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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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CHAP. X.V.
NEW YEAR'S DAY FESTIVAI,
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nine pieces of gold, and so with stuffs or whatever else
the present may consist of.]
On that day also, the whole of the Kaan's elephants,
amounting fully to 5000 in number, are exhibited, all
covered with rich and gay housings of inlaid cloth repre-
senting beasts and birds, whilst each of them carries on
his back two splendid coffers ; all of these being filled
with the Emperor's plate and other costly furniture
required for the Court on the occasion of the White
Feast.' And these are followed by a vast number of
camels which are likewise covered with rich housings
and laden with things needful for the Feast. All these
are paraded before the Emperor, and it makes the finest
sight in the world.
Moreover, on the morning of the Feast, before the
tables are set, all the Kings, and all the Dukes,
Marquesses, Counts, Barons, Knights, and Astrologers,
and Philosophers, and Leeches, and Falconers, and
other officials of sundry kinds from all the places round
about, present themselves in the Great Hall before the
Emperor ; whilst those who can find no room to enter
stand outside in such a position that the Emperor can
see them all well. And the whole company is marshalled
in this wise. First are the Kaan's sons, and his nephews,
and the other Princes of the Blood Imperial ; next to
them all Kings ; then Dukes, and then all others in
succession according to the degree of each. And when
they are all seated, each in his proper place, then a great
prelate rises and says with a loud voice : " Bow and
adore ! " And as soon as he has said this, the company
bow down until their foreheads touch the earth in adora-
tion towards the Emperor as if he were a god. And
this adoration they repeat four times, and then go to a
highly decorated altar, on which is a vermilion tablet
with the name of the Grand Kaan inscribed thereon,
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