i8 CURIOUS CREATURES. 



many precious stones in that river Inde. And in that 

 ryver men finde Eles of xxx foote long, & men y l 

 dwell nere that river are of evill colour, yelowe & 

 grene. . . . 



"Then there is another yle that men call Dodyn, & 

 it is a great yle. In this yle are maner diverse of men 

 y l have evyll maners, for the father eateth the son, & 

 the son the father, the husband his wyfe, and the wyfe 

 hir husbande. And if it so be that the father be sicke, 

 or the mother, or any frend, the sonne goeth soone to 

 the priest of the law & prayeth him that he will aske 

 of the ydoll if his father shall dye of that sicknesse, or 

 not. And then the priest and the son kneele down 

 before the ydole devoutly, & asketh him, and he 

 answereth to them, and if he say that he shall lyve, then 

 they kepe him wel, and if he say that he shall dye, then 

 commeth the priest with the son, or with the wyfe, or 

 what frende that it be unto him y l is sicke, and they lay 

 their hands over his mouth to stop his breath, & so 

 they sley him, & then they smite all the body into 

 peces, & praieth all his frendes for to come and eate 

 of him that is dead, and they make a great feste thereof, 

 and have many minstrels there, and eate him with great 

 melody. And so when they have eaten al y e flesh, then 

 they take the bones, and bury them all singing with 

 great worship, and all those that are of his frendes that 

 were not at the eating of him, have great shame and 

 vylany, so that they shall never more be taken as frends. 



" And the king of this yle is a great lord and mightie, 

 & he hath under him liii greate Yles, and eche of 

 them hath a king; and in one of these yles are men 

 that have but one eye, and that is in the middest of 

 theyr front, and they eat flesh & fishe all rawe. And 



