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| マルコ=ポーロ卿の記録 : vol.2 |
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引用情報
CHAP. XVII. THE PROVINCE OF MAABAR
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found in his kingdom. Moreover nobody is permitted
to take out of the kingdom a pearl weighing more than
half a saggio, unless he manages to do it secretly.' This
order has been given because the King desires to
reserve all such to himself ; and so in fact the quantity
he has is something almost incredible. Moreover
several times every year he sends his proclamation
through the realm that if any one who possesses a pearl
or stone of great value will bring it to him, he will pay
for it twice as much as it Lost. Everybody is glad to do
this, and thus the King gets all into his own hands,
giving every man his price. •
Furthermore, this King hath some five hundred
wives, for whenever he hears of a beautiful damsel he
takes her to wife. Indeed he did a very sorry deed as I
shall tell you. For seeing that his brother had a
handsome wife, he took her by force and kept her for
himself. His brother, being a discreet man, took the
thing quietly and made no noise about it. The King
bath many children.
And there are about the King a number of Barons
in attendance upon him. These ride with him, and
keep always near him, and have great authority in
the kingdom ; they are called the King's Trusty Lieges.
And you must know that when the King dies, and they
put him on the fire to burn him, these Lieges cast them-
selves into the fire round about his body, and suffer
themselves to be burnt along with him. For they say
they have been his comrades in this world, and that
they ought also to keep him company in the other
world.5
When the King dies none of his children dares
to touch his treasure. For they say, " as our father did
gather together all this treasure, so we ought to
accumulate as much in our turn." And in this way it
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