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Travels of Marco Polo

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CHAPTER4 How the Two Brothers Returnedto the Great Khan andTookMarco with Them
In the meantime the election of a Pope was retarded by so many obstacles, that theyremained two years in Venice, continually expecting its accomplishment; when at length,becoming apprehensive that the Great Khan might be displeased at their delay, or mightsuppose it was not their intention to revisit his country, they judged it expedient to returnto Acre, and on this occasion they took with them young Marco Polo. Under the sanction of the legate they made a visit to Jerusalem, and there provided themselves with some of the oil belonging to the lamp of the holy sepulcher, conformably to the directions of the Great Khan. As soon as they were furnished with his letters addressed to that prince bearing testimony to the fidelity with which they had endeavored to execute his commission, and explaining to tin that the Pope of the Christian church had not as yet been chosen, they proceeded to the before-mentioned port of Laiassus.
Scarcely however had they taken their departure, when the legate received messengers from Italy, dispatched by the College of Cardinals, announcing his own elevation to the papal chair; and he thereupon assumed the name of Gregory the Tenth. Considering that he was now in a situation that enabled him fully to satisfy the wishes of the Tartar.
第4章 波罗兄弟俩携马可回到大汗朝廷
由于种种阻力,新教皇的选举久拖未决。波罗兄弟在威尼斯等待了两年。天天期盼早日选出新教皇。他们还担心大汗对他们的迟迟不归而心怀不满,甚至可能怀疑他们无意回去复命,最终决定先回到阿卡再作打算。这次他们还带上年轻的马可·波罗同行。来到阿卡后,他们征得教皇大使的特许,前往耶路撒冷,遵照大汗的嘱托,从圣墓的灯中取来少许圣油。他们还请求大使致函大汗,证明他们忠实执行了大汗的敕令。并在信函中说明基督教会还没有选出新教皇的情况。随后,他们就立即启程前往前章所说的拉亚苏兹港。
然而就在他们动身不久,驻阿卡城大使就迎接到意大利枢机主教团派来的信使,宣布他已被选举为新一任的罗马教皇,尊号为格列高利十世新教皇认为现在以自己的。
Travels of Marco Polo
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