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their_o return_n to_o astracan_n the_o break_v up_o of_o the_o ice_n morgan_z hubblethorne_n dier_z scent_n into_o persia._n may._n borroughs_n strain_n the_o land_n of_o samoeda_n the_o queen_n letter_n the_o queen_n letter_n the_o city_n of_o siberia_n willoughby_n land_n how_o to_o note_v down_o in_o his_o jornall_n of_o the_o voyage_n his_o dead_a reckon_n and_o other_o observation_n for_o note_v the_o shape_n and_o view_v of_o the_o land_n at_o first_o discovery_n etc._n etc._n for_o observe_v of_o tide_n and_o currant_n to_o take_v the_o platform_n of_o place_n witâ—in_a compass_n of_o view_n upon_o land_n m._n d_o you_o give_v they_o a_o chart_n of_o his_o own_o make_n which_o here_o he_o refer_v they_o unto_o a_o good_a consideration_n ingens_fw-la sinus_n post_fw-la insulam_fw-la vaigat_n &_o nouâ—m_n zemblam_n tabin_n promontorium_fw-la ingens_fw-la quo_fw-la propius_fw-la ad_fw-la polum_fw-la acceditur_fw-la eo_fw-la directorium_fw-la nauticum_fw-la magis_fw-la a_o septeoviorâ—_n deviat_fw-la bautisus_n &_o oechardus_fw-la maxima_fw-la fluâ—ina_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la sinum_fw-la illabuntur_fw-la postulata_fw-la mercatoris_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la certior_fw-la fieri_fw-la cupit_fw-la
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salutem_fw-la immensas_fw-la nobilitati_fw-la vestrae_fw-la referimus_fw-la gratiarum_fw-la actiones_fw-la de_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la vestras_fw-la &_o prudentem_fw-la virum_fw-la abbatem_fw-la de_fw-la lisander_n nobis_fw-la significastis_fw-la volentes_fw-la &_o desiderantes_fw-la foedus_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o dilectionis_fw-la libenter_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la inire_fw-la &_o nobiscum_fw-la confoederari_fw-la bene_fw-la autem_fw-la placet_fw-la &_o place_n bit_n nobis_fw-la quod_fw-la terre_fw-fr nostre_fw-fr commune_v sint_fw-la &_o mercatores_fw-la &_o homines_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-fr potestate_fw-la vestra_fw-la libere_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la impedimento_fw-la terram_fw-la nostram_fw-la adire_fw-la possint_fw-la &_o homines_fw-la &_o mercatores_fw-la nostri_fw-la similiter_fw-la terram_fw-la vestram_fw-la dum_fw-la tamen_fw-la literas_fw-la vestras_fw-la patentes_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la nobis_fw-la destinetis_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la vobis_fw-la 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