a personof great worth and ability. And so from that timeforward he was always entitled Messer Marco Polo,and thus we shall style him henceforth in this Book ofours, as is but right. Thereafter Messer Marco abode in the Kaans employ-ment some seventeen years, continually going and coming,hither and… … Chap. XVII. MAKCO (JROWS IN FAVOUR 31 like a sensible man he always took much pains togather knowledge of anything that would be likely tointerest him, and then on his return to Court he wouldrelate everything in regular order, and thus the Emperorcame to hold him in great love and favour. And…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Inscriptions, Chinese
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