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be_v very_o sharp_a witted_a and_o do_v get_v experience_n and_o language_n by_o travel_v into_o foreign_a country_n they_o be_v courageous_a and_o will_v not_o shun_v the_o stout_a enemy_n if_o any_o one_o be_v wrong_v by_o the_o noble_n all_o their_o kindred_n and_o friend_n do_v join_v together_o in_o revenge_v it_o and_o do_v never_o cease_v until_o they_o have_v revenge_v it_o or_o lose_v their_o own_o life_n last_o they_o be_v not_o so_o liberal_a as_o prodigal_a both_o in_o their_o frequent_a banquet_n and_o in_o the_o great_a retinue_n and_o number_n of_o servant_n which_o they_o keep_v and_o clothe_v the_o kingdom_n of_o hungary_n hungaria_n common_o call_v hongeren_n which_o name_n it_o receive_v from_o the_o huns_n or_o hungarian_n who_o come_v out_o of_o scythia_n and_o do_v inhabit_v it_o do_v contain_v pannonia_n and_o the_o country_n of_o jazigus_n and_o the_o dacian_o beyond_o danubius_n on_o the_o south_n it_o have_v the_o river_n savus_n which_o devide_v it_o from_o 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bishop_n thereof_o there_o be_v also_o the_o city_n amathus_n and_o ceraunâ—a_n but_o now_o the_o chief_a be_v nicotia_n and_o famagâ—â—â—_n but_o out_o of_o the_o mountain_n olympus_n there_o do_v run_v two_o great_a riveâ—s_n lyâ—us_a and_o lâ—pethus_n the_o former_a run_v southward_o the_o latter_a northward_o the_o other_o stream_n may_v be_v rather_o call_v torrent_n than_o river_n because_o they_o be_v sometime_o dry_a and_o then_o the_o inhabitant_n do_v want_v water_n extreme_o there_o be_v divers_a mountain_n in_o this_o island_n but_o the_o high_a of_o they_o all_o be_v olympus_n which_o they_o call_v trohodon_n which_o be_v beautify_v with_o all_o kind_n of_o tree_n and_o have_v many_o monastery_n on_o it_o in_o which_o the_o calojerians_n dwell_v the_o compass_n of_o it_o be_v 54._o mile_n stalimene_n lemnos_n be_v a_o island_n of_o the_o aegaean_a sea_n which_o the_o turk_n and_o italian_n do_v now_o call_v stalimene_n it_o be_v over_o against_o thrace_n between_o the_o 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