- In the Name of the Fader that seteez in trone,
- And of Jhu his oonly blesset Sone,
- And of the Holy Gost, this blesset Trinete,
- And also of our Ladie S. Marie:
- And of all the Seintez of the Court of Heven.
- I make this mynde wit milde Steven:
- Which waye I went I schall you telle,
- And how be the waie I dide dwelle.
- Ferst to Plummouth to see went I, ⇒⇒⇒ Plymouth, embarquement
- And landet in the Trade of Bretany, ⇒⇒⇒ ?
- There we rested daies too,
- And thrugh the Race then did we go
- To Burdewez, to that faire Citee: ⇒⇒⇒ Bordeaux
- And there was I daies thre.
- And so from thennez to Bayon, ⇒⇒⇒ Bayonne
- For so the that is a faire toune.
- And from thennez to Petypont St. Jenouhe, ⇒⇒⇒ Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, première ville de Navarre.
- The ferst toune of Naveron, sicurly:
- Up in a hee hull hit is faire sette,
- And ther men schall make her tribett,
- For every pice of Gold trust me well,
- Thou schalt swere upon the Evangele:
- And there Jakkez ferst most thou have,
- And thee lust thy Gold to save.
- Wymmenz araie upon there heved,
- Like to Myterez they ben wheed:
- A raie Mantell they were upon
- And foule wymmen mony oon.
- Then to the Dale of Rouncevale hit is the waie, ⇒⇒⇒Valcarlos
- A derk passage I der well saie:
- Witelez there ben full necessary,
- For in that passage my mouthe was dry.
- Beyond the hull upon hee,
- Is a Mynster of our Ladee: ⇒⇒⇒ Monastère de Notre-Dame-de-Roncevaux
- Of Chanounez of the Order of St. Austyn,
- And the well of Rouland, and Oliver therein. ⇒⇒⇒ et le puits de Roland et Olivier.
- From thennez even to Pampylyon, ⇒⇒⇒ Pampelune, capitale du Royaume de Navarre
- The chef Citie of the Reme of Naveron:
- A faire Cite and a large,
- Thereto commeth bothe Bote and Barge. ?
- And from thennez to the toune of Keer, ⇒⇒⇒ Keer ?
- Is xxx. miles long, and hongery heer.
- Then to the Gruon in Spanye, ⇒⇒⇒ Logroño
- That is the last toune certaine,
- Of the Realme of Naveron:
- And then into Spanye feare ye schon,
- Jakkez ben ther of little prise:
- For there beginneth the Marvedisez.
- Alle is brasse, silver is none In,
- And the Grote of Spayne is silver fyn.
- iiii. score for a Coron schal thou have,
- Of the Marvedise of master and knave.
- Then from the Grune to Sent Dominico ⇒⇒⇒ Santo Domingo de la Calzada
- Thou hast tenn long miles for to go.
- And from thennez to Grunneole, ⇒⇒⇒ Grañon
- Much pyn men ther thoole.
- Hit ston upon a hull on hyy,
- And Jewez ben Lordez of all that contray.
- Ther most thou tribute make or thou passe,
- For alle thi gud bothe mor and lasse:
- Of that tribute they be full fayn;
- For thei hyeer hit of the King of Spayne.
- From thennez thou most to Pount Roie, ⇒⇒⇒ Pont Roie ? Belorado ?
- That passage ther hit kepeth a boie:
- A gud contraie, and evell wyn,
- And witelez ther ben bothe gud and fyn.
- And so forthe to Pount Paradise. ⇒⇒⇒ Pont Paradis ? Atapuerca ?
- At that passage thou most oaie thriez.
- And so forthe from thennez to Borkez that citee, ⇒⇒⇒ Burgos, une belle ville trè fortifiée
- A faire toune and a muche sicurly.
- And from thennez to Hospitall de Reyne, ⇒⇒⇒ Hospital del Rey (à la sortie de Burgos)
- To passe that River thou schalt be fayne.
- And so forthe to Sent Antony: ⇒⇒⇒ Hospital de San Anton (avant Castrogeriz)
- And ever ther gothe the Marvedy.
- From thennez even to the citie of Lyones: ⇒⇒⇒ Leon
- Betweene hem ben mony praty tounez.
- In that cite ther schalt thou paie
- Passage or thou goe awaie.
- By younde the Brugge on thi right hand,
- To Sent Salvator the waie is liggand, ⇒⇒⇒ après le pont sur la droite chemin vers San Salvador
(Oviedo, Asturies)
- Where ii. pottez may thou se, ⇒⇒⇒ où on peut voir 2 cruches où l'eau fut transformée en vin...
- In the wiche water turnet to wyn
- ... at Architriclyne.
- And mony other reliquez ben there,
- But the mountez ben wonder he, and fere.
- Wymmen in that Land use no vullen, description des coutumes et vêtements des gens des Asturies
- But alle in lether be thei wounden:
- And her hevedez wonderly ben trust,
- Standing in her forhemed as a crest,
- In rowld clouthez lappet alle be forn
- Like to the prikke of a N'unicorn.
- And men have douhelettez full schert,
- Bare legget and light to stert.
- A Knight, aboie wit out hose,
- A sqwyer also thei schull not lose:
- A Knave bere iii. dartez in his hand
- And so thei schull go walkand:
- Here wyn is thecke as any blode,
- And that wull make men wode.
- Bedding ther is nothing faire,
- Mony pilgrimez hit doth apaire:
- Tabelez use thei non of to ete,
- But on the bare flore they make her sete:
- And so they sitte alle infere,
- As in Irlande the same manere.
- Then from the citee of Lyonz so fre,
- On thi lyft hand the waie schalt thou see,
- At that Brugge that I of have saide,
- Over an heethe to Astergo is layde. ⇒⇒⇒ Astorga
- That is a cite and faire is sette,
- There the gret mountaines togeder he mette: ⇒⇒⇒ grandes montagnes (Irago)
- And so forthe to Villa Frank schalt thou go, ⇒⇒⇒ Villafranca del Bierzo
- A faire countraye, and vinez also.
- The Raspis groeth ther in the waie. ⇒⇒⇒ Rabanal ? Ponferrada ?
- Yf thee lust thou maie asaie.
- From thennez a deepe dale schalt thou have,
- Up unto the Mount of Fave: ⇒⇒⇒ La Faba
- He huIlez, and of the Spanyse see a cry:
- That noyse is full grevose pardy.
- And so forth even to Sent Jamez,
- Alle waie Pylgrimez suche havez,
- And then to Mount nostre Dame,
- The Prior ther hath muche schame.
- And then so forthe to Luaon, ⇒⇒⇒ Lugo
- Other Villages ther be mony oon.
- And then to Sent Jamez that holy place;
- There maie thou fynde full faire grace.
- On this side the toune milez too,
- By a Chappell schalt thou go:
- Upon a hull hit stoneez on hee,
- Wher Sent Jamez ferst schalt thou see,
- A Mount Joie, mony stonez there ate, ⇒⇒⇒ Montjoie d'où on aperçoit la cathédrale Saint-Jacques
- And iiii. pilerez of ston of gret astate:
- A C. daiez of pardon there may thou have
- At that Chappell, and thou hit crave.
- Then at Sent Jamez wit in that place. ⇒⇒⇒ Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle
- To telle the pardon hit askes space.
- Hit is a gret Mynstor, large, and long,
- Of the hold begging hit is strong:
- Glason windowez there are but few,
- Wit in the Mynstor in nowther rew:
- Vii. Cardinalez chosen there be,
- For Confessourez, that is verry,
- And have plaine power fully to here, an
- And penaunce to yef in alle manere:
- And to assoyle the of alle thing,
- That is the Popys graunting.
- Now of the pardon telle I shall
- In what place thou maie it calle:
- At the Northe side of that place,
- There is pardon and muche faire grace.
- In the Chappell on the rizt hand among the guest,
- iii. C. daiez of pardon thou havest.
- Forthermore at the hee autere
- A iii. daiez alle time in the yere.
- Under the hee autere lithe Sent Jame
- The table in the Quere telleth the name:
- At alle the auterez so by and by,
- xl. daiez to pardon is granted to the.
- At the iii. derrez benethe the Quere,
- Is plenor remission onez in the yere:
- And at alle tymes xl. daies,
- The table written so hit saies.
- On the South side behinde the Derre,
- A grete of stone fyndest thou there:
- At nine of the Bell the Derre up is sett,
- And a Bell rongen a gret fet.
- Ther men maie se of Sent Jamez the lesse,
- His heed in Gold araied freche:
- To the wiche Pilgrymez her offeryng make,
- For the more Sent Jamez sake.
- And ther by a nauter there is,
- Wher Sent Jame, dud Mase yuis,
- A iii. daies ther maie thou have,
- Of remission, and thou hit crave.
- More pardon is nozt in that place
- That in that table mynde hase.
- Then from thennez to Patrovum, ⇒⇒⇒ Padron
- Wher the Sent londet the ferst toun
- iiii. xx. myles longs ofrom Sent Jamez,
- Coron ne vin non men there havez.
- And then to Pont Wederez went I, ⇒⇒⇒ Pontevedra
- L. long miles; that waie is dry:
- Jewes and Sarasynez ben there mony on,
- A plentiful contraye as man maie gon.
- From thennes a vale faire, and clere,
- Where wynez groethe of all manere,
- Unto the toun of Corpe Sante,
- Alle manere fruyte at man maie haunt.
- The See cometh thether at alle tide,
- And fisth, and coron on alle side.
- Wymmen be araied like to men,
- Men maie nouzt well nouther ken:
- There thei life un gudely,
- Namely men of holy Chirche pardy.
- And Bugell flesch is there full rive,
- In alle that contraie hit is ther lif:
- And Corpe Sant is the last toun. ⇒⇒⇒ Dernière ville de Galice ?
- ln Galise, and stondeth the See upon.
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