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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51759	The voyages & travels of Sir John Mandevile, Knight wherein is set down the way to the Holy Land, and to Hierusalem, as also to the lands of the great Caan, and of Prestor John, to Inde, and divers other countries : together with many strange marvels therein.	Mandeville, John, Sir.; Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-ca. 1399.	1677 (1677)	Wing M415; ESTC R21151	84,811	129

cometh at the right side of him and another at the left side and in each Host is many men and then cometh the fourth Host behind him a Bow draught and there is more men in that then in any other And ye shall understand that the Emperoux rideth on no Horse but when he will go to any secret place with a small Train where he will not be known then he rideth in a Chariot with four Whéels and thereupon is a Chamber made of a trée that men call Lignum Aloes that cometh out of Paradise terrestre and that chamber is covered with fine gold and precious Stones and Pearls and four Elephants and four Oxen all white go therein and five or six great Lords ride about him so that none other man may come nigh him except the Emperor call any and in the same manner with a Chariot and such Train rideth the Empress by another side and the Emperors eldest Son in that same Array and they have so many people that it is a great marvel for to sée CHAP. LXXIV How the Empire of the great Caane is divided into twelve Provinces and how they do cast Incense in the fire where the great Caane passeth through the Cities and Towns in worship of the Emperour THe land of the great Caane is divided into twelve Provinces and every Province hath more then two thousand cities and towns And when the Emperor rideth through the country as he passeth through cities and towns each man maketh a fire before his house and casteth therein Incense and other things that give good smell to the Emperor And if any men of Religion that are Christian men dwell near where the Emperor cometh they méet him with Procession with Cross and holy water and they sing Veni Creator Spiritus with loud voice when he séeth them coming he commandeth the Lords to ride near to them to make way that the Religious men may come to him when he séeth the Cross he doth off his Hat that is made of precious stones and great Pearls and that Hat is so rich that it is marvel to tell and then he inclineth to the Cross and the Prelate of the Religious men saith Orisons before him and giveth him the blessing with the Cross and he inclineth to the blessing full devoutly and then the Prelate giveth him some fruit to the number of nine Pears or Apples or other fruit in a Platter of Gold and then the Emperor taketh one thereof and the other he giveth to his Lords for the manner is such there that no strange man may come before the Emperor but he gives him somewhat after the old Law that saith Non accedit conspectu meo inanis that is to say No man comes into my sight empty And then the Emperor biddeth those Religious men that they go forth so that men of his Host defile them not and those Religious men that dwell where the Empress or the Emperors Son cometh they do in the same manner CHAP. LXXV How the Caane is the mightiest Lord of all the world THis great Caane is the mightiest Lord of the world for Prester John is not so great a Lord as he nor the Souldan of Babylon nor the Emperor of Persia. In this land a man hath an hundred wives some forty and some more some less and they take of their kin to wives all save their Sisters their Mothers and Daughters and they also take their Step-mother if their Father be dead and men and women have all one manner of cloathing so that they may not be known but the women that are married bear a token on their heads and they dwell not with their Husbands but he may lie by any as he will They have plenty of all manner of beasts save swine for they will kéep none and they believe in God that made all things and yet have they Idols of Gold and Silver and to those Idols they offer their first milk of beasts CHAP. LXXVI Yet of other manners of this Country THe Emperor the great Caane hath thrée Wives and the principal wife was Prester Johns Daughter Andthe people of this country begin to do all their things in the new Moon and they worship much the Sun and the Moon those men ride commonly without Spurs and they hold it a great sin to break one bone with another and to spill Milk on the ground or any other liquor that men may drink and the most fault that they may do is to piss in the Houses where they dwell and he that pisseth in his House shall be slain and of that sin they shrive them to their Priests and for their Penance they give Silver and the place where they have pissed shall be hallowed or else may no man come there And when they have done their Penance they shall pass through a fire or two to make them clean of their sins when they have eaten they wipe their hands upon their skirts for they have no Table-cloaths except it be very great Lords and when they have all eaten they put their dishes or platters not washed into a Pot or Cauldren with the flesh that is left when they have eaten until they will eat another time and rich men drink Milk of Mares Asses or other beasts and other Beverage that is made of Milk and Water together for they have neither Beer nor Wine And when they go to War they War full wisely and each man of them beareth two or thrée Bows and many Arrows and a great Hatchet Gentlemen have short Swords and he that sleeth in Battel they slay him and they are ever in purpose to bring all the land in subiection to them for they say it is Prophesied that they shall overcome by shot of Archers and that they shall turn men to their Law but they wot not what men they shall be and it is great peril to pursue the Tartarians when they flée for they will shoot behind and slay men as well as before and they have small eyes as little Birds and they are commonly false for they hold not their promise And when a man shall die among them they strike a Spear in the earth beside him and when he draweth to the death they go out of the House till he be dead then they put him into the Earth in the Field CHAP. LXXVII How the Emperour is brought unto his Grave when he is dead ANd when the Emperor is dead they set him into a Cart in the midst of his Tent and then set before him a Table covered with a Cloth thereupon they set slesh and other meat and a Cup full of Mares Milk and they set a Mare with a Colt by him and a Horse sadled and bridled and they lay upon the Horse Gold and Silver and all about him they make a great Pit and with all the things they put him therein as the Tent Horse Gold and Silver and all that is about him and they say when he cometh