The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 eBook

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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 478 pages of information about The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09.

And zee schulle undirstonde, that alle theise kyngdomes and alle theise londes aboveseyd, unto Pruysse and to Rossye, ben alle obeyssant to the grete Chane of Cathay; and many othere contrees, that marchen to other costes.  Wherfore his powere and his lordschipe is fulle gret, and fulle myghty.

Of the Emperour of Persye, and of the lond of darknesse and of other
  Kyngdomes, that belongen to the grete Chane of Cathay, and other Londes
  of his, unto the See of Greece.

[Sidenote:  Cap.  XXV.] Now sithe I have devysed zou the londes and the kyngdoms toward the parties septentrionales, in comynge down from the lond of Cathay, unto the londes of the Cristene, towardes Pruysse and Rossye; now schalle I devyse zou of other londes and kyngdomes, comynge doun be other costes, toward the right syde, unto the see of Grece, toward the lond of Cristene men:  and therfore that, aftre Ynde and aftre Cathay, the Emperour of Persie is the gretteste lord.  Therfore I schalle telle zou of the kyngdom of Persie.  First, where he hathe 2 kyngdomes; the firste kyngdom begynnethe toward the est, toward the kyngdom of Turquesten, and it strecchethe toward the west, unto the ryyere of Phison, that is on of the 4 ryveres, that comen out of paradys.  And on another syde, it strecchethe toward the septemtrion, unto the see of Caspye:  and also toward the southe, unto the desert of Ynde.  And this contree is gode and pleyn and fulle of peple.  And there ben manye gode cytees.  But the 2 princypalle cytees ben theise, Boyturra and Seornergant, that sum men clepen Sormagant.  The tother kyngdom of Persie strecchethe toward the ryvere of Phison, and the parties of the west, unto the kyngdom of Mede:  and fro the grete Armenye, and toward the septemtrion, to the see of Caspie; and toward the southe, to the land of Ynde.  That is also a gode lond and a plentefous; and it hath 3 grete princypalle cytees, Messabor, Caphon and Sarmassane.

And thanne aftre is Armenye, in the which weren wont to ben 4 kyngdomes:  that is a noble contree, and fulle of godes.  And it begyinnethe at Persie, and strecchethe toward the west in lengthe, unto Turkye.  And in largenesse, it durethe to the cytee of Alizandre, that now is clept the Zate of Helle, that I spak offe beforn, undre the kyngdom of Mede.  In this Armenye ben fulle manye gode cytees:  but Tanrizo is most of name.

Aftre this, is the kyngdom of Mede, that is fulle long:  but it is not fulle large, that begynnethe toward the est, to the land of Persie, and to Ynde the lesse.  And it strecchethe toward the west, toward the kyngdom of Caldee, and toward the septemtrion, descendynge toward the litille Armenye.  In that kyngdom of Medee, ther ben many grere hilles, and litille of pleyn erthe.  There duellen Sarazines, and another maner of folk, that men clepen Cordynes.  The beste 2 cytees of that kyngdom, ben Sarras and Karemen.

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