 He begged that the Pope would send as many as an hundred persons of our Christian faith; intelligent men, acquainted with the Seven Arts, [NOTE 2] well qualified to enter into controversy, and able clearly to prove by force of argument to idolaters and...  The Story of Marco Polo - Page 9by Noah Brooks, Marco Polo - 1897 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1871 - 624 pages
...Brothers. The Baron replied that he would execute the Lord's commands to the best of his ability. port : He begged that the Pope would send as many as an hundred...faith ; intelligent men, acquainted with the Seven Arts,1 well qualified to enter into controversy, and able clearly to prove by force of argument to... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1875 - 730 pages
...indited in the Tartar tongue,1 and committed them to the Two Brothers and to that Baron of his own, and charged them with what he wished them to say to...faith ; intelligent men, acquainted with the Seven Arts,2 well qualified to enter into controversy, and able clearly to prove by force of argument to... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bombay - Asia - 1878 - 404 pages
...the Pope he gave them also letters written in Mongolian, which Marco calls the Tartar language: — " Now the contents of the letter were to this purport. He begged the Pope would send as many as a hundred persons of our Christian faith ; intelligent men, acquainted... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1896 - 548 pages
...indited in the Tartar tongue, and committed them to the Two Brothers and to that Baron of his own, and charged them with what he wished them to say to...Now the contents of the letter were to this purport : He'begged that the Pope would send as many as an hundred persons of our Christian faith ; intelligent... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1902 - 198 pages
...Tartar tongue, and gave them to the Two Brothers. Now the contents of the letter were as follows : He begged that the Pope would send as many as an hundred...acquainted with the Seven Arts, well qualified to prove by force of argument to idolaters and other kinds of folk, that the Law of Christ was best, and... | |
 | Lindon Bates (Jr.) - China - 1910 - 494 pages
...to be written and gave them to the two brothers. Now the contents of the letters were as follows : He begged that the Pope would send as many as an hundred...acquainted with the seven arts, well qualified to prove by force of argument to idolaters and other kind of folk, that the law of Christ was best ; and... | |
 | Cornelius Howard Patton - Missions - 1924 - 344 pages
...and we quote his words rather than the brief summary by Mr. Wells. Says Marco Polo, "He (the emperor) begged that the pope would send as many as an hundred...prove by force of argument, to idolaters and other kind of folk, that the law of Christ was best, and that all other religions were false and naught,... | |
 | Marco Polo, Sir Henry Yule, Henri Cordier - Travel - 1993 - 788 pages
...indited in the Tartar tongue,1 and committed them to the Two Brothers and to that Baron of his own, and charged them with what he wished them to say to...the contents of the letter were to this purport ; He hegged that the Pope would send as many as an hundred persons of our Christian faith ; intelligent... | |
 | William Casement - Education - 200 pages
...in hearing their explanation of Christianity, he charged them to request that the Pope send to him as many as an hundred persons of our Christian faith;...and able clearly to prove by force of argument to idolators and other kinds of folk, that the Law of Christ was best. 19 In other words, the Khan wanted... | |
 | Vadime Elisseeff - History - 2000 - 356 pages
...initial journey in 1 266, Kublai had sent the two Polo brothers to Rome to ask the Pope to send him "As many as an hundred persons of our Christian faith; intelligent men, acquainted with the Seven Arts."39 As they returned to the Khan without the missionaries one may wonder whether they had assumed... | |
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