with the lettres, toward the Emperour; whille that the laste bryngere reste him, and bayte his dromedarie or his hors.  And so fro in to in, tille it come to the Emperour.  And thus anon hathe he hasty tydynges of ony thing, that berethe charge, be his corrours, that rennen so hastyly, thorghe out alle the contree.  And also whan the Emperour sendethe his corrours hastyly, thorghe out his lond, everyche of hem hathe a large thong fulle of smale belles; and whan thei neyghen nere to the innes of other corroures, that ben also ordeyned be the iorneyes, thei ryngen here belles, and anon the other corrours maken hem redy, and rennen here weye unto another in:  and thus rennethe on to other, fulle spedyly and swyftly, till the Emperours entent be served, in alle haste.  And theise currours ben clept chydydo, aftre here langage, that is to seye, a messagere.

Also whan the Emperour gothe from o contree to another, as I have told you here before, and he passe thorghe cytees and townes, every man makethe a fuyr before his dore, and puttethe there inne poudre of gode gommes, that ben swete smellynge, for to make gode savour to the Emperour.  And alle the peple knelethe doun azenst him, and don him gret reverence.  And there where religyouse Cristene men dwellen, as thei don in many cytees in thei lond, thei gon before him with processioun with cros and holy watre; and thei seyngen, Veni Creator, spiritus, with an highe voys, and gon towardes him.  And whan he herethe hem, he commaundethe to his lordes to ryde besyde him, that the religiouse men may come to him.  And whan thei ben nyghe him, with the cros, thanne he dothe a down his galaothe, that syt upon his hede, in manere of a chapelet, that is made of gold and preciouse stone and grete perles.  And it is so ryche, that, men preysen it to the value of a roialme, in that contre.  And than he knelethe to the cros.  And than the prelate of the religiouse men seythe before him certeyn orisouns, and zevethe him a blessynge with the cros:  and he enclynethe to the blessynge fulle devoutly.  And thanne the prelate zevethe him sum maner frute, to the nombre of 9, in a platere of sylver, with peres or apples or other manere frute.  And he takethe on; and than men zeven to the othere lordes, that ben aboute him.  For the custom is suche, that no straungere schalle come before him, but zif he zeve hym sum manere thing, aftre the olde lawe, that seythe, Nemo accedat in conspectu meo vacuus.  And thanne the Emperour seythe to the religious men, that thei withdrawe hem azen, that thei ne be hurt ne harmed of the gret multytude of hors that comen behynde him.  And also in the same maner don the religious men, that dwellen there, to the Emperesses, that passen by hem, and to his eldest sone; and to every of hem, thei presenten frute.