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odo_n the_o son_n after_o who_o there_o follow_v in_o order_n odo_n the_o thiâ—â—_n hugo_n the_o four_o robert_z the_o three_o hugo_n the_o five_o eudo_fw-la and_o philip_n who_o the_o dukedom_n of_o burgundy_n burgundiae_fw-la duca_n die_v without_o issue_n john_n king_n of_o france_n follow_v after_o he_o after_o who_o succeed_v philip_n his_o son_n surname_v the_o bold_a to_o who_o his_o father_n give_v the_o dukedom_n of_o burgundy_n john_n surname_v the_o stout_a succeed_v his_o father_n philip_n and_o after_o he_o philip_n the_o good_a or_o gentle_a his_o son_n and_o after_o succeed_v charles_n who_o in_o regard_n of_o his_o service_n in_o divers_a war_n be_v surname_v the_o warrior_n after_o who_o decease_n ludovick_n the_o 11._o possess_v all_o this_o country_n the_o metropolis_n or_o chief_a city_n of_o the_o dukedom_n be_v divienum_v which_o gregory_n turorensis_fw-la call_v divionum_fw-la citle_n and_o the_o french_a dijon_n divionis_n be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o builder_n 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mosatâ—kia_n bâ—elskia_n rescovia_n tweria_n pleskovia_n vodzka_n correllia_n bieleâ—zioro_n wolochda_n vstiuga_n jarosâ—avia_n rostow_n dwina_n susdali_n wrathka_n permia_n sibior_fw-la jugra_fw-mi petzora_n and_o novogrodia_n the_o great_a which_o they_o call_v novogrod_v wiâ—lki_n in_o which_o be_v a_o very_a great_a city_n of_o the_o same_o name_n big_a than_o rome_n itself_o petzora_n take_v its_o name_n from_o the_o river_n which_o the_o mountain_n and_o rock_n do_v hem_v in_o on_o both_o side_n there_o be_v spacious_a country_n which_o pay_v tribute_n to_o the_o great_a duke_n lie_v northward_o in_o a_o great_a space_n of_o land_n as_o obdora_n in_o which_o be_v the_o idol_n call_v zolota_n baba_n that_o 〈…〉_z golden_a old_a woman_n also_o condora_n lucomoria_n and_o lappia_n there_o be_v many_o great_a lake_n in_o moscovia_n 〈…〉_z as_o ilman_n or_o ilmer_n also_o ladoga_n and_o the_o white_a lake_n which_o the_o inhabitant_n call_v bieleâ—ezioro_n there_o be_v also_o many_o lane_n rivers_n 〈…〉_z as_o first_o borâ—sthenes_n or_o pripetus_n common_o call_v niop_a and_o nestâ—r_n oâ—_n by_o the_o addition_n of_o a_o letter_n dnieper_n &_o 〈…〉_z dnester_n second_o tuâ—â—â—tâ—â—_n which_o be_v that_o same_o with_o ptolemie_n which_o herbersterntus_n call_v rubo_fw-la but_o the_o inhabitant_n duina_n and_o oby_n three_o the_o river_n rha_n which_o ptolemie_n mention_n and_o be_v now_o call_v volga_n and_o edel._n there_o be_v in_o this_o country_n the_o river_n 〈…〉_z janais_n which_o the_o italian_n call_v tana_n the_o inhabitant_n don._n beside_o the_o river_n occa_fw-la and_o the_o lesser_a duina_n call_v likewise_o onega_n etc._n etc._n here_o be_v the_o moat_n hyperboret_n or_o riphaean_a mountain_n mention_v by_o pliny_n in_o his_o 4_o book_n chap._n 12._o and_o by_o mela_n in_o his_o 3_o book_n which_o be_v impassable_a 〈…〉_z because_o they_o be_v cover_v over_o with_o continual_a snow_n and_o ice_n the_o wood_n hercyma_n which_o isidorus_n call_v the_o 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any_o foreign_a prince_n the_o bishop_n be_v choose_v out_o of_o the_o friar_n as_o man_n of_o a_o sanctimonious_a and_o holy_a life_n there_o be_v many_o monastery_n of_o these_o friar_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o moscovia_n and_o yet_o all_o of_o the_o same_o habit_n and_o order_n of_o which_o they_o say_v that_o s._n basil_n be_v the_o first_o founder_n there_o be_v in_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n of_o moscovia_n eleven_o bishop_n which_o they_o call_v wladdicks_n that_o be_v in_o their_o language_n steward_n or_o dispenser_n they_o call_v their_o priest_n poppe_n or_o aâ—â—hipoppes_n 〈…〉_z the_o metropolitan_a bishop_n live_v in_o moscovia_n who_o be_v heretofore_o confirm_v by_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n but_o now_o be_v choose_v by_o the_o great_a duke_n only_o he_o be_v consecrate_v by_o two_o or_o three_o bishop_n and_o be_v displace_v at_o the_o king_n pleasure_n under_o this_o metropolitan_a be_v two_o archbishop_n the_o one_o at_o n
that_o whereas_o writer_n do_v only_o name_v other_o province_n of_o france_n and_o do_v not_o mention_v from_o whence_o the_o people_n of_o the_o city_n be_v so_o call_v here_o the_o contrary_n happen_v for_o caesar_n make_v mention_n of_o the_o lemovicians_n and_o their_o city_n and_o write_v that_o they_o be_v the_o first_o that_o yield_v unto_o he_o for_o they_o be_v lover_n of_o peace_n and_o hater_n of_o discord_n but_o after_o that_o the_o lemovicians_n have_v make_v a_o league_n with_o caesar_n they_o obey_v a_o prince_n who_o be_v join_v in_o confederacy_n with_o the_o roman_n to_o who_o they_o be_v subject_a until_o the_o goth_n do_v repel_v they_o and_o possess_v all_o aquitania_n they_o write_v that_o the_o frenchman_n afterward_o have_v drive_v out_o the_o goth_n do_v govern_v the_o lemovicians_n and_o do_v set_v earl_n and_o duke_n to_o rule_v over_o they_o the_o one_o to_o manage_v their_o battle_n the_o other_o to_o administer_v justice_n the_o most_o do_v divide_v 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sepulcher_n of_o many_o noble_a
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polinianus_n build_v a_o castle_n there_o for_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o coast_n juvenatum_fw-la or_o giuvenazzo_n be_v a_o episcopal_a city_n seat_v in_o a_o fertile_a soil_n marfette_v or_o as_o some_o write_v it_o morfitta_o or_o melfatta_n flourish_v with_o the_o title_n of_o a_o principality_n vigiliae_fw-la common_o call_v bisegli_n
which_o democritus_n the_o abderite_n use_v when_o he_o contend_v against_o the_o magician_n rhenus_n concern_v corsica_n say_v thus_o hanc_fw-la solam_fw-la perhibent_fw-la catochitem_fw-la gignere_fw-la terram_fw-la corporibus_fw-la lapis_fw-la hic_fw-la sen_fw-la glutine_fw-la tactus_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la pliny_n lib._n 37._o cap._n 10._o and_o solinus_n cap._n 9_o do_v report_n the_o like_a but_o pliny_n doubt_v of_o the_o truth_n thereof_o here_o be_v also_o allom_n and_o there_o be_v iron_n mine_n near_o the_o river_n bivincum_n in_o the_o county_n nebiensis_n there_o be_v also_o saltpit_v common_o call_v della_fw-it roya_n not_o far_o from_o the_o haven_n of_o s._n florence_n and_o near_o niolum_n there_o be_v deep_a valley_n which_o be_v always_o cover_v with_o snow_n under_o which_o they_o say_v there_o be_v great_a store_n of_o crystal_n there_o be_v also_o as_o pliny_n and_o diodorus_n witness_n great_a plenty_n of_o box_n and_o eewe_a tree_n it_o breed_v divers_a kind_n of_o 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call_v chamlot_n diodorus_n siculus_n lib._n 16._o write_v that_o 9_o king_n do_v govern_v this_o island_n which_o be_v all_o subject_n to_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n it_o have_v also_o greek_a tyrant_n we_o read_v that_o heretofore_o it_o have_v 15._o famous_a city_n which_o be_v now_o for_o the_o most_o part_n decay_v and_o ruinate_v the_o chief_a of_o they_o be_v paphos_n now_o call_v bapho_n also_o palae_n paphos_n where_o the_o inhabitant_n do_v affirm_v that_o venus_n come_v first_o out_o of_o the_o sea_n there_o be_v also_o saliâ—iâ—â—_n which_o be_v seat_v in_o a_o pleasant_a bay_n of_o the_o east_n shore_n from_o whence_o there_o be_v a_o convenient_a passage_n to_o syria_n it_o be_v afterward_o call_v constâ—nâ—â—â—_n and_o epiphanius_n be_v bishop_n thereof_o there_o be_v also_o the_o city_n amathus_n and_o ceraunâ—a_n but_o now_o the_o chief_a be_v nicotia_n and_o famagâ—â—â—_n but_o out_o of_o the_o mountain_n olympus_n there_o do_v run_v two_o great_a riveâ—s_n lyâ—us_a and_o lâ—pethus_n the_o former_a run_v southward_o the_o latter_a northward_o the_o other_o stream_n may_v be_v rather_o call_v torrent_n than_o river_n because_o they_o be_v sometime_o dry_a and_o then_o the_o inhabitant_n do_v want_v water_n extreme_o there_o be_v divers_a mountain_n in_o this_o island_n but_o the_o high_a of_o they_o all_o be_v olympus_n which_o they_o call_v trohodon_n which_o be_v beautify_v with_o all_o kind_n of_o tree_n and_o have_v many_o monastery_n on_o it_o in_o which_o the_o calojerians_n dwell_v the_o compass_n of_o it_o be_v 54._o mile_n stalimene_n lemnos_n be_v a_o island_n of_o the_o aegaean_a sea_n which_o the_o turk_n and_o italian_n do_v now_o call_v stalimene_n it_o be_v over_o against_o thrace_n between_o the_o chersonesus_n of_o thrace_n and_o athâ—n_n a_o mountain_n of_o macedon_n the_o compass_n of_o it_o be_v 100_o mile_n on_o the_o east_n side_n it_o be_v dry_a and_o barreâ—_n but_o between_o the_o south_n and_o the_o west_n the_o field_n be_v very_o fruitful_a and_o do_v bring_v forth_o wheat_n pulse_n pease_n beanes_n wine_n flax_n and_o hemp_n the_o lemnian_a earth_n be_v dig_v forth_o now_o as_o heretofore_o with_o many_o superstitious_a ceremony_n and_o that_o every_o year_n on_o the_o 6._o day_n of_o august_n but_o not_o at_o other_o time_n for_o it_o be_v forbid_v upon_o pain_n of_o death_n that_o none_o come_v to_o dig_v of_o it_o either_o secret_o or_o open_o the_o place_n out_o of_o which_o it_o be_v dig_v be_v call_v vulcan_n mountain_n this_o island_n have_v abundance_n of_o bay-horse_n which_o go_v soft_o and_o do_v neither_o pace_n nor_o troth_n it_o have_v also_o serpent_n here_o be_v heretofore_o the_o city_n myriva_n and_o ephestias_n but_o now_o the_o latter_a be_v ruinate_v and_o desolate_a and_o call_v cochino_n the_o other_o be_v a_o small_a town_n seat_v on_o a_o peninsula_n which_o be_v join_v to_o the_o island_n by_o a_o small_a isthmus_n or_o tongue_n of_o land_n it_o be_v now_o call_v lemnos_n chios·_fw-la snow_n the_o island_n chios_n be_v so_o name_v either_o from_o the_o snow_n or_o from_o the_o nymph_n chion_n heretofore_o it_o be_v call_v aetolia_n as_o ephorus_n report_v it_o be_v situate_a between_o samos_n and_o lesbus_n over_o against_o erythra_n the_o compass_n of_o it_o be_v above_o a_o hundred_o mile_n chios_n have_v excellent_a good_a wine_n so_o that_o as_o strabo_n report_v there_o be_v cluster_n of_o grape_n which_o do_v weigh_v 6._o pound_n it_o have_v also_o good_a fig_n and_o a_o kind_n of_o marble_n which_o be_v much_o esteem_v at_o rome_n and_o it_o alone_o of_o all_o the_o rest_n bear_v mastic_n and_o heretofore_o it_o be_v so_o fertile_a and_o fruitful_a that_o it_o be_v call_v the_o storehouse_n or_o barn_n of_o rome_n it_o have_v also_o great_a store_n of_o tame_a partridge_n which_o run_v up_o and_o down_o the_o field_n and_o the_o street_n here_o be_v 36._o town_n the_o chief_a city_n be_v â—hia_n which_o have_v a_o convenient_a haven_n for_o ship_n to_o ride_v in_o it_o be_v all_o mountainous_a it_o have_v these_o promontary_n posidium_n phanaeum_n arvisium_n from_o whence_o come_v arvisian_n wine_n which_o be_v now_o call_v malmesy_n in_o this_o country_n the_o island_n of_o cyprus_n cyprus_n stalimini_fw-la chios_n mitilene_n negroponte_n cerigo_n rhodus_n ton_v the_o tragedian_n theopompus_n the_o historian_n and_o theocritus_n the_o sophister_n be_v bear_v and_o some_o suppose_v that_o homer_n be_v bear_v here_o cicero_n in_o his_o oration_n for_o archias_n say_v the_o colophonian_n do_v say_v that_o homer_n be_v their_o citizen_n the_o chian_o do_v challenge_v he_o to_o be_v they_o the_o salaminian_o do_v account_v he_o they_o and_o the_o smyrnian_o reckon_v he_o their_o citizen_n and_o therefore_o they_o dedicate_v a_o chapel_n to_o he_o in_o their_o town_n and_o many_o other_o do_v contend_v and_o strive_v for_o he_o mitylene_n lesbus_n or_o mitylena_n which_o be_v now_o call_v metelin_n from_o the_o chief_a city_n lie_v over_o against_o phrygia_n and_o be_v distant_a from_o the_o continent_n 7._o mile_n and_o a_o half_a some_o report_n that_o the_o compass_n of_o it_o be_v 168._o mile_n and_o other_o say_v 130._o mile_n it_o have_v a_o wholesome_a air_n fruitful_a field_n and_o good_a fruit_n here_o it_o the_o best_a corne._n it_o yield_v the_o best_a wine_n which_o be_v more_o esteem_v at_o constantinople_n than_o other_o wine_n and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n it_o be_v of_o a_o pale_a colour_n between_o red_a and_o white_a here_o be_v also_o marble_n which_o be_v bluer_n than_o a_o touchstone_n here_o be_v also_o the_o precious_a stone_n call_v achates_n which_o be_v wear_v cheer_v the_o heart_n and_o drive_v away_o care_v and_o sorrow_n it_o do_v breed_v strong_a lusty_a horse_n but_o of_o low_a stature_n heretofore_o there_o be_v 5._o town_n in_o it_o antâ—ssa_n pyrrha_n eressâ—s_n câ—ravi_n &_o muylâ—nâ—_n now_o metelino_n be_v the_o prince-towne_n of_o the_o whole_a island_n which_o have_v a_o castle_n and_o a_o pleasant_a fruitful_a soil_n but_o now_o it_o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n ruinate_v and_o fall_v down_o this_o island_n have_v two_o convenient_a havens_n negroponte_n euboea_n now_o call_v nigropontus_n or_o nigroporte_n on_o the_o south_n thrust_v forth_o the_o promontory_n geresto_n and_o caphaâ—eum_n on_o the_o north_n caeneum_fw-la it_o be_v no_o where_o broad_a and_o yet_o the_o narrow_a place_n be_v two_o mile_n over_o but_o it_o be_v long_o and_o lie_v over_o against_o â—aeâ—tia_fw-la and_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o shore_n by_o a_o narrow_a strait_n heretofore_o it_o be_v join_v to_o baeâ—tia_n the_o compass_n of_o it_o be_v 365._o mile_n this_o island_n have_v abundance_n of_o corn_n pulse_n wine_n oil_n and_o tree_n fit_a for_o building_n of_o shop_n the_o metropolis_n be_v heretofore_o challis_n now_o it_o be_v call_v nigrâ—pâ—nâ—e_n after_o the_o name_n of_o the_o island_n it_o be_v famous_a for_o the_o death_n of_o aâ—istâ—th_n who_o die_v here_o for_o grief_n when_o he_o can_v not_o find_v out_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o flow_a and_o ebb_v of_o the_o sea_n 7._o time_n by_o day_n and_o seven_o time_n bâ—_n night_n although_o suiaâ—s_v report_v that_o he_o die_v not_o for_o griefâ—_n but_o that_o he_o be_v poison_v and_o lâ—ertâ—us_o say_v that_o he_o die_v by_o sickness_n there_o be_v also_o the_o city_n eretria_n where_o simonides_n the_o lurick_n poet_n waâ—_n bear_v there_o be_v also_o chaâ—istuâ—_n which_o stephanus_n call_v chironia_n and_o aegea_n now_o it_o be_v call_v garisto_n which_o be_v famous_a heretofore_o for_o marble_n there_o be_v also_o heliaea_n sirrah_n nesos_n oâ—â—halia_n strabo_n write_v that_o there_o be_v two_o river_n in_o this_o island_n cerus_fw-la and_o neleus_n which_o be_v of_o divers_a nature_n for_o if_o beast_n drink_v out_o of_o one_o of_o they_o their_o hair_n grow_v white_a but_o if_o they_o