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declare_v he_o lord_n give_v he_o two_o banner_n and_o set_v he_o over_o his_o palace_n he_o crucify_v ali_n the_o counsellor_n of_o azzuddaulas_n of_o who_o a_o poet_n make_v a_o rare_a epitaph_n man_n exalt_v thou_o in_o life_n and_o death_n a_o miracle_n indeed_o environ_v as_o when_o prayer-day_n thou_o whilom_o do_v aread_z thou_o stretchedst_a forth_o as_o it_o be_v with_o gift_n thy_o hand_n which_o die_v bleed_v earth_n belly_n all_o too_o narrow_a be_v thy_o greatness_n to_o contain_v air_n yield_v close_o grave_a the_o cloud_n thy_o shroud_n and_o wind_a sheet_n remain_v azzuddaulas_n get_v help_v of_o abutzalab_n but_o be_v in_o a_o great_a battle_n slay_v by_o adaduddaulas_n he_o be_v a_o strong_a man_n man_n and_o with_o his_o hand_n have_v prostrate_v a_o bull_n without_o other_o help_n he_o will_v also_o go_v to_o fight_v with_o lion_n and_o hunt_v they_o anno_fw-la 368._o adaduddaulas_n possess_fw-fr diarreb_n maijâ—farikin_n &_o diarbecr_n and_o abutzalab_n flee_v into_o egypt_n taius_n lilla_n command_v that_o king_n adaduddaulas_n shall_v pray_v in_o his_o steed_n every_o three_o friday_n place_n which_o none_o have_v obtain_v before_o he_o though_o partner_n of_o the_o covenant_n he_o command_v also_o drum_n to_o be_v sound_v at_o adaduddaulus_n court_n at_o the_o five_o hour_n of_o prayer_n which_o none_o before_o have_v and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o which_o be_v style_v king_n in_o islamisme_n and_o in_o pulpit_n he_o be_v name_v siahensiah_n or_o king_n of_o king_n a._n 371._o he_o cause_v taius_n to_o confirm_v to_o muaijidduddaulas_n his_o brother_n giorgian_n and_o tabristan_n which_o drive_v thence_o panus_n son_n of_o wasmakin_n a._n 372._o adaduddaulas_n die_v at_o bagdad_n have_v rule_v over_o irac_n carmania_n persia_n amman_n churistan_n mausil_n diarbecr_n harran_n and_o mambag_n his_o son_n marzuban_n abucalangiar_n samsamuddaulas_n be_v vest_v by_o taius_n muaijidduddaulas_n die_v 373._o and_o his_o brother_n fachruddaulas_n 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after_o which_o his_o man_n come_v in_o depose_v and_o lay_v hold_n on_o the_o pomell_n of_o his_o sword_n pull_v he_o off_o his_o bed_n roll_v he_o in_o the_o carpet_n and_o carry_v he_o away_o to_o prison_n he_o have_v be_v chalifa_n seventeen_o year_n nine_o month_n and_o six_o day_n in_o his_o time_n aziz_n have_v marry_v a_o melchite_n christian_a give_v our_o lady_n church_n from_o the_o jacobite_n to_o the_o melchite_n tempest_n which_o they_o call_v the_o church_n of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o her_o brother_n jeremy_n be_v make_v patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o her_o brother_n arseninus_n be_v make_v patriarch_n of_o the_o melchite_n at_o alcahir_n and_o mitsra_n phocas_n rebel_a against_o basilius_n the_o emperor_n he_o crave_v help_v of_o the_o ruff_n king_n give_v he_o his_o sister_n in_o marriage_n conditional_o to_o receive_v the_o christian_a religion_n basilius_n send_v they_o bishop_n which_o convert_v he_o and_o his_o people_n this_o be_v a._n heg._o 377._o bardas_n
926_o chederles_n the_o turkish_a conceit_n of_o he_o 318._o relic_n of_o his_o horse_n shoe_n use_v against_o disease_n ibid._n chemmis_n so_o call_v of_o cham_n 37_o 631_o chemosh_n a_o idol_n 85_o cherry_n island_n 816._o 817_o chia_n a_o drink_n 263_o chica_n a_o country_n 468._o a_o drink_n 947_o child_n which_o suck_n 12._o year_n 318._o sale_n and_o murder_n of_o child_n 469_o childbirth_n strange_a rite_n observe_v by_o the_o tibareni_n 400._o a_o order_n in_o brasill_n for_o the_o man_n to_o lie_v in_o when_o his_o wife_n be_v deliver_v 918_o 919._o childbirth_n rite_n in_o cardandan_n 430._o other_o rite_n in_o india_n 482._o in_o guinea_n 717._o rite_n of_o the_o jag_n 772._o in_o guiana_n 900_o chili_n whence_o so_o call_v 926._o the_o description_n thereof_o ibid._n chimia_fw-it limia_n simia_fw-la three_o science_n in_o tanguth_n 428._o 429_o china_n whither_o cathaia_n 409._o 410_o 411._o ben._n go_v his_o long_a and_o dangerous_a journey_n from_o lahor_n to_o china_n 413._o 414._o the_o name_n of_o china_n 435._o the_o name_n which_o they_o give_v it_o themselves_o 436_o the_o province_n city_n shire_n town_n hamlet_n castle_n and_o situation_n thereof_o ibid._n the_o number_n of_o tributary_n ibid._n the_o inhabitant_n and_o natural_a commodity_n 436._o 437._o map_n of_o china_n ibid._n the_o commodiousness_n and_o store_n of_o ship_n and_o river_n 437._o 438._o the_o beauty_n and_o form_n of_o their_o city_n 439_o of_o canton_n nanquin_n pequin_n city_n of_o china_n ibid._n of_o sucen_n and_o hamceu_fw-fr most_o admirable_a 440._o a_o discourse_n of_o quinsay_n the_o most_o admirable_a of_o the_o world_n 441._o 442._o season_n there_o ibid._n the_o inhabitant_n of_o china_n their_o person_n attire_n name_n and_o surname_n 443._o 444._o their_o seal_n game_n complemental_a salutation_n and_o entertainment_n ibidem_fw-la their_o building_n print_v porcelain_n paint_v music_n ink_n fan_n and_o use_v of_o they_o 445_o 446._o their_o language_n all_o monosyllable_n language_n two_o fold_n and_o equivocation_n 446._o 467_o their_o manner_n of_o writing_n and_o philosophy_n 447._o their_o want_n of_o natural_a philosophy_n ibidem_fw-la their_o astrology_n and_o physic_n 447._o 448._o their_o ethic_n and_o politics_n 449._o their_o degree_n in_o school_n &_o manner_n of_o attain_v they_o 449._o 450._o military_a degree_n 450._o 451._o the_o kingdom_n found_v by_o humuu_n 451._o his_o constitution_n their_o king_n revenue_n ibid._n the_o king_n his_o retiredness_n marriage_n arm_n court_n colour_n posterity_n ibid._n &_o sequitur_fw-la the_o manner_n of_o petition_v 452._o of_o pay_v his_o revenue_n eunuch_n and_o palace_n 452._o 453._o their_o court_n or_o tribunal_n 454._o the_o diversity_n of_o magistrate_n 454._o 455_o the_o manner_n of_o proceed_v at_o their_o royal_a city_n and_o in_o the_o province_n 455._o 456._o nine_o order_n of_o their_o magistrate_n and_o their_o stipend_n ibidem_fw-la their_o habit_n and_o ensign_n 457._o their_o military_a man_n and_o weapon_n 456._o the_o king_n can_v alter_v the_o custom_n nor_o any_o bear_v one_o office_n above_o three_o year_n or_o at_o all_o in_o his_o own_o country_n ibidem_fw-la what_o nobility_n in_o china_n 458._o extraordinary_a commission_n ibid._n ordinary_a compliment_n of_o refuse_v and_o inordinate_a tyranny_n 458._o 459._o their_o cave_n prison_n punishment_n of_o thief_n ibid._n inundation_n and_o earthquake_n ibid._n a_o catalogue_n of_o their_o king_n 459._o 460._o vanlia_n the_o present_a king_n ibidem_fw-la of_o king_n farfur_n ibidem_fw-la strange_a story_n of_o beast_n in_o a_o monastery_n 460._o worship_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o their_o other_o god_n 461_o 462._o their_o three_o sect_n 462._o opinion_n and_o rite_n of_o the_o confutian_a sect_n 462._o 463._o opinion_n &_o rite_n of_o the_o sect_n sciequia_fw-la 463_o 464._o of_o the_o sect_n lausu_n 464_o 465._o their_o priest_n secular_a and_o religious_a and_o nun_n 456._o 466_o their_o almanac_n and_o manifold_a divination_n 466._o 467._o their_o lot_n and_o god-bearing_a 467._o their_o curious_a art_n of_o alchemy_n and_o procure_v long_a life_n ibid._n their_o respect_n to_o the_o sun_n and_o eclipse_n 468._o their_o marriage_n with_o who_o and_o how_o solemnize_v 468_o 469._o sale_n and_o murder_n of_o their_o child_n ibidem_fw-la their_o gelding_n their_o infant_n contempt_n of_o stranger_n pride_n and_o other_o vice_n 469_o 470._o erroneous_a opinion_n ibidem_fw-la their_o temple_n dedicate_v to_o man_n and_o idol_n with_o the_o rite_n thereof_o 470._o 471._o monastery_n ibid._n their_o funeral_n ceremony_n 472_o 473._o their_o monument_n epitaph_n and_o curiosity_n 474._o 475_o religious_a time_n and_o firework_n solemnity_n ibid._n stranger_n and_o foreign_a religion_n in_o china_n 475_o 476._o scruple_n about_o their_o ingress_n and_o egress_n ibidem_fw-la how_o the_o jesuit_n enter_v 475._o jew_n mahometans_n and_o christian_n there_o ibid._n chinois_n how_o hate_v in_o japon_n 476_o chinkius_n can_n founder_n of_o the_o great_a empire_n under_o the_o sun_n 379_o choaspes_n a_o river_n chobat_fw-la of_o the_o arabian_n 264_o chocanada_n a_o idol_n 560_o chosroes_n his_o act_n 215._o his_o death_n ibid._n christ_n very_a god_n 3._o manifest_v in_o the_o flesh_n 4._o not_o by_o generation_n 26._o the_o second_o adam_n 27_o when_o he_o suffer_v 106._o his_o paschall_n rite_n 110._o 111._o false_a christ_n and_o seduce_a prophet_n 143._o 144._o the_o history_n of_o christ_n prove_v by_o the_o jewish_a author_n 163._o his_o miracle_n disgrace_v 164._o the_o mahometan_a opinion_n of_o he_o 251._o 252_o christ_n and_o christian_n odious_a name_n to_o the_o indian_n by_o spanish_a insolence_n 962._o 963_o christian_a religion_n what_o proportion_n it_o hold_v with_o other_o religion_n 964._o saint_n thomas_n christian_n 736._o 737_o christian_n in_o palaestina_n 214._o chase_v thence_o by_o saracen_n 215._o 216_o their_o recover_n 217._o their_o unchristian_a course_n there_o 222_o the_o misery_n of_o christian_n under_o the_o turk_n 322._o 323._o &_o seq_n in_o egypt_n 658._o 659_o chronology_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n 59_o 60._o &_o sequitur_fw-la of_o the_o eastern_a nation_n 51._o 52._o 53._o of_o the_o jew_n 138._o 139._o &_o seq_n mahometans_n 273._o persian_n 367._o of_o the_o tartar_n 407._o of_o the_o chinois_n 452._o of_o the_o egyptian_n 660._o &_o seq_fw-la of_o the_o mexican_n 879_o chubar_fw-la chobar_n or_o chabar_fw-la 166_o church_n true_o catholic_a in_o the_o posterity_n of_o seth_n 29_o chusor_n a_o great_a magician_n 77_o cidambaran_n why_o so_o call_v 561_o cilicia_n how_o situate_a and_o the_o present_a state_n thereof_o 341._o subdue_v to_o the_o turk_n 343._o their_o ancient_a rite_n 342._o 343_o cimmerian_a darkness_n 576._o whence_o this_o proverb_n ibid._n cimmerij_fw-la or_o cimbri_n 576_o cingis_n chan_n first_o emperor_n of_o the_o tartar_n 402._o his_o generation_n and_o first_o proceed_n 403._o his_o four_o son_n 403._o 404_o 405_o cinaloa_n the_o description_n thereof_o 855._o their_o marriage_n rite_n knighthood_n adoption_n dice_v funeral_n 856_o cinchiamfu_n a_o city_n of_o china_n 440_o cinnamon_n how_o grow_v 569_o cinnamon_n in_o arabia_n 226._o 227_o circassian_n and_o circassian_n country_n 348_o circumcision_n of_o moabite_n 86._o ammonite_n ibid._n proselyte_n 97._o jew_n 179._o 180._o 181._o arabian_n 227._o 228._o trogloditae_n 667._o at_o what_o age_n circumcise_v ibid._n circumcision_n of_o turk_n 311._o in_o china_n 475._o in_o guinea_n 716_o cittim_n a_o part_n of_o cilicia_n 37_o citor_n destroy_v 260_o civet_n 570_o cleobian_o and_o theobulian_n sect_n of_o the_o jew_n 135_o clove_n how_o grow_v 569._o 605_o coava_fw-la a_o great_a river_n in_o africa_n 774_o cobtini_n a_o mahometicall_a sect_n 275_o columbus_n discoverer_n of_o america_n 801._o his_o history_n 802._o 803_o his_o error_n coloss_n at_o rhodes_n 584_o coloss_n of_o semiramis_n 45._o in_o pegu_n 530._o zeilan_n 616._o in_o egypt_n 634_o colchis_n or_o mengrelia_n how_o situate_a 347._o their_o custom_n and_o present_a manner_n of_o live_v 347._o 348_o colombo_n a_o fortress_n of_o the_o portugal_n 618_o collen_n his_o great_a posterity_n 419_o cold_a and_o the_o strange_a effect_n of_o it_o 794_o college_n of_o the_o jew_n 99_o colophon_n the_o situation_n thereof_o 338_o colpia_n what_o it_o signify_v 77_o sir_n william_n cokayne_n 990_o cock_n crow_v the_o cause_n 157_o white_a and_o red_a cock_n jewish_a ceremony_n 197._o 198_o cock_n sacrifice_n in_o calcutta_n 550_o cock_n worship_v by_o the_o persian_n 136_o comana_n a_o city_n 327_o comania_n turcomania_n 334._o 335_o comori_fw-la cape_n in_o india_n 480_o combabus_fw-la his_fw-la device_n 68_o his_o statue_n ibid._n compass_n invent_v 44._o use_v in_o land_n travel_n 207._o 681_o con_n the_o conceit_n of_o he_o in_o peru_n 938_o conjugal_a duty_n observe_v by_o the_o jew_n 203_o conscience_n and_o the_o use_n thereof_o 26_o condore_n great_a fowl_n 564_o confession_n of_o jew_n 197._o 198_o confession_n of_o crime_n 597_o