国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
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The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.1 | |
マルコ=ポーロ卿の記録 : vol.1 |
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to pieces and removed whithersoever the Emperor may
command. When f:rected, it is braced [against mishaps
from the wind] by more than 200 cords of silk.'
The Lord abides at this Park of his, dwelling some-
times in the Marble Palace and sometimes in the Cane
Palace for three months of the year, to wit, June, July,
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and August ; preferring this residence because it is by
no means hot ; in fact it is a very cool place. When
the 28th day of [the Moon of] August arrives he takes
his departure, and the Cane Palace is taken to pieces.'
But I must tell you what happens when he goes away
from this Palace every year on the 28th of the August
[Moon].
You must know that the Kaan keeps an immense
stud of white horses and mares ; in fact more than
10,000 of them, and all pure white without a speck.
The milk of these mares is drunk by himself and his
family, and by none else, except by those of one great
tribe that have also the privilege of drinking it. This
privilege was granted them by Chinghis Kaan, on
account of a certain victory that they helped him to win
long ago. The name of the tribe is HORIAD.°
Now when these mares are passing across the
country, and any one falls in with them, be he the
greatest lord in the land, he must not presume to pass
until the mares have gone by ; he must either tarry
where he is, or go a half-day's journey round if need
so be, so as not to come nigh them ; for they are to be
treated with the greatest respect. Well, when the Lord
sets out from the Park on the 28th of August, as I told
you, the milk of all those mares is taken and sprinkled
on the ground. And this is done on the injunction of
the Idolaters and Idol-priests, who say that it is an
excellent thing to sprinkle that milk on the ground
every 28th of August, so that the Earth and the Air
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