And From That City Passing Many Journeys Is Another City, One The
Greatest Of The World, That Men Clepe Cassay;
That is to say, the
'City of heaven.' That city is well a fifty mile about, and it is
Strongly inhabited with people, insomuch that in one house men make
ten households. In that city be twelve principal gates; and before
every gate, a three mile or a four mile in length, is a great town
or a great city. That city sits upon a great lake on the sea as
doth Venice. And in that city be more than 12,000 bridges. And
upon every bridge be strong towers and good, in the which dwell the
wardens for to keep the city from the great Chan. And on that one
part of the city runneth a great river all along the city. And
there dwell Christian men and many merchants and other folk of
diverse nations, because that the land is so good and so plenteous.
And there groweth full good wine that men clepe Bigon, that is full
mighty, and gentle in drinking. This is a city royal where the
King of Mancy was wont to dwell. And there dwell many religious
men, as it were of the Order of Friars, for they be mendicants.
From that city men go by water, solacing and disporting them, till
they come to an abbey of monks that is fast by, that be good
religious men after their faith and law.
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