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A31570 AngliƦ notitia, or The present state of England together with divers reflections upon the antient state thereof.; Angliae notitia. Part 1 Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703. 1669 (1669) Wing C1819; ESTC R212862 111,057 538

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aquavitae_fw-la offendat_fw-la tibi_fw-la nihil_fw-la deest_fw-la quod_fw-la vita_fw-la desiderat_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la alter_fw-la orbis_fw-la extra_fw-la orbem_fw-la poni_fw-la ad_fw-la delicias_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la videaris_fw-la o_o happy_a and_o bless_a brittany_n above_o all_o other_o country_n in_o the_o world_n nature_n have_v enrich_v thou_o with_o all_o the_o blessing_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n nothing_o in_o thou_o be_v hurtful_a to_o mankind_n nothing_o want_v in_o thou_o that_o be_v desirable_a in_o so_o much_o that_o thou_o seem_v another_o world_n place_v beside_o or_o without_o the_o great_a world_n mere_o for_o the_o delight_n and_o pleasure_n of_o mankind_n as_o it_o be_v divide_v from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o world_n commodity_n so_o by_o reason_n of_o its_o great_a abundance_n of_o all_o thing_n necessary_a for_o the_o life_n of_o man_n it_o may_v without_o the_o contribution_n of_o any_o other_o part_n of_o the_o world_n more_o easy_o subsist_v 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