ORIGINAL TEXT
Egipt is a strong contre 7 manye plious hauenys ben therin for there lith in eche hauene toū gret ryches in the entre of the hauene / Towarð the est is the reðe se that renyth right to the cete of costantyn the noble / The contre of egipt is in lenthe v jornes / but not bt iij in breðe for desert that aryn there / Betwy egipt andthe lond that is callyd / Nuðynea arn xii iouneis in ðesertis the folk that wonyðe in that contre arn cristene men but thy ary blake of colo for the ou gret hete that is there and brennynge of the sonne.
MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Egypt is a harsh country, where many perilous havens because of the great rocks are found in the entrance. Towards the East, is the Red Sea, that runs into the city of Constantinoble; the country of Egipt it is a five days journey in length but it is three a days journey in largeness because of the deserts that are there. And between Egypt and Nubia it has well a twelve days journey of desert. Men of Nubia are Christian, but they are black in colour because of the excessive heat and the burning of the sun.
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