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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06814	Than is there an other yle ye men call Dodye; Itinerarium. English	Mandeville, John, Sir.; Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-ca. 1399, attributed name.	1503 (1503)	STC 17249; ESTC S104361	29,815	62

of whiche they were dronken he sayd to them yf they wolde deye for his sake that whan they were deed they sholde come in to his Paradyse an● they sholde be of the age of those maydens sholde dwelle alwaye with theym and he sholde put theym in a fayre Paradyse where they sholde se god in his Ioye in his mageste and than they graunted to do what he wolde and he badde them go slee suche a lorde or a man of the coūtre that he was wroth with that they sholde haue no drede of no man and yf they were slayne themselfe for his sake he sholde put theym in his Paradyse whan they were deed And so wente those bachelers to slee grete lordes of the countree and were slayne themselfe in hope to haue that Paradyse thus he was auenged of his enemyes thorugh his deserte And whan ryche men of the countree perceyued this malyce and cautele the wyll of this Catolonabes they gadred theym togyder assayled the castell and slewe hym and destroyed all his goodes and his fayre places rychesse that were in his Paradyse the place of the walles is there yet and some other thȳges but y t rychesse is not there and it is not longe ago syth he was destroyed ¶ Of a meruaylous vale that is besyde the ryuer of Physon ca. lxxxxi ANd a lytell fro that place on the lyfte fyde besyde the Ryuer of Physon is a grete ●●teruayle There is a vale bytwene two hylles that is foure myle longe and some men calle it the valay enchaunted some the valey of deuy●les some the valey peryllous in that valey are many tempestes and a grete noyse and hydeous euery daye and nyght and somtyme as it were a noyse of Taburynes of ●akers and of trompettes as it were at a grete feest This valey is all full of deuylles hath ben alwaye men saye there y t it is an entre to helle In this valey is moche golde and syluer wherfore many crysten men other go thy der for couetyse of that golde syluer but fewe of theym come out agayne for they are anone strangled with deuylles in myddes of that vale vpon a roche is a vysage the heed of a fende bodyly ryght hydeous dredefull to se there is no thynge seen but the heed to the sholders but there is no crysten man in the worlde no other soo hardy that he ne sholde haue grete drede for to beholde it for he beholdeth eche man so sharpely so felly his eyen are so sterynge so sprenkelynge as fyre and he chaungeth so often his coūtenaūce that no man dare come nere for all the worlde and out of his mouth his nose cometh grete plente of fyre of dyuerse colours somtyme is the fyre so stynkynge that no man may suffre it but alwaye a good crysten man that is stable in the fayth may go there in without harme yf they shryue theym well and blysse theym with the token of the crosse than shall the deuylles haue no power of theym And ye shall vnderstande y t whan my felowes I were in tha● valey we had full grete thought yf we sholde put our bodyes in auenture to go thrugh it some of my felowes accorded therto some wolde not accorde therto there was in our company two freres mynours of Lombardy they sayd yf ony of vs wolde go in they wolde also as they had sayd so vpon truste of theym we sayd that we wolde go and we dyde synge a masse we were shryuen houseled and we wente in .xiiij. and whan he came out we were but .x. and we wyste not wheder our felowes were lost there or y t they torned agayne but we sawe nomore of theym other of our felowes y t wolde not go in with vs w●nte about ●p an other waye for to be before vs so they were we wente thrugh the valey sawe there many meruayllous thynges golde syluer precyous stones Iewelys grete plente on many sydes as vs thought wheder it was as it semed I wote not for I touched theym not for the deuylles are so subtyll queynt y t make many tymes a thynge to seme y ● it is not for to deceyue men therfore I wolde touche no thynge for drede of enemyes y ● I sawe in many lykenesses what of deed bodyes y t I sawe lye in the valey but I dare not saye that they were not all bodyes but they semed bodyes thrugh makynge of deuylles we were often casted downe to y ● erthe thrugh wynde thonder tempests but god he●ped as alway so passed we thrugh y ● valey without peryll harme thanked be god almyghty y ● kepte vs well ¶ Of an ylonde where in dwelled people as grete as geauntes of .xxviij. or .xxx. foot of length and other thynges ca lxxxxij ANd beyonde that valey is a grete yle where people are as grete as geaūtes of .xxviij. foot or .xxx. foot longe they haue no clothynge but bestes skynnes that hange on thém they ete no brede but flesshe rawe drynke mylke they haue no honses they ete gladlyer flesshe of men than of other men sayd vs that beyonde y t yle is one yle where are gretter geaūtes as of .xlv. or .l. foot longe some saye of .l. cubytes longe but I sawe not theym amonge those geaūtes are grete sheep as it were yonge oxen and they bere grete wolle thyse sheep haue I seen many tymes An other yle is there northwarde where are many yil felle women they haue precyous stones in theyr eyen they haue suche kynde y t yf they beholde ony man with wrath they slee theym of the beholdynge as the baselyske doth An other yle is there of fayre folke good where the custome is suche y t the fyrst nyght y t they are wedded they take a certayne man that is ordeyned therfore do hym lye by theyr wyues to haue theyr maydenhede they gyue hym grete rewarde for his trauayle those men are called Gadlybyryem for men of y ● coūtr● holde it a grete thynge to make a woman no mayden yf it be so y t the husbonde fynde her a mayden the next nyght after for perauenture he that laye by her was dronken or for ony other cause the husbonde shall playne of hym to the lawe that he hath not done his deuoure he shall greuously be punysshed chastysed but after y ● fyrst nyght they kepe theyr wyues well y ● ther speke not with those men I asked what was the cause why they had that custome they sayd somtyme men laye with theyr wyues fyrst none other theyr wyues had serpentes in theyr bodyes stonged theyr husbonde on theyr yerde theyr bodyes so was many man slayne therfore had they

hoost is moche folke And than cometh y e fourth hoost behynde hȳ a bowe drawght there is more men in than in ony of the other And ye shal vnderstande that the Emperour rydeth on no hors but whan he wyll go to ony secrete place with a pryue meyne where he wyll not be knowen but he rydeth in a charyotte with four wheles there vpon is a chambre made of a tree that men calle lignū aloes that cometh out of Paradyse terrestre that chambre is couered with plates of fyne golde and precyous stones perles and four olyfaūtes foure oxen all whyte gone there in And fyue or sixe grete lordes ryden about hym so that none other men shall come nere hym but yf the Emperour calle ony And in that same maner with charyotte suche hoostes rydeth the Empresse by an other syde the Emperours eldest sone on the same aray and they haue so moche people that it is a grete meruayll for to se. ¶ How the Empyre of the grete Chane is departed in to .xij. prouynces and how that they do cast ensence in the fyre where the grete Chane passeth thorugh the cytees and townes in worshyp of the Emperour ca. lxxiiij THe londe of the grete Chane is departed in .xij. prouynces eche prouynce hath more than two thousande cytees townes Also whan themperour rydeth thrugh the coūtree he passeth thrugh cytees townes eche man maketh a fyre before his hous casteth therin ensence and other thynges y t gyue good smell to themperour And yf ony men of relygyon y t are crysten dwelle nere as themperour cometh they mete hym with processyon with a crosse holy water they synge● Veni creator spiritus with a loude voyce And whan he see theym come he cōmaundeth the lordes y t ryde nere hym to make waye y t the relygyous men may come to hym whan he se that crosse he doth of his hatte that is made of precyous stones grete perles y t hatte is so ryche that it is meruayle to telle and than he enclyned to the crosse And the prelate of the relygyous men sayth orysons before hym gyueth hym the benyson with the crosse he enclyneth to the benyson full deuoutly than the same prelate gyueth hym some fruyte of the nombre of ix in a plate of golde as peres or apples or other fruyte than the Emperour taketh one therof the other he gyueth to his lordes for the maner is suche there that no straūge man shall come before themperour but he gyue hym somwhat after the olde lawe that sayth Non accedat in ●spectu meo inanis That is too saye No man come in to my syght ydle And than the Emperour byddeth thyse relygyous men y t they shall go forth so that men of his hoost defoule theȳ not And those relygyous men that dwelle where the Empresse or the Emperours sone cometh do in the same maner ¶ How that the grete Chane is the myghtyest lorde of all the worlde ca. lxxv THis grete Chane is the myghtyest lorde of the worlde for prester Iohan is not so grete a lorde as he ne the Soudan of Babylon ne the Emperour of Persy In his londe a man hath an hondred wyues some .xl. some more some lesse they take of theyr kynne to wyues all saue theyr systers of theyr moders but theyr systers of theyr faders other wyues they take also they take also well theyr stepmoder yf theyr fader be deed and men women haue all one maner of clothynge so that they may not be knowen but y ● women that are wedded bere a token on theyr heedes and they dwelle not with theyr husbondes but he may lye by whiche that he wyl They haue plente of al maner of bestes saue swyne forsothe they wyll none they beleue well in god y t made all thynge yet haue they ydolles of golde syluer to those ydols they offre theyr fyrst mylke of theyr bestes Yet of other maners of this countree ca. lxxvi THis Emperour the grete Chane hath thre wynes y e pryncypall wyfe was preester Io●●●s doughter And the people of this countree begynne too do all theyr thynges in the newe mone and they worshyp moche the sonne the mone those men ryde comunely without spores and they holde it grete synne too breke a bone with an other to cast mylke on the erthe or other lycoure y t men may drynke And the moost synne that they may doo●s to pysse in theyr houses there they dwell and he that pysseth in his house shall be slayne and of those synnes they shryue them to theyr prestes and for theyr penaunce they shal gyue syluer the place where they haue pyssed shall be halowed or els may no man come there And whan they haue do theyr penaunce they shall passe thrugh a fayr fyre or two too make theym clene of theyr synnes And they haue eten they wype theyr handes vpon theyr shyrtes for they haue noo table clothes but it be ryghte grete lordes whan they haue all eten they put theyr dysshes or doublers not wasshen in y ● pot or caudron with flesshe that is lefte whan they haue eten vnto they wyll ete an other tyme and ryche men drȳke mylke of mares or asses or other bestes other beuerage y ● is made of mylke water togyder for they haue neyther wyne ne ale And whā they goo to warre the warre full wysely and eche man of them bereth two or thre bowes many arowes a grete hachet gentylmen haue shorte swerdes he that fleeth in batayll they slee hym they are euer in purpose to brynge all londes in subgeccyon to theym for they say prophecyes saye y t they shall be ouercome by shot of archers y t they shall torne theym to theyr lawe but they wote not what men they shall be it is grete peryll to pursue the Tartaryns whan they flee for they wyll sho●e behynde slee men as well as before they haue small eyen as lytell byrdes they 〈◊〉 comunely false for they holde not y ● they promyse And whan a man shall deye amonge theym they st●ke a spere in the erthe besyde hym whan 〈◊〉 draweth to the deth they go out of y e hous tyll he 〈◊〉 dede and than they put hym in y ● erthe in the felde ¶ How the Emperour is brought vnto his graue whan he is dede ca. lxxvij AN whan the Emperour is deed they sette hym in a chayre in y ● myddes of his tente and they set before hym a table couered with a clothe and therupon flesse and other mete and a cuppe full of mylke of a mare and they set a mare w t a colte by hym and an horse sadled and brydeled and the lay vpon the horse golde syluer and all about hym they make a grete graue and