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likewise_o the_o metropolis_n or_o head_n town_n of_o the_o native_n before_o the_o spaniard_n burn_v and_o destroy_v it_o 3._o st._n jago_n de_fw-fr los_fw-la valles_n this_o be_v a_o frontier_n place_n and_o enjoy_v certain_a speciar_a immunity_n and_o some_o fair_a possession_n also_o for_n defence_n of_o the_o country_n against_o the_o savage_n it_o be_v twenty_o five_o league_n distant_a from_o st._n steven_n del_fw-it puerto_n lie_v in_o a_o open_a or_o champain_n country_n and_o be_v fence_v about_o with_o a_o wall_n of_o earth_n 8._o mechoacan_a have_v on_o the_o north-east_n panuco_n on_o the_o east_n mexicana_n proper_o so_o call_v on_o the_o south_n part_n of_o tlascalla_n on_o the_o west_n the_o main_a ocean_n or_o mare_n deal_v zur_n and_o last_o of_o all_o more_o direct_o northward_o xalisco_n which_o be_v a_o province_n of_o new_a gallicia_n the_o name_n signify_v in_o the_o american_n language_n as_o much_o as_o a_o fish_n country_n &_o so_o it_o be_v have_v many_o 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