[1] I regret that two applications to the library at Wels for the fullest particulars with reference to this marginal note, have been unsuccessful. [2] For notices on the Schiltberger family, see _Monumenta Boica_, iii, 170; vi, 532, 538; vii, 137; viii, 150, 504; ix, 93, 577; and many other records in this collection. Also Hund’s _Bayrischen Stammbuche_, i, 332, ii, 108, 478; Meichelbeck’s _Historia Fris._, ii, 43, etc. [3] _Neuwe Chronica Türckischer nation von Türcken selbs beschreiben_ etc., Franckfurt am Mayn, 1590, iii, 207. [4] _Berichtigung der orientalischen Namen Schiltberger’s_, in _Denkschriften der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München, für Jahre 1823 und 1824_. Band ix. [5] “Joannes Schildtperger tum puer, Monachi oppido Bojariæ ortus, captus, ob elegantiam formæ a filio Basaitis servatus, in aula Turcarum educatus et victo Basaite a Tamerlano rege Persarum, arma victoris secutus est, et tandem mortuo Tamerlane in patriam postliminio reversus a Cubiculo Alberto avo Principum nostrorum fuit. etc.”—_Annalib. p. m._, 805. [6] Gouria, according to Professor Bruun. [7] Batoum, according to Professor Bruun. INDEX TO THE CHAPTERS. SCHILTBERGER TO THE READER 1 1. Of the first combat between King Sigmund and the Turks 1 2. How the Turkish king treated the prisoners 4 3. How Wyasit subjugated an entire country 6 4. How Wyasit made war on his brother-in-law, and killed him 7 5. How Weyasit drives away the king of Sebast 10 6. What sixty of us Christians had agreed upon 10 7. How Wyasit took the city of Samson 12 8. Of serpents and vipers 12 9. How the Infidels remain in the fields with their cattle, in winter and summer 14 10. How Weyasit took a country that belonged to the Sultan 18 11. Of the King-Sultan 19 12. How Temerlin conquered the kingdom of Sebast 20 13. Weyasit conquers Lesser Armenia 20 14. How Tämerlin goes to war with the King-Sultan 22 15. How Tämerlin conquered Babiloni 24 16. How Tämerlin conquered Lesser India 24 17. How a vassal carried off riches that belonged to Tämerlin 26 18. How Tämerlin caused MMM children to be killed 27 19. Tämerlin wants to go to war with the Great Chan 28 20. Of Tämerlin’s death 29 21. Of the sons of Tämerlin 30