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[26] Ze by ge kral fwobodnie odpuftil kopati, wen [z] zemye nefti, tak zmrzeli by, ze by kral nicz nebo malo zifku miel. W tey wlafti w gyney horze nalezagi kamenie lazurowe, z nichzto dielagie lazur tak dobru [-7], yakoz [ze-]muoz we wffem fwietie nalezti. A geft w rudie yako y zelezo. Tu take nalezne w rudie ftrziebro. Ta wlaft welmi ftudena geft, konij tu mnoho geft welmy dobrich, ruczich a welikych. A ty magi tak fylne, twrde a cze- liftwe nohij, ze gich netrzeba podkowawati, Neb chodie y biehage po horach y po fkalij, a w nohij fie nicz neurazie, anij fobie czo vflkodie. Tu take rarohowe nebo Sokolowe welmy dobrzie, genz v wlaffiech flowu Sagrij a laynerij lowu zwierzeczich y ptatcztwa mnoho geft. Take y pffenicze krafney a welmy dobre welike mnoftwie, geczmene dofti a profij y gineho obyle. Olywi nemagi, nez z orzechuow oleyg dielagi. [z] gynich kralowftwij anij fwyech okolnich zemi fie nebogie. Chodowe, gymzto wgiti geft do tey wlafti, gfu welmi vzczie a nefnadni, gymizto neprzitely gegich /azi/ geti ani gym czo vflkodyti mohuow. [26*] Miefta gegich a hradowe na filnych horach. gfu, ftrzelczi vdatnij a welmy dobrzi lowczi. Take w kuzich zwierzeczich naywicz chodie miefto rucha, Neb wlneneho rucha tu nemohu miti, neb przielifs draho geft. Zeni dobrze vrozene a fflechticzny tey wlafti chodie we lnienich neb w bawlnych bielich ruoffiech, A kazda z nich geft we

multosque sepius vulnerant. Gens ista propriam linguam habet. Pastores patrie huius morantur in montibus, ubi in cauernis sibi habitacula fa[17^]ciunt. Post hoc per tres alias dietas usque ad prouinciam balascie et in trium dierum itinere nulla habitacio est neque cibus neque potus in via haberi potest. Ideoque cibum et potum sicum deferunt uiatores.

De prouincia Dalascie, C. xxxiiil. Balascia magna prouincia est, que linguam propriam habet. Reges habet ex vna prouincia!) sibi iure hereditario succedentes. Fertur autem eos ortum duxisse ex progenie Alexandri. Ibi adoratur machometus. In montibus huius prouincie inueniuntur lapides preciosi pulcri magnique ualoris, qui dicuntur balasci a nomine regionis. Si quis huius lapides sine Regis licencia foderet, statim occideretur. Et si quis sine eius licencia asportaret ali[17^!]quem extra regnum, vitam similiter perderet et confiscarentur omnia bona sua. Omnes enim huius lapides regis sunt. Rex autem mittit lapides, quos vult, ad Reges et principes pro dono aut pro solucione tributi. Multos autem pro auro et argento conmutat. Tanta enim ibi est ipsorum lapidum copia, quod si eos rex libere fodi et asportari permitteret, ita uilescerent, quod ipse nichil uel modicum lucraretur. In hac prouincia in monte alio inuenitur lapis lazuli, de quo fit azurum?) melius, quod reperiatur in mondo. babetur autem in mineris sicut ferrum. Ibi eciam in mineris inuenitur argentum. Regio valde frigida est. Equi enim sunt multi ibi optimi, ueloces et magni, qui ita fortes, duros et soli[(18^]dos pedes habent, ut non indigeant subferrari. Vadunt enim et currunt per montes et saxa nec leduntur pedes eorum. Ibi enim?) herodii

') L prosapia — *) P' a P? lazurium. — *) P* eciam.