little Pillar to the which our Lord was bound and scourged and there was Annas House that was Bishop of the Iews at that time and in that same place denyed S. Peter our Lord thrice before the Cock crew and there is a part of the Table at which Christ eat his last Supper with his Disciples and yet there is the Vessel with Water out of which the Disciples féet were washed and near by also is Saint Stephens Grave and there is the Altar where our Lord heard the Angel sing and there appeared Christ first to his Disciples after his Resurrection when the Gates were shut and said Pax vobis that is Peace be to you and upon that Mount appeared Christ to Saint Thomas and had him féel his wounds and that was eight daies after his Resurrection and then he believed perfectly and said Dominus meus Deus meus My Lord and my God In that same Chappel behind the high Altar were all the Apostles on Whitsunday when the Holy Ghost descended on them in likeness of Fire and there God made peace with his Disciples and there slept S. John the Evengelist on our Lords breast and saw in his sléep many secret things of Heaven Also Mount Sion is within the city and it is a little higher then the other side of the City and that City is stronger on the one side then on the other for in the foot of Mount Sion is a fair and strong castle which the Soldan did cause to be made there On Mount Sion was King David buried and Solomon and many other Kings of Hierusalem and there is the place where Saint Peter wept full bitterly when he had denyed our Lord and a stones rast from that is another place where our Lord was judged for at that time was Caiaphas House there and betwéen the Temple of Solomon and Mount Sion is the place where Christ raised the Maiden from death to life Vnder Mount Sion in the Vale of Josaphat is a Well called Natatory Silo there was our Lord washed after he was Baptized And thereby is the Trée on the which Judas hanged himself for despair when he had sold and betrayed Christ. And thereby is the Synagogue where the Bishops of the Iews and Pharisées came to held their Councel and there Judas cast thirty pieces before them and said peccavi tradens sanguinem justum that is I have sinned in betraying the Innecent Blood CHAP. XXVI Of the Field Acheldemack which was bought with the thirty pieces ON the other side of Mount Sion toward the South a stones cast is the Field that they bought with those thirty pieces for the which Christ was sold that men call Acheldemack that is the Field of blood in that Field are many Tombs of Christian men for there be many Pilgrims buried And also in Hierusalem toward the West is a fair Church where the Trée grew of which the Cross was made and thereby is the Church where our Lady met with Elizabeth when they were both with Child and St. John stirred in his Mothers Womb and did Worship to our Lord his Maker and under the Altar of this Church is the place where St. John was born and thereby is the Castle of Emaux CHAP. XXVII Of Mount Joy TWo miles from Hierusalem is Mount Joy this is a fair place and there lyeth Samuel the Prophet in a fair Tomb. It is called Mount Joy for there these that travel first sée Hierusalem And in the middle of the Vale of Josaphat is a little River that is called Torrens Cedron over which lies the Trée for men to pass over of which the Cross was made In this Vale is a Church of our Lady and her Sepulcher and she was thréescore and twelve years of age when she died And there near is the place where our Lord forgave Saint Peter his sins and misdéeds which he had done Near unto that is a Chappel where Judas kissed our Lord that men call Gethsemain when he was taken of the Iews and there left Christ his Disciples before his Passion when he went to pray and said Pater si fieri potest transeat à me calix ista that is Father if it may be done let this Cup pass from me And thereby is a Garden where our Lord sweat both blood and water and there is the Tomb of King Josaphat of whom the Vale had the Name and on the side of that Vale is the Mount Olivet and it is called so for there grow many Olive Trées and it is higher then Hierusalem and therefore from that Hill men may sée into the Stréets of Hierusalem and betwéen the Hill and the City is nothing but the Vale of Josaphat and that is not very large and upon that Hill stood our Lord when he ascended into Heaven and yet séemeth there the step of his left foot in the stone and there is an Abbey of black Cannons that was great sometimes but now there is but a Church and a little thence eightéen paces is a Chappel and there is the stone on the which our Lord God sate when he preached and said thus Beati pauperes spiritus quoniam ipsorum est regnum coelorum that is Blessed be they that are poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven And there he taught his Disciples their Pater-noster There also is a Church of that blessed woman Mary Egyptian and there is she buried And upon the other side toward the East thrée bow-shoots from thence standeth Bethphage where our Lord Iesus Christ sent Peter and James for to fetch the Ass on Palm-sunday CHAP. XXVIII Of the Castle of Bethania THere toward the East is a castle that men call Bethania and there dwelt Simon the Leper that harboured our Lord and them that were baptized of his Disciples and he was called Julian and was made Bishop and that is he that men call on for good Habour In that same place our Lord forgave Mary Magdalen her sins and there she washed his féet with tears and wiped them with her hair and there was Lazarus raised after he had béen four days dead CHAP. XXIX Of Jericho and other things AT the returning to Mount Olivet is the place where our Lord wept upon Hierusalem and thereby our Lady appeared to S. Thomas after her Assumption and gave him her Girdle and thereby is a stone on which our Lord sate often and Preached And there is mount Galile where the Apostles were gathered when Mary Magdalen told them of Christs rising Betwéen Mount Olivet and Mount Galile is a Church where the Angel told our Lady when she should die And from Bethany to Jericho is five miles Jericho was sometime a little city but it is wasted and now it is but a little Town that Town took Joshua through the Miracle of God and bidding of the Angel and destroyed it and cursed those that should build it again Of that city was Rahab that common woman that received the Messengers of
time many good men and holy Hermits of whom the Book of the Fathers Lives make mention but now they are inhabited by Painims and Sarasins yet when it pleaseth God as these Lands were lost through the sin of Christians so through the help of God by Christians they shall be won again In the middest of this Church is a Tomb in the which Joseph of Aramathea laid the Body of our Lord when he had taken him off the Cross and upon the same place did he wash the féet of our Lord and that place men say is the middest of the world CHAP. XXXI Of the Church of the holy Sepulchre WIthin that Church by the Sepulchre on the North side is the place where our Lord was Imprisoned and there is a part of the Chain with the which he was bound and there he appeared first to Mary Magdalen when he was risen from death and she thought he had béen a Gardiner In the Church of the Sepulchre was wont to be the Canons of Saint Bâ—nnet and they had a Priory and the Patriarch was their Soveraign and without the doors of the Church on the right side as men go up eightéen steps our Lord said to his Mother Mulier Ecce filius tuus that is Woman behold thy Son Deinde dixit Discipulo Ecce mater tua that is Then afterward he said to his Disciple Behold thy Mother And these words he said when he hanged upon the Cross. And upon these steps went our Lord when he bare the Cross upon his Shoulder and under these stayers is a Chappel where the Priests sing And near there is the stone where our Lord rested him when he was weary with bearing of the Cross. And ye shall understand that before the Church of the Sepulchre is a most strong city and the great plain that is betwéen the city and the Church on the East side without the Walls of the city is the Vale of Josaphat that cometh even to the Walls In this Vale of Josaphat without the city is the Church of St. Stephen where he was stoned to death and thereby is a gate builded that may not be opened Through this gate our Lord entred on Palm Sunday upon an Ass and the gate opened unto him when he would go to the Temple and in full hard stones there are three steps like the steps of an Ass which the people say are the steps of the Ass that our Lord did ride on Before the Church of the Sepulchre two hundred paces is a great Hospital of St. John in the which Hospital are fifty four Pillars made of Stone And to go toward the East from the Hospital is a right fair Church that men call our Lady the Great and then is there another Church by that that men call our Lady of the Latin and there it was that Mary Cleophe and Mary Magdalen rent their Hair when our Lord was put to death CHAP. XXII Of the Temple of God AND from the Church of the Sepulchre toward the East at seventeen paces is Templum Domini that is a fair House and it is all round and right high and covered with Lead and it is well Paved with white Marble but the Sarasins will suffer no Christians nor Jews to come therein for they say that such sinful men should not come into that holy place but I was suffered to go in and into other places where I would for I had letters of the Soldan with his great seal and commonly other men have but of his signet and men bear his letter with his seal before them hanging on a spear and men do great worship thereto and they kneel to it and adore it as if it were a God also those men to whom it is sent before they take it do bow thereto and they take it and lay it upon their heads and afterward they kiss it and then they read it all bowing with great worship and then they prosser them to do all that the Bringer will And in this Templum Domini were wont to be Canons Regulars and they had an Abbot to whom they were obedient In this Temple was Charlemain when the Angel brought him the Prepcio of our Lord when he was circumcised and alter King Charles brought it to Acon into our Ladies Chappel CHAP. XXIII Yet of the Temple of God AND ye shall understand that this is not the Temple that Solomon made for that Temple lasted but one thousand one hundred and two years For Titus Vespasian his Son that was Emperour of Rome laid siege against Hierusalem for to discomfit the Jews because they had put Christ to death without leave of the Emperour When he had taken the City he burnt the Temple and cast it down and took all the Iews and put to death eleven hundred thousand and the rest he imprisoned and sold thirty for a penny for he said that they bought Iesus Christ for thirty pence And since Julian Aposlata gave leave to the Iews to build the Temple of Hierusalem again but he forsook his Law And when the Iews had builded again the Temple then came the Earthquake as God would and cast down all that they had made Since that Adrian the Emperour who was of Troy made Hierusalem again and the Temple in that same manner that Solomon made it and commanded that no Iew should dwell there but Christians for although he himself was not a Christian yet he loved the Christians more than other men save men of his own faith This Emperour did also enclose and wall the Church of the holy Sepulchre within the City that before was far without the City and he would have changed the name of Hierusalem and called it Helam but that name lasted not long And ye shall understand that the Sarasins do worship in that Temple and they say that place is holy and when they go in They go barefoot and before I and my Fellows came herein we put off our Harness and came barefoot into the Temple and thought that we ought to do as much or more than they that were Infidels And this Temple is thréescore and thrée cubits in wideness and as much in length and thirty two cubits in height and covered with lead and it is within full of Pillars of Marble And in the middest of the Temple is an Altar of twenty and four steps of height This place the Jews called Sanctus Sanctorum that is Holy of Holyest and in that place cometh none but their Prelate that maketh their Sacrifice and the people sit all about in divers seats as they are in dignity and there be four Entrings into the Temple and the doors are of Cypress and within the East door our Lord said Here is Ierusalem And on the North side within the door is a Fountain and it runneth out of the which holy Writ speaketh and saith Vidiaquam egredientem de Templo I saw water coming out of the Temple And upon the other side is a Rock that men called
so by the Bastle of Pallerins then to Askalon and to Iaphet and so to the holy City of Ierusalem CHAP. XI The way by Babylon where the Soldan dwelleth AND whoso will go through the Land of Babylon where the Soldan dwelleth he may go more securely through these Countries but must go up to Mount Sinai before he come to Ierusalem and then return by Ierusalem and then by Jerusalem and he shall go from Gaza to the Castle Dayre And after a man cometh out of Sury and goeth on the way is very sandy and the Wilderness lasteth eight days journey wherefore men must provide them of necessary victuals and that Wilderness is called Archellek When a man cometh out of this Desart he entreth into Egypt and they call Eygpt Canopat and in another Language men call it Mersine and the first good Town that men come to is called Beleth which is at the end of the Kingdom of Alap and from thence men come to Babylon and to Kayre and in Kayre is a fair Church of our Lady where she dwelt seven years when she was out of the Land of the Jews for dread of King Herod And there lyeth the body of Saint Babara Virgin and there dwelt Joseph when he was sold of his Brethren And in Babylon Nebuchodonosor put the Children into the Fire because they worshipped the true God these Children were called Ananias Azarias and Misael as the Psalm of Benedicite saith but Nebuchodonosor called them thus Sadrak Misak and Abednego that is God glorious and victorious God over all Kingdoms and that was for Miracle that he made God's Son as he said go with those Children through the Fire There dwelleth the Soldan for there is a fair City and a strong Castle which standeth upon a Rock In that Castle are always dwelling to keep the Castle and to serve the Soldan above eight thousand persons that take all their provision at the Soldans Court. This I well know for I dwelt with him a great while a Soldier in the Wars against the Bedians or Arabins and he would have marryed me unto a great Princess If I would have forsaken my Faith CHAP. XII Here followeth of the Soldan and of his Kingdoms that he hath Conquered which he holdeth still by force AND ye shall understand that the Soldan is Lord of seven Kingdoms which he hath Conquered and gotten to him by strength and these be they the Kingdom of Canopat the Kingdom of Egypt the Kingdom of Jerusalem whereof David and Solomon were Kings the Kingdom of Sury whose chief City is Damasse or Damascus the Kingdom of Alape in the Land of Dameth and the Kingdom of Arabia which was one of the three Kings that made Offering to our Lord when he was born Many other Isles he holds in his hand He holdeth Calupgas that is a great benefit unto him being among them of Royes Isle and that Vale is cold And then men go up to the Mount of St. Katharine and that is much higher than the Mount of Moses And this St. Katharine hath no Image in any Church or Castle nor other dwelling place but there is a Hill of Stones gathered together about the place where she was buryed There was wont to be a Chappel which now is wholly cast down but a great part of the Stones is there left And under the foot of Mount Sinai is a Monastery of Monks and there is the Church of Saint Katharine wherein be many Lamps burning and they have oyle-Olive enough to eat and to burn and that they have by Miracle for they say there come certain of all manner of Birds every year once like Pilgrims and each of them bringeth a Branch of Olive in token of offering whereof they make much Oyl CHAP. XIII For to return from Sinai to Jerusalem NOw when a man hath visited the holy place of St. Katharine and he will turn to Jerusalem if he shall first take leave of the Monks and recommend him especially to their prayers then those Monks will freely give to Pilgrims Victuals to pass through the Wilderness to Sury so much as shall last thirtéen days journey And in that Wilderness dwell many Arabians that men call Bedions and Ascopards These are Folks that are still of all manner of ill conditions and they have no Houses but Tents which they make of Beasts skins as of Camels and other Beasts which they eat and thereunder they lie and they seek to dwell in places where they may find water near the Red Sea for in that Wilderness is great want of water and it falleth out that where a man findeth water one time he findeth it not another time And therefore make they no Houses in those Countreys These men that I speak of Till not the Land for they eat no bread except it be those that dwell near a good Town and they rost their Fish and Flesh upon hot stones against the Sun and they are strong men and warlike but they do little but hunt wild Beasts for their sustenance and they set not by their lives therefore they dread not the Soldan nor any Prince of the World And they had great War with the Soldan at the same time that I was with the Soldan They bear but a Shield and a Spear to defend them with and they use no other Armour but they wind their Heads with a Linnen Cloth CHAP. XIV When men are passed this Wilderness then to come again to Jerusalem AND when men have passed this Wilderness to come to Jerusalem they pass by Bersheba that was sometime a fair and a rich Town of Christians and yet is there some of the Churches left and in that Town dwelt Abraham the Patriarch This Town of Bersheba was founded by Vrias on whose Wife David begat Solomon the wise that was King of Jerusalem and of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and he reigned forty years and from thence men go to the Vale of Ebron that is from thence near twelve miles and some call it the Vale of Mambre and it is called the Vale of Tears forasmuch as Adam in that Vale bewailed an hundred years the Death of his Son Abel whom Cain slew And this Ebron was sometime the principal City of the Philistims and there dwelt Byants and it was frée so that all that had done evil in other places were there saved In Ebron Joshua and Caleb and their Company came first to espy how they might win the Land of Promise In Ebron David reigned first seven years and a half and in Jerusalem he reigned two and thirty years and a half and there be the Graves of the Patriarchs Adam Abraham Isaac and Jacob and of their Wives Eve Sara Rebekah and Leah and they Ise in the side of the Hill And beside this Hill is a right fair Church builded after the fashion and manner of a Castle which the Sarasins kéep right well and they have the place in great Worship for the Holy Patriarchs sake that
Israel and kept them from the peril of death therefore she had a good reward as Holy Writ saith Quicunque accipit prophetam in nomine meo mercedem Prophetae c. that is he that receiveth a Prophet in my name he shall receive the reward of a Prophet CHAP. XXX Of the holy places between Bethany and the River Jordan and other things ALso from Bethany men go to the River of Jordan through the Wilderness and it is near a daies journey betwéen Toward the East is a great Hill where our Lord fasted forty daies upon this Hill was Christ tempted of the Devil when he said to him Command that these stones be made Bread and there is an Hermitage where dwelleth certain Christians called Georgians for S. George converted them and upon that Hill dwelled Abraham a great while and as men go to Jericho sate the sick men crying Jesu fili David miserere nobis that is Iesus the Son of David have mercy upon us And two miles from Jericho is the River Jordan And ye shall understand that the Dead Sea parteth the Land of Juda and Araby and the water of that Sea is bitter and it casteth out a thing that men call Aspatam as great pieces as an Horse and Hierusalem is two hundred furlongs from the Sea and it is called the Dead Sea because it runneth not neither may any Man or Beast live therein and that hath béen proved many times for they have cast there in men that were judged to death nor no man may drink of the water and if men cast Iron therein it cometh up again but if a man cast a Feather therein it sinketh which is against kind And thereabout grow Trées that bear fruit of fair colour and séem ripe but when a man breaketh or cutteth them he findeth nought in them but coals and ashes in token that through the vengeance of God those Cities were burnt with the Fire of Hell And some men call that Lake the Lake of Asphaltid and some call it the Pool of the Devil and some call it the stinking Pool for the water thereof stinketh There sank those five Cities through the wrath of God that is Sodom Gomor Aldema Sabome Segor for the sin of Sodomy that reigned in them but Segor through the prayer of Lot was saved a great while for it stood upon a Hill and yet appeareth much thereof above the water and men may sée the walls in clear weather and in this city of Segor Lot was made drink by his Daughters and lay with them for they thought that God would have destroyed all the World as he did with Noes Floud and therefore they lay by their Father that men might born of them into the World and at the right side of the sea standeth Lots Wife in a Pillar of Salt because she looked back when the City sank down CHAP. XXXI Of Abraham and his Generation ANd ye shall understand that Lot was Harans Son Abrahams Brother and Sara Abrahams Wife was Lots Sister and Sara was ninety years old when she bare Isaac and Abraham had another Son named Ishmael that he had gotten of his Maiden Hagar and he was fourtéen years of age when Isaac was born and when Isaac was eight daies old he was circumcised and his other son Ishmael was circumcised the same day and was fourtéen years of age therefore the Sarasins that be of the Generation of Ishmael do circumcise them at fourtéen years of age and the Jews that be of the Generation of Isaac do circumcise them the eighth day of their age And into that dead sea aforesaid runneth the River Jordan and maketh there an end and this is within a mile of Saint Johns Church and a little beneath that same Church westward were the Christians wont to bathe them and a mile thence is the River Loth through which Jacob went when he came to Mesopotamia CHAP. XXXII Of the River Jordan THis River Jordan is no great nor no deep River but there is much good Fish therein and there cometh from Mount Lybany two Wells that men call Jor and Dan and of them it saketh the Name and upon the one side of that River is Mount Gelboe and there is a fair Plain And on the other side men go by Mount Lybany to the Desart of Pharaon Those Hills part the Kingdom of Sury and the Country of Phenice On that Hill grow Cedars that bear long Apples which are as much as a mans head This River Jordan divideth Galile and the land of Idumia and the land of Betron and it runneth into a Plain that men call Meldam in the Sarasins Language and in English Fair because oft-imes there be kept great Fayrs and in that Plain is the Tomb of holy Job In this River Jordan our Lord was baptized and there was the Voice of the Father heard saying Hic est filius meus dilectus in quo acquiesco ipsum audita that is This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased hear him And the Holy Ghost descended on him in likeness of a Dove and so was there at his Baptism all the Trinity And through the River Jordan passed the Children of Israel on dry foot and set up stones in the midst of the water in token of that Miracle And also in that River Naaman the Assyrian bathed him who was Leprous and he was made whole And a little from thence is the city of Ay the which Joshua assailed and took And about the River Jordan are many Churches where Christians dwell Also by the River Jordan is the Vale of Mambre which is a fair Vale and plenteous CHAP. XXXIII Of many other Miracles ANd ye shall further understand that as we go from the Red-sea to pass forward to the land of Promise is a very strong Castle that men call Carran or Sermoyes that is the Kings Hill This Castle did the King of France make whose name was Bawdewin who conquered all the land and put it into the hands of Christians to kéep and under that Castle is a fair Town that is called Sabaoth and thereabout dwell many Christians under Tribute Then men go to Nazareth of the which our Lord had his Name and from Nazareth unto Jerusalem is thrée daies journey Also men go through the Province of Galile through Romatha through Sophyn and over the high Hill of Effrain where dwelt Hanna that was the Prophet Samuels Mother and there was he born and after his death was buried at Mount Joy as I have said before And after men come to Sybula where the Ark of God was kept under Helie the Prophet And there made the people of Israel their Sacrifice unto the Lord and there spake our Lord first to Samuel There also ministred God the Sacrament Néer thereby at the right side is Gabaon Rama and Benjamin of the which holy Writ speaketh After that men come to Sychem that some men call Sychar and that is in the Province of the Samaritans
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