A.D. 

 1246. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Thossut Can 



son of Chinas. 



India minor 

 subdued. 



The stratagem 

 oft/ie king of 

 India. 



Their countrey is exceeding rich, 

 silke, and other commodities. 



in corne, wme 



gold( 



Of their warre 



against India major and minor. 

 Chap. 10. 



ANd when the Mongals with their emperour Chingis 

 Cham had a while rested themselves after the fore- 

 sayd victorie, they divided their armies. For the Em- 

 perour sent one of his sonnes named Thossut (whom also 

 they called Can, that is to say, Emperour) with an armie 

 against the people of Comania, whom he vanquished with 

 much warre, and afterward returned into his owne 

 country. But he sent his other sonne with an armie 

 against the Indians, who also subdued India minor. 

 These Indians are the blacke Saracens, which are also called 

 -(Ethiopians. But here the armie marched forward to fight 

 against Christians dwelling in India major. Which the 

 King of that countrey hearing (who is commonly called 

 Presbiter John) gathered his souldiers together, and came 

 foorth against them. And making mens images of copper, 

 he set each of them upon a saddle on horsebacke, and put 

 fire within them, and placed a man with a paire of bellowes 

 on the horse backe behinde every image. And so with 

 many horses and images in such sorte furnished, they 

 marched on to fight against the Mongals or Tartars. And 

 comming neare unto the place of the battell, they first of 

 all sent those horses in order one after another. But the 

 men that sate behind laide I wote not what upon the fire 

 within the images, and blew strongly with their bellowes. 

 Whereupon it came to passe, that the men and the horses 

 were burnt with wilde fire, and the 

 with smoake. Then the 



Tartars, of whom many were wounded and slain. And so 

 they expelled them out of their dominions with great 

 confusion, neither did we heare, that ever they returned 

 thither againe. 



,, c*.xv^ c.x^ ayre was 

 Indians cast dartes 



darkened 

 upon the 



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