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the_o commandment_n of_o the_o patriarch_n in_o this_o kingdom_n there_o be_v many_o king_n but_o the_o principall_a of_o they_o be_v he_o of_o cochin_n and_o next_o unto_o he_o he_o of_o coulan_n &_o nigh_o unto_o they_o be_v many_o petty_a king_n as_o be_v he_o of_o mangate_n &_o cranganor_n and_o be_v all_o gentile_n although_o among_o they_o there_o be_v mix_v many_o moor_n there_o have_v be_v find_v in_o this_o kingdom_n certain_a jew_n that_o have_v go_v from_o palestina_n &_o those_o part_n there_o be_v in_o this_o country_n universal_o a_o law_n very_o strange_a and_o little_a hear_v of_o which_o be_v that_o the_o son_n do_v not_o inherit_v after_o their_o father_n but_o his_o brother_n son_n and_o the_o reason_n they_o give_v for_o the_o same_o be_v for_o y_z t_z they_o have_v no_o certainty_n of_o their_o child_n for_o that_o they_o have_v no_o wife_n proper_a nor_o appoint_v to_o themselves_o i_o promise_v you_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o their_o reason_n to_o be_v as_o 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