Excerpt from The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, Kt., Which Treateth of the Way of Hierusalem; And of Marvayles of Inde, With Other Ilands and Countryes John Mandevil Knight, home in the Towne of S. Albans, was 6 well given to the jindy. Of Learning from his childhood, that he fiemed to plant a good part of his fielicitie in the fame for he fuppo/id, that the Birth except he could render the fame more honourahle, hy his knowledge in good letters. Having therefore well grounded himfi'lfe in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.