_ 250 _ This is because they the Jews are as aforesaid, and because I had earlier in the journey exchanged very bad words with him, as a result of the evil things he and the others had said of the Portuguese and wished upon them. If you hear someone who is bored, and saying these chapters seem long, place the blame on the subject which gave rise to nothing more; it seemed better to me to write the chapters from caravan to caravan, than from place to place of little interest and substance. Chapter: Two Of what further happened to me on this journey from Kashan to Tabriz. We were in this city from 22nd September, when we arrived, until a Sunday, 15th October, waiting for a caravan to Tabriz to be assembled and formed. The people who were to travel were gathered, and the camels, and everything made ready. The saying of Solomon was confirmed by my companion Galeaço de Laballa, that there is no worse animal to be found than man. He had appeared at first to be the best I had ever seen in my life which was the reason that I wished to place in his care the mother superior’s property. As soon as it had been handed over by her, his dissimulated kindness soon began to become evident, and the cunning with
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