English wayfaring life in the middle ages : (xivth century) / by J.J. Jusserand ... tr. from the French by Lucy Toulmin Smith.

  • Jean Jules Jusserand
Date:
1889
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Credit: English wayfaring life in the middle ages : (xivth century) / by J.J. Jusserand ... tr. from the French by Lucy Toulmin Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    other, a map of the Holy Land with an indication of ail the remarkable places,^ and a considérable catalogue of the indulgences to be gained. Wey foresaw ail the disagreeables to which the ill- will of the captain of the galley might subject you ; he recommends engaging a place in the highest part of the boat, “ for in the lawyst [stage] vnder hyt is ryght sniolderyng hôte and stynkynge ; ” - you must not pay more than forty ducats from Venice to Jaffa, food included ; it is necessary to stipulate that the captain stops at certain ports to talce in fresh provisions. He is bound to give you hot méat at dinner and supper, good wine, pure water, and biscuit ; but it is well besides to take provisions for private use, for even at the captain’s table there is great risk of having bad bread and wine. “ For thow ye schal be at the tabyl wyth yowre patrone, notwythstondynge, ye schal oft tyme haue nede to yowre vytelys, bred, chese, eggys, frute, and bakyn, wyne, and other, to make yowre collasyvn ; for svm tyme ye schal haue febyl bred, wyne and stynkyng water, meny tymes ye schal be fui ' Pages 102-116. Such a map is cxhibitcd in the glass cases of the Bodleian Library at Oxford. It is probable, but not quite sure, that this is rcally the map of William Wey, the one he calls “mappa mea ” in his book. It has been reproduccd in fac-similé : “ Map of the Holy Land, illustrating the Itinerarics of W. Wey, Roxburghe Club, 1867.” It is seven fcet in length and sixteen and a half inches in breadth. See also : “De passagiis in Terram Sanctam,” edit. G. M. Thomas, Venice, 1879, folio. (Société de l’Orient Latin). This work contains extracts from a “Chronologia magna,” compiled in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, with maps and plans, onc espccially of Jérusalem and adjoining places. ^ “A good preuysyoun,” “ Itincraries,” p. 4.