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
| |||||||||
|
The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.1 | |
マルコ=ポーロ卿の記録 : vol.1 |
CHAP. H. THE REVOLT OF NAYAN 333
excellent captain. But after coming to the throne he
never went to the wars in person save once.3 This
befel in the year of Christ, 1286, and I will tell you why
he went.
There was a great Tartar Chief, whose name was
N AYAN, 4 a young man [of thirty], Lord over many lands
and many provinces ; and die was Uncle to the Emperor
Cublay Kaan of whom we are speaking. And when he
found himself in authority this Nayan waxed proud in
the insolence of his youth and his great power ; for
indeed he could bring into the field 300,000 horsemen,
though all the time he was liegeman to his nephew, the
Great Kaan Cublay, as was right and reason. Seeing
then what great power he had, he took it into his head
that he would be the Great Kaan's vassal no longer ;
nay more, he would fain wrest his empire from him if
he could. So this Nayan sent envoys to another Tartar
Prince called CAIDU, also a great and potent Lord, who
was a kinsman of his, and who was a nephew of the
Great Kaan and his lawful liegeman also, though he
was in rebellion and at bitter enmity with his sovereign
Lord and Uncle. Now the message that Nayan sent
was this : That he himself was making ready to march
against the Great Kaan with all his forces (which were
great), and he begged Caidu to do likewise from his
side, so that by attacking Cublay on two sides at once
with such great forces they would be able to wrest his
dominion from him.
And when Caidu heard the message of Nayan, he
was right glad thereat, and thought the time was come
at last to gain his object. So he sent back answer
that he would do as requested ; and got ready his host,
which mustered a good hundred thousand horsemen.
Now let us go back to the Great Kaan, who had
news of all this plot.
|
Copyright (C) 2003-2019
National Institute of Informatics(国立情報学研究所)
and
The Toyo Bunko(東洋文庫). All Rights Reserved.
本ウェブサイトに掲載するデジタル文化資源の無断転載は固くお断りいたします。