CHAPTER I
To teach you the way out of England to Constantinople
CHAPTER II
Of the cross and the crown of our Lord Jesu Christ
CHAPTER III
Of the city of Constantinople, and of the faith of Greeks
CHAPTER IV
[Of the Way from Constantinople to Jerusalem.] Of Saint John
the Evangelist. And of the Ypocras Daughter, transformed from a
Woman to a Dragon
CHAPTER V
[Of diversities in Cyprus; of the Road from Cyprus to
Jerusalem, and of the Marvel of a Fosse full of Sand]
CHAPTER VI
Of many names of Soldans, and of the Tower Of Babylon
CHAPTER VII
Of the country of Egypt; of the bird phoenix of Arabia; of the
city of Cairo; of the cunning to know balm and to prove it; and of
the garners of Joseph
CHAPTER VIII
Of the isle of Sicily; of the way from Babylon to the
Mount Sinai; of the church of Saint Catherine and of all the
marvels there
CHAPTER IX
Of the desert between the church of Saint Catherine and
Jerusalem. Of the dry tree; and how roses came first into the
world
CHAPTER X
Of the pilgrimages in Jerusalem, and of the holy places
thereabout
CHAPTER XI
Of the temple of our Lord. Of the cruelty of King Herod. Of
the Mount Sion. Of probatica piscina; and of natatorium siloe
CHAPTER XII
Of the Dead Sea; and of the flome Jordan. Of the head of Saint
John the Baptist; and of the usages of the Samaritans
CHAPTER XIII
Of the province of Galilee, and where antichrist shall be
born. Of Nazareth. Of the age of Our Lady. Of the day of doom. And
of the customs of Jacobites, Syrians; and of the usages of
Georgians
CHAPTER XIV
Of the city of Damascus. Of three ways to Jerusalem; one, by
land and by sea; another, more by land than by sea; and the third
way to Jerusalem, all by land
CHAPTER XV
Of the customs of Saracens, and of their law. And how the
Soldan reasoned me, author of this book; and of the beginning of
Mohammet
CHAPTER XVI
Of the lands of Albania and of Libia. Of the wishings for
watching of the sparrow-hawk; and of Noah's ship
CHAPTER XVII
Of the land of Job; and of his age. Of the array of men of
Chaldea. Of the land where women dwell without company of men. Of
the knowledge and virtues of the very diamond
CHAPTER XVIII
Of the customs of isles about Ind. Of the difference betwixt
idols and simulacres. Of three manner growing of pepper upon one
tree. Of the well that changeth his odour every hour of the day;
and that is marvel
CHAPTER XIX
Of the dooms made by St. Thomas's hand. Of devotion and
sacrifice made to idols there, in the city of Calamye; and of the
procession in going about the city
CHAPTER XX
Of the evil customs used in the isle of Lamary. And how the
earth and the sea be of round form and shape, by proof of the star
that is clept Antarctic, that is fixed in the south
CHAPTER XXI
Of the palace of the king of the isle of Java. Of the trees
that bear meal, honey, wine, and venom; and of other marvels and
customs used in the isles marching thereabout
CHAPTER XXII
How men know by the idol, if the sick shall die or not. Of
folk of diverse shape and marvellously disfigured. And of the monks
that gave their relief to baboons, apes, and marmosets, and to
other beasts
CHAPTER XXIII
Of the Great Chan of Cathay. Of the royalty of his palace, and
how he sits at meat; and of the great number of officers that serve
him
CHAPTER XXIV
Wherefore he is clept the Great Chan. Of the style of his
letters, and of the superscription about his great seal and his
privy seal
CHAPTER XXV
Of the governance of the Great Chan's court, and when he
maketh solemn feasts. Of his philosophers. And of his array, when
he rideth by the country
CHAPTER XXVI
Of the law and the customs of the Tartarians dwelling in
Cathay. And how that men do when the emperor shall die, and how he
shall be chosen
CHAPTER XXVII
Of the realm of Tharse and the lands and kingdoms towards the
septentrional parts, in coming down from the land of Cathay
CHAPTER XXVIII
The emperor of Persia, and of the land of darkness; and of
other kingdoms that belong to the Great Chan of Cathay, and other
lands of his, unto the sea of Greece
CHAPTER XXIX
Of the countries and isles that be beyond the land of Cathay;
and of the fruits there; and of twenty-two kings enclosed within
the mountains
CHAPTER XXX
Of the royal estate of Prester John. And of a rich man that
made a marvellous castle and cleped it paradise; and of his
subtlety
CHAPTER XXXI
Of the devil's head in the valley perilous. And of the customs
of folk in diverse isles that be about in the lordship of Prester
John
CHAPTER XXXII
Of the goodness of the folk of the isle of Bragman. Of King
Alexander. And wherefore the emperor of Ind is clept Prester
John
CHAPTER XXXIII
Of the hills of gold that Pismires keep. And of the four
floods that come from paradise terrestrial
CHAPTER XXXIV
Of the customs of kings and other that dwell in the isles
coasting to Prester John's land. And of the worship that the son
doth to the father when he is dead