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| マルコ=ポーロ卿の記録 : vol.1 |
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CHAPTER XLVIII.
How CHINGHIS MUSTERED HIS PEOPLE TO MARCH AGAINST PRESTER JOHN.
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WHEN Chinghis Kaan heard the brutal message that
Prester John had sent him, such rage seized him that
his heart carne nigh to bursting within him, for he was
a man of a very lofty spirit. At last he spoke, and
that so loud that all who were present could hear him :
" Never more might he be prince if he took .not revenge
for the brutal message of Prester John, and such re-
venge that insult never in this world was so dearly
paid for. And before long Prester John should know
whether he were his serf or no ! "
So then he mustered all his forces, and levied such
a host as never before was seen or heard of, sending
word to Prester John to be on his defence. And when
Prester John had sure tidings that Chinghis was really
coming against him with such a multitude, he still pro-
fessed to treat it as a jest and a trifle, for, quoth he,
" these be no soldiers." Natheless he marshalled his
forces and mustered his people, and made great pre-
parations, in order that if Chinghis did come, he
might take him and put him to death. In fact he
marshalled such an host of many different nations
that it was a world's wonder.
And so both sides gat them ready to battle. And
,why should I make a long story of it ? Chinghis
Kaan with all his host arrived at a vast and beautiful
plain which was called TANDUC, belonging to Prester
John, and there he pitched his camp ; and so great
was the multitude of his people that it was impossible
to number them. And when lie got tidings that Prester
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