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heinous_a to_o violate_v and_o when_o one_o desire_n another_o to_o asseverate_v a_o matter_n will_v ask_v he_o if_o he_o dare_v swear_v by_o the_o holy_a grave_a in_o caswin_n be_v 50_o church_n which_o stand_v open_a every_o day_n and_o be_v frequent_v by_o those_o that_o go_v to_o pray_v but_o the_o great_a metzid_n or_o temple_n which_o they_o call_v tzame_n be_v open_a one_o day_n in_o four_o when_o there_o be_v always_o a_o great_a convent_n they_o have_v also_o many_o bath_n in_o caswin_n which_o be_v frequent_v from_o morning_n to_o night_n on_o the_o 9_o the_o dito_fw-la be_v their_o easter_n at_o caswin_n which_o they_o call_v bairam_n bairam_n or_o biram_n deal_v carban_n which_o be_v only_o a_o commemoration_n of_o abraham_n offer_v who_o as_o they_o say_v will_v have_v offer_v up_o his_o son_n ishmaël_n from_o who_o they_o say_v mahomet_n be_v descend_v by_o a_o direct_a line_n allege_v that_o it_o be_v not_o isaac_n as_o the_o christian_n and_o jew_n believe_v and_o 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stability_n of_o anthony_n munster_n who_o be_v urge_v to_o embrace_v mahometanism_n his_o death_n and_o burial_n the_o manner_n and_o situation_n of_o the_o dutch_a lodge_n the_o situation_n of_o ispahan_n it_o be_v greatness_n rivers_n run_v through_o the_o same_o the_o aqueduct_v a_o mighty_a work_n of_o schach_n abas_n the_o street_n of_o ispahan_n maydan_n and_o basar_n fair_a arch_n and_o gallery_n the_o sumptuous_a mestzid_n of_o schach_n abas_n dowlet_n or_o schach-chane_n the_o royal_a palace_n the_o divan-chane_n or_o court_n of_o justice_n the_o hiram-chane_n or_o palace_n of_o the_o king_n concubine_n allycarpi_n a_o sanctuary_n or_o place_n of_o refuge_n carawansera_n tavern_n cahwae-chane_n coffeehouse_n persian_a saint_n and_o philosopher_n remal_a and_o falkil_n two_o sort_n of_o soothsayer_n their_o strange_a and_o ridiculous_a way_n of_o presage_v the_o kaysery_n or_o gallery_n of_o shop_n have_v stay_v the_o most_o part_n of_o 2_o day_n at_o ruk_n ispahan_n we_o 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nether-dutch_a who_o we_o desire_v to_o make_v our_o come_n know_v which_o when_o he_o have_v do_v we_o be_v admit_v in_o and_o very_o friendly_a receive_v by_o the_o say_a gentleman_n who_o invite_v we_o to_o stay_v there_o which_o without_o much_o refusal_n we_o accept_v with_o many_o thanks_o they_o bring_v we_o forthwith_o into_o a_o very_a stately_a room_n hang_v with_o tapestry_n and_o furnish_v with_o bed_n where_o we_o lay_v and_o have_v also_o victual_n and_o fire_v provide_v we_o with_o what_o else_o be_v necessary_a beside_o that_o they_o show_v we_o all_o imaginable_a friendship_n and_o divertisement_n take_v great_a delight_n to_o hear_v our_o many_o evasion_n and_o deliverance_n from_o such_o hard_a adventure_n i_o have_v elsewhere_o advise_v how_o that_o be_v at_o scamachi_n we_o have_v a_o letter_n from_o one_o of_o our_o company_n to_o which_o be_v set_v no_o name_n yet_o praesume_v that_o it_o be_v from_o anthony_n munster_n the_o jeweller_n the_o certainty_n 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use_v at_o derbent_n 228._o and_o in_o moscovia_n 138._o smeriglio_n a_o blackstone_n of_o great_a esteem_n find_v at_o nicsia_n 109._o smiowa_o a_o mountain_n 173._o smolensko_fw-mi 136._o spoon_n meat_n much_o use_v in_o russia_n 137._o stampalia_n or_o astypalaea_n one_o of_o the_o cyclid_n island_n 109._o standia_n the_o rendezvous_n of_o the_o venetian_n 103._o stariza_n take_v in_o by_o the_o cosack_n and_o 1200_o soldier_n kill_v 194._o stenko_n or_o stephen_n radzin_n see_v radzin_n storm_z at_o sea_n near_o xante_n 74._o sultan_n of_o derbent_a very_o favourable_a to_o the_o hollander_n 233._o sultanie_n a_o famous_a town_n in_o persia_n describe_v swiatki_n 166._o syberia_n a_o woody_a country_n in_o moscovia_n famous_a for_o fur_n 136._o the_o place_n of_o exile_n for_o man_n that_o beat_v their_o wife_n too_o much_o 140._o t._n tafflis_n a_o city_n in_o georgia_n 249._o taurus_n monte_n 299._o teil-tree_n see_v linden_n tree_n temple_n of_o jerusalem_n at_o moscou_n 134._o 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town_n in_o persia_n 284._o tzawaar_n a_o place_n in_o persia_n where_o every_o one_o be_v to_o show_v a_o passport_n 282._o tzornoyar_fw-mi a_o city_n in_o russ-tartary_n 176._o tzurbag_n oppid_n 203._o v._o viathe_v its_o sterility_n but_o abundance_n of_o fur_n honey_n and_o fish_n 136._o volske_v a_o province_n in_o moscovia_n rich_a of_o fur_n 136._o ustioga_n a_o province_n in_o moscovia_n famous_a for_o plenty_n of_o fish_n and_o cattle_n 137._o w._n water_n consecrate_v by_o the_o armenian_a christian_n 248._o wax_v a_o great_a commodity_n in_o moscovia_n 135._o whirlpool_n in_o the_o caspian_a sea_n 222._o whore-market_n at_o caswin_n in_o persia_n 305._o wild-goose_n and_o pelican_n in_o great_a abundance_n about_o the_o caspian_a sea_n 201._o wolf_n bait_v at_o moscou_n 129._o great_a multitude_n of_o those_o beast_n near_o colomna_n in_o moscovia_n 161._o wolmar_n oppid_n describe_v 118_o 119._o wolodomir_n a_o fertile_a country_n in_o russia_n 136._o wood_n a_o wood_n in_o 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3._o read_v and_o shave_v all_o their_o hair_n except_o p._n 52._o l._n 12._o before_o ibid._n l._n 20._o steel_n p._n 3._o l._n 27._o about_o ibid._n valley_n 45.18_o with_o p._n 71._o l._n 20._o gratitude_n left_a p._n 153._o l._n 30._o for_o than_o read_v thou_o if_o any_o thing_n else_o occur_v that_o may_v obscure_v the_o sense_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o my_o absence_n from_o the_o press_n happen_v in_o some_o place_n the_o reader_n i_o hope_v will_n either_o be_v please_v to_o pardon_v or_o amend_v with_o the_o pen_n as_o also_o the_o literal_a error_n which_o my_o leisure_n at_o this_o time_n will_v not_o permit_v i_o to_o rectify_v nb._n the_o book-binder_n may_v also_o please_v to_o take_v notice_n that_o the_o print_n of_o the_o massacre_n of_o astrachan_n may_v be_v more_o fit_o place_v at_o pag._n 373._o than_o before_o the_o narratius_n according_a to_o the_o direction_n give_v after_o the_o elenchus_n in_o the_o before_o part_n of_o the_o book_n book_n blancan_n in_o 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