Betwene the mountaynes the Jews of 10 lynages ben enclosed, that men clepen Gothe and Magothe: and they mowe not gon out on no syde.
In that same regioun ben the mountaynes of Caspye, that men clepen Uber in the contree.
And there is a Tree of Oke that the Saracens clepen Dirpe, that is of Abraham's Tyme, the which men clepen THE DRYE TREE.
But for-as-muche as som folk been unmesurable, men oghten eschue fool-largesse, that men clepen wast.
Of Northfolk was this reve, of which I telle, Bisyde a toun men clepen Baldeswelle.
With footmen, bothe yemen and eek knaves, (1870) It nas aretted him no vileinye, Ther may no man clepenit cowardye.
For wel ye woot that men clepen 'honour' the reverence that man doth to man; but in helle is noon honour ne reverence.
And by this same resoun shul ye clepen to your conseil, of your freendes that been of age, swiche as han seyn and been expert in manye thinges, and been approved in conseillinges.
The remedye agayns Ire is a vertu that men clepen Mansuetude, that is Debonairetee; and eek another vertu, that men callen Pacience or Suffrance.
And therfore seyde the aungel to Ioseph: 'thou shall clepen his name Iesus, that shal saven his peple of hir sinnes.
And, for the outlawe hath but smal meynee, And may nat doon so greet an harm as he, Ne bringe a contree to so greet mescheef, Men clepen him an outlawe or a theef.
In that desert duellyn manye of Arrabyenes, that men clepen Bedoynes and Ascopardes.
And on that other syde of the Temple there is a roche, that men clepen Moriache: but aftre it was clept Bethel; where the arke of God, with relykes of Jewes, weren wont to ben put.
And betwene Cycele and Itaylle there is not but a lytille arm of the see, that men clepen the farde of Mescyne.
Uppon that cost, ys a woundur fayre castelle, that menclepen Florathe.
As I schalle devyse zou, suche as thei ben, and the names how thei clepen hem; to suche entent, that zee mowe knowe the difference of hem and of othere.
Fro Cathay go men toward the est, be many iourneyes: and than men fynden a gode cytee, betwene theise othere, that men clepen Sugarmago.
And this sterre, that is toward the north, that wee clepen the lode sterre, ne apperethe not to hem.
And there lithe the body of hym fulle honourabely in here temple, that the Sarazines clepen Muskethe.
But alleweyes men fynden gode innes, and alle that hem nedethe of vytaylle; And men clepen that wyldernesse Achelleke.
Upon that hille duelte Abraham a gret while: and therfore men clepen it, Abrahames gardyn.
And aftre men gon to Sychem, sumtyme clept Sychar; and that is in the provynce of Samaritanes; and there is a fulle fair vale and a fructuouse, and there is a fair cytee and a gode, that men clepen Neople.
Aftirwarde men gon be many yles be see unto a yle that men clepen Milhe: there is a full cursed peple: thei delyten in ne thing more than to fighten and to fie men, and to drynken gladlyest mannes blood, which they clepen Dieu.
It was the observation of an early age that "the Rede Sea is not more rede than any other sea, but in some place thereof is the gravelle rede, and therefore men clepen it the Rede Sea.
And men clepen {260} his roialme the Yle of Pentexoire.
Who,' quod she, 'hath suffred aprochen to this syke man thise comune strompetes of swich a place that men clepen the theatre?
It resembliþ to þise flying flyes þat we clepen been.
And after, for sche was so wys That sche fond ferst in hire avis The cloth makinge of wolle and lyn, Men seiden that sche was divin, And the goddesse of Sapience Thei clepen hire in that credence.
The god whom that thei clepen Mart The brest to kepe hath for his part, Forth with the herte, in his ymage That he adresce the corage.
This, which Cassandre thanne hihte, In al the world as it berth sihte, In bokes as men finde write, Is that Sibille of whom ye wite, That alle men yit clepen sage.
But in his sleve he gan to thringe A rasour sharp, and wel bytinge, 7420 That was forged in a forge, Which that men clepen Coupegorge.
Thus seyn some auctours; and somme of hem seyn that yif men clepen the latitude, thay mene the arch meridian that is contiened or intercept by-twixe the senith and the equinoxial.
After these wordes 120 theyclepen "goddes" images wrought with mennes handes.
I might of her have, that in all my lyfe I clepen shall my quene and hertes wife.
And there is a tree of Oke that the Saracens clepen Dirpe, that is of Abraham's Tyme, the which men clepen the Dry Tree.
That sea is not more red than another sea; but in some place thereof is the gravel red, and therefore men clepen it the Red Sea.
About this river be many birds and fowls, as sikonies, that they clepen ibes.
Also the city of Mecca where Mohammet lieth is of the great deserts of Arabia; and there lieth [the] body of him full honourably in their temple, that the Saracens clepen Musketh.
And there besyde is another Hille, that men clepen Ararathe: but the Jews clepen it Taneez, where Noas Schipp rested: and zit is upon that Montayne and men may see it a ferr in clear wedre: and that Montayne is well a myle high.
Sir John,--Wit you well that men holden you but light, and some clepen you a Liar.
But all the Lond of Egypt is clepen the Vale enchaunted; for no man may do his business well that goes thither, but always fares he evil, and therefore clepen they Egypt the Vale perilous, and the sepulchre of reputations.
And he hath been in an Yle that men clepen Burmah, and there bin women bearded.
But of late hath risen a new sort of Englishman very puny and fearful, and these men clepen Radicals.
For that Vale is alle fulle of Develes and Fiendes that men clepen Bondholderes, for that Egypt from of olde is the Lond of Bondage.
For ye may sail all about Africa, and past the Cape men clepen of Good Hope, but that way unto Ynde is long and the sea is weary.
Sir John,--wit you well that men holden you but light, and some clepen you a Liar.
And betweene that ryvere and the grete see ocean, that thei clepen the see maure, lyzn alle theise Roialmes.
There is a vale betwene the mountaynes, that durethe nyghe a 4 myle: and summen clepen it the Vale Enchaunted; some clepen it the Vale of Develes, and some clepen it the Vale Perilous.
And men clepen that yle, the Yle of Bragman: and somme men clepen it the Lond of Feythe.
And sum menclepen it Ganges; for a kyng that was in Ynde, that highte Gangeres, and that it ran thorge out his lond.
But the 2 princypalle cytees ben theise, Boyturra and Seornergant, that sum men clepen Sormagant.
There duellen Sarazines, and another maner of folk, that men clepen Cordynes.
And in that yle dwellethe the pope of hire lawe, that they clepen Lobassy.
Toward the est partye of Prestre Johnes lond, is an yle gode an gret, that men clepen Taprobane, that is fulle noble and fulle fructuous: and the kyng thereof is fulle ryche, and is undre the obeyssance of Prestre John.
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