Besyde that yle, toward the est, ben 2 other yles:  and men clepen that on Orille, and that other Argyte; of the whiche alle the lond is myne of gold and sylver.  And tho yles ben right where that the Rede See departethe fro the see occean.  And in tho yles men seen ther no sterres so clerly as in other places:  for there apperen no sterres, but only o clere sterre, that men clepen Canapos.  And there is not the mone seyn in alle the lunacioun, saf only the seconde quarteroun.  In the yle also of this Taprobane ben gret hilles of gold, that Pissemyres kepen fulle diligently.  And thei fynen the pured gold, and casten away the unpured.  And theise Pissemyres ben gret as houndes:  so that no man dar come to tho hilles:  for the Pissemyres wolde assaylen hem and devouren hem anon; so that no man may gete of that gold, but be gret sleighte.  And therfore whan it is gret hete, the Pissemyres resten hem in the erthe, from pryme of the day in to noon:  and than the folk of the con tree taken camayles, dromedaries and hors and other bestes and gon thidre, and chargen hem in alle haste that thei may.  And aftre that thei fleen away, in alle haste that the bestes may go, or the Pissemyres comen out of the erthe.  And in other tymes, whan it is not so hote, and that he Pissemyres ne resten hem not in the erthe, than thei geten gold be this sotyltee:  thei taken mares, that han zonge coltes or foles, and leyn upon the mares voyde vesselles made therfore; and thei ben alle open aboven, and hangynge lowe to the erthe:  and thanne thei sende forth tho mares for to pasturen aboute the hilles, and with holden the foles with hem at home.  And whan the Pissemyres sen tho vesselles, thei lepen in anon, and thei han this kynde, that thei lete no thing ben empty among hem, but anon thei fillen it, be it what maner of thing that it be:  and so thei fillen tho vesselles with gold.  And whan that the folk supposen, that the vesselle ben fulle, thei putten forthe anon the zonge foles, and maken hem to nyzen aftre hire dames; and than anon the mares retornen towardes hire foles, with hire charges of gold; and than men dischargen hem, and geten gold y now be this sotyltee.  For the Pissemyres wole suffren bestes to gon and pasturen amonges hem; but no man in no wyse.

And bezonde the lond and the yles and the desertes of Prestre Johnes lordschipe, in goynge streyght toward the est, men fynde nothing but mountaynes and roches fulle grete:  and there is the derke regyoun, where no man may see, nouther be day ne be nyght, as thei of the contree seyn.  And that desert, and that place of derknesse, duren fro this cost unto Paradys terrestre; where that Adam oure foremost fader, and Eve weren putt, that dwelleden there but lytylle while; and that is towards the est, at the begynnynge of the erthe.  But that is not that est, that wee clep oure est, on this half, where the sonne risethe to us:  for whenne the sonne is est in tho partyes, toward Paradys terrestre, it is thanne mydnyght in