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2 Iter ab Anglia tam per terras quam per aquas, vsque in Constantinopolim. 3 De vrbe Constantinopoli, et reliquijs ibidem contentis. 4 Via tam per terras quam per aquas, a Constantinopoli vsque Acharon, vel Acon. 5 Via a Francia et Flandria, per solas terras vsque in Hierusalem. 6 Via de Cypro vel de Hierusalem, vsque in Babyloniam Egypti.

Haec sedet in lacu maris, quemadmodum, et Venetiae: et habentur in ea plures quam mille ducenti pontes, et in quolibet turres mirae magnitudinis, ac fortitudinis, munitae peruigili custodia, et pro vrbe tuenda contra Imperatorem Grand Can.

Behind the house is a fine garden and terrace, from whence there is prospect adjacent on the house on that side, viz., RVS IN VRBE, intimating that it has the advantages both of city and country; above which are figures representing the four seasons: The hall is paved with marble, and adorned with pilasters, the intercolumns exquisite paintings in great variety; and on a pedestal, near the foot of the grand staircase, is a marble figure of Cain killing his brother Abel; the whole structure exceeding magnificent, rich, and beautiful, but especially in the finishing and furniture.

7 De Pallatio Soldani, et nominibus praeteritorum Soldanorum. 8 De Campo Balsami in Egypto. 9 De Nilo fluuio, et Egypti territorio. 10 De conductu Soldani. 11 De Monasterio Sinay. 12 Iter per desertum Sinay, vsque in Iudeam. 13 De ciuitate Bethleem, et semita, vsque in Ierusalem. 14 De Ecclesia gloriosi sepulchri Domini in vrbe Ierusalem.

Quintus Cobilacan, qui etiam fuit Christianus, et regnauit 42. annis, et aedificauit magnam ciuitatem Iong, maiorem satis vrbe Roma, in qua et continetur valde nobile palatium Imperiale. Hinc vsque hodie omnes successores paganismo foedantur.