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nobiscum_fw-la poma_fw-la &_o ea_fw-la sibi_fw-la super_fw-la unum_fw-la incisorium_fw-la reverentèr_fw-la obtulimus_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la duo_fw-la accepit_fw-la &_o deuno_fw-la aliquantulum_fw-la comedit_fw-la et_fw-la tunc_fw-la fecit_fw-la nobis_fw-la signum_fw-la quòd_fw-la recederemus_fw-la ne_fw-la equi_fw-la venientes_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la nos_fw-la offenderent_fw-la statimque_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la discessunus_fw-la atque_fw-la divertimus_fw-la &_o â—uimus_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquos_fw-la barones_n per_fw-la fratres_fw-la nostri_fw-la ordinis_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la conversos_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o exercitu_fw-la eius_fw-la erant_fw-la &_o cis_fw-la obtulimus_fw-la de_fw-la pomis_fw-la praedictis_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la maximo_fw-la gaudio_fw-la ipsa_fw-la accipientes_fw-la ita_fw-la videbantur_fw-la laetari_fw-la acsi_fw-la praebuissemus_fw-la eye_v familiaritèr_fw-la magnum_fw-la munus_fw-la haec_fw-la predicta_fw-la frater_fw-la guilelmus_n de_fw-la solangna_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la redegit_fw-la sicùt_fw-la praedictus_fw-la frater_fw-la odoricus_n ore_fw-la tenus_fw-la exexprimebat_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1330._o mense_fw-la maij_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la sancti_fw-la antonius_n do_v padua_n nec_fw-la curavit_fw-la de_fw-la latino_fw-la difficili_fw-la &_o stilo_fw-it ornato_fw-la sed_fw-la sicut_fw-la ipse_fw-la narrabat_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la homines_fw-la facilius_fw-la intelligerent_fw-la quae_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la ego_fw-la frater_fw-la odoricus_n de_fw-la foro_fw-la julij_fw-la de_fw-la quadam_fw-la terra_fw-la quae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la portus_n vahonis_n de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la minorum_fw-la testificor_fw-la &_o testimonium_fw-la perhibeo_fw-la reverendo_fw-la patri_fw-la guidoto_fw-la ministro_fw-la provinciae_fw-la sancti_fw-la antonius_n in_o marchia_n trivisana_n cùm_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la fuerim_fw-la per_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la requisitus_fw-la quòd_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la superiùs_fw-la scripta_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la proprijs_fw-la oculis_fw-la ego_fw-la vidi_fw-la aut_fw-la a_o fide_fw-la dignis_fw-la audiâ—_n communis_fw-la etiam_fw-la locutio_fw-la illarum_fw-la terrarum_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la nec_fw-la vidi_fw-la restatur_fw-la esse_fw-la multa_fw-la etiam_fw-la alia_fw-la ego_fw-la dimisissem_fw-la nisi_fw-la illa_fw-la proprijs_fw-la oculis_fw-la conspexissem_fw-la ego_fw-la autem_fw-la de_fw-la die_v in_o diem_fw-la i_o propono_fw-la contratas_fw-la seu_fw-la terras_fw-la accedere_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la mori_fw-la &_o vivere_fw-la i_o dispono_fw-la si_fw-la placuerit_fw-la deo_fw-la meo_fw-la de_fw-fr morte_fw-la fratris_fw-la odorici_n anno_fw-la igitur_fw-la domini_fw-la 1331._o disponente_fw-la se_fw-la praedicto_fw-la fratre_fw-la odorico_fw-la ad_fw-la perficiendum_fw-la iter_fw-la suae_fw-la peregrinationis_fw-la prout_fw-la mente_fw-la conceperat_fw-la &_o etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la via_fw-la &_o labour_n esset_fw-la sibi_fw-la magis_fw-la ad_fw-la meritum_fw-la decrevit_fw-la primò_fw-la praesentiam_fw-la adire_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o patris_fw-la omnium_fw-la summi_fw-la pontificis_fw-la domini_fw-la joannis_n papae_fw-la 22._o cvius_fw-la benedictione_n obedlentiaque_fw-la recepta_fw-la cum_fw-la societate_fw-la fratrum_fw-la secum_fw-la ire_n volentium_fw-la ad_fw-la part_n infidelium_fw-la se_fw-la transferret_fw-la cúmque_fw-la sic_fw-la eundo_fw-la versus_fw-la summum_fw-la pontisicem_fw-la non_fw-la multum_fw-la distaret_fw-la à _fw-la civitate_fw-la pisana_n in_o quadam_fw-la via_fw-la occurrit_fw-la sibi_fw-la quidam_fw-la senex_fw-la in_o habitu_fw-la peregrini_fw-la eum_fw-la salutans_fw-la ex_fw-la nomine_fw-la aue_fw-la inquiens_fw-la frater_fw-la odorice_n et_fw-la cùm_fw-la frater_fw-la quaereret_fw-la quo_fw-la modo_fw-la ipsius_fw-la haberet_fw-la noticiam_fw-la respondit_fw-la dum_fw-la eras_fw-la in_o india_n novi_fw-la te_fw-la tuúmque_fw-la novi_fw-la sanctum_fw-la propositum_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la modò_fw-la ad_fw-la conventum_fw-la undè_fw-la venisti_fw-la revertere_fw-la quia_fw-la die_fw-la sequenti_fw-la decimo_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la mundo_fw-la migrabis_fw-la verbis_fw-la igitut_o senis_fw-la attonitus_fw-la &_o stupesactus_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cùm_fw-la senex_fw-la ille_fw-la statim_fw-la post_fw-la dictum_fw-la ab_fw-la eius_fw-la aspectu_fw-la disparuit_fw-la reverti_fw-la decrevit_fw-la et_fw-la reversus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o bona_fw-la prosperitate_fw-la nullam_fw-la sentiens_fw-la gravedinem_fw-la corporis_fw-la seu_fw-la aliquam_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la cúmque_fw-la esset_fw-la in_o conventu_fw-la svo_fw-la vâ—inensi_fw-la n._n in_o provincia_fw-la paduana_n decimo_fw-la die_fw-la prout_fw-la facta_fw-la sibi_fw-la fuit_fw-la revelatio_fw-la accepta_fw-la communione_fw-la ipsóque_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la disponente_fw-la etiam_fw-la corpore_fw-la existens_fw-la incolumis_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la foelicitèr_fw-la requievit_fw-la cvius_fw-la sacer_fw-la obitus_fw-la domino_fw-la summo_fw-la pontifici_fw-la praefato_fw-la sub_fw-la manu_fw-la notarij_fw-la publici_fw-la transmittitur_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la seribit_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1331._o decima_fw-la quarta_fw-la die_fw-la mensis_fw-la januarij_fw-la obijt_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la beatus_fw-la odoricus_n ordinis_fw-la fratrum_fw-la minorum_fw-la cvius_fw-la precibus_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la deus_fw-la multa_fw-la &_o varia_fw-la miracula_fw-la demonstravit_fw-la quae_fw-la ego_fw-la guetelus_fw-la notarius_fw-la communis_fw-la vtini_fw-la filius_fw-la domini_fw-la damiani_n de_fw-la portu_fw-la gruario_n de_fw-fr mandato_fw-la &_o voluntate_fw-la nobilis_fw-la viri_fw-la domini_fw-la conradi_n de_fw-la buardigio_fw-la castaldionis_fw-la &_o consilij_fw-la vtini_fw-la scripsi_fw-la sicut_fw-la potui_fw-la bona_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o fratribus_fw-la minoribus_fw-la exemplum_fw-la dedi_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quià _fw-la sunt_fw-la innumerabilia_fw-la &_o mihi_fw-la difficilia_fw-la ad_fw-la scribendum_fw-la ¶_o here_o begin_v the_o journal_n of_o friar_n odoricus_n one_o of_o the_o order_n of_o the_o minorite_n concern_v strange_a thing_n which_o he_o see_v among_o the_o tartar_n of_o the_o east_n albeit_o many_o and_o sundry_a thing_n be_v report_v by_o diverse_a author_n concern_v the_o fashion_n and_o condition_n of_o this_o world_n notwithstanding_o i_o friar_n odoricus_n of_o friuli_n de_fw-fr portu_fw-la vahonis_n be_v desirous_a to_o travel_v unto_o the_o foreign_a and_o remote_a nation_n of_o infidel_n see_v and_o hear_v great_a and_o miraculous_a thing_n which_o i_o be_o able_a true_o to_o avouch_v first_o of_o all_o therefore_o sail_v from_o pera_n by_o constantinople_n pera._n i_o arrive_v at_o trapesunda_fw-la trapesunda_fw-la this_o place_n be_v right_o commodious_o situate_a as_o be_v a_o haven_n for_o the_o persian_n and_o mede_n and_o other_o country_n beyond_o the_o sea_n in_o this_o land_n i_o behold_v with_o great_a delight_n a_o very_a strange_a spectacle_n namely_o a_o certain_a man_n lead_v about_o he_o more_o than_o four_o thousand_o partridge_n the_o man_n himself_o walk_v upon_o the_o ground_n and_o the_o partridge_n fly_v in_o the_o air_n which_o he_o lead_v unto_o a_o certain_a castle_n call_v zavena_n be_v three_o day_n journey_n distant_a from_o trapesunda_n the_o say_a partridge_n be_v so_o tame_a that_o when_o the_o man_n be_v desirous_a to_o lie_v down_o and_o rest_n they_o will_v all_o come_v flock_v about_o he_o like_o chicken_n and_o so_o he_o lead_v they_o unto_o trapesunda_n and_o unto_o the_o palace_n of_o the_o emperor_n who_o take_v as_o
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