In the contre of Turquesten, ben but fewe gode cytees: but the beste cytee of that lond highte Octorar.

[Footnote 155: 'That is the beste grease that is to a shepe, to grease hym in the mouthe with good meate,' says Sir Anthony Fitzherbert.]

This is the beste yle, and the beste kyngdom, that is in alle tho partyes, out taken Cathay.