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" And ye shall understand, that I have put this book out of Latin into French, and translated it again out of French into English, that every man of my nation may understand it. "
Early Travels in Palestine - Page 129
edited by - 1848 - 517 pages
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 508 pages
...oftentimes passed and ridden the way, with good company of many lords, God be thanked. And ye should understand that I have put this book out of Latin...English, that every man of my nation may understand it. But lords and knights and other noble and worthy men, that connc* Latin but little, and han bens beyond...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 1

George Burnett - 1807 - 508 pages
...'oftentimes passed and ridden the way, with good company of many lords, God be thanked. And ye should understand that I have put this book out of Latin...English, that every man of my nation may understand it. But lords and knights and other noble and worthy men, that conne* Latin but little, and Itan btr? beyond...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 1

George Burnett - 1807 - 944 pages
...and ridden the way, with good company of many lords, God be thanked. And ye should understand that 1 have put this book out of Latin into French, and translated...English, that every man of my nation may understand it. But lords and knights and other noble and worthy men, that connc* Latin but little, and han ben* beyond...
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Amenities of literature, sketches and characters of English literature, Volume 1

Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 400 pages
...composed his travels in the Latin language, which he afterwards translated into French, and lastly out of French into English, that " every man of my nation may understand it." We see the progressive estimation of the languages by this curious statement which Mandeville has himself...
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Amenities of Literature: Consisting of Sketches and Characters of ..., Volume 1

Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 426 pages
...first composed his travels in the Latin language, which he afterward translated into French, and lastly out of French into English, that " every man of my nation may understand it." We see the progressive estimation of the languages by this curious statement which Mandeville has himself...
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Amenities of Literature: Consisting of Sketches and Characters of ..., Volume 1

Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 428 pages
...first composed his travels in the Latin language, which he afterward translated into French, and lastly out of French into English, that " every man of my nation may understand it." We see the progressive estimation of the languages by this curious statement which Mandeville has himself...
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Amenities of Literature, Consisting of Sketches and Characters of ..., Volume 1

Isaac Disraeli - 1842 - 364 pages
...composed his travels in the Latin language, which he afterwards translated into French, and lastly out of French into English, that "every man of my nation may understand it." We see the progressive estimation of the languages by this curious statement which Mandeville has himself...
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Amenities of Literature, Consisting of Sketches and Characters of ..., Volume 1

Isaac Disraeli - 1842 - 366 pages
...composed his travels in the Latin language, which he afterwards translated into French, and lastly out of French into English, that "every man of my nation may understand it." We see the progressive estimation of the languages by this curious statement which Mandeville has himself...
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Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ..., Volumes 1-2

George Lillie Craik - 1844 - 536 pages
...And ye shull understond that I have put this book out of Latin into French, and translated it agen out of French into English, that every man of my nation may understond it. But lords and knights, and other noble and worthy men, that con% Latin but little, and...
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The Romance of Travel: The East. In Two Volumes, Volume 1

Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 462 pages
...however, does not appear in any of the old manuscripts. He says, or is made to say, of his work, " And ye shall understand that I have put this book...English, that every man of my nation may understand it." This, however, does not quite agree with what is said elsewhere. In some of the old printed copies...
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