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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06813	of delyces where a man shall fynde all maner of fruytes in all tymes . . .; Itinerarium. English	Mandeville, John, Sir.; Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-ca. 1399, attributed name.	1510 (1510)	STC 17249.5; ESTC S104359	30,584	65

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 tokenȳge that they are subgeccyon of man and vnder mē 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 than̄e 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 braūches 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 alabaūce / 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 themperour 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 foūde 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 coūtrees / 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 Emperuor 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 hȳ 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 hȳ 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 cōmaūded 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

in my coūtree 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. kyngꝭ 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 amōge those hylles of Caspy shall come out crysten men shall be in theyr subgeccōn 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

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 geaūtes 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 geaūtes as of .xlv. or .l. foot longe / some saye of .l. cubytes longe but I sawe not theym / amonge those geaūtes 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 coūtr● 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 coūseyll 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 theȳ 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 coūtree 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