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The sentiment, or its equivalent in Ball's famous distich, was not new; it was employed for mystical purposes in Richard Rolle's "When Adam delf and Eue span, spir, if thou wil spede, Whare was then the pride of man, that now merres his mede?" Library of Early English Writers. Richard Rolle of Hampole and his followers, ed. Horstman, i., 73 . Cal. Papal Registers, Letters, iii., 565.
These are intended to communicate alarms speedily to the seat of government, which they do by means of fires; and intelligence can be sent, in this manner, in the space of a day and a night, from the distance of three months journey . The Kidifus are a kind of post-houses, which are built at ten merres from each other, having fixed establishments of people, with houses to live in, and ground to cultivate for their support; and all letters to the imperial city are sent by couriers from one to another.
It is singular how very nearly this arrangement resembles the supposed modern invention of a chain of telegraphs. Six merres make a pharasang, or Persian league, which is equal to four English miles, and 868 feet. One merre is therefore equal to 1221 yards, and each post station of ten merres is equal to 12,213 yards, or almost seven English miles. Astl.
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