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The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.1 | |
マルコ=ポーロ卿の記録 : vol.1 |
302 MARCO POLO ROOK I.
of some ten paces from his table, and filled with wine,
or other good spiced liquor' such as they use. Now
when the Lord desires to drink, these enchanters by
the power of their enchantments cause the cups to
move from their place without being touched by any-
body, and to present themselves to the Emperor ! This
every one present may witness, and there are ofttimes
more than io,000 persons thus present. 'Tis a truth
and no lie ! and so will tell you the sages of our own
country who understand necromancy, for they also can
perform it.l
And when the Idol Festivals come round, these
Bacsi go to the Prince and say : " Sire, the Feast of
such a god is ' come " (naming him). " My Lord, you
know," the enchanter will say, " that this god, when
he gets no offerings, always sends bad weather and
spoils our seasons. So we pray you to give us such
and such a number of black-faced sheep," naming
whatever number they please. " And we beg also,
good my lord, that we may have such a quantity of
incense, and such a quantity of lignaloes, and "—so much
of this, so much of that, and so much of t'other, accord-
ing to their fancy—" that we may perform a solemn
service and a great sacrifice to our Idols, and that so
they may be induced to protect us and all that is
ours.
The Bacsi say these things to the Barons entrusted
with the Stewardship, who stand round the Great Kaan,
and these repeat them to the Kaan, and he then orders
the Barons to give everything that the Bacsi have asked
for. And when they have got the articles they go and
make a great feast in honour of their god, and hold
great ceremonies of worship with grand illuminations
and quantities of incense of a variety of odours, which
they make up from different aromatic spices. And
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