The Travels of Marco Polo: Translated Into English from the Text of L.F. Benedetto |
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... envoys . The latter watched over their safety , as if the ladies had been their daughters , and the two ladies , both very young and most beautiful , looked upon them as fathers , and obeyed them as such . And the three envoys gave them ...
... envoys . The latter watched over their safety , as if the ladies had been their daughters , and the two ladies , both very young and most beautiful , looked upon them as fathers , and obeyed them as such . And the three envoys gave them ...
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... envoys lodge , with splendid beds , furnished with rich silk sheets , and with everything else that an important envoy may need . And if a king should go there , he would be splendidly lodged . Here the envoys also find no less than ...
... envoys lodge , with splendid beds , furnished with rich silk sheets , and with everything else that an important envoy may need . And if a king should go there , he would be splendidly lodged . Here the envoys also find no less than ...
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... envoys , with such a message as you shall hear . How Toctai sent his envoys to Nogai 66 The two envoys whom Toctai had entrusted with this task , set out , and rode on , until they reached the court of Nogai . They entered into his ...
... envoys , with such a message as you shall hear . How Toctai sent his envoys to Nogai 66 The two envoys whom Toctai had entrusted with this task , set out , and rode on , until they reached the court of Nogai . They entered into his ...
Contents
front | 69 |
THE BROTHERS POLO STARTING OUT WITH THEIR CARAVAN | 96 |
MAP OF HENRICUS MARTELLUS | 208 |
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