Item aliud volumen quod vocatur de locis mirabilibus Tartarorum,
  scriptum manu praedicti MARCI.

II.  There is kept at the Louvre, in the very valuable collection of China Ware given by M. Ernest Grandidier, a white porcelain incense-burner said to come from Marco Polo.  This incense-burner, which belonged to Baron Davillier, who received it, as a present, from one of the keepers of the Treasury of St. Mark’s at Venice, is an octagonal ting from the Fo-kien province, and of the time of the Sung Dynasty.  By the kind permission of M. P. Grandidier, we reproduce it from Pl.  II. 6, of the Ceramique chinoise, Paris, 1894, published by this learned amateur.—­H.  C.]

[1] 1.  The Will is made in prospect of his voyage to Crete.

2.  He had drafted his will with his own hand, sealed the draft, and made it over to Pietro Pagano, priest of S. Felice and Notary, to draw out a formal testament in faithful accordance therewith in case of the Testator’s death; and that which follows is the substance of the said draft rendered from the vernacular into Latin. ("Ego Matheus Paulo ... volens ire in Cretam, ne repentinus casus hujus vite fragilis me subreperet intestatum, mea propria manu meum scripsi et condidi testamentum, rogans Petrum Paganum ecclesie Scti.  Felicis presbiterum et Notarium, sana mente et integro consilio, ut, secundum ipsius scripturam quam sibi tunc dedi meo sigillo munitam, meum scriberet testamentum, si me de hoc seculo contigeret pertransire; cujus scripture tenor translato vulgari in latinum per omnia talis est.”)

    3.  Appoints as Trustees Messer Maffeo Polo his uncle, Marco Polo his
    brother, Messer Nicolo Secreto (or Sagredo) his father-in-law, and
    Felix Polo his cousin (consanguineum).

4.  Leaves 20 soldi to each of the Monasteries from Grado to Capo d’Argine; and 150 lire to all the congregations of Rialto, on condition that the priests of these maintain an annual service in behalf of the souls of his father, mother, and self.

    5.  To his daughter Fiordelisa 2000 lire to marry her withal.  To be
    invested in safe mortgages in Venice, and the interest to go to her.

Also leaves her the interest from 1000 lire of his funds in Public Debt (? de meis imprestitis) to provide for her till she marries.  After her marriage this 1000 lire and its interest shall go to his male heir if he has one, and failing that to his brother Marco.

    6.  To his wife Catharine 400 lire and all her clothes as they stand
    now.  To the Lady Maroca 100 lire.