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enemy_n	footman_n	great_a	horseman_n	1,099	5	9.8381	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

Cublay Cane descended lineally of the imperiall stocke from Chenchis Cane from whence he must descende that shall be Lorde of the Tartares and this Cublay Cane beganne his raigne in the yere of our Lord God .1256 And as Chenchis Cane by his prouidence and wisedome made himselfe the firste Lord of the Tartares as is before declared so likewise this for his wisdome and prouidence contrarie to the good will of his kinred that would haue put him out of it did so cōserue and gouerne his Dominions and Countries til the yeare of our Lord God .1298 so that he raigned two and fortie yeares and was fiue and forty yeares old when he was made Emperor and euerye yeare hadde warres for he was valiant and expert in the warres but he himselfe after he was made Emperour neuer went to the warres but one time but alwayes sent his sonnes or some noble men whom he thought best And the cause wherefore hée went at that time in person was this In the yeare of our Lord God .1286 a nephew of his of the age of thirtie yeares Lord of many prouinces Cities and townes perceyuing himselfe to be subiecte to the greate Cane as his predecessors had ben determined in himself not to be subiect to anye and concorded with another kinseman of the great Canes whyche was called Cardin whyche mighte well make .100000 Horsemen and was mortall enimie to the greate Cane hys vncle and did moue warre both of them with theyr hostes agaynste the great Cane and hée hauyng knowledge thereof dyd not feare for hée was a Prince of maruellous greate power but incontinent he called hys people togither for to go against hys enimies and toke an oth that the crowne shoulde neuer come on his head till that he had cruelly reuenged hymselfe on them as Traytors and Rebels so that within two and twenty days he had ioyned particularly a great host of thrée hundred thousand fighting men of horsemen and footemen and woulde ioyne no greater an host nor haue it published abrode that his enimies shoulde haue knowledge of it and also for that he had many of his men of warre abroade in other places on warfare and coulde not bring them togither in so short a time But you shall vnderstande that when the greate Cane will make his power and take time to doe it he may ioyne so greate a number that it were a greate trouble to number them These thrée hundred thousande of fighting men be not all menne of experience for there were aboue foure thousande Falconers and Seruants and Courtiers that attended vppon the Kings person and serued in his Courts But thus hauing his hosts ioyned he commanded to be called before him his Astrologers and would know of them in what sort and time he shoulde set forward on this enterprise and they answered him that the time was good and that he shoulde haue victorie ouer his enimies and so incontinent set forwarde on his way with his people and came to a playne where as was Nauia with .200000 men tarrying there the comming of Caydu with another hundred thousand of horsemen for to set on the Countreys of the great Cane The Lordes of the great Cane had beset all the wayes and taken all the streytes that neither succoure shoulde come nor his enimies flée bycause he would take them all prisoners Nauia knowing nothing of this or that the great Cane had prepared himselfe for any warre for the greate Cane had before beset all the wayes and passages that no mā could passe to carrie any newes to Nauia and by this meanes not thinking nor stāding in any doubt thought he might well take his rest that nighte and all his people but the 〈◊〉 Cane was stirring in the morning betimes with all his ho●res and did sette his Campe hard by the place where as Nauia had his and founde them all vna●med and vnprouided not thinking any thing of it and perceyuing it he was in greate feare And the great Cane had made a great frame vpon an Elephant wherin his standerdes were caried and before and behinde and by the sides went his battels of Horsemen and footemen that is to say .25000 in a battell And with these battels be sette all the host of Nauia round and when Nauia sawe thys he lept on horsebacke and caused his trumpets to blowe and set his armie in as good order as he could and so ioyned battell whereas was a great and strong fighte and continued from morning till nighte and greate number slayne on both parties but at the end Nauia and his company were not able any longer to withstande the furie of the greate Canes armed men and beganne to flée in such sort that Nauia was taken prisoner and his people not being able to doe anye good submitted themselues to the great Cane and Nauia being presented aliue to the great Cane he caused him to be bounde vp in a Carpet and so long hée vsed him to bée caried that hée dyed and thys deathe hée gaue hym for that hée woulde not haue the bloud of Nauia béeing of his kindred fall to the grounde nor that the ayre shoulde sée hym dye an euill deathe After that Nauia was deade all his Lordes and other prisoners became sworne to the great Cane to be obediēt to him These foure prouinces were vnder the obedience of Nauia that is to say Furciorcia Guli Baston Scincinguy Now that I haue shewed you of the great Cane howe he paste with Nauia I will also declare vnto you of hys manner condition and person and of his wiues and children and of other things Of the personage of the great Cane and of his wiues and children CHAP. 54. THe great Cane that was called Cubla Cane was a manne of a ●iddle stature well fleshte and of good complexion and wel proportioned in al his mēbers well coloured of face his eyes black his nose well made he hath four that be his Legitimate wiues and his eldest sonne that he hath by his first wife doth kepe Court by himselfe and euerye one of these foure Quéenes haue in their Courtes 300. wayting women and many maydens with also many mē and women that do seruice in the Courtes for euery one of these foure Quéenes haue in their Courtes more than 4000. persons of men women maydens and seruaunts Also the greate Cane hath many Concubines of Tartars which be called Origiathe and be of a good and honest behauiour and of these the greate Cane hath a hundreth maydens chosen out for himselfe which be in a pallace by thēselues and haue auntient women to kéepe them And of these hundreth euery thrée dayes sixe of them doe serue and attend vpon the great Cane in his Chamber and the thrée dayes being past they doe returne to their Pallace agayne and other sixe come for to kéepe the great Canes Chamber And thus they do remoue from thrée dayes to thrée dayes The sayd great Cane had