Cotton Vitelius A XV

Marvels of the East

On sumon lande assan beoð akende þa habbað swa micle hornas swa oxan. Þa syndon on ðam mæstan westene þæt is on ða suð healfe fram
Babilonia

Babylon

. Þa bugað to þære
Readan Sæ

Red Sea

, for ðæra næddrena mænigeo þe in ðam stowum beoð þa hattan
Corsias

Corsiae

A mythological creature often described as a big ram-horned snake. May be found in myths of other cultures like Greek Hydra or Mesopotamian Bashmu. Ususally hides in the sand or ground, and is deadly to touch.

. Ða habbað swa micle hornas swa weðeras. Gyf hi hwylcne monn sleað oððe æthrinað þonne swylt he sona. On ðam londum byð
piperes

pepper

Black pepper (Piper Nigrum) is a plant native to south India, and is one of the oldest and most popular spices in the world. Sometimes referred to as "black gold", and used as a form of currency. In the Middle Ages had an important role in the spice trade between Asia and Europe.

genihtsumnys. Þone pipor þa næddran healdað on hyra geornfulnysse. Ðone pipor mon swa nimeð þæt mon þa stowe mid fyre onæleð 7 þonne ða næddran of dune on eorðan þæt hi fleoð; forðan se pipor byð sweart. Fram
Babilonia

Babylon

oð
Persiam

Persia

þa burh ðær se pipor weaxet is þæs læssan milgetæles þe
stadia

stade

A unit of Roman measuring system, equals contemporary 185 metres or 606,9 feet.

hatte eahta hund mila. Of þam is geteald þæs miclan milgetæles þe
leuua

league

A unit of Roman measuring system, equals contemporary 2220 metres or 7283 feet.

hatte syx hund 7 d.III. 7 .XX. 7 .I. healf mil. Seo stow is unwæstmberendlicu for þæra næddrena menigeo.