A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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 Or, Zakon. named Caitan, wherin ye friers Minorites have two places 



of aboad, unto the which I transported the bones of the 

 dead friers, which suffred martyrdom for the faith of 

 Christ, as it is above mentioned. In this city there is 

 abundance of al kind of victuals very cheap. The said 

 city is as big as two of Bononia, & in it are many monas- 

 teries of religious persons, al which do worship idols. I 

 my selfe was in one of those Monasteries, & it was told 

 me, that there were in it iii. M. religious men, having 

 xi. M. idols : and one of ye said idols which seemed unto 

 me but litle in regard of the rest, was as big as our 

 Christopher. These religious men every day do feed 

 their idol-gods : wherupon at a certaine time I went to 

 behold the banquet : and indeed those things which 

 they brought unto them were good to eat, & fuming 

 hote, insomuch that the steame of the smoke thereof 

 ascended up unto their idols, & they said that their gods 

 were refreshed with the smoke : howbeit all the meat 

 they conveyed away, eating it up their owne selves, and 

 so they fed their dumb gods with the smoke onely. 



Of the citie Fuco. 



T Raveling more eastward, I came unto a city named 

 Fuco, which conteineth 30. miles in circuit, wherin 

 be exceeding great & faire cocks, and al their hens are as 

 white as the very snow, having wol in stead of feathers, 

 like unto sheep. It is a most stately & beautiful city & 

 standeth upon the sea. Then I went 18. daies journey 

 on further, & passed by many provinces & cities, and in 

 the way I went over a certain great mountaine, upon ye 

 one side whereof I beheld al living creatures to be as 

 black as a cole, & the men and women on that side 

 differed somwhat in maner of living from others : how- 

 beit, on the other side of the said hil every living thing 

 was snow-white, & the inhabitants in their maner of 

 living, were altogether unlike unto others. There, all 

 maried women cary in token that they have husbands, a 

 great trunke of home upon their heads. From thence I 



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