Mediæval Byways

Mediæval Byways is a book by L. F. Salzman. It depicts the known global trade routes and lives of English merchants during the Middle Ages. Excerpt: "At Constantinople, which the accountant by an ingenious error of derivation calls 'Constantinus Nobilis,' the galley lay for a week, possibly delayed by adverse winds. There were compensations for the delay; oysters, hares, mallards, chestnuts, pears, and apples must have been welcome luxuries after the hardships and monotony of the past weeks, and it is possibly more than a coincidence that the doctor had to be called in to attend Richard. Even the leopard fared daintily, three chickens making a pleasant change from his usual mutton."