e., 16th October [J: Oct. 18th]) toward Sarai, going due southern, and you may descending across the Etilia, and that splits less than truth be told there with the three great branches, all of that’s nearly twice as highest due to the fact lake out-of Damietta. Others (of one’s river) forms four slight twigs, to ensure that we crossed that lake into the seven urban centers by boat. With the center branch is actually a town entitled Summerkeur, that’s instead walls; however when the brand new lake is during flooding it is in the middle of liquids. Having seven ages the Tartars was indeed around it just before it got they. And there had been Alans with it, and you will Saracens. Round throughout the these bits Baatu is on one section of the river and you can Sartach on the other from the Xmas; and go perhaps not down any farther. Therefore happens your entire lake freezes more than, right after which they violation all over.
We receive here an excellent German together with wife, in which he try a right worthy man, having who Gosset got stopped; having Sartach had delivered your truth be told there so you’re able to rid their ordu from your
When the father away from Coiac received the newest page out-of Sartach, the guy gave me right back my personal vestments, except for three albs, an enthusiastic amice stitched for the silk, a good stole, good girdle, a silver-fringed altar cloth and you will good surplice; the guy provided me with back also the gold vases, excepting a censer and you may a tiny vase in which try holy oil, all of these second something the latest priests have been that have Sartach got kept. He provided me with straight back the fresh instructions, with the exception of the latest Psalter out of my personal lady the new king, he remaining using my consent; I could not refute it him, to have the guy told you it would delight Sartach greatly [J: having the guy asserted that Sartach ended up being a whole lot removed which have it]. He along with requested me personally, in case I will go back like that, to take a person understanding how while making parchment. He had been and come up with, of the buy out-of Sartach, a large church and you will a separate village into western bank of the river, and wanted, he told you, making courses to have Sartach’s have fun with. I understand, however, that Sartach cares maybe not having such things [J: regardless of if I me personally have always been conscious Sartach doesn’t have returning to similar things]. Sarai and also the palace out of Baatu take this new eastern coast, therefore the area by which flow this type of twigs of your lake is more than 7 leagues wider, and there’s a level of seafood there. The fresh new versified Bible and you will a text when you look at the Arabic, worth 30 bezants, and several whatever else, I did not get back.
Making it (we.e., Sarai) then to your banquet of all of the Saints (first November), and you will supposed constantly southern area, we achieved because of the feast out of Saint Martin (fifteenth December [J: Dec. 13th]) new mountains of one’s Alans. Between Baatu and you may Sarai, for fifteen days we discover no-one save your self one of his true (i.elizabeth., Baatu’s) sons before him (south) together with hawks and hawkers, who were very multiple. Regarding the meal of all Saints to possess ten [J: five] weeks we found no body, there was two days [J: a day and a night] on which i almost passed away away from hunger: to possess an entire day and a night, and you may a day after the to your third hours, we didn’t come across people water.
Throughout the here discover really high enough pasturage, and you will (the fresh new Tartars) real time one of the reeds through to the ice starts to thaw
The Alans within these mountains nevertheless delay facing (the new Tartars), so Sartach has received to send a couple of from every 10 guys to hold this new lips of one’s defiles [i.e., passes], lest they arrive out and you may 
elevator its cows throughout the flatlands. Between the two, brand new Alans and the Iron Entrance, which is two days thence, and you will where initiate the brand new ordinary regarding Arcacc. Within ocean in addition to slopes is Saracens entitled Lesgi, (who live) throughout the slopes and you will which and additionally withstand (new Tartars) [J: Between these types of Alans and also the Metal Entrance, and this lay two days travel from indeed there, at part where the bundle begins to slim between the sea plus the slopes, there are Saracens known as Lesgi life one of the highs]; and so the Tartars in the base of the mountains of one’s Alans was required to provide us with twenty males so you’re able to companion us past the latest Iron Door. And this delighted myself much, for We hoped to see her or him below palms; for I’d not ever been able to see the possession, regardless of if very stressed so you’re able to. Whenever we came to a risky passing, out from the twenty (only) a few had [breastplates]. I inquired him or her the way they appeared by the her or him, and so they told you they had got them on Alans, who’re an effective brands of such anything, and you can excellent performers. So it generally seems to me they own few fingers but arrows and you can bows and you may fur attire. We watched given to them metal plates and you may metal caps off Persia, and that i spotted one or two who’d reach present themselves just before Mangu, armed with coats out-of convex pieces of difficult leather, which have been extremely unfit and unwieldy.