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Of The First Sending Of Certaine Friers Pradicants And Minorites Vnto The
Tartars, Taken Out Of The 32 Booke Of
Vincentius Beluacensis [Footnote:
Vincentius Belvacensis, or of Beauvais who died in 1264 was a favourite
of Louis IX of France,
Who supplied him with whatever books he required.
He thus obtained plenty of material for his _Speculum Majus_ (printed at
Douay in 1624, 10 vols. in 4, folio), a badly chosen and ill-arranged
collection of extracts of all kinds. It is in four parts the first called
_Speculum naturale_ the second, _Speculum doctrinale_, the third
_Speculum morale_ and the fourth _Speculum Historiale_.] his Speculum
Historiale beginning at the second Chapter.
[Sidenote: Ascellinus.] About this time also, Pope Innocentius the
fourth sent Frier Ascelline being one of the order of the Pradicants,
together with three other Friers (of the same authoritie whereunto
they were called) consorted with him out of diuers Conuents of their
order, with letters Apostolicall vnto the Tartars campe: wherein hee
exhorted them to giue ouer their bloudie slaughter of mankinde, and to
receiue the Christian faith. [Sidenote: Simon Quintinianus.] And I in
verie deede, receuied the relations concerning the deedes of the
Tartars onelie, (which, according to the congruence of times, I haue
aboue inserted into this my woorke) from a Frier Minorite called Simon
de Sanct. Quintin who lately returned from the same voyage. [Sidenote:
Iohn de Plano Carpini.] And at that verie time also, there was a
certaine other Frier Minorite, namely Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini,
sent with certaine associates vnto the Tartars, who likewise (as
himselfe witnesseth) abode and conuersed with them a yeere and three
moneths at the least.
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