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A06817	The voyages and trauailes of Sir John Maundeuile knight Wherein is treated of the way towards Hierusalem, and of the meruailes of Inde, with other lands and countries.; Itinerarium. English	Mandeville, John, Sir.; Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-ca. 1399, attributed name.	1582 (1582)	STC 17251; ESTC S107901	91,951	146

Panim and also hée was Cofraas son and hée held that Land as the prince thereof and hée was so rich that hée knew not the hundred part of his goods and after his pouerty God made him richer then euer hée was before so that he was king of Idumea after the death of king Esau and when hée was king hée was called Ioab and in that kingdome hée liued a C. and lxx yéere so that hée was of age when hée dyed CC. and xlviij yéere And in this land of Iob is no want of any thing that is néedfull to mans body There are hils where men finde manna and manna is called Angels bread that is a white thing right swéet and much swéeter then suger or honny and that commeth of the dew of heauen that falleth on the hearbs and there is congealed and waxen white and men put it in medicines for rich men This land marcheth to the land of Calde which is a great land and there is full faire men and well apparelled and they goe richly arayed with cloth of Gold and with Pearles and other precious stones But the women are right soule euill clad and go bare foote and beare an ill cote large wide short vnto their knées and haue long sléeues downe to the foote and they haue great black haire long hanging about their shoulders and they are right foule for to looke vpon but I will not tell it all because that I am not worthy for to haue any reward for my praising of them In this land of Calde aforesaid is a cittie that men call Hur and in that cittie was Abraham the Patriarke borne Of the kingdome of Amasony whereas dwell none but women Chap. L. NEere the Land of Calde is the Land of Amasony wherein do dwell no men but all women as men say for they will suffer no man to liue among them nor to haue rule ouer them For somtime ther was a king and men dwelling in that Land as they doe in other Countries and had wiues and it befell that the king had great warre with them of Sychy this king was called Colopius and hée was slaine in battaile and all the noble men of his land And this Quéene when shée and other Ladies of the land heard that the king and the Lords were slaine they gathered them together and killed all the men that were left in their land among them And when they will haue any man to lye by them they send for them into a Country that is néere their land and the men come and stay there eight dayes or as the woman liketh and then goe they againe and if they haue men children they send them to their fathers when they can eat and go if they haue maide children they kéepe them and if they bée of noble bloud they burne the left pap away for bearing of a shield and if they bée of baser degrée they burne the right pap away for shooting For those women of that country are good warriours and are often in pay with other Lordes and the Quéen of that land gouerneth well the land this land is inuironed with water Beside Amazony is the land of Termagute that is a good land and profitable and for the goodnes of that land king Alexander did make a cittie there and called it Alexandria Of the land of Ethiope Chap. li. ON the other side of Chalde toward the South side is Ethiope a great land In this land on the South are the folke right black In that side is a well that on the day the water is so cold that no man may drincke thereof and on the night it is so hot that no man may abide to put his hand in it In this land the riuers and all the waters are troubled and some deale salt for the great heate and men of that land are lightly dronken and haue little appetite to meate and they haue commonly the flix of body and they liue not long In Ethiope are such men that haue but one foote and they go so fast that it is a great meruaile and that is a large foot that the shadow therof couereth the body from Sun or raine when they lye vpon their backs when their children are first borne they looke like russet and when they wax old then they bée all black In Ethiope is the land of Saba of the which one of the thrée kings that sought our Lord at Bethlehem was King Of Inde the more and the lesse and of Diamonds and small people and other things Chap. lij FRom Ethiope men goe into Inde through many and diuers countries first through Inde the more and it is parted into thrée parts that is to say Inde the more which is a hot Land and Inde the lesse which is a temperate land and the third part is toward the North there it is right cold so that with great cold frost and I se the water becommeth Christal vpon that groweth the good Diamonds that are of a troubled coulour that diamond is so hard that no man may breake it Other Diamonds men finde in Araby that are not so good for they are more soft and there be some in Cipres and in Macedony men finde Diamonds also but the best are in Inde and some many times are found in Amasse in the mine where gold is gotten when men breake the masse in péeces sometime men finde some of greatnesse of a Pease and some lesse and those are as hard as those of Inde sometime there are good Diamonds found in Inde vpon the Rock of Christall and also vpon the Rock of Adamand in the sea and on other hils are found Diamonds that are as great as Hasell nuts which are all square and pointed of their owne kinde and they grow two together male and female and are nourished with the dew of heauen and they engender commonly and bring forth other small ones which increase grow all the yéere I haue many times tryed that if a man kéepe them with a little of the rock and wet them with many dewes sometime they will grow euery yéere and the small will wax great and if a man doe beare that Diamond in his left side then it is of more vertue for the strength of their growiag is toward the North that is on the left side as men of those countries say To him that beareth the Diomond vpon him it giueth hardinesse it kéepeth the lims of his body also it giueth a man victory of his enimies if his cause bée right and it kéepeth him that beareth it in good will from strife from ryot ill dreames sorceries and enchantments Moreouer no wild beast shall grieue him nor assaile him This Diamond should bée giuen fréely without couetousnesse or buying for then it is of most vertue it healeth him that is lunatike and hée that is possessed with a Diuell and as soone as any venim or poison bée brought néere to the Diamond it moistneth and beginneth to

THE Voyages and Trauailes of Sir John Maundeuile KNIGHT Wherein is treated of the way towards Hierusalem and of the meruailes of Inde with other Lands and Countries LONDON Printed by Thomas Este The Preface Heere beginneth a little treatise or booke named Iohn Maundeuile Knight borne in England in the Towne of S. Albone and speaketh of the wayes to Hierusalem to Inde and to the great Caane and also to Prestor Iohns land and to many other countries and also of many meruailes that are in the holy land FOrasmuch as the land ouer the Sea that is to say the holie land that some call the land of Bihest among all other lands is most worthie and soueraigne for it is blessed hallowed and sacred of the precious bloud of our Lord Iesus Christ in the which land it liked him to take flesh and bloud of the Virgin Marie and to enuiron that land with his owne feete and there he would do many miracles preach and teach the faith and the law of christian men as vnto his children and there he would suffer manie reproues and scornes for vs and hee that was king of heauen and hell of earth of aire of sea and land and of all things that are contained in them would alonely be called king of that land when hee said Rex sum Iudaeorum I am King of the Iewes For at that time it was the land of Iewes and that land he chose before all other lands as the best and most worthie of vertues of all the world And as the Philosopher saith Virtus rerum in medio consistit that is to say the vertue of things is in the midst and in that land hee would lead his life and suffer passion and death of the Iewes for vs to saue and deliuer vs from the paines of hell and from death without end the which was ordained to vs for the sinne of our father Adam and our owne sins also for as for himselfe he had none euill done nor deserued for he neuer thought ne did any euill for he that was king of glory and of ioy might best in that place suffer death For hee that will doe any thing that he will haue knowne openly he will proclaime it openly in the middle place of a towne or of a Citie so that it may be knowne to all parties of the citie So he that was king of glorie and of all the world would suffer death for vs at Hierusalem which is the midst of the world so that it might be knowne to all nations of the world how deare he bought man that hee made him with his hands to his owne likenesse for the great loue that he had to vs Ah deare God what loue hee had to his subiects when hee that had done no trespasse would for his trespassours suffer death for a more worthie cattel he might not haue set for vs then his owne blessed body and his owne precious bloud the which he suffered for vs right well ought men to loue worship dread and serue such a Lord praise such an holy land that brought forth a Lord of such fruite through the which each man is saued but if it be his owne default This is that land prepared for an heritage to vs and in that land would he die as seased to leaue it to his children For the which each good christian man that may and hath wherewith should strength him for to conquere our right heritage purchase out of the euill peoples hands for we are cleped christian men of Christ our father and if we be the right children of Christ we ought to challenge the heritage that our father left vs take it out of strange mens hands But now Pride Couetise and Enuie hath so inflamed the hearts of the Lords of the world that they are more busie to disherite their neighbours then to challenge or conquere their right heritage aforesaid And the common people that would put their bodies and their cattell for to conquere our heritage they may not do it without lords for assembling of the people without a chiefe Lord is as a flock of sheepe without a shepheard the which depart asunder and wot not whither they shall go But would God the worldly Lords were at a good accord with other of their common people would take this holy voyage ouer the sea I trust well that within a little time our right heritage before said should be reconciled and put into the hands of the right heirs of Iesu Christ And forasmuch as it is long time that there was any generall passage ouer the sea that many men desire to heare speaking of the holy land and haue thereof great solace and comfort Wherefore yee shall heare by me Iohn Maundeuile Knight which was borne in England in the towne of Saint Albones and passed the sea in the yeare of our Lord Iesu Christ a thousand iii. C. on the day of Saint Michael and there remained long time and went through many lands many prouinces kingdomes Iles and haue passed through Turky and through Armony the little the great through Tartary Persia Surry Araby Egypt the high and the low through Libia Chalde and a great part of Ethiope through Amazony through Inde the lesse the more a great part and through many other Iles which are about Inde where many people dwelleth of diuers lawes and shapes Of the men of which lands Iles I shall speake more plainly and I shall declare part of the things what they are when time shall be after it may best come to my minde and specially for them that will and are in purpose for to visite the holy citie of Hierusalem and the holy places that are thereabout and I shall tell the way that they shall hold thether for I haue many times passed and ridden it with good company and with many Lords The Voyages and Trauailes of Sir Iohn Maundeuile Knight Hee that will goe toward Hierusalem on horse on foote or by sea Chap. j. IN the name of God Almightie Hée that will trauaile to Hierusalem may goe many waies both by sea and by land after the country that he commeth from but thincke not I will tell all the Townes Cities and castels that men shall go by for then should I make too long a tale but onely the most principall countries cities and townes that men shall go by and through to go the right way First if a man come from the West side of the world as England Ireland Wales Scotland and Norway he may if hée will goe through Almaine and throughout the kingdome of Hungary which King is a great lord and a mightie and holdeth many lands and great for he holdeth the land of Hungary Sauoy Camony a great part of Bulgary that men call the land of Bugres and a great part of the kingdome of Russie and that lasteth to the land of Milland and marcheth on Ciprus and men passe thus through the land of

halfe our faith and halfe the faith of the Gréekes and they haue long beards as the Gréekes haue For to returne againe on this side of Galile Chap. xl NOw séeing I haue told you of many manners of men that dwell in the countries aforesaid Now will I turne againe to my way for to turne vpon this side for hée that will turne from the land of Galile that I spake of to come on this side hée may go through Damas that is a faire cittie and full of good marchandises it is thrée daies iourney from the sea fiue from Hierusalem but they carry marchandise vpon Cammels Mules Horses Dromedaries and other manner of Beasts This cittie of Damas founded Helizeus that was Abrahams seruant before Isaac was borne and he should haue béene Abrahams heire and there he named that cittie Damas in that place slew Caine his Brother Abel and beside Damas is the mount of Syry in this cittie be many Phisitions and that holy man Saint Paul was a Phisition to saue mens bodies before that hée was conuerted and after he was a Phisition of soules And from Damas men goe to a place called our Lady of Sardmarch that is fiue mile from Damas it is on a rock and there is a faire Church and there dwell Christian Monks and Nuns in that Church Betwéene the cittie of Darke the cittie of Raphane is a Riuer called Sabatory for on the Satterday it runneth fast and all the wéeke else it standeth still and runneth not or but a little And there is another riuer that on the night fréeseth fast and vpon the day no frost is séene And so men goe by a cittie that men call Berugh and ther those that will go to Cipres take ships and they ariue at a hauen of Sur or of Tyry and then goe men to Cipres also men may goe right from the hauen of Tyry and come not at Cipres but ariue at some hauen of Gréece and by these wayes men come into the countries before spoken of How a man may goe furthest and longest in the countries that are here rehearsed Chap. xli NOw haue I told you of wayes by the which men go furdest and longest as by Babylon and mount Sinay and other places many through the which men turne againe to the land of promise Now will I tell you the shortest way to Hierusalem for many will not goe the long way some for want of company and many other reasonable causes and therefore I shall tell you shortly how a man may goe with little cost and in short time A man that commeth from the land of the West hée goeth through Fraunce Burgoyn Lumbardy and to Venice or to Gene or some other hauen of those marches and taketh there a ship and goeth to the I le of Griffe so ariueth hée in Gréece or else in port Myroch or Valon or Duras or some other hauen of those marches and goe to land for to rest him and goeth againe to the sea and ariueth in Cipres and commeth not in the I le of Rodes but ariueth at Famagost that is the chiefe hauen of Cypres or else at Lamaton then enter ship againe and passe beside the hauen of Tyre and come not to land and so passeth by all the hauens of the coast till hée come to Iaffe that is the next hauen to Hierusalem for it is xxviij mile betwéen And from Iaffe men goe to the cittie of Ramos and that is but little thence and it is a fayre cittie and beside Ramos is a fayre Church of our Lady where our Lord shewed him selfe vnto her in thrée shadowes betokening the Trinitie and there néere is a Church of Saint George where his head was smitten off and then to the Castle of Emear and then to the mount Ioy and from thence pilgrimes sée Hierusalem then to mount Modyn and then goe to Hierusalem At mount Modin lyeth the Prophet Malache ouer Ramatha is the towne of Donke whereof Amos the Prophet was Of other wayes for to goe by land to Hierusalem Chap. xlij FOrasmuch as many men may not suffer the sauour of the sea and better it is to goe by land although it bée more paine and a man shall goe to one of the hauens of Lumberdy as Venice or an other and yée shall passe into Gréece to Port Myroch or an other and yée shall goe to Constantinople and shal passe the water that is called the brath of S. George that is an arme of the sea And from thence yée shall come to Puluerall and then to the castle of Synople and so to Capadocia which is a great Country wherein is many great hils and ye shall goe through Turkey and to the Cittie of Nike the which they wonne from the Emperour of Constantinople and it is a faire Cittie and well walled and there is a riuer that is called the Lay and then men go by the Alpes of Mormaunt and through the vales of Malebrynes and the vale of Ernax and so more easily to Antioche which standeth richly on the Riuer and therabout are many good hils and faire and many faire woods and wilde beasts And hée that will go an other way hée goeth by the Romaine coast the Romaine sea on that coast is a faire castle that is called Florage and when a man is out of the hils hée passeth through the cittie of Moryach and Artose where is a great bridge vpon the riuer of Ferne that men call Fassor and it is a great riuer bearing ships and beside the cittie of Damas is a riuer that commeth from the mount of Libany which is called Alban at the passing of this riuer Saint Eustage lost his two Sons when hée had lost his wife it runneth through the plaine of Archades and to the red sea and then men goe to the Cittie of Fermine and so to the Cittie of Ferne and then to Antioche and that is a faire cittie and well walled and it is two mile long and there is a bridge ouer the riuer and hath at each piller a good tower and is the best Cittie of the kingdome of Surrie From Antioche men goe to the cittie of Locuth and so to Geble and to Tortouse thereby is the land of Lambre and a stronge castle that men call Mambeke And from Tortouse men goe to Tripelle on the sea and by this sea men goe to Dacres and there is two wayes to Hierusalem by the way on the left hand men come first vnto Damas by the riuer Iordane and on the right side men go through the land of Flagme so to the Cittie Caiphas in which Cittie Caiphas was Lord some call it the castle Pellerins and from thence is foure dayes iourney to Hierusalem and they goe through Cesary Philyp and Iaffe and Ramas Eumaux and so forth to Hierusalem Yet an other way by land toward the land of Promise Chap. xliij NOW haue I told you some wayes by land by