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since_o have_v not_o refuse_v the_o christian_a name_n of_o emanuel_n thus_o be_v there_o few_o name_n more_o frequent_a than_o moses_n and_o abraham_n among_o the_o jew_n the_o turk_n without_o scruple_n affect_v theâ—â—_n 〈◊〉_d of_o mahomet_n and_o with_o gladness_n receive_v so_o honourable_a cognoâ—â—ination_n and_o true_o in_o 〈…〉_z there_o ever_o have_v be_v many_o well_o direct_v intention_n who_o rationality_n will_v never_o bear_v a_o rigid_a examination_n and_o though_o in_o some_o way_n they_o do_v commend_v their_o author_n and_o such_o as_o first_o begâ—n_v they_o yet_o have_v they_o prove_v insufficient_a to_o perpetuate_v imitation_n in_o such_o as_o have_v succeed_v they_o thus_o be_v it_o a_o worthy_a resolution_n of_o godfrey_n and_o most_o christian_n have_v applaud_v it_o that_o he_o refuse_v to_o wear_v a_o crown_n of_o gold_n where_o his_o saviour_n have_v 〈◊〉_d one_o of_o thorn_n yet_o do_v not_o his_o successor_n durable_o inherit_v that_o 〈◊〉_d but_o some_o 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the_o tartarian_a emperor_n who_o â—ather_n og_n have_v for_o his_o possession_n the_o country_n of_o sagathay_n which_o be_v no_o slender_a teritory_n but_o comprehend_v all_o that_o tract_n wherein_o be_v contain_v bactriana_n sogdiana_n margiana_n and_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o massagetes_n who_o capital_a city_n be_v 〈◊〉_d a_o place_n though_o now_o decay_v of_o great_a esteem_n and_o trade_n in_o former_a age_n but_o from_o his_o regail_n inauguration_n for_o it_o be_v say_v that_o be_v about_o the_o age_n of_o fifteen_o his_o old_a father_n resign_v the_o kingdom_n and_o man_n of_o war_n unto_o he_o and_o also_o from_o his_o education_n for_o as_o the_o story_n speak_v it_o he_o be_v instruct_v in_o the_o arabian_a learning_n and_o afterward_o exercise_v himself_o therein_o now_o arabian_a learning_n be_v in_o a_o manner_n all_o the_o liberal_a science_n especial_o the_o mathematics_n and_o natural_a philosophy_n wherein_o not_o many_o age_n before_o he_o there_o flourish_v aviâ—â—nna_n averâ—hoes_n aveâ—zoar_n geber_n almanzor_n and_o alhazâ—n_n cognominall_a unto_o he_o that_o write_v his_o history_n who_o be_v chronology_n indeed_o although_o it_o be_v obscure_a yet_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o his_o commentator_n he_o be_v contemporary_a unto_o avicenna_n and_o have_v leâ—t_a 〈◊〉_d book_n of_o optic_n of_o great_a esteem_n with_o age_n past_a and_o textuary_n unto_o our_o day_n now_o the_o ground_n of_o this_o mistake_n be_v sure_o that_o which_o the_o turkish_a historian_n declare_v some_o say_v he_o of_o our_o historian_n will_v needs_o have_v tamerlane_n to_o be_v son_n of_o a_o shepherd_n but_o this_o they_o have_v say_v not_o know_v at_o all_o the_o custom_n of_o their_o country_n wherein_o the_o principal_a revenue_n of_o the_o king_n and_o noble_n consist_v in_o cattle_n who_o despise_v gold_n and_o silver_n abound_v in_o all_o sort_n thereof_o and_o this_o be_v the_o occasion_n that_o some_o man_n call_v they_o shepherd_n and_o also_o affirm_v this_o prince_n descend_v from_o they_o now_o if_o it_o be_v reasonable_a that_o great_a man_n who_o possession_n be_v chief_o in_o cattle_n shall_v bear_v the_o name_n of_o shepherd_n and_o fall_v upon_o so_o low_a denomination_n then_o may_v we_o say_v that_o abraham_n be_v a_o shepherd_n although_o too_o powerful_a for_o four_o king_n that_o job_n be_v of_o that_o condition_n who_o beside_o camel_n and_o ox_n have_v seven_o thousand_o sheep_n and_o yet_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o great_a man_n in_o the_o east_n sure_o it_o be_v no_o dishonourable_a course_n of_o life_n which_o moses_n and_o jacob_n have_v make_v exemplary_a it_o be_v a_o profession_n support_v upon_o the_o natural_a way_n of_o acquisition_n and_o though_o contemn_v by_o the_o egyptian_n much_o countenance_v by_o the_o hebrew_n who_o sacrifice_n require_v plenty_n of_o sheep_n and_o lamb_n and_o certain_o they_o be_v very_o numerous_a for_o at_o the_o consecration_n of_o the_o temple_n beside_o two_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o ox_n king_n solomon_n sacrifice_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o sheep_n and_o the_o same_o be_v observable_a from_o the_o daily_a provision_n of_o his_o house_n which_o be_v ten_o fat_a ox_n twenty_o ox_n out_o of_o the_o pasture_n and_o a_o hundred_o sheep_n beside_o row_n buck_n fallow_a deer_n and_o fat_v fowl_n wherein_o notwithstanding_o if_o a_o punctual_a relation_n thereof_o do_v right_o inform_v we_o the_o grand_a seignor_n do_v exceed_v the_o daily_a provision_n of_o who_o seraiglio_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o achmet_n beside_o beef_n consume_v two_o hundred_o sheep_n lamb_n and_o kid_n when_o they_o be_v in_o season_n one_o hundred_o calf_n ten_o goose_n fifty_o hen_n two_o hundred_o chicken_n one_o hundred_o pigeon_n a_o hundred_o pair_n chap._n xvii_o of_o some_o other_o 1._o we_o be_v sad_a when_o we_o read_v the_o story_n of_o belisarius_n that_o worthy_a cheiftaine_n of_o justinian_n who_o after_o the_o victory_n of_o vandal_n goth_n and_o persian_n and_o his_o trophy_n in_o three_o part_n of_o the_o world_n have_v at_o last_o his_o eye_n put_v out_o by_o the_o emperor_n and_o be_v reduce_v to_o that_o distress_n that_o he_o beg_v relief_n on_o the_o high_a way_n in_o that_o uncomfortable_a petition_n date_fw-la obolum_fw-la belisario_n and_o this_o we_o do_v not_o only_o hear_v in_o discourse_n oration_n and_o theme_n but_o find_v it_o also_o in_o the_o leaf_n of_o petrus_n crinitus_n volateranus_fw-la and_o other_o worthy_a writer_n but_o what_o may_v somewhat_o consolate_v all_o man_n that_o honour_v virtue_n we_o do_v not_o discover_v the_o latter_a scene_n of_o his_o misery_n in_o author_n of_o antiquity_n or_o such_o as_o have_v express_o deliver_v the_o story_n of_o those_o time_n for_o suidas_n be_v silent_a herein_o cedrenus_n and_o zonaras_n two_o grave_a and_o punctual_a author_n deliver_v only_o the_o confiscation_n of_o his_o good_n omit_v the_o history_n of_o his_o mendication_n paulus_n diaconus_fw-la go_v far_o not_o only_o pass_v