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A51759	The voyages & travels of Sir John Mandevile, Knight wherein is set down the way to the Holy Land, and to Hierusalem, as also to the lands of the great Caan, and of Prestor John, to Inde, and divers other countries : together with many strange marvels therein.	Mandeville, John, Sir.; Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-ca. 1399.	1677 (1677)	Wing M415; ESTC R21151	84,811	129

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 thei● 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

men say there is an entry to Hell In this Valley is much Gold and Silver whereof many Christian men and other go thither for desire of that Gold and Silver but few of them come out again for they are anon strangled with Divels And in the middest of that Valley on a Rock is a Visage and the head of a Fiend bodily very hideous and dreadful to sée and there is nothing séen but the head and the shoulders but there is no Christian man or other in the world so hardy but that he would be greatly afraid to behold it for he beholdeth each man so sharply and his eyes are so stairing and sparkling as fire and he changeth so often his countenance that no man dare come near for all the World and out of his Nose conteth great plenty of fire of divers colours and sometime is the fire so stinking that no man may suffer it but alway a good Christian man and one that is stedfast in the Faith may go thereto without harm if they call to God only for forgiveness of their sins then shall the Devils have no power over them And ye shall understand that when my Fellows and I were in that Valley we had very great doubt if we should put our Bodies in a venture to go through it and some of my Fellows agréed thereunto and some would not and there were in our campany two fryers minours of Lumbardy who said If any of us would go in they would also As they had said so upon trust of them we said that we would go and we did make our Prayers to God for our safeguard and so we went in 14 men and when we came out we were but 10 and we wist not whether those four was lost there or whether they turned again but we saw them no more other of our company who would not go in with us went about another way for to be before us and so they were but we went through the Valley and saw there many strange things as Gold Silver precious Stones and Iewels great plenty as we thought whether they were so or no I know not for Devils are so subtil and false that they make many times a thing to séem that it is not for to deceive men and therefore I would touch nothing for fear of enemies that I saw there in many likenesses some of dead bodies that I saw lie in the Valley but I dare not say that they were all bodies but they were bodily shapes through making of Devils and we were often thrown down to the earth by wind thunder and tempest but God helped us alway and so passed we through that Valley without peril or harm thanks be to God CHAP. XCII Of an Island wherein dwell People as great as Gyants of eight and twenty or thirty foot of length and of other things ANd beyond that Valley is a great Isle where be people as great as Gyants of 28 foot long and they have no clothing but Beasts Skins that hang on them and they eat no bread but raw flesh and they drink Milk and they have no Houses and they gladlier eat mens flesh than other And men told us that beyond that Isle is another wherein are greater Gyants of 45 or 50 foot long some 50 cubits long but I saw them not And among those Gyants are great Shéep as if it were young Oren and they bear great Wool these shéep have I séen many times Another Isle there is Northward where are many evil and foul Women but they have precious stones in their eyes and they have such force that if they behold any man with wrath they slay them with beholding as the Basilisk doth Another Isle is there of fairer Folk and good where the custome is such the first night that they are Wedded they take a certain man that is ordained therefore and let him lie by their Wives to have their Maiden-heads and they give him a great reward for his travel and those men are called Gadsybrien for men of that country hold it a great thing to make a Women no Maiden and if it be so that the Husband find her a Maiden the next night after for peradventure he that lay by her was drunken or for any other cause the Husband shall complain of him to the Lawyers that he hath not done his Devour and he shall be grievously punished and chastized but after the first night they keep their Wives well that they speak not with those men and I asked what was the cause why they had that custom and they said Heretofore men lay with their Wives first and no other and their Wives had Serpents in their bodies and stung their Husbands in the Yard or on their bodies and so were many men slain and therefore they had that custom to let other men have their Maiden-heads for fear of death and thus they suffer them to assay the passage ere they adventure CHAP. XCIII Of women which make great sorrow when their Children are born great joy when they are dead ANother Isle there is where women make great sorrow when their children are born and when they are dead they made great joy and cast them into a great fire and burn them And they that love well their Husbands when they are dead they cast them in a fire and burn them for they say that fire shall make them clean of all filth and vices and they shall be clean in another world and the cause why they wéep when their children are born and that they joy at their death is they say a child when he is born cometh into this World to have travel sorrow and heaviness and when they are dead they go to Paradise where Rivers are of Milk and Honey And there is life and joy and plenty of goods without travel or sorrow In this Isle they Elect their Kings by voices and they chuse him not for his riches and nobleness but him that is of good conditions and most righteous and true that judgeth every man truly little and much after their trespass and the King may judge no man to death without counsel of his Barons and that they all assent And if it be so that their King do a great trespass as slay a man or such like he shall die also but he shall not be slain but they charge and command that no man be so hardy to keep him company nor to speak to him nor give him meat nor drink and thus he dieth for they spare no man that hath done a trespass for Love Lordship Riches or Nobleness but they do him right after he hath deserved CHAP. XCIV Of an Island where men wed their own Daughters and Kinswomen THere is another Isle where is that great plenty of people and they never eat flesh of Hares nor of Hens nor Geese yet is there many of them but they eat of all other Beasts and they drink Milk In this country they wed their own daughters