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sones ol bis conlree, ne ol Ihc conlree ol Iho grille chane, ne spenden nogliteso modle gode 7 as don 12000 ol' oure eonlrce. 4(1. Tliis einpcronr proslreJolm halbe evere more 7 kynges wilh liim, lo serve liim: and tliei deparlenliire Service he cerlevn monelhes. And with Iheise kynges serven alle weys72 dukes and 360 erles. 47. And alle the dayes of tlie /,eer, Miere eien inliis liousliold and in bis court, J2 erchebysshoppes and 20 bisslioppes. Anddie palriark of seynl Thomas is Miere, as is Mie pope liere. 48. And Mieerchebisshoppes and Mie bisslioppes and Mie ablioltes in llial conlree, ben allekynges. And everyche of theise grete lordes knowen wel y now Mie allen-dance of liire servyce. 49. The on is mayster of liis liousliold, anolher ishis chamberleyn, another servethe liim of a dyssche, anolher of the cuppe,anolher is styward, anolher is mareschalle, another is prynee of his armes:and llius is he lulle nobclv and ryally served. 50. And his lond durelhe invery brede i monelhes iorneyes, and in lengthe oul of mesure: llial is loseyn, alle lhe yles undir erlhe, llial wee supposen lo ben undir us 1 ).

51. Besyde Ihe yle of Pentexoire, Ihal is the lond of prestre John, is agrel yle long and brode, Ihat men clepen Milslerak; and il is in Ihe lord-schipe of prestre John, ln llial yle is grel plentee of godes. Tlierc wasdwellyngc somlymo a ryclie mau u. s. w. ( vgl. die Ueberschriß des Cupileis).

Dann folgt Cap. XXVIII: Of de develes liede in Ihe valeye perilous; andof Mie cusloms of folk in dyverse yles, llial ben aboulcn, in Ihe lordschipe

of proslre John. Hierin kommt der letztere speciell nicht vor. Ebensowenig

anfangs in dem folgenden Cap. XXIX: Of Ihe godenesse of Ihe folk of Ihe yleof Bragman. Of kyng Alisandre: and wherfore Ihe emperour of Ynde iselepl prestre John. Nachdem hier von den Bragmcmen, den Gymnosophistenund Alexanders Verkehr mit ihnen u. s. w. erzählt ist, wendet sich der Ver-fasser zu dem letzten in der Ueberschrift genannten Thema:

1. Many olhere yles liiere ben in Ihe lond of prestre John, and manygrete mcrvoyles, Ihat weren lo long lo teilen alle, botlie of his riechesse andof his noblesse, and of the gret plentee also of precious stones, Ihat he halbe.

2 . I Irowe thal ;;ee knowe wel y now, and liave herd seye, wherefore lliis

emperour is clept prestre John. Bul nalhales for hem Ihat knowen nol, Ischalle seye 7 ,ou the cause. 3. Il was somtyme an emperour liiere, Ihat wasa worlhi and a lulle noble prynee, llial hadde crislene knyghles in his com-panye, as he halbe Ihal is now. So il befelle, Ihat he hadde grel lisl lorto see Ihe Service in the chirche, among cristenmen. 4. And llian duredcrislendom beende the see, alle Turkye, Surrye, Tarlarie, Jerusalem, Palc-styne, Arabye, Ilalappee, and alle the lond of Egyplo. 5. So it befelle, Ihattliis emperour cam, with a cristene knyglil with him, into a chirche in bgypl:and il was the salerday in wyltson woke. Änd the bishop made ordres. Andhe lieheld and listend Ihe servyso fülle lentylly: 6. And he askede Ihc cri—

slene knyglil, what men of degree tliei scholdcn ben, Ihat the prelalc hadliefore him. And Ihe knyglil answerde and seyde, thal tliei scholde ben pre-

l ) Also unsere Antipoden.