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of_o vine_n that_o grow_v in_o some_o place_n of_o hungary_n who_o mine_n afford_v gold_n be_v as_o it_o be_v gild_n on_o the_o low_a side_n by_o ascend_a exhalation_n of_o a_o golden_a nature_n whether_o this_o be_v true_a or_o no_o i_o shall_v not_o take_v upon_o i_o to_o determine_v but_o i_o remember_v that_o have_v make_v enquiry_n about_o the_o truth_n of_o it_o of_o a_o very_a lâ—genious_a traveller_n who_o curiosity_n lead_v he_o to_o visit_v heedful_o those_o famous_a mine_n he_o tell_v i_o that_o he_o do_v not_o remember_v he_o have_v observe_v what_o be_v report_a about_o the_o leave_n of_o the_o vine_n but_o he_o know_v very_o well_o that_o at_o tockay_n a_o place_n that_o afford_v the_o famous_a wine_n of_o hungary_n and_o indeed_o the_o best_a i_o have_v drink_v very_o many_o of_o the_o kernel_n of_o the_o grape_n will_v appear_v gild_n over_o as_o it_o be_v with_o leaf-gold_n rob._n bottle_n of_o the_o insalubrity_n und_fw-ge salubrity_n of_o the_o air._n pag._n 44_o 45._o at_o chremnitz_n a_o small_a town_n in_o hungary_n there_o be_v a_o gold-mine_n in_o which_o they_o have_v work_v these_o nine_o hundred_o and_o fiftyâ—years_n the_o mine_n be_v about_o nine_o or_o ten_o english_a mile_n in_o length_n and_o theâ—â—_n 〈◊〉_d one_o cuniculus_fw-la or_o horizontal_a passage_n which_o be_v eight_o hundred_o 〈◊〉_d long_o call_v the_o erbstall_n the_o depth_n of_o it_o be_v above_o one_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o fathom_n they_o do_v not_o use_v ladder_n to_o descend_v into_o this_o mine_n but_o be_v let_v down_o at_o the_o end_n of_o a_o cable_n unto_o which_o be_v fasten_v a_o sling_n or_o seat_n of_o leather_n the_o leather_n be_v broad_a and_o divide_v ordinary_o into_o two_o or_o three_o part_n so_o that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v shift_v or_o change_v as_o you_o find_v convenience_n and_o afford_v no_o uneasy_a seat_n even_o to_o such_o as_o be_v not_o use_v to_o it_o and_o in_o this_o manner_n whosoever_o enter_v the_o mine_n be_v let_v down_o 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