Ibn Battuta part 3
The inhabitants assembled in large numbers to celebrate the festival, making a brave show and wearing their richest apparel. The Sultan Abu Yahya arrived...
Ibn Battuta part 2
At Bijaya I fell ill of a fever, and one of my friends advised me to stay there till I recovered. But I refused,...
Ibn Battuta part 1
Ibn Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354
Here begins Ibn Battuta’s travels
I left Tangier, my birthplace, on Thursday, 2nd Rajab 725 , being at...
The Lay of the Two Lovers part 5
When the maiden saw her lover`s piteous plight, she deemed that he had swooned by reason of his pain. She kneeled hastily at his...
The Lay of the Two Lovers part 4
Yea, with public cry and sound of trumpet he bade all who would, come to behold the stripling carry his fair daughter to the...
The Lay of the Two Lovers part 3
Doubt not that she will dis¬cover some cunning simple, that will strengthen your body, as well as comfort your heart. Then return to this...
The Lay of the Two Lovers part 2
When this news was noised about the country, many came upon the quest. But strive as they would they might not enforce themselves more...
The Lay of the Two Lovers part 1
Marie De France (About 1150—1200)
All that is positively known of the author of this Lay is that she wrote in Norman French, that her...
Mateo Falcone part 11
Giuseppa embraced her son, and bursting into tears entered the house. She threw herself on her knees before an image of the Virgin and...
Mateo Falcone part 10
Fortunato had gone into the house when his father arrived, but now he reappeared with a bowl of milk which he handed with downcast...
