Chap. II. of W ILL! AM DE R U B RET Q U I S. 
Church of Rome ; the Monk then flayed with him and 
gave him, in my Abfence, I know not what Potions.. 
The next Day he began to have the Pangs of Death 
upon him:; then taking their Oil which they faid was Holy, 
I anointed him according to the manner of the Church of 
Rome, as they entreated me. I had none of our Oil, becaufe 
the Priefts of Sartach kept it ail. When we fhould have 
fung a Dirge, and I would have been prefent at his End, 
the Monk lent to me, bidding me depart, becaufe, if I 
were prefent, 1 could not come into the Houfe of Mangu- 
Khan for one whole Year; which, when I had told his 
Friends, they faid it was true, and defired me to depart, 
left I might be hindered in that Good which I might 
promote. As foon as he was dead, the Monk faid unto 
me. Never mind it, I have killed him with my Prayers ; 
this Man only was learned, and oppofed himfelf againft us, 
the reft knovo nothing : Henceforth Mangu-Khan himfelf 
and they all will couch at our Feet. Then he declared un- 
to me the before-mentioned Anfwer of the Soothfayer ; 
which, not believing it, I enquired of the Priefts who were 
Friends of the Deceafed, whether it were true or no, who 
faid it was ; but whether he was pre-inftru6ted or not, 
that they knew not. 
Afterwards I found that the Monk called the Sooth- 
fayer and his Wife into his Chapel, and caufed Dull to 
be fifted for him to divine to him, for he had a certain 
Rutenian Deacon who divined to him ; which, when I 
underftood, I was amazed at his Fooliffinefs, and faid to 
him, Brother, a Man full of the Holy Ghoft, which 
teacheth all Things, fhould not demand Anfwers or Coun- 
fels from Soothfayers, feeing all fuch Things are forbid- 
den , and they are excommunicated who follow fuch 
Things. Then he began to excufe himfelf, that it was not 
true that he fought after fuch Things ; but I would not 
depart from him, becaufe I was placed there by the Com- 
mandment of the Khan himfelf, nor could I remove with- 
out his fpecial Command. 
49. As to the City of Caracarum, your Highnefs may 
be pleafed to know this ; that, excluding the Palace of the 
Khan himfelf, it is not fo good as the Caftle of St. Dennis, 
.and the Monaftary of St. Dennis is worth ten Times 
that Palace, and more too. There are two Streets there, 
one of the Saracens or Mohammedans, where the Fairs ate 
kept, and many Merchants refort thither, by reafon of the 
Court which is always near, and for the Number of Em- 
baffadors. There is another of the Cathaians , who are all 
Artificers. Without thofe Streets there are great Palaces, 
which are the Courts of the Secretaries ; there are there 
twelve kinds of Idolaters of divers Nations, two Mofques, 
where the Law of Mohammed is proclaimed, and one Church 
of the Chriftians at the End of the Town. The Town 
is inclofed with a Mud-wall, and hath four Gates ; on the 
Eaft Part Millet and other Grain is fold, which, as yet, is 
feldom brought thither ; on the Weft Sheep and Goats, on 
the South Oxen and Waggons are fold ; and on the North 
Horfes. 
Following the Court, we came thither on the Sunday be- 
fore the Afcenfion ; the next Day after we were called before 
Biugai , who is their Juftice and chief Secretary^ both the 
Monk and ail his Family, and we and all the Meffengers 
and Strangers likewife who frequented the Houfe of the 
Monk, and we were called before Bulgai feverally, firft the 
Monk, and after us, and they began diligently to enquire 
whence we were, and -for what Purpofe we came, and what 
our Errand was ? and this Enquiry was made becaufe is was 
told Mangu-Khan, that four hundred Affaffines or fecret 
Murderers, were gone forth in divers Habits to kill 
him. About that Time the Khan's Lady was reftored to 
Health, and fhe fent for the Monk, and he not willing 
to go, anfwered, fhe hath fent for Idolaters about her, let 
them cure her if they can, I will go no more. 
Upon Afcenfion Eve, we were in all the Houfe of 
Mangu-Khan : And I faw as often as he was to drink, 
they caft Cofmos to their Idols of Felt ; then I faid to the 
Monk, What Fellowjhip hath Chrift with Belial ? What 
Part hath our Crofs with thofe Idols ? Mangu-Khan hath 
eight Brethren, three by the Mother, and five by the Fa- 
ther. One of them, of his Mother’s Side, he fent into 
the Country of Apjfmes, who are called by them Mulibet . 
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and he commanded him to kill them all. Another went 
to Perfia, and is now entered therein to go, as is thought, 
into Turky, from thence to fend Armies to Baldach and 'Ra- 
ft acius, One of the others he fent into Cathaia againft feme 
that rebelled : His youngeft Brother of the fame Venter, 
he kept himfelf, whofe Name was Arabucha , who holds 
his Mother’s Court, who was a Chriftian, whole Servant 
Mailer William is ; for one of the Brothers on the Father’s 
Side took him in a certain City called Belgrade, where 
there was a No'rman Bilhop, of Belle-Ville near Roan , 
with a Nephew of the Bi£hop’s,whom I faw there at Cara « 
carum, and he gave Matter William to Mangvds Mother, 
becaufe Hie was defirous to have him. But when fhe was 
dead. Matter William came back again to Arabucha , with 
all Things elfe pertaining to the Court of his Mother ; 
and from him he came to the Knowledge of Mangu-Khan, 
who on finifhing of the aforefaid Work, gave unto Mailer 
William one hundred Jafeots, that is, a thoufand Marks. 
On the Eve of the Afcenfion , Mangu-Khan faid, he 
would go to his Mother’s Court and vifit her, and the 
Monk faid he would go with him, and gave his Blelfing 
to his Mother, with which Khan was well contented. In 
the Evening of the Day of th 0 Afcenfion, the aforefaid 
Lady was very ill, and the Chief of the Soothfayers fent 
to the. Monk, commanding him that the Table fhould not 
be fmitten. On the Morrow, when the whole Court re- 
moved, the Court of the Lady remained ftill, and when 
we came to the Place where the Court fhould ftay, the 
Monk was Commanded to depart farther from the Court 
than he was wont, which he did ; then Arabucha met his 
Brother the Khan : So the Monk and we, feeing that he 
was to pafs by us, met him with the Crofs ; and he calling 
us to mind, becaufe fometimes he had been at our Oratory, 
firetching forth his Hand made a Crofs unto us like a Bi- 
lhop ; then the Monk taking Horfe followed him, bearing 
certain Fruits ; but he alighted before his Brother’s 
Court, waiting while he came from hunting: The Monk 
alighted there alfo, and offered him the Fruit, which he re- 
ceived ; and hard by him fat two Saracens of the Nobi- 
lity of the Court of Khan ; but Arabucha underftanding of 
tne Contention between the Chriftians and the Saracens, 
enquired of the Monk if he knew thefe Saracens, and he 
anfwered, I know they are Dogs , why have you them fo 
near you ? But they replied, why, fay they, do you 
Wrong to us, when we do none to you? Tokiuom the 
Monk faid, I fpeak the Truth, and ye and your Moham- 
med, are vile Dogs : Then they began to blafpheme 
Christ, but Arabucha forbad them, faying, fpeak not 
fo blafphemoufly, For we know that the Messiah is God. 
That very Hour there arofe a great Wind over all the 
Street, and after a while, there came a Rumour that the 
Lady was dead. 
The next Morning the Khan returned towards the 
Court another Way; for this is a Rule amongft them, that 
they never return the fame Way they come. While the 
Court remained here, none dare pafs that Way (neither 
Horfe-man nor Foot-man) where the Court flayed, fo Iona- 
as any Shew of the Fire made there remaineth. That 
Day certain Saracens kept Company with the Monk, up- 
pon the Way, provoking him, and difputing with him, 
and when he could not defend himfelf with Argument, 
and they made light of him, he would have lafhed them 
with the Whip which he held in his Hand, and he went 
fo far that his Words were reported at the Court, and we 
were commanded to depart to the fame Place with other 
Meffengers, and not to abide before the Court as we were 
wont, I hitherto always hoped the King of Ar rnenia would 
come. There came fome about Rafter from Bolac, where 
thofe Germans are, for whofe Sake chiefly I went thither, 
who told me, that the Dutch Prieft fhould come to Court ; 
therefore I moved no Queftions to Mangu concerning our 
Stay or Departure ; for at the Beginning, he gave us Leave 
to ftay t\yo Months, and now five Months were paft. This 
was done about the End of May , and we had continued 
there all February , JVLarch, April, and Ivlay ; but hearing’ - no 
News of the King or the faid Prieft, and fearing* left 
we fhould return in the Winter, the Sharpnefs of which 
we had experienced, I caufed it to be demanded of Man- 
gu-Khan , what his Pleafurc was concerning us, becaufe we 
7 I would 
