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| C2, D3 | | A Mangusla Shaysuram vsq. 20. dierum|iter habent, sine vllis sedibus,cum summa|aque penuria A Shaysura vsq. Bogar,par|itineris interuallum latrocinijs infestum [= from Manguslato Shaijsure is a journey of 20 days without encampments and with an exceeding shortage of water. From Shaijsure to Bogar is a similar distance, infested by robbers]. (D2)(C3) |
| E3 | | Cascara,hinc trigenta dierum itinere ori:|entem Versus incipiunt termini imperij Ca:|thayae Ab his limitibus ad Cambalu,trium|mensium iter interiacet. |
| C3, D3 | | Corasan parua, à Rege|Persico adiuuantibus Tar:|taris 1558. expugnata fuit. |
| A2 | | Haec pars Litu:|aniae Imperatori|Russiae subdita est. [= This part of Lithuania is under the rule of the Russian Emperor.] |
| D1, E1 | | Haec saxa hominum iumentorum camelorum|pecorumque, ceterarumq. reru formas refe:|rentia,Horda populi gregis pascentis,ar:|mentaq. fuit: Que stupenda quadam meta:|morphosi, repente in saxa riguit,priori for:|ma nulla in parte diminuta. Euenit hoc|prodigium annis circiter 300. retro|elapsis. [= This rock which has the shapes of people, cattle, camels and other animals and things was once a group of shepherds and their flocks who suddenly petrified in an amazing metamorphosis, without changing their previous appearance. This miracle took place 300 years ago]. |
| E1 | | Horum regionum incole|Solem, vel rubrum pan:|num pertica suspensum|adorant. In castris vi:|tam ducunt; ac omnium ani:|matium,serpentiu, vermium:|q. carne vescuntur.ac pro:|prio idiomate vtuntur. [= The inhabitants of this region adore the Sun or a red cloth hanging from a pole. They live their lives in fortresses and eat the meat of animals, snakes and worms, and they have their own language]. |
| A1 | | IOANNES BASILIVS MAGNVS, Imperator|Russiae; Dux Moscoviae &c. [= Ioannes Basilius the Great, Emperor of Russia, Duke of Moscow etc.] |
| E2, E3 | | Kirgissi gens cateruatim degit, id est in hordis. habetq.|ritum huiusmodi. cum re divinam ipsoru sacerdos peragit,|sanguinem,lac, & fimu iumentorum accipit, ac terrae miscet,|inq. vas quoddam infundit,eoq. arborem scandit,atq. cõcio:|ne habita, in populum spargit, atq. haec aspersio pro Deo ha:|betur & colitur. Cum quis diem inter illos obit,loco sepultu:|rae arboribus suspendit. [= The Kirgessen people live in troups or hordes. They have the following custom: when a priest performs a religious ceremony, he obtains blood, milk and dung of beasts of burden, and mixes it with earth. He pours this in a specific vessel and climbs a tree with it, and when there is a gathering, he spinkles it over the people, and this sprinkling is considered to be divine, and is worshipped. When someone of them dies, that person is hung up in a tree by way of burial]. |
| D3, E3 | | Shamarcandia olim totius Tartariae|metropolis fuit,at nunc ruinis deformis|iacet,vna cum multis antiquitatis vesti:|gijs.Hic conditus est Tamerlanis ille,qui|olim Turcaru Imperatore Bayasite cap:|tum aureis catenus vinctum,circumtulit.|Incolae mahumetani sunt.[=Shamarcandia was once the capital of all of Tartary, but now it has decayed to ruins, with many remnants from antiquity. Here Tamerlan lies buried, once the captor of the ruler of the Turks, Bayasid. He took him as a prisoner and abducted him, bound in gold chains. The inhabitants are Muslims]. |
| D1 | | Zlata Baba,id est aurea|vetula ab Obdorianis, & Iou:|gorianis religiose colitur.Ido:|lum hoc sacerdos consulit,|quid ipsis faciendum,quoue sit|migrandum,ipsumq. (dictu|mirum) certa consilentib.|dat responsa,certique e:|uentus consequuntur.[= Zlata Baba, that is golden granny, is devotedly worshipped by the Odorians and Iougorians. The priest consults this Idol about what to do and where to go and (it is a wonder to relate) she gives clear answers to those consulting her, leading to certain outcomes]. |