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time_n with_o tripoli_n and_o put_v it_o under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o viceroy_n of_o sicily_n who_o keep_v it_o not_o long_o be_v deprive_v thereof_o by_o the_o duke_n d'_fw-fr alva_n and_o medina_n coeli_fw-la ezzab_n ezzab_n or_o rather_o azzab_n contain_v the_o country_n of_o mecellata_n mesrata_fw-la taurka_n and_o the_o mountain_n garian_n and_o beniguarid_n this_o territory_n begin_v at_o the_o westerly_a end_n of_o the_o mountain_n garian_n and_o beniguarid_n and_o end_n at_o the_o outermost_a border_n of_o the_o territory_n of_o mesrata_n on_o the_o east_n sanutus_n make_v ezzab_v to_o contain_v ras_n axara_n tessuta_fw-la rasamisar_n lepida_n former_o eoa_n and_o ruscelli_n comment_v upon_o ptolemy_n believe_v it_o from_o the_o similitude_n of_o the_o name_n leptis_n out_o of_o who_o ruin_n tripoli_n rise_v ¶_o garian_n a_o high_a and_o cold_a mountain_n three_o mile_n in_o length_n garian_n the_o mountain_n garian_n and_o as_o much_o in_o breadth_n lie_v 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