“Cianglu est encore une mout grant cité ver midi; est au Grant Kan et de la provence dou Catai. Lor monoie est de carte. Il sunt ydres et font ardoir les cors mors.” — Changlu is a very large city in the province of Cathay: under the Great Khan: they [the people] are idolaters; they use paper money, and burn their dead.
“questa, se non sapete, Angelica era,
del gran Can del Catai la figlia altiera” — This, if you don't know, was Angelica, the haughty daughter of the Great Khan of Cathay.
“Pispigliavan le rose: Oh! la regina
del Catai si fa sposa.
Angelica, gemeano i fiordispina,
là, nel Catai, riposa” — The roses whispered: "Oh, the queen of Cathay becomes a bride." "Angelica", moaned the hawthorne, "rests there, in Cathay."