ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1558. 



thousand camels. And having travailed five dayes 

 journey, we came to another Princes Dominion, and 

 upon the way there came unto us certaine Tartars on 

 horseback, being well armed, and servants unto the saide 

 Prince called Timor Soltan, governour of the said 

 The countrey countrey of Manguslave, where wee meant to have 

 ofMangu- arrived and discharged our barke, if the great storm 

 aforesayd had not disappointed. These aforesaid Tartars 

 stayd our Caravan in the name of their Prince, and 

 opened our wares, and tooke such things as they thought 

 best for their saide prince without money, but for such 

 things as they tooke from me, which was a ninth (after 

 much dissension) I ridde unto the same Prince, and 

 presented my selfe before him, requesting his favour, 

 and pasport to travaile through his countrey, and not 

 to be robbed nor spoiled of his people : which request 

 he graunted me, and intertained me very gently, com- 

 maunding me to be well feasted with flesh and mares 

 milke : for bread they use none, nor other drinke except 

 water : but money he had none to give mee for such 

 things as he tooke of mee, which might be of value 

 in Russe money, fifteene rubbles, but he gave me his 

 letter, and a horse woorth seven rubbles. And so I 

 departed from him being glad that I was gone : for he 

 was reported to be a very tyrant, and if I had not gone 

 unto him, I understoode his commaundement was, that 

 I should have beene robbed and destroyed. 



This Soltan lived in the fieldes without Castle or 

 towne, and sate, at my being with him, in a litle rounde 

 house made of reedes covered without with felt, and 

 within with Carpets. There was with him the great 

 Metropolitan of that wilde Country, esteemed of the 

 people, as the Bishop of Rome is in most parts of 

 Europe, with divers other of his chiefe men. The 

 Soltan with this Metropolitan demanded of me many 

 questions, as wel touching our kingdoms, lawes, and 

 Religion, as also the cause of my comming into those 

 parts, with my further pretence. To whom I answered 



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