Identifier: bookofsermarcopo00polo (find matches)
Title: The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? Cordier, Henri, 1849-1925 Yule, Amy Frances Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889
Subjects: Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 Polo family Inscriptions, Chinese Early maps Mongols Voyages and travels
Publisher: London : John Murray
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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territory and the Khans.—H. C) Kashgar was at this time a Metropolitan See of the Nestorian Church. (Cathay,etc. 275, ccxlv.) Many strange sayings have been unduly ascribed to our traveller, but I remembernone stranger than this by Colonel Tod : Marco Polo calls Cashgar, where he wasin the 6th century, the birthplace of the Swedes! (Rajasihan, I. 60.) Petis dela Croix and Tod between them are answerable for this nonsense. (See The Hist, ofGenghizcan the Great, p. 116.) On cotton^ see ch. xxxvi.—On Nestorians, see Kanchau. CHAPTER XXXIV. Of the Great City of Samarcan. Samarcan is a great and noble city towards the north-west, inhabited by both Christians and Saracens, whoare subject to the Great Kaans nephew, Caidou byname ; he is, however, at bitter enmity with the Kaan.1I will tell you of a great marvel that happened at thiscity. It is not a great while ago that Sigatay, own brotherto the Great Kaan, who was Lord of this country andof many an one besides, became a Christian.2 The
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Chap. XXXIV. THE GREAT CITY OF SAMARCAN 185 Christians rejoiced greatly at this, and they built a greatchurch in the city, in honour of John the Baptist; andby his name the church was called. And they took avery fine stone which belonged to the Saracens, andplaced it as the pedestal of a column in the middle ofthe church, supporting the roof. It came to pass, how-ever, that Sigatay died. Now the Saracens were fullof rancour about that stone that had been theirs, andwhich had been set up in the church of the Christians ;and when they saw that the Prince was dead, they saidone to another that now was the time to get back theirstone, by fair means or by foul. And that they mightwell do, for they were ten times as many as theChristians. So they gat together and went to thechurch and said that the stone they must and wouldhave. The Christians acknowledged that it was theirsindeed, but offered to pay a large sum of money and sobe quit. Howbeit, the others replied that they neverwould give u

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