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THE PROLOGUE

CHAPTER I. To teach you the Way out of England to Constantinople

CHAPTER II. Of the Cross and the Crown of our Lord Jesu Christ

CHAPTER III. Of the City of Constantinople, and of the Faith of Greeks

CHAPTER IV. [Of the Way from Constantinople to Jerusalem.]  Of Saint John the Evangelist.  And of t

CHAPTER V. [Of diversities in Cyprus; of the Road from Cyprus to Jerusalem, and of the Marvel of a

CHAPTER VI. Of many Names of Soldans, and of the Tower of Babylon

CHAPTER VII. Of the Country of Egypt; of the Bird Phoenix of Arabia; of the City of Cairo; of the C

CHAPTER VIII. Of the Isle of Sicily; of the way from Babylon to the Mount Sinai; of the Church of S

CHAPTER IX. Of the Desert between the Church of Saint Catherine and Jerusalem.  Of the Dry Tree; an

CHAPTER X. Of the Pilgrimages in Jerusalem, and of the Holy Places thereabout

CHAPTER XI. Of the Temple of our Lord.  Of the Cruelty of King Herod.  Of the Mount Sion.  Of Proba

CHAPTER XII. Of the Dead Sea; and of the Flome Jordan.  Of the Head of Saint John the Baptist; and

CHAPTER XIII. Of the Province of Galilee, and where Antichrist shall be born.  Of Nazareth.  Of the

CHAPTER XIV. Of the City of Damascus.  Of three ways to Jerusalem; one, by land and by sea; another

CHAPTER XV. Of the Customs of Saracens, and of their Law.  And how the Soldan reasoned me, Author o

CHAPTER XVI. Of the lands of Albania and of Libia.  Of the wishings for watching of the Sparrow-haw

CHAPTER XVII. Of the land of Job; and of his age.  Of the array of men of Chaldea.  Of the land whe

CHAPTER XVIII. Of the customs of Isles about Ind.  Of the difference betwixt Idols and Simulacres.

CHAPTER XIX. Of the Dooms made by St. Thomas's hand.  Of devotion and sacrifice made to Idols there

CHAPTER XX. Of the evil customs used in the Isle of Lamary.  And how the earth and the sea be of ro

CHAPTER XXI. Of the Palace of the King of the Isle of Java.  Of the Trees that bear meal, honey, wi

CHAPTER XXII. How men know by the Idol, if the sick shall die or not.  Of Folk of diverse shape and

CHAPTER XXIII. Of the great Chan of Cathay.  Of the royalty of his palace, and how he sits at meat;

CHAPTER XXIV. Wherefore he is clept the great Chan.  Of the Style of his Letters: and of the Supers

CHAPTER XXV. Of the Governance of the great Chan's Court, and when he maketh solemn feasts.  Of his

CHAPTER XXVI. Of the Law and the Customs of the Tartarians dwelling in Cathay.  And how that men do

CHAPTER XXVII. Of the Realm of Tharse and the Lands and Kingdoms towards the Septentrional Parts, i

CHAPTER XXVIII. The Emperor of Persia, and of the Land of Darkness; and of other kingdoms that belo

CHAPTER XXIX. Of the Countries and Isles that be beyond the Land of Cathay; and of the fruits there

CHAPTER XXX. Of the Royal Estate of Prester John.  And of a rich man that made a marvellous castle

CHAPTER XXXI. Of the Devil's Head in the Valley Perilous.  And of the Customs of Folk in diverse Is

CHAPTER XXXII. Of the goodness of the folk of the Isle of Bragman.  Of King Alexander.  And wherefo

CHAPTER XXXIII. Of the Hills of Gold that Pismires keep.  And of the four Floods that come from Par

CHAPTER XXXIV. Of the Customs of Kings and other that dwell in the Isles coasting to Prester John's