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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

much discord that loke what the one would haue done the other did againe say it and through this meanes they toke neyther Citie nor Towne but only one and they killed all them that they founde therein for that they would not yéeld sauing eyght men whyche could not be killed with any iron for that eache of them had a precio●s stone enchanted in his righte arme betwéene the fleshe and the skynne and these stones did defend thē from death to be killed with yron and knowing of it these two Captaynes procured to kill these eyghte men with clubs of wodde and toke those stones for them selues and in that instant there arose suche a tempest of wind of Septentrion or North so terrible and doubting that their Shippes would breake they hoysed vp Sayle and went vnto another Iland tenne miles distant off frō this and the wind was so terrible that it opened many of their Ships and manye were forced to make backe towards their owne Countrey againe and about .30000 of them fledde by land of these they thought that they were all killed And as soone as it was caulme on the Sea the King of this Iland which had bin so spoyled wente with a great armie of Shippes vnto the other Ilande where as they were gone to haue taken them that were fledde and as soone as hée was on lande with his men the Tartares like wise and politike men retired backe by the Ilande and went vnto the Shyppes of this King whiche they had lefte without strength entred in hoysed vp the Sayles with the Auncientes and Flagges of that King whiche they left behinde in the Ilande and sayled vnto the first Iland where they were receyued and the gates opened thinking it had bin their owne king And in thys manner the Tartares tooke that Citie wherein the King had his habitation and ransacked it And as soone as the King of this Ilande knewe of it he caused many other Shippes to be prepared and with the men that hée had and many of her that hée tooke of new enuironed his proper Citie hauyng it beséeged seauen moneths And finallye the abouesayd Tartares hopyng for no succoure delyuered vp the Citie vnto the right King conditionally to let them go with their liues bagge and baggage Thys hapned in the yeare of our Lorde .1248 In this Ilande there bée Idols that some haue heads like Wolues some heads like Hogges some like Shéepe some like Dogs some haue one head and foure faces some thrée heads hauing one only necke and onely one right hande some haue onely one lefte hande some haue foure handes and some tenne and the Idoll that hath most handes is taken to be the most beautifull and to him that demaundeth of them wherefore they haue so many Idols they doe gyue no other reason sauing that so did their predecessors Whē the people of this Iland do take in battell any stranger if he doe not caunsome himselfe for money they kill him drinke his bloud and eate his flesh This Ilande is enuironed round about with the Occean sea The portes are frée for themselues The Marriners which vse that Sea say that there is in it .7448 Ilandes There is no trée there but he is of a swéete odoure frutefull and of greate profite In this Iland groweth the white Pepper From the Prouince of Mangi vnto the India and home is a yeares sayling the reason is for that there raygneth two stedfast windes the one in the winter and the other in the Sommer contrary the one vnto the other Of the Prouince named Ciabane and of that King who hath .325 sonnes and daughters of his owne There be many Elephants and much spices CHAP. 107. WHen you do go from Iaython whych is vnder the segniorie of the greate Cane towardes the Occidente and somewhat declining towarde the midday fiue dayes iourney you come vnto a Countrey named Cyaban wherein there is a Citie riche great and famous subiect vnto a King that he and his subiects speake the Persian tong And in the yeare of our Lord .1248 the greate Cane sente thither a great Baron named Sagato with a greate armie to conquere that Prouince and hée coulde do nothing but destroy muche of that Countrey and for that he should do no more hurt that King became tributarie vnto the greate Cane and euery yeare he sente him his tribute And I Marcus Paulus was in this countrey in the yeare of our Lord .1275 and I found this King very olde He had many wiues and amongst sonnes and daughters he had .325 Among his sonnes he hadde .25 of them that were very valiante men of armes In thys Countrey there be many Elephants and Lyons greate plenty and great Mountaynes of blacke Ebbante Of the great Iland named Iaua and of many Spices that grow there CHAP. 108. GOing from Ciaban sayling betwéene the midday and Solano or East and by South 1400. miles you come vnto a grea●e Ilande named Iaua whiche is in compasse thrée thousand miles In this Iland there be seauen crowned Kings frée paying no tribute at all In this Ilande there is great abundance of victuals and greate riches hauing very muche Pepper Cinamon Cloues and many other singular Spices in great quantitie The people do honour the Idols The great Cane could neuer make himselfe Lord of it Of the Iland named Iocath and of other two Ilands their conditions and properties CHAP. 109. SAyling seauentéene myles from Iaua betwéene the midday and Solano or East and by South you come vnto two Ilands the one is named Sondure and the other Condur And beyond these two Ilands almost two hundreth miles standeth the Countrey name Iocathe great and rich They speake the Persian tong and worship Idols They pay no kinde of tribute to any man for there is no man that can do them hurt There is found greate plentye of gold and a greate number of the small white shels of the Sea whyche is vsed in some places in stead of money as before it is rehearsed Also there be many Elephantes Vnto this Ilande there commeth very fewe Strangers for that it standeth out of the way Of the Kingdome named Malenir and of the Ilande named Pentera and of Iaua the lesse and of their customes CHAP 110. SAyling beyond Iocath fiue miles towardes the midday you come vnto the Iland named Penthera full of Mountaynes And in the middes of this Iland about forty miles there is but foure passes of water therefore the great Shippes do take off their Rudders and being paste these fiue miles towards the midday you come vnto a Realme named Malenir The Citie and the Iland is named Pepethan where there is plentie of Spices And going forwarde sayling by Solano or East and by South a hundred miles you come vnto the Ilande named Iaua the lesse which is in compasse two hundred miles In this Iland there is eyghte Kings euery one hauing his Kyngdome by himselfe They doe all

is neither beastes nor Serpent and from thence they doe gather that whiche is called Salamandra which is a thréede they doe make cloth of They gather it after this manner they digge a certaine vayne that they doe there finde and afterwardes they beate it in a morter of a lofer and afterwarde washe it and there remaineth small fine théedes faire and cleane and after they haue caste out that which they doe washe it withall they spinne it and weaue it and make table clothes and napkins of it then they caste them into the fire for a certaine time whereas it waxeth as white as snowe and the great Cane once in thrée yeres doth send for some of them that be made of Salamandra And they wer wont for to sēd of these napkins for to hang before the vernacle of oure Lorde Iesus Christ whome the people of Leuant do take for a great prophet Departing from this prouince and going betwéen the Northeast and East you shal trauaile tenne dayes iourney and come to little habitation and at the end of the tenne dayes iourny you shall find a prouince called Sanchur in it be Christians and Idolators subiects to the great Cane The two prouinces beforesaide to say Chamul and Hingnitala be called Tanguth with the prouince of Sachar In all the hilles of this prouince is found greate plentie of Rewbarbe and there the Merchauntes do buy it and carry it to all places to sel. There they doe not vse any occupation but the moste parte doe liue by the laboure of the Countrey Of the Citie called Campion and of many euill vsages there CHAP. 44. CAmpion is a greate Citie and fayre is the heade of the prouince of Tanguth In this Citie be thrée sortes of people that is to say Christians Idolators and Mahomets The Christiās haue thrée great Churches and faire and the Idolators haue also Monasteries Abbeys and religious houses more chaste and comly than the other and they do kil no beast nor fowle there till the fifth day of the Moone and in those fiue days they liue more honest deuout and chast than in any other time of the yeare These Idolators may haue thirtie wiues apéece or more if they be able to maintaine them but the firste wife is chiefe and if anye of them doe not contente him he may put hir away They do mary in kinreds and liue like beastes In this Citie was Mapheo Nicholas and Marcus Paulus seauen yeres vsing the trade of merchaundize Of a Citie called Eusina and of many notable things in Tartaria CHAP. xlj DEparting from the foresayde Cittie Campion and trauailing twelue dayes iorney you shall come to a Citie called Eusina the whyche is in a fielde of the Desert called Sabon toward the North and is of the prouince Targuth In this Citie they bée al Idolators and haue great abundaunce of Camels and other cattell withall they gette their liuing by labouring the ground In this Citie those that do trauaile do prouide them of victualles and other necessaries for fortie dayes iourney whyche they must passe through a great Desert wheras be no towns nor houses nor grasse but in the mountaines about dwel people and also in the valleys beneath the Desert There be many Asses and other wild beasts of the mountaines and greate Pine apple trées At the ende of this Deserte there is a Citie called Catlogoria whiche is towarde the North and of this Citie was the first Prince or Lorde among the Tartars and his name was Catlogoria The Tartars dwel towards the North wheras is but few cities Townes but true it is there be fayre playnes pastures riuers and very good waters There dwell Tartars that haue no King nor Lorde they doe gouerne themselues in common and do pay tribute to Prester Iohn It formned that these Tartars multiplyed to so greate a number that Prester Iohn did feare that they woulde rise against him therefore he determined with himselfe to sende certaine Lordes of his that shoulde be among them to kéepe them asunder and also to kéepe the countrey in good order and to banishe or diminishe parte of them bycause they should not be of so greate a power And the Tartars perceyuyng thys ioyned themselues togither and tooke councell determined to leaue that countrey and to goe and dwell vpon the mountaines and in the deserts by meanes whereof from that time forwarde they stoode in no feare of Prester Iohn nor woulde pay him tribute And at the end of certaine yeares that they were not vnder the obedience of Prester Iohn they did elect and choose among themselues a King whiche they called Chenchis a valiaunt and wise man and this was in the yeare of oure Lorde God .1187 and crowned him for King of the Tartars aforesaide And all the Tartars that were in Persia and other Countreys there●boutes came to him and put themselues vnder his gouernement and obeyed him as their King and he receiued them very friendly gouerning them iustely and discréetely And after that Chenchis was confirmed and had the whole gouernment within a short time he made war and in shorte time conquered righte Kingdomes or Prouinces and when he hadde gotten anye Prouince or Citie he did iniurie to no man but lette them remaine wyth their goods sauing to those that were able and fitte menne for him they he tooke with him into the warres and by this meanes he was welbeloued and all men were content to goe with him Of the beginning of the raigne of the Tartars and of many maruellous and straunge thinges CHAP. 42. CHenchis perceyuyng himselfe to be of suche power minding to ioyne himselfe in kindred or stocke with Prester Iohn sente to him his Embassadoures requiring his daughter in marriage and this was in the yeare of oure Lord God .1190 Prester Iohn disdained that Embassage and aunswered that he maruailed muche that Chenchis being his Subiecte shoulde presume to demaunde his Lordes daughter to be his wife saying he woulde rather kil hir so the matter remayned thus Chenchis hearing this aunswere of Prester Iohn was sore troubled and vexed in minde againste hym and incontinent sent him defiaunce saying he woulde warre vppon him and of this Prester Iohn made small reckning saying that the Tartars were but slaues and not menne of warre notwithstanding he made himselfe in a readinesse and came vpon Chenchis who had also made himselfe in a readinesse and came oute againste him and encountred togither in a great plaine called Tanguth where it was appointed the battaile shoulde be of both parties thus ioyned togither in a fierce lōg battel for both parts was strong but in the end Prester Iohn being slaine and many of both parts the field remayned to Chenchis who conquered all the prouince Cities and townes of Prester Iohn and raigned after his death sixe yeares and at the end of sixe yeares laying siege to a Castell was hurte in the knée with an arrowe and of that wounde dyed After the

by his sayd wiues two and twentie Sonnes the eldest of them is called Chinchis in remembrance of the first King of Tartares and also to renue that name this firste sonne is called Chinchis Cane and shoulde haue succéeded his father in the Kingdome but bycause he dyed before his father his eldest sonne called Themur Cane and this his sonnes sonne bycause he should raigne after him kepte a greate Court by himselfe Of a greate Citie called Cambalu and of all the goodly and maruellous things that be done there CHAP. 55. NOw I will declare vnto you of the worthy and noble Citie called Cambalu the whiche is in the prouince of Cathaya This Citie is foure and twenty myles compasse and is fouresquare that is to euery quarter sixe miles compasse The wall is very strong of twenty paces high and battlements of thrée paces high The wall is fiue paces thicke This Citie hathe twelue gates and at euery gate is a very faire pallace And vpon the toppe of euery corner of the said wal is also a faire pallace and in all these pallaces ioyning to the wall be many people appoynted for to watch and kéepe the Citie And in those pallaces be all maner of armour and weapons for the defence and strength of the Citie The stréetes of this Citie be so faire and streight that you may sée a Candle or fire from the one ende to the other In this Citie be manye fayre Pallaces and houses And in the middest of it is a notable greate and faire Pallace in the whiche there is a great Toure wherein there is a greate Bell and after that Bell is tolled thrée times no body may goe abroade in the Citie but the watchmen that be appoynted for to kéepe the Citie and the nurses that doe kéepe children newly borne and Phisitions that goe to visit the sicke and these may not go without light At euery gate nightlye there is a thousand men to watch not for feare of any enimies but to auoyde théeues and robbers in the Citie which many times do chance in the Citie And this great watche the greate Cane doth cause to conserue and kéepe h●s people and subiects that no man should do them hurt Without this Citie be twelue suburbes very greate and euery one of thē answereth to his gate of the Citie And in these be many Merchantes and men of occupations and thyther do resort all people that come out of the Countreys and such Lordes as haue to do with the King or his Courtes And in these suburbes be moe than twentye thousande single or common women and neuer a one of them maye dwell within the Citie on payne of burning Out of this Citie goeth euery daye aboue a thousande Cartes with silke The great Cane is garded euery night with twentie thousande Gentlemen on Horsebacke not for any feare but for dignitie They be called Chisitanos which is as much to say as Knightes for the body or trustie Knights The manner of the great Cane for his dinner is this They make ready all the Tables rounde about the Hall and in the middest of the Hall is made ready the Table for the greate Cane setting his backe towardes the North and his face towardes the South His firste wife sitteth next vnto him on hys lefte hande and his other wiues following orderly On his other side do sitte his sonnes and his sonnes children one after another according to his age Those that be of the imperiall lignage do sitte downe afterward at another table more lower And the other Lords and their wiues do sitte at other Tables more lower according to their degrées dignities offices estates and age At the saide Tabl●s commonly do sitte foure thousand persons or very néere and euery one may sée the great Cane as he sitteth at his dinner In the middest of the Hall is a very greate vessell or cesterne of fine gold that will holde tenne Hoggesheads which is alwayes kept full of perfect good drinke And néere vnto that vessell be other foure vessels of siluer bigger than that full of good wine with many other vessels and pottes by them of gold and of siluer which may be of pottels a péece or as muche as will serue foure men for a dinner At dinner out of the vessell of golde wyth pottes of golde they drawe wine for to serue the greate Cane his Table for him his wiues children and kindred and out of the vesselles of siluer with Iars and Pottes of siluer they drawe wine to serue the Lordes and the Ladies and all others sitting at the Tables as well wemen as men And euery one that sitteth at the tables hathe a cuppe of golde before hym to drinke in And euery one that bringeth anye seruice to the greate Canes Table hathe a towell of golde and silke before his mouth bycause his breath shall not come vppon the meate and drinke they bring When the great Cane will drinke all the Musitians that bée in the Hall doe play and euery one that serueth knéeleth downe tyll hée haue drunke In the Hall be alwayes Iesters Iuglers and fooles attending vpon the Tables to make pastime all dynner tyme and after Dinner is done and the Tables taken vppe euerie man goeth aboute his businesse All the Tartares kéepe greate feasting and chéere euery yeare on the daye that Cublay Cane was borne which was on the eight and twentith day of September and that is the greatest feast they make in all the yeare saue one that héereafter shall be spoken of The greate Cane doth apparell himselfe that day he was borne on in cloth of golde maruellous rich and .12000 Barōs be apparelled with him after the same sorte touching the cloth of gold but not so rich and preciouse and euery one of thē hath a great girdle of gold and that apparell and girdles the great Cane giueth them And there is neuer a one of those garments with the girdle but it is worth .10000 Bisancios of golde whiche may be a thousand Markes By this you may perceyue that he is of great power and riches And on the sayde day all the Tartares and Merchantes and subiects and those that dwell in his Countreys be bounde to presente vnto hym euery one somethyng according to his degrée and abilitie in knowledging him to be their Lorde And whatsoeuer he be that doth begge any office or gift of him must giue him a present according to the gift he doth aske And all his Subiects and Merchantes and trauellers or anye other that be founde in his Countreys or Prouinces be vsually bounde to pray for the greate Cane to hys Idols to preserue hym and hys Countreys whether they be Tartares or Christiane or Iewes or Moores The Tartares begin their yeare the firste day of February and do kéepe a great feast that day And the greate Cane and hys Barons with all the rest of the Citie doe apparell themselues in white that daye

making greate pastymes saying the greate Cane is bl●ssed and fortunate and so doe desire a ioyfull yeare And on that daye there is present●d to the great Cane more than .10000 Horses and Mares al white and more than fiue thousand Elephāts with two greate baskettes vpon them full of prouision necessarie for hys Courtes And besides thys there is presented to hym a great number of Camels couered all with white cloth of silke for seruice of their K. And when they giue these presents they doe all passe by where the great Cane doeth stande and sée them On the same daye that this feast is in the morning b●times before the Tables be couered all the kings Dukes Marquesses Lords Captaynes Gouernours and Ius●ices of his countryes other officers come into the Hal before y presence of the great Cane and those that can not come in be in another place where as the great Cane may sée them all and thus being altogither as though they woulde make some request there goeth one vppe vpon a buylding or scaffolde that is made for the same purpose in the middest of the hall with a loude or high voyce biddeth them al knéele downe vpon their knées and giue landes and thankes to their Lord and streight wayes euery one doth honor him as if he were an Idoll and this they doe foure times and thys being done euery one goeth and sitteth downe in his place and afterwardes do rise one after an other and goe to an aulter whiche is set in the middest of the hall and vpon it is a table set written on with letters of gold and garnished with pretious stones of greate value and the writing is the proper name of the greate Cane and wyth Sensors of fine golde full of incense and fire they incense that table in honour of the great Cane And after that euery one in presence of the great Cane doth offer great and precious giftes according to his state condition and abilitie and this being done they go all and sitte downe at the tables to dinner And the great Cane thirtéene times in the yeare doeth giue apparell to his Barrons in thirtéen great feastes he doeth make and at euery time he doeth chaunge this apparel and this apparel that he doth giue is of greater and lesser value according to the degrée of him that he giueth it vnto And to euerye one he giueth a girdle or a payre of hosen or a hatte garnished wyth golde and set with pearles and pretious stones according to the degrée of the parties and of this apparell is euerye yeare 1●6000 and this he doth for to honour and magnifie his feastes And at euery such feast the gret Cane hath lying at his féete a tame Lyon vpon a rich Carpet And the great Cane is resident during the sayde thrée moneths in Camballo that is to say December Ianuarie and Februarie And during the sayd three months the whole country thereabout to say thirtie dayes iourney is kept for hawking hunting and fouling only for to serue the Courtes and what they do take and kil is presented and broughte to the greate Canes Courte and such as dwell further of in other prouinces that kill wilde beastes not able to bée brought to the Court they do trimme and dresse the skins thereof and bring them to the Courte for to dresse make and trimme armour and munitions for the wars which he hath infinite number Of the manner the great Cane doth vse in his hunting CHAP. 56. THis Cublay Cane or great Cane hath wyth him two noble men that be his brethren the one called Baian and the other Mytigan and they be called Cinicil whych is as muche to say as maisters or gouernours of the dogs or Masties of theyr Lordes eyther of these two noble menne hath tenne thousande menne all apparelled in one liuerye of whyte and redde and euerye one of these twentie thousande menne hath charge and gouernemente of two Mastyes or at the le●st one and when the great Cane wyll go on hunting these two noble men go wyth him with theyr twentye thousande men or with the moste parte of them and so beginne their hunting with those men and dogges who be well vsed to it and the great Cane goeth into the middest of the fields hauing his two Lordes with their men and dogges on eche side of him and diuideth them into companies in such sorte that there shal no game rise that shall scape them what kynde of beaste so euer it bée Of the manner of his hauking for wildefoule CHAP. 57. THe first day of March the great Cane departeth from Cambalu and goeth with his Court and Barons towards the South seas named the Occean that lyeth two dayes iourney from Cambalu and he carrieth with him ten thousande Faulcons fiue thousand Gerfaulcons and other kinde of Haukes a great number which are very singular and good aboue all other and are bred in his Seniories and al those that they take in his countries are presented to the great Cane for his own vse Court and Barrons that alwayes kepe his companie which are neuer lesse than 15000. and they bée called T●stores which is as much to say as the Lords gard all these do practise hauking and euery one of them doth carry his reclayme or lewer and haukes hood that when he hath néede he may take vp his Hauke They doe neuer léese one of these Faulcons for euery one of them hath fastned vnto hys Belles a Scutchion of gold wherin is written the name of hys Mayster and when soeuer one of thē is loste he that findeth him streyghte wayes doeth present him vnto the great Cane or to one of those barrōs his brethren and he causeth hym to be deliuered agayne to him that before had charge of him for he is knowen by the Scutchion that the Hauke hath vpon his belles Of the manner that the great Cane hath in trauelling in his countrey and how he abydeth in the fields in his tents and pauilions CHAP. 58. WHen the greate Cane maketh any iourney in his countrey he goeth in a fayre lodge or edification hauing a verye faire chamber made vpon foure Elephants which is couered with the skinnes of Lions and in this chamber he hath twelue Gerfaulcons and certain of the Barrons in his company to giue him pleasure and pastime and round about these Elephants there be on horsebacke very many barrons and as soone as they sée anye foule or Crane fly they declare it vnto their Lord and he immediately letteth these Gerfaulcons flye ●nd after this sort he goeth through his countrey and when the greate Cane commeth to any broade and faire fields which they do call Caziam●n which he doth finde ready set with tents and pauilions for him and his wiues and for his children and barrons and these tentes and pauilions are at the least .10000 and the tentes of the great Cane are so large