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and_o refresh_v of_o ourselves_o until_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o of_o august_n then_o take_v our_o leaf_n of_o our_o kind_n and_o love_a friend_n with_o give_v they_o most_o hearty_a thanks_n for_o their_o goodness_n towards_o we_o we_o put_v forth_o to_o the_o sea_n and_o with_o a_o indifferent_a and_o reasonable_a good_a passage_n we_o arrive_v safe_o in_o dartmouth_n in_o devonshire_n and_o send_v word_n to_o london_n unto_o our_o owner_n of_o the_o loss_n of_o our_o master_n and_o his_o three_o companion_n and_o of_o the_o doleful_a success_n of_o our_o voyage_n the_o four_o and_o twenty_o day_n of_o september_n 1606._o the_o rest_n of_o this_o journal_n from_o the_o death_n of_o master_n john_n knight_n be_v write_v by_o oliver_n browne_n one_o of_o the_o company_n chap._n xvii_o the_o four_o voyage_n of_o james_n hall._n to_o groeneland_n wherein_o he_o be_v set_v forth_o by_o english_a adventurer_n anno_fw-la 1612._o and_o slay_v by_o a_o greenelander_n write_a by_o william_n 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65._o degree_n 20._o minute_n by_o the_o which_o work_v by_o the_o doctrine_n of_o spherical_a triangle_n have_v the_o three_o side_n give_v to_o wit_n the_o compliment_n of_o the_o pole_n elevation_n the_o compliment_n of_o the_o almecanter_n and_o the_o compliment_n of_o the_o sun_n declination_n to_o find_v out_o the_o quantity_n of_o the_o angle_n at_o the_o pole_n i_o say_v by_o this_o work_n i_o find_v it_o to_o be_v four_o of_o the_o clock_n 17._o minute_n and_o 24._o second_n which_o when_o i_o have_v do_v i_o find_v by_o my_o ephemerides_n that_o the_o moon_n come_v to_o
beginning_n of_o the_o china_n kingdom_n and_o of_o their_o admirable_a wall_n pag._n 263._o §_o 4._o mindo_fw-mi salt_n pit_n mine_n of_o coretumbaga_n copper-worke_n idolatry_n and_o christianity_n china_n trade_n and_o river_n fair_n their_o come_n to_o pequin_n trial_n and_o sentence_n rarity_n of_o pequin_n pag._n 269._o §_o 5._o four_o building_n incredible_o admirable_a in_o pequin_n and_o diverse_a of_o their_o superstition_n their_o hispital_n and_o provision_n for_o the_o poor_a the_o king_n revenue_n and_o court_n their_o sect_n pag._n 273._o §_o 6._o their_o remove_n to_o quansie_n quarrel_n misery_n tartarian_a huge_a army_n and_o loss_n at_o the_o siege_n of_o pequim_n report_v quansie_n take_v and_o nixianco_n mendez_n his_o exploit_n their_o entertainment_n by_o the_o tartar_n king_n and_o go_v to_o cauchinchina_n with_o his_o ambassador_n with_o many_o tartarian_a observation_n pag._n 277._o chap._n iii_o spanish_a plantation_n of_o the_o philippinas_fw-la and_o what_o intercourse_n have_v thence_o happen_v betwixt_o they_o and_o the_o chinois_n pag._n 282._o §_o 1._o first_o discovery_n of_o the_o philippinas_fw-la write_v by_o friar_n juan_n gonzales_n de_fw-fr mendoza_n ibid._n §_o 2._o first_o plantation_n of_o the_o philippinas_fw-la by_o michael_n lopez_n de_fw-fr legaspi_n pag._n 284._o §_o 3._o of_o limahon_n a_o china_n robber_n and_o rover_n by_o who_o occasion_n the_o spaniard_n send_v into_o china_n pag._n 286._o §_o 4._o friar_z martin_n de_fw-fr herrada_n and_o other_o spaniard_n entertainment_n in_o china_n and_o their_o return_n to_o the_o philippinas_fw-la pag._n 292._o two_o letter_n take_v out_o of_o bartolome_n leonardo_n de_fw-fr argensola_n his_o treatise_n call_v conquista_n de_fw-fr las_fw-fr islas_n malucas_n print_v at_o madrid_n 1609._o pag._n 336_o 337._o mention_v the_o come_n of_o two_o english_a ship_n to_o china_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v two_o ship_n of_o the_o fleet_n of_o benjamin_n wood_n the_o former_a write_v by_o the_o visitor_n of_o chincheo_n in_o china_n unto_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o philippinas_fw-la don_n pedro_n de_fw-fr acunna_n h._n p._n pag._n 309._o the_o answer_n of_o don_n pedro_n de_fw-fr acunna_n governor_n of_o the_o philippinas_fw-la to_o the_o visitor_n of_o chincheo_n in_o china_n pag._n 310._o chap._n four_o the_o report_n of_o a_o mahometan_a merchant_n which_o have_v be_v in_o cambalu_n and_o the_o troublesome_a travel_n of_o benedictus_n go_v a_o portugal_n jesuite_n from_o lahor_n to_o china_n by_o land_n through_o the_o tartar_n country_n pag._n 310._o chap._n v._o a_o general_a collection_n and_o historical_a representation_n of_o the_o jesuit_n entrance_n into_o japon_n and_o china_n until_o their_o admission_n in_o the_o royal_a city_n of_o nanquin_n pag._n 316._o §_o 1._o of_o francis_n xavier_n melchior_n nun_n valignanus_n ruggerius_n and_o pasius_n ibid._n §_o 2._o japonian_a embassage_n to_o the_o pope_n of_o nabunanga_n and_o quabacondono_fw-it their_o government_n corai_n invade_v embassage_n from_o china_n taicosamas_n temple_n and_o ogoshosamas_n succession_n pag._n 322._o §_o 3._o ruggerius_n enter_v again_o into_o china_n with_o ricius_fw-la and_o be_v force_v back_o to_o amacao_n thence_o send_v for_o again_o by_o the_o viceroy_n sande_n and_o almeida_n be_v send_v to_o they_o and_o enter_v the_o country_n as_o far_o as_o cequion_n and_o return_v to_o sciauchin_n pag._n 327._o §_o 4._o false_a brethren_n and_o other_o accusation_n detect_v they_o be_v expel_v sciauchin_n erect_v a_o seat_n at_o xauceum_n monastery_n of_o nanhoa_n and_o other_o thing_n of_o note_n in_o those_o part_n they_o alter_v their_o habit_n voyage_n to_o nanquin_n the_o lake_n rivers_n idol_n and_o other_o rarity_n pag._n 332._o §_o 5._o nanquin_n describe_v ricius_fw-la expel_v thence_o he_o settle_v at_o nancian_n thence_o go_v to_o nanquin_n again_o and_o to_o pequin_n description_n of_o it_o the_o way_n thither_o the_o king_n palace_n and_o of_o suceu_n and_o hamceu_fw-fr pag._n 338._o §_o 6._o letter_n from_o father_n longobard_fw-mi and_o taiso_n ricius_fw-la his_o entertainment_n at_o nanquin_n and_o residence_n there_o the_o chinois_n unlearned_a learning_n pag._n 343._o chap._n vi_o a_o letter_n of_o father_n diego_n de_fw-fr pantoia_n one_o of_o the_o company_n of_o jesus_n to_o father_n lewis_n de_fw-fr guzman_n provincial_a in_o the_o province_n of_o toledo_n write_v in_o paquin_n which_o be_v the_o court_n of_o the_o king_n of_o china_n the_o nine_o of_o march_n the_o year_n 1602._o h._n p._n pag._n 350._o §_o 1._o difficulty_n of_o enter_v china_n their_o dwell_n at_o nanquin_n go_v from_o thence_o to_o paquin_n with_o present_n for_o the_o king_n trouble_v in_o the_o way_n by_o a_o eunuch_n pag._n 350._o §_o 2._o the_o king_n send_v for_o they_o be_v delight_v with_o their_o clock_n and_o picture_n they_o be_v shut_v up_o after_o take_v a_o house_n be_v admire_v for_o learning_n christianity_n of_o china_n pag._n 356._o §_o 3._o the_o description_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o china_n of_o catay_n and_o musk_n the_o division_n into_o province_n city_n and_o town_n describe_v river_n ship_n commodity_n diet_n and_o feed_v pag._n 360._o §_o 4._o their_o money_n apparel_n person_n trade_n wealth_n learning_n marriage_n superstition_n rite_n and_o opinion_n pag._n 366._o §_o 5._o their_o bad_a souldierie_a and_o artillery_n degree_n privilege_n honour_n and_o promotion_n of_o learning_n their_o author_n and_o book_n and_o print_v the_o mandarin_n commend_v pag._n 369._o §_o 6._o of_o the_o government_n of_o china_n of_o the_o mandarin_n the_o china_n compliment_n and_o manifold_a nicety_n pag._n 372._o §_o 7._o of_o their_o woman_n of_o the_o tartar_n conquest_n act_n and_o expulsion_n the_o greatness_n of_o the_o king_n and_o neighbour_a state_n of_o the_o queen_n eunuch_n pag._n 375._o chap._n vii_o a_o discourse_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o china_n take_v out_o of_o ricius_fw-la and_o trigautius_n contain_v the_o country_n people_n government_n religion_n rite_n sect_n character_n study_n art_n act_n and_o a_o map_n of_o china_n add_v draw_v out_o of_o one_o there_o make_v with_o annotation_n for_o the_o understanding_n thereof_o pag._n 380._o §_o 1._o of_o the_o name_n scite_fw-la and_o greatness_n the_o tributary_n commodity_n art_n print_v seal_n ink_n pencill-penne_n and_o fan_n ibid._n §_o 2._o of_o their_o character_n and_o write_v downward_o their_o study_n ethike_n astrology_n physic_n authentic_a author_n degree_n how_o take_v both_o philosophical_a and_o military_a pag._n 384._o §_o 3._o of_o the_o tartarian_a conquest_n of_o humuâ—_n the_o establisher_n of_o the_o present_a government_n the_o revenue_n magistrate_n in_o the_o court_v royal_a province_n city_n order_n exaltation_n visitation_n deprivation_n pag._n 387._o §_o 4._o their_o manifold_a rite_n in_o salutation_n entertainment_n and_o other_o civility_n to_o the_o king_n and_o magistrate_n of_o burial_n and_o marriage_n birthday_n their_o man_n woman_n name_n and_o game_n habit_n pag._n 391._o §_o 5._o of_o their_o superstition_n cruelty_n fear_n of_o magistrate_n of_o the_o king_n kindred_n of_o stranger_n and_o soldier_n their_o deity_n and_o three_o sect_n priest_n nun_n monastery_n legend_n lie_n pag._n 395._o §_o 6._o of_o stranger_n and_o foreign_a religion_n in_o china_n pag._n 399._o §_o 7._o the_o map_n of_o china_n take_v out_o of_o a_o china_n map_n print_v with_o china_n character_n illustrate_v with_o note_n for_o the_o understanding_n thereof_o pag._n 401._o chap._n viii_o a_o continuation_n of_o the_o jesuit_n act_n and_o observation_n in_o china_n till_o ricius_fw-la his_o death_n and_o some_o year_n after_o of_o hanceu_n or_o quinsay_v a_o extract_v of_o monfaâ—ts_n travel_v pag._n 405._o the_o content_n of_o the_o chapter_n and_o paragraph_n in_o the_o three_o book_n of_o the_o first_o part_n of_o purchas_n his_o pilgrim_n chap._n i._n a_o treatise_n of_o russia_n and_o 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of_o mechovacan_a ch._n 4._o devil_n emulation_n of_o that_o work_n of_o god_n in_o bring_v israel_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o pass_v through_o the_o desert_n to_o canaan_n tabernacle_n ark_n mexi_n their_o moses_n mechovacan_a pascuaro_n of_o that_o which_o happen_v in_o malinalco_n tula_n and_o in_o chapultepec_n chap._n 5._o witch_n forsake_v devil_n proud_a emulation_n in_o punish_v disobedience_n and_o teach_v murderous_a sacrifice_n chapultepec_n metamorphosis_n atlacuyavaya_n of_o the_o war_n the_o mexican_n have_v against_o they_o of_o culhuacan_a chap._n 6._o ticaapan_n queen_n of_o discord_n make_v bâ—_n the_o king_n of_o pride_n toccy_n of_o the_o foundation_n of_o mexico_n chap._n 7._o eagle_n glorious_a adore_v tenoxtiltan_n tabernacle_n for_o their_o devil_n ark_n stone_n chapel_n oracle_n god_n of_o the_o quarter_n of_o the_o sedition_n of_o those_o of_o tlatelulco_n and_o of_o the_o first_o king_n the_o mexican_n do_v choose_v chap._n 8._o acamapixtli_fw-la first_o king_n of_o the_o mexican_n how_o oration_n be_v keep_v in_o memory_n crown_n and_o coronation_n of_o the_o strange_a 〈◊〉_d the_o mexican_n pay_v to_o they_o of_o azcapuzalco_n chap._n 9_o garden_n in_o the_o water_n how_o make_v new_a pharaonicall_a tax_n acamapixtli_n die_v vitzilovitli_n elect_v king_n marriage_n ceremony_n lot_n and_o southsay_a king_n death_n of_o chimalpopoca_n the_o three_o king_n and_o his_o cruel_a death_n &_o the_o occasion_n of_o war_n which_o the_o mexican_n make_v chap._n 11_o quarrel_n with_o the_o tapanecans_n king_n murder_v of_o the_o forth_o king_n call_v izcoalt_n and_o of_o the_o war_n against_o the_o tapanecans_n chap._n 12._o tlacâ—ellâ—â—s_n valour_n ceremony_n of_o defiance_n of_o the_o battle_n the_o mexican_n give_v to_o the_o tapanecans_n and_o of_o the_o victory_n they_o obtain_v chap._n 13._o the_o battle_n mexican_n conquer_v division_n of_o spoil_n of_o the_o war_n and_o victory_n the_o mexican_n have_v against_o the_o city_n of_o cuyoacan_a chap._n 14._o temple_n of_o the_o war_n and_o victory_n which_o the_o mexican_n have_v against_o the_o suchimilcos_n ch._n 15._o temple_n fill_v causey_n make_v cuitlavaca_n child_n in_o the_o covent_n captive_n sacrifice_v izcoalt_n death_n of_o the_o five_o king_n of_o mexico_n call_v moteçuma_n the_o first_o of_o that_o name_n chap._n 16._o griffon_n talon_n bloody_a and_o devilish_a institution_n pompous_a solemnity_n horrible_a courage_n tlascalla_n to_o mexico_n as_o carthage_n to_o rome_n great_a temple_n build_v devilish_a devotion_n how_o tlacaellec_n refuse_v to_o be_v king_n and_o of_o the_o election_n and_o deed_n of_o ticocic_n chap._n 17_o fit_a similitude_n nostril_n pierce_v king_n poison_v of_o the_o death_n of_o tlacaellec_n &_o the_o deed_n of_o axayaca_n the_o seven_o king_n of_o the_o mexican_n chap._n 18._o tiquantepec_n raze_v guatulco_fw-la royal_a combat_n tlatelulco_n fire_v of_o the_o deed_n of_o autzol_n the_o eight_o king_n of_o mexico_n chap._n 19_o the_o picture_n story_n call_v he_o tiçocicatzi_n quaxulatlan_n famous_a sorcerer_n or_o indian_a proteâ—â—_n mexican_n annal_n in_o the_o vatican_n king_n of_o tescucos_n oration_n mexican_n greatness_n their_o opinion_n of_o god_n and_o 9_o heaven_n elegant_a prosâ—popoeia_fw-la elegant_a prosâ—pâ—oeia_fw-la king_n office_n motezuma_n answer_n how_o moteâ—uma_n order_v the_o service_n of_o his_o house_n and_o of_o the_o war_n he_o make_v for_o his_o coronation_n chap._n 21._o pride_n before_o the_o fall_n segâ—â—a_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr frontiere_a of_o the_o behaviour_n and_o greatness_n of_o motezuma_n chap._n 22._o his_o proud_a state_n state_n or_o betwixt_o rail_n his_o liberality_n his_o severity_n his_o policy_n to_o five_o man_n quetzacoalt_n his_o cruelty_n a_o true_a effect_n of_o the_o devil_n foretelling_n god_n forewarn_v man_n to_o bring_v they_o to_o repentance_n the_o devil_n to_o fill_v they_o with_o feat_n perfidious_a and_o cruel_a jealousy_n superstitious_a shift_n and_o to_o maintain_v his_o credit_n by_o his_o divine_a seek_v to_o prove_v his_o divinity_n all_o which_o be_v here_o evident_a in_o thing_n which_o god_n justice_n let_v he_o know_v he_o will_v doâ—_n to_o punish_v such_o impious_a piety_n prodgy_n or_o devilish_a miracle_n a_o comet_n by_o day_n monster_n prodigious_a foule_n of_o the_o news_n moteçuma_n receive_v of_o the_o spaniard_n arrival_n in_o his_o country_n and_o of_o the_o ambassage_n he_o send_v they_o chap._n 24._o relation_n or_o writing_n by_o picture_n effect_n of_o superstitious_a legend_n cortes_n admit_v divine_a worship_n agree_v more_o with_o his_o covetous_a design_n then_o christian_a religion_n which_o thrive_v there_o according_a to_o these_o beginning_n egregiam_fw-la vero_fw-la laudem_fw-la needs_o must_v they_o go_v who_o devil_n drive_v protean_a shift_n of_o the_o spaniard_n entry_n into_o mexico_n chap._n 25._o tezcalipuca_fw-la a_o devill-god_n good_a fish_v in_o trouble_a water_n cortes_n 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thing_n chap._n 5._o council_n limensi_fw-la 2_o p._n 2._o cap._n 99_o of_o another_o kind_n of_o idolatry_n upon_o the_o dead_a chap._n 6._o wisd._n 14._o of_o superstition_n they_o use_v to_o the_o dead_a chap._n 7._o immortality_n of_o soul_n believe_v but_o not_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n as_o be_v 17._o 1000_o slay_v to_o attend_v one_o dead_a man_n superstition_n of_o the_o old_a english_a portugal_n wâ—le_a purgatoryiancy_n as_o in_o popish_a legend_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o bury_v the_o dead_a among_o the_o mexican_n and_o sundry_a other_o nation_n chap._n 8._o place_n of_o burial_n chaplain_n and_o other_o officer_n kill_v the_o four_o &_o last_o kind_n of_o of_o idolatry_n the_o indian_n use_v especial_o the_o mexican_n to_o image_n and_o idol_n chap._n 9_o image_n the_o four_o kind_n of_o indian_a idolatry_n the_o devil_n paenitentiary_n their_o nemesis_n varro_n make_v this_o difference_n betwixt_o religion_n and_o superstition_n qui_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la â—ereâ—tur_fw-la ut_fw-la â—atreâ—_n timebunt_fw-la ut_fw-la hâ—stem_fw-la indian_a mercury_n goddess_n see_v former_a chap._n they_o sit_v down_o to_o eat_v and_o drink_v and_o rose_n up_o to_o play_v of_o a_o strange_a manner_n
they_o do_v observe_v the_o law_n of_o the_o greek_n with_o such_o excess_n of_o superstition_n superstition_n as_o the_o like_a have_v not_o be_v hear_v of_o they_o have_v no_o grave_a image_n in_o their_o church_n but_o all_o paint_a to_o the_o intent_n they_o will_v not_o break_v the_o commandment_n but_o to_o their_o paint_a image_n they_o use_v such_o idolatry_n that_o the_o like_a be_v never_o hear_v of_o in_o england_n picture_n they_o will_v neither_o worship_v nor_o honour_v any_o image_n that_o be_v make_v forth_o of_o their_o own_o country_n for_o their_o own_o image_n say_v they_o have_v picture_n to_o declare_v what_o they_o be_v and_o how_o they_o be_v of_o god_n and_o so_o be_v not_o we_o they_o say_v look_v how_o the_o painter_n or_o carver_n have_v make_v they_o so_o we_o do_v worship_n they_o and_o they_o worship_v none_o before_o they_o be_v christen_v they_o say_v we_o be_v but_o half_a christian_n because_o we_o observe_v not_o part_v of_o the_o old_a law_n with_o 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