The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundeville, Kt: Which Treateth of the Way to Hierusalem; and of Marvayles of Inde with Other Ilands and Countryes

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E. Lumley, 1839 - 326 من الصفحات

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الصفحة xiv - Voyages faits principalement en Asie dans les xii, xiii, xiv, et xv Siecles.
الصفحة vii - 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.
الصفحة x - I was not worthy. But as I have heard say of wise men beyond, I shall tell you with good will.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 311 - Cqurs, thanne other 5 and 5 of faire Damyseles bryngen him his seconde Cours, alle weys syngynge, as thei dide beforn. And so thei don contynuelly every day, to the ende of his Mete. And in this manere he ledethe his Lif. And so dide thei before him, that weren his Auncestres; and so schulle thei that comen aftre him...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 47 - In Egypt is the Cytee of Elyople, that is to seyne, the Cytee of the Sonne. In that Cytee there is a Temple made round, aftre the schappe of the Temple of Jerusalem. The Prestes of that Temple han alle here Wrytynges, undre the Date of the Foul that is clept Fenix : and there is non but on in alle the World. And he comethe to brenne him self upon the Awtere of the Temple, at the ende of 5 Hundred Zeer: for so longe he lyvethe.
الصفحة 246 - ... speke of God ; and he suffrethe wel, that Cristene men duelle in his Lordschipe, and that men of his Feythe ben made Cristene men, zif thei wile, thorghe out alle his Contree. For he defendethe no man to holde no Lawe, other than him lykethe. In that Contree, sum man hathe an 100 Wyfes, sume 60, sume mo, sume lesse. And thei taken the nexte of hire Kyn, to hire Wyfes, saf only, that thei out taken hire Modres, hire Doughtres, and hire Sustres of the Modre syde : but hire Sustres on the Fadir...
الصفحة 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.

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