The voiage and travaile of sir John Maundevile. repr. from the ed. of 1725, with an intr., additional notes, and glossary, by J.O. Halliwell

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Página xiv - Voyages faits principalement en Asie dans les XII, XIII, XIV et XV siècles, par Benjamin de Tudèle, Jean du Plan-Carpin, N.
Página 4 - And for als moche as it is longe tyme passed, that ther was no generalle Passage ne Vyage over the See; and many Men desiren for to here speke of the holy Lond, and han thereof gret Solace and Comfort...
Página x - I was not worthy. But as I have heard say of wise men beyond, I shall tell you with good will.
Página 25 - Morwe, and sche scholde come out of the Cave before him; and thanne come and kysse hire on the Mowthe, and have no Drede; for I schalle do the no maner harm, alle be it that thou see me in Lyknesse of a Dragoun. For thoughe thou see me hidouse and Sir iol)u jHaunttebtU, IU. 25 horrible to loken onne, I do the to wytene, that it is made be Enchauntement.
Página 4 - I schalle speke more pleynly hereaftre. And I schalle devise zou sum partie of thinges that there ben, whan time schalle ben, aftre it may best come to my mynde; and specyally for hem, that wylle and are in purpos for to visile the Holy Citee of Jerusalem, and the holy Places that are thereaboute.
Página 196 - ... meche more there, than thei ben here; and men byen hem there alle quykke, right gret chepe. And there is gret plentee of neddres, of whom men maken grete festes, and eten hem at grete sollempnytees. And he that makethe there a feste, be it nevere so costifous, and he have no neddres, he hathe no thanke for his travaylle.
Página 57 - Fornycacioun ; for whiche cause sche was demed to the Dethe, and to be brent in that place, to the whiche sche was ladd. And as the Fyre began to brenne...
Página 58 - And whan sche hadde thus seyd, sche entred in to the Fuyer : and anon was the Fuyr quenched and oute : and the Brondes that weren brennynge, becomen rede Roseres ; and the Brondes that weren not kyndled, becomen white Roseres, fulle of Roses. And theise weren the first Roseres and Roses, both white and rede, that evere ony Man saughe. And thus was this Mayden saved be the Grace of God.
Página 273 - Another Yle is there toward the Northe, in the See Occean, where that ben fulle cruele and ful evele Wommen of Nature: and thei han precious Stones in hire Eyen ; and thei ben of that kynde, that zif they beholden ony man, thei sleu him anon with the beholdynge, as dothe the Basilisk.
Página 227 - Tresorye; and than thei taken newe money for the olde. And that Money gothe thorghe out alle the contree, and thorghe out alle his Provynces. For there and beyonde hem, thei make no Money nouther of Gold nor of Sylver. And therefore he may despende ynow, and outrageously.

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