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deliver_v up_o some_o to_o the_o right_a owner_n yet_o those_o of_o most_o strength_n and_o importance_n the_o state_n have_v keep_v ever_o since_o pretend_v they_o keep_v they_o for_o the_o owner_n but_o in_o regard_n that_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n be_v so_o potent_a a_o prince_n that_o the_o duke_n be_v not_o able_a to_o defend_v themselves_o against_o he_o and_o in_o case_n he_o shall_v take_v they_o he_o will_v much_o endanger_v their_o dominion_n therefore_o for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o duke_n and_o themselves_o they_o do_v not_o think_v it_o convenient_a to_o part_v with_o they_o finis_fw-la the_o table_n of_o the_o several_a place_n describe_v in_o this_o book_n a_o alkmaer_n 8_o assenburg_n 18_o amsterdam_n 10_o avenhoome_n 22_o arnemuyden_n 61_o amelandt_n 74_o amersfort_n 77_o altena_n 66_o abcoude_n 90_o almeto_fw-la 86_o arnhem_n 98_o aha_o 106_o ardenburg_n 121_o axelle_fw-fr 123_o aldersconce_v ibid._n artois_n 4_o b_o bredenrood_n 18_o 52_o boumers-kerspel_a 21_o broeckhaven_n ibid._n birth_n 22_o berchont_n 22_o banejert_n 22_o betlem_n 22_o bemster_n 26_o brill_n 55_o beverwick_n 18_o 57_o bursute_n 63_o beverland_n 63_o browershaven_n 66_o bildt_n 75_o bolswaerdt_n 71_o brederode_n blockerziel_n berch_n 72_o betewe_n 90_o bomel_n 93_o buren_n 29_o battenburg_n 100_o bronckhorst_n 103_o bredefort_n 104_o berchel_n 89_o burgh_n 105_o bergen-op-zoome_a 109_o breda_n 111_o bosch_n 116_o boisleduke_n 116_o beck-of_a 123_o bruges_n 121_o becholdt_n bieruliet_n 124_o borontungh_n 125_o bellinger-wolderzyel_a 125_o burick_n 128_o brabant_n 4_o c_o croeswich_n catwick_n 42_o cronestein_n camp_n veer_v 62_o cortgreen_a cat_n campen_n 84_o catten-dyke_n 64_o cloetingen_n ibid._n cruyningen_n ib._n capelle_n ib._n coewarden_n 87_o cleuland_n creveceur_fw-fr 91_o 118_o creytenberck_n 96_o culemburgh_n 98_o cluyndert_fw-ge 119_o cadsant_n 121_o crab-sconce_n 123_o compenland_n 117_o d_o dort_n or_o dordrecht_n 27_o delf-haven_n 30_o delfe_n 45_o douland_n 67_o st._n martin_n dike_n 67_o deventer_n 82_o dendermond_n dockum_n 73_o doesburgh_n delden_n 86_o drow_v 82_o dortecum_fw-la 103_o doesburg_n 103_o dam_n 106_o delfziel_n 109_o dirst_n 114_o dennere_fw-la 28_o douge_v 50_o donas-sconce_n 124_o e_o ems_n 3_o enchuysen_n 19_o edam_fw-la 22_o egmond_n 52_o emclisse_n enschede_v 85_o erckelam_fw-la 96_o eycheren_n 113_o escault_n emmerick_n 128_o f_o forest_n 18_o flushing_n 60_o franiker_n 70_o west-friesland_n 68_o frederick_n sconce_n 124_o flanders_n 4_o fevelingo_n 108_o ferneuse_fw-fr 122_o g_o goeland_n grotenbroeck_n 21_o graft_n 26_o gorcham_n 29_o goude_n 32_o gaw_n 2_o gertrudenburgh_n 47_o 114_o geruliet_n 56_o goeree_n 58_o go_v 64_o groningen_n 106_o gaurede_n 55_o geoninge_n 106_o gheeismuyden_n 88_o gelderland_n 89_o ghent_n 95_o gelder_n 97_o groll_n 104_o grave_n 115_o gulick_n h_n holland_n 6_o harlem_n 14_o heimskeirk_n 18_o heemsteed_o 18_o heligen_n hogcherspel_n 21_o hem_v 21_o horn_n 21_o hubixwon_n 22_o hauvoant_n 22_o honingen_n heusden_n 44_o hemert_n hontslardick_n 51_o hulst_n 57_o hoggersdike_n harlingen_n 69_o hindelopen_fw-la 69_o hassel_n 86_o hardenburgh_n 89_o heselburgh_n 86_o haerwarden_n 95_o hardenwick_n 99_o hattum_n 98_o heremburgh_n 103_o huneso_fw-mi 106_o haeghstrate_v 114_o hertogen-bosch_n 116_o heyden_n 120_o haseschant-see_a hottle_n hinisnig_n 108_o hainalt_n 4_o heligon_n hague_n 49_o hoolstead_n 121_o haseschant-zee_a 121_o i_o il_v 71_o iselsteyn_v 34_o isselmond_n 82_o st._n job_n sconce_v 124_o k_o keeweick_n 18_o knotsenburg_n kessel_n 96_o keppel_n 105_o key_n church_n 106_o kempen_n 117_o kempenland_n 117_o l_o leck_n 2_o lis_n or_o ley_n 4_o 18_o lattlebrock_n 21_o leyden_n 34_o lam_n leyderdrope_n 42_o leinsteine_n 29_o leerdam_n 44_o losdum_fw-la 46_o lordsendam_fw-la 46_o lewarden_n 72_o lingen_n 30_o laochem_n 103_o loetrout_n 113_o lillo_n 119_o liefskenhook_n 119_o 122_o lyppe_n 127_o limburg_n 4_o luxemburg_n 4_o lysfesdman_n 32_o m_n maes_n 3_o meresteen_n 18_o medenblick_a 24_o monickendam_fw-la 25_o maden_n 26_o merew_n 27_o mewze_n 28_o maestricht_n 116_o montfort_n 77_o st._n martin_n dike_n 67_o macum_n 72_o meppel_n 98_o middeter_n 97_o montford_n 100_o merck_n meuxem_n 113_o motengracht_n 114_o maesland_n 117_o meghen_fw-mi ibid._n mausauluis_fw-it 48_o middleburgh_n 59_o mastubrouck_n 88_o meâ—â—ck_n 111_o n_o naerden_n 18_o nortuic_n 42_o nimmegen_n 91_o nyeustadt_n 96_o namur_n 4_o o_o ovdendick_n 75_o ostblocker_n 22_o ouderschye_n 58_o oudewater_n 33_o oestgeest_fw-la 42_o ostergoe_v 72_o overyssel_n 82_o oldenze_n 86_o otmarsum_fw-la 86_o ommen_n 105_o ommelands_n 105_o old-haven_n 106_o osterhout_n 123_o oestmael_n 113_o osterwick_n 117_o osburg_n 121_o oeslutirt_n 123_o oly-sconce_n 123_o p_o polenburgh_n 18_o purmermeer_n 23_o purmerent_a 25_o purmersea_n ibid._n st._n philips_n dike_n 124_o pierschille_n 55_o peeland_n 117_o plassendate-sconce_n 124_o r_n rhene_n 2_o rypp_n 26_o rotterdam_n 30_o rinsburg_n 42_o ramsburg_n 48_o rijsuick_a 52_o ram_n 61_o rammeken_n 62_o romerswal_n 63_o 10_o rhenen_n 76_o regg_n ruermond_n 96_o rosindale_n ravestein_n 117_o rogheville_n rhinbergh_n 125_o rees_n 128_o s_n scelt_v 3_o scayn_n 9_o swaech_v 22_o schermer_n 26_o swyndrecht_n scheidam_n 47_o schoon-hoven_a 33_o soutervode_n 42_o schir_n schevel_v scage_n 57_o salinglye_o staveren_a 70_o sloten_n 71_o snelk_n 71_o seven-wolden_a 74_o schellink_n 74_o somerdike_n 55_o scowen_v 65_o swoll_n 84_o stenwick_n 86_o straten_v straet_n 97_o shalen_n schaytendype_n 106_o s'_fw-fr hertoghenbosch_n 116_o steenburgh_n 118_o steenbergen_n 118_o schotem_fw-la 113_o sandberg_n 114_o sevenburgh_n 118_o sluice_n 124_o sas_n 95_o spitsbroeck-sconce_n 123_o stat-sconce_n 123_o sparr_n 15_o t_o tassam_n 19_o tergoe_v 64_o tolen_n 67_o 110_o tgo_v 82_o tiel_n 92_o trelweerd_v 51_o terthole_n 83_o tettering_n 114_o ter-heyden_n 52_o touront_n 121_o torneuse_n 122_o triest-fort_n 124_o texel_n 56_o tetter-sconce_n 123_o five_o velsen_n 18_o venhuysen_n 21_o vecte_v valkenburg_n 42_o viane_n 44_o voorburg_n 46_o vlarding_n 48_o vlack_a veer_v 62_o vtrecht_n 75_o vierengen_n 56_o vidre_n valenhoven_n 88_o veluwe_n 90_o voorn_v 55_o venlo_n 96_o vucht_v 96_o vijfluyce_n 114_o w_n wael_n woggenom_n wormer_n 26_o woerden_n 48_o wassenare_n 42_o warmont_n 42_o woorschoten_n 43_o worcom_n 48_o wonde_n 57_o we_o will_v 48_o wolferdike_n 123_o 65_o wyckt_a duyrsted_n 76_o west-friesland_n 68_o westergoe_v 69_o wachtendonck_n 96_o 100_o wageninghen_n 98_o willemstadt_a 118_o waes_n 10_o young_a yedam_n 22_o ysselstein_n 34_o ysselmond_n ysselland_n 82_o ysendyck_n 122_o yssel_n 3_o z_o zvyder-see_a zijp_n 26_o zealand_n 57_o zeeburg_n 62_o zyrick-zee_a 66_o zuychen_n zutphen_n 102_o zuidfen_n 101_o zeatskerke_n 64_o a_o catalogue_n of_o what_o thing_n be_v make_v and_o sell_v by_o william_n berry_n live_v at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o globe_n in_o the_o strand_n between_o york_n house_n and_o the_o new-exchange_n globe_n celestial_a and_o terrestrial_a of_o all_o size_n sphere_n according_a to_o ptolomean_n tychonean_a copernican_n systeme_n concave-hemisphears_a wherein_o be_v depict_v all_o the_o star_n and_o constellation_n of_o heaven_n and_o serve_v for_o a_o case_n for_o a_o terrestrial_a globe_n wherein_o be_v descibe_v all_o the_o country_n of_o the_o earth_n fit_a for_o the_o pocket-globe-dials_n a_o map_n of_o england_n four_o foot_n long_o three_o foot_n deep_a new_o correct_v by_o w._n berry_n a_o sheet-map_n of_o the_o 17_o province_n where_o the_o territory_n of_o each_o several_a prince_n or_o state_n concern_v be_v so_o distinguish_v with_o colour_n that_o the_o late_a conquest_n and_o present_a possession_n of_o each_o be_v legible_a without_o any_o labour_n a_o sheet-map_n of_o the_o seven_o unite_a province_n also_o all_o manner_n of_o large_a map_n or_o sheetmap_n whatsoever_o and_o all_o mathematical_a instrument_n be_v sell_v by_o the_o aforesaid_a william_n berry_n a_o map_n of_o the_o seven_o unite_a province_n