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cottage_n with_o the_o bough_n of_o palmtree_n their_o food_n be_v barley_n bread_n and_o bezin_n before_o describe_v all_o round_o about_o be_v subject_a unto_o the_o king_n of_o tunis_n and_o the_o arabian_n save_o those_o only_a that_o inhabit_v upon_o this_o plain_a of_o the_o province_n of_o mesellata_n this_o province_n stand_v upon_o the_o mediterran_n sea_n about_o five_o and_o thirty_o mile_n from_o tripoli_n and_o be_v fraught_v with_o rich_a village_n castle_n and_o inhabitant_n abound_v also_o with_o great_a plenty_n of_o olive_n and_o date_n the_o inhabitant_n be_v free_a from_o all_o foreign_a authority_n have_v a_o captain_n among_o themselves_o which_o govern_v their_o commonwealth_n and_o fight_v their_o battle_n against_o the_o arabian_n and_o the_o soldier_n of_o this_o province_n be_v about_o 5000._o of_o the_o province_n of_o mesrata_n this_o province_n be_v situate_a also_o upon_o the_o mediterran_n sea_n about_o a_o hundred_o mile_n from_o tripoli_n have_v many_o village_n both_o upon_o the_o plain_n and_o mountain_n the_o inhabitant_n be_v rich_a and_o pay_v no_o tribute_n at_o all_o and_o exercise_v traffic_n with_o the_o venetian_n resort_v to_o this_o province_n with_o their_o galley_n carry_v the_o venetian_a ware_n to_o numidia_n and_o there_o exchange_v the_o same_o for_o slave_n musk_n and_o civet_n which_o be_v bring_v thither_o out_o of_o ethiopia_n of_o the_o desert_n of_o barca_n this_o desert_n beginning_n at_o the_o utmost_a frontier_n of_o mesrata_n and_o extend_v eastward_o as_o far_o as_o the_o confine_n of_o alexandria_n contain_v in_o length_n a_o thousand_o and_o three_o hundred_o and_o in_o breadth_n about_o 200._o mile_n it_o be_v a_o rough_a and_o unpleasant_a place_n be_v almost_o utter_o destitute_a of_o water_n and_o corn_n before_o the_o arabian_n invade_v africa_n this_o region_n be_v void_a of_o inhabitant_n but_o now_o certain_a arabian_n lead_v here_o a_o miserable_a and_o hungry_a life_n be_v a_o great_a way_n 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