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call_v new_a numidia_n numidia_n ancient_a numidia_n and_o by_o the_o grecian_n according_a to_o pliny_n metagonites_n take_v its_o beginning_n as_o the_o same_o pliny_n at_o the_o river_n ampiaga_n now_o name_v sufegnia_n and_o end_v at_o the_o river_n tuska_n now_o call_v guadel_n barbar_n which_o region_n some_o now_o comprise_v under_o the_o kingdom_n of_o telensin_n or_o tremecen_n but_o some_o observe_v that_o ptolemy_n have_v not_o set_v forth_o in_o particular_a the_o proper_a bound_n of_o numidia_n though_o they_o may_v well_o say_v that_o he_o have_v conterminate_v this_o country_n with_o the_o river_n sufegmar_n and_o jadogh_n by_o the_o modern_n call_v ampsiaga_n and_o rubrikat_n near_o bona_n which_o territory_n contain_v part_n of_o constantine_n and_o a_o part_n of_o bugie_a but_o maginus_fw-la settle_v numidia_n otherwise_o that_o be_v between_o the_o river_n magior_n former_o know_v by_o audus_n where_o ptolemy_n fix_v his_o numidian-bay_n and_o the_o river_n megerada_n or_o magrada_n call_v bagrada_n near_o carthage_n under_o which_o also_o a_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o tunis_n may_v be_v comprise_v the_o numidia_n which_o now_o we_o know_v be_v that_o part_n of_o africa_n numidia_n modern_a numidia_n which_o by_o some_o be_v place_v between_o lybia_n and_o the_o mountain_n atlas_n africanus_n leo_fw-la africanus_n and_o likely_a take_v in_o no_o little_a share_n of_o ptolomy_n ancient_a description_n for_o some_o endeavour_n to_o make_v out_o that_o its_o border_n extend_v far_o take_v in_o most_o part_n of_o bugie_a and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o tunis_n and_o a_o good_a share_n of_o the_o caesarian_a mauritania_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o dara_n ¶_o the_o spacious_a dominion_n of_o this_o vast_a country_n numidia_n name_n name_n the_o arabian_n call_v biledulgerid_n from_o the_o chief_a province_n thereof_o or_o according_a to_o anani_n guaten-tamar_a both_o signify_v date-land_n so_o name_v from_o the_o abundance_n of_o that_o fruit_n which_o that_o country_n produce_v more_o than_o any_o other_o part_n of_o africa_n ¶_o numidia_n take_v its_o beginning_n eastward_n at_o the_o city_n of_o elokar_n border_n border_n five_o and_o twenty_o spanish_a mile_n from_o egypt_n stretch_v westward_o to_o nun_n who_o utmost_a confine_n border_n the_o atlantic_a ocean_n its_o northern_a boundary_n be_v the_o skirt_n of_o mount_n atlas_n the_o south_n the_o desert_n of_o lybia_n ¶_o the_o most_o eminent_a region_n which_o this_o world_n of_o ground_n contain_v territory_n territory_n be_v tesset_n dara_n tafilet_n segelmesse_n zeb_n and_o biledulgerid_n this_o last_o as_o we_o say_v give_v the_o denomination_n to_o all_o numidia_n but_o there_o be_v other_o country_n within_o this_o its_o spread_a circuit_n especial_o westward_o as_o shall_v appear_v hereafter_o ¶_o biledulgerid_n bigness_n bigness_n or_o numidia_n reckon_v in_o length_n six_o hundred_o mile_n in_o breadth_n where_o at_o wide_a three_o and_o fifty_o the_o chief_a people_n which_o now_o plant_v this_o large_a country_n on_o the_o west_n be_v according_a to_o marmol_n the_o musamades_n hilel_n zaragans_n and_o quicimas_n and_o the_o mean_a sort_n be_v call_v gemis_fw-la signify_v a_o masseline_n of_o several_a nation_n ¶_o
the_o densans_n be_v stout_a and_o warlike_a borgia_n feed_v many_o artificer_n but_o more_o husbandman_n ¶_o one_o part_n of_o this_o territory_n stand_v under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o arabian_n government_n their_o government_n another_o under_o the_o king_n of_o kouko_n and_o labez_n the_o three_o the_o turk_n lay_v his_o claim_n to_o but_o paskare_o anno_fw-la fifteen_o hundred_o sixty_o two_o be_v rend_v from_o the_o king_n of_o tunis_n by_o the_o practice_n of_o one_o tachea_n a_o marabout_a who_o make_v himself_o master_n they_o can_v never_o be_v reduce_v to_o the_o former_a government_n the_o territory_n of_o biledulgerid_n biledulgerid_n biledulgerid_n the_o territory_n of_o biledulgerid_n or_o beledulgerid_n which_o be_v a_o single_a province_n yet_o give_v denomination_n to_o all_o numidia_n as_o we_o say_v before_o signify_v date-land_n extend_v to_o the_o realm_n of_o tunis_n beginning_n at_o teskare_o so_o reach_v to_o the_o coast_n belong_v to_o the_o isle_n of_o zerbe_n border_v on_o the_o east_n at_o cyrene_n one_o point_n shoot_v far_o from_o the_o mediterrane_n for_o tousar_n and_o cafta_n two_o stretched-out_a arm_n of_o the_o province_n reckon_v seventy_o five_o mile_n from_o the_o midland-sea_n this_o country_n have_v only_o three_o city_n teusar_n teusar_n the_o first_o teusar_n ancient_o erect_v by_o the_o roman_n near_o a_o desert_n and_o water_v by_o a_o small_a river_n replenish_v from_o the_o southern_a mountain_n be_v divide_v in_o two_o division_n one_o stand_v possess_v by_o the_o native_n and_o the_o other_o by_o the_o arabian_n since_o the_o mahometans_n desert_v it_o have_v destroy_v the_o place_n the_o second_o kafsa_n kafsa_n kafsa_n also_o a_o colony_n of_o the_o roman_n stand_v in_o longitude_n forty_o and_o in_o latitude_n twenty_o seven_o degree_n and_o ten_o minute_n and_o have_v a_o strong_a fort_n with_o wall_n of_o touch_n or_o black-stone_n be_v five_o and_o twenty_o cubit_n high_a and_o five_o broad_a there_o be_v also_o stately_a mosque_n and_o spacious_a street_n pave_v with_o black-stone_n the_o middle_n of_o the_o city_n be_v adorn_v with_o several_a fountain_n stand_v within_o a_o quadrangular_a wall_n the_o city_n nefzara_n in_o longitude_n forty_o two_o degree_n and_o fifteen_o minute_n and_o in_o latitude_n thirty_o degree_n consist_v of_o three_o enclose_v or_o wall_v village_n close_o together_o be_v very_o populous_a ¶_o the_o air_n of_o this_o province_n be_v general_o hot_a and_o that_o of_o kafza_n be_v so_o bad_a air._n the_o air._n that_o the_o inhabitant_n be_v always_o trouble_v with_o ague_n and_o fever_n the_o whole_a tract_n of_o land_n of_o tousart_n be_v befriend_v with_o a_o handsome_a river_n and_o that_o of_o kafza_n only_o by_o a_o warm_a stream_n not_o potable_a unless_o it_o stand_v a_o hour_n or_o two_o cool_a this_o country_n also_o dry_a bear_v no_o corn_n but_o abound_v in_o date_n but_o the_o kassan_n country_n have_v not_o only_o the_o best_a but_o the_o great_a quantity_n of_o date_n and_o also_o olive_n of_o all_o the_o adjacent_a territory_n neither_o want_v they_o store_n of_o flax_n and_o be_v well_o provide_v with_o potter_n earth_n of_o which_o they_o make_v very_o fine_a earthen_a war._n this_o country_n as_o far_o as_o tripoli_n be_v under_o the_o government_n of_o tunis_n teorregu_n teorregu_n border_n on_o tripoli_n near_a to_o the_o desert_n of_o barka_o have_v three_o good_a fort_n and_o six_o and_o twenty_o village_n the_o inhabitant_n distance_v far_o from_o other_o well-peopled_a place_n be_v very_o poor_a jasliten_fw-ge or_o jassitin_n jasliten_fw-ge or_o jassitin_n be_v a_o small_a canton_n near_o the_o mediterrane-sea_n between_o kafza_n and_o trioply_n in_o longitude_n two_o and_o forty_o degree_n and_o fifty_o minute_n and_o in_o latitude_n eight_o and_o twenty_o this_o country_n have_v also_o store_n of_o date_n and_o be_v under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o tripoli_n gademez_n gademez_n a_o country_n southward_o from_o the_o midland-sea_n sixty_o mile_n contain_v sixteen_o wall_v city_n and_o ninety_o two_o village_n zieglerus_fw-la zieglerus_fw-la the_o chief_a seat_n be_v gademez_n by_o zieglerus_fw-la take_v for_o the_o oasis_n of_o ptolemy_n this_o territory_n also_o rich_a in_o date_n be_v slender_o accommodate_v with_o grain_n and_o flesh_n the_o inhabitant_n deal_v much_o in_o negro-land_n they_o be_v under_o the_o kingdom_n of_o tunis_n but_o now_o forsooth_o boast_v themselves_o a_o free-state_n fassen_n or_o ferssen_n fassen_n a_o great_a country_n border_n agadez_n and_o the_o lybick_a desert_n there_o be_v no_o other_o inhabit_v place_n in_o those_o wild_n but_o only_a augele_n but_o the_o whole_a country_n contain_v eight_o and_o fifty_o wall_v town_n and_o a_o hundred_o open_a village_n the_o chief_a seat_n be_v in_o longitude_n forty_o four_o and_o in_o the_o latitude_n twenty_o six_o these_o want_v no_o date_n though_o corn_n and_o flesh_n which_o other_o place_n supply_v except_o camel_n which_o there_o they_o make_v their_o usual_a food_n they_o obey_v a_o supreme_a authority_n who_o receive_v and_o pay_v all_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o public_a lybia_n or_o zaara_n 305._o lybick_a nun_n town_n nun_n the_o metropolis_n beside_o a_o cape_n of_o the_o same_o name_n zenega_n town_n zenega_n anterobe_v arquin_n port_n cavallero_n rivers_n rio_n de_fw-fr oro_fw-la or_o golden-stream_n mountain_n mountain_n of_o the_o sun_n or_o bojador_n tagaza_n town_n tegaza_n the_o chief_a with_o many_o salt-pit_n and_o divers_a village_n zuenziga_n town_n zuenziga_n gogden_n hair_n or_o terga_fw-la town_n terga_fw-la agadez_n lempta_fw-la town_n iguidi_fw-la berdoa_n town_n three_o fortify_v and_o six_o village_n augele_v town_n three_o enclose_v with_o wall_n beside_o many_o village_n syrte_fw-la town_n one_o only_o name_v syrte_n and_o that_o in_o effect_n a_o heap_n of_o ruin_n algequet_n town_n three_o enclose_v for_o defence_n beside_o many_o village_n lybia_n or_o zaara_n the_o ancient_a grecian_n as_o herodotus_n diodorus_n and_o other_o lybia_n several_a meaning_n of_o the_o name_n lybia_n call_v all_o africa_n lybia_n but_o afterward_o this_o general_a name_n be_v contract_v into_o a_o narrow_a circuit_n and_o signification_n 4._o ptolem._n geogr._n lib._n 4._o and_o appropriate_v only_o to_o a_o small_a part_n of_o this_o vast_a region_n and_o this_o also_o divide_v into_o the_o proper_a or_o exterior_a and_o interior-lybia_n whereas_o some_o call_v only_o the_o exterior_a lybia_n the_o peculiar_a lybia_n be_v proper_o that_o part_n of_o africa_n which_o reach_v from_o alexandria_n to_o cyrene_n 6._o procop._n de_fw-fr edit_fw-la just_a lib._n 6._o compass_v the_o country_n of_o barka_o this_o be_v that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n which_o ptolemy_n express_v under_o that_o name_n whereas_o some_o as_o philippus_n and_o also_o cluverius_n call_v this_o proper_a ancient_a lybia_n exterior_a lybia_n take_v in_o the_o desert_n of_o delphocat_n and_o gaoga_fw-la and_o place_n it_o on_o the_o west_n side_n of_o the_o nile_n and_o spread_v it_o to_o the_o negro_n country_n ¶_o lybia_n interior_n or_o inward_a lybia_n according_a to_o ptolemy_n have_v in_o the_o north_n lybia_n the_o border_n of_o inward_a lybia_n the_o two_o mauritania_n that_o be_v the_o caesarian_a mauritania_n and_o the_o tingitana_n country_n tangâ—ian-moors_n country_n the_o east_n a_o part_n of_o marmarica_n and_o ethiopia_n below_o egypt_n in_o the_o south_n inward_a ethiopia_n and_o in_o the_o west_n the_o atlantic_a ocean_n but_o the_o modern_a lybia_n which_o contain_v a_o part_n of_o interior_n lybia_n agree_v not_o with_o the_o ancient_n lybia_n bound_n but_o be_v by_o the_o late_a geographer_n include_v within_o other_o border_n as_o hereafter_o ¶_o the_o new_a lybia_n have_v for_o north_n confine_n the_o desert_n of_o numidia_n lybia_n the_o border_n of_o the_o modern_a lybia_n or_o biledulgerid_n with_o a_o part_n of_o their_o nun_n eastward_o egypt_n the_o city_n elockat_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o gaoga_n conterminate_a to_o the_o south_n negro-land_n the_o west_n wash_v with_o the_o atlantic_a ocean_n along_o who_o coast_n it_o reach_v from_o that_o part_n of_o nun_n which_o belong_v to_o biledulgerid_n or_o numidia_n to_o the_o river_n of_o zenega_n or_o niger_n which_o divide_v the_o whites_n and_o black_n black_n a_o partition_n between_o the_o whites_n and_o black_n but_o to_o set_v forth_o the_o bound_n thereof_o more_o accurate_o its_o northern_a confine_n range_v all_o along_o with_o that_o negro-land_n that_o have_v the_o river_n zenega_n which_o pass_v on_o by_o these_o country_n in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o long_a narrow_a towel_n almost_o to_o the_o nile_n it_o be_v a_o tract_n of_o sixty_o spanish_a mile_n ¶_o the_o original_a of_o the_o name_n lybia_n the_o grecian_n derive_v from_o a_o woman_n 6._o the_o original_n of_o the_o name_n of_o lybia_n herodotus_n aldrete_n antigue_v lib._n 3._o cap._n 6._o a_o native_a of_o that_o country_n call_v lybia_n some_o from_o a_o great_a lady_n lybia_n the_o daughter_n
complainant_n be_v a_o great_a lord_n then_o be_v come_v at_o the_o palace_n he_o wind_v his_o horn_n to_o acquaint_v the_o servant_n of_o his_o come_n before_o the_o king_n if_o upon_o examination_n he_o find_v both_o have_v offend_v than_o the_o least_o offender_n be_v send_v to_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o justice_n who_o punish_v he_o corporal_o by_o beat_v with_o cudgel_n but_o the_o great_a he_o condemn_v in_o a_o pecuniary_a mulct_n but_o if_o only_o one_o great_a lord_n have_v commit_v any_o offence_n be_v bring_v before_o the_o king_n in_o his_o chamber_n he_o be_v strip_v stark_o naked_a and_o lay_v upon_o the_o ground_n where_o upon_o his_o humble_a submission_n and_o beg_n of_o pardon_n he_o receive_v some_o blow_n with_o a_o wand_n from_o the_o king_n be_v own_o hand_n more_o or_o less_o according_a to_o the_o bigness_n of_o the_o crime_n after_o which_o he_o take_v up_o his_o clothes_n kiss_v the_o king_n foot_n and_o in_o all_o humility_n thank_v he_o for_o the_o favour_n receive_v then_o he_o attend_v the_o king_n into_o his_o hall_n who_o forgive_v he_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o the_o court_n with_o a_o command_n to_o do_v justice_n and_o afterward_o go_v out_o of_o the_o city_n in_o public_a with_o honourable_a attendance_n and_o return_n into_o his_o country_n with_o as_o great_a satisfaction_n as_o if_o he_o have_v receive_v some_o great_a present_n when_o the_o king_n travel_v abroad_o to_o view_v his_o concern_v he_o ride_v upon_o a_o horse_n rich_o furnish_v and_o go_v out_o of_o the_o palace_n tread_v over_o a_o new-killed_a deer_n whereupon_o all_o the_o people_n give_v a_o loud_a shout_n and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n the_o priest_n inspect_v the_o entrail_n to_o know_v whether_o his_o progress_n will_v be_v prosperous_a or_o not_o when_o he_o make_v his_o entrance_n into_o any_o city_n than_o all_o the_o handsome_a lady_n and_o maid_n meet_v he_o some_o sing_v his_o praise_n other_o carry_v and_o burn_a perfume_n before_o he_o other_o 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