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the_o south_n side_n it_o have_v the_o alani_n the_o circassi_n the_o gazari_n greece_n and_o constantinople_n also_o the_o land_n of_o iberia_n the_o cathe_n the_o brutache_n who_o be_v say_v to_o be_v jew_n shave_v their_o head_n all_o over_o the_o land_n also_o of_o scythia_n of_o georgia_n of_o armenia_n of_o turkey_n on_o the_o west_n side_n it_o have_v hungaria_n and_o russia_n also_o comania_n be_v a_o most_o large_a and_o long_a country_n the_o inhabitant_n whereof_o call_v comani_fw-la the_o tartar_n slay_v some_o notwithstanding_o flee_v from_o they_o and_o the_o rest_n be_v subdue_v under_o their_o bondage_n but_o most_o of_o they_o that_o flee_v be_v return_v again_o afterward_o we_o enter_v the_o land_n of_o the_o kangitâ—ae_n kangittae_n which_o in_o many_o place_n have_v great_a scarcetie_n of_o water_n wherein_o there_o be_v but_o few_o inhabitant_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o foresay_a defect_n of_o water_n for_o this_o cause_n diverse_a of_o the_o servant_n of_o 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kangittae_n we_o enter_v into_o the_o country_n of_o y_fw-es e_fw-es bisermini_fw-la bisermini_fw-la who_o speak_v the_o language_n of_o comania_n but_o observe_v the_o law_n of_o the_o saracen_n in_o this_o country_n we_o find_v innumerable_a city_n with_o castle_n ruin_v &_o many_o town_n leave_v desolate_a the_o lord_n of_o this_o country_n be_v call_v sultan_n altâ—_n mountain_n who_o with_o all_o his_o progeny_n be_v destroy_v by_o the_o tartar_n this_o country_n have_v most_o huge_a mountain_n on_o the_o south_n side_n it_o have_v jerusalem_n and_o baldach_n and_o all_o the_o whole_a country_n of_o the_o saracen_n in_o the_o next_o territory_n adjoin_v do_v inhabit_v two_o carnal_a brother_n duke_n of_o the_o tartar_n namely_o burin_n and_o cadan_n cadan_n the_o son_n of_o thyaday_n who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o chingis_n can._n on_o the_o north_n side_n thereof_o it_o have_v the_o land_n of_o the_o black_a kythayans_n and_o the_o ocean_n in_o the_o same_o country_n syban_n the_o 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