Cotton Vitelius A XV

Marvels of the East

on sumon lande eosel as
byð acende þa habbað swa
micle hornas swa oxan
þa syndon on þære mæstan
westene þæt is on þa suð healfe
fram
babilonia

Babylon

. þa buað
to þæm
readan sæ

Red Sea

for
þara nædrena mænego
þe in ðæm stowum beoð þa hatton
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.

.
þa habbað swa micle hornas swa weðeras.
gif hy hwilcne man sleað oþþe a æthrineð
þonne swylteð he sona.
On þam landu bið
pipores

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.

genihtsumnis
þone pipor healdaþ þa næddran on heora
geneornesse. þone pipor mon swa nimeð þæt
mon þa stowe mid fyre onæleð 7 þa nædran þonne
of dune on þa eorþan þæt fleoð forþon se pipor bið
sweart from
babilonia

Babylon

oð
persiam

Persia

þa burh. þar
se pipor weaxeð is þæs læssan milgeteles þe
stadia

stade

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

hatte eahta hund mila. of þam is ge
teald þæs miclan milgeteles þe
leones

league

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

hatte
vi.hund 7 .xxiii. 7 an healf mil. Seo stow is un
wæstmberenlicu for þara næddrena menegeo