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num, et ferarum, quse fabulis acceperunt • at nunquam committunt, quin cristatum 
4 colubrum | appingant: capitibus potissimum columnarum ; quem Rusitani *serpentem 
cuculli 1 dicunt • *A5gyptiam aspidem esse credo . 2 Vulgus uero, et plebicolse, in 
hmnilibus tugurijs, et casis degunt • quo fit ut aduentitijs atque extends, nihil 
afferat noui, alia ciuitas : si unam viderint Est autem Brachmanarum, atque 
F. 119a. 1 Agarenorum, in Zelaldini regno, Reipublicse gubernandse, dispar || admodum ratio, 
nam Brachmanse, illam, contribulium senatu, et concilio, liberis sententijs guber- 
nant • Agareni curia, et senatoribus carent • omniaque, eius praefecti, qui a Rege 
potestateni aeceperit ; arbitratu, et sententia decernunturd 
a ’ s descent * Porro + autem Zelaldinus maternum genus a Cinguiscano ducit • quod Rex Ant. Reg. 
Khan 2 ipse, Sacerdotibus significant. At Cinguiscanus, | [Euro]pseus Sarmata, *Alaunos i 4 
Scythas,* aliosque + qui per earn *Sarmatise 6 regionem, quae * ultra Tanaim et + ultra ptoi. lib. 3 
leads” ttfe aY Beliam montem (i sita est, ad quem Alexandrum Macedonem peruenisse *et aras po '-Europe 7 8 ' 
ani and Scy- suisse + memorant, degere solebant • ad earn diem obscuros, et 'finitimorum uectigales, 
thianstocon- . . ...... . , . , ® 5 
quest c. a.d. prnnum e suis quasi latebns, m lucem, atque totius orbis theatrum eduxit. Ouorum 
1 242 ! ] . . ... 
eruptio circa annum salutis, millesimum, ducentesimum ac quadragesimum secundum sab. Ennea- 
3 sub | Mongolorum, et Tartarorum appellatione, Scythico* acSarmatico + nomine, uulgata dls 9 ‘ llh ' 6 ' 
est: quam *Mongolorum + appellationem incertum est num acceperint, a primis suse 
gentilitatis authoribus, an uero, ab arbitris, et iudicibus, quieorum controuersias antea 
T ”X t f - r or dirimebant, quam Cinguis eos in lucem educeret : an ab agris ubi degebant, an 
4 den'ique *dicti sint + a Mongo amne, qui Arethusium excipit, in cuius ora | usque ad 
Sarmaticum mare, Tartari hybernis castris uersantur. At Tartari, ex idiomatis, et Ant. p. 3 
linguae suse vitio, Tattar, a finitimis uocati sunt • nam concise, dura consonantium l ptoi. 9 )ib. < 5 ’ 
collisione, monosyllabas uoces, quas balbutiant, proterere potius quam proferre uiden- c ' I4, tab ' 7 ' 
tur • aliter quam Mongoli, qui uocibus, et sono, proxime ad Turcarum linguam, AnL Reg _ 
accedunt. 
5 At uero Cinguiscanus, in eum dignitatis ] gradum, oraculo euectus esse fertur • 
in favour uel ip se confixit, uel mains aliquis dsernon attulit. Cui contribules eo fidem ha- 
chingfi. Kh. ] 3 uerun t j quod segre molesteque ferrent, ob pascua uicinis uectigal 7 || soluere, et 
F. 119b. 1 ilium ut oraculum prsenuntiabat, ducem sibi creauerunt. Qui ut erat, uir gnarus, et 
ad imperandum natus, e uestigio, anteaquam, finitimse Scytharum turmse, rescirent : 
et sibi multitudinem, ne forte, facti earn poeniteret, iuramento deuincire, et militum 
1 1st: serpentem cuculli, vel capitij. 
2 Later addition. 
3 Everything is bracketed or cancelled in the MS. from : Jamuero ad Zelaldinum (fol. 106b. 4). Opposite, marginally, 
we have in Portuguese : Isto | se ha de escreuer | d . .. [paper injured] | tido das [?] folhas 115a. 5. 
4 Later addition. 
Note . — My marginal notes in bold type are less satisfactory from this point. I expected it from the nature of the 
subjects treated. The spelling and identification of some proper names is left doubtful. Scarcely any of Monserrate's 
authorities is accessible to me. 
6 1st : Scythite. This passage from : porro autem Zelaldinus (fol. 119a. 1 to fol. 1196. 1) was covered with a thin 
white paper. From here to : enimuero quoniam hactenus (fol. 140a. 4), everything is bracketed or cancelled in the 
MS. Opposite the words ‘-porro autem Zelaldinus.. ” marginally, I read: “ Paras secui,” which means, perhaps : I 
have cut out these paragraphs. 
8 Later note, marginally : Belia mons quis sit diuinandum est. Aytonum authorem sequitur hie Sabellicus, 
Enneade 9, lib. 6. 
^ Long later marginal note, erased, illegible. 
