¶ Here begynneth a lytell treatyse or booke named Iohan MauÌ„deuyll knyght born in Englonde in the towne of saynt Albone speketh of the wayes of the holy londe towarde Iherusalem of marueyles of Ynde of other dyuerse couÌ„trees FOr as moche as the londe ouer the see that is to saye the holy londe that men calle the londe of hetynge Amonge all other londes it is the moost worthyest londe souerayn of other londes and it is blessyd halowed sacred of the precyous blood of our lor de Ihesu cryste In the whiche londe it lâ—ed hym to take flesshe blood of the virgyne Maâ—y and to enuyron that londe with his owne feet And the re he wolde do many myracles and preche teche the fayth the lawe of vs crysten men as vnto his childern And therfore he wolde suffre many repro ues scornes for vs. And he that was kyng of heuen of erthe of ayer of see and of all thynges that are conteyned in them wolde all oonly be called kyng of that londe whan he sayd Rex suÌ„ iudeorum I am kyng of Iewes For that tyme was that londe of Iewes that londe had he chosen before all other londes as for the best the moost vertuous for the moost worthyest of the worlde And as the phylosophre sayth thus Virtus rerum in medio consistit That is to saye vertue of thynges is in the myddes in that londe he wolde lede his lyf and suffre passyon deth of the Iewes for vs and for to delyuer bye vs fro the paynes of helle fro deth withouten ende the whiche was ordeyned to vs for the synne of our fader Adam for our owne synnes also For as hymself he had none euyll deserued for he thought neuer euyll ne dyde neuer euyll And he that was kyng of glorye and Ioye myght best in that place suffre deth For he yâ— wyll do ony thynge that he wyll be knowen open ly He wyll do crye it openly in the myddell place of a towne or of a cyte so that it may be knowen to all partyes of the cyte So he that was kyng of all the worlde wolde suffre deth for vs at Ierusalem that is in myddes of the worlde so that it myght be knowen to men of all partyes of the worlde how dere he bought man that he had made to his owne lykenesse for the grete loue that he had to vs for more worthyer catell ne myght he haue set for vs than his owne blessyd body his owne precyoê° blood the whiche he suffred for vs. A dere god what loue he had to his subgettts Whan he that had done no trespas wolde for trespassours suffre deth By ryght ought men to loue worshyp and drede serue suche a lorde and worshyp prayse suche a holy londe that brought forth suche fruyte thrugh the whiche euery maâ—â—s saued but yf it be his ow ne defaute This is the londe behyght to vs in he ry age in that londe wolde he deye as cessed to leue it to his childern For the whiche euery good crysten man that may hath wherof sholde strength hym for to conquere our ryght herytage chace out the euyll peoples handes for we are called cry sten men of Cryste our fader And yf we be ryght childern of Cryste we owe for to chalenge the herytage that our fader lefte vs do it out of strauÌ„ge mens handes But now pryde couetyse enuye hath so enflaÌ„med the hertes of lordes of the worl de that they are more besy for to dysheryte theyr neyghbours than for to chalenge or conquere theyr ryght herytage before sayd And the comon people that wolde put theyr bodyes catell for to conque re our herytage they may not do without lordes for assemblynge of the people without a chyef lorde is as a flocke of sheep that hath no sheepherde the whiche departe asondre wote neuer wheder that they sholde go But wolde god that the worldly lordes were at good accorde and with other of theyr comon people wolde take this holy vyage ouer the see I trowe well that within a lytell tyme our ryght herytage before sayd sholde be reconsyled put in the handes of the ryght eyres of Ihesu cryste And for as moche it is longe tyme that there was no generall passage ouer the see many men desyre to here speke of the holy londe and haue therof grete solace coâ—forte ¶ Iohn mauÌ„deuyle knyght Though it so be that I be not wor thy that was born in Englonde in the towne of saynt Albone passed the see in the yere of the Incarnacyon of our lorde Ihesu cryste M. CCC xxxij on the daye of saynt Myghell hyderwarde hath be longe tyme ouer the see haue seen gone thrugh many londes many prouynces and kyngdomes yles and haue passed thrugh Turky thrugh At mony the lytell the grete thrugh Tartary thorugh Percy thrugh Syry thrugh Araby thrugh Egypt the hygh the lowe thrugh kyby thrugh Caldee a grete parte of Ethyope thrugh Ama zonie thrugh Ynde the lesse the more a grete par te and thrugh many other yles whiche are about Ynde where many dyuerse people dwelled of dyuerse lawes shappes of 〈◊〉 â—des and yles I shall speke more plaâ— I shall deuyse a par te of thynges what they are whan tyme shall be after it may come to my mynde and specyall for theym that wyll are in purpose for to vysyte the holy cyte of Ierusalem the holy places that are there about I shall telle the waye that they shall holde thyder for I haue many tymes passed ryden it with good company of many lordes ¶ He that wyll go towarde Ierusalem on hors or a foot or by the see Ca. pmuÌ„ IN the name of god almyghty He that wyll passe ouer the see he may go many wayes bothe on londe see after the couÌ„trees that he cometh fro and many of theym come all to one ende but trowe not that I wyll telle all the townes cytees castels that men shall go by for than sholde I make to longe tale but all oonly some couÌ„trees moost pryncypall cytees or townes that men shall go thrugh to go the ryght waye ¶ Fyrst yf a man come from the west syde of the worlde as Englon de Irlonde Wales Scotlonde Norweye he may go yf he wyll thrugh Almayne thrugh the kyngdome of Hungery that marches to the londe of Poyal me to the londe of Pannony of Allesey And the kyng of Hungary is a ryght grete lorde and a myghty holdeth grete and moche londe for he holdeth the londe of Hungery of Allesey Coma me a grete parte of Bulgary that men calle the londe of Buggers a grete parte of the kyngdome of Rosse that lasteth to the londe of Nyflon de marches vnto Pruysse and
men go thus thorugh the londe of Hungery thrugh a cyte that men calle Cypren besyde the castell of Newburgh thrugh the ylle towne that is towarde the ende of Hungery so ouer the ryuer of Danowe this is a full grete ryuer goth in to Almayne vnder the hylles of Lumbardy it taketh in to hym xl other ryuers it renneth thrugh Hungery thorugh Grece thrugh Tartary and goth in to the see so strongly with so grete myght that the water is fresshe xl myle within the see afterwarde go men to Belgraue and entre in to the londe of Buggers there passe men a brydge of stone that is ouer the ryuer Marroh men passe thrugh the londe of Pynteras come to Grece to the cyte of Sterny to the cyte of Affynpayn and so to the cy te of Constantynople that was somtyme calledâ— Bessamorn and there dwelled comonly the Emperour of Grece To Constantynople is the best the fayrest chirche of the worlde it is of saynt Sophy And before this chirche is an ymage of Iustynpan them perour gylt and it is vpon an hors crowned it was wonte to holde a rouÌ„de appell in his honde men saye there that it is a token that the Emperour hath lost a grete parte of his londe for the appell is fallen out of the ymages hande also that he hath lost a grete parte of his lordshyp For he was wonte to be Emperour of Rome of Grece of all Asyen the lesse of Surry of the londe of Iude in the whiche is Ierusalem of the londe of Egypt of Percy and Araby but he hath lost but Grece the londe that longed therto all only and men wolde many tymes put the appell in the ymages honde but it wolde not holde it This appell beto keneth the lordshyd that he had ouer all the worlde And the other honde he holdeth lyft vp ayenst the eest in token for to manasse mysdoers this ymage standeth vpon a pyler of marble At Constantynople is the crosse of our lorde his cote without seme the spouÌ„ge and the rede of the whiche the Iewes gaue our lorde drynke galle on the crosse there is one of the nayles that Cryste was nayled with to the crosse Some men wene that half of the crosse of Cryste be in Cypres in an abbey of monkes that men call the hylle of the holy crosse but it is not so for that crosse yâ— is in Cypres is the crosse on the whiche Dysmas the good theeâ— was hanged but all men wote not that yâ— is yllâ— done but for yâ— getynge of the offrynges they sayâ— that it is the crosse of our lorde Ihesu cryste And ye shall vnderstande yâ— the crosse of our lorde was made of four maner of trees as it is conteyned iâ— this verse In cruce sit palma cedrus cipressus oliua For the pyece that wente ryght vp from the erthe vnto the heed was of cypres the pyece that went ouerthwart to the whiche the handes were nayled was of palme the stocke yâ— stode within the erthe to the whiche they had made a morteys was of ce dre the table aboue his heed that was a foot a half longe on the whiche the tytle was wryten in Ebrewe in Grewe in Latyn that was of olyue And the Iewes made the crosse of thyse four maner of trees for they trowed that our lorde Ihesu cryste sholde haue hanged so longe vpon the crosse as longe as the crosse myght laste therfore made they the foot of cedre for cedre may not in the erthe ne in water rotte they wolde it sholde haue last longe for they trowed that the body of Cryste sholde haue stonken that pyece is made of cypre for it is well smellynge so that the smelle of his body shold not greue to man that come forby that ouerthwart was made of palme for in the olde testament it was ordeyned that whan ony had the vyctory he was crowned with palme and for they trowed that they had the vyctory of Ihesu cryste therfore they made the pyece that went ouerth wart of palme and the table of the tytle they made of olyue for olyue betokeneth peas as the story of Noe wytnesseth whan the douue brought the brauÌ„che of olyue that betokeneth peas made bytwene god and man Also the Iewes trowed to haue had peas whan Cryste was deed for they sayd that he made dyscorde stryf amonge theyÌ„ And ye shall vnderstande that our lorde was nayled to the crosse lyenge therfore he suffred the more payne Also in Grece the crysten men that dwelle ouer the see saye that the tree of crosse that we calle cypres was of that tree that Adam ete the appell soo fynde they wryten they saye as theyr scrypture sayth that whan Adam was syke he sayd to his sone Seth yâ— he sholde go to paradyse praye the angell that kepeth paradyse that he wolde sende hym of the oyle of the tree of mercy for to anoynt with his meÌ„bres that he myght haue hele And Seth went but the angell wolde hym not late come in at the dore but sayd vnto hym that he myght not haue of the oyle of mercy but he toke to hym four graynes of the same tree that his fader ete the appell badde hyÌ„ as soone as his fader was deed that he sholde put this graynes vnder hâ— tonge graue hym therof sholde growe a tree whan that tree bare fruyt than sholde Adam be hole And whan Seth came agayne he founde his fader deed he dyde with the graynes as the angell â—adde hym of the whiche came four trees of the whiche was a crosse made that bare good frâ—yte That is to saye our sauyour Ihesu cryste thrugh whome Adam all that come of hym where saued delyucred from euerlastynge deth but yf it be theyr owne defaute This holy crosse the Iewes hydde vnder the erthe vnder the roche of mouÌ„t Caluary it laye there two hondred yere more vnto the tyme that saynt Eleyne fouÌ„de it the whiche saynt Eleyne was the moder of Constaunce the Emperour of Rome she was doughter of kyng Alle that was kyng of Englonde that than was called the grete Brytay â—e whom the Emperour toke to wyf for her grete beaute whan he was in that couÌ„tree And ye shall vnderstande that the crosse of our lorde was in the lengthe viij cubytes and that ouerthwart hadde in lengthe iij. cubytes and an half A parte of the crowne of our lorde â—hu wherwith he was crowned one of the nayles and the spere heed many other relyques are in Fraunce to Parys in the chapell of the kyng of FrauÌ„ce the crowne lyeth in a vessell of crystall well dyght and rychely for a kyng of Fraunce bought thyse relyques somtyme of the Iewes to whom themperour had layde theym to
therfore sarrasyns yâ— are deuoute drynke no wyne openly ellys they sholde be repreued but they drynke good beuerage swete and norysshyn ge that is made of Lalamels therof is sugour made Also it befalleth somtyme that crysten men become sarrasyns eyther thrugh pouerte or symplenes or wyckednesse And therfore theyr archebysshop whan he receyueth theym sayth thus Laeles ella Machomet rozes ella That is to saye There is noo god but one and Machomet his messenger And sythen I haue tolde you a parte of theyr lawe and of theyr customes and now I shall saye you of theyr letters that they haue with theyr names Fyrst they haue for A almoy bethath for b. cathi c. ephoti for d. delphoy e. fothy f. garophin g. hechun h. iocchi i. kathi k. lothun l. malach m. nahalot n. orthy o. choziri p. zoth q. rutholat r. routhi s. solathi t. chatimê° v. yrithom x. mazot z. zatepin â— iohetê° â— thyse are the names Thyse foure letters they haue yet more for dyuersyte of theyr langage for as moche as they spake so in theyr throtes as we haue A in our langage and speke in Englonde Two letters may than they haue in theyr a. b. c. That is to saye y and z the whiche are called thorn and zowx ¶ Of the yles and of the meruayllous people and dyuerse beestes ca. xlvij ANd sythen I haue deuysed before of the ho ly londe and countrees there about many wayes thyder and to mouÌ„t Synay to Babylon and other places of the the whiche I haue spoken ¶ And fro thens men goo to a cyte that is called Tanzyâ— and that is a fayre cyte good Besyde that Cyte is an hylle of salte and therof euery man take what he wyll and there dwelled many crysten men vnder trybute of the sarrasyns Fro thens men go thrugh many cytees townes and many castels towarde Ynde and than come to a cyte that men calle Cassage that is a fayre cy se and in that cyte is haâ—ondaunte of corne and wynes and of all maner goodes and there met the thre kynges togyder that wente to make theyr offrynge to our lorde in Bethleem Fro that cyte men go to a cyte that men calle Cardabago and paynyms saye that crysten men may not dwelle there but they deye soone they wote not the cause And fro thens men go thorugh many couÌ„trees cytees townes that it were to longe to telle to the cyte of Carnaa that was wonte to be so grete that the walle about was of xxv myle the walle sheweth yet but it is not now in habyte with men there endeth the londe of the Emperour of Percy ¶ Of the countree of Iob and of the kyngdome of Caldee ca. xlix ON the other syde of that cyte of Carnaa men entre in to the londe of Iob that is a good londe grete plente of all fruytes and men calle that londe the londe of Swere In this londe is the cyte of Thomar Iob was a paynym also he was Cofraas sone and he helde that londe as prynce therof and he was so ryche that he knewe not the hondreth perte of his good and after his pouerte god made hym rycher than euer he was before for after he was kyng of Ydumea after the deth of kyng Esau whan he was kyng he was called Ioab and in that kyngdome he lyued C. yere and. lxx soo that he was of age whan he deyed CC. yere and. xlvin And in this londe of Iob is no defaute of no thynge that is nedefull to manes body There ben hylles where men fynde manna manna is called angels brede that is a whyte thyn ge ryght swete moche swetter than sugour or ho ny that cometh of the dewe of heuen that falleth on the herbes there it congeled waxed whyte men do it in medycynes for ryche men This londe mar ches to the londe of Caldee that is a grete londe and there is full fayre folke well apparaylled and they goo rychely arayed with clothe of golde and with perles and other precyous stones But the woman are ryght foule euyll cladde and go bare foot and bere an ylle cote large wyde and short vnto theyr knees and haue longe sleues downe to the foot and they haue grete blacke here longe hangynge about theyr shulders they are ryght foule for to loke vpon that I dare not telle it all by cause that I am worthy for to haue a grete rewarde for my praysynge of theym In this londe of Caldee aforsayd is a cyte that men calle Hur and in that cyte was Abraham the patryarke borne ¶ Of the kyngdom of Amasony where as dwelled but wymmen ca. l. AFter the londe of Caldee is the londe of Amasony that is a londe where is no man but all wyÌ„men as men say for they wyll suffre no man lyue amonge theym ne to haue lordshyp ouer theym For somtyme was a kyng in that londe men were dwellynge there as dyde in other couÌ„trees had wyues it befelle that the kyng had a grete war re with theym of Sychy he was called Colopiê° and he was slayne in batayll all the good blood of his londe And this quene whan â—he herde that other ladyes of that londe that the kyng the lordes were slayne they gadred theym togyder kylled all the men that were left in theyr londe amonge theym sythen that tyme dwelled no man amon ge theym And whan they wyll haue ony man to lye by them they sende for theym in a couÌ„tree that is nere to theyr londe the men come are therâ— viij dayes or as the woman lykes than go they agayne and yf they haue men childern they sende theym to theyr faders whan they can ete go â— yf they haue mayde childern they kepe theym â–ª and yf they be of gentyll blood they brenne the lefte pappe a waye for berynge of a shelde yf they be of lytell blood they brenne the ryght pappe awaye for shotynge For those wyÌ„men of that couÌ„tree are good warryours are often in soâ—de with other lordes the quene of that londe gouerneth well that londe this londe is all enuyronned with water Besyde Amasony is the londe of Termagute that is a good londe prouffytable and for goodnesse of that londe kyng Alexander dyde ma ke a cyte there that he called Alexander ¶ Of the londe of Ethyope ca. li. ON the other syde of Caldee towarde yâ— south syde is Ethyope a greâ—e londe In this londe on the south are the folke ryght blacke In that sy de is a welle that on the daye the water is so colde that no man may drynke therof on the nyght it is so hote that no man may suffre to put his honde in it In this londe the ryuers all the waters are troublous somdele salt for the grete hete men of that
the brynger wyll in this TempluÌ„ dmÌ„ were wonte to be chanons regulers and they had an abbot to whome they were obedy ent and in this Temple was Charlemayn whan the angell brought hym the prepuys of our lorde whan he was cyrcuÌ„cysed and after kyng Charles dyde brynge it to Acon in to our ladyes chapell ¶ Yet of the Temple of god ca. xxiij ANd ye shall vnderstande yâ— this is not the Temple that Salomon made for yâ— Tem ple lasted but a thousande an hondred two yere For Tytus Despasianus sone yâ— was Emperour of Rome that layd syege about Ierusalem for to dyscomfyte yâ— Iewes for they had do Cryst to deth without â—eue of the Emperour whan he had ta ken the Cyte he dyde brenne the Temple cast it downe toke all the Iewes put of theym to deth .xi. C.M. and the other he put in pryson and solde xxx for a peny for they sayd that they bought â—hu cryst for xxx pens And sythen gaf Iulyan aposcata leue to the Iewes to make the Temple of Ie rusalem agayne for he hated crysten men yet he was crysten but he forsoke his lawe And whan yâ— Iewes had made the Temple than came an erthe quaue as god wolde caste downe all yâ— they had made Sythen Adryan themperour yâ— was of them of Troye made Ierusalem agayne the Temple in that same maner that Salomon made it wolde that no Iewe sholde dwelle there but all cry sten men for yf all it were so that he was not crystened he loued crysten men more than ony other men saue men of his owne fayth And this Emperour dyde enclose walle the chirche of the holy sepulcre within the cyte yâ— before was ferre with out the cyte he wolde haue chauÌ„ged the name of Ierusalem called it Helyam but yâ— name lasted not longe And ye shall weâ—e that the sarasyns do gre te worshyp to that Temple they saye that place is â—ght holy whan they go there in they go bare foot knele many tymes downe And whan my felowes I came there in we dyde of our harneyse came hare foot in to the Temple thought that we sholde doo as moche or more than they that were mystrowynge and this Temple is thre score and thre cubytes of wydenesse and as moche of length and .xxxij. cubytes in the heyght couered with leed it is within full of pylers of marble And in myddes of the Temple is a stage of .xxiiij grees of heyght good pylars all about This place called the Iewes Sancta sanctorum That is to saye Holy of holyes in that place cometh none but oonly theyr prelate that maketh theyr sacre fyce the people standeth all about in dyuerse sta ges after they are of dygnyte of worshyp and there be four entrynges to that Temple the do res are of cypres well dyght within the eest dore our lorde sayd here is Ierusalem And on the north syde within the dore is a fontayne but it renneth not of the whiche holy wrytte speketh sayth thê° â—idi aquaÌ„ egredienteÌ„ de templo That is to saye I sawe water comynge out fro the Temple And vpon the other syde is a roche that men called somtyme Moryach but after was it called Belet or the arke of god with the relykes of the Iewes This arke dyde Tytus carye with hym to Rome whan he had dyscomfyted all the Iewes In that same ar ke were the .x. coÌ„mauÌ„dementes of Arons rodde of Moyses rodde with whiche he departed with the reed see whan the people of Israell passed thorugh on drye foot with that rodde he dyde many wondres there was a vessell of golde full of Manna clothynge ornamentes and the taber nacle of Aron a table square of golde with .xij. precyous stones and a boxe of Iaspes grene with foure fygures viij names of our lorde within and .vij. candelstyckes of golde four censers of golde an awter also of golde and foure lyons of golde vpon the whiche they had Cherubyn of golde xij span longe a tabernade of golde and also xij trompettes of syluer a table of syluer and. vij barly loues all other relyhes that were before the Natyuyte of Ihesu Also vpon this Roche slept Iacob whan he sawe angels go vp and dnwne sayd â—ere locus iste sanctus est et ego ig norabaÌ„ That is to saye Forsoth this place is holy I wyst it not And there the angell chauÌ„ged Iacobs name called hym Israell And in that place sawe Dauyd the angell that slowe the people with a swerde put it all blody in the shethe And in this roche was saynt Symeon whan he re ceyued our lorde in to the Temple on this roche he sette hym whan the Iewes wolde haue stonedr hym and the roche ryued in two in that ryft he hydde hym a sterre came done gate hym lyght And on this roche sate our lady lerned her saw ter And there forgaue our lorde the synnes to the woman that was taken fouÌ„de in aduoutry and there was our lorde Ihesu cryst cyrcuÌ„cysed there the angell denouÌ„ced to Zacharye the Natyuyte of saynt Iohn baptyst there offred fyrst Melchysedech brede wyne and water to our lorde in tokenynge of the sacrament that was to come And there felle Dauyd prayenge to our lorde for mercy for hym for his people whan he sawe the angell slee his people and our lorde anone herde his prayer therfore wolde he make the Temple in that place But our lorde Ihesu cryst forbadde hyÌ„ by an angell for he had done treason whan he dy de slee â—ryas a good knyght for to haue his wyf And therfore all that he hadr ordeyned for to make the Temple he betoke it vnto Salomon his sone and he made it he prayed our lorde that all those that prayed in that place deuoutly and with good herte that he wolde here that prayer grauÌ„te that they asked ryghtwysly our losde grauÌ„te it therfore Salomons sone called it the Temple of couÌ„seyll helpe of god Without the dores of that Temple is an awter where Iewes were wonte to offre douâ—es turtylles and in yâ— Temple was Zacharye slayne and on the pynnacle the Iewes sette saynt Iames on the erthe that fyrste was bysshop of Ierusalem and a lytell fro this Temple on the ryght syde is a chirche couered with leed that is called the scole of Salomon And towarde the south is the Temple Salon that is full fayre and a grete place and in this place dwelle knyghtes that are called Templers that was the founder therof and of theyr ordre and in that TempluÌ„ dmÌ„ dwelle chanons Fro this Temple towarde the eest at xxvi paces in a corner of the cyte is the bathe of our lorde this bathe was won te to