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 -  And therefore this
Frier Iohn hath written a litle Historie (which is come to our hands)
of such things, as - Page 30
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And Therefore This Frier Iohn Hath Written A Litle Historie (Which Is Come To Our Hands) Of Such Things, As With His Owne Eyes Hee Sawe Among The Tartars, Or Which He Heard From Diuers Christians Worthy Of Credit, Remaining There In Captiuitie.

Out of which historie I thought good by way of conclusion, to insert somewhat for the supply of those things which are wanting in the said Frier Simon.

De situ et qualitate terra Tartarorum. Cap. 3.

Iohannes de Plano Carpini.

[Sidenote: Tartaria descriptio.] Est in partibus Orientis terra, qua Mongal siue Tartaria dicitur, in ea scilicet parte sita, in qua Oriens Aquiloni coniungi creditur. Ab Oriente quidem habet terram Kythaorum et etiam Salangorum, a meredie vero terram Sarracenorum. Inter Orientem [Marginal note: Vel Occidentem.] et meridiem terram Huynorum, et ab Occidente prouinciam Naymanorum, ab Aquilone vero circundatur Oceano. In parte aliqua nimium est montuosa, et in aliqua campestris, sed tota fere admixta glarea plurimum arenosa, nec est in centesima parte fructuosa. Nec enim potest fructum portare, nisi aquis fluuialibus irrigetur, qua ibi sunt rarissima. Vnde nec villa nec aliqua ciuitates ibidem reperiuntur, excepta vna, qua Cracurim appellatur, et satis bona esse dicitur. [Sidenote: Syra orda.] Nos quidem illam non vidimus, sed ad dimidiam dietam prope fuimus, cum apud Syram ordam, qua curia maior Imperatoris, eorum est, essemus. Licet autem alias infructifera sit illa terra, tamen alendis pecoribus est apta. In aliqua eius parte sunt aliqua sylua modica, alia vero sine lignis est omnino. [Sidenote: Aeris intemperies.] Itaque tam Imperator quam Principes, et omnes alij sedent, et cibaria sua decoquunt ad focum, de boum et equorum stercoribus factum. Ipse quoque aer inordinatus est ibidem mirabiliter. In media siquidem astate ibi tonitrua magna et fulgura fiunt, ex quibus plurimi occiduntur homines, et eodem quoque tempore cadunt ibidem maxima niues. [Sidenote: Orda quid.] Sunt et ibi ventorum frigidissimorum tam maxima tempestates, quod aliquando vix possunt equitare homines. Vnde cum ante ordam essemus (sic enim apud eos stationes Imperatoris et Principum appellantur) pra venti magnitudine in terra prostrati iacebamus, et videre propter pulueris magnitudinem minime poteramus. Nunquam ibi pluit in hyeme, sed frequenter in astate, et tam modicum, vt vix posset aliquando puluerem et radicem graminum madefacere. Ibi quoque maxima grando cadit sape. Vnde cum Imperator electus in sede regni debuit poni, nobis in curia tunc existentibus, tanta cecidit grando, quod ex subita resolutione plusquam CLX. homines in eadem curia fuerunt submersi. Res etiam et habitacula plura fuerunt deducta. Ibi etiam est in astate subito calor magnus, et repente maximum frigus.

The same in English.

Of the situation and qualitie of the Tartars land, by Iohannes de Plano Carpini. Chap. 3.

[Sidenote: A description of Tartaria.] There is towards the East a land which is called Mongal or Tartaria, lying in that parte of the worlde which is thought to be most North Easterly. On the East part it hath the countrey of Kythay [Footnote: Or Cathay.] and of the people called Solangi: on the South part the countrey of the Saracens:

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