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haman_n morduit-tartar_n moratui_fw-la island_n 578_o morabite_n a_o sect_n in_o africa_n 626_o moravia_n and_o moldavia_n 416_o morse_n or_o sea-ox_n describe_v 913_o 914_o moses_n what_o he_o do_v on_o mount_n sinai_n 155._o jewish_a opinion_n of_o he_o 156._o he_o receive_v the_o first_o alphabetary_n letter_n in_o the_o table_n of_o the_o decalogue_n 82._o moses_n chair_n 132._o first_o penman_n of_o scripture_n his_o excellency_n 175._o pseu-moses_n a_o coozener_n 143._o moses_n aegyptius_n vid._n rambam_n the_o turk_n opinion_n of_o moses_n 302._o his_o wife_n 729._o moscow_n destroy_v by_o the_o tartar_n 422_o moscovite_n of_o mesech_n 37_o moschee_n or_o mosquita_n vid._n temple_n mossinaeci_fw-la a_o beastly_a people_n 330._o mosambique_n 785._o beastly_a rite_n of_o some_o near_o they_o ibid._n mosleman_n religion_n 265._o 266._o mosleman_n woman_n disrespect_a 265_o mosul_n suppose_v to_o be_v ninive_n 67_o famous_a for_o cloth_n of_o gold_n silk_n fertility_n &c_n &c_n ibid._n moss_n food_n to_o the_o dear_a of_o the_o samoed_n 432_o moth_n interpret_v mire_n 77_o mourner_n door_n in_o the_o temple_n 99_o a_o sect_n 135._o funeral_n mourning_n of_o jew_n 206._o of_o other_o vid._n funeral_n muavi_n son_n of_o abusofian_n the_o seven_o emperor_n of_o the_o muslims_n 1021_o muavi_n son_n of_o jezid_n the_o nine_o chalifa_n 1022._o muavi_n the_o chaliph_n his_o act_n 234_o &_o seq_fw-la mufti_n of_o the_o turk_n and_o their_o authority_n 320._o 321_o mulli_n and_o muderisi_n 312_o muleass_n king_n of_o tonis_n 672_o muley_n hammet_n his_o style_n and_o letter_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o leicester_n 696_o mummia_n 226._o 632._o how_o make_v in_o aethiopia_n 748_o murder_n among_o the_o turk_n unpardonable_a 300._o self-murder_n 633._o musa_fw-la alhadi_n the_o 25._o chalifa_n strangle_v by_o his_o mother_n 1028._o musarab_n christian_n 1024_o musk_n of_o a_o beast_n 564_o muslim_n what_o it_o signify_v 1013_o muslim_n empire_n fall_v in_o piece_n 1036_o musulipatan_n or_o musulipatnam_n 994_o describe_v 995._o mustapha_n his_o act_n 286._o the_o succession_n of_o mustapha_n twice_o 293_o 294_o &_o seq_n mustaed-dini_n chief_a priest_n or_o mufti_n of_o the_o persian_n 391._o musteatzem_n last_v chalif_n of_o bagdet_n 237._o 242_o mutadid_n equity_n and_o cruelty_n 1033_o mutar_n sect_n in_o persia_n 370._o 391_o mutasim_n the_o 29._o chalifa_n his_o strength_n of_o body_n 1030_o mutewakkel_n cruelty_n to_o muhammed_n 1031_o mutezuma_n king_n of_o mexico_n 860_o 861_o myiodes_n myiagrus_n 81_o midas_n his_o story_n 331_o mylitta_n venus_n 56_o myrrh_n in_o arabia_n 231_o mysia_n 334._o the_o mysian_n for_o their_o great_a devotion_n call_v smoke-climber_n 334._o matter_n famous_a in_o mysia_n 334._o 335_o n_n naamah_n first_o inventor_n of_o make_v linen_n and_o woollen_a and_o vocal_a music_n 29_o naaman_n a_o scenite_fw-la arabian_n 227_o nabathea_n and_o nabathaean_o 227_o 230_o nabathitae_n 222_o nabunanga_n king_n of_o japon_n 856_o 857_o nabuchodonosor_n his_o babylonish_a garment_n 48._o his_o pensile_a garden_n 49._o nabuchodonosor_n in_o judith_n uncertain_a 60_o nabopollasar_n ibid._n not_o the_o same_o with_o nabuchodonosor_n 62_o nabonidus_n the_o same_o with_o darius_n medus_n 63_o naboth_n jewish_a dream_n of_o his_o soul_n 187_o nafissa_n a_o quean_n saint_n at_o cairo_n 652_o nagayan_a tartar_n 423_o nairos_n knight_n or_o soldier_n in_o india_n their_o rite_n 553._o 554_o naida_n suppose_v to_o be_v build_v by_o cain_n 29_o naick_n indian_a governor_n 993_o naimaini_n 404._o 405_o nakedness_n of_o adam_n 22._o iewish_a dream_n of_o nakedness_n 180_o 181._o 183_o nanquin_n a_o city_n of_o china_n 439._o 466_o nastacia_n the_o empress_n make_v a_o saint_n 974_o nation_n their_o beginning_n 37._o &_o seq_fw-la natitae_fw-la and_o natophantae_fw-la certain_a priest_n 58_o nature_n what_o it_o be_v 13_o nature_n of_o man_n first_o infect_v now_o infect_v 25_o anatolia_n describe_v 325._o now_o call_v turkey_n ibid._n nail_n long_a in_o china_n 469._o account_v a_o gentlemanlike_a sign_n ibid._n navigation_n of_o the_o ancient_n 684._o the_o first_o inventor_n of_o navigation_n 82_o naugracot_n suppose_v the_o high_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n 35_o nazareth_n 90_o nazarite_n 133_o nazarean_o jewish_a sectary_n 133_o necromancy_n 369_o neerda_n and_o nisibis_fw-la 63_o negapatan_n the_o situation_n and_o description_n thereof_o 557._o &_o seq_fw-la the_o bloody_a and_o beastly_a rite_n there_o ibid._n negro_n a_o description_n of_o the_o land_n of_o negro_n 709_o &_o sequitur_fw-la whence_o call_v the_o land_n of_o negro_n 709._o many_o nation_n 711._o strange_a kind_n of_o negro_n 712._o 713._o the_o cause_n of_o the_o negro_n blackness_n 721._o 722._o their_o coast_n and_o inland_a country_n 721._o &_o sequitur_fw-la negro_n slave_n make_v king_n of_o egypt_n and_o syria_n 1037_o neriglossoorus_n 62_o neru_n and_o the_o rite_n there_o 605_o nero_n his_o superstition_n 69_o nestorian_n in_o cathaya_n their_o rite_n 404_o 409._o in_o ergimul_fw-la 416._o in_o egrigaia_n and_o tenduc_n 429._o 430._o at_o quinsay_n 442._o 443_o nethanim_n or_o gibeonite_n 123_o new_a moon_n vide_fw-la moon_n new_a year_n day_n of_o the_o jew_n 107._o 196._o their_o dream_n of_o that_o day_n 197_o new_a year_n day_n of_o the_o chinois_n 463_o newbery_n travel_n 579._o 580_o new_a granada_n 816_o new_a world_n why_o call_v america_n and_o west_n indies_n 791_o new_a england_n 829._o 830_o new_a wales_n 830_o new_a britain_n 829_o new-land_n of_o king_n james_n 814_o 815._o &_o seq_fw-la new_a france_n 823._o 824._o late_o plantation_n of_o new_a france_n 825._o 826._o &_o seq_n new_a mexico_n 855_o new_a spain_n 858_o &_o seq_n newfoundland_n 821._o &_o sequitur_fw-la diverse_a voyage_n thither_o 822._o plantation_n there_o by_o the_o english_a 822._o 823._o &_o seq_n nicaragua_n describe_v and_o how_o situate_a 887._o their_o book_n sacrifice_n priest_n procession_n confessor_n ibid._n their_o feast_n marriage_n punishment_n lake_n and_o riches_n 888_o nicaraguas_n question_n 889_o nicostrata_n author_n of_o the_o latin_a letter_n 82_o nififa_n in_o barbary_n 700_o nigritarum_fw-la terra_fw-la 709_o niger_n his_o course_n 709._o 710._o &_o sequitur_fw-la niguas_fw-es little_a worm_n great_a trouble_n 818_o nilus_n river_n a_o large_a discourse_n thereof_o 627._o &_o sequitur_fw-la the_o cause_n and_o time_n of_o the_o overflow_a 628._o the_o shallowness_n in_o some_o place_n ibidem_fw-la the_o fall_v thereof_o 727._o 740._o stay_v by_o the_o prete_n 731._o the_o spring_n of_o nilus_n 740_o nilus_n divert_v 1042_o nimrod_n 37._o 44._o a_o tyrant_n 45_o author_n of_o idolatry_n 45._o 46_o ninias_n suppose_v amraphel_n 61_o ninive_n build_v 45._o take_a by_o arbaces_n the_o mede_n 61._o by_o cyaxares_n 66._o describe_v 65._o who_o build_v it_o ibidem_fw-la the_o ruin_n thereof_o 138_o ninus_n first_o deifier_n of_o his_o father_n belus_n 46._o his_o history_n examine_v 65._o his_o exploit_n 65._o 66_o his_o sepulchre_n ibid._n nine_o a_o