that that he had begonne.  And alle were it so, that he was a Payneme and not worthi to ben herd, zit God of his grace closed the mountaynes to gydre:  so that thei dwellen there, alle faste y lokked and enclosed with highe mountaynes alle aboute, saf only on o syde; and on that syde is the see of Caspye.  Now may sum men asken, Sithe that the see is on that o syde, wherfore go thei not out on the see syde, for to go where that hem lykethe?  But to this question, I schal answere, That see of Caspye gothe out be londe, undre the mountaynes, and rennethe be the desert at o syde of the contree; and aftre it strecchethe unto the endes of Persie.  And alle thoughe it be clept a see, it is no see, ne it touchethe to non other see; but it is a lake, the grettest of the world.  And thoughe thei wolden putten hem in to that see, thei ne wysten never, where that thei scholde arryven.  And also thei conen no langage, but only hire owne, that no man knowethe but thei:  and therfore mowe thei not gon out.  And also zee schulle undirstond, that the Jewes han no propre lond of hire owne for to dwellen inne, in alle the world, but only that lond betwene the mountaynes.  And zit thei zelden tribute for that lond to the Queen of Amazoine, the whiche makethe hem to ben kept in cloos fulle diligently, that thei schalle not gon out on no syde, but be the cost of hire lond.  For hire lond marchethe to tho mountaynes.  And often it hathe befallen, that summe of the Jewes han gon up the mountaynes, and avaled down to the valeyes:  but gret nombre of folk ne may not do so.  For the mountaynes ben so hye and so streghte up, that thei moste abyde there, maugre hire myghte.  For thei mowe not gon out, but be a littille issue, that was made be strengthe of men; and it lastethe wel a 4 gret myle.  And aftre, is there zit a lond alle desert, where men may fynde no watre, ne for dyggynge, ne for non other thing.  Wherfore men may not dwellen in that place:  so it is fulle of dragounes, of serpentes and of other venymous bestes, that no man dar not passe, but zif it be strong wyntre.  And that streyt passage, men clepen in that contree, Clyron.  And that is the passage, that the Queen of Amazoine makethe to ben kept.  And thoghe it happene, sum of hem, be fortune, to gon out; thei conen no maner of langage but Ebrow:  so that thei can not speke to the peple.  And zit natheles, men seyn, thei schalle gon out in the tyme of Antecrist, and that thei schulle maken gret slaughtre of Cristene men.  And therfore alle the Jewes, that dwellen in alle londes, lernen alle weys to speken Ebrew, in hope that whan the other Jewes schulle gon out, that thei may undirstonden hire speche, and to leden hem in to Cristendom, for to destroye the Cristene peple.  For the Jewes seyn, that they knowen wel, be hire Prophecyes, that thei of Caspye schulle been undre hire subieccioun, als longe as they had ben in subieccioun of hem.  And zif that zee wil wyte, how that thei schulle fynden hire Weye, aftre that I have herd seye, I schalle