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say_v the_o other_o trust_v thou_o with_o his_o servant_n and_o his_o land_n and_o thou_o show_v thyself_o faithful_a and_o execute_a justice_n shall_v i_o be_v afraid_a to_o trust_v thou_o with_o my_o money_n whereupon_o mutadid_v weep_v bid_v he_o go_v away_o and_o swear_v he_o will_v borrow_v nothing_o of_o he_o yea_o if_o he_o need_v our_o good_n say_v he_o shall_v be_v thou_o yet_o he_o be_v bloody_a and_o bury_v his_o servant_n quick_a which_o have_v anger_v he_o ali_n abumuhammed_n muotafi_n billa_z son_n of_o mutadid_v son_n of_o muaffic_n son_n of_o mutewakkel_n be_v create_v chalifa_n the_o same_o day_n that_o his_o father_n die_v 38._o an._n 289._o while_o he_o be_v at_o raka_n his_o counsellor_n casam_n procure_v his_o inauguration_n at_o bagdad_n which_o be_v reiterate_a when_o he_o come_v thither_o himself_o this_o casam_n have_v intend_v to_o turn_v away_o the_o chalifate_n from_o mutadid_n posterity_n and_o know_v that_o badir_n the_o brother_n of_o muctafi_n know_v 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overthrow_v and_o many_o take_v which_o have_v their_o hand_n and_o foot_n and_o after_o their_o head_n cut_v off_o he_o send_v a_o army_n also_o into_o egypt_n which_o take_v it_o from_o the_o posterity_n of_o telun_n an._n 293._o muhammed_n son_n of_o ali_n possess_v egypt_n and_o seduce_v many_o but_o by_o muctafis_n army_n be_v take_v and_o imprison_v zacrunas_n the_o caramite_n slay_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o basra_n and_o adriat_n and_o spoil_v the_o city_n and_o then_o repair_v to_o damascus_n and_o slay_v the_o deputy_n but_o can_v not_o take_v it_o and_o be_v chase_v by_o another_o army_n which_o muctafi_n send_v under_o joseph_n son_n of_o ibrahim_n to_o sawan_n where_o in_o another_o battle_n the_o caramite_n get_v the_o victory_n an._n 294._o zacrunas_n assault_v the_o pilgrim_n slay_v the_o man_n captive_v the_o woman_n and_o spoil_v the_o god_n but_o be_v soon_o after_o take_v and_o kill_v an._n 295._o muctafi_n die_v have_v reign_v six_o year_n six_o month_n and_o twenty_o day_n he_o be_v very_o rich_a and_o bare_a good_a affection_n to_o the_o posterity_n of_o ali_n of_o happy_a memory_n seleucia_n be_v take_v an._n 290._o that_o year_n nilus_n flow_v but_o thirteen_o cubit_n and_o two_o finger_n and_o man_n of_o all_o religion_n make_v supplication_n to_o god_n for_o more_o water_n but_o prevail_v not_o giafar_n abulfadl_n muctadir_n billa_z son_n of_o mutadid_v succeed_v the_o day_n of_o his_o brother_n death_n 39_o the_o same_o year_n die_v mundir_n son_n of_o muhammed_n king_n of_o spain_n to_o who_o succeed_v in_o the_o chalifate_n his_o son_n abdalla_n an._n 296._o muctadir_n be_v depose_v and_o abdalla_n son_n of_o mutaz_n surname_v abulabbas_n be_v inaugurate_v by_o occasion_n of_o the_o soldier_n assault_v and_o kill_v abbas_n the_o counsellor_n of_o muctadir_n but_o he_o possess_v it_o only_o one_o day_n and_o night_n and_o be_v strangle_v he_o be_v a_o rare_a poet_n and_o author_n of_o similitude_n such_o as_o none_o before_o have_v give_v example_n of_o chalif_n an._n 298._o the_o posterity_n of_o fatima_n begin_v to_o flourish_v and_o muhammed_n at_o segilmessa_n in_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o cairawan_n be_v salute_v emperor_n of_o the_o faithful_a profess_v himself_o to_o be_v descend_v of_o ali_n son_n of_o abutalib_n he_o build_v mahdia_n and_o reign_v over_o africa_n sicilia_n and_o the_o western_a province_n he_o fight_v often_o against_o the_o son_n of_o aglab_n &_o expel_v they_o a._n 302._o and_o then_o die_v and_o his_o son_n caijm_n succeed_v &_o after_o he_o his_o son_n almansor_n and_o after_o he_o his_o son_n muaz_n lidinilla_n who_o be_v the_o first_o egyptian_n chalifa_n of_o the_o fatimides_n a._n 300._o abdalla_n die_v and_o his_o brother_n abdurrahman_n nasir_n ladinilla_n succeed_v in_o spain_n after_o who_o i_o know_v nothing_o of_o that_o ommian_n spanish_a race_n which_o cease_v about_o the_o year_n four_o hundred_o an._n 301._o abusaid_a the_o caramite_n be_v slay_v by_o his_o servant_n in_o the_o bath_n and_o the_o caramite_n exalt_v say_v his_o son_n in_o his_o place_n who_o with_o burn_a pincer_n execute_v the_o murderer_n an._n 302._o habas_n with_o a_o multitude_n of_o magarib_n take_v alexandria_n and_o overthrow_v maunas_n which_o be_v send_v from_o bagdad_n against_o he_o execute_v an._n 309._o muctadir_n cause_v husein_n to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n and_o crucify_v by_o the_o advice_n of_o the_o wise_a for_o certain_a verse_n in_o which_o he_o seem_v to_o acknowledge_v a_o union_n of_o man_n spirit_n with_o god_n spirit_n 922_o as_o wine_n with_o water_n and_o with_o amber_n mask_n be_v mix_v thy_o spirit_n with_o i_o thou-i_n be_v be_v joint_o fix_v but_o god_n know_v whether_o he_o have_v not_o some_o other_o meaning_n an._n 310._o muhammed_n abugiafar_n son_n of_o harir_n the_o tabarite_n die_v the_o author_n of_o
ovid._n ovid._n ios._o ant._n l._n 8._o cap._n 2._o 2._o the_o library_n of_o the_o prete_n prete_n zonar_n an._n lib._n 3._o 3._o gell._n l._n 6._o c._n 17._o 17._o fr._n lewis_n have_v a_o very_a large_a catalogue_n of_o they_o l._n 1._o c._n 9_o take_v out_o as_o he_o say_v of_o a_o index_n which_o anthony_n gricui_fw-la and_o l._n cremones_n make_v of_o they_o be_v send_v thither_o by_o the_o pope_n gregory_n 13._o at_o the_o instance_n of_o cardinal_n garlet_n which_o see_v and_o admire_v the_o variety_n of_o they_o as_o do_v many_o other_o then_o in_o their_o company_n company_n litterae_fw-la david_n david_n span_n span_n the_o treasury_n of_o the_o prete_n prete_n span_n span_n barros_n dec._o y_o lib._n 8._o cap._n 1._o 1._o f._n lewis_n de_fw-fr urâ—â—t_n hist_o aethiop_n aethiop_n when_o be_v the_o arrian_n of_o such_o power_n in_o arabia_n but_o especial_o in_o persia_n persia_n cic._n orat._n pro_fw-la s._n roscio_n roscio_n g._n bot._n part_n 3._o lib._n 2._o maff._n hist_o ind._n l._n 10._o eman._n acosta_n acosta_n cic._n pro_fw-la milone_n milone_n deut._n 23.18_o 23.18_o make_v of_o mummy_n mummy_n of_o this_o chaldee_n see_v sup_v c._n 1._o 1._o joan._n gabriel_n ap_fw-mi nic._n godig_n de_fw-fr abassinerum_fw-la rebus_fw-la l._n 1._o c_o 4_o &_o p._n jarric_n thes._o rer._n jud._n l._n 5._o c._n 31_o &_o seq_n this_o gabriel_n be_v bear_v in_o abassia_n the_o issue_n as_o be_v his_o follower_n of_o the_o portugal_n which_o have_v assist_v under_o christopher_n gama_n claudius_n the_o emperor_n against_o gradigna_fw-es the_o moor_n who_o he_o slay_v and_o be_v slay_v himself_o by_o those_o moor_n an._n 1542._o 1542._o ant._n fernand._n soc._n jesus_n cantlopardalis_fw-la hippopotami_n torpedo_n nilus_n the_o ethnic_n near_o dwelllng_v offer_n sacrifice_n to_o this_o spring_n out_o of_o which_o always_o issue_v a_o gross_a vapour_n there_o be_v a_o great_a heap_n of_o bone_n by_o reason_n of_o these_o sacrifice_a beast_n n._n godig_n l._n 1._o c._n 12._o see_v the_o copy_n of_o this_o bull_n &_o ouiedos_n answer_v god_n l._n 3._o c._n 12._o jarric_n l._n 5._o c._n 31._o pet._n paez_n lit_fw-fr jul._n 24._o 1603._o 1603._o this_o seem_v a_o common_a appellation_n to_o their_o king_n paez_n lit_fw-fr jul._n 1605._o 1605._o sup_v lib._n 3._o c._n 1._o 1._o ios._o scal._n e.t._n pag._n 638_o ed._n ult._n brerewood_n c._n 23._o enquirie_n of_o rel._n rel._n to._n 4._o ed._n 1576._o paul_n a_o princip_n virtus_fw-la ☓_o benedictia_n ☓_o &_o sanctificatio_fw-la ♣_o s_o trinitatis_fw-la in_o hanc_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la s.n._n de_fw-fr sceva_n etc_n etc_n ptol._n l._n 4._o c._n 8._o in_o 65._o 30._o &_o 11._o 11._o perip_n marry_o erythraei_n erythraei_n procop._n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la pers_n l._n 1._o 1._o with_fw-mi ramus_n ramus_n vid._n aluarez_n c._n 38._o &_o seq_fw-la of_o their_o huge_a fabric_n above_o and_o beneath_o ground_n ground_n paul_n aemil._n cl._n d._n 1._o 1._o sup._n cap._n 2._o 2._o credimus_fw-la a_o qui_fw-fr amant_fw-fr ipsi_fw-la sibi_fw-la somnia_fw-la fiugunt_fw-la virg._n virg._n g._n bot._n ben._n part_n 1._o lib._n 2._o maginus_fw-la pory_n before_o leo._n leo._n ptol._n l._n 4._o c._n 7._o 7._o andrea_n corsali_fw-la adea_n adea_n lud._n romanus_n lib._n 7._o zanguebar_n zanguebar_n io._n di_o barros_n dec._n 1._o lib._n 4._o c._n 6._o say_v at_o melin_n de_fw-fr gamma_n receive_v kind_a entertainment_n and_o pilot_n to_o convey_v he_o to_o india_n when_o it_o be_v first_o discover_v by_o the_o portugal_n marmol_n l._n 10._o c._n 1._o &_o seq_n describe_v these_o city_n and_o country_n large_o large_o vascus_n gamma_n 1500._o subdue_v mombaza_n and_o almeida_n five_o year_n after_o and_o after_o nonnius_n acuna_n osor_n de_fw-mi reb._o eman_n jarric_n thes._o ind._n l._n 3._o c._n 13._o imbius_n a_o barbarous_a nation_n nation_n see_v in_o his_o c._n 1â—_n mombaza_n mombaza_n stuckius_n ad_fw-la ar._n ortel_n map_n thereof_o thereof_o maff._n hist_o judic_fw-la lib._n 2._o arthus_n hist_o ind._n cap._n 20._o 20._o marmol_n l._n 9_o c._n 39_o &_o 40._o 40._o see_v linschot_n l_o 1_o c._n 4._o paludanus_n ibid._n ibid._n l._n romanus_n lib._n 7._o sofala_n sofala_n ort._n thesaur_n thesaur_n 1._o reg._n 9.28_o 2._o chron._n 9.21_o 9.21_o joseph_n antiq._n antiq._n euseb_n de_fw-fr praep._o l._n 9_o c._n 4._o 4._o niger_n geog._n tremel_n &_o jun._n annot._n annot._n gaspar_n var._o de_fw-fr ophyra_n ophyra_n vat._n in_o 1._o re._n 9_o p._n mar._n dec._o 1._o l._n 3_o 3_o ar._n mont._n morn_n de_fw-fr verit_fw-la postellus_fw-la gorop_n hispania_n hispania_n ios._o acosta_n l._n 1._o cap._n 14._o 14._o jo._n di_o barros_n dec._n 1._o l._n 10._o c._n 1._o 1._o navigationi_fw-la di_fw-it some_fw-mi lopez_n ap_fw-mi ramusiam_n ramusiam_n cap._n sup_v sup_v th._n lopez_n lopez_n monoemugi_fw-la monoemugi_fw-la od._n lopez_n l._n 2._o c._n 5._o 5._o io_o di_fw-mi bar_n dic._n 1._o l._n 8._o c._n 4._o baduini_fw-la baduini_fw-la botero_n botero_n in_o a_o great_a write_v book_n give_v by_o sir_n w_n ral._n to_o m._n hak._n hak._n linschot_n c._n 41._o 41._o l._n marmol_n l._n 9_o c._n 31._o 31._o ptol._n georg._n l._n 4._o c._n 9_o 9_o io_o di_fw-it barros_n dec._n 1._o l._n 10._o c._n 1._o with_fw-mi marmol_n l._n 9_o c._n 32._o &_o seq_n see_v sup_v c._n 7._o 7._o as_o the_o portugal_n have_v their_o castle_n of_o mina_n sofala_n etc_n etc_n so_o some_o prince_n master_n sometime_o of_o those_o mine_n mine_n porta_n vna_fw-la due_a zagait_n boterus_n say_v vna_fw-la zapea_n due_a dardi_fw-it a_o mattocke_n and_o two_o dart_n dart_n of_o such_o like_a water_n see_v the_o ten_o chapter_n chapter_n odd_a lopes_n congo_n hist._o lib._n cap._n 9_o arthus_n hist_o ind._n orient._o cap._n 19_o 19_o g_o bot._n ben._n pag._n 1._o 1._o shmidel_n historia_fw-la navigate_fw-la in_o am._n c_o 37._o 37._o a._n battle_n which_o live_v near_o those_o part_n part_n eman._n acosta_n rerum_fw-la in_o oriente_fw-la gest_n come_v jarric_n l_o 3_o c._n 9_o 9_o botero_n part_n 2._o lib._n 3._o 3._o a._n jenkinson_n in_o hak._n tom_n 1._o p._n 327._o 327._o pory_n before_o leo._n leo._n osor_n de_fw-mi reb._o eman._n l._n 1._o this_o be_v an._n 1487._o the_o discovery_n thereof_o be_v large_o relate_v by_o io._n di_fw-it barro_n in_o his_o first_o decad_n of_o asia_n l._n 3._o 3._o bartholomeo_n dias_n who_o first_o discover_v this_o cape_n call_v it_o ca._n tormentoso_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o trouble_n and_o danger_n he_o there_o sustain_v call_v say_v s._n ed._n m._n the_o lion_n of_o the_o sea_n where_o they_o find_v great_a storm_n storm_n lins_n l._n 1._o c._n 93._o navig_n verbuf_fw-fr verbuf_fw-fr they_o find_v it_o there_o in_o april_n as_o cold_a as_o with_o we_o in_o winter_n when_o it_o freeze_v not_o and_o yet_o the_o people_n be_v blackish_a blackish_a sir_n james_n lancaster_n hak._n to_o 2._o part_n 2._o 1600._o 1600._o soldania_n be_v a_o bay_n in_o 34_o lar._n long._n 51._o of_o which_o see_v the_o east_n indian_a voyage_n which_o we_o new_a sot_v out_o in_o the_o journals_n of_o sir_n t._n roe_n john_n tatton_n downton_n etc_n etc_n etc_n sir_n ed_n mich._n 1604_o david_n middleton_v say_o say_v the_o like_a 1606._o 1606._o tho._n clayborne_n clayborne_n 1503._o 1503._o for_o money_n both_o portugal_n &_o other_o have_v find_v that_o the_o indian_n more_o esteem_v it_o far_o then_o merchandise_n vid._n lit._n fr._n de_fw-fr sagitta_n in_o n._n orbe_n and_o man_n die_v much_o by_o the_o change_n and_o unwholesomeness_n of_o the_o climate_n &_o diet_n their_o own_o intemperance_n with_o woman_n and_o fruit_n in_o the_o country_n calmes_n scorbute_n etc_n etc_n see_v l._n 5._o c_o 2._o 2._o botero_n botero_n maffaeno_n hist_o ind._n l._n 11._o 1535._o 1535._o de_fw-fr bry_n ind._n or._n part_n 3._o 3._o cap._n rob._n covert_a covert_a prou._n 13.10_o patt_n copland_n in_o the_o dragon_n 1611._o 1611._o samuel_n castleton_n say_v that_o copper_n be_v in_o request_n with_o they_o and_o not_o brass_n brass_n it_o be_v then_o june_n which_o be_v their_o winter_n the_o people_n be_v say_v to_o have_v their_o head_n loathsome_a as_o if_o they_o be_v cover_v with_o kow_n dung_n which_o be_v do_v by_o the_o juice_n of_o herb_n herb_n anonim_n m.s._n voyage_n 1614_o 1614_o they_o will_v strike_v fish_n with_o their_o dart_n and_o then_o go_v into_o the_o sea_n for_o they_o cap._n saris._n nic._n withington_n add_v they_o be_v negro_n woolly_a pated_a flat_a nosed_a nosed_a martin_n bring_v ben._n bay_n bay_n m._n downton_n downton_n maginui_n gi._n boter_n ben._n part_n 1._o marmol_n l._n 9_o c_o 24._o &_o 25._o 25._o od._n lop._n per_fw-la pigafet_n translate_v by_o a.h._n p._n du_fw-fr jarric_n hist_o ind._n orien_n l._n 3._o c._n 1._o &_o s_o s_o od._n lopez_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 7._o 7._o barr._n dec._n 1._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o od._n lopez_n ibid._n ibid._n p._n diaz_n as_o some_o report_n
of_o berosus_n and_o other_o ancient_a author_n he_o say_v the_o tyrian_n and_o sydonian_o call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o greek_n make_v belus_n and_o so_o mr._n selden_n also_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o these_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d differ_v only_o according_a to_o the_o propriety_n of_o the_o language_n and_o not_o indeed_o for_o the_o grammarian_n observe_v that_o the_o chaldee_n word_n often_o lose_v that_o middle_a letter_n elias_n in_o his_o thesbi_n observe_v that_o baal_n signify_v the_o act_n of_o generation_n which_o may_v well_o agree_v with_o those_o beastly_a baal-rite_n before_o mention_v baal_n be_v read_v in_o the_o feminine_a gender_n tob._n 1.5_o rom._n 11.4_o in_o photius_n be_v saturn_n mention_v that_o the_o phoenician_n and_o syrian_n call_v saturn_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d el_fw-es and_o bel_n and_o bolathes_n lilius_fw-la giraldus_n 2._o out_o of_o servius_n affirm_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o assyrian_a language_n signify_v the_o sun_n from_o whence_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d be_v derive_v some_o attribute_n this_o to_o the_o phoenician_n tongue_n in_o which_o hal_n signify_v god._n the_o assyrian_n name_v saturn_n and_o the_o sun_n hel._n the_o indian_n call_v that_o hercules_n which_o tully_n de_fw-la nat._n deor._n number_v the_o first_o belus_n but_o we_o find_v no_o end_n of_o these_o labyrinth_n d._n willet_n in_o his_o comment_n upon_o 1._o daniel_n have_v these_o word_n the_o chaldaean_n have_v five_o idol_n three_o god_n and_o two_o goddess_n their_o first_o god_n be_v bel_n a_o name_n contract_v of_o behel_n which_o come_v of_o bahal_n which_o signify_v a_o lord_n to_o who_o be_v build_v that_o temple_n before_o mention_v the_o second_o be_v the_o sun_n which_o they_o call_v rach_n that_o be_v a_o king_n because_o he_o be_v chief_a among_o the_o planet_n and_o 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