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toliapis_n other_o athanatos_n because_o serpent_n be_v suppose_v not_o to_o live_v in_o the_o same_o howbeit_o since_o it_o be_v not_o environ_v with_o the_o sea_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v deal_v withal_o as_o a_o island_n in_o this_o place_n albeit_o i_o will_v not_o let_v to_o borrow_v of_o my_o determination_n and_o describe_v it_o as_o i_o go_v because_o it_o be_v so_o fruitful_a beda_n note_v it_o in_o time_n past_a to_o have_v contain_v 600._o family_n which_o be_v all_o one_o with_o hidelands_n hideland_n ploughlands_n carrucate_n or_o temewares_n he_o add_v also_o that_o it_o be_v divide_v from_o our_o continent_n by_o the_o river_n call_v wantsume_v which_o be_v about_o three_o furlong_n broad_a and_o to_o be_v pass_v over_o in_o two_o place_n only_o but_o whereas_o polydore_n say_v the_o thanet_n be_v nine_o mile_n in_o length_n &_o not_o much_o less_o in_o breadth_n it_o be_v now_o reckon_v that_o it_o have_v not_o much_o above_o seven_o mile_n from_o nordtmuth_n to_o 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