lost, or elle turned azen for drede:  but wee ne saughe hem never after:  and tho weren 2 men of Grece and 3 of Spayne.  And oure other fellows, that wolden not gon in with us, thei wenten by another coste, to ben before us, and so thei were.  And thus wee passeden that perilous vale, and founden thereinne gold and sylver and precious stones and riche jewelles gret plentee, both here and there, as us semed:  but whether that it was, as us semede, I wot nere:  for I touched none, because that the develes ben so subtyle to make a thing to seme otherwise than it is, for to disceyve mankynde; and therfore I towched none; and also because that I wolde not ben put out of my devocioun:  for I was more devout thanne, than evere I was before or after, and alle for the drede of fendes, that I saughe in dyverse figures; and also for the gret multytude of dede bodyes, that I saughe there liggynge be the weye, be alle the vale, as thoughe there had ben a bataylle betwene 2 kynges and the myghtyest of the contree, and that the gretter partye had ben discomfyted and slayn.  And I trowe, that unethe scholde ony contree have so moche peple with in him, as lay slayn in that vale, as us thoughte; the whiche was an hidouse sight to seen.  And I merveylled moche, that there weren so manye, and the bodyes all hole, with outen rotynge.  But I trowe, that fendes made hem semen to ben so hole, with outen rotynge.  But that myghte not ben to myn avys, that so manye scholde have entred so newely, ne so manye newely slayn, with outen stynkynge and rotynge.  And manye of hem were in habite of Cristene men:  but I trowe wel, that it weren of suche, that wenten in for covetyse of the thresoure, that was there, and hadden over moche feblenesse in feithe; so that hire hertes ne myghte not enduren in the beleve for drede.  And therfore weren wee the more devout a gret del:  and zit wee weren cast doun and beten down many tymes to the hard erthe, be wyndes and thondres and tempestes:  but evere more God of His grace halp us:  and so we passed that perilous vale, with outen perile and with outen encombrance.  Thanked be alle myghty Godd.

Aftre this, bezonde the vale, is a gret yle, where the folk ben grete geauntes of 28 fote longe or of 30 fote longe; and thei han no clothinge, but of skynnes of bestes, that thei hangen upon hem:  and thei eten no breed, but alle raw flesche:  and thei drynken mylk of bestes; for thei han plentee of alle bestaylle.  And thei have none houses, to lyen inne.  And thei eten more gladly mannes flessche, thanne ony other flesche.  In to that yle dar no man gladly entren:  and zif thei seen a schipp and men there inne, anon thei entren in to the see, for to take hem.

And men seyden us, that in an yle bezonde that, weren geantes of grettere stature:  summe of 45 fote, or 50 fote long, and as some men seyn, summe of 50 cubytes long:  but I saghe none of tho; for I hadde no lust to go to tho parties, because that no man comethe nouther in to that yle ne in to the other, but zif he be devoured anon.  And among tho geauntes ben scheep, als grete as oxen here; and thei beren gret wolle and roughe.  Of the scheep I have seyn many tymes.  And men han seyn many tymes tho geauntes taken men in the see out of hire schippes, and broughte hem to lond, 2 in on hond and 2 in another, etynge hem goynge, alle rawe and alle quyk.