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" He sends his messengers through all his kingdoms and provinces, to know if any of his subjects have had their crops injured through bad weather or any other disaster ; and if such injury has happened, he does not exact from them any tribute for that season... "
The Travels of Marco Polo - Page 71
by Marco Polo - 1845 - 368 pages
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The Life and Voyages of Americus Vespucius

Charles Edwards Lester, Andrew Foster - America - 1903 - 378 pages
...the world ; nay. all the princes in the world together have not an equal amount. The Care atid Uounty of the Monarch towards his Subjects. He sends his...he gives them corn out of his own stores to subsist npon. and to sow their fields. This he does in summer; in winter he inquires if there has been a mor330...
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The Evolution of Governments and Laws: Exhibiting the Governmental ..., Volume 1

Stephen Haley Allen - Constitutional history - 1916 - 1264 pages
...in some parts. The paternal care of the great Kahn over his people Marco praises in this language. "He sends his messengers through all his kingdoms...happened he does not exact from them any tribute for the season or year, nay he gives them corn out of his own stores to subsist upon and to sow their fields....
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The Field Reader, Book 6

Walter Taylor Field - Readers - 1926 - 474 pages
...forty miles; thus they go through all the provinces, finding everywhere inns and horses for their use. He sends his messengers through all his kingdoms and...disaster ; and if such injury has happened, he does not take from them any tribute for that season or year; nay, he gives them corn out of his own stores to...
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