every day in his court, mo than 30000 persones, with outen goeres and comeres.  But the 30000 persones of his contree, ne of the contree of the grete Chane, ne spenden noghte so moche gode, as don 12000 of oure contree.  This Emperour Prestre John hathe evere more 7 kynges with him, to serve him:  and thei departen hire service be certeyn monethes.  And with theise kynges serven alle weys 72 dukes and 360 erles.  And alle the dayes of the zeer, there eten in his houshold and in his court, 12 erchebysshoppes and 20 bisshoppes.  And the patriark of Seynt Thomas is there, as is the Pope here.  And the erchebisshoppes and the bisshoppes and the abboties in that contree, ben alle kynges.  And everyche of theise grete lordes knowen wel y now the attendance of hire servyse.  This on is mayster of his houshold, another is his chamberleyn, another servethe him of a dissche, another of the cuppe, another is styward, another is mareschalle, another is prynce of his armes:  and thus is he fulle nobely and ryally served.  And his lond durethe in verry brede 4 moneths iorneyes, and in lengthe out of measure; that is to seyn, alle the yles undir erthe, that wee supposen to ben undir us.

Besyde the yle of Pentexoire, that is the lond of Prestre John, is a gret yle long and brode, that men clepen Milsterak; and it is in the lordschipe of Prestre John.  In that yle is gret plentee of godes.  There was dwellynge somtyme a ryche man, and it is not longe sithen, and men clept him Gatholonabes; and he was fulle of cauteles and of sotylle disceytes; and he hadde a fulle fair castelle, and a strong, in a mountayne, so strong and so noble, that no man cowde devise a fairere ne a strangere.  And he had let muren alle the mountayne aboute with a strong walle and a fair.  And with inne tho walles he had the fairest gardyn, that ony man myghte beholde; and therein were trees berynge alle maner of frutes, that ony man cowde devyse; and there in were also alle maner vertuous herbes of gode smelle, and alle other herbes also, that beren faire floures.  And he had also in that gardyn, many faire welles; and beside tho welles, he had lete make faire halles and faire chambres, depeynted alle with gold and azure.  And there weren in that place many a dyverse thinges and many dyverse stories:  and of bestes and of bryddes, that songen fulle delectabely; and meveden be craft, that it semede that thei weren quyke.  And he had also in his gardyn alle maner of foules and of bestes that ony man myghte thenke on, for to have pley or desport to beholde hem.  And he had also in that place, the faireste zonge Damyseles, that myghte ben founde undir the age of 15 zere, and the faireste zonge striplynges, that men myghte gete of that same age:  and alle thei weren clothed in clothes of gold fully richely:  and he seyde, that tho weren aungeles.  And he had also let make 3 welles, faire and noble, and alle envyround with ston of jaspre, of cristalle, pyapred with gold, and sett with precious stones and grete orient perles.