damiete

Updated: February 12, 2026

And men of Nubye ben Cristene: but thei ben blake as the Mowres, for grete hete of the sonne. In Egipt there ben 5 provynces; that on highte Sahythe, that other highte Demeseer, another Resithe, that is an ile in Nyle, another Alisandre, and another the lond of Damiete.

Richard Hakluyt - The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 : Asia, Part I