before the Byshop, and the Knight sayd they should be prestes, & he sayde he wold no more be called Kinge ne Emperour but preest, and he would haue the name of him that came first out of the prestes and he was called John, and so haue all the Emperors sythen[4] be called Prester John. In this lande are many Christen men of good faith & good lawe, and they haue prestes to sing masse, and they make the sacrements as men of Grece do, but they say not but that y^e Apostles said as saint Peter, and saint Thomas, and other apostles when they song masse and said _Pater noster_, and the wordes with the which Gods body is sacred; we haue many addicions of Popes that haue bene ordeyned of which men in those countreys know not. [Footnote 1: Kinds or sorts.] [Footnote 2: ? Aleppo.] [Footnote 3: Other editions read _land_.] [Footnote 4: Since then.] CAP. C. _Of a great yland and kingedome called Taprobane._[1] TOWARDE the East side of Prester John's lande is an yle that men call Taprobane, & is right good and fructuous,[2] and there is a great Kyng and a rych, and he is obedient unto Prester John & the King is alway made by eleccion. In this yle is ii wynters and two somers, and they shere[3] corne twise in the yere, all times in the yeare gardeins florysheth. There dwelleth good people and reasonable and many Christen men among them that are full rich, and the water betwene the syde of Prester John and this yle is not full depe for men may see the grounde in many places. [Footnote 1: There seems a difference of opinion whether this island is Ceylon or Sumatra.] [Footnote 2: Fruitful.] [Footnote 3: Reap.] CAP. CI. _Of two other yles, one is called Orel, & the other Argete where are many gold mines._