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chap._n vi_o our_o passage_n into_o syria_n of_o the_o city_n of_o tripoli_n 25_o chap._n vii_o the_o fashion_n of_o the_o turk_n habit_n 29_o chap._n viii_o of_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o turk_n 33_o chap._n ix_o my_o arrival_n at_o mount_n libanus_n and_o how_o i_o be_v receive_v by_o the_o patriarch_n etc._n etc._n 36_o chap._n x._o of_o the_o cedar_n of_o libanus_n and_o the_o holy_a river_n and_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o ground_n of_o mount_n libanus_n 41_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o maronites_n and_o their_o manner_n of_o live_v 44_o chap._n xii_o of_o their_o science_n and_o book_n and_o of_o their_o money_n they_o pay_v to_o the_o turk_n 48_o chap._n xiii_o of_o their_o ecclesiastic_n and_o religion_n 52_o chap._n fourteen_o of_o the_o error_n that_o have_v be_v impose_v upon_o they_o 57_o chap._n xv._o of_o the_o assemble_v of_o a_o synod_n and_o of_o the_o profession_n of_o faith_n that_o be_v make_v there_o 59_o chap._n xvi_o of_o the_o maronites_n that_o be_v to_o be_v send_v to_o rome_n and_o of_o those_o that_o shall_v return_v from_o thence_o into_o their_o own_o country_n 64_o chap._n xvii_o of_o the_o death_n of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o of_o the_o election_n of_o another_o 67_o chap._n xviii_o my_o return_n from_o jerusalem_n to_o tripoli_n and_o thence_o to_o alexandretta_n with_o a_o account_n of_o alexandretta_n 71_o chap._n xix_o of_o what_o happen_v to_o we_o in_o cyprus_n 74_o chap._n xx._n voyage_n from_o cyprus_n to_o venice_n 78_o remark_n on_o the_o four_o chapter_n 82_o remark_n on_o the_o 8_o chapter_n 88_o remark_n on_o the_o 9th_o chapter_n 110_o remark_n on_o the_o 11_o chapter_n 112_o remark_n on_o the_o 12_o chapter_n 117_o remark_n on_o the_o 13_o chapter_n 125_o remark_n on_o the_o 14_o chapter_n 128_o remark_n on_o the_o 17_o chapter_n 132_o a_o voyage_n to_o mount_n libanus_n chap._n i._n the_o occasion_n of_o the_o voyage_n and_o of_o what_o pass_v at_o rome_n with_o the_o pope_n as_o i_o teach_v 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