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and_o in_o the_o interim_n while_o thing_n seem_v to_o tend_v to_o a_o rupture_n how_o the_o french_a begin_v their_o fortification_n at_o hunningen_n p._n 44_o 45._o the_o second_o letter_n from_o milan_n of_o the_o bridge_n upon_o the_o lake_n at_o ripperswood_n p._n 46._o of_o coire_n the_o chief_a town_n of_o the_o grison_n of_o the_o chapel_n pretend_v to_o be_v st._n lucius_n and_o what_o the_o author_n say_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o coire_n to_o convince_v â—hat_n all_o relate_v of_o king_n lucius_n in_o that_o matter_n and_o of_o his_o writing_n to_o pope_n eleutherius_fw-la be_v a_o fable_n of_o a_o difference_n between_o the_o bishop_n and_o his_o chapter_n about_o exemption_n and_o the_o author_n opinion_n in_o reference_n to_o that_o pretend_a privilege_n p._n 46_o 47_o 48._o the_o temper_n of_o the_o present_a bishop_n the_o yearly_a revenue_n belong_v to_o he_o and_o to_o the_o several_a prebendary_n the_o nature_n of_o the_o country_n with_o the_o wealth_n of_o the_o 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the_o article_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o the_o simplicity_n of_o their_o worship_n to_o be_v a_o remnant_n of_o the_o old_a waldenses_n p._n 64_o 65._o of_o the_o way_n from_o coire_n to_o chavennes_n with_o a_o account_n of_o the_o most_o observable_a village_n upon_o the_o road_n p._n 65_o 66._o of_o chavennes_n its_o situation_n the_o fertility_n of_o the_o soil_n easiness_n of_o the_o government_n plentifulness_n as_o to_o all_o sort_n of_o provision_n with_o a_o account_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o their_o wine_n and_o the_o manner_n how_o they_o both_o make_v and_o preserve_v it_o p._n 66_o to_o 69._o a_o kind_a of_o stone_n here_o and_o in_o the_o valteline_n which_o they_o use_v instead_o of_o mettle_n for_o make_v pot_n p._n 69._o the_o deplorable_a fate_n of_o the_o town_n pleurs_fw-fr which_o be_v bury_v together_o with_o its_o inhabitant_n by_o the_o fall_n of_o a_o mountain_n anno_fw-la 1618._o p._n 70_o 71._o of_o the_o lake_n of_o chavennes_n and_o como_n p._n 71_o 72._o 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his_o wealth_n and_o beneficence_n be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o town_n p._n 76_o 77_o 78._o of_o other_o church_n and_o convent_v the_o hospital_n with_o the_o lazarette_n adjoin_v to_o it_o p._n 78_o 79._o of_o the_o ambrosian_a office_n use_v here_o and_o its_o distinction_n from_o the_o roman_a p._n 79_o 80._o a_o remarkable_a passage_n in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o sacrament_n ascribe_v to_o s._n ambrose_n where_o the_o hosty_a be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o figure_n of_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n p_o 81_o 82._o of_o ancient_a office_n and_o why_o none_o to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o vatican_n a_o manuscript_n translation_n of_o josephus_n by_o ruffinus_n in_o the_o ambrosian_a library_n p._n 82._o no_o glass_n window_n in_o milan_n not_o yet_o in_o florence_n the_o people_n deplorable_o poor_a while_o the_o church_n and_o convent_v be_v so_o extravagant_o rich_a the_o decay_n of_o their_o wealth_n occasion_v in_o part_n through_o a_o faileur_n in_o the_o exportation_n 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through_o a_o private_a vault_n p._n 87._o of_o the_o lake_n of_o guarda_fw-it aâ—d_v the_o difference_n between_o the_o mile_n in_o lombardy_n and_o naples_n p._n 88_o of_o veâ—ona_n it_o be_v poverty_n the_o baseness_n of_o the_o coyn._a the_o remain_v of_o a_o old_a roman_a amphitheatre_n the_o museum_fw-la calceolarium_fw-la furnish_v with_o many_o antiquity_n and_o rarity_n p._n 88_o 89._o the_o wine_n call_v vino_fw-la santo_n that_o grow_v near_o the_o lake_n guarda_fw-it of_o the_o colour_n of_o the_o cattle_n and_o hog_n in_o italy_n p._n 89._o of_o vincenza_n the_o riches_n of_o the_o palace_n and_o church_n a_o modern_a theatre_n count_n valerano_n garden_n the_o courseness_n of_o the_o image_n and_o their_o gross_a idolatry_n p._n 90._o of_o milan_n the_o university_n much_o decay_v and_o by_o what_o mean_v the_o quarrel_n among_o the_o paduan_n nobility_n and_o what_o advantage_n the_o venetian_n make_v of_o they_o p._n 90_o 91._o their_o church_n and_o the_o devotion_n 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