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1、r&cM>aS-7D.7...H.34.BATESFUNDANCIENTACCOUNTSOF1NDIAandCHINA,BYTWOMohammedanTravellers**WhowenttothofePartsinthegthCenturyjTranilatedfromtheARABIC}BythelateLearnedEUSEBIUSRENAUDQf*'*WithNotes,nfaftrationsandInquiriesbythefameHand,LONDON:PrintedforSam.HardingattheBible
2、andAnchoronthePavementinSt.Martins-Lam.MDCCXXXIILH34tohENRTKELSALL,Efq;THISEDITIONisMoftrefpe&fullyDedicatedaridInfcribedby^theEnglijhTranjlator*[v]-.-:THEPREFACE.ITfeemedtomethattheAccountsof&h*Anti-IndiaandChinaIhereprefenttothe°fihefflPublic,defervedtoberetrievedf
3、romther?&~cObfcuritytheyhavehithertobeenin;notwhichcon-onlybecaufetheyarewritteninaveryfo-tainthe/ereignTongue,butalfobecaufetheOrigi-twoAc~comt^nalManufcript,whichisintheComtedzSeignelay'sLibrary,feenistobetheonlyoneofitskind.ItsAgemaybefuffici-entlyafcertainedbythe
4、Characteritisin*butwehaveaplainProofthatitwaswrit-tenintheYearoftheHejraDLXIX,ortheYearofChrifiMCLXXIII:ForattheEndtherearefomeObfervations,ofthefameHand,upontheExtentandCir-cumferenceoftheWallsandTowersofDamafciiS)andotherCitiesinfubje&iontoSoltanNurodditiyfofamousi
5、ntheWarsBeyond-fea;andtheWriterfpeaksofhimasifthenliving.NowthisPrincedyedintheYearabove,andfotheMa-nufcriptmuftbeabout550Yearsold.Butwemaybefatisfiedthatourtwo4?*^'Authorsaremoreancient,andthatthe^tlmLV*A3tWOten.vxPREFACE.twoDatestheygive,theoneoftheYea*CCXXXVIIoi't
6、heHejra,whichisthatoiourfirftTraveller,andtheotheroftheYearofthefameCCLIV,whenagreatRevolutionhapnedinChina,aretrueandjuft:AndthefetwoDates,correspondwiththeYearsofthriftftCCCUan*1DCCCLXVII.*rteyareEverybodyknowsthatMarcoPolo,t'fcmucholderVenetian,wasthefirftthattalk
7、edtousojthanMar-ChinawithanyKnowledge,andthatcqFolq.^hathewriteswasformerlymuchqueftio-ned,becaufeofthefeeminglyincredible'**{Wondersherelates,manyofwhichhavebeeniinceconfirmedforTruths.NowMarcoPoloreturnedfromhisTravelsirtheYearofChriftMCCXCV,whenceiifollowsthatourA
8、rabswerefourhundredYearsbeforehim;andaseveryThing,wehaveofthekind,ispofteriortohim,thefeAccountsmuftbefarmoreancientthinwhatothersh
