English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall
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ended. "I have passed through many lands and isles and
countries," he says, "and now am come to rest against my will." And so to find comfort in his "wretched rest" he wrote his book. "But," he says, "there are many other divers countries, and many other marvels beyond that I have not seen. Also in countries where I have been there are many marvels that I speak not of, for it were too long a tale." And also, he thought, it was as well to leave something untold "so that other men that go thither may find enough for to say that I have not told," which was very kind of him. Sir John tells us then how he took his book to the holy father the Pope, and how he caused it to be read, and "the Pope hath ratified and affirmed my book in all points. And I pray to all those that read this book, that they will pray for me, and I shall pray for them." BOOKS TO READ The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville, edited Chapter XXVI BARBOUR--"THE BRUCE," THE BEGINNINGS OF A STRUGGLE |
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