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. (Repr.).

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Página 25 - 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 horrible to loken onne, I do the to wytene, that it is made be Enchauntement.
Página 137 - And therfore 1 schalle telle zou, what the Soudan tolde me upon a day, in his Chambre. He leet voyden out of his Chambre alle maner of men, Lordes and othere: for he wolde speke with me in Conseille. And there he askede me, how the Cristene men governed hem in oure Contree. And I seyde him, Righte wel: thonked be God.
Página 137 - But als longe als thei ben of foule and of unclene Lyvynge, (as thei ben now) wee have no drede of hem, in no kynde : for here God wil not helpen hem in no wise. And than I asked him, how he knew the State of Cristene men. And he answerde me, that he knew alle the state of the Comounes also, be his Messangeres, that he sente to alle Londes, in manere as thei weren Marchauntes of precyous Stono*, of Clothes of Gold and of othere thingen ; for to knowen the manere of every Contree amonges Cristene...
Página xvii - Voyages faits principalement en Asie dans les XII, XIII, XIV et XV siècles, par Benjamin de Tudèle, Jean du Plan-Carpin, N.
Página 263 - I tolde hem, that in cure contree 15 weren trees, that baren a fruyt, that becomen briddes fleeynge : and tho that fellen in the water, lyven ; and thei that fallen on the erthe, dyen anon : and thei ben right gode to mannes mete.
Página 1 - Cristene men unto his children ; and there it lykede him to suffre many reprevinges and scornes for us ; and he that was kyng of hevene, of eyr, of erthe, of see, and of all things that ben conteyned in hem, wolde alle only ben cleped Kyng of that lond, whan he seyde, Rex sum Judeorum.
Página 265 - Watre, ne for dyggynge, ne for non other thing. Wherfore men may not dwellen in that place: so is it fulle of Dragounes, of Serpentes and of other venymous Bestes, that no man dar not passe, but zif it be be strong Wyntre.
Página 5 - I have often tymes passed and ryden the way, with gode companye of many lordes: God be thonked. And zee schulle undirstonde, that I have put this boke out of Latyn into Frensche, and translated it azen out of Frensche into Englyssche, that every man of my nacioun may undirstonde it.
Página 3 - Ermonye c the litylle and the grete; thorghe Lybye, Caldee and a gret partie of Ethiope; thorghe Amazoyne, Inde the lasse and the more, a gret partie ; and thorghe out many othere Iles, that ben abouten Inde; where dwellen many dyverse Folkes, and of dyverse Maneres and Lawes, and of dyverse Schappes of Men.
Página xiii - I was not worthy. But as I have heard say of wise men beyond, I shall tell you with good will.

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