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A10231 Purchas his pilgrimage. Or Relations of the vvorld and the religions obserued in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation vnto this present Contayning a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent. Declaring the ancient religions before the Floud ... The fourth edition, much enlarged with additions, and illustrated with mappes through the whole worke; and three whole treatises annexed, one of Russia and other northeasterne regions by Sr. Ierome Horsey; the second of the Gulfe of Bengala by Master William Methold; the third of the Saracenicall empire, translated out of Arabike by T. Erpenius. By Samuel Purchas, parson of St. Martins by Ludgate, London. Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626.; Makīn, Jirjis ibn al-ʻAmīd, 1205-1273. Taŕikh al-Muslimin. English.; Methold, William, 1590-1653.; Horsey, Jerome, Sir, d. 1626. 1626 (1626) STC 20508.5; ESTC S111832 2,067,390 1,140

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eye_n much_o more_o than_o here_o be_v place_n to_o express_v chap._n xiii_o a_o general_a discourse_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o of_o the_o sea_n in_o and_o about_o asia_n §._o i._o of_o the_o true_a place_n form_n greatness_n and_o depth_n of_o the_o sea_n after_o our_o long_a perambulation_n of_o the_o asian_a continent_n the_o sea_n environ_v do_v solicit_v our_o next_o endeavour_n that_o the_o reader_n may_v there_o refresh_v his_o weary_a sense_n with_o a_o new_a succession_n of_o nature_n variety_n and_o (null)_o vanity_n and_o first_o while_o our_o bark_n be_v make_v ready_a to_o ship_v we_o over_o to_o some_o of_o those_o island_n let_v we_o as_o it_o be_v on_o the_o shore_n take_v view_n of_o this_o so_o strong_a so_o weak_a so_o constant_a and_o
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city_n after_o his_o own_o name_n between_o the_o river_n lycus_n and_o tigris_n other_o suppose_v that_o the_o affinity_n betwixt_o these_o name_n ninus_n and_o niniveh_n deceive_v profane_a writer_n touch_v the_o author_n thereof_o and_o that_o it_o take_v to_o name_n niniveh_n because_o it_o be_v beautiful_a or_o pleasant_a trem._n other_o hold_v opinion_n that_o ashur_n and_o ninus_n be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o person_n and_o last_o to_o conclude_v the_o judgement_n of_o some_o learned_a be_v that_o neither_o ashur_n nor_o ninus_n but_o nimrod_n himself_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o it_o but_o by_o the_o confession_n of_o all_o both_o sacred_a and_o gentile_a history_n the_o city_n be_v very_o spacious_a have_v four_o hundred_o and_o fourscore_o furlong_n in_o circuit_n when_o babylon_n have_v few_o almost_o as_o some_o report_n by_o a_o hundred_o strabo_n and_o as_o afterward_o it_o grow_v in_o wealth_n and_o magnificence_n so_o they_o write_v it_o be_v much_o more_o 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