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impediment_n every_o man_n be_v well_o satisfy_v and_o content_v only_o it_o be_v great_a pity_n to_o behold_v a_o number_n of_o handsome_a maid_n lead_v away_o tied_z four_z and_o four_o and_o five_o and_o five_o together_o with_o the_o match_n of_o their_o musket_n weep_v and_o lament_v whilst_o our_o people_n do_v nothing_o but_o laugh_v and_o sing_v chap._n xxiii_o antonio_n de_fw-fr faria_n navigation_n till_o he_o come_v to_o the_o port_n of_o liampoo_n his_o arrival_n and_o gallant_a reception_n there_o by_o the_o portugal_n after_o that_o antonio_n de_fw-fr faria_n have_v embark_v his_o man_n the_o first_o thing_n he_o do_v be_v â—o_o give_v order_n for_o the_o dress_n of_o those_o that_o be_v hurt_v 1._o which_o be_v in_o number_n fifty_o whereof_o eight_o of_o they_o be_v portugal_n and_o the_o rest_n slave_n and_o mariner_n he_o also_o take_v care_n for_o the_o burial_n of_o the_o dead_a that_o be_v not_o above_o nine_o of_o which_o only_o one_o be_v a_o portugal_n all_o that_o night_n we_o keep_v good_a watch_n and_o place_v sentinel_n in_o sundry_a part_n for_o fear_v of_o the_o junk_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o river_n the_o next_o morning_n as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v day_n our_o captain_n go_v to_o a_o little_a town_n that_o be_v on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o water_n where_o he_o meet_v not_o with_o any_o inhabitant_n they_o be_v all_o flee_v howbeit_o he_o find_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o merchandise_n in_o their_o house_n together_o with_o good_a store_n of_o victual_n wherewith_o he_o have_v jade_v the_o junk_n fear_v leaâ—t_o that_o which_o he_o have_v do_v in_o this_o place_n shall_v be_v the_o occasion_n of_o bar_v he_o from_o be_v furnish_v with_o any_o in_o the_o port_n where_o he_o shall_v happen_v to_o arrive_v furthermore_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o his_o company_n he_o resolve_v to_o go_v and_o winter_n during_o the_o three_o month_n he_o have_v yet_o to_o make_v his_o voyage_n in_o at_o a_o certain_a desert_a island_n distant_a 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be_v call_v temquilâ—m_n from_o whence_o the_o island_n of_o calâ—mplâ—y_n be_v distant_a but_o ten_o league_n and_o â—o_o many_o other_o question_n propound_v 〈◊〉_d â—heâ—_n for_o our_o common_a security_n they_o answer_v likewise_o separately_z one_o from_o the_o other_o to_o very_o good_a purpose_n wherewith_o antonio_n de_fw-fr faria_n and_o his_o whole_a company_n be_v exceed_o well_o satisfy_v but_o yet_o it_o grieve_v we_o not_o a_o little_a to_o think_v what_o a_o inconvenience_n the_o lack_n of_o similau_n will_v prove_v to_o we_o in_o this_o attempt_n however_o antonio_n de_fw-mi faria_n cause_v the_o five_o chinese_n to_o be_v arrest_v and_o chain_v to_o oar_n continue_v his_o course_n two_o day_n and_o a_o half_a more_o at_o the_o end_n whereof_o it_o please_v god_n that_o double_v a_o cape_n of_o land_n call_v guimai_n tarâ—â—_n we_o discover_v this_o island_n of_o calâ—mpluy_fw-fr which_o we_o have_v be_v fourscore_o and_o three_o day_n seek_v for_o with_o extreme_a 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