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acosta_n peter_n of_o leon_n zarate_n michael_n vazquez_n de_fw-fr padilla_n peter_n martyr_n cefas_fw-la bishop_n of_o chiapa_n francisco_n lopez_n de_fw-fr gomorra_n hierosme_n du_fw-fr pré_fw-fr ferdinand_n de_fw-fr cordova_n hierosme_n romain_n illescas_n antonio_n de_fw-fr herrera_n pineda_n prudentius_n de_fw-fr sandobal_n and_o garcilasso_n in_o divers_a place_n of_o his_o royal_a commentary_n and_o in_o the_o 20_o the_o chapter_n of_o his_o three_o book_n touch_v that_o which_o fernand_n mendez_n write_v of_o the_o governor_n of_o those_o kingdom_n of_o the_o strict_a observation_n of_o justice_n of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o judge_n viceroy_n magistrate_n captain_n governor_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o state_n boterus_n in_o his_o universal_a relation_n say_v the_o same_o trigault_n in_o divers_a place_n particular_o in_o the_o six_o chapter_n of_o the_o first_o book_n de_fw-fr senensis_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la administratione_fw-la gaspar_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr cruz_n in_o the_o 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read_v in_o lucena_n the_o nineteen_o chapter_n of_o his_o ten_o book_n trigault_n in_o sundry_a place_n chief_o in_o the_o second_o chapter_n de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la situ_fw-la et_fw-la magnitudine_fw-la regni_fw-la sinarum_fw-la fernand_n mendez_n in_o the_o eighty_o nine_o chapter_n write_v of_o a_o temple_n build_v upon_o a_o great_a company_n of_o pillar_n read_z de_fw-fr la_fw-fr cruz_n the_o seven_o chapter_n mendoza_n the_o three_o chapter_n of_o his_o first_o book_n mafeus_n anthony_n de_fw-it s_o t_o romain_n and_o george_n bruno_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o the_o world_n in_o this_o history_n be_v set_v forth_o huge_a statue_n of_o brass_n and_o iron_n see_v the_o first_o three_o four_o five_o chapter_n of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o gasper_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr cruz._n mendoza_n the_o nine_o and_o ten_o chapter_n of_o his_o first_o book_n the_o second_o book_n of_o boterus_n in_o his_o relation_n of_o siam_n rebullosa_n in_o his_o ecclesiastical_a history_n fol._n 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