Vulgar words in The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 (Page 1)
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Rashiduddin relates a story of the grandfather of Aung Khan (Polo's Prester John), Merghuz Boirúk Khan, being treacherously made over to the King of the Churché (the Kin sovereign), and put to death by being nailed to a wooden ass.
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But Polo's vague description might just as well agree with the Bastard Saffron, _Carthamus tinctorius_, a plant introduced into China from Western Asia in the 2nd century B.C., and since then much cultivated in that country."
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Ass.
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Who loads jewels on the back of an ass?
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Count A. de Bastard began publishing some of the miniatures, but did not finish the work.
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_Gor Khar_, wild ass.
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The title of Khakhan, in various bastard forms, was during the tenth century used by the Kings of Khoten and Kuche, as well as by the petty Ouigour Kings of Kan Chou, Si Chou, etc."
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9.--[Russian: Shemyakin', A.N.--Puteshestviya Venetsiantsa Marko Polo v' XIII stod'tii, natsegatann'iya v' perv'iy raz' vpodi' na n'metskom' po duchshim' ietsaniyam' i s' ob'yasneniyami Avg.