CAP. XCVII.
Reading edition
How the Emperour Prester John when he goeth to batayle, he hath three crosses borne before him of fine gold.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · : Others say 10,000.Note 2 · : A wooden cross.Note 3 · THIS Emperour Prester John, when he goeth to batayle, he hath no baner borne before him, but he hath borne before him three crosses of fine Note 4 · : The greatest.Note 5 · : A ball or knot.Note 6 · : ? Sardonyx.Note 7 · : Another edition says Amethysts.Note 8 · : Another edition says Onyx.Note 9 · : Probably Jasper.Note 10 · : Another edition says Amethyst, but as the whole is so apocryphal it does not much matter.Note 11 · : Sardine or Sardonyx.Note 12 · : Cornelian. What Seuton is I will not even venture to guess at.Note 13 · : Another edition says, "a great vessel."Note 14 · : The framework.Note 15 · : Others say four times.Note 16 · : Elsewhere it is 360.Note 17 · Of the moste1 dwelling place of Prester John in a citie called Suse.Note 18 · AND he dwelleth commonly at the citie of Suse, & there is his principall palaice that is so riche that marvayle is to tell, & about the prin