bethlehem was king Dauid borne and hée had fortie wiues and thrée hundred Concubines At Bethlehem toward the South side is a Church of saint Markerot that was Abbot there for whom they made much sorrow when hée dyed and it is painted there how they made dole when he dyed and it is a pittious thing to behold From Bethlehem to Hierusalem is two myle and in the way to Hierusalem halfe a mile from Bethlehem is a Church where the Angell told the Shepheards of the birth of Christ in that way is the tombe of Rachel that was mother to Ioseph the Patriarke and shée dyed as soone as shée had borne Beniamin and there shée was buried and Iacob her Husband set xij great stones vpon her betokening that she had borne xii children In this way to Hierusalem are many Christian Churches by the way which men goe to Hierusalem Of the Cittie Hierusalem Chap. xix FOr to speake of Hierusalem ye shall vnderstand that it standeth faire among hils and there is neither riuer nor well but water commeth by conduite from Ebron and yée shall vnderstand that men called it first Iebus and sithen it was called Salem vnto the time of king Dauid and hée set those two names together and called it Hierusalem and so it is called yet and about Hierusalem is the kingdome of Surry and thereby is the land of Palestine and Askalon but Hierusalem is in the land of Iuda and it is called Iuda for Iudas Machabeus was king of that land and also it marcheth afterward on the kingdome of Araby on the South side on the land of Aegypt on the west side on the great sea on the North side on the kingdome of Surry and the sea of Cipres About Hierusalem are these citties Ebron at eight myle Ierico at sixe mile Barsebe at eight myle Askalon at eightéene mile Iaffe at twentie and fiue myle Ramatha at foure myle This Land of Hierusalem hary beene in the hands of diuers Nations as Iewes Cananites Assyrians Persians Masedonians Gréekes Romaynes and Christian men also Sarasins Barbarians Turkes and many other Nations For Christ will not that it bée long in the hands of traitours nor sinners bée they Christians or other And now hath the misbeléeuing men holden that Land in their hands thréescore yéeres and more but they shall not hold it long and if God will Yet of this holy Cittie Hierusalem Chap. xx AND yée shall vnderstand that when men first come to Hierusalē they go first a pilgrimage to the church where that the holy graue is the which is out of the cittie on the north side but it is now closed in with the wall of the towne and there is a full faire Church rounde all open aboue and well couered with lead and on the west side is a faire Towre and a strong for belles and in the middest of the church is a tabernacle made like a little house in manner of halfe a Compasse right well and richly of gold and asure and other colors wel dight and on the right side is the sepulchre of our Lord and the tabernacle is viij foote long and fiue foote wide xj foote of height and it is not long since the Sepulcher was all open and men might then touch it but béecause men that came thether spoyled and also brake the stones in péeces to pouder therefore the Souldan hath made a wall about the Sepulcher that no man may touch it On the left side is a window and therein is many lamps light and there is a lamp that hangeth before the sepulcher light burning and on the Friday it goeth out by it felfe and lighteneth againe by it selfe at the houre as our Lord rose from death to life And within that church vpon that right side on the mount Caluary where our Lord was crucified and the crosse was set in a morteys in the rock that is white of coulour and mingled with a