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world_n they_o have_v this_o virtue_n and_o property_n in_o they_o they_o will_v stop_v or_o staunch_v bleed_v at_o the_o nose_n for_o we_o have_v prove_v it_o blood_n these_o people_n be_v give_v to_o no_o other_o exercise_n but_o only_o to_o husbandry_n and_o fish_n for_o their_o sustenance_n they_o have_v no_o care_n of_o any_o other_o wealth_n or_o commodity_n in_o this_o world_n for_o they_o have_v no_o knowledge_n of_o it_o and_o that_o be_v because_o they_o never_o travel_v and_o go_v out_o of_o their_o country_n as_o those_o of_o canada_n and_o saguenay_n do_v albeit_o the_o canadians_n with_o eight_o or_o ne'er_o uillage_n more_o alongst_o that_o river_n be_v subject_n unto_o they_o how_o we_o come_v to_o the_o town_n of_o hochelaga_n and_o the_o entertainment_n which_o there_o we_o have_v and_o of_o certain_a gift_n which_o our_o captain_n give_v they_o with_o diverse_a other_o thing_n chap._n 8._o so_o soon_o as_o we_o be_v come_v near_o the_o town_n a_o great_a number_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o come_v to_o present_v themselves_o before_o we_o after_o their_o fashion_n make_v very_o much_o of_o we_o we_o be_v by_o our_o guide_n bring_v into_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o town_n they_o have_v in_o the_o middlemost_a part_n of_o their_o house_n a_o large_a square_a place_n be_v from_o side_n to_o side_n a_o good_a stone_n cast_v whither_o we_o be_v bring_v and_o there_o with_o sign_n be_v command_v to_o stay_v theâ—_n sudden_o all_o the_o woman_n and_o maiden_n of_o the_o town_n gather_v themselves_o together_o part_n of_o which_o have_v their_o arm_n full_a of_o young_a child_n and_o as_o many_o as_o can_v come_v to_o rub_v our_o face_n our_o arm_n and_o what_o part_n of_o the_o body_n soever_o they_o can_v touch_v weep_v
army_n of_o the_o mongal_n come_v unto_o the_o land_n of_o burithabeth_n the_o inhabitant_n whereof_o be_v pagan_n and_o conquer_v the_o people_n in_o battle_n buâ—ithabeth_n these_o people_n have_v a_o strange_a or_o rather_o a_o miserable_a kind_n of_o custom_n for_o when_o any_o man_n father_n decease_v he_o assemble_v all_o his_o kindred_n and_o they_o eat_v he_o people_n these_o man_n have_v no_o beard_n at_o all_o for_o we_o see_v they_o carry_v a_o certain_a iron_n instrument_n in_o their_o hand_n wherewith_o if_o any_o hair_n grow_v upon_o their_o chin_n they_o present_o pluck_v they_o out_o they_o be_v also_o very_o deform_v from_o thence_o the_o tartar_n army_n return_v to_o their_o own_o home_n how_o they_o have_v the_o repulse_n at_o the_o caspian_a mountain_n and_o be_v drive_v back_o by_o man_n dwell_v in_o cave_n chap._n 12._o moreover_o chingis_n cham_n at_o the_o same_o time_n when_o he_o send_v other_o army_n against_o the_o east_n chingis_n he_o himself_o march_v with_o a_o power_n into_o the_o land_n of_o kergis_n which_o notwithstanding_o he_o conquer_v not_o in_o that_o expedition_n and_o as_o it_o be_v report_v unto_o we_o he_o go_v on_o forward_o even_o to_o the_o caspian_a mountain_n but_o the_o mountain_n on_o that_o part_n where_o they_o encamp_v themselves_o be_v of_o adamant_n and_o therefore_o they_o draw_v unto_o they_o their_o arrow_n and_o weapon_n of_o iron_n and_o certain_a man_n contain_v within_o those_o caspian_a mountain_n hear_v as_o it_o be_v think_v the_o noise_n of_o the_o army_n make_v a_o breath_n through_o so_o that_o when_o the_o tartar_n return_v unto_o the_o same_o place_n ten_o year_n after_o they_o find_v the_o mountain_n break_v and_o attempt_v to_o go_v unto_o they_o they_o can_v not_o for_o there_o stand_v a_o cloud_n before_o they_o beyond_o which_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o pass_v be_v deprive_v of_o their_o sight_n so_o soon_o as_o they_o approach_v thereunto_o but_o they_o on_o the_o contrary_a side_n think_v that_o the_o tartar_n dare_v not_o come_v nigh_o they_o give_v the_o assault_n &_o when_o they_o come_v at_o the_o cloud_n they_o can_v not_o proceed_v for_o the_o cause_n aforesaid_a also_o the_o tartar_n before_o they_o come_v unto_o the_o say_a mountain_n pass_v for_o the_o space_n of_o a_o month_n and_o more_o through_o a_o vast_a wilderness_n &_o depart_v thence_o towards_o the_o east_n they_o be_v above_o a_o month_n traveil_v through_o another_o huge_a desert_n at_o length_n they_o come_v unto_o a_o land_n wherein_o they_o see_v beat_v way_n but_o can_v not_o find_v any_o people_n howbeit_o at_o the_o last_o diligent_o seek_v they_o find_v a_o man_n &_o his_o wife_n who_o they_o present_v before_o chingis_n cham_n and_o demand_v of_o they_o where_o the_o people_n of_o that_o country_n be_v they_o answer_v that_o the_o people_n inhabit_v under_o the_o ground_n in_o mountain_n then_o chingis_n cham_n keep_v still_o the_o woman_n send_v her_o husband_n unto_o they_o give_v they_o charge_n to_o come_v at_o his_o command_n and_o go_v unto_o they_o he_o declare_v all_o thing_n that_o chingis_n cham_fw-mi have_v command_v they_o but_o they_o answer_v that_o they_o will_v upon_o such_o a_o day_n visit_v he_o to_o satisfy_v his_o desire_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a season_n by_o blind_a &_o hide_a passage_n under_o the_o earth_n assemble_v themselves_o they_o come_v against_o the_o tartar_n in_o warlike_a manner_n and_o sudden_o issue_v forth_o they_o slay_v a_o great_a number_n of_o they_o this_o people_n be_v not_o able_a to_o endure_v the_o terrible_a noise_n which_o in_o that_o place_n the_o sun_n make_v at_o his_o uprising_n rise_v for_o at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o sun_n rise_v they_o be_v enforce_v to_o lay_v one_o eat_v upon_o the_o ground_n and_o to_o stop_v the_o other_o close_o lest_o they_o shall_v hear_v that_o dreadful_a sound_n neither_o can_v they_o so_o escape_v for_o by_o this_o mean_v many_o of_o they_o be_v destroy_v chingis_fw-la cham_n therefore_o and_o his_o company_n see_v that_o they_o prevail_v not_o but_o continual_o lose_v some_o of_o their_o number_n flee_v and_o depart_v out_o of_o that_o land_n but_o the_o man_n and_o his_o wife_n aforesaid_a they_o carry_v along_o with_o they_o who_o all_o their_o life_n time_n continue_v in_o the_o tartar_n country_n be_v demand_v why_o the_o man_n of_o their_o country_n do_v inhabit_v under_o the_o ground_n they_o say_v that_o at_o a_o certain_a time_n of_o the_o year_n when_o the_o sun_n rise_v there_o be_v such_o a_o huge_a noise_n that_o the_o people_n can_v endure_v it_o moreover_o they_o use_v to_o play_v upon_o cymbal_n drum_n and_o other_o musical_a instrument_n to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v not_o hear_v that_o sound_n of_o the_o statute_n of_o chingis_n cham_n of_o his_o death_n of_o his_o son_n and_o of_o his_o duke_n chap._n 13._o but_o as_o chingis_n i_o be_o return_v out_o of_o that_o country_n his_o people_n want_v victual_n &_o suffer_v extreme_a famine_n then_o by_o chance_n they_o find_v y_o e_o fresh_a entrail_n of_o a_o beast_n which_o they_o take_v &_o cast_v away_o the_o dung_n thereof_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v sodden_a bring_v it_o before_o chingis_n cham_n &_o do_v eat_v thereof_o chingis_n and_o hereupon_o chingis_fw-la cham_fw-mi enact_v that_o neither_o the_o blood_n nor_o the_o entrail_n nor_o any_o other_o part_n of_o a_o beast_n which_o may_v be_v eat_v shall_v be_v cast_v away_o save_v only_o the_o dung_n wherefore_o he_o return_v thence_o into_o his_o own_o land_n and_o there_o he_o ordain_v law_n and_o statute_n chingis_n which_o the_o tartar_n do_v most_o strict_o and_o inviolable_o observe_v of_o the_o which_o we_o have_v before_o speak_v he_o be_v afterward_o slay_v by_o a_o thunder_n clap_v he_o have_v four_o son_n son_n the_o first_o be_v call_v occoday_o the_o second_o thossut_o can_v the_o three_o thiaday_o the_o name_n of_o the_o four_o be_v unknowen_a from_o these_o four_o descend_v all_o the_o duke_n of_o the_o mongal_n graundchildren_n the_o first_o son_n of_o occoday_o be_v cuyne_n who_o be_v now_o emperor_n his_o brother_n be_v cocten_n and_o chyrinen_n the_o son_n of_o thossut_o can_v be_v bathy_n ordu_fw-fr siba_n and_o bora._n bathy_n next_o unto_o the_o emperor_n be_v rich_a and_o mighty_a than_o all_o the_o rest_n but_o ordu_fw-fr be_v the_o signior_n of_o all_o the_o duke_n the_o son_n of_o thiaday_n be_v hurin_n and_o cadan_n the_o son_n of_o chingis_n cham_n his_o other_o son_n who_o name_n be_v unknowen_a be_v mengu_n bithar_n and_o certain_a other_o the_o mother_n of_o mengu_n be_v name_v seroctan_n and_o of_o all_o other_o most_o honour_a among_o the_o tartar_n duke_n except_o the_o emperor_n mother_n and_o mighty_a than_o any_o subject_n except_o bathy_n these_o be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o duke_n ordu_fw-fr who_o be_v in_o poland_n and_o in_o hungary_n bathy_n also_o &_o hurin_n &_o cadan_n and_o siban_n and_o ouygat_v all_o which_o be_v in_o hungary_n in_o like_a manner_n cyrpodan_n who_o be_v as_o yet_o beyond_o the_o sea_n make_v war_n against_o certain_a sultan_n of_o the_o saracen_n and_o other_o inhabitant_n of_o far_a country_n other_o remain_v in_o the_o land_n as_o namely_o mengu_n chyrinen_n hubilai_n sinocur_n cara_fw-it gay_a sybedey_n bora_n berca_n corrensa_fw-la there_o be_v many_o other_o of_o their_o duke_n who_o name_n be_v unknowen_a unto_o us._n of_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o emperor_n and_o of_o his_o duke_n chap._n 14._o subject_n moreover_o the_o emperor_n of_o the_o tartar_n have_v a_o wonderful_a dominion_n over_o all_o his_o subject_n for_o no_o man_n dare_v abide_v in_o any_o place_n unless_o he_o have_v assign_v he_o to_o be_v there_o also_o he_o himself_o appoint_v to_o his_o duke_n where_o they_o shall_v inhabit_v likewise_o the_o duke_n assign_v place_n unto_o every_o millenarie_a or_o conductor_n of_o a_o thousand_o soldier_n the_o millenaries_n unto_o each_o captain_n of_o a_o 100_o the_o captain_n unto_o every_o corporal_a of_o ten_o whatsoever_o be_v give_v they_o in_o charge_n whensoever_o or_o wheresoever_o be_v it_o to_o fight_v or_o to_o lose_v their_o life_n or_o howsoever_o it_o be_v they_o obey_v without_o any_o gainsay_n for_o if_o he_o demand_v any_o man_n daughter_n or_o sister_n be_v a_o virgin_n they_o present_o deliver_v she_o unto_o he_o without_o all_o contradiction_n yea_o oftentimes_o he_o make_v a_o collection_n of_o virgin_n throughout_o all_o the_o tartar_n dominion_n and_o those_o who_o he_o mean_v to_o keep_v he_o retain_v unto_o himself_o other_o he_o bestow_v upon_o his_o man_n also_o whatsoever_o messenger_n he_o send_v or_o whithersoever_o his_o subject_n must_v without_o delay_n find_v they_o horse_n and_o other_o necessary_n in_o like_a sort_n from_o what_o country_n soever_o tribute_n payer_n or_o ambassador_n come_v unto_o
have_v extreme_a cold_a weather_n this_o land_n be_v full_a of_o mountain_n and_o cold_a beyond_o measure_n and_o there_o be_v little_a plain_a ground_n to_o be_v see_v these_o two_o nation_n last_o mention_v use_v not_o to_o till_o their_o ground_n but_o like_a unto_o the_o tartar_n dwell_v in_o cents_fw-fr which_o the_o say_a tartar_n have_v destroy_v through_o this_o country_n we_o be_v travail_v many_o day_n then_o enter_v we_o into_o the_o land_n of_o the_o mongal_n who_o we_o call_v tartar_n through_o the_o tartar_n land_n we_o continue_v our_o travail_n as_o we_o suppose_v for_o the_o space_n of_o some_o three_o week_n ride_v always_o hasty_o and_o with_o speed_n july_n and_o upon_o the_o day_n of_o marie_n magdalene_n we_o arrive_v at_o the_o court_n of_o cuyne_a the_o emperor_n elect_v but_o therefore_o do_v we_o make_v great_a haste_n all_o this_o way_n because_o our_o tartarian_a guide_n be_v straight_o command_v to_o bring_v we_o unto_o the_o court_n imperial_a with_o all_o speed_n which_o court_n have_v be_v these_o many_o year_n ordain_v for_o the_o election_n of_o the_o emperor_n wherefore_o rise_v early_o we_o travail_v until_o night_n without_o eat_v of_o any_o thing_n and_o oftentimes_o we_o come_v so_o late_o unto_o our_o lodging_n that_o we_o have_v no_o time_n to_o eat_v the_o same_o night_n but_o that_o which_o we_o shall_v have_v eat_v over_o night_n be_v give_v we_o in_o the_o morning_n and_o often_o change_v our_o horse_n we_o spare_v no_o horseflesh_n but_o ride_v swift_o and_o without_o intermission_n as_o fast_o as_o our_o horse_n can_v trot_v how_o cuyne_n entertain_v the_o minorite_n friar_n chap._n 26._o but_o when_o we_o be_v come_v unto_o the_o court_n of_o cuyne_n ambassador_n he_o cause_v after_o the_o tartar_n manner_n a_o tent_n and_o all_o expense_n necessary_a to_o be_v provide_v for_o us._n and_o his_o people_n entreat_v we_o with_o more_o regard_n and_o courtesy_n than_o they_o do_v any_o other_o ambassador_n howbeit_o we_o be_v not_o call_v before_o his_o presence_n because_o he_o be_v not_o as_o yet_o elect_v nor_o admit_v unto_o his_o empire_n notwithstanding_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o pope_n letter_n and_o the_o message_n which_o we_o deliver_v be_v send_v unto_o he_o by_o the_o foresay_a bathy_n and_o have_v stay_v there_o five_o or_o six_o day_n he_o send_v we_o unto_o his_o mother_n under_o who_o there_o be_v maintain_v a_o very_a solemn_a and_o royal_a court_n royal_a and_o be_v come_v thither_o we_o see_v a_o huge_a tent_n of_o fine_a white_a cloth_n pitch_v which_o be_v to_o our_o judgement_n of_o so_o great_a quantity_n that_o more_o than_o two_o thousand_o man_n may_v stand_v within_o it_o and_o round_o about_o it_o there_o be_v a_o wall_n of_o plank_n set_v up_o paint_v with_o diverse_a image_n assembly_n we_o therefore_o with_o our_o tartar_n assign_v to_o attend_v upon_o we_o take_v our_o journey_n thither_o and_o there_o be_v all_o the_o duke_n assemble_v each_o one_o of_o they_o ride_v up_o and_o down_o with_o his_o train_n over_o the_o hill_n and_o dale_n the_o first_o day_n they_o be_v all_o clad_v in_o white_a but_o the_o second_o in_o scarlet_a robe_n then_o come_v cuyne_n unto_o the_o say_a tent_n moreover_o the_o three_o day_n they_o be_v all_o in_o blue_a robe_n and_o the_o four_o in_o most_o rich_a robe_n of_o baldakin_n cloth_n in_o the_o wall_n of_o board_n about_o the_o tent_n aforesaid_a be_v two_o great_a gate_n by_o one_o of_o the_o which_o gate_n the_o emperor_n only_o be_v to_o enter_v and_o at_o that_o gate_n there_o be_v no_o guard_n of_o man_n appoint_v to_o stand_v although_o it_o stand_v continual_o open_a because_o none_o dare_v go_v in_o or_o come_v out_o the_o same_o way_n all_o that_o be_v admit_v enter_v by_o another_o gate_n at_o which_o there_o stand_v watchman_n with_o bow_n sword_n &_o arrow_n and_o whosoever_o approach_v unto_o the_o tent_n beyond_o the_o bound_n and_o limit_v assign_v be_v catch_v be_v beat_v but_o if_o he_o flee_v he_o be_v shoot_v at_o with_o arrow_n or_o iron_n there_o be_v many_o that_o to_o our_o judgement_n have_v upon_o their_o bridle_n trapper_n saddle_n and_o such_o like_a furniture_n to_o the_o value_n of_o 20._o mark_n in_o pure_a gold_n the_o foresay_a duke_n as_o we_o think_v commune_v together_o within_o the_o tent_n and_o consult_v about_o the_o election_n of_o their_o emperor_n but_o all_o the_o residue_n of_o the_o people_n be_v place_v far_o away_o without_o the_o wall_n of_o board_n &_o in_o this_o manner_n they_o stay_v almost_o till_o noon_n then_o begin_v they_o to_o drink_v mare_n milk_n noble_n &_o so_o continue_v drink_v till_o even_a tide_n and_o that_o in_o so_o great_a quantity_n as_o it_o be_v wonderful_a and_o they_o call_v we_o in_o unto_o they_o and_o give_v we_o of_o their_o ale_n because_o we_o can_v not_o drink_v their_o mare_n milk_n and_o this_o they_o do_v unto_o we_o in_o token_n of_o great_a honour_n but_o they_o compel_v we_o to_o drink_v so_o muchâ—_n that_o in_o regard_n of_o our_o customary_a diet_n we_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n endure_v it_o whereupon_o give_v they_o to_o understand_v that_o it_o be_v hurtful_a unto_o we_o they_o cease_v to_o compel_v we_o any_o more_o without_o the_o door_n stand_v duke_n â—eroslaus_n of_o susdal_n susdal_n in_o russia_n and_o a_o great_a many_o duke_n of_o the_o kythayans_n and_o of_o the_o solangi_n the_o two_o son_n also_o of_o the_o king_n of_o georgia_n the_o ligier_n of_o the_o caliph_n of_o baldach_n who_o be_v a_o sultan_n nation_n and_o as_o we_o think_v above_o ten_o sultan_n of_o the_o saracen_n beside_o and_o as_o it_o be_v tell_v we_o by_o the_o agent_n there_o be_v more_o than_o 4000_o ambassador_n partly_o of_o such_o as_o pay_v tribute_n and_o such_o as_o present_v gift_n and_o other_o sultan_n and_o duke_n which_o come_v to_o yield_v themselves_o and_o such_o as_o the_o tartar_n have_v send_v for_o and_o such_o as_o be_v governor_n of_o land_n all_o these_o be_v place_v without_o the_o list_n and_o have_v drink_v give_v unto_o they_o but_o almost_o continual_o they_o all_o of_o they_o give_v we_o and_o duke_n jeroslaus_n the_o upper_a hand_n when_o we_o be_v abroad_o in_o their_o company_n how_o he_o be_v exalt_v to_o his_o empire_n chap._n 27._o empire_n and_o to_o our_o remembrance_n we_o remain_v there_o about_o the_o space_n of_o four_o week_n the_o election_n be_v to_o our_o think_v there_o celebrate_v but_o it_o be_v not_o publish_v and_o proclaim_v there_o and_o it_o be_v great_o suspect_v so_o to_o be_v because_o always_o when_o cuyne_n come_v forth_o out_o of_o the_o tent_n he_o have_v a_o noise_n of_o music_n and_o be_v bow_v unto_o or_o honour_v with_o fair_a wand_n have_v purple_a wool_n upon_o the_o top_n of_o they_o and_o that_o so_o long_o as_o he_o remain_v abroad_o which_o service_n be_v perform_v to_o none_o of_o the_o other_o duke_n the_o foresay_a tent_n or_o court_n be_v call_v by_o they_o syra_n orda_n orda_fw-la depart_v 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