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91The mountains that border the skies. The battle with the Basilisk. 91 hegheste of this Mountayne, thay saw on the tother syde faire weder & bryghte. And than thay went down of this Mountayne, and come in till a grete playne of whilke the erthe was wonder rede. 4 And in this playne thare thare ware growande treesse withouten nowmer ; and thay ware passed noghte a cubit in heghte, & thaire fruyte & thaire lefes ware passandly swete as ]:»ay had benefyges. And redearthgrow- J3ay fande J:are reuetts ri^te many, of clere water as cristatte. i^gdwarftrees 8 And it was als nureschand? to manes body, as it hadd? bene fully sweet niylke wzt-outen) eny oj^er mete. Thurgh f»at ilk playne J?ay here they went fourty .xl. days and ban) bay com titt wonder hesjhe ^^^ crystal 'J J i I J o streams whose Moimtaynes ; and it semed as ])q toppes had towched J?e firma- waters nourish 12 ment. And ]?ir Mountaynes ware als brant vp-ri^te as f'ay had ^ere milk, bene walles. So ])ai pare was na clymbyng vpon) J?am. And at ^^ou^h^that Ipe laste J)ay fande twa passagej be-twix, f ase Mountaynes, of plain forty whilke, Ipe tane streched" to-warde pe west, and pe toper towarde they 'come to 1 6 be Este. Than Alexander demed" hat that dyuyson) be-twix base »aountams ^ J -J '^ i whose tops Mountaynes was made thurgh Noye flode. And f)an) ]:>ay went reach the skies by pat passage pat streched to warde pe Este Seuen) days, ^e^e ^wo And on) pe heghteii) .viij. day J^ay fande a Basilisc }?at meiD passages, one 2o calle^ a Cocatrys, a grete & ane horrible. And bicause of his west and the grete elde he was foult stynkand". * Dis ilke Basilisc was so ^ ^^^^ „f, . '^ Leaf 38 bk. venymous, J?at no5te alt anely thurgh his stynke, bot also the east which thurgh his sighte allane, whayin) so he luked" on), he sulde dy Alexander ^ o ' J ' -' thinks were 24 onane ; ]pan) pe Macedoynes and pe persyenes, as ]:?ay passede made by the thurgh pe stray t way dyed" thikk-falde thurgh j^e sighte of )?at ^ east seven "^ ^*^ Basilisc. And when) Alexander knyghtis saw that pmtt, ]?ay f^^^' durste passe na forther bot sai J amange^ J?am) : ' pe vertue of eighth day 28 oure goddes,' quoth p?ij, 'es bifore vs, pat schewes vs pat we Ba^gniskthat schulde ga na forthir.' Bot Alexander went bi hym ane vppon) ^^^y^ through ° J ri look alone, an heghe cragge, where he myghte see on ferrome fra hym. He kills many. And ))afD he saw this pestellencitts beste pe Basilisc lygg veysMm from 32 slepande in myddes of j^e passage, pe kynde of hym was J>at, ^^^^ ^^' als so sone als he felid" a man) or a beste coin) nere hym, for to open) his eghne & stare appoiD J^aiii), and als many als he luked oil), solde sudaynly fatte doun) & dye. When 36 Alexander had sene hym, Be lyfe he went dounwe of pe * cragge, and gart sett a merke pat na man) sulde passe. And ^ J)at inserted above the line by scribe. 2 g first turned into c, then finally erased between ^e and cragge. Translation | 91The mountains that border the skies. The battle with the Basilisk. 91 hegheste of this Mountayne, thay saw on the tother syde faire weder & bryghte. And than thay went down of this Mountayne, and come in till a grete playne of whilke the erthe was wonder rede. 4 And in this playne thare thare ware growande treesse withouten nowmer ; and thay ware passed noghte a cubit in heghte, & thaire fruyte & thaire lefes ware passandly swete as ]:»ay had benefyges. And redearthgrow- J3ay fande J:are reuetts ri^te many, of clere water as cristatte. i^gdwarftrees 8 And it was als nureschand? to manes body, as it hadd? bene fully sweet niylke wzt-outen) eny oj^er mete. Thurgh f»at ilk playne J?ay here they went fourty .xl. days and ban) bay com titt wonder hesjhe ^^^ crystal 'J J i I J o streams whose Moimtaynes ; and it semed as ])q toppes had towched J?e firma- waters nourish 12 ment. And ]?ir Mountaynes ware als brant vp-ri^te as f'ay had ^ere milk, bene walles. So ])ai pare was na clymbyng vpon) J?am. And at ^^ou^h^that Ipe laste J)ay fande twa passagej be-twix, f ase Mountaynes, of plain forty whilke, Ipe tane streched" to-warde pe west, and pe toper towarde they 'come to 1 6 be Este. Than Alexander demed" hat that dyuyson) be-twix base »aountams ^ J -J '^ i whose tops Mountaynes was made thurgh Noye flode. And f)an) ]:>ay went reach the skies by pat passage pat streched to warde pe Este Seuen) days, ^e^e ^wo And on) pe heghteii) .viij. day J^ay fande a Basilisc }?at meiD passages, one 2o calle^ a Cocatrys, a grete & ane horrible. And bicause of his west and the grete elde he was foult stynkand". * Dis ilke Basilisc was so ^ ^^^^ „f, . '^ Leaf 38 bk. venymous, J?at no5te alt anely thurgh his stynke, bot also the east which thurgh his sighte allane, whayin) so he luked" on), he sulde dy Alexander ^ o ' J ' -' thinks were 24 onane ; ]pan) pe Macedoynes and pe persyenes, as ]:?ay passede made by the thurgh pe stray t way dyed" thikk-falde thurgh j^e sighte of )?at ^ east seven "^ ^*^ Basilisc. And when) Alexander knyghtis saw that pmtt, ]?ay f^^^' durste passe na forther bot sai J amange^ J?am) : ' pe vertue of eighth day 28 oure goddes,' quoth p?ij, 'es bifore vs, pat schewes vs pat we Ba^gniskthat schulde ga na forthir.' Bot Alexander went bi hym ane vppon) ^^^y^ through ° J ri look alone, an heghe cragge, where he myghte see on ferrome fra hym. He kills many. And ))afD he saw this pestellencitts beste pe Basilisc lygg veysMm from 32 slepande in myddes of j^e passage, pe kynde of hym was J>at, ^^^^ ^^' als so sone als he felid" a man) or a beste coin) nere hym, for to open) his eghne & stare appoiD J^aiii), and als many als he luked oil), solde sudaynly fatte doun) & dye. When 36 Alexander had sene hym, Be lyfe he went dounwe of pe * cragge, and gart sett a merke pat na man) sulde passe. And ^ J)at inserted above the line by scribe. 2 g first turned into c, then finally erased between ^e and cragge. Translation |