"I would have to go through strange places inhabited by wild people"
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Title
"I would have to go through strange places inhabited by wild people"
Subject
Lough Derg--Travelogue--Middle Ages--Purgatory
Description
A famous account of a 1398 visit by Viscount Ramon de Perellós to Saint Patrick's Purgatory
Creator
Ramón de Perellós
Source
The Journey of Viscount Ramon de Perellós to Saint Patrick's Purgatory, p. 6
Publisher
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
Date
1398
Contributor
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork. Translated by Alan Mac an Bhaird.
Rights
Citation for the purposes of criticism
Format
Electronic text translation
Language
English, translated from Spanish
Type
Travelogue
Identifier
DD_0568
Coverage
54.236107, -4.548056
References
https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T100079A/
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Text
"Despalaguí (DE ESPALEGE) in the isle of Man which belonged to the king of a hundred knights in the time of King Arthur and is today well populated and belongs to the king of England; and from there I crossed, still with good weather, and arrived in Ireland and after a few days I disembarked in the city.
And there I found the Earl of March, cousin to King Richard of England, who received me most nobly thanks to the letters of recommendation of the king and queen of England. I told him of the intention of the journey which I proposed to undertake. And the lord advised me strongly against it, saying that for two reasons I should not undertake this journey: one was that I would have to go through strange places inhabited by wild people who had no governance which anyone should trust; the other reason was that entering the purgatory was a very dangerous matter and many good knights had lost themselves there and not returned; so by no means should I wish to enter therein nor lead myself astray there. The earl did his best to oppose my going and, when he saw that I was so inclined, he gave me two of his horses and some jewels and gave me two squires, one called John of Ivry who guided me through the land which the king of England holds in Ireland and all the time we were riding did not allow us to spend anything but covered all our expenses to my sorrow; and another called John Talbot who knew the Irish language. He was my interpreter."
And there I found the Earl of March, cousin to King Richard of England, who received me most nobly thanks to the letters of recommendation of the king and queen of England. I told him of the intention of the journey which I proposed to undertake. And the lord advised me strongly against it, saying that for two reasons I should not undertake this journey: one was that I would have to go through strange places inhabited by wild people who had no governance which anyone should trust; the other reason was that entering the purgatory was a very dangerous matter and many good knights had lost themselves there and not returned; so by no means should I wish to enter therein nor lead myself astray there. The earl did his best to oppose my going and, when he saw that I was so inclined, he gave me two of his horses and some jewels and gave me two squires, one called John of Ivry who guided me through the land which the king of England holds in Ireland and all the time we were riding did not allow us to spend anything but covered all our expenses to my sorrow; and another called John Talbot who knew the Irish language. He was my interpreter."
Original Format
The Journey of Viscount Ramon De Perellós to Saint Patrick's Purgatory. Alan Mac an Bhaird (ed), First edition [i + 23 pp] CELT Cork (2012)
Citation
Ramón de Perellós, “"I would have to go through strange places inhabited by wild people",” Digital Derg: A Deep Map, accessed April 28, 2024, https://digitalderg.eu/items/show/597.