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The " Grete Chane" also keeps his " Jogulours and Enchaunt- 

 oures," and dancing damsels, and keepers of wild beasts, and " knyghtes 

 to jousten in armes fulle lustyly, and thei rennen to gidere fulle 

 fiercely, and thei breken here speres so rudely that the troncheons 

 flew in sprotes and peces alle aboute the halle." He has likewise of 



" Mynstralles the nbmbre of 13 cumancz ; and he hathe of certeyn men, 

 as though thei were zomen, that kepen bryddes, as ostryches, gertacouns, 

 sparehaukes, faukons, gentyls, lanyeres, sacres, sacrettes, papyngayes wel spe- 

 kynge, and bryddes syngynge; and also of wylde bestes as of olifauntz, ba- 

 bewynes, apes, marmesettes, and othere dy verse bestes ; the mountance of 

 15 cumancz of zomen. And of physicyens cristene he hathe 200, and of 

 leches that ben cristene he hathe 210, and of leches and physicyens that ben 

 Sarrazines 20. This Emperour may dispenden als moche as he wille with 

 outen estymacioun, for he dispendethe not ne makethe no moneye but of le- 

 ther emprented or of papyre ; and of that moneye is som of gretten prys 

 and som of lasse prys, aftre the dyversitee of his statutes; and whan that 

 moneye hathe ronne so longe that it begynnethe to waste, than men beren it 

 to the Emperoure's tresorye, and than thei taken newe moneye for the olde ; 

 and that moneye gothe thorghe out alle the contree and alle his provynces ; 

 and therefore he may dispende y now and outrageously." 



Our " Voiagere" next discourses upon the " Lawe and Customes 

 of the Tartariennes duellynge in Chatay ;" and, in this portion of his 

 Boke he communicates many interesting particulars concerning this 

 extraordinary people, and these certainly deserve the attention of stu- 

 dents desirous of procuring an acquaintance with the elements of ori- 

 ental history. The following subjects are treated more rapidly, but 



