And in this country, they have a custom that when a man has a lawsuit, he goes before the judge, and the judge gives him a piece of paper, and on the paper is written the name of the man who is to be punished. And then the man who is to be punished is taken to a public place, and he is beaten with sticks until he confesses.
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"The people of Arabia are very treacherous, and they are great thieves."
"They have a kind of bird that is so beautiful that it is like a jewel."
"And you must know that in this kingdom of Bengal, there are many eunuchs. For the king is a great connoisseur of these, and has them in great numbers."
"The people of the Himalayas are very ugly, and they live like beasts."
"They are a very cunning people, and they use many stratagems in war to defeat their enemies."
From 'The Travels of Marco Polo', describing a legal practice in China
Date: c. 1300
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