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the_o dervish_n in_o anatolia_n 224_o ix_o to_o ocoumiche_n his_o mother_n at_o scio._n 225_o of_o his_o sickness_n x._o to_o peste_o haly_n his_o brother_n 227_o of_o his_o sickness_n xi_o to_o dgnet_n oglou_n 228_o of_o his_o sickness_n in_o a_o particular_a style_n xii_o to_o the_o kaimakan_n 231_o he_o discourse_v of_o the_o dexterity_n of_o the_o dwarf_n osmin_n and_o of_o the_o ambassador_n of_o venice_n solicitation_n at_o court_n to_o induce_v the_o king_n to_o make_v war_n with_o the_o turk_n xiii_o to_o isouf_n his_o kinsman_n 235_o he_o speak_v of_o his_o sickness_n entreat_v he_o to_o give_v alm_n for_o his_o recovery_n and_o to_o pray_v to_o god_n for_o he_o fourteen_o to_o the_o invincible_a vizir_fw-it azem_n etc._n etc._n 236_o a_o relation_n of_o his_o sickness_n and_o of_o the_o death_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o wimar_n xv._o to_o the_o kaimakan_n 239_o of_o his_o sickness_n and_o cure_n of_o germany_n and_o italy_n and_o of_o a_o sea_n fight_v between_o the_o dutch_a 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