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appeaâ—â—_n more_o câ—eâ—ible_a so_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v pass_v by_o 〈…〉_o it_o be_v relate_v that_o before_o novogorod_n and_o the_o adâ—â—â—ent_a place_n be_v convert_v to_o the_o christian_a 〈◊〉_d these_o pagan_n use_v to_o sacrifice_n to_o a_o certain_a idol_n call_v perun_n or_o the_o god_n of_o fire_n perun_n signify_v in_o the_o muscovian_a language_n as_o much_o as_o fire_n this_o idol_n be_v represent_v with_o a_o thunderbolt_a in_o his_o hand_n near_o which_o be_v keep_v a_o constant_a fire_n of_o oak_n which_o be_v never_o to_o go_v out_o at_o the_o peril_n of_o their_o life_n who_o have_v the_o charge_n of_o it_o after_o the_o inhabitant_n have_v embrace_v christianity_n the_o idol_n be_v throw_v into_o the_o river_n its_o temple_n raze_v and_o this_o convent_n build_v on_o the_o same_o place_n where_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o idol_n stand_v before_o there_o be_v also_o in_o this_o province_n the_o city_n of_o ladoga_n situate_v on_o this_o side_n of_o the_o 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and_o fen_n that_o it_o be_v scarce_o accessible_a except_o in_o winter_n when_o the_o river_n and_o fen_n be_v freeze_v it_o be_v capital_a city_n be_v of_o the_o same_o name_n with_o the_o province_n beside_o which_o it_o have_v the_o city_n of_o stara_n russo_n glebowa_n and_o grodsesko_n the_o province_n of_o kargapol_n kargapol_n kargapol_n border_v upon_o this_o to_o the_o north-west_n have_v nothing_o remarkable_a but_o its_o capital_a city_n which_o have_v give_v the_o name_n to_o the_o province_n to_o the_o south-west_n of_o it_o be_v the_o dukedom_n of_o smolensko_n smolensko_n smolensko_n it_o border_n on_o the_o south_n upon_o the_o province_n of_o severia_n to_o the_o east_n upon_o muscovy_n proper_o so_o call_v on_o the_o west_n be_v lithuania_n and_o to_o the_o north_n the_o province_n of_o novogorod_n veliki_n and_o livonia_n it_o be_v capital_a city_n be_v likewise_o call_v smolensko_n have_v communicate_v its_o name_n to_o the_o province_n seat_v upon_o the_o river_n 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charge_n but_o both_o the_o people_n and_o soldier_n be_v so_o incense_v against_o he_o that_o every_o thing_n seem_v to_o tend_v to_o a_o general_a insurrection_n his_o head_n be_v in_o the_o year_n next_o follow_v cut_v off_o in_o the_o marketplace_n before_o the_o castle_n where_o also_o his_o son_n who_o have_v a_o considerable_a command_n under_o his_o father_n in_o the_o siege_n be_v strip_v stark_o naked_a and_o whip_v to_o death_n and_o the_o near_a of_o his_o relation_n banish_v into_o siberia_n notwithstanding_o this_o disgrace_n the_o successor_n of_o michael_n federovitz_n czar_n alexis_n michaelovitz_n take_v it_o from_o the_o pole_n by_o composition_n in_o the_o year_n 1654._o since_o which_o time_n the_o muscovite_n remain_v in_o possession_n of_o it_o beside_o the_o city_n of_o smolensko_n it_o have_v the_o city_n of_o prohobus_fw-la situate_v upon_o the_o nieper_n wâ—sma_n seat_v upon_o a_o river_n of_o the_o same_o name_n mosaysko_n and_o niewieltz_n
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