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A43514 Cosmographie in four bookes : containing the chorographie and historie of the whole vvorld, and all the principall kingdomes, provinces, seas and isles thereof / by Peter Heylyn.; Microcosmus Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662. 1652 (1652) Wing H1689; ESTC R5447 2,118,505 1,140

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do_v not_o only_o free_v i_o from_o that_o obligation_n but_o do_v oblige_v i_o to_o a_o further_a review_n thereof_o for_o be_v write_v in_o a_o age_n on_o which_o the_o pride_n of_o youth_n and_o self-opinion_n may_v have_v some_o predominancy_n i_o think_v it_o free_a from_o mistake_n than_o i_o since_o have_v find_v it_o and_o those_o mistake_n by_o run_v through_o eight_o edition_n six_o of_o they_o without_o my_o perusal_n or_o super-vising_a so_o increase_v and_o multiply_v that_o i_o can_v no_o long_o call_v it_o i_o or_o look_v upon_o it_o with_o any_o tolerable_a degree_n of_o patience_n so_o that_o in_o case_n the_o importunity_n of_o friend_n have_v not_o enforce_v i_o in_o a_o manner_n upon_o this_o employment_n the_o necessity_n of_o consult_v my_o own_o fame_n and_o leave_v the_o work_n fa●r_n behind_o i_o to_o succeed_a time_n will_v have_v persuade_v i_o in_o the_o end_n to_o do_v somewhat_o in_o it_o which_o though_o the_o last_o be_v not_o the_o least_o of_o those_o inducement_n which_o incline_v i_o to_o the_o undertake_n of_o this_o present_a work_n have_v thus_o plain_o and_o ingenuous_o lay_v down_o the_o reason_n which_o do_v induce_v though_o not_o encourage_v i_o unto_o this_o performance_n it_o be_v now_o fit_a i_o shall_v declare_v what_o i_o have_v do_v in_o it_o and_o what_o the_o reader_n may_v expect_v from_o so_o great_a inlargement_n and_o first_o the_o reader_n be_v to_o know_v that_o my_o design_n original_o be_v only_o to_o look_v over_o the_o former_a book_n to_o give_v it_o a_o review_n to_o purge_v it_o of_o the_o error_n which_o it_o have_v contract_v and_o not_o so_o much_o ●o_o make_v a_o new_a book_n as_o correct_v the_o old_a but_o when_o i_o have_v more_o serious_o consider_v of_o it_o 〈◊〉_d find_v sufficient_a reason_n to_o change_v that_o purpose_n to_o make_v it_o new_a both_o in_o form_n and_o matter_n 〈◊〉_d to_o present_v it_o to_o the_o world_n with_o all_o those_o advantage_n which_o a_o new_a book_n may_v carry_v 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these_o part_n be_v poor_a and_o mean_a as_o to_o supply_v myself_o from_o they_o with_o such_o commodity_n the_o great_a help_n i_o have_v be_v from_o oxford-librarie_n which_o though_o but_o nine_o or_o ten_o mile_n off_o from_o my_o present_a dwell_n yet_o the_o charge_n and_o trouble_v of_o the_o journey_n with_o the_o loss_n of_o time_n make_v my_o visit_n to_o that_o place_n less_o frequent_a and_o consequent_o the_o neighbourhood_n thereof_o less_o useful_a to_o i_o than_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o design_n may_v well_o comport_v with_o so_o that_o when_o all_o thing_n be_v consider_v as_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v it_o rather_o may_v be_v wonder_v at_o by_o a_o equal_a reader_n how_o i_o can_v come_v to_o write_v so_o much_o with_o so_o little_a help_n upon_o a_o subject_n of_o such_o a_o large_a and_o diffuse_a variety_n than_o that_o in_o any_o part_n thereof_o i_o have_v write_v too_o little_a and_o to_o say_v truth_n the_o work_n so_o prosper_v in_o my_o hand_n and_o 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