Plan Carpini’s account (Google Books ⧉, Amazon ⧉, Bookshop ⧉)

The Travels of Marco Polo

Plan Carpini’s account of him is worth quoting: “Hominibus quidem ejus satis benignus; timetur tamen valde ab iis; sed crudelissimus est in pugnâ; sagax est multum; et etiam astutissimus in bello, quia longo tempore jam pugnavit.”