Inside Out Library · Explore
The voyages & travels of Sir John Mandevile, Knight, wherein is set down the way to the Holy Land, and to Hierusalem, as also to the lands of the great Caan, and of Prestor John, to Inde, and divers other countries, together with many and strange marvels therein (1684) Mandeville, John, Sir · London, R. Scot [etc.] · leaf 54
t&at men call jafpatam, as greatpieces as an ^fe: ant) Hierufalem is t&o tjunb^ed furlongsfrom tlje^ea; anD it is .callefc t^e ©eat) £>ea, becaufe it runnetynot, neither ma^ my span oj )15eaa lifce therein; ana fljattjatlj been pjotao ntans times , foj t$e.i> tiatje call therein… … Sim thereabout g:oto 2Crees tfjat bear fruit of fair colour/antifeem ripe > but fc%n a man b^eafeeflj 0: Mttefy ttjtm, &cfin&etl) nougljt in tljem, but coals ant) afljcs , in token fynttfcQuvh the Vengeance of <^oo tfjofe €itm lucre burnt Uiitlj t!;ejfire of ^elL #nD fomemen call… Voyages and travels
Internet Archive · Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
More pictures from The voyages & travels of Sir John Mandevile, Knight, wherein is set down the way to the Holy Land, and to Hierusalem, as also to the lands of the great Caan, and of Prestor John, to Inde, and divers other countries, together with many and strange marvels therein
More like this