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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09829	The most noble and famous trauels of Marcus Paulus, one of the nobilitie of the state of Venice, into the east partes of the world, as Armenia, Persia, Arabia, Tartary, with many other kingdoms and prouinces. No lesse pleasant, than profitable, as appeareth by the table, or contents of this booke. Most necessary for all sortes of persons, and especially tor trauellers. Translated into English; Travels of Marco Polo. English	Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?; Frampton, John, fl. 1577-1596.	1579 (1579)	STC 20092; ESTC S105055	116,899	196

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PArting from this Citie and trauelling .iij dayes iorny you shall come to a Citie called Gianorum in the which there is a meruellous goodly Pallace of the great Canes to lodge him and his Court when he commeth to that Citie and in this Citie he is desirous to be with good will for bycause that neare vnto it is a good countrey in the which be great plentie of wyld Géese and Duckes and of Cranes of fiue sortes or manners the first be great and all blacke like Crowes the second all whyte sauing the heades that be all red the thirde al black sauing the heade is white and shyning the fourth gréene with blacke heads they be farre bigger than ours the fifth be little with all their feathers redde Neare vnto this Citie is a great valley where the great Cane hath many wilde beastes great and smal and among thē great plentie of Partridges to serue for his prouision when hée goeth into that Countrey Of a maruellous Citie called Liander and of many maruellous and farre things they haue there CHAP. 51. DEparting thrée dayes iourney from this Citie betwéen the Northeast and the North you shall come to a Citie called Liander which Cublay Cane buylded In this Citie is a maruellous goodlye Pallace made of M●rble and flint stones called pedras viuas al gilded wyth gold and neare to this Pallace is a wall which is in compasse fiftéene miles and within this wall be faire riuers Wels and gréene Meadowes where the great Cane hath plentie of all kinde of wilde foule and beastes for to finde his Hawkes called Faulcons and Gerfaulcons that bée there in mew which he at sometimes more than 40000. that which many times he goeth thyther to sée Whē he doth ride in these Meadowes he carrieth behinde him on the buttockes of his horse a russet or graye Lyon tame and setteth him to the stagges or redde Déere and to other wylde beastes and vppon these beastes do the Gerfaulcons and Faulcons season In the middest of these Meddowes is a great house where the great Cane doth resort to dinner and to banquet and to take his reste and pleasure in when he goeth that waye And this house is compassed about with greate Canes that be gilded and couered with Canes that be varnished and closed all in one in such sort that no water can passe throughteuerye Cane is at the least thrée spannes compasse and from tenne to fiftéen paces long And this house is so made that at al times they maye take it downe and set it vp againe vpon a sodayne It is tyed with aboue 200. cordes of silke after the manner of tentes or pauilions And the greate Cane repayreth thither for his pleasure in Iune Iuly and August and there by commaundement of his Prophets Idolaters maketh sacrifice with milke to his Idols for to preserue and kéepe his wiues and sonnes and daughters and his subi●ctes and seruauntes and cattell and foules corne vines fruite and all other things in his countries All the Mares that the great Cane rideth on be as white as milke Among the which he hath alwayes ten Mares that no body doth drinke of their milke but onlye he and some greate men of his Courte and some others that hée called honourable and noble bycause of a victorie had against the ●nemies of Chenchis the first king of the Tartars Of the sacrifice and other maners of the life of the greate Cane CHAP. 52. WHen the great Cane will make sacrifice he poureth out the Mares milke vpon the ground and in the ayre and the Prophets of his gods say that milke poured out is the holye Ghoste of the which all the Idols be ful and do beléeue that this sacrifice is the cause of his confirmation and of his subiects of al his other things And this sacrifice he doth euery yere the 29. day of August And to those white horses and Mares wheresoeuer they do go they do great reuerence This greate Cane hath in his Court certaine Negromanciers whiche by arte of the Diuel when it is foule troubleseme weather it shal be fayre and cleare weather in his Pallace And do gyue to vnderstande to the people that the clearnesse is ouer the Pallace where the great Cane is only for his deserts and holy life and by vertue of his Idols When anye one is iudged to dye as soone as he is deade they séeth him and eate him but those that dye by natural death be meat for their Idols And besides thys when the great Cane is at hys table these inchaunters doe worke by arte of the Diuel that Cuppes doe rise from the table tenne Cubits into the ayre and do set themselues down again and whē they wyll doe this they demaunde of the greate Cane a blacke shéepe and the wood of Alloe and Incense other swéete spyces wherof there is great plenty bicause their sacrifice séeme the more swéeter and he commaundeth to be deliuered to them what they will haue for bycause they beléeue that their Idols doe preserue and kéepe him and all his companie These Prophets and Priestes do cause the flesh to be sodden with spices in presence of their Idols do put incense therin and poure the broth into the ayre they say the Idol taketh of it what pleaseth him and thys they do with gret singing Euery Idol hath his name and to euery one they do this worship on their dayes as we do on our saints dayes They haue many Monasteries deputed to the names of their Idols There is in that countrey one Monasterie as big as a good Citie in the which there be 400. Monkes that goe honestly apparelled and their beardes and heads shauen Vpon their feaste dayes they kepe great solemnity with singing and praysing and lights and some of these religious men haue many wiues and some of them liue chaste the chast do eate the branne and the meale kneaded togither with a little hote water and do fast oftentimes in reuerence of their Idols and do weare garments made of Canuas died blacke or blewe some white and do lye in Almadraques sharpe and harde beds and the other religious that be maried they go well apparelled and do eate and drinke wel and doe saye that those which liue the streight life be Heretickes and fooles bycause they do punish their bodies by meanes whereof they can not honor their Idols as they ought to do and as reason is All the Idols of these married religious men they do name by the name of women bycause they be such leacherous people Of a victorie the great Cane had CHAP. 53. HEre for your better information I wyll declare vnto you of a victory the gret Cane had wherby you shal the better vnderstand and know of his strength and power It was he that now raigneth which was called Cublay Cane whiche is as muche to saye as Lorde of Lordes You shall vnderstande that this

gette victuals by this meanes all are damned vnto Hell. To this banket there is conuited the maisters and ministers of the Idols the inchanters and women that serue in the temple of that Idoll And before they sitte downe to the Table they doe sprincle the broath aboute the house singing and daunsing in the honor of that Idoll And they doe aske the Idoll if he haue forgiuen the sicke man And sometimes the Féende aunswereth that there lacketh such or suche a thing whiche immediately they do prouide and when he answereth that he is pardoned then they do sitte downe to eate and to drinke that sacrifice which is drest with spices and this done they go vnto his house with great ioy If the paciente heale it is good for him but if he dye it is an euerlasting payne for him and if he recouer they do beléeue that the diuelishe Idol hath healed him and if he die they say that the cause of his deathe was for the greate offence that he had done vnto him and so they be lost as brute beasts in all that Countrey Of another Prouince named Machay where there be Vnicornes Elephants and wilde Beastes with many other strange things CHAP. 83. GOing from the Prouince of Charian you go downe a greate penet or hill whiche endureth two dayes iourney without any habitation sauing one towne where they doe kéepe holyday three dayes in the wéeke There they doe take a Sazo of golde for fyue of siluer And past these two dayes iourney you doe com● vnto the prouince named Machay whyche lyeth towardes the midde daye or South adioyning vnto the Indias and through this prouince you trauell fiftéene dayes iourney through deserte mountaines where there be many Elephants and other wilde beastes for that the countrey is not inhabited Also there is found Vnicornes When they wil take any Elephant the do compasse him with dogges and so they do hunt him that they make him wearie and so he is faine to rest for wearinesse and his resting is leaning vnto a great trée for that he hath no ioyntes in hys knées so that he can not lye downe nor rise vp The Masties dare not come neare him but barke at him aloofe the Elephante hath neuer his eye off those Masties and then those that be expert and hunt him hurle Dartes and to kil him In this countrey is much gold and silke Of a prouince named Cinguy and of the Citie named Cancasu CHAP. 84. BEyond this prouince Machay there is another prouince named Cinguy and trauelling foure dayes iourney in it you passe manye Cities and townes and at these four daies iournyes ende standeth a greate Citie named Cancasu being verye noble situated towards the mydday or South and this is of the streight of Cataya In thys Citie there is wroughte cloth of Golde and silke greate plentie Of the Citie named Cianglu CHAP. 85. FRom this Citie trauelling fiue dayes iourney you come vnto another Citie named Cianglu which is very noble and great situated towards the midday or south and it is of the streight of Cataya here is made greate plentie of salte and there runneth through this countrey a very great riuer that vp and down this riuer there trauell many ships with merchaundise Of the Citie named Candrafra and of the Citie named Singuymata CHAP. 86. SIxe dayes iourney beyonde the Citie named Cianglu towards the midday of south you come vnto a Citie named Candrafra the which had vnder it before the greate Cane did conquere it twelue Cities In the coūtries aboute this Citie there be faire Gardens and good grounde for corne and silke and beyonde this Citie thrée dayes iourney towards the midday or south there standeth a fayre Citie named Singuymata which hath a great riuer that the Citizens made in two parts the one way runneth towards the east and the other towardes the Occident or Weast through Cataya and vppon this riuer there sayle shippes with Merchaundises in number incredible Of the Riuer Coromoran and of the Citie Choygamum and of another Citie named Cayni CHAP. 87. GOing from Singuymata seuentéen dayes iourney towards the midday or south you passe throughe manye Cities and townes in the whiche there is greate traffique of Merchaundise The people of this countrey are subiectes vnder the greate Cane Their language is Persian and they do honour Idols At the seauentéen dayes iourneys ende there is a greate riuer that commeth from the Countrey of Prester Iohn which is named Coromoran hauing a myle in bredth and it is so déepe that there may sayle any great vessel laden with Merchandise Vpon this riuer the great Cane hath fiftéene great ships for to passe his people vnto his Idols that are in the Occean seas euery shippe of these hath fiftéene horses and fiftéene mariners and al victuals necessarie Vpon this riuer there strādeth two Cities one on the one side and the other one the other The biggest of them in named Choyganguy and the other Caycu and they be both a dayes iourney from the sea Of the noble prouince named Mangi and of many maruellous things that were there and how it was brought vnder the great Canes gouernaunce CHAP. 80. PAssing the saide riuer you enter into the prouince of Mangi where raigneth a king named Fucusur of more power and riches than any King in the worlde sauing the great Cane In this realme there be no men of warre nor horses for the wars for it is situated strongly in a place compassed rounde about with many waters And rounde about his Cities and townes there be verye déepe ditches and caues being brode and full of water The people of this countrey are giuen to féeblen●sse they do liue delicately if they were giuen to warres and feats of armes all the worlde could not conquere the prouince of Mangi This king of Mangi was very leacherous but hée had in himselfe two good properties the one was that he maintayned his realme in great iustice and peace that euery one remayned in his place and both day and nighte you myght traffique and trauell surely the other propertie was that he was verye pitifull and did greate almes vnto the poore and euerie yeare he brought vppe twentye poore striplings and he gaue them as sonnes and heires vnto his Barrons and knightes In his Courte he hadde alwayes tenne thousande Squires that serued hym It fortuned that in the yeare of our Lord .1267 Cublay Cane got perforce the countrey of Mangi and the sayde king of this prouince fledde with .1000 shippes vnto his Ilandes that were in the Occean Sea ▪ He lefte the principall Citie of his prouince Mangi named Gaissay vnder the guiding of his Quéene and when she knew that there was entred into hir land Baylayncon Can a Tartarous name which is as much to say in Englishe as a hundreth eyes a Captaine belonging to the greate Cane with a greate hoste and so without any resistance she submitted hir selfe with all hir