Travels to Tana and Persia : $b A narrative of Italian travels in Persia, in the 15th and 16th centuries — John Shaqi
Travels to Tana and Persia : $b A narrative of Italian travels in Persia, in the 15th and 16th centuriesBarbaro, Giosofat
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Travels to Tana and Persia : $b A narrative of Italian travels in Persia, in the 15th and 16th centuries
Barbaro, Giosofat
Iran -- Description and travel; Voyages and travels
Horsemeate aftre iijᵈ the daie, and showing aftre xiiᵈ an horse mary;[92]
for gyrthers, leather sadells, and other horse harneys, there was great
skarsetie. As for horses to be solde, there be none but those nagges
that arr woʳthe betwene viij and x ducates a peece, and that come out
of Tartarie wᵗʰ the merchauntes (as I have saied before), iiij or v
thousande at a clappe:[93] which arr solde for iiij, v, or vj ducates a
peece: being litell, and serving onlie for cariaige. Amongst the nombre
of camells aboue rehearsed, there be viijᵐˡ, of twoo bunches a peece,
which haue their coveringes faire wrought, wᵗʰ belles, dyngles, and
beadestones of divers sortes hanging at them. Everie man aftre his degree
having some x, some xx, and some xxx, tied one to an others tayle, and
be ledde every mannes by themselfs for a pompe, wᵗhout any bodie suffred
to ryde vpon them. The other camells, of one bunche, carie the pavylions
and their masters apparaill in chests, sackes, and fardelles. In like
maner, amongest the mooyles there be about ijᵐˡ that carie nothing, but
arr ledde for pompe, trapped wᵗʰ goodly coveringes better wrought than
those of the camelles be. And of the same sorte, amongest the horses
abouemenc̃oned there be about a thousande thus decked. When they travaill
by night wᵗʰ the people those that be of reputac̃on, both men and women,
haue lightes borne before them, as we vse, which their men and women
serunts do carie. Wheare the Prince rydeth there go before him vᶜ horses
and more: which haue also their skowtes before them wᵗʰ certein square
enseignes, which, cryeng make roome, make roome! to whom all men give
waie. This is one parte of that which I haue seene concerneng the maner,
order, dignitie, and pompe that this peeple (whilst they be in the
champaigne) vse in attending on their king: being yet much lesse than I
coulde saie of them.
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