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leâant_n or_o of_o tilan_n porte-cross_n which_o have_v a_o garâison_n and_o porquerolles_n all_o three_o in_o the_o diocese_n âf_fw-fr toulon_n in_o cassian_n time_n these_o island_n be_v ânhabited_v by_o monk_n some_o of_o who_o under_o âope_n innocent_a the_o iii_o be_v cisternians_n they_o âre_n so_o fertile_a that_o after_o the_o loss_n of_o rhodes_n the_o ânights_n of_o s._n john_n design_v to_o settle_v there_o with_o âhe_n french_a king_n leave_n the_o island_n of_o lerin_n lero_o planasia_n or_o leâiâus_o be_v but_o two_o in_o number_n oveâ_n against_o the_o town_n of_o can_n towards_o antibe_n which_o be_v call_v island_n of_o s._n margaret_n or_o lero_o and_o of_o s._n hânorat_n planasiae_n or_o lerinus_n the_o first_o draw_v âts_n name_n from_o a_o chapel_n dedicate_v to_o that_o saint_n ât_z be_v three_o quarter_n of_o a_o league_n long_o and_o one_o quarter_n broad_a there_o be_v five_o port_n and_o a_o citadel_n new_o fortify_v to_o defend_v it_o the_o other_o draw_v it_o from_o s._n honorat_fw-la who_o found_v there_o a_o monastery_n in_o 375._o drive_v away_o as_o it_o be_v say_v the_o serpent_n that_o make_v it_o desert_n and_o cauâing_v a_o fountain_n of_o freshwater_n to_o spring_v there_o which_o be_v still_o in_o be_v he_o be_v afterward_o bishop_n of_o arles_n this_o solitude_n have_v be_v for_o âany_n age_n together_o the_o nursery_n of_o the_o prelate_n of_o provence_n and_o of_o the_o neighbour_a church_n for_o thence_o be_v issue_v 12_o archbishop_n as_o many_o bishop_n 10_o abbot_n 4_o monk_n number_v among_o the_o holy_a confessor_n and_o 105_o martyr_n the_o air_n be_v very_o temperate_a the_o soâ_n fertile_a the_o spaniard_n surprise_v these_o island_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o age_n lay_v waste_v thââ_n holy_a place_n pull_v down_o those_o fine_a forest_n oâ_n pinetree_n which_o form_v many_o cover_a walk_n adorn_v by_o a_o vast_a number_n of_o oratory_n but_o iâ_n 1637._o they_o be_v turn_v out_o of_o they_o therâ_n be_v in_o the_o island_n of_o s._n honorat_fw-la 3_o wall_n and_o â_o chapel_n they_o fish_v there_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o coral_n as_o for_o chateau-d'if_a it_o be_v a_o little_a island_n twâ_n league_n south_n of_o marseille_n with_o a_o good_a stronâ_n hold_v where_o the_o big_a ship_n stop_v because_o they_o can_v get_v in_o the_o port_n of_o that_o city_n foâ_n want_v of_o water_n there_o be_v some_o island_n oâ_n the_o mouth_n of_o the_o rhone_n but_o cover_v only_o witâ_n grass_n and_o mountain_n chap._n xvii_o of_o dauphiné_n this_o province_n the_o near_a to_o italy_n confine_n on_o the_o north_n to_o that_o of_o bresse_n and_o the_o dukedom_n of_o savoy_n be_v separate_v from_o piedmont_n by_o the_o alps_o on_o the_o east_n from_o the_o county_n of_o nice_a provence_n the_o county_n venaissin_n and_o the_o principality_n of_o orange_n by_o the_o samâ_n mountain_n though_o interrupt_v in_o some_o place_n towards_o the_o south_n and_o from_o languedoe_n on_o the_o west_n by_o the_o 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