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the_o kingdom_n of_o casan_n and_o citraham_n 14._o muscovia_n who_o chief_a city_n be_v moscow_n the_o city_n of_o moscow_n describe_v moscow_n the_o regal_a city_n in_o russia_n be_v almost_o round_o and_o big_a it_o be_v than_o london_n environ_v with_o three_o strong_a wall_n circle_v the_o one_o within_o the_o other_o and_o have_v many_o street_n lie_v betwixt_o they_o the_o inmost_a wall_n and_o the_o building_n within_o it_o be_v fence_v and_o water_v with_o the_o river_n moschua_n that_o run_v close_o by_o it_o be_v all_o account_v the_o emperor_n castle_n the_o number_n of_o house_n as_o they_o be_v former_o reckon_v amount_v to_o forty_o one_o thousand_o and_o five_o hundred_o the_o street_n of_o this_o city_n instead_o of_o pave_v be_v plank_v with_o great_a fir_n tree_n plane_v and_o lay_v even_o together_o and_o very_o close_a the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o the_o house_n be_v of_o timber_n without_o lime_n and_o stone_n build_v very_o close_a and_o warm_a of_o fir_n tree_n 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