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de gens qui ont tous les chevaulx blancs. En ces
parties siet une moult haulte montaigne ou larche
Noe se arresta et reposa quant le diluge fut passe. A
pres vient la province daise la mineur laquelle est
toute advironnee de mer ou il a maintes regions
Desquelles nous ne declairerons pas quant a pre
sent les noms. En celle province daise est la region
dardane et celle de frige la ou paris ravy la belle
helaine. Dont la puissante cite de troies la grant
fut a lemprise des grecs destruite par feu et par gla
ve. Celle cite siet vers lune des fins de grece. En ces
parties est assise la noble cite de lychaonie et assez
pres dillec siet une aultre cite appelle charie par
la quelle court ung grant fleuve a merveilles qui
est nomme herme dont le gravier est dor tout lui
sant. De celle part vers la fin degipte nous vient
la paillole qui est de fin or. Il ya deuers orient de
laultre part une maniere de gens qui jadiz descen
dirent des Juifz et sont gens de leur condition ors
viles salez et puants ilz nont nulles femmes
esponsees ne ne niennent meschines ne aultre

of people who all have white hair. In these parts
there is a high mountain where Noah's ark
landed and came to rest after the Flood had passed.
Then comes the province of Asia Minor, which
is completely surrounded by sea, and it has numerous
regions that we are not going to talk about except
to mention their names. In this province of Asia there is the
region of Ardane and that of Phyrigia, to where Paris
abducted the beautiful Helen. Its great city of
Troy was destroyed by fire and the sword, by the
actions of the Greeks. This city was located near
one of the boundaries of Greece. And in these
parts is set the noble city of Lychaonia, and quite near
to it is found another city called Caria, through
which flows a great and marvellous river that
is called Herme, the bottom of which is all of
shining gold. In these parts, near the border of Egypt,
we get fine gold dust (see note). To the east
there is another race of people who are descended from
the Jews. They are vile, dirty, and stinking and they
have neither wives nor concubines, nor

de gens qui ont tous les chevaulx blancs. En ces
parties siet une moult haulte montaigne ou larche
Noe se arresta et reposa quant le diluge fut passe. A
pres vient la province daise la mineur laquelle est
toute advironnee de mer ou il a maintes regions
Desquelles nous ne declairerons pas quant a pre
sent les noms. En celle province daise est la region
dardane et celle de frige la ou paris ravy la belle
helaine. Dont la puissante cite de troies la grant
fut a lemprise des grecs destruite par feu et par gla
ve. Celle cite siet vers lune des fins de grece. En ces
parties est assise la noble cite de lychaonie et assez
pres dillec siet une aultre cite appelle charie par
la quelle court ung grant fleuve a merveilles qui
est nomme herme dont le gravier est dor tout lui
sant. De celle part vers la fin degipte nous vient
la paillole qui est de fin or. Il ya deuers orient de
laultre part une maniere de gens qui jadiz descen
dirent des Juifz et sont gens de leur condition ors
viles salez et puants ilz nont nulles femmes
esponsees ne ne niennent meschines ne aultre

of people who all have white hair. In these parts
there is a high mountain where Noah's ark
landed and came to rest after the Flood had passed.
Then comes the province of Aisa Minor, which
is completely surrounded by sea, and it has numerous
regions that we are not going to talk about except
to mention their names. In this province of Asia is the
region of Ardane and that of Phyrigia, where Paris
abducted the beautiful Helen to. Its great city of
Troy was destroyed by fire and the sword, by the
actions of the Greeks. This city was located near
one of the boundaries of Greece. And in these
parts is set the noble city of Lychaonia, and quite near
to it is located another city called Caria, through
which flows a great and marvellous river that
is called Herme, the bottom of which is all of
shining gold. In these parts, near the border of Egypt
we get fine gold dust. To the east
there is another race of people who are descended from
the Jews. They are vile, dirty, and stinking and they
have neither wives nor concubines, nor