A.D. 

 1253- 



The village of 

 Car a Carum. 

 Crit and 

 Merkit. 



Moal in olde 

 time a begger- 

 ly people. 



The place of 

 the Tartars. 



Cyngis. 



[I. io8.] 

 Mangu-Can. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



distant from his brother John, the space of three weekes 

 journey. He was lord over a certain village, called Cara 

 Carum, having people also for his subjects, named Crit, or 

 Merkit, who were Christians of the sect of Nestorius. 

 But their Lorde abandoning the worship of Christ, 

 followed after idoles, reteining with him Priests of the 

 saide idoles, who all of them are worshippers of devils 

 and sorcerers. Beyond his pastures some tenne or 

 fifteene dayes journey, were the pastures of Moal, who 

 were a poore and beggerly nation, without governour, 

 and without Lawe, except their soothsayings, and their 

 divinations, unto the which detestable studies, all in 

 those partes doe apply their mindes. Neere unto 

 Moal were other poore people called Tartars. The 

 foresaid king John died without issue male, and there- 

 upon his brother Vut was greatly inriched, and caused 

 himselfe to be named Can : and his droves and flockes 

 raunged even unto the borders of Moal. About the 

 same time there was one Cyngis, a blacke smith among 

 the people of Moal. This Cyngis stole as many cattel 

 from Vut Can, as he could possibly get : insomuch 

 that the shepheards of Vut complained unto their Lord. 

 Then provided he an armie, and marched up into the 

 countrey of Moal to seeke for the saide Cyngis. But 

 Cyngis fledde among the Tartars, and hidde himselfe 

 amongest them. And Vut having taken some spoiles 

 both from Moal, and also from the Tartars, returned 

 home. Then spake Cyngis unto the Tartars, and unto 

 the people of Moal, saying : Sirs, because we are 

 destitute of a governour and Captaine, you see howe 

 our neighbours do oppresse us. And the Tartars and 

 Moals appointed him to be their Chieftaine. Then 

 having secretly gathered together an armie, he brake in 

 suddenly upon Vut, and overcame him, and Vut fledde 

 into Cataya. At the same time was the daughter of 

 Vut taken, which Cyngis married unto one of his sonnes, 

 by whom she conceived, & brought forth the great 

 Can, which now reigneth, called Mangu-Can. Then 



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