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in_o upon_o his_o territory_n and_o in_o like_a manner_n maximilian_n the_o first_o trust_v too_o much_o to_o the_o truce_n agree_v upon_o betwixt_o he_o and_o the_o turk_n and_o thereupon_o lay_v down_o his_o arm_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o ruin_n of_o very_a many_o christian_n and_o thus_o have_v we_o discourse_v of_o these_o particular_n as_o copious_o as_o we_o think_v be_v fit_a to_o be_v commit_v to_o paper_n but_o as_o for_o the_o rest_n of_o those_o more_o secret_a particular_n and_o which_o be_v more_o worthy_a of_o observation_n i_o shall_v reserve_v they_o till_o some_o other_o time_n when_o it_o shall_v please_v his_o majesty_n to_o admit_v i_o to_o his_o presence_n and_o shall_v give_v i_o audience_n concern_v the_o same_o however_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n those_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v here_o propose_v be_v not_o to_o be_v omit_v for_o unless_o by_o these_o mean_v here_o set_v down_o the_o people_n good_a affection_n towards_o their_o king_n be_v stir_v up_o and_o cherish_v his_o dominion_n in_o those_o part_n will_v prove_v to_o be_v but_o like_o a_o plant_n without_o any_o root_n for_o as_o every_o the_o least_o storm_n will_v be_v apt_a to_o overturn_v a_o tree_n that_o have_v no_o firm_a root_n in_o the_o ground_n in_o like_a manner_n will_v every_o the_o least_o occasion_n offer_v alienate_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o subject_n from_o their_o prince_n where_o they_o be_v but_o ill_o affect_v to_o he_o before_o and_o will_v take_v they_o off_o from_o their_o allegiance_n to_o their_o natural_a prince_n and_o be_v thenceforth_o hurry_v about_o by_o fortune_n they_o will_v one_o while_n adhere_v to_o one_o and_o by_o and_o by_o again_o to_o another_o and_o hence_o arise_v all_o the_o mutation_n that_o we_o see_v in_o kingdom_n and_o state_n a_o most_o evident_a example_n whereof_o we_o have_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o france_n chap._n xxviii_o of_o africa_n the_o turk_n possess_v in_o africa_n all_o egypt_n algiers_n and_o tunis_n the_o kiâ—gdome_n of_o fâ—z_n have_v a_o peculiar_a king_n of_o its_o own_o who_o notwithstanding_o may_v very_o easy_o be_v cast_v out_o of_o his_o throne_n because_o that_o mahumetanisme_n in_o those_o part_n be_v divide_v into_o above_o sixty_o several_a sect_n the_o rest_n of_o the_o king_n in_o africa_n have_v but_o very_o small_a dominion_n except_o only_o the_o king_n of_o the_o abyssine_n who_o be_v common_o call_v prester_n john_n and_o have_v above_o fifty_o small_a kingdom_n under_o he_o this_o king_n of_o the_o abyssine_n be_v a_o christian_n although_o he_o do_v not_o profess_v the_o pure_a catholic_n religion_n it_o be_v necessary_a therefore_o that_o force_n shall_v be_v bring_v over_o thence_o into_o spain_n see_v that_o the_o passage_n to_o and_o fro_o be_v very_o easy_a for_o our_o