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The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.1 | |
マルコ=ポーロ卿の記録 : vol.1 |
CHAP. LXI. THE KAAN'S PALACE AT CHANDU
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and the False Gods shall have their share of it, and
the Spirits likewise that inhabit the Air and the Earth.
And thus those beings will protect and bless the Kaan
and his children and his wives and his folk and his gear,
and his cattle and his horses, his corn and all that is his.
After this is done, the Emperor is off and away.?
But I must now tell you a strange thing that hitherto
I have forgotten to mention. During the three months
of every year that the Lord resides at that place, if it
should happen to be bad weather, there are certain
crafty enchanters and astrologers in his train, who are
such adepts in necromancy and the diabolic arts, that
they are able to prevent any cloud or storm from
passing over the spot on which the Emperor's Palace
stands. The sorcerers who do this are called TIBET
and KESIMUR, which are the names of two nations of
Idolaters. Whatever they do in this way is by the
help of the Devil, but they make those people believe
that it is compassed by dint of their own sanctity and
the help of God.8 [They always go in a state of dirt
and uncleanness, devoid of respect for themselves, or
for those who see them, unwashed, unkempt, and
sordidly attired.]
These people also have a custom which I must tell
you. If a man is condemned to death and executed by
the lawful authority, they take his body and cook and
eat it. But if any one die a natural death then they
will not eat the body.'
There is another marvel performed by those BACSI,
of whom I have been speaking as knowing so many
enchantments.10 For when the Great Kaan is at his
capital and in his great Palace, seated at his table,
which stands on a platform some eight cubits above
the ground, his cups are set before him [on a great
buffet] in the middle of the hall pavement, at a distance
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