CAP. XXXIX.
Reading edition
Of straunge maners and divers.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · : Confess.Note 2 · : Heed.Note 3 · : Convenient.Note 4 · : Be.Note 5 · : Saints.Note 6 · : Common people.Note 7 · : This arose from a curious ordinance in a.d. 856 of the Khalif Motawakkel, who ordered both Jews & Christians to wear leather girdles; hencNote 8 · 1: Confess. 2: Heed. 3: Convenient. 4: Be. 5: Saints. 6: Common people. 7: This arose from a curious ordinance in a.d. 856 of the Khalif MotNote 9 · AND in this countrey & in many other landes over the sea, it is a maner when they have warre and cities or castels beseged so strongly that Note 10 · And there ben4 other that men call Georgiens, whome sainct George converted, and they doe more worship to halowes5 of heaven than other doe,