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black_a moor_n and_o how_o uaschus_n come_v to_o the_o top_n of_o the_o mountain_n where_o geve_a thanks_n to_o god_n he_o behold_v the_o new_a south_n ocean_n never_o before_o see_v nor_o know_v to_o man_n of_o hour_n world_n how_o uaschus_n put_v king_n chiape_v to_o flight_n and_o after_o make_v a_o league_n of_o frendeshyppe_n with_o he_o and_o how_o the_o king_n give_v he_o four_o hundred_v pound_n weyght_o of_o wrought_a gold_n how_o king_n coquera_n be_v put_v to_o fâ—yght_v who_o also_o be_v receive_v to_o frendeshyppe_n give_v uaschus_n syxe_n hundred_o and_o fifty_o pound_n weyght_n of_o wrought_a gold_n of_o the_o gulf_n cawled_a sinus_n s._n michaelis_n be_v full_a of_o inhabit_a island_n and_o of_o the_o manly_a courage_n and_o godly_a zeal_n of_o uaschus_n also_o of_o the_o rise_v and_o faul_v of_o the_o south_n sea_n how_o king_n tumaccus_n be_v dryven_v to_o flight_n and_o afterward_o reconcile_v give_v uaschus_n vi_o hundred_o and_o xiiii_o peso_n of_o gold_n and_o 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fol._n 113._o ¶_o the_o navigation_n of_o petrus_n arias_n from_o spain_n to_o hispaniola_n and_o dariena_n and_o of_o the_o island_n of_o canary_n also_o of_o the_o island_n of_o madanino_n guadalupea_n and_o gatanâ—a_n of_o the_o sea_n of_o herb_n and_o mountain_n cover_v with_o snow_n also_o of_o the_o swift_a course_n of_o the_o sea_n toward_o the_o west_n of_o the_o ryver_n gaira_n the_o region_n caramairi_n and_o the_o port_n carthago_n and_o sancta_fw-la martha_n also_o of_o americus_n uesputius_n and_o his_o expert_a cunning_a in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o card_n compass_n and_o quadrant_a how_o the_o canibales_n assail_v petrus_n arias_n with_o his_o hole_n navy_n and_o shoot_v of_o their_o venomous_a arrow_n even_o in_o the_o sea_n also_o of_o their_o house_n and_o household_n stuff_n how_o gonzalus_n quiedus_fw-la find_v a_o saphire_n big_a than_o a_o goose_n egg_n also_o emerald_n calcidony_n jasper_n and_o amber_n of_o the_o mountain_n of_o wood_n of_o brasile_a tree_n 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