The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, Kt: Which Treateth of the Way to Hierusalem, and of Marvayles of Inde, with Other Ilands and Countryes : Reprinted from the Edition of A. D. 1725 |
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abouten aboven aftre anon Arabye Aungeles azen azenst Bawme beren besyde betwene bezonde Castelle Chirche clepen clept comen comethe Contree Crist Cristene Cros Cytee dede Dethe duellen dyverse Emperour Erthe eten evylle Fadre faire fayre Feythe Flesche Fote fulle fynden gode Gold gothe gret gret plentee grete Chane hathe Hedes hire holden Holy Hondes inne iourneyes Jerusalem Jewes knowen kynde Kyng Kyngdom leet litylle Lond Lord lytille maken maner manye moche Mountaynes myddes myghte Myle nouther nyghe nyght Ordynance outen Paradys passen peple Prestre John putten rennethe Roche Ryvere Sarazines saughe schalle sche Schippes scholde seyde seye seyn seynt John seythe Sone Soudan speke Ston sume syde Sylver Synne thanne theise therfore thing thorghe Trees tyme undre unto Vynes Watre weren Weye weys whan wolde wont Wyfes Ydole Ynde Zate zee schulle undirstonde Zeer
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Page 70 - Psalm cxxxii. 6. that Synne, that he wold helpe hire, and make it to be knowen to alle men, of his mercyfulle grace. And...
Page 137 - I schalle telle you 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.
Page xiv - I was not worthy. But as I have heard say of wise men beyond, I shall tell you with good will.
Page 5 - Weye, that thei schulle holden thidre. For I have often tymes passed and ryden the way, with gode Companye of many Lordes : God be thonked. And...
Page 4 - 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 visite the Holy Citee of Jerusalem, and the holy 0 Armenia.
Page 145 - Lordschipe of Cruk; that is a riche Lord and a gode Cristene man; where men fynden a Sparehauk upon a Perche righte fair, and righte wel made; and a fayre Lady of Fayrye, that kepethe it. And who that wil wake that Sparhauk, 7 dayes and 7 nyghtes, and as...
Page 12 - ... have hele. And Sethe wente. But the Aungelle wolde not late him come in; but seyd to him, that he myghte not have of the oyle of mercy. But he toke him three greynes of the same tree that his fadre eet the appelle offe; and bad him, als sone as his fadre was ded, that he scholde putte theise three greynes undre his tonge, and grave him so : and he dide. And of theise three greynes sprong a tree, as the aungelle seyde that it scholde, and bere a fruyt thorghe the whiche fruyt Adam scholde be saved.
Page 264 - Contree weren Trees, that beren 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.
Page 239 - 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.
Page 186 - BESYDE that Yle that I have spoken of, there is another Yle, that is clept Sumobor, that is a gret Yle : and the Kyng thereof is righte myghty. The folk of that Yle maken hem alweys to ben marked in the visage with an hote Yren, bothe men and women, for gret noblesse, for to ben knowen from other folk.