and some black all the red are of Rubies of Creams or Allovance the white are of Christal or Byral the yellow are of Topaces the gréen of Emeralds and Chrysolites and the black are of Dutcks and Gorands and this Vine is made thus of precious stones so properly that it seemeth that it were a Vine growing And before the board of the Emperor standeth great Lords and no man is so hardy to speak unto him except it be Musicians to solace the Emperor And all the Vessels that are served in his Hall or Chambers are of precious Stones and specially at the Tables where great Lords eat that is to say of Iasper Chrystal Amathist or fine Gold and the cups are of Emeralds Saphirs Topaces and other of any manner of stones and of Silver have they no Vessels for thy esteem but little of silver to make Vessels of but they make of Silver Greeces Pillars and Pavements of Halls and Chambers And ye shall understand that my Fellow and I were in wages with him sixteen moneths against the King of Mancy upon whom he made War and the cause was we had so great desire to see the Nobility of his Court if it were such as we heard speak of and truly we found it more rich and of greater Royalty then ever we heard speak of and we should never have believed it had we not seen it but ye shall understand the use of eating and drinking is more evil among us then in those countries for all the Commons eat upon skins of Beasts on their knees and eat the flesh of all manner of Beasts and when they have all eat they wipe their hands on their Shirts and they eat but once in the day and eat but little bread but the manner of the Lords is full Noble CHAP. LXVIII Wherefore the Emperour of Cathay is called the great Caane ANd ye shall understand why he is call'd the great Caane ye know that all the World was destroyed with Noes Floud but Noe his wife and children Noe had three sons Sem Cham and Japhat Cham when he saw his Fathers Privities naked when he slept he scorned it and therefore he was cursed and Japhat covered it These thrée Brethren had all land Then Cham took the best part Eastward that is call'd Asia Sem took Africk and Jâ—phat took Europe C ham was the mightiest and richest of his brethren and of him are come the Painim Folk and divers manner of men of those Isles some headless other men disfigured for this Cam the Emperor they called him Cham and Lord of all But ye shall understand that the Emperor of Cathay is called Caane and not Cham and for this cause It is not long ago that all Tartary was in subjection and thrall to other Nations about and they were made Heardsmen to keep beasts and among them were vij Linages or Kings the first was called Tartary that is the best the second Linage is called Tamahot the third Furace the fourth Vilatre the fifth Semoth the sixth Menchy and the seventh Sobeth These are all holden of the great Caane of Cathay Now it befel that the first Linage was an old man and he was not rich and men called him Chanius This man lay and slept on a night in his bed and there came to him a Knight all white sitting upon a white horse and said to him Caane sléepest thou God that is Almighty sent me to thee and it his will that thou say to the vij Linages that thou shalt be their Emperor for you shall conquer all the land about you and they shall be in your subjection as you have béen in theirs and when the morrow came he rose up and told it to the vij Linages and they scorned him and said he was a fool and the next night the same Knight came to the seven Linages and have them in Gods behalf to make Chanius their Emperor and they should be out of all subjection And on the morrow they those Chanius to be Emperor and did him all worship that they might do and called him Caane as the white Knight called him and they said they would do as he have them Then he made many statutes and Laws the which is called Isakan The first Statute was that they might be obedient to God Almighty and believe that he would deliver them out of thraldom and that they should call on him in all their works Another Statute was that all men that could bear arms should be numbred and to each ten should be a Master and to a hundred a Master and to a thousand a Master Then he commanded to all the greatest and principallest of the vii Linages that they should forsake all that they had in Heritage or Lordship and that they should hold them apaid of that he would give them of his Grace and they did so And also he had them that each man should bring his eldest Son before him and slay his own Son with is own hands and smite off his Head and presently they did his bidding And when he saw they made no letting of that he bade them then he bade them follow his Banner and then he put in subjection all the Land about him CHAP. LXIX How the Great Caane was hid under a Tree and so escaped his Enemies because of a Bird. ANd it befell on a day that the Caan rod with a few men to see the Land that he had won and he met with a great multitude of his enemies and there he was cast down off his Horse and his Horse slain and when his men saw him at the earth they thought he had béen dead and fled and the Enemies followed after and when he saw his Enemies were far he hid him in a Bush for the Wood was thick there and when they were come again from the Chase they went to séek among the Wood if any were hid there and they found many and as they came to the place where he was they saw a Bird sit on a Trée the which Bird men call an Owl and then say they that there was no man for the Bird sat there and so went they away and thus was the great Caane saved from death and so he went away on a night to his own men which were glad of his coming and from that time unto this day men of that Countrey have that Bird in great reverence and for that cause they worship that Bird above all other Birds of the World And incontinent he assembled all his men and rod upon his Enemies and destroyed them and when he had won all the lands that where about him he held them in subiection And when the Caane had led all the Lords to Mount Belyan the white Knight came to him in a vision again and said unto him Caane the Will of God is that thou pass the Mount Belyan and thou shalt win many Lands and because then shalt find no passage go thou to the Mount Belyan
and sometime there was a Church but it is all wasted and it is a fair Vale and plenteous and there is a good City that men call Neople and so from thence it is a daies journey unto Hierusalem and there is the Well where our Lord spoke to the woman of Samaria and Sychem is ten miles from Hierusalem and it is called Neople that is the new Town and there is the Temple of Joseph Jacobs Son that governed Egypt from thence were his bones brought and laid in the Tomb and thither came Iews often in Pilgrimage with great Devotion and in that City was Dinah Jacobs Daughter ravished for whom her Brethren slew many men and thereby is the City of Corasin where the Samaritans make their Sacrifice CHAP. XXXIV Of the Samaritans FRom Sabasten or Samary to Hierusalem is twelve miles and among the Hills of this country is a Well that men call Fons Jacob that is Jacobs Well that changeth his colour four times in a year for sometime it is red sometime cléer sometime gréen and sometime thick and the men that dwell there are called Samaritans and they were converted by the Apostles yet their Law varieth from the Law of Christians as also from Iews and Painims They believe well in one God that shall judge all and believe the Bible after the Letter and they lay their heads in red linnen cloth that they may be known from others for Sarasins wrap their heads in White cloth the Christians that dwell there in Blew and the Iews in Yellow and in this country dwell many Iews paying Tribute as Christians do And if ye will know the Letters of the Iews they are these following and are thus called Aleph beth gimel daleth he vau zain heth teth jod caph lamed mem nun samech ain pe zade koph resh schin tau CHAP. XXXV Of Galile FRom this Country that I have spoken of men go to the Plain of Galile and leave the Hill on the one side for Galile is a Province of the land of Promise and in that Province is the City of Naim of Capernaum and Bethsaida where Saint Peter and Saint Andrew were born Some men say that Antichrist should be born at Corasim and nourished at Bethsaida but he shall reign at Corasim therefore saith holy Writ Vae tibi Corasim Vae tibi Bethsaida that is Wo be to thée Corasim wo be to thée Bethsaida But others say he shall be born in Babylon therefore said the Prophet De Babylonia Coluber exit qui totum mundum devorabit that is Out of Babylon shall come a Serpent that shall devour all the World Cana a chief City of Galile is four miles from Nazareth of which City was the woman of Canaan of whom the Gospel speaketh and there our Lord did his first Miracle when at the Marriage of the Architriâ—line he turned water into wine From thence men go to Nazareth which hath béen a great City but now there is but a little Town and that unwalled There was our Lady born and of this City our Lord took his Name At Nazareth also Joseph took our Lady to wife when she was fourtéen years of age There the Angel saluted her saying Ave gratia plena Dominus tecum that is Hail full of grace the Lord is with thée And there was sometime a great Church but now there is but a little Room to receive the offerings of Pilgrims There is the Well of Gabriel where our Lord was wont to bath him when he was little At Nazareth was our Lord nourished and Nazareth is called the flower of Gardens and it may well be so called for there was nourished the Flower of Life even our Lord Iesus Christ. About half a mile from Nazareth is the bloud of our Lord for the Iews led him upon a high Rock to cast him down and slay him but Iesus escaped them and leapt to another Rock where steps be yet séen which they say are the steps of our Lord therefore some when they are in danger of Thieves or Enemies say thus Jesus autem transiens per medium illorum ibat and they say these Verses of the Psalter thrée times Irruat super eos formido pavor in magnitudine brachii Domine fiant immobiles quasi lapis donec pertranseat populus tuus Domine populus iste quem redimisti And so when this is said a man may go without any letting Ye shall understand and know that our blessed Lady bare her Child when she was fiftéen years of age and she lived with him thirty thrée years and thrée Months and after his Passion she lived two and twenty years CHAP. XXXVI The way from Nazareth to the Mount or Hill of Tabor ANd from Nazareth the Mount Tabor is thrée miles and there our Lord was transfigured before Saint Peter Saint John and Saint James And there they saw spiritually our Lord Moses and Elias the Prophet For which cause Saint Peter said bonum est nobis hic esse c. that is It is good for us to be here let us make thrée Tabernacles And our Lord Iesus Christ bade them that they should tell no man until the time that he was risen from death to life From Mount Tabor a mile distance is Mount Hermon and there was the City of Naim before the gates of this City our Lord raised the Son of the Widow that had no more Children CHAP. XXVII Of the Sea of Galile ANd from thence men go to a City that is called Tiberias that butteth on the Sea of Galile and though it be called the Sea of Galile it is no Sea nor arm of the Sea for it is but a stream of fresh water and it is more then a hundred furlongs long and fifty broad and therein are many good Fishes and by that same sea stand many good Cities therefore this Sea changeth often his name after the Cities that stand thereupon but it is all one water or sea and upon this sea our Lord walked and said to Peter when he came on the water and was near drowned O exigua fide predite quid qubitasti that is O thou of little faith why didst thou doubt CHAP. XXXVIII Of the Table whereon Christ eat after his Resurrection IN this City of Tiberias is the Table that Christ eat on with his Disciples after his Resurrection and they knew him by breaking of bread as holy Writ saith Et cognoverunt eum in fractione panis that is they knew him in breaking of bread And about the Hill of Tiberias is a city where our Lord fed five thousand people with five Barley Loaves and two Fishes In that city also did men cast in anger a firebrand or burning stick after our Lord but that same burning stick did fall on the Earth and people say out of the same stick grew presently a Tree which is waxen a big Tree and there groweth yet and the seales of the Tree be all black Ye shall understand that the Riber Jordan beginneth
under the Hill of Lybany and there beginneth the land of Promise and it lasteth unto Bersebe of length and from the North part to the South is ninescore mile and of breadth from Jericho to Jaffe it is forty mile And ye shall understand that the Land of Promise beginneth at the Kingdom of Sury and lasteth unto the Wilderness of Araby CHAP. XXXIX Of strange Manners and divers For there is a manner of sin that is grievouser to one man then it is to another and therefore it is needfull that a man know and understand the kind of sin And there be also other men that are called Surreyens and they hold half our Faith and half the Faith of the Greeks and they have long Beards as the Greeks have CHAP. XL. For to return again on this side Galile NOw seeing I have told you of many manners of men that dwell in the Countres aforesaid now will I return again to my way for he that will turn from the Land of Galile that I spake of to come on this side he must go through Damas or Damascus that is a fair City and full of good Merchandizes and it is three days journey from the Sea and five from Hierusalem they carry their Merchandizes upon Camels Mules Horses Dromedaries and other manner of Beasts This City of Damas was founded by Helizeus Abrahams servant who before Isaac was born should have been his Heir and there he named that City Damas. And in that place Cain slew his Brother Abel and beside Damas is the Mount of Syer in this City be many Physicians and that holy man Saint Paul was a Physician there to heal mens bodies before he was converted and after he was a Physician of Souls And from Damas men go to a place called our Lady of Sardmarch that is five miles from Damas and it is on a Rock and there is a fair Church and there dwell Christian Monks and Nuns in that Church between the City of Darky and the City of Raphano is a River called Sabatory which some say on the Saturday it runneth fast and all the week else it standeth still and runneth not or but a little And there is another River that on the night freezeth fast and upon the day no frost is seen And so men go by a City that men call Berugh and there those that will go to Cypress take Ship and they arrive at the Haven of Sur or of Tyre and then go on to Cypress also men may go right from the Haven of Tyre and not come at Cypress but arrive at some Haven of Greece and by these ways men come into the Countries before spoken of CHAP. XLI How a man may go the shortest way to Hierusalem NOw have I told you the furthest and longest ways by the which men go to Hierusalem as by Babylon in Egypt which is also called Kayre and Mount Sinai and many other places through the which men go to the Land of Promise Now will I tell you the shortest way to Hierusalem for many will go the long way some for want of Company and many other reasonable causes and therefore I shall tell you shortly how a man may go with little cost and short time A man that cometh from the Land of the West he goeth through France Burgony Lumbardy and to Venice or to Gene or some other Haven of those Marches and taketh there Ship and goeth to the Isle Grisse and so arriveth he in Greece or else in Port Myroch or Valon or Duras or some other Haven of those Marches and arriveth to Cypress and cometh not in the Isle of Rhodes but arriveth at Famagust that is the chief Haven of Cypress or else at Lamaton and then taking Ship again he passeth beside the Haven of Tyre and cometh not to Land and so passeth by all the Havens to the Coast till he come to Jaffe that is the next Haven to Hierusalem for it is but twenty eight miles between And from Jaffe men go to the City of Ramos and that it is but little thence and it is a fair City and beside Ramos is a fair Church of our Lady where our Lord shewed himself unto her in three shadows betokening the Trinity and there near is a Church of S. George where his Head was smitten off and then to the Castle of Emaus and then to the Mount Joy and from thence Pilgrims see Hierusalem and then to Mount Modin and then to Hierusalem At Mount Modin lyeth the Prophet Malachy and over against Ramatha is the Town of Douke whereof the Prophet Amos was CHAP. XLII Of other ways for to go by Land to Hierusalem FOrasmuch as many men cannot endure the trouble of the Sea and better it is to go by Land although it be more pain then a man shall go to one of the Havens of Lumbardy as Venice or another and ye shall pass into Greece or Port Myroch or another and ye shall go to Constantinople and shall pass the Water that is called the Breach of Saint George that is an arm of the Sea And from thence ye shall come to Pulveral and then to the Castle of Synople and so to Cappadocia which is a great Countrey wherein are many great Hills and ye shall go through Turky and to the City of Nike the which they won from the Emperour of Constantinople and it is a fair City and well walled and there is a River that is called the Lay and then men go by the Alpes of Mormount and through the Vales of Malebrines and the Vale Ernax and so more easily to Antioch which standeth richly on the River And he that will go another way he goeth by the Roman Ceast and the Roman Sea on that Ceast is a fair Castle that is called Florage and when a man hath passed the Hills he cometh to the city of Moriach and to Artose where is a great Bridge upon the River of Ferne that men call Fassor and it is a great River bearing Ships and beside the City of Dimas is a River that cometh from the Mount of Libany which is called Alban at the passage of this River Saint Eustace lost his two Sons when he had lost his Wife and it runneth through the Plain of Chalcides and to the great Sea Then men go to the City of Fermine and so to the City of Ferne and then to Antioch and that is a fair City and well walled and it is two miles long and there is a Bridge over the River that hath at each Pillar a good Tower and it is the best City of the Kingdom of Sury From Antioch men go to the City of Locuth and so to Geble and to Tortouse and thereby is the Land of Lambre and a strong Castle that men call Mambeke And from Tortouse men go to Tripoly on the Sea and by this Sea men go to Dicres and there is two wayes to Hierusalem by the way on the left hand men come first unto Damas by
them that have medled with them Also the land is all common for every man taketh what he will for that one man hath now this year another man hath the next year And all the goods as Corn Beasts and all manner of things in that country are common For there is nothing under lock and as rich is one man as another but they have an evil custome to eating of flesh for they eat mans flesh more gladly than other Nevertheless in that land is abundance of Corn of Flesh of Fich of Gold of Silver and of all manner of good And thither do Marchants bring children for to sell and those that are fat they eat but those that be lean they keep till they be fat and then are they eaten And besides this Isle of Lamory is another called Somober the which is a good Isle and there both men and women that are of the Nobility are marked in the Visage with a hot Iron that they may be known from other for they think themselves the worthiest of the world and they have evermore War with those men that are naked of whom I spake before And there are many other Isles and People of the which it where overmuch for to speak here CHAP. LVI Of the Country and Isle called Java which is a mighty Land ANd there is also a great Isle that is called Iava and the King of that country hath under him seven Kings for he is a very mighty Prince In this Isle groweth all manner of Spices more plenteous then in any other place as Ginger Cloves Nutmegs and other And ye shall understand that the Nutme g beareth the Mace Also in that Isle is great plenty of all things save wine The King of this land hath a rich Palace and the best that is in the world for all the Stairs of his Hall and Chambers are made one of Gold and another of Silver and all the Walls are plated with fine Gold and Silver and in those places are written Stories of Knights and Battels and the Floors of the Hall and Chambers are of Gold and Silver so that no man would belive the great riches that are there except he had seen it and the King of this Isle is so mighty that he hath many times overcome the great Caane of Cathay which is the mightiest Emperor that is in the world there is often war between them for the great Caane would make him hold his land Tributary of him CHAP. LVII Of the Kingdom of Pathen or Salmasse which is a goodly land ANd for to go forth by the Sea there is an Isle that is called Pathen and some call it Salmasse for it is a great Kingdom with many fair Cities In this land grow Trees that bear Meal of which men make fair Bread and white and of good savour and it seemeth like as it were Wheat And there be other Trees which bear venim against the which is no medicine but only to take of the leaves of the same Trees and stamp them and temper them with water and drink it or else he shall die suddenly for nothing else may help him And if ye will know how these Trees bear Meal I shall tell you men hew with an Hatchet about the root of the Tree by the Earth and they pierce it in many places and then cometh out a Liquor the which they take into vessels and set it in the Sun and dry it and when it is dry they carry it unto the Mill to grind and thereof is fair Meal and White Also Honey Wine and Venim are drawn out of other Trees in the same manner and they put it into vessels to keep In that Isle is a dead Sea which is a water that hath no bottom and if any man fall therein he can never be found beside that Sea groweth great Canes and under their Roots men find precious Stones of a great vertue for he that beareth one of those Stones about him there may no Iron wound him nor draw blood of him and therefore they that have those Stones fight full hardy for there may no weapon that is of Iron wound them therefore they that know the manner make their weapons without Iron and so they slay them CHAP. LVIII Of the Kingdom of Talonach the King Whereof hath many Wives ANother Isle there is that men call Talonach the same is a great land and therein is great plenty of fish and other goods as you shall hereafter hear And the King of that Land hath as many Wives as he will a thousand and more and he never lieth but once by any one of them And also in that Land is a great marvel for all manner of Fishes of the Sea come thither once a year one after another and they lye near the land sometime on the land and so lye three days and men of that land come thither and take of them what they will and then go those Fishes away and another sort cometh end lyeth also three days and men take of them and thus do all manner of Fishes till all have been there and men have taken what they will But no man can tell the cause why it is so But they of that country say that those Fishes come so thither to do worship to their King for they say he is the worthiest King of all the world for he hath so many Wives and getteth so many children of them And that same King hath fourteen thousand of Elephants or more which be tame and they be kept for his pleasure by the men of that country so that he may have them ready at his hand when he hath any War against any King or Prince and then he doth put upon their back Castles and men of War as the use of that land is as other Kings and Princes do thereabout CHAP. LIX Of the Island called Raso Where people be hanged if they be sick past hope of recovery ANd from this Isle men go to another Isle call'd Raso and the men of this Isle when their friends are sick and that they believe surely that they shall die they take them and hang them up quick on a tree and say it is better that Birds that are Angels of God eat them then Worms of the earth From thence men go to an Isle where the men are of an ill kind for they nourish Hounds for to strangle men And when their friends are sick that they think they shall die then do those Hounds strangle them for they will not that they die a kindly death for then should they suffer too great pain as they say and when they are thus dead they eat theiâ— flesh for Venison CHAP. LX Of the Island of Melk wherein dwelleth evil people FRom thence men go by sea through many Isles into an Isle called Melk and there be full ill people for they have none other delight but for to fight and slay men for they drink gladly mans-blood which blood they call good and
Duke nor Earl ANd from this place men go ten dayes journy through the land of the great Caane which is a very good Isle and a great Kingdom and the King is very mighty And in this Isle is a rich man which is neither King Prince Duke nor Earl but he hath each year four thousand Horses charged with Rice and Corn and he liveth Nobly and richly after the manner of the country for he hath fifty Damesels that serve him every day at his meat and bed and do what he will And when he sitteth at the Table they bring him meat and at each time five Messes together and they sing in the bringing in a Song and they cut his meat and put it into his mouth and he hath very long Nails on his hands for that is great Nobility in that country and therefore they let their Nails 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 have small feet and therefore so soon as they are born they bind their feet so straight that they cannot wax half as they should And he hath a very fair Palace and rich where he dwelleth of which the Wall is two mile about and therein is many fair Gardens and all the Pavements of the Hall and Chambers is of Gold and Silver and in the midest of one of his Gardens is a little Hill whereon is a place made with Towers and Pinacles all of Gold and there he will sit often to take the air and disport for it is made for nothing else From this Land men may go to the Land of Caane CHAP. CVII How all the Lands Isles and Kingdoms before rehearsed have some Articles of our Faith ANd ye shall understand that all these men and folk that have reason that I have spoken of have some Articles of our Faith and though they be of divers Laws and Beliefs yet they have some good points of our Faith and they believe in God as the Prophesie saith Et meruent eum omnes fines terrae that is to say And all the Ends of the Earth shall fear him And in another place Omnes gentes servient ei That is to say all Nations shall serve him But they cannot speak perfectly but as their natural wit teacheth them netther of the Son nor of the holy Ghost but they can well speak of the Bible and especially of Genesis and the Books of Moses 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 be without the special grace of God and of Simulacres and Idols they say that all men have Simulacres whereby they mean the papists who have Images of our Lady and others but they think that they worship the Images of Stone and of Wood and not the Saints whom they do represent for as the Letter teacheth Clerks how they shall believe so Images and Pictures teach Lay-men they say also that the Angel of God speaketh to them in their Idols and doth Miracles and they say thus but it is the evil Angel that doth Miracles to maintain them in their Idolatry CHAP. CVIII How Sir John Mandevile leaveth many marvels unwritten and the causes wherefore THere are many other countries where I have not yet been nor seen and therefore I cannot speak properly of them Also in countries where I have been are many marvels that I speak not of for it were to long a Tale and therefore hold you apaid at this time with that I have said for I will say no more of marvels that are there so that other men that go thither may find enough for to say that I have not told CHAP. CIX What time Sir John Mandevile departed out of Engeland ANd I John Mandevile Knight was born in England in the Town of Saint Albans went out of my Country and passed the sea in the year of our Lord 1332 on St. Michaels day and have passed through many lands Isles and Countries and now come to rest I have compiled this Book and write it the year of our Lord 1364 thirty two years after my departing from my Country The rather for the pleasure of all such as delight to read the strange and wonderful marvels of other forraign countries as also for a direction to all such as shall desire to see either all or some of these countries herein specified and because some things herein spoken of may seem strange and scarcely credible therefore I have thought good to make known unto all that will see more proof hereof in the Book called Mappa mundi there they shall find the most part of the same ratified and confirmed And I pray all that shall read this Book and look for no further proof to judge favourable thereof since they shall in conceipt see as much at home without much paine as I did after many weary and dangerous steps passed and I pray to God of whom all grace cometh that he will fullfil with his grace the Readers and Hearers hereof and save them body and soul and bring them to his Ioy that ever shall last Amen FINIS THE TABLE THe way toward to Hierusalem on Horse on Foot or by Sea Chap. 1. Of the Land of Greece Chap. 2. To come again to Constantinople to go to the holy Land Ch. 3. Of a terrible Dâ—agon Chap. 4. Of a young Man and his Lemman Chap. 5. Of the manner of hunting in Cypres Chap. 6. Of the Haven named Jaffe Chap. 7. Of the Haven Tyre Chap. 8. Of the Hill of Carme Chap. 9. How Sampson slew the King and his Enemies Chap. 10. The way to Babylon where the Souldan dwelleth Chap. 11. Yet here followeth of the Souldan and Kingdoms that he hath conquered which he holdeth strongly by force Chap. 12. For to return from Sinay to Hierusalem Chap. 13. As men are passed the Wilderness again coming to Hierusalem Chap. 14. Here followeth a little of Adam and Eve and other things Chap. 15. Of the dry Tree Chap. 16. From Ebron to Bethlem Chap. 17. Of a fair Maiden that should be put to death wrongfully Chap. 18. Of the City of Jerusalem Chap. 19. Yet of the holy City of Jerusalem Chap. 20. Of the Church and of the old Sepulchre Chap. 21. Of the Temple of God Chap. 22. Yet of the Temple of God Chap. 23. Of King Herod Chap. 24. Of Saint Salvatorâ— Church Chap. 25. The Field of Acheldemack which was bought with the thirty pence Chap. 26. Of the Mount Jov. Chap. 27. Of the Castle of Bethania Chap. 28. Of Jericho and of other things Chap. 29. Of the holy place between Bethania and the River Jordan with other things Chap. 30. Of Abraham and his Generation Chap. 31. Of the River Jordan Chap. 32. Of many other marvels Chap. 33. Of the Samaritans Chap. 34. Of Galile Chap. 35. Of
the way of Nazareth to the Mount or Hill Tabor Chap. 36. Of the Sea of Galile Chap. 37. Of the Table whereon Christ eat after his Resurrection Cha. 38. Of strange manners and divers Chap. 39. For to turn again on the side of Galile Chap. 40. How a man may go the shortest Way to Hierusalem Chap. 41. Of other wayes for to go by Land unto 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 Book of their Law named Alkaron Chap. 44. Yet it teacheth more of Mahomet Chap. 45. Of the Birth of Mahomet Chap. 46. Of divers Isles and manner of People and of marvellous Beasts Chap. 47. Of the Haven of Gene for to go by Sea into divers Countries Chap. 48. Of the Country of Job of the Kingdom of Chalde Chap. 49. Of the Kingdom of Amazonie where dwell none but Women Chap. 50. Of the Land of Ethiope Chap. 51. Of Inde the more and less of Diamonds and of their great vertues Chap. 52. Of divers Isles and Kingdoms which are in the land of Inde of people that are of yellow and green colour and of many strange things Chap. 53. Of the Kingdom of Mabaron Chap. 54. Of a great Country called Lamory where the people go all naked Chap. 55. Of the Country and Isle named Jaza which is a mighty Land Chap. 56. Of the Kingdom of Pathen or Salmas which is a goodly Chap. 57. Of the Kingdom of Talonach the King whereof hath many Wives Chap. 58. Of the Island called Raso where men are hanged so soon as they are sick Chap. 59. Of the Land of Melks wherein dwelleth evil people Chap. 60. Of the Island named Macumeran whereas the people have heads like Hounds Chap. 61. Of a great Island called Dodin where are many men of evil conditions Chap. 62. Of the Kingdom named Mancy the which is one of the best Kingdoms of the World Chap. 63. Of the Land of Pigmes the people whereof are but three spans long Chap. 64. Of the City Menk where a great Navy is kept Chap. 65. Of the Land named Cathay and of the great riches thereof Chap. 66. Of the great City named Cadon wherein is the great Caanes Palace Chap. 67. Wherefore the Emperour of Cathay is called the great Caane Chap. 68. How the great Caane was hid under a Tree and so escaped his enemies by a Bird. Chap. 69. Of the great Caanes Letters and writing about the Seal Chap. 70. Of the governance of the Country of the great Caane Chap. 71. Of the great Riches of the Emperour and of his Pedigree Chap. 72. Of the Ordinance of the Lords of the Emperour when he rideth from one Country to another to War Chap. 73. How the Empire of the great Caane is divided into twelve Provinces and how that they do cast Incense in the fire where the great Caane passeth through the Cities and Towns in worship of the Emperour Chap. 74. How the great Caane is the mightiest Lord of all the World Chap. 75. Yet of other manners of his Country Chap. 76. How the Emperour is brought into his grave when he is dead Chap. 77. When the Emperor is dead how they chuse and make another Chap. 78. What Countries and Kingdomes lie next the Land of Cathay and the fronts thereof Chap. 79. Of other wayes coming from Cathay toward the Greek Sea and of the Emperor of Persia. Chap. 80. Of the Land of Armony which is a good Land and of the Land of Middy Chap. 81. Of the Kingdom of Georgy and Abcan and many marvels Chap. 82. Of the Land of Turky and divers other Countries and of the Land of Mesopotamia Chap. 83. Of divers Countries Kingdoms Isles and other Marvels beyond the Land of Cathay Chap. 84. Of the Land of Bactry and of many Griffons and other Beasts Chap. 85. Of the way for to go to Prester Johns Land which is the Emperor of Inde Chap. 86. Of the Faith and Beliefe of Prester John but he hath not all the full Beliefe as we have Chap. 87. Of another Island which is called Synople wherein dwelleth good people Chap. 88. Of two other Isles the one is called Pitan wherein be little men that can eat no meat and in the other Isle the men are full of Feathers Chap. 89. Of a rich man in Prester Johns land named Catalonapes and of his Garden Chap. 90. Of a Marvellous Valley that is beside the River Pison Chap. 91. Of an Island wherein dwell people as great as Gyants of nine and twenty or thirty foot of length and of other things Chap. 92. Of Women which make great sorrow when as their Children be born and great joy when they die Chap. 93. Of an Island where men wed their own daughters and kinswomen Chap. 94. Of another Island wherein dwell good people true Chap 95. How King Alexander sent his men thither for to win the Land Chap. 96. How the Emperour Prester John when he goeth to Battel hath three Crosses of find Gold born before him Chap. 97. Of the most resident place of Prester John which is in a City called Suse Chap. 98. Of the Wilderness wherein groweth Trees of the Sun and the Moon Chap. 99. Of the great Island and Kingdom called Taprobane Chap. 100. Of two other Isles on is called Oriel and the other Argete wherein are many Gold Mines Chap. 101. Of the dark Country and Hills and Rocks of Stone nigh to Paradise Chap. 102. A little of Paradise Terrestre Chap. 103. How Prester Johns land lyeth foot against foot to England Chap. 104. Of the Kingdom of Ryboth Chap. 105. Of a rich man that is neither King Prince Duke nor Earl Chap. 106. How all the Islands Isles and Kingdoms before rehearsed have some of the Articles of our Faith Chap. 107. How Sir John Mandevile leaveth many marvels unwritten and the cause wherefore Chap. 108. What time Sir John Mandevile departed out of England Chap. 109. FINIS