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A29858
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Certain miscellany tracts written by Thomas Brown.
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Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682.
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1683
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Wing B5151; ESTC R25304
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they_o out_o last_o all_o other_o monument_n suae_fw-la sunt_fw-la metis_n metae_fw-la obelisk_n have_v their_o term_n and_o pyramid_n will_v tumble_v but_o these_o mountainous_a monument_n may_v stand_v and_o be_v like_a to_o have_v the_o same_o period_n with_o the_o earth_n more_o may_v be_v say_v but_o my_o business_n of_o another_o nature_n make_v i_o take_v off_o my_o hand_n i_o be_o you_o etc._n etc._n tract_n x._o of_o troas_n what_o place_n be_v mean_v by_o that_o name_n also_o of_o the_o situation_n of_o sodom_n gomorrha_n admah_n zeboim_n in_o the_o dead_a sea_n sir_n to_o your_o geographical_a query_n i_o answer_v as_o follow_v in_o sundry_a passage_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o epistle_n of_o s._n paul_n we_o meet_v with_o the_o word_n troas_n how_o he_o go_v from_o troas_n to_o philippi_n in_o macedonia_n from_o thence_o unto_o troas_n again_o how_o he_o remain_v seven_o day_n in_o that_o place_n from_o thence_o on_o foot_n to_o 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and_o full_a of_o ice_n and_o so_o give_v over_o the_o attempt_n but_o of_o late_a year_n by_o the_o diligent_a enquiry_n of_o some_o moscovite_n a_o better_a discovery_n be_v make_v of_o these_o part_n and_o a_o map_n or_o chartley_n make_v of_o they_o thereby_o nova_n zembla_n be_v find_v to_o be_v no_o island_n extend_v very_o far_o northward_o but_o wind_v eastward_o it_o join_v to_o the_o tartarian_a continent_n and_o so_o make_v a_o peninsula_n and_o the_o sea_n between_o it_o which_o they_o enter_v at_o waygatz_n be_v find_v to_o be_v but_o a_o large_a bay_n apt_a to_o be_v freeze_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o great_a river_n of_o oby_n and_o other_o fresh_a water_n enter_v into_o it_o whereas_o the_o main_a sea_n do_v not_o freeze_v upon_o the_o north_n of_o zembla_n except_o near_o unto_o shore_n so_o that_o if_o the_o moscovite_n be_v skilful_a navigatour_n they_o may_v with_o less_o difficulty_n discover_v this_o passage_n unto_o china_n but_o however_o the_o english_a dutch_a 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either_o after_o his_o pardon_n or_o the_o death_n of_o augustus_n 2._o the_o letter_n of_o quintus_n cicero_n which_o he_o write_v in_o answer_n to_o that_o of_o his_o brother_n marcus_n tullius_n desire_v of_o he_o a_o account_n of_o brittany_n wherein_o be_v describe_v the_o country_n state_n and_o manner_n of_o the_o britain_n of_o that_o age._n 3._o a_o ancient_a british_a herbal_a or_o description_n of_o divers_a plant_n of_o this_o island_n observe_v by_o that_o famous_a physician_n scribonius_n largus_n when_o he_o attend_v the_o emperor_n claudius_n in_o his_o expedition_n into_o brittany_n 4._o a_o exact_a account_n of_o the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o avicenna_n confirm_v the_o account_n of_o his_o death_n by_o take_v nine_o clyster_n together_o in_o a_o fit_a of_o the_o colic_n and_o not_o as_o marius_n the_o italian_a poet_n deliver_v by_o be_v broken-upon_a the_o wheel_n leave_v with_o other_o piece_n by_o benjamin_n tudelensis_n as_o he_o travel_v from_o saragossa_n to_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o abraham_n jarchi_n a_o famous_a rabbi_n of_o lunet_n near_o montpelier_n and_o find_v in_o a_o vault_n when_o the_o wall_n of_o that_o city_n be_v demolish_v by_o lewis_n the_o thirteen_o 5._o a_o punctual_a relation_n of_o hannibal_n march_n out_o of_o spain_n into_o italy_n and_o far_o more_o particular_a than_o that_o of_o livy_n where_o about_o he_o pass_v the_o river_n rhodanus_n or_o rhosne_fw-fr at_o what_o place_n he_o cross_v the_o isura_n or_o l'isere_fw-la when_o he_o march_v up_o towards_o the_o confluence_n of_o the_o soon_o and_o the_o rhone_n or_o the_o place_n where_o the_o city_n lion_n be_v afterward_o build_v how_o wise_o he_o decide_v the_o difference_n between_o king_n brancus_n and_o his_o brother_n at_o what_o place_n he_o pass_v the_o alps_n what_o vinegar_n he_o use_v and_o where_o he_o obtain_v such_o quantity_n to_o break_v and_o calcine_v the_o rock_n make_v hot_a with_o fire_n 6._o a_o learned_a comment_n upon_o the_o 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