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religion_n mozambique_n ibid._n when_o discover_v by_o the_o portuguez_n p._n 207_o the_o first_o land_n of_o the_o dutch_a at_o madagascar_n p._n 208_o august_n he_o leave_v madagascar_n the_o 21._o and_o arrive_v in_o england_n the_o 16._o of_o december_n follow_v declination_n of_o the_o loadstone_n the_o isle_n of_o st._n elizabeth_n sea-wolve_n p._n 209_o badger_n st._n helen_n island_n plant_v by_o the_o portuguez_n p._n 210_o ascension_n island_n p._n 211_o st._n thomas_n island_n land_n crevice_n the_o inhabitant_n roll_n island_n p._n 212_o carisco_n island_n capo_n verde_n its_o inhabitant_n their_o arm_n the_o woman_n do_v all_o the_o work_n ibid._n the_o man_n drunkard_n believe_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n d._n enrique_n discover_v guiny_n the_o situation_n of_o mina_n p._n 213_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n their_o superstition_n be_v religious_a in_o their_o oath_n their_o clothing_n arm_n the_o settlement_n of_o the_o dutch_a in_o guiny_n p._n 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kind_n of_o bird_n st._n jago_n island_n the_o voyage_n continue_v p._n 219_o the_o azore_n their_o number_n they_o have_v good_a fruit_n p._n 220_o potato_n their_o wheat_n will_v not_o keep_v tercera_n ox_n very_o large_a the_o island_n subject_n to_o earthquake_n a_o island_n start_v of_o a_o sudden_a a_o spring_n that_o petrify_v wood_n a_o kind_n of_o wood_n hard_o as_o iron_n cedar_n p._n 221_o michael_n island_n st._n mary_n island_n gratiosa_fw-la island_n st._n george_n island_n fayal_n island_n pico_n island_n the_o island_n of_o flore_n p._n 222_o the_o convenience_n of_o these_o island_n the_o air_n very_o sharp_a in_o the_o azore_n the_o canary_n when_o discover_v lewis_n earl_n of_o clermont_n conquer_v they_o a_o french_a gentleman_n conquer_v they_o by_o commission_n from_o the_o king_n of_o castille_n p._n 223_o they_o belong_v to_o the_o crown_n of_o castille_n great_a canary_n teneriffe_n fierro_n island_n a_o miraculous_a tree_n p._n 224_o the_o voyage_n continue_v the_o west_n wind_n reign_v from_o the_o azore_n to_o england_n they_o come_v into_o the_o channel_n ibid._n the_o isle_n of_o wight_n the_o down_n the_o precedent_n and_o the_o author_n like_o to_o be_v cast_v away_o in_o the_o haven_n another_o tempest_n p._n 225_o the_o author_n come_v to_o london_n p._n 280_o m.dc.xl_o janvary_n the_o first_o be_v be_v treat_v by_o the_o lord_n mayor_n a_o strange_a attempt_n of_o a_o dutch_a mariner_n a_o example_n of_o dreadful_a solitude_n p._n 226_o a_o strange_a resolution_n of_o two_o christian_a slave_n p._n 227_o the_o king_n of_o england_n touch_v some_o of_o the_o evil._n p._n 283_o the_o author_n have_v continue_v at_o london_n near_o three_o month_n leave_v it_o the_o 20._o of_o march_n in_o order_n to_o his_o return_n for_o holstein_n p._n 228_o a_o description_n of_o haerlem_n where_o the_o mystery_n of_o print_v be_v first_o invent_v p._n 229_o the_o inscription_n put_v upon_o the_o house_n of_o the_o first_o inventor_n thereof_o 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