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for_o king_n but_o be_v not_o able_a to_o recover_v his_o estate_n nor_o able_a to_o resist_v the_o power_n of_o the_o xarife_n he_o flee_v into_o christendom_n where_o he_o yet_o remain_v together_o with_o his_o uncle_n muley_n yahia_n who_o be_v son_n unto_o a_o christian_a woman_n flee_v present_o into_o christendom_n with_o his_o mother_n when_o his_o father_n king_n bahason_n be_v slay_v as_o aforesaid_a finis_fw-la a_o alphabetical_a table_n of_o the_o principal_a thing_n contain_v in_o this_o work_n a_o aaron_n priesthood_n 121._o 122._o abares_n a_o scythian_a nation_n 363_o their_o descent_n &_o habitation_n ibid._n abas_n the_o persian_a king_n 386._o 387._o a_o appendix_n touch_v he_o out_o of_o sir_n anthoney_n shirley_n 388_o 389._o &_o seq_fw-la his_o deal_n with_o the_o turk_n and_o christian_n and_o jesuit_n lie_v of_o he_o 394._o 395_o abasian_a line_n of_o chaliphas_n 235_o abassia_n vide_fw-la aethiopia_n abasen_n 225_o abasian_n caliph_n 236_o abassine_n or_o abissine_n why_o so_o call_v 734._o and_o elhabaschi_n ibidem_fw-la their_o language_n and_o arabian_a offspring_n ibid._n they_o know_v not_o the_o ancient_a letter_n in_o the_o aethiopian_a monument_n 237_o the_o several_a country_n of_o abassia_n 749._o river_n lake_n ibid._n soil_v fruit_n creature_n 750._o custom_n private_a and_o public_a 751._o their_o estimation_n of_o black_a 721._o their_o present_a misery_n 752_o abdalla_n father_n of_o mahumet_n 241_o 245_o abdalmutalif_n mahomet_n master_n or_o as_o some_o say_v his_o grandfather_n 241_o abdimelec_n 234._o his_o act_n ibid._n abdul_n mumen_n 692._o he_o entitle_v himself_o the_o prince_n of_o believer_n ibid._n abed_o ramon_n his_o act_n 234._o 705_o abel_n sacrifice_n respect_v how_o 28_o abbey_n build_v in_o turkey_n 282._o 308_o in_o japon_n 597._o 598._o vide_fw-la monastery_n abi_n a_o strange_a accident_n there_o 225_o 226_o abraham_n his_o suppose_a martyrdom_n 45._o cast_v into_o prison_n and_o banish_v 52._o inventer_n of_o astrology_n 55._o his_o temple_n and_o well_o 64._o his_o letter_n 82._o a_o idolater_n 95._o his_o history_n and_o other_o testimony_n of_o he_o 95._o 96._o his_o year_n reckon_v 153_o his_o suppose_a book_n 162._o posterity_n by_o keturah_n 224._o 270._o saracen_n dream_n of_o he_o 264_o 254._o 269._o postellus_fw-la his_o like_a conceit_n 642_o abram_n king_n of_o acem_fw-la 612._o 613_o abydus_n a_o place_n in_o mysia_n where_o be_v a_o famous_a temple_n of_o venus_n in_o remembrance_n of_o their_o liberty_n recover_v by_o a_o harlot_n 334_o abydenus_n his_o testimony_n of_o the_o flood_n 34._o of_o the_o ark_n 35._o of_o nabuchodonosor_n 49_o accaron_n and_o the_o worship_n there_o 81_o 136_o acen_n achin_n achilles_n or_o acem_fw-la in_o samatra_n the_o history_n of_o their_o king_n 612._o 613._o the_o king_n letter_n 614._o his_o cruelty_n 615_o achilles_n worship_v in_o leuce_n and_o tale_n of_o his_o temple_n 399_o achmat_n or_o achmet_n the_o great_a turk_n 228._o 229._o 288._o 289_o sultan_n achmet_n person_n family_n government_n and_o greatness_n of_o state_n 288._o &_o sequitur_fw-la 291._o 292._o 293._o he_o reign_v about_o fifteen_o year_n 293._o 294_o acra_n aelia_n 94_o acusamil_n 885_o adam_n great_a philosopher_n 14._o 18_o adam_n hill_n in_o seylan_n 17_o adam_n his_o general_n and_o particular_a call_n 20._o his_o happiness_n before_o his_o fall_n 18._o 19_o his_o many_o sin_n in_o the_o fall_n 21._o 22._o nakedness_n punishment_n 22._o 23._o first_o and_o second_o adam_n compare_v 24._o his_o sin_n how_o we_o 25_o adam_n teach_v by_o god_n teach_v his_o child_n to_o sacrifice_n 27._o 28._o suppose_a to_o live_v and_o die_v at_o hebron_n 29._o mourn_v for_o abel_n ibid._n the_o conceit_n of_o zabij_n touch_v he_o 52._o his_o burial_n 53._o jewish_a dream_n of_o adam_n 160._o 178._o 205._o teach_v by_o raziel_n 161._o his_o cellar_n mahometicall_a dream_n of_o he_o 252._o 253._o &_o seq_n adam_n acknwledge_v by_o the_o bramenes_n 547._o 548_o adam_n baba_n in_o zeilan_n 277._o their_o fancy_n of_o he_o ibid._n adam_n viz._n william_n adam_n his_o travel_n and_o voyage_n to_o japon_n 588._o 589._o &_o seq_n adad_n assyrian_n god_n 66._o the_o sun_n ibid._n adadezer_n k._n of_o aram_n zoba_n 73_o adega_n mahomet_n wife_n 241_o adel_n and_o adea_n their_o situation_n and_o description_n 754_o adiabena_n a_o kingdom_n in_o assyria_n 35._o 63_o adona_n a_o name_n of_o god_n what_o it_o signify_v 4_o adonis_n fable_n feast_n rite_n and_o river_n 78._o 79_o adrian_n emperor_n 72._o founder_n of_o aelia_n 142._o his_o testimony_n of_o the_o egyptian_n 626._o his_o destroy_n of_o antinous_n 646_o adriatic_a sea_n which_o so_o call_v 575_o adrimachidae_n their_o habitation_n &_o rite_n 667_o adultery_n how_o punish_v by_o the_o jew_n 99_o 205._o by_o the_o arabian_n 238._o alcoran_n 251._o tartar_n 416._o pataneans_n 495._o 496_o in_o bengala_n 509._o of_o the_o bramenes_n 547._o turk_n 299._o in_o guinea_n 717._o in_o aethiopia_n 739._o madagascar_n 799._o florida_n 851._o mexico_n 877._o nicaragua_n 888._o in_o brasill_n 918._o in_o japan_n 560._o 591._o in_o java_n 611._o 612_o adultery_n how_o esteem_v by_o the_o arabian_n 228._o how_o try_v at_o guinea_n 716._o 717_o aelia_n capitolina_n 93_o egyptian_n first_o author_n of_o idolatry_n 631._o worship_v man_n under_o other_o name_n ibid._n convince_v by_o abraham_n 95._o conquer_a by_o the_o saracen_n 657._o by_o the_o christian_n and_o by_o saladine_n 657._o by_o selim_n 283._o 284_o egypt_n why_o so_o call_v egypt_n and_o mesre_n and_o other_o name_n 626_o how_o bound_a and_o a_o discourse_n of_o nilus_n 627._o the_o number_n of_o egyptian_a city_n and_o work_n of_o their_o king_n cham_n and_o chemmis_n 630._o 631._o their_o temple_n and_o exceed_a sum_n whereto_o they_o amount_v 631._o sesostris_n and_o other_o king_n 632._o pyramid_n the_o labyrinth_n sphynx_n &_o lake_n meris_fw-la and_o their_o sepulcher_n 633._o 634._o their_o osiris_n isis_n orus_n and_o other_o legend_n 635._o 636._o the_o land_n divide_v to_o their_o king_n priest_n and_o soldier_n ibid._n their_o bawdy_a order_n and_o beastly_a deity_n 636._o reason_n of_o religion_n to_o beast_n 637_o mystical_a exposition_n ibid._n their_o worship_n water_n fire_n a_o man_n the_o beetle_n 635._o 637._o manifold_a mystery_n ibid._n hermes_n trismegistus_n 637_o hierogliphic_n ibid._n their_o idol_n how_o deify_v ibid._n their_o apis_n and_o other_o beast_n deify_v or_o sacred_a how_o nourish_v and_o respect_v 638._o cost_v bestow_v on_o the_o funeral_n of_o they_o 639._o description_n and_o consecration_n of_o apis_n ibid._n his_o history_n and_o mystery_n 639._o other_o ox_n worship_v ibid._n how_o they_o respect_v beast_n in_o these_o day_n 640._o what_o beast_n fish_n fowl_n general_o what_o in_o several_a place_n worship_v ibid._n meat_n prohibit_v among_o they_o 641._o serpent_n fart_n etc_n etc_n worship_v ibid._n their_o sacrifice_n circumcision_n and_o swine_n 642._o 643._o their_o manner_n of_o tillage_n or_o sow_v the_o ground_n ibid._n their_o oath_n priest_n magic_a and_o sacrifice_n 643._o gymnosophist_n sanctuary_n feast_n ibid._n the_o oracle_n and_o knavery_n of_o isis_n priest_n 643._o their_o invention_n and_o condition_n 644._o 645_o rogue_n why_o call_v egyptian_n or_o gypsy_n 646._o act_n of_o the_o persian_n in_o egypt_n 647._o their_o greek_a school_n and_o library_n 648._o 649._o devotion_n and_o temple_n of_o serapis_n 650._o knavery_n of_o tyrannus_n 651._o the_o act_n of_o roman_n jew_n &_o saracen_n in_o egypt_n 652._o the_o building_n of_o cairo_n 654._o the_o state_n of_o it_o and_o alexandria_n 655._o present_a egyptian_n 656._o diverse_a succession_n and_o alteration_n in_o egypt_n ibid._n her_o sect_n 657._o mamaluke_n marvelous_a activity_n ibid._n christian_n there_o 658._o their_o chronology_n 660._o 661._o ancient_a king_n 662._o who_o reign_v when_o moses_n pass_v the_o red_a sea_n 663._o caliph_n 664._o mamaluke_n
40._o 40._o cyril_n l._n 3._o cont_n iulian_n iulian_n tertul._n de_fw-fr idol_n idol_n oenomaus_n out_o of_o hesiod_n affirm_v the_o number_n of_o god_n in_o the_o world_n to_o be_v 30000._o which_o number_n he_o say_v be_v then_o much_o increase_v euseb_n de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d preparat_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 15_o 15_o oros_n l._n 2._o c._n 2_o 3_o 3_o polyhist_o in_o euseb_n chron._n chron._n tatianus_n apud_fw-la scalig._n scalig._n eragmenta_fw-la haec_fw-la extant_a in_o ch._n on_o gr_n buseb_n lib._n 1._o per_fw-la scalig._n photij_fw-la bibliotheca_fw-la in_o helladio_n helladio_n 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o former_a map_n of_o paradise_n do_v descripe_v the_o topography_n of_o the_o country_n of_o babylonia_n babylonia_n herod_n l._n 2._o 2._o philostr_n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr apol._n l._n 1._o c._n 18._o 18._o plin_n l._n 6._o c._n 26._o 26._o solinus_n c._n 60._o 60._o diod._n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o 4._o see_v lib._n 16._o 16._o curt._n l._n 5._o 5._o et_fw-la duo_fw-la in_o adversum_fw-la misit_fw-la per_fw-la moenia_fw-la cuâ—rus_fw-la propert._n 3_o 3_o n._n lyr._n in_o dan_n 4_o 4_o arist._o politic._n l._n 3._o c._n 2._o 2._o greg._n naz._n in_o vit._o basil_n martial_a ep._n 1._o nicetes_n &_o non._n in_o naz._n naz._n diod._n sic._n l._n 3._o or_o after_o the_o greek_a l._n 2._o c._n 4_o herod_n l._n 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d translate_v a_o furlong_n be_v but_o six_o hundred_o foot_n in_o respect_n of_o this_o idolatry_n it_o be_v like_o that_o diony_n call_v babylon_n a_o holy_a city_n city_n a_o rege_fw-la syro_n diod._n diod._n beros_n fragm_n apud_fw-la joseph_n contra_fw-la appion_n lib._n 1._o vid._n scal._n notas_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la frag_n frag_n dan._n 4.27_o 4.27_o scal._n notae_fw-la in_o frag_n berosi_n berosi_n clarae_fw-la carihaginis_fw-la arces_fw-la creditur_fw-la &_o centum_fw-la portis_fw-la babylona_n superbam_fw-la foemineus_n struxisse_fw-la labour_n claud._n claud._n pseudo_fw-la beros_n l._n 5._o 5._o nec_fw-la designatam_fw-la urbem_fw-la fundavit_fw-la lib._n 4_o 4_o fundamenta_fw-la designata_fw-la babyloniae_fw-la oppidi_fw-la magis_fw-la quà m_fw-la urbis_fw-la erexit_fw-la gen._n 11.8_o aug._n de_fw-fr ciu._n dei_fw-la li._n 18._o c._n 2_o ap._n euseb_n prep_n lib._n 9_o dan._n ca._n 3._o 3._o lyranus_fw-la think_v that_o the_o basis_n whereon_o it_o stand_v be_v include_v in_o this_o height_n for_o as_o symetrians_n observe_v the_o length_n of_o a_o man_n hold_v proportion_n but_o of_o six_o and_o not_o of_o ten_o to_o the_o breadth_n breadth_n see_v d._n willet_n in_o dan._n 3._o ver_fw-la 14._o c._n 18._o 18._o ptol._n geog._n l._n 6._o cap._n 3._o 3._o praefectus_fw-la praetorio_fw-la praetorio_fw-la strabo_n l._n 15._o 15._o metasthenes_n annij_fw-la the_o true_a megasthenes_n write_v about_o fifty_o year_n before_o berosus_n have_v travel_v all_o the_o east_n about_o the_o end_n of_o alexander_n reign_n reign_n 2._o king_n 19.9_o 19.9_o syria_n comprehend_v in_o it_o after_o the_o large_a sense_n babylonia_n also_o see_v cap._n 15._o &_o plin._n l._n 5._o c._n 12._o 12._o araian_n de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la gestis_fw-la alexand_n lib._n 3._o 3._o ar._n lib._n 7._o mention_v also_o by_o sir_n ant._n shirley_n in_o his_o travel_n into_o persia_n persia_n verstegan_n anriq_fw-la c._n 1._o 1._o domin_n nig._n asia_n com._n 4._o 4._o r._n fitche_n hak._n voy._n tom_n 2._o 2._o herod_n lib._n 2._o 2._o plin._n nat._n hist_o lib._n 18._o cap._n 17._o cel._n rhod._n lec_n antiq_n l._n 8._o c._n 12._o 12._o ammian_n l._n 23._o 23._o philost_n de_fw-fr vitu_fw-la apol._n l._n 1._o c._n 18._o philost_n aid_n viu_n de_fw-fr trad_a dis._o lib._n 5_o magna_fw-la homeri_fw-la mendatia_fw-la majoribus_fw-la mendacijs_fw-la corrigil_n et_fw-la postea_fw-la câ—isdem_fw-la apollonius_n penè_fw-la totus_fw-la sigmentum_fw-la est_fw-la valiosum_fw-la ac_fw-la blaspemum_fw-la etc_n etc_n etc_n diod._n sic._n l._n 3._o cap._n 8._o 8._o dij_fw-la consultores_fw-la r._n mos_n moreb_n l._n 3._o c._n 30._o vid._n eius_fw-la epist._o ad_fw-la masil_n jud._n gene._n 12._o heb._n 11._o 11._o mention_v supra_fw-la c._n 10._o 10._o lib._n 2._o c._n 2._o 2._o ios._o scal._n in_o epist._o ad_fw-la casaubon_n omnia_fw-la allius_fw-la magistri_fw-la opera_fw-la tanti_fw-la facere_fw-la vt_fw-la solum_fw-la illum_fw-la inter_fw-la judaos_fw-la desiise_fw-la nugari_fw-la dicam_fw-la dicam_fw-la so_o the_o jew_n call_v the_o say_v r._n mos_n of_o the_o first_o letter_n r._n m._n b._n m._n rab._n mos_n ben._n maimon_n contract_a rambam_n rambam_n these_o fable_n be_v some_o rubbish_n of_o paradise_n the_o tree_n and_o serpent_n therein_o etc_n etc_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o marsilian_n jew_n he_o write_v of_o book_n which_o mention_n jambasor_n tzareth_n roani_n and_o say_v they_o be_v before_o adam_n and_o that_o sombascher_n be_v adam_n master_n and_o of_o the_o indian_n which_o say_v they_o have_v city_n 100000._o year_n old_a etc_n etc_n of_o this_o mourning_n for_o tamut_n or_o thamuz_n see_v ezek._n 8.14_o &_o vid._n infra_fw-la c._n 17._o r._n mos_n l._n 3._o 31._o &_o 33._o cap._n 38._o moloch_n and_o saturn_n sacrifice_n of_o (null)_o body_n see_v cap._n 18._o aversa_n venus_n venus_n idem_fw-la citat_fw-la p._n ric._n in_o explic_a precept_n neg_fw-mi 220._o ex_fw-la r._n mos_fw-la gerundensi_fw-la gerundensi_fw-la eight_o month_n together_o master_n eldred_n hak._n voy._n tom_n 2._o 2._o plin._n l._n 6._o c._n 26._o tertia_fw-la chaldaeorun_n doctrina_fw-la etc_n etc_n scalig._n think_v they_o name_v orcheni_n etc_n etc_n of_o the_o place_n and_o not_o of_o difference_n of_o sect_n as_o if_o there_o have_v be_v university_n or_o college_n of_o chaldaean_n the_o orcheni_n be_v of_o erech_n scal._n notae_fw-la in_o frag_n ber._n ber._n dan._n 2.2_o see_v d._n willet_n comm._n ibid._n q._n 7._o &_o 29._o 29._o q._n curtius_n curtius_n jul._n capitolin_n m._n ant._n philos_n philos_n plut._n in_o vit._o mar._n &_o syl._n juven._n sat._n 6._o 6._o otho_fw-la heurn_n chaldaic_n chaldaic_n cael._n rhod._n lec_n ant._n lib._n 16._o ca._n 4._o 4._o ios._o scal._n praef_n in_o manil._n manil._n peuc_n de_fw-fr divinat_fw-la theom_o &_o astrol_n astrol_n dan._n 2.48_o praefectum_fw-la antistitem_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la sapientes_fw-la bab._n constituit_fw-la trem._n trem._n dan._n 4.6_o praefecte_n magorum_n magorum_n d._n willet_n in_o dan._n 2._o &_o jun._n jun._n 2._o chro._n 32.31_o 32.31_o theod._n de_fw-la curand_n graec._n affec_fw-la ser_fw-mi 1._o 1._o philostrat._o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la apol._n lib._n 1._o 1._o ph._n morn_n de_fw-fr verit._n c._n r._n r._n euseb_n de_fw-fr pra_fw-la par_fw-fr eu._n l._n 6._o c._n 8._o 8._o euseb_n de_fw-fr praepar._o l._n 9_o c_o 4._o 4._o ammian_n l._n 23._o plutar._n de_fw-fr fancy_n in_o orb_n lunae_fw-la lunae_fw-la suidas_n in_o canopo_n ruffin_n hist_o eccl_n lib._n 2._o 2._o alex._n ab_fw-la alexand_n l._n 6._o c._n 26._o 26._o coelius_n l._n 8._o c._n 1._o 1._o athen._n lib._n 14._o cap._n 17._o 17._o 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o may_v be_v interpret_v with_o cord_n about_o they_o which_o better_a answer_v to_o herodotus_n his_o report_n report_n bar._n 6.42_o 6.42_o hero_n clio._n strabo_n lib._n 16._o mention_v the_o same_o same_o the_o arabian_n call_v her_o alytta_n the_o persian_n mitra_n the_o babylonian_n call_v she_o also_o alamhone_n lyl._n gerald._n hist_o deor._n syut_n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d verum_fw-la nomen_fw-la veneris_fw-la ait_fw-la sca._n epist._o ad_fw-la case_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉 _z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bel_n belti_fw-la nebo_n mero_n scheschach_n sic_fw-la heurnius_n in_o indigo_n indigo_n ier_n 19.5_o jerem._n 32._o 1._o reg._n 18._o &_o 16._o 2._o reg._n 23._o &_o 10._o ose_n 2._o es_fw-ge 46._o 46._o plin._n l._n 6._o c._n 26._o oth._n heurnij_fw-la indicus_n aelian_n var._n hist_o lib._n 13._o cap._n 3._o 3._o herod_n lib._n 1._o tell_v this_o of_o nitocris_n rod._n toletanus_n report_v as_o strange_a a_o prodigy_n of_o roderigo_n a_o little_a before_o the_o saracen_n invade_v spain_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 17._o 17._o rib._n in_o hos_n 2._o 2._o in_o jerem._n 32._o 32._o nic._n serar_n in_o judic._n judic._n drus_n pra._n pag._n 225._o 225._o 1._o cor._n 8.5_o 8.5_o hos_fw-la 2.16_o act._n 17.26_o 17.26_o on_o those_o word_n of_o virgi_n implevitque_fw-la mero_fw-la pateram_fw-la quam_fw-la belus_n &_o omnes_fw-la à _fw-la belosoliti_fw-la etc_n etc_n aeneid_n 1._o 1._o 2._o king_n 23.11_o 23.11_o aug._n tom_n 4._o quaest._o lib._n 7._o 16._o elias_n creten_n com._n in_o nazian_n orat._n in_o iul._o 3._o do_v also_o take_v bel_n and_o baal_n for_o the_o same_o et_fw-la nicet_fw-la in_o orat._n 15._o 15._o scalig._n can._n isagog_n lib._n 3._o pag._n 314._o 314._o m._n selden_n annot._n on_o m._n drayton_n poliolb._o poliolb._o phot._n biblioth_n in_o damascio_n 242._o sachoniatho_n as_o after_o follow_v cap._n 17._o make_v elius_n the_o father_n of_o saturn_n saturn_n lil._n g._n gyr._n hist_o deor._n synt._n 2._o 2._o cap._n 1._o q._n 16._o eadem_fw-la polanuâ—_n in_o dan._n cap._n 1._o 1._o quest_n
and_o hyrcanian_n pag._n 352_o §_o i._o of_o parthia_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o hyrcanian_n tappyri_n and_o caspian_o pag._n 355_o chap._n four_o of_o persia_n and_o the_o persian_a state_n in_o the_o first_o &_o second_o persian_a dynasty_n pag._n 356_o §_o i._o of_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n by_o cyrus_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o successor_n of_o cyrus_n and_o of_o cambyses_n pag._n 358_o §_o iii_o of_o the_o succeed_a monarch_n until_o alexander_n conquest_n pag._n 359_o §_o four_o of_o the_o persian_a chronology_n pag._n 360_o §_o v._o of_o the_o second_o persian_a dynasty_n pag_n 361_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o persian_a magnificence_n and_o other_o their_o antiquity_n pag._n 365_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o persian_a magi._n pag._n 369_o chap._n vii_o of_o the_o religion_n and_o other_o rite_n of_o the_o ancient_a persian_n pag._n 373_o §_o i._o of_o their_o god_n and_o superstition_n out_o of_o herodotus_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o same_o and_o other_o rite_n out_o of_o strabo_n pag._n 374_o §_o iii_o of_o the_o same_o out_o of_o christian_a and_o other_o author_n pag._n 375_o §_o four_o of_o the_o persian_a education_n &_o school_n p._n 376_o §_o v._o of_o the_o persian_a luxury_n and_o marriage_n funeral_n etc_n etc_n pag._n 377_o chap._n viii_o of_o the_o alteration_n of_o the_o state_n and_o religion_n in_o persia_n under_o the_o saracen_n p._n 378_o §_o i._o of_o the_o saracenicall_a conquest_n and_o schism_n in_o persia_n the_o three_o dynasty_a pag._n 378_o §_o ii_o of_o the_o tartar_n rule_v in_o persia_n which_o be_v the_o four_o dynasty_a pag._n 379_o §_o iii_o of_o ishmael_n sofi_n first_o founder_n of_o the_o present_a persian_a empire_n or_o five_o dynasty_n pag._n 381_o §_o four_o of_o shaugh_o tamas_n the_o persian_a trouble_n after_o his_o death_n pag._n 385_o §_o v._o of_o mahomet_n codabanda_n and_o his_o son_n abas_n pag._n 386_o §_o vi_o a_o appendix_n touch_v the_o present_a persian_a king_n out_o of_o sir_n anthony_n shirley_n pag._n 388_o chap._n ix_o of_o the_o sophian_a sect_n or_o persian_a religion_n as_o it_o be_v at_o this_o present_a pag._n 390_o §_o i._o the_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o turk_n and_o persian_a with_o the_o zeal_n of_o both_o part_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o spread_a of_o the_o persian_a opinion_n pag._n 391_o §_o iii_o of_o their_o rite_n person_n place_n and_o opinion_n religious_a pag._n 392_o §_o four_o of_o nature_n wonder_n and_o the_o jesuit_n lie_v of_o persia_n pag._n 395_o chap._n x._o of_o the_o scythian_n sarmatian_n and_o seres_n and_o of_o their_o religion_n pag._n 396_o §_o i._o of_o the_o scythian_a name_n people_n region_n language_n and_o manner_n of_o life_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o religion_n divination_n and_o other_o scythian_a rite_n pag._n 397_o §_o iii_o of_o particular_a nation_n in_o scythia_n their_o act_n and_o rite_n pag._n 398_o §_o four_o of_o the_o seres_n pag._n 400_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o tartarian_n and_o of_o diverse_a nation_n which_o they_o subdue_v with_o their_o pristine_a rite_n pag._n 401_o §_o i._o of_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o tartarian_a nation_n ibid._n §_o ii_o the_o great_a exploit_n of_o cingis_n or_o cangius_n the_o first_o tartarian_a emperor_n pag._n 403_o §_o iii_o of_o occoday_o the_o next_o emperor_n &_o cuine_n can._n pag._n 405_o §_o four_o of_o mangu_n can_v and_o his_o successor_n cublai_n pag._n 406_o chap._n xii_o a_o continuation_n of_o the_o tartarian_a history_n and_o the_o question_n discuss_v whether_o cathay_n and_o china_n be_v the_o same_o and_o the_o journey_n of_o benedict_n go_v by_o land_n from_o lahor_n pag._n 408_o §_o i._o of_o the_o tartarian_a succession_n to_o our_o day_n ibid._n §_o ii_o the_o question_n discuss_v whether_o cathay_n be_v the_o same_o with_o china_n pag._n 409_o §_o iii_o the_o long_a and_o dangerous_a journey_n from_o lahor_n a_o city_n of_o the_o great_a mogul_n to_o china_n by_o benedictus_n go_v pag._n 413_o chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o tartar_n and_o cathayan_o pag._n 415_o chap._n xiiii_o of_o the_o festival_n solemnity_n and_o of_o the_o magnificence_n of_o the_o grand_a can._n pag._n 419_o chap._n xv_n of_o the_o alteration_n of_o religion_n among_o the_o tartar_n and_o of_o diverse_a sort_n sect_n and_o nation_n of_o they_o now_o remain_v pag_n 421_o §_o i._o of_o the_o precopite_n or_o crimen_fw-la tartar_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o tartary_n deserta_fw-la pag._n 423_o §_o iii_o of_o the_o zagathayan_a tartar_n pag._n 425_o §_o four_o of_o the_o cathayan_a and_o mogol_n tartar_n etc_n etc_n pag._n 426_o chap._n xvi_o of_o the_o nation_n which_o live_v in_o or_o near_o to_o those_o part_n now_o possess_v by_o the_o tartar_n and_o their_o religion_n and_o custom_n pag._n 428_o chap._n xvii_o of_o other_o northern_a people_n adjoin_v to_o the_o tartar_n pag._n 431_o chap._n xviii_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o china_n pag._n 435_o §_o i._o of_o the_o name_n province_n city_n and_o situation_n thereof_o ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o commodity_n of_o china_n and_o commodious_a river_n and_o ship_n with_o two_o map_n one_o make_v by_o hondius_n the_o other_o take_v out_o of_o a_o china_n map_n make_v there_o by_o the_o chinois_n p._n 436_o §_o iii_o of_o the_o city_n and_o castle_n in_o china_n and_o of_o quinsa_n pag._n 439_o §_o four_o of_o their_o person_n attire_n and_o many_o strange_a rite_n pag._n 443_o §_o v._o of_o the_o mechanical_a art_n in_o china_n their_o print_n etc_n etc_n pag._n 445_o §_o vi_o of_o their_o language_n write_v astrology_n philosophy_n and_o physic_n pag._n 446_o §_o vii_o of_o their_o ehicke_n politics_n and_o degree_n in_o learning_n pag._n 448_o §_o viii_o of_o the_o king_n his_o court_n issue_n revenue_n and_o majesty_n pag._n 451_o §_o ix_o of_o the_o magistrate_n court_n and_o government_n pag._n 454_o §_o x._o of_o their_o punishment_n divine_a and_o (null)_o and_o a_o catalogue_n of_o their_o king_n pag._n 457_o chap._n xix_o of_o the_o religion_n use_v in_o china_n pag._n 460_o §_o i._o of_o their_o god_n &_o idol_n in_o former_a time_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o their_o present_a god_n and_o idol_n pag._n 461_o §_o iii_o of_o their_o three_o sect_n and_o first_o of_o that_o of_o confutius_n pag._n 462_o §_o four_o of_o the_o sect_n sciequia_fw-la pag._n 463_o §_o v._o of_o the_o three_o sect_n lauzu_n pag._n 464_o §_o vi_o of_o their_o superstitious_a divination_n and_o curious_a art_n pag._n 466_o §_o vii_o of_o the_o marriage_n concubine_n and_o other_o vice_n and_o error_n of_o the_o chinois_n pag._n 468_o §_o viii_o of_o their_o temple_n pag._n 470_o §_o ix_o of_o their_o funeral_n pag._n 472_o §_o x._o of_o stranger_n and_o foreign_a religion_n in_o china_n pag._n 475_o the_o five_o book_n of_o the_o east_n indies_n and_o of_o the_o sea_n and_o island_n about_o asia_n with_o their_o religion_n chap._n i._o of_o india_n in_o general_a and_o of_o the_o ancient_a rite_n there_o observe_v pag._n 477_o §_o i._o the_o limit_n and_o the_o ancient_a people_n and_o invasion_n of_o india_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o their_o philosophical_a or_o religious_a sect_n pag._n 478_o §_o iii_o many_o doubtful_a and_o fabulous_a report_n of_o the_o indian_n pag._n 481_o chap._n ii_o of_o late_a indian_a discovery_n and_o a_o apology_n for_o the_o english_a trade_n in_o the_o east_n indies_n pag._n 483_o §_o i._o of_o the_o portugal_n and_o dutch_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o english_a trade_n there_o many_o argument_n in_o defence_n of_o it_o pag._n 484_o §_o iii_o answer_n to_o objection_n make_v against_o the_o indian_a trade_n and_o society_n with_o other_o argument_n for_o it_o pag._n 486_o §_o four_o the_o conclusion_n with_o commendation_n of_o the_o mariner_n etc_n etc_n pag._n 487_o chap._n iii_o of_o the_o indian_a province_n next_o adjoin_v to_o china_n pag._n 488_o §_o i._o of_o cauchin_n china_n camboya_n and_o the_o laos_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o siam_n pag._n 490_o §_o iii_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o malacca_n pag._n 493_o §_o four_o of_o patane_n and_o the_o neighbour_a petty_a kingdom_n pag._n 495_o chap._n four_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o pegu_n or_o brama_n and_o the_o subject_n and_o neighbour_a kingdom_n pag._n 498_o §_o i._o of_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o king_n of_o pegu_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o the_o destruction_n &_o desolation_n of_o pegu_n p._n 500_o §_o iii_o of_o the_o peguan_a rite_n and_o custom_n p._n 502_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o religion_n in_o pegu_n and_o the_o country_n sometime_o subject_a thereto_o pag._n 505_o chap._n vi_o of_o bengala_n and_o the_o part_n adjoin_v and_o of_o the_o holy_a river_n ganges_n pag._n 508_o §_o i._o of_o bengala_n ibid._n §_o ii_o of_o ganges_n and_o the_o
in_o the_o year_n from_o the_o creation_n 1656._o the_o scalig_n septuagint_n and_o the_o father_n that_o follow_v they_o reckon_v far_o otherwise_o which_o error_n of_o they_o differ_v from_o the_o hebrew_n verity_n agustine_n 13._o ascribe_v to_o the_o first_o coppier_n of_o that_o translation_n other_o to_o their_o own_o set_a purpose_n that_o they_o may_v contend_v with_o other_o nation_n in_o the_o challenge_n of_o antiquity_n for_o that_o cause_n and_o lest_o the_o often_o half_v of_o age_n shall_v trouble_v the_o faithless_a say_v master_n broughton_n they_o feign_v cainan_n betwixt_o arphaxad_n and_o selah_n in_o which_o account_n if_o 3.36_o luke_n in_o his_o genealogy_n have_v follow_v they_o it_o be_v to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o they_o which_o will_v correct_v luke_n by_o their_o corrupt_a translation_n of_o the_o septuagint_n broughton_n for_o 3._o some_o copy_n of_o the_o gospel_n have_v want_v it_o the_o place_n be_v common_o think_v to_o be_v armenia_n the_o sybilline_n 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field_n it_o continue_v seven_o day_n ahmed_n abulabbas_n cadir_n billa_z 46._o be_v the_o five_o and_o twenty_o abbaside_n chalifa_n an._n 385._o abulcasin_n counsellor_n to_o king_n fachruddaulas_n which_o of_o all_o counselor_n be_v first_o call_v partner_n die_v he_o write_v elegant_a epistle_n and_o good_a verse_n fachruddaulas_n die_v anno_fw-la 387._o 997._o his_o son_n rustem_fw-la who_o cadir_n nominate_v maghduddaulas_n succeed_v he_o an._n 389._o mahmud_n jamanuddaulas_n son_n of_o sebertekin_n lord_n of_o india_n possess_v chorasan_n take_v it_o from_o abdulmelic_n the_o last_o of_o the_o samanaean_a king_n an._n 391._o abulfadaijl_n lord_n of_o aleppo_n be_v poison_v and_o lulu_n his_o counsellor_n seize_v on_o the_o state_n bahaiuddaulas_n after_o long_a war_n slay_v abunasr_n son_n of_o azzuddaulas_n and_o possess_v his_o and_o his_o brother_n inheritance_n an._n 397._o walid_a of_o the_o house_n of_o ommia_n and_o progeny_n of_o hisiam_n invade_v hakem_n lord_n of_o 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deity_n solicit_v thereto_o by_o muhammed_n son_n of_o ishmael_n who_o a_o zealous_a turk_n slay_v in_o hakem_n chariot_n once_o atheism_n and_o madness_n be_v in_o he_o combine_v his_o son_n ali_n be_v surname_v tahir_n lijzaz-dinilla_n an._n 413._o the_o lord_n of_o haleb_n be_v slay_v by_o his_o servant_n and_o badir_n possess_v it_o call_v himself_o waliuddaulas_n but_o tahir_n send_v a_o army_n against_o it_o and_o take_v it_o an._n 415._o salih_o son_n of_o mardas_n get_v possession_n of_o haleb_n and_o balabec_n sultanuddaulas_n die_v and_o his_o son_n abulcalanghar_n succeed_v and_o remain_v at_o sijraz_n but_o his_o uncle_n siarfuddaulas_n after_o many_o battle_n be_v get_v bagdad_n an._n 420._o fine_a salih_o be_v slay_v by_o the_o egyptian_a force_n with_o his_o son_n in_o battle_n but_o his_o son_n nasr_n abucamil_n siabluddaulas_n hold_v aleppo_n an._n 422._o cadir_n billa_z the_o chalif_n die_v after_o one_o and_o forty_o year_n reign_n aged_a eighty_o six_o in_o his_o time_n muhammed_n son_n of_o ishmael_n the_o false_a prophet_n have_v preach_v hakem_n deity_n and_o after_o his_o death_n hamza_n alhadi_n in_o egypt_n and_o syria_n confirm_v the_o same_o opinion_n place_v doctor_n at_o mitsra_n give_v all_o licence_n to_o marry_v their_o own_o sister_n daughter_n mother_n and_o take_v away_o fast_v prayer_n and_o pilgrimage_n hakem_n abstain_v from_o prayer_n on_o friday_n ramadan_n and_o feast_v day_n forbid_v pilgrimage_n to_o mecca_n and_o thus_o begin_v the_o sect_n of_o the_o dararaeans_n especial_o famous_a at_o tyre_n sidon_n mount_v berit_n and_o the_o adjoin_v place_n of_o syria_n abdala_fw-la abugiafar_n caijm_n biamrilla_n 47._o son_n of_o cadir_n be_v the_o six_o and_o twenty_o abasid_n chalifa_n create_v that_o day_n on_o which_o his_o father_n die_v be_v before_o make_v partner_n of_o the_o covenant_n by_o his_o father_n and_o mention_v in_o public_a prayer_n by_o that_o title_n the_o same_o year_n 422._o king_n ghalaluddaulas_n son_n of_o bahaiuddaulas_n come_v to_o bagdad_n and_o take_v it_o and_o prayer_n be_v make_v in_o his_o name_n caijm_n style_v he_o siahensiah_n great_a king_n of_o king_n anno_fw-la 426._o letter_n be_v bring_v from_o mahmud_n son_n of_o sebucktakin_n jamanuddaulas_n that_o he_o have_v take_v many_o city_n in_o india_n take_v that_o he_o have_v slay_v fifty_o thousand_o infidel_n and_o take_v seventie_o thousand_o and_o spoil_n worth_a a_o million_o of_o gold_n an._n 427._o taher_n lord_n of_o egypt_n die_v his_o son_n maabad_n abutamim_n mustansir_n billa_z succeed_a being_n about_o eight_o year_n old_a or_o as_o some_o say_v six_o he_o rule_v sixty_o year_n none_o before_o have_v begin_v so_o soon_o or_o hold_v out_o so_o long_o yet_o abdurrahman_n king_n of_o andalusia_n reign_v about_o so_o much_o time_n an._n 430._o etc_n begin_v the_o prince_n salghucides_n muhammed_n abutalib_n togrulbec_n be_v the_o first_o inaugurate_v of_o they_o his_o brethren_n be_v david_n ghacarbec_n fir_n and_o arselan_n the_o son_n of_o michael_n son_n of_o salghuc_n son_n of_o dacac_n a_o turk_n who_o first_o of_o that_o race_n embrace_v islamisme_n and_o be_v much_o employ_v by_o the_o turkish_a king_n in_o his_o war_n his_o son_n salghuc_n after_o his_o father_n death_n be_v make_v chief_a commander_n of_o the_o turkish_a army_n but_o the_o king_n suspect_v he_o seek_v to_o slay_v he_o whereupon_o he_o flee_v to_o haron_n king_n of_o ghabia_n and_o of_o he_o obtain_v a_o army_n to_o invade_v those_o infidel_n but_o be_v slay_v in_o battle_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o seven_o year_n old_a his_o son_n michael_n with_o his_o child_n abide_v in_o mauranahar_n many_o turk_n acknowledge_v none_o other_o commander_n when_o mahmud_n son_n of_o sebuctakin_n king_n of_o india_n pass_v over_o the_o river_n ghaihon_n to_o help_v wararchan_n king_n of_o mauranahar_n he_o cast_v michael_n into_o bond_n for_o refuse_v to_o go_v with_o he_o promise_v to_o set_v he_o in_o chorasan_n to_o keep_v it_o 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juan._n gon._n de_fw-fr mend._n mend._n pag._n 349_o 349_o crud_n el._n hisp_n hisp_n francis-vaez_n 1601._o 1601._o g.b.b._n part_n 4_o lib._n 3._o 3._o oliver_n à _fw-fr
z._n say_v that_o hamaria_n make_v a_o match_n betwixt_o his_o son_n ali_n and_o the_o caliph_n daughter_n equitie_n muctafi_n 38._o caramite_n hurt_v to_o the_o muslim_n muctadir_n 39_o africa_n divide_v as_o spain_n before_o and_o follow_v a_o new_a chalif_n heretic_n execute_v abugiafar_n death_n see_v of_o he_o in_o the_o preface_n ah_o 310._o begin_n may_v 1._o 922_o caramite_n cruelty_n melita_n dailam_n a_o people_n of_o persia_n these_o thing_n be_v set_v together_o but_o in_o time_n happen_v after_o mecca_n assault_v blackstone_n take_v away_o kahir_n 40._o z._n elkahar_n chalifa_n beggar_n l._n 3._o of_o the_o distraction_n of_o the_o saracenicall_a empire_n arradi_n 41._o boia_n z._n and_o m._n tell_v of_o he_o and_o call_v he_o segiar_n m._n abusuia_n that_o he_o dream_v he_o piss_v fire_n which_o inflame_v the_o country_n in_o three_o part_n which_o be_v interpret_v of_o his_o three_o son_n greatness_n egypt_n conquer_v muslim_n empire_n fall_v in_o piece_n the_o author_n 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jerusalem_n from_o the_o frank_n call_v saladine_n in_o our_o story_n cayro_n build_v nubian_n invasion_n taius_n lilla_n 45._o z._n taia_n m._n tayaha_n abdelcarim_n unjust_a jew_n and_o just_a prince_n witty_a epitaph_n in_o arabic_a verse_n of_o a_o crucify_a man_n strong_a man_n great_a and_o first_o muslim_n king_n great_o dignify_v to_o be_v the_o caliph_n curate_n to_o say_v prayer_n in_o his_o place_n taius_n depose_v depose_v they_o be_v in_o the_o east_n call_v melchite_n or_o kingsman_n which_o follow_v the_o religion_n of_o the_o greek_a emperor_n the_o jacobite_n in_o circumcision_n be_v like_a saracen_n russ_n convert_v egyptian_a tempest_n earthquake_n cadir_n 46._o 46._o began_n jan._n 13._o 997._o z._n write_v that_o a._n h._n 408._o 300000._o tartar_n out_o of_o china_n invade_v asia_n which_o be_v overthrow_v by_o tagan_n chan_n a_o tartar_a king_n &_o a_o 100000._o take_v prisoner_n with_o china_n dish_n &_o much_o spoil_n proud_a ambition_n of_o deity_n reward_v 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