He Hath Also A Full Fair Palace And A Noble At The City Of Nyse,
Where That He Dwelleth, When Him Best Liketh; But The Air Is Not So
Attempre, As It Is At The City Of Susa.
And ye shall understand, that in all his country nor in the
countries there all about, men eat not but once in the day, as they
do in the court of the great Chan.
And so they eat every day in
his court, more than 30,000 persons, without goers and comers. But
the 30,000 persons of his country, ne of the country of the great
Chan, ne spend not so much good as do 12,000 of our country.
This Emperor Prester John hath evermore seven kings with him to
serve him, and they depart their service by certain months. And
with these kings serve always seventy-two dukes and three hundred
and sixty earls. And all the days of the year, there eat in his
household and in his court, twelve archbishops and twenty bishops.
And the patriarch of Saint Thomas is there as is the pope here.
And the archbishops and the bishops and the abbots in that country
be all kings. And everych of these great lords know well enough
the attendance of their service. The one is master of his
household, another is his chamberlain, another serveth him of a
dish, another of the cup, another is steward, another is marshal,
another is prince of his arms, and thus is he full nobly and
royally served.
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