A.D. 



1246. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



viderent tempus, & haberent fiduciam, quod nostri non 

 occiderent eos, ex omni parte exercitus, sicut ipsimet nobis 

 dixerunt, pugnarent cum eis, & plura mala facerent ipsis, 

 quam alii, qui sunt eorum adversarii manifest!. 



T 



AsceTinns. 

 H Vide 

 Mechoi'ium 

 lib. I. cap. 5. 



^'imon Sa/:- 

 qiiintiniamis. 



He long and wonderful voyage of Frier John de 

 Piano Carpini, sent ambassadour by Pope 

 Innocentius the iiii. An. Do. 1246 to the great CAN 

 of Tartaria ; wherin he passed through Bohemia, 

 Polonia, Russia, and so to the citie of Kiow upon 

 Boristhenes, and from thence rode continually post for 

 the space of sixe moneths through Comania, over the 

 mighty and famous rivers of Tanais, Volga, and laic, 

 & through the countries of the people called Kangittae, 

 Bisermini, Kara-Kitay, Naimani, & so to the native 

 countrie of the Mongals or Tartars, situate in the 

 extreme Northeasterne partes of all Asia: and thence 

 backe againe the same way to Russia, and Polonia, 

 and so to Rome ; spending in the whole voyage among 

 the sayd Tartars one whole yeere & above foure 

 moneths : Taken out of the 32. booke of Vincentius 

 Beluacensis his Speculum historiale. 



LiBRi xxxn. 



De prima missione Fratrum Prsedicatorum & 

 Minorum ad Tartaros. Cap. 2. 



Oc etiam tempore misit Innocentius IIII. 

 Papa Fr. Ascelinum de ordine Pras- 

 dicatorum cum tribus aliis Fratribus, 

 auctoritate, qua fungebantur, de diversis 

 ordinis sui conventibus sibi associatis, 

 cum literis Apostolicis ad exercitum 

 Tartarorum, in quibus hortabatur eos, 

 ut ab hominum strage desisterent, & fidei veritatem 

 reciperent. Et ego quidem ab uno Fratrum Praedicatorum, 

 videlicet a Fr. Simone de S. Quintino, jam ab illo itinere 

 regresso, gesta Tartarorum accepi, ilia duntaxat, quae 



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