The voiage and travayle of Sir John Maundeville kt. : which treateth of the way toward Hierusalem and of marvayles of Inde with other islands and countreyes / Reprinted from the edition of A.D. 1725 ; with an introduction, additional notes, and glossary, by J.O. Halliwell.
- John Mandeville
- Date:
- 1883
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The voiage and travayle of Sir John Maundeville kt. : which treateth of the way toward Hierusalem and of marvayles of Inde with other islands and countreyes / Reprinted from the edition of A.D. 1725 ; with an introduction, additional notes, and glossary, by J.O. Halliwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![outen Mouthe'd but thei ban 2 smale holes alle rounde, in stede of hire Eyen : and hire Mouthe is platt also, with outen Lippes. And in another Yle ben folk of foul fasceon and Schapp, that han the Lippe above the Mouthe so gret, that whan thei slepen in the Sonne, thei keveren alle the face with that Lippe.® And in another Yle, ther ben litylle folk, as Dwerghes and thei ben to so meche as the Pyg- meyes, and thei han no Mouthe, but in stede of hire Mouthe, thei han a lytylle round hole : and whan thei schulle eten or drynken, thei taken thorghe a Pipe or a Penne or suche a thing, and sowken it in : for thei han no Tonge ; and ther- fore thei speke not, but thei maken a maner of hissynge, as a Neddre dothe, and thei maken Signes on to another, as Monkes don ; be the whiche, every of hem undirstondethe other. And in another Yle ben folk, that han gret Eres and longe, that hangen doun to here Knees.^ And in another Yle ben folk, that han Hors Feet and thei ben stronge and myghty and swift renneres: for thei taken wylde Bestes with renn- yng, and eten hem. ^ Plin. lib. vii. c. 2 ; Ad extremes fines Indiae, ab Oriente, circa fontem Gangis, Astomorum gentem sine ore. ® Strabo describes such a People, call’d Amyctyrae. f Plin. lib. vii. c. 2 : Supra hos, extrema in parte Montium, Spitham^i Pygmsei narrantur, ternas Spithamas longitudine; hoc est, ternos Dodrantes non excedentes. g Plin. lib. iv. c. 13 : Fenesiorum aliae [Insult Ponti] in ^uibus nuda alioquin corpora praegrandes ipsorum Aures tota contegant. Lib. vii. c. 2 : Alios Auribus totos contegi. Strabo calls them evwroKotrot. Isidore calls them Pancotii. ^ Plin. lib. iv. c. 13 : Alias, in quibus equinis pedibus homines nascantur, Hippopodes appellati.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2935142x_0241.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
