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24 Persuasio ad non credentes terrarum diuersitates per orbem terrae. 25 De Armenia, et Persia. 26 De Ethiopia et diamantibus, ac de infima et media India. 27 De foresto piperis. 28 De Ecclesia beati Thomae Apostoli. 29 De quibusdam meridionalibus insulis, et farina et melle. 30 De Regno Cynocephalorum, et alijs Insulis. 31 De multis alijs insulis Meridionalibus. 32 De bona regione Mangi.
These are always in readiness to carry an army to any of the islands, or to any remote region in case of rebellion . On passing the great river Caramoran, or Hoang-ho, we enter into the noble kingdom of Mangi: But it must not be supposed that I have described the whole province of Kathay, as I have not spoken of the twentieth part of it; for in passing through this province, I have only mentioned the principal cities on my way, leaving those on both sides, and many intermediate ones to avoid prolixity, and not to set down in writing what I only learned from hearsay.
"The city with twelve thousand bridges, has twelve principal gates, and in advance from each of these a detached town, or great city, extends for three or four miles." Though he pretends to have resided three years in Cambalu, he does not seem to have known the name of the khan, whom he served for fifteen months against the king of Mangi.
Their country is exceeding fruitful in corn, and abounds in gold and silver, wine and silk, and all manner of rich commodities, and the whole world has not more expert artificers in all kinds of works and manufactures. The inhabitants of Northern China, then a separate kingdom from Mangi, or Southern China. The Huirs or Uigurs.
His account of the pretended varieties of the human race, as of nations of Hermaphrodites, and others equally ridiculous, which he places in separate islands of the Indian ocean, are mere transcripts from Pliny. His accounts of Mangi and Kathay, or southern and northern China, are most inaccurately stolen from Marco Polo, and disguised or rather disfigured to conceal the theft.
After the surrender of the capital, the citizens and inhabitants of the whole province yielded to the obedience of the great khan . I shall now speak of the cities in the kingdom of Mangi.
The great majority of the troops in Mangi are Kathayans, and the garrisons in Kathay are composed of people from Mangi.
The Admiral lay on clean, warm sand and rested with his eyes shut. I was glad we were nigh to Isabella and his house there, for I did not think him well. He sat up, embracing his great knees and looking at the sea and the Cordera. "I have been thinking, Doctor." "For your health, my Admiral, I wish you could rest a while from thinking!" "We were upon the south side of Mangi. I am assured of that!
I shall now leave the country of Mangi, and proceed to discourse of India the greater, the middle, and lesser; in which I have been, both in the service of the great khan, and also on our return home along with the queen, who was sent from Kathay to Argon.
Seven days journey farther south is the famous city of Singuimatu, to which, on the south, a great river runs, which is divided by the inhabitants into two rivers, one branch of which flows by the east towards Kathay, and the other by the west towards Mangi . By these rivers or canals innumerable vessels, incredible for their size and wealth, carry vast quantities of merchandize through both of these provinces; and for sixteen days journey to the south from Singuimatu, we meet with many cities and towns, which carry on immense trade.
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