"The Tartars are the most arrogant people in the world, and they look upon other nations with contempt."

"The people of the Sahara Desert are very poor, and they live like beasts."

"These people are very lazy, and they do no work, but live by plunder and robbery."

"They have a kind of bird that has a head like a man and a body like a bird, and it speaks like a man."

"They have a kind of fish that is so large that it can swallow a man whole."