But He
May Have Been Quite Sincere In Saying What Is Here Ascribed To Him In
This Sense, Viz.:
That if the Latin Church, with its superiority of
character and acquirement, had come to his aid as he had once requested,
he would gladly have used its missionaries as his civilising instruments
instead of the Lamas and their trumpery.
(Rubr. 313; Assemani, III.
pt. ii. 107; Koeppen, II. 89, 96.)
CHAPTER VII.
HOW THE KAAN REWARDED THE VALOUR OF HIS CAPTAINS.
So we will have done with this matter of Nayan, and go on with our account
of the great state of the Great Kaan.
We have already told you of his lineage and of his age; but now I must
tell you what he did after his return, in regard to those barons who had
behaved well in the battle. Him who was before captain of 100 he made
captain of 1000; and him who was captain of 1000 men he made to be captain
of 10,000, advancing every man according to his deserts and to his
previous rank. Besides that, he also made them presents of fine silver
plate and other rich appointments; gave them Tablets of Authority of a
higher degree than they held before; and bestowed upon them fine jewels of
gold and silver, and pearls and precious stones; insomuch that the amount
that fell to each of them was something astonishing. And yet 'twas not so
much as they had deserved; for never were men seen who did such feats of
arms for the love and honour of their Lord, as these had done on that day
of the battle.[NOTE 1]
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