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¶ Niffe çiamor gaçiola e messa
Una doppo l'altra cinquanta e octanta
Miglia si trova poi di la da essa
E piu oltra non par che nasca pianta
Ne che se trovi se non rena spessa
Cercando la riviera tuta quanta
Vegion da terra piu insule in mare
Channariam e- altri di picolo afare

¶ Seguendo il lito verso l'oriente
Trecento miglia sta hone sul mare
Di sopra setta andando col ponente
E chi a tremissen volesse andare
Fra terra e tre giornate e quasimente
Hone cum carthagine sta del pare
Affar pilegio con vento affricone
Ducento trenta miglia ad aquilone

¶ Poi tra levante e greco sta orano
Piu alto cento miglia in su quel litto
La cita de tenes per quella mano
Piu su cento cinquanta tien suo sito
E puoco piu di cento di lontano
Quella d'algeri la qual diricia il dicto
Ad acqua morta verso tramontana
Questo paese ha poca terra piana

[image, left margin: Map with east at the top depicting the northwestern coast of Africa, the Strait of Gibraltar, the southern coast of Spain, and the island of Majorca. The sea is painted aquamarine with wave pattern in grey; the coastline in grey with a yellow shadow. At top, an island in yellow and red stripes (the Pales of Aragon), a reddish-brown city with blue domes is near ¶2 on the right side of the sea. To the right of the sea, from the top downwards, in red ink: (label: Algieri), (label: Tenese), (label: Orano), (label: onne), (label: Tremisem), (label: Setta). In the water, written vertically, in red ink (label: Streto in Gibilterra). In left margin, from the bottom upwards, in red ink, text rotated 180°: (label: Cades), (label: Malades), (label: Sciavignia), (label: Ameria), (label: Cartagine), (label: Valencia). At the top of the sea, on the mainland, the island is identified in red ink as (label: Maiolica).]

Niffe, Ziamor, Gaziola, and Messa^{1Modern Casablanca, Azemmour/Azmur, Sebt Gzoula, and Māsa, cities found north to south along the Moroccan coast.}
are found one after the other, between fifty and eighty
miles away. Beyond Messa
and even further, it seems like no plants grow
and there is nothing but vast deserts
even if you search the entire coast.
From the mainland you can see several islands in the sea:
the Canary Islands, and some smaller ones.

Following the shoreline towards the east,
Hone^{2Honaine, Algeria} is three hundred miles away on the coast
above Ceuta, going with the west wind.^{3Here and elsewhere, going "with" the west wind means going east.}
And for those who want to go to Tremissen^{3Tlemcen, Algeria},
it takes three days by land.
That's about the same distance as from Hone to Cartagena—
two hundred thirty miles to the north
if you leave with the south wind.

Next, to the east-northeast is Orano^{4Oran/Wahran, Algeria},
one hundred miles higher up along the coast.
In the same direction the town of Ténès
is situated one hundred and fifty miles further up.
A little more than a hundred miles beyond that
is the town of Algiers, which faces
Aigues-Mortes to the north.
This region has little flat land.

¶ Niffe çiamor gaçiola e messa
Una doppo l'altra cinquanta e octanta
Miglia si trova poi di la da essa
E piu oltra non par che nasca pianta
Ne che se trovi se non rena spessa
Cercando la riviera tuta quanta
Vegion da terra piu insule in mare
Channariam e- altri di picolo afare

¶ Seguendo il lito verso l'oriente
Trecento miglia sta hone sul mare
Di sopra setta andando col ponente
E chi a tremissen volesse andare
Fra terra e tre giornate e quasimente
Hone cum carthagine sta del pare
Affar pilegio con vento affricone
Ducento trenta miglia ad aquilone

¶ Poi tra levante e greco sta orano
Piu alto cento miglia in su quel litto
La cita de tenes per quella mano
Piu su cento cinquanta tien suo sito
E puoco piu di cento di lontano
Quella d'algeri la qual diricia il dicto
Ad acqua morta verso tramontana
Questo paese ha poca terra piana

[image, left margin: Map with east at the top depicting the northwestern coast of Africa, the Strait of Gibraltar, the southern coast of Spain, and the island of Majorca. The sea is painted aquamarine with wave pattern in grey; the coastline in grey with a yellow shadow. At top, an island in yellow and red stripes (the Pales of Aragon), a reddish-brown city with blue domes is near ¶2 on the right side of the sea. To the right of the sea, from the top downwards, in red ink: (label: Algieri), (label: Tenese), (label: Orano), (label: onne), (label: Tremisem), (label: Setta). In the water, written vertically, in red ink (label: Streto in Gibilterra). In left margin, from the bottom upwards, in red ink, text rotated 180°: (label: Cades), (label: Malades), (label: Sciavignia), (label: Ameria), (label: Cartagine), (label: Valencia). At the top of the sea, on the mainland, the island is identified in red ink as (label: Maiolica).]

Niffe, Ziamor, Gaziola, and Messa^{1Modern Casablanca, Azemmour/Azmur, Sebt Gzoula, and Māsa, cities found north to south along the Moroccan coast.}
are found one after the other, between fifty and eighty
miles away. Beyond Messa
and even further, it seems like no plants grow
and there is nothing but vast deserts
even if you search the entire coast.
From the mainland you can see several islands in the sea:
the Canary Islands, and some smaller ones.

Following the shoreline towards the east
Hone^{2Honaine, Algeria} is three hundred miles away on the coast
above Ceuta, going with the west wind.
And for those who want to go to Tremissen^{3Tlemcen, Algeria},
it takes three days by land.
That's about the same distance as from Hone to Cartagena—
two hundred thirty miles to the north
if you leave with the south wind.

Next to the east or northeast is Orano^{*now Oran/Wahran, Algeria},
one hundred miles higher up along the coast.
In the same direction the town of Ténès
is situated one hundred and fifty miles further up.
A little more than one hundred miles beyond
is the town of Algiers, which points toward
Aigues-Mortes to the north.
This region has little flat land.