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ingenious_a good_a obedient_a beautiful_a sound_a strong_a and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o cyrus_n will_v not_o agree_v to_o the_o persian_n to_o abandon_v their_o sharp_a and_o hilly_a country_n to_o go_v to_o another_o more_o plain_a and_o pleasant_a say_v that_o fat_a country_n and_o delicate_a make_v man_n soft_a and_o effeminate_a and_o fertile_a ground_n barren_a and_o infertile_a spirit_n follow_v this_o foundation_n we_o may_v in_o gross_a divide_v the_o world_n into_o three_o part_n and_o all_o man_n into_o three_o kind_n of_o nature_n part_n 2_o the_o division_n of_o the_o world_n into_o three_o part_n we_o will_v make_v three_o general_a situation_n of_o the_o world_n which_o be_v the_o two_o extremity_n south_n and_o north_n and_o the_o middle_n betwixt_o they_o both_o every_o part_n and_o situation_n shall_v have_v sixty_o degree_n the_o southern_a part_n which_o be_v under_o the_o aequator_fw-la have_v thirty_o degree_n on_o this_o side_n
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