The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian : concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East (1871)
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323, Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · London : John Murray · leaf 269
n and drenched with scent:— Tis then the huntsmen hasten up, abandoning their ambush ;Clean from his head they chop his horn, prized antidote to poison !And let the docked and luckless beast escape into the jungles. —V. 399, scqq. In the cut which we give of this from a medievfil source the horn… … Monoceros and the Maiden. (II. 491). And to this popular error is no doubt due the reading inPauthiers text, which makes the horn ^vhite instead of black, ^\e mayquote also the following quaint version of the fable from the Bestiaryof Philip de Thaun, publi.shed by Mr. Wright {Popular Treatises…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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