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926_o chederles_n the_o turkish_a conceit_n of_o he_o 318._o relic_n of_o his_o horse_n shoe_n use_v against_o disease_n ibid._n chemmis_n so_o call_v of_o cham_n 37_o 631_o chemosh_n a_o idol_n 85_o cherry_n island_n 816._o 817_o chia_n a_o drink_n 263_o chica_n a_o country_n 468._o a_o drink_n 947_o child_n which_o suck_n 12._o year_n 318._o sale_n and_o murder_n of_o child_n 469_o childbirth_n strange_a rite_n observe_v by_o the_o tibareni_n 400._o a_o order_n in_o brasill_n for_o the_o man_n to_o lie_v in_o when_o his_o wife_n be_v deliver_v 918_o 919._o childbirth_n rite_n in_o cardandan_n 430._o other_o rite_n in_o india_n 482._o in_o guinea_n 717._o rite_n of_o the_o jag_n 772._o in_o guiana_n 900_o chili_n whence_o so_o call_v 926._o the_o description_n thereof_o ibid._n chimia_fw-it limia_n simia_fw-la three_o science_n in_o tanguth_n 428._o 429_o china_n whither_o cathaia_n 409._o 410_o 411._o ben._n go_v his_o long_a and_o dangerous_a journey_n from_o lahor_n to_o china_n 413._o 414._o the_o name_n of_o china_n 435._o the_o name_n which_o they_o give_v it_o themselves_o 436_o the_o province_n city_n shire_n town_n hamlet_n castle_n and_o situation_n thereof_o ibid._n the_o number_n of_o tributary_n ibid._n the_o inhabitant_n and_o natural_a commodity_n 436._o 437._o map_n of_o china_n ibid._n the_o commodiousness_n and_o store_n of_o ship_n and_o river_n 437._o 438._o the_o beauty_n and_o form_n of_o their_o city_n 439_o of_o canton_n nanquin_n pequin_n city_n of_o china_n ibid._n of_o sucen_n and_o hamceu_fw-fr most_o admirable_a 440._o a_o discourse_n of_o quinsay_n the_o most_o admirable_a of_o the_o world_n 441._o 442._o season_n there_o ibid._n the_o inhabitant_n of_o china_n their_o person_n attire_n name_n and_o surname_n 443._o 444._o their_o seal_n game_n complemental_a salutation_n and_o entertainment_n ibidem_fw-la their_o building_n print_v porcelain_n paint_v music_n ink_n fan_n and_o use_v of_o they_o 445_o 446._o their_o language_n all_o monosyllable_n language_n two_o fold_n and_o equivocation_n 446._o 467_o their_o manner_n of_o writing_n and_o philosophy_n 447._o their_o want_n of_o natural_a philosophy_n ibidem_fw-la their_o astrology_n and_o physic_n 447._o 448._o their_o ethic_n and_o politics_n 449._o their_o degree_n in_o school_n &_o manner_n of_o attain_v they_o 449._o 450._o military_a degree_n 450._o 451._o the_o kingdom_n found_v by_o humuu_n 451._o his_o constitution_n their_o king_n revenue_n ibid._n the_o king_n his_o retiredness_n marriage_n arm_n court_n colour_n posterity_n ibid._n &_o sequitur_fw-la the_o manner_n of_o petition_v 452._o of_o pay_v his_o revenue_n eunuch_n and_o palace_n 452._o 453._o their_o court_n or_o tribunal_n 454._o the_o diversity_n of_o magistrate_n 454._o 455_o the_o manner_n of_o proceed_v at_o their_o royal_a city_n and_o in_o the_o province_n 455._o 456._o nine_o order_n of_o their_o magistrate_n and_o their_o stipend_n ibidem_fw-la their_o habit_n and_o ensign_n 457._o their_o military_a man_n and_o weapon_n 456._o the_o king_n can_v alter_v the_o custom_n nor_o any_o bear_v one_o office_n above_o three_o year_n or_o at_o all_o in_o his_o own_o country_n ibidem_fw-la what_o nobility_n in_o china_n 458._o extraordinary_a commission_n ibid._n ordinary_a compliment_n of_o refuse_v and_o inordinate_a tyranny_n 458._o 459._o their_o cave_n prison_n punishment_n of_o thief_n ibid._n inundation_n and_o earthquake_n ibid._n a_o catalogue_n of_o their_o king_n 459._o 460._o vanlia_n the_o present_a king_n ibidem_fw-la of_o king_n farfur_n ibidem_fw-la strange_a story_n of_o beast_n in_o a_o monastery_n 460._o worship_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o their_o other_o god_n 461_o 462._o their_o three_o sect_n 462._o opinion_n and_o rite_n of_o the_o confutian_a sect_n 462._o 463._o opinion_n &_o rite_n of_o the_o sect_n sciequia_fw-la 463_o 464._o of_o the_o sect_n lausu_n 464_o 465._o their_o priest_n secular_a and_o religious_a and_o nun_n 456._o 466_o their_o almanac_n and_o manifold_a divination_n 466._o 467._o their_o lot_n and_o god-bearing_a 467._o their_o curious_a art_n of_o alchemy_n and_o procure_v long_a life_n ibid._n their_o respect_n to_o the_o sun_n and_o eclipse_n 468._o their_o marriage_n with_o who_o and_o how_o solemnize_v 468_o 469._o sale_n and_o murder_n of_o their_o child_n ibidem_fw-la their_o gelding_n their_o infant_n contempt_n of_o stranger_n pride_n and_o other_o vice_n 469_o 470._o erroneous_a opinion_n ibidem_fw-la their_o temple_n dedicate_v to_o man_n and_o idol_n with_o the_o rite_n thereof_o 470._o 471._o monastery_n ibid._n their_o funeral_n ceremony_n 472_o 473._o their_o monument_n epitaph_n and_o curiosity_n 474._o 475_o religious_a time_n and_o firework_n solemnity_n ibid._n stranger_n and_o foreign_a religion_n in_o china_n 475_o 476._o scruple_n about_o their_o ingress_n and_o egress_n ibidem_fw-la how_o the_o jesuit_n enter_v 475._o jew_n mahometans_n and_o christian_n there_o ibid._n chinois_n how_o hate_v in_o japon_n 476_o chinkius_n can_n founder_n of_o the_o great_a empire_n under_o the_o sun_n 379_o choaspes_n a_o river_n chobat_fw-la of_o the_o arabian_n 264_o chocanada_n a_o idol_n 560_o chosroes_n his_o act_n 215._o his_o death_n ibid._n christ_n very_a god_n 3._o manifest_v in_o the_o flesh_n 4._o not_o by_o generation_n 26._o the_o second_o adam_n 27_o when_o he_o suffer_v 106._o his_o paschall_n rite_n 110._o 111._o false_a christ_n and_o seduce_a prophet_n 143._o 144._o the_o history_n of_o christ_n prove_v by_o the_o jewish_a author_n 163._o his_o miracle_n disgrace_v 164._o the_o mahometan_a opinion_n of_o he_o 251._o 252_o christ_n and_o christian_n odious_a name_n to_o the_o indian_n by_o spanish_a insolence_n 962._o 963_o christian_a religion_n what_o proportion_n it_o hold_v with_o other_o religion_n 964._o saint_n thomas_n christian_n 736._o 737_o christian_n in_o palaestina_n 214._o chase_v thence_o by_o saracen_n 215._o 216_o their_o recover_n 217._o their_o unchristian_a course_n there_o 222_o the_o misery_n of_o christian_n under_o the_o turk_n 322._o 323._o &_o seq_n in_o egypt_n 658._o 659_o chronology_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n 59_o 60._o &_o sequitur_fw-la of_o the_o eastern_a nation_n 51._o 52._o 53._o of_o the_o jew_n 138._o 139._o &_o seq_n mahometans_n 273._o persian_n 367._o of_o the_o tartar_n 407._o of_o the_o chinois_n 452._o of_o the_o egyptian_n 660._o &_o seq_fw-la of_o the_o mexican_n 879_o chubar_fw-la chobar_n or_o chabar_fw-la 166_o church_n true_o catholic_a in_o the_o posterity_n of_o seth_n 29_o chusor_n a_o great_a magician_n 77_o cidambaran_n why_o so_o call_v 561_o cilicia_n how_o situate_a and_o the_o present_a state_n thereof_o 341._o subdue_v to_o the_o turk_n 343._o their_o ancient_a rite_n 342._o 343_o cimmerian_a darkness_n 576._o whence_o this_o proverb_n ibid._n cimmerij_fw-la or_o cimbri_n 576_o cingis_n chan_n first_o emperor_n of_o the_o tartar_n 402._o his_o generation_n and_o first_o proceed_n 403._o his_o four_o son_n 403._o 404_o 405_o cinaloa_n the_o description_n thereof_o 855._o their_o marriage_n rite_n knighthood_n adoption_n dice_v funeral_n 856_o cinchiamfu_n a_o city_n of_o china_n 440_o cinnamon_n how_o grow_v 569_o cinnamon_n in_o arabia_n 226._o 227_o circassian_n and_o circassian_n country_n 348_o circumcision_n of_o moabite_n 86._o ammonite_n ibid._n proselyte_n 97._o jew_n 179._o 180._o 181._o arabian_n 227._o 228._o trogloditae_n 667._o at_o what_o age_n circumcise_v ibid._n circumcision_n of_o turk_n 311._o in_o china_n 475._o in_o guinea_n 716_o cittim_n a_o part_n of_o cilicia_n 37_o citor_n destroy_v 260_o civet_n 570_o cleobian_o and_o theobulian_n sect_n of_o the_o jew_n 135_o clove_n how_o grow_v 569._o 605_o coava_fw-la a_o great_a river_n in_o africa_n 774_o cobtini_n a_o mahometicall_a sect_n 275_o columbus_n discoverer_n of_o america_n 801._o his_o history_n 802._o 803_o his_o error_n coloss_n at_o rhodes_n 584_o coloss_n of_o semiramis_n 45._o in_o pegu_n 530._o zeilan_n 616._o in_o egypt_n 634_o colchis_n or_o mengrelia_n how_o situate_a 347._o their_o custom_n and_o present_a manner_n of_o live_v 347._o 348_o colombo_n a_o fortress_n of_o the_o portugal_n 618_o collen_n his_o great_a posterity_n 419_o cold_a and_o the_o strange_a effect_n of_o it_o 794_o college_n of_o the_o jew_n 99_o colophon_n the_o situation_n thereof_o 338_o colpia_n what_o it_o signify_v 77_o sir_n william_n cokayne_n 990_o cock_n crow_v the_o cause_n 157_o white_a and_o red_a cock_n jewish_a ceremony_n 197._o 198_o cock_n sacrifice_n in_o calcutta_n 550_o cock_n worship_v by_o the_o persian_n 136_o comana_n a_o city_n 327_o comania_n turcomania_n 334._o 335_o comori_fw-la cape_n in_o india_n 480_o combabus_fw-la his_fw-la device_n 68_o his_o statue_n ibid._n compass_n invent_v 44._o use_v in_o land_n travel_n 207._o 681_o con_n the_o conceit_n of_o he_o in_o peru_n 938_o conjugal_a duty_n observe_v by_o the_o jew_n 203_o conscience_n and_o the_o use_n thereof_o 26_o condore_n great_a fowl_n 564_o confession_n of_o jew_n 197._o 198_o confession_n of_o crime_n 597_o
the_o chalif_n die_v have_v enjoy_v that_o place_n four_o and_o twenty_o year_n three_o month_n he_o love_v learned_a man_n forbid_v wrong_n be_v eloquent_a and_o much_o in_o alm_n a_o note_n of_o the_o author_n parentage_n in_o the_o time_n of_o biamrilla_n one_o tijb_n a_o syrian_a merchant_n a_o christian_a come_v into_o egypt_n and_o abode_n at_o alcahir_n his_o son_n carwijn_n be_v a_o notary_n and_o follow_v the_o court_n get_v a_o son_n which_o he_o call_v abultijb_n which_o also_o prove_v a_o notary_n of_o note_n at_o elcahir_n and_o serve_v the_o arabic_a senate_n he_o have_v five_o son_n of_o which_o four_o be_v make_v bishop_n but_o abulmecarim_n the_o young_a delight_v in_o husbandry_n and_o breed_n of_o cattle_n and_o have_v above_o a_o thousand_o hive_n of_o bee_n he_o marry_v the_o sister_n of_o simeon_n a_o notary_n which_o serve_v joseph_n saladine_n anno_fw-la 569._o and_o after_o betake_v he_o to_o a_o monastery_n in_o the_o mid_n whereof_o he_o enclose_v himself_o in_o a_o place_n which_o he_o have_v build_v and_o therein_o live_v above_o thirty_o year_n macarim_n have_v three_o son_n the_o second_o of_o which_o abuliaser_n elamid_n be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o chronicle_n writer_n macarem_n succeed_v simeon_n when_o he_o become_v a_o eremite_n in_o his_o notary_n place_n in_o the_o court_n under_o king_n abubecr_n elaadil_n seiffuddin_n son_n of_o job_n and_o die_v anno_fw-la 636_o god_n rest_n all_o their_o soul_n a_o continuation_n of_o the_o former_a story_n out_o of_o mirkond_n the_o persian_a and_o abraham_n zacuth_n a_o jew_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chalifa_n in_o mustafir_n time_n bagdad_n be_v ruin_v by_o the_o overflow_a of_o tigris_n whereupon_o it_o be_v remove_v and_o new_o build_v on_o the_o east_n side_n of_o the_o river_n murky_a where_o it_o stand_v more_o commodious_o than_o before_o it_o be_v remarkable_a of_o five_o and_o twenty_o caliph_n since_o the_o foundation_n that_o none_o die_v therein_o the_o astrologer_n have_v threaten_v say_v zacuth_n zac._n a_o flood_n next_o to_o that_o of_o noah_n then_o say_v one_o of_o they_o there_o be_v seven_o planet_n in_o conjunction_n with_o piscis_fw-la now_o but_o six_o whereupon_o they_o fear_v the_o low_a situation_n of_o bagdad_n and_o stop_v the_o water-passage_n also_o the_o ismaelite_n which_o go_v on_o pilgrimage_n on_o devotion_n to_o their_o sanctuary_n be_v most_o of_o they_o drown_v the_o chalifa_n honour_v that_o astrologer_n with_o royal_a vest_n toledo_n sicilia_n and_o some_o city_n of_o africa_n be_v recover_v from_o the_o saracen_n by_o the_o christian_n mustcali_n king_n of_o egypt_n die_v elamir_n bahachan_n five_o year_n old_a succeed_v aphtzala_n the_o visir_n govern_v musterasched_n son_n of_o mustetaher_n succeed_v his_o father_n in_o the_o chalifate_n anno_fw-la hegira_n 512._o he_o make_v war_n with_o masud_n salivaui_fw-la king_n of_o korasan_n 50._o and_o be_v by_o he_o take_v and_o slay_v an._n 529._o raschid_n or_o rach_v 51._o succeed_v in_o the_o chalifate_n quarrel_n and_o success_n masud_n come_v to_o bagdad_n and_o make_v almoctafy_n billa_z chalifa_n 52._o who_o after_o masud_n death_n war_v on_o the_o persian_a province_n where_o he_o recover_v much_o with_o little_a labour_n noradin_n get_v halep_n and_o the_o part_n adjoin_v on_o antioch_n elaphit_n succeed_v elamir_n his_o father_n in_o egypt_n after_o he_o ettaphar_n who_o be_v slay_v elphais_n a_o child_n of_o five_o year_n who_o the_o wisir_n enthronize_v noradin_n take_v damascus_n an._n 552._o great_a earthquake_n in_o syria_n an._n 554._o great_a inundation_n at_o bagdad_n and_o other_o city_n anno_fw-la 555._o muktaphi_fw-la the_o chalifa_n die_v mustenege_n 53._o or_o almostanget_n billa_z issuf_n his_o son_n succeed_v elphaiz_n king_n of_o egypt_n die_v and_o his_o son_n etzar_n ledin_fw-mi illuhi_fw-mi last_v of_o the_o phetinaeans_n succeed_v asareddin_n schirachocz_n succeed_v one_o of_o the_o curdi_n noradin_n send_v his_o wisir_n and_o subdue_v egypt_n yet_o jusuph_n asar_n eddius_n brother_n son_n be_v constitute_v king_n of_o egypt_n by_o the_o chalifa_n baharon_n succeed_v masud_n in_o korasan_n a_o learned_a man_n which_o write_v book_n in_o philosophy_n he_o be_v martial_a also_o and_o make_v some_o erterprise_n in_o india_n and_o persia_n kozrao_n his_o son_n follow_v but_o by_o reason_n of_o some_o broil_n go_v to_o lahor_n in_o india_n and_o there_o die_v anno_fw-la 555._o his_o son_n kozrao_n melic_n succeed_v in_o lahor_n 54._o in_o he_o the_o sabutiquis_n end_v anno_fw-la 563._o the_o chalipha_n die_v suffocate_v in_o a_o bath_n anno_fw-la 566._o his_o son_n mustetzi_n succeed_v in_o who_o time_n the_o chaliphas_n of_o bagdad_n be_v restore_v in_o egypt_n which_o the_o phetimaeans_n have_v before_o abolish_v he_o die_v 55._o anno_fw-la 575._o natzar_n his_o son_n succeed_v saladine_n recover_v jerusalem_n a._n hegira_n 586._o and_o conquer_v all_o the_o city_n of_o mesopotamia_n to_o nisibis_n he_o 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