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

Kingdome of the Persians of a great and long inheritance In this Countrey they doe finde greate plentie of pretious stones and of Turkies great store in the Mountaynes in the whiche Mountaynes is greate plentie of Vayne or Ore of Stéele and of Calamita In this Citie they do make greate plentie of costly saddles bridles and harnesses for Horses and for noble men Swords bowes and other riche furniture for Horse and man The Women of this Countrey doe nothing but commaunde their Seruauntes They make also there very riche cloth of gold and silke And in those Mountaynes be excéeding good Hawkes valiaunte and swifte of wings that no fewle can scape them And departing from Crerina you shall goe eyght dayes iourney in playne way full of Cities and Townes very faire and there is pleasaunte Hawking by the way great plentie of Partriches And being past the sayd eyght dayes iourney there is a going downe the hil of two dayes iourney whereas there is great plenty of frutes In the olde time there was manye Townes and houses and now there be none but heardmen that kéepe the Cattell in the field From the Citie of Crerina so this going down al the winter is so great cold that although they go very wel clothed they haue ynough to do to liue And being past this going downe two dayes iourney forwarde you shall come into a faire playne way the beginning whereof is a great faire Citie called Camath the whiche was in the old time noble and greate and nowe is not so for that the Tartars haue destroyed it That playne is very hote and that Prouince is called Reobarle There be apples of Paradise and Festucas and Medlars and diuers other goodly frutes in great abundance There be Oxen maruellous great the heare short and soft and the hornes short bigge and sharp and haue a greate rounde bunche betwéene the shoulders of two spannes long And when they will lade these Oxen they do knéele downe on theyr knées like Camels and being ladē do rise and they carrie great weight There the Shéepe be as greate as Asses hauing a greate tayle and thicke that will weigh .32 pound and be maruellous good to eate In that playne be many Cities townes with walles and Towers of a great heigth for the defence of the enimies called Caraones which be certaine Villages The people of that Countrey their Mothers be Indians and their fathers Tartars When that people will go a robbing they worke by enchantment by the Deuill to darken the aire as it were midnight bycause they woulde not bée séene a farre off and this darkenesse endureth seauen dayes And the Théeues that know well all the wayes goe togither withoute making anye noyse and as many as they can take they robbe The olde men they kill and the yong men they sell for slaues Their King is called Hegodar and of a truth I Marcus Paulus do tell you that I escaped very hardly from taking of these 〈◊〉 and that I was not slaine in that darkenesse but it pleased God I escaped to a towne called Ganassalim yet of my companie they tok● and slewe many This playne is towardes the South and is of seauen dayes iourney and at the end of them is a moūtayne called Detustlyno that is eightéene miles long more and is also very daungerous with théeues that do rob Merchauntes and all trauellers At the ende of this mountaine is a faire playne called the goodly playne which is seauen dayes iourney in the which there be many wels and date trées very good and this playne bordereth vpon the Ocean Sea and on the riuer of the sea is a Citie called Carmoe Of the Citie Carmoe and of many maruellous and straunge things that be there CHAP. 16. Carmoe is a greate Citie and is a good porte of the Ocean sea Thither do occupie Merchāts of the Indeas with spices cloth of gold silke and with precious stones and Elephantes téeth and is a Citie of great trade with merchaundize and is heade of that kingdome and the king is called M●nedanocomoyth It is very hote there and the ayre infectious When there doth dye any Merchaunt they doe make hauocke of all his goods In this Citie they do drinke wine made of Dates putting good spices to it yet at the beginning of dinner it is daungerous for those that be not vsed to it for it will make them very soluble streight waye but it is good to purge the body The people of that Countrey do not vse of our victuals for when they eate bread of wheate and fleshe by and by they fall sicke Their victuals is Dates salte Tonny Garlike Onyons The peopl● of that Countrey be blacke and be of the sect of Mahomet And for the great heate in the Sommer they dwell not in the town but in the 〈◊〉 and in gardens and Orchyards There be many riuers and Wels that euery one hath faire water for his garden and there be manye that dwell in a desart wheras is al sande that ioyneth to that playne And those people assoone as they féele the great heate they goe into the waters and there tarrie till the beate of the daye be past In that countrey they do sowe their wheate and corne in Nouember and gather it in Marche And in thys time the fruites be greater than in any place And after March is passe the grasse hearbes and leaues of trées doe drie sauing of Date trées which continue till Maye And in that countrey they haue this custome ●hat when the husband doth dye the wife and hir friendes doe wéepe once a day for the space of foure yeares Of the Citie of Crerima and the death of the Olde man of the Mountaine C●AP 17. LEauing hers this Citie and not declaring any more of the Indians I retourne to the Northwar●●● declaring of those prouinc●s 〈◊〉 ●nother way to the Citie Crerima aforesayde for bycause that way that I would tell of could not be trauelled to Crerima for the crueltie of the king of that c●●untrie wh●●●e is called Ren 〈◊〉 ela vacomare from whome fewe coulde scape bu● eyther were robbed or slayne And for this cause manye kings did paye him tribute and hys name is as muche to saye as the olde man of the mountayne But I wyll nowe declare vnto you howe this cruell King was taken prisoner in the yeare of our Lord .1272 Alan King of the Tartars of the East hearing of the greate crueltie of this olde m●n of the Mountayne that he did sent a great host of men and besette his Castell rounde about and thus continued three yeares and coulde neuer take it till that victuals did sayle them for it was very strong and vnpossible to be gotten At the length Alan toke the Caste●● and the old man of the Mountayne and of al his Souldioures and men be caused the heads to be stricken off and from that time forwarde that way was

plesure in Hawking and hunting a Citie vpon the Sea side called Gloza Good Horses ●alled accor●ing to the Countrey Torch●manos and good Moyles Goodly rich and faire carpets made heere Cloth of silke of Crimson and other couloures made heere Heere was Brio● Blase martyred Heere on a high Mounta●ne rested the Arke of Noe after the ●ound Heere be Chris●ians of the sect of the Nestorians and Iacobites Here is a wel that the water is like to Oyle and is occupyed for diuers purposes Heere was King Alexander put backe and could not be suffered to passe In this countrey be many fayre Cities and Townes wher is made great plenty of cloth of gold and of silke Excellente good hawkes Great trade of Merchandise A Monastery of Monckes of the order of S. Bernard A water or lake of syxe hundred miles compasse wherein is no fish but only in the Lent. Euphrates Here is made cloth of golde and silke called Mosulinus Thorough this Citie B●l●●ch goeth a Riuer and entreth into Sinos P●r●icus Great trade vp and down this Riuer to and from the Indians Here is made cloth of golde and of silke called cloth of Nafi●h C●l●pho is among the Moo●es as the Pop● is in Christ●dome T●is Citie was wonne in Anno. 1230. by Al●n King of the Ta●tars and he put the Calipho into a Tower among his treasure and so was famished This Citie Totis is a noble Citie and of great trade of merchandise There is made cloth of gold and of silke very rich To this City there comme●h Merchants from diuers countreys A great miracle A Mountain remoued frō one place to another The Calipho became christned and a great nūber of his Moores In this Citie Sabba the three Kings met that wēt to worship Christ and heere they were buried The three Kings offered Gold Incense and Myrre A miracle if it be true Heere is great plenty of fayre Horses Moyles and Asses Heere is made great plentie of rich cloth of gold silke Heere they do make gret plentie of cloth of golde and silke Pretious stones as Turkises and others Sadles and bridles and other costly furniture for Horses Cloth of gold and silke Excellent good hawkes Sheepe as great as asses Enchantmēt Great trade of Merchāts When the husband dyeth the wife the friends do ●eep once a day for the space of four yeares Great plenty of salte Good wines and great drinkers For lacke of cloth the people weare skinnes of such beastes a● they kil N●gromancers A Citie of 3. days iourney long Sheep that haue hornes of foure or fiue and ten spans long Fortie daye● iourney and haue no habitation Iaspes and Calcedonies The Citie Iob. A rich mouening good cheare Prester Iohn slaine in batte● by Chenchis King of the Ta●tars The first Emperour of the Tartars called Great Cane In this moūtaine Alchay be al the gret Canes buryed The Tartares doe make them Idols of feltes and other baggage The Nobilitie Gentlemen go in cloth of gold and silke furred with rich furres The Tarta●es going a warfare carrie with them a thing made in paste of Mares milke and other compounds and do serue for his drinke When any of the Tartares sonnes dye and also a daughter of another then they do marrie these two togither saying they shall be so in the other worlde The voice of euil spirites heard Mons●rous greate O●en a● bi●ge as El●p●ants Heere is the best Muske in the world I think these be Peacocks Heere be Chamlets made Heere is founde the stone called Lap●s ●●gu●i wherewith th●y do make a syne bl●we Heere was the imperiall seate of P●ester Iohn Here be Cranes of fiue sorts or colours The wall of this house is gilded Her● y Emperor hath great store of Haukes of all sortes Here y Cane doth make sacrifice with milke ro his Idols Al y Mares the great Cane do ride on be white A superstitious beliefe y great Cane hath Here his enchaunters do worke by the Diuel A great Monas●erie of Monkes Three hundred thousand fighting men The pollicie of the great Cane A strange kind of death to his cousin The great Cane ha●h foure wiues and they kepe great Courts The great Cane hath many Concubines The greate Cane had by his foure wiues two and twenty sonnes after his eldest son dyed who should haue bin king His sonne was heyre and kept a great Cou●t Cambalu This is a goodly Citie and well ordered At euery gate is a thousand m●n that do watch No common woman may dwell within the Citie Aboue a thousande Cartes with silke goeth euery daye out of this Line The greate Cane is garded nightly with twentie thousande Horsemen The manner of the greate Cane at hys ●inner with his wiues and children Commonly foure thousand persons do sitte in that Hall at a dinner A vessell of fine gold tha● will holde tenne Hogsheads of Wine and four of siluer bigger than that Euery one that sitteth at the tables hath a cuppe of gold before him Euery one that bringeth meate or drinke to the Table hath a towell of golde and silke before his mouth Great feast is made euerie yeare the day when the great Cane was borne He giueth a rich Liuerie Euery Liuerie is worth a thousande Markes The Tartares begin their yeare the first day of February Tenne thousand white Horses and Mares presented to the great Cane Al his nobilitie do ●ncle and worshi● the Cane as if he were an Idol A great and rich offering The great Cane doth giue liueri●s 13. times in a yeare and euery time he changes his colours Four months he doth continue in Camballo No man may hunt no haul● nor foule within thirtie days iourney of his Citie Two noble men be maisters of his dogs and they haue ten thousand mē apeece The grea● Cane hath with him ten thousand Faulcons fiue thousand Gerfaulcons They do neuer leese Faulcon nor Gerfaulcon A straunge going a hauking There be at the least ten thousand tēts and pauilions set vp in the fielde These two tents bee of a good valure Three dayes he doth make great cheare after his hunting is ended The money t●at is vsed in those countries He ●hat doth counter●a●e hys co●ne s●●ll ●e destroyed to the t●●r●e gener●tion The noble men that doe set order for all the greate Canes affaires Marcus Paulus was made the Emperoures Embassador The riuer Poluisanguis A goodly Bridge and long Here is plentie of cloth of Golde Here is much armor ●●●de A King was made a sheephearde by Prester Iohn Cloth of gold and cloth of silke made The inside of the pallace wall is layde on with gold M●ngi a citie Great trade o● Merchand●se M●ng● Here be many Muske cuttes A bridge of a myle long and eight paces brode of marble and housen on it Here be Canes of fifteen paces long and ten spans about No maydens may marrie in this Countrey For lacke of wollen cloth they do wear Canuas and wilde beastes Skynnes