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the_o drum_n cease_v and_o every_o man_n go_v home_o the_o mumbos_fw-mi eat_v man_n flesh_n whereof_o there_o be_v a_o public_a butchery_n let_v this_o suffice_v for_o the_o custom_n of_o this_o empire_n for_o it_o will_v be_v endless_a to_o relate_v all_o chap._n xvi_o continue_v the_o government_n of_o francis_n barreto_n in_o monomotapa_n 1._o such_o be_v the_o country_n whether_o the_o governor_n francis_n barreto_n be_v now_o go_v he_o set_v out_o from_o mozambique_n with_o more_o vessel_n than_o he_o bring_v and_o more_o man_n tool_n camel_n horse_n and_o other_o necessary_n for_o war_n and_o for_o the_o work_n of_o the_o mine_n have_v sail_v ninety_o league_n he_o go_v up_o the_o river_n cuama_n call_v by_o our_o first_o discoverer_n de_fw-fr las_fw-fr buenas_fw-la sennale_n he_o come_v to_o sena_n or_o fort_n st._n marcalis_fw-la as_o f._n monclaros_fw-la desire_v and_o repair_v the_o town_n inaparapala_n which_o be_v near_o to_o another_o of_o the_o moor_n they_o be_v always_o 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