And for an example and witnes of King Arthur, whiche discomfit and sleine was undre his banere the Emperoure of Rome in bataile, and conquerid the gret part of the regions be west of Rome.
And in maner of werre assaulted them and doo their werst to take and despoile them the whiche demeanyng is full gretely ayenst our honeur and worship in especial sith the saide marchantes been heere undre our sauf conduit and ligue.
And þeruppon to yeove them sufficient auchorite undre yor grete seal.
Yeoven undre oure Signet at our towne of Northampton the v daye of Septembre.
Yeven undreor privee seal at our citee of Coventre the x daie of Marche.
The countes Marchall sate at the lefte fote of the Quene undre the table.
And this yere came certen ambassadours out of Fraunce, undre saf condit, to treat for peas general to be hadde, which accordid not but for xij monthes after the xviij monthes afore writen, and so went home ayen.
The countes of Kent was sittyng at the right fote of the Quene undre the table.
Pryour and Convent have forfeted the seid hole manor to the heyers undre her Convent seele of record, because of myne nonne payment of xxv.
Neverthelesse he seid that he was with a felesshep gadered undre Possewykwode be the prokeryng of the seid Chirch, which feleshep, whan thei were all togeder, passid not the nombre of xv.
We can not know what Calthorp payth, for we can not speke with the shereffe, ner the undre [shereffe], ner no man that gadered that hundred ther as Calthorp dwellytht.
And for as moche as my wrytynges that makyth mencion of that delyveraunce of the said Mautbye be not in my warde, y pray you that ye wolle undre your seelys certyffye me the trouthe how the said Mautbye was delyveryd by my moyen.
Yeven undre oure signet at oure citie of York, the vij.
For his agywe is goone, and alle that laye in hys stomak and undre hys syde it weryth aweye, and within a daye or ij.
And the kyng of that contree is a fulle gret lord and a ryche and a myghty, and hathe undre him 7 other kynges of 7 other yles abouten hym.
The kyng of this yle is a ful gret lord and a myghty; and hathe undre him 54 grete yles, that zeven tribute to him: and in everyche of theise yles, is a kyng crowned, and alle ben obeyssant to that kyng.
And undre it there is a town, that hight Sobachie: and there alle abowte dwellen cristene men, undre trybute.
And there is the cave undre the roche, where Moyses duelte, whan he fasted 40 dayes and 40 nyghtes.
And there is a vowt, undre the chirche, where that Cristene men duellen also: and thei han many gode vynes.
And nevere sithen, nouther the kyng of Ermoyne, ne the contree, weren never in pees, ne thei hadden never sithen plentee of godes; and thei han ben sithen alle weyes undre tribute of the Sarrazines.
And aftre that, where that evere thei gon, ever more thei cleymen for mynstralle of the grete Chane: and undre that tytle, alle kynges and lordes, cherisschen hem the more with ziftes and alle thing.
And the gret Cane hathe undre him 12 such provynces.
And witethe wel, that the kyng of that yle is so myghty, that he hathe many tymes overcomen the grete Cane of Cathay in bataylle, that is the most gret emperour that is undre the firmament, outher bezonde the see or on this half.
Also whan the Chane of Cathay hadde wonen the contree of Cathay, and put in subieccioun and undrefote many contrees abouten, he felle seek.
And also our Lord seythe in the Gospelle, Alias oves habeo, que non sunt ex hoc ovili; that is to seyne, that he hadde othere servauntes, than tho that ben undre Cristene lawe.
And in largenesse, it durethe to the cytee of Alizandre, that now is clept the Zate of Helle, that I spak offe beforn, undre the kyngdom of Mede.
Alle here lust and alle here ymaginacioun, is for to putten alle londes undre hire subieccioun.
And he hathe undre him 72 provynces; and in every provynce is a kyng.
And theise kynges han kynges undre hem; and alle ben tributaries to Prestre John.
For the Jewes seyn, that they knowen wel, be hire Prophecyes, that thei of Caspye schulle been undre hire subieccioun, als longe as they had ben in subieccioun of hem.
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.
For it is on of the 12 provynces, that the grete Chane hathe undre him, with outen his propre lond, and with outen other lesse yles, that he hathe: for he hathe fulle manye.
And every of tho kynges han many kynges undre hem; and alle thei ben obeyssant to the gret Chane.
But to this question, I schal answere, That see of Caspye gothe out be londe, undre the mountaynes, and rennethe be the desert at o syde of the contree; and aftre it strecchethe unto the endes of Persie.
This Prestre John hathe undre him many kynges and many yles and many dyverse folk of dyverse condiciouns.
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