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geneva_n 33._o 40._o 46._o 20._o gelway_n 13._o 17._o 54._o 6._o gloucester_n 19_o  _fw-fr 53._o  _fw-fr gades_n 15._o 10._o 37._o  _fw-fr granada_n 11._o  _fw-fr 37._o 50._o groin_n 16._o 50._o 43._o 20._o genoa_n 37._o 50._o 45._o 0._o grenoble_n 27._o  _fw-fr 45._o 30._o h._n s._n hilary_n in_o guernzey_n 22._o 20._o 49._o 40._o hull_n 25._o 20._o 53._o 40._o l._n leon_n 21._o 10._o 42._o 15._o lisbon_n 9_o 10._o 38._o 38._o lion_n 23._o 15._o 45._o 10._o lincoln_n 22._o 52._o 53._o 12._o london_n 23._o 25._o 5._o 34._o luca_n 42._o 10._o 40._o  _fw-fr ligorn_n 40._o 20._o 43_o 30._o m._n majorca_n 39_o 50._o 33._o  _fw-fr malaga_n 23._o 50._o 37._o 22._o merseilles_n 24._o 30._o 43._o 10._o s._n malo_n 19_o  _fw-fr 49._o  _fw-fr medina_n caeli_fw-la 23._o 30._o 41._o 10._o milan_n 38._o 30._o 46._o 10._o modena_n 41._o 50._o 35._o 40._o montpelier_n 25._o 30._o 44._o 10._o montalban_n 23._o  _fw-fr 45._o  _fw-fr messana_n 45._o 50._o 37._o 50._o minorca_n 34._o 30._o 40._o 0._o n._n naples_n 46._o  _fw-fr 39_o 30._o nantes_n 24._o 10._o 47._o 10._o narbon_n 30._o 20._o 43._o 20._o nevers_n 25._o  _fw-fr 47._o  _fw-fr newcastle_n 22._o 30._o 54._o 57_o nismes_n 26._o  _fw-fr 44._o 2._o norwich_n 24._o 55._o 52._o 40._o o._n oleron_n 24._o 30._o 45._o 30._o orleans_n 28._o 30._o â—8_o 0._o orange_n 26._o 20._o 43._o 20._o oxford_n 22._o  _fw-fr 51._o 50._o otranto_n 49._o 30._o 40._o 20._o p._n pampelun_n 24._o 30._o 43._o 3._o paris_n 23._o 30._o 48._o 40._o pavia_n 44._o 1._o 33._o 5._o milan_n 44._o 45._o 36._o 20._o parma_n 39_o 20._o 45._o 10._o pescara_n 43._o 0._o 30._o 10._o palerme_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr peragia_fw-la 42._o 20._o 43._o 10._o peter-port_n in_o jarsey_n 23._o 0._o 49._o 20._o pisa_n 40._o 30._o 43._o
preface_n to_o my_o microcosm_n have_v oblige_v myself_o and_o it_o be_v possible_a enough_o that_o in_o respect_n of_o that_o general_a promise_n i_o may_v lie_v under_o the_o censure_n of_o inconstancy_n and_o breach_n of_o covenant_n in_o that_o i_o have_v solemn_o declare_v in_o the_o aforesaid_a preface_n that_o the_o reader_n shall_v not_o fear_v any_o further_a inlargement_n which_o may_v make_v he_o repent_v his_o then_o present_a market_n that_o it_o have_v receive_v my_o last_o hand_n and_o that_o from_o thenceforth_o i_o will_v look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o stranger_n only_o but_o it_o be_v mean_v withal_o and_o express_v according_o unless_o it_o wâ—re_v for_o the_o amend_v of_o such_o error_n of_o which_o by_o the_o strength_n of_o my_o own_o judgement_n or_o any_o ingenuous_a information_n i_o shall_v be_v convict_v anâ—_n error_n i_o must_v needs_o say_v i_o have_v find_v so_o many_o on_o this_o last_o perusal_n and_o those_o not_o only_o verbal_a but_o material_a too_o as_o do_v not_o only_o free_v i_o from_o that_o obligation_n but_o do_v oblige_v i_o to_o a_o further_a review_n thereof_o for_o be_v write_v in_o a_o age_n on_o which_o the_o pride_n of_o youth_n and_o self-opinion_n may_v have_v some_o predominancy_n i_o think_v it_o free_a from_o mistake_n than_o i_o since_o have_v find_v it_o and_o those_o mistake_n by_o run_v through_o eight_o edition_n six_o of_o they_o without_o my_o perusal_n or_o super-vising_a so_o increase_v and_o multiply_v that_o i_o can_v no_o long_o call_v it_o i_o or_o look_v upon_o it_o with_o any_o tolerable_a degree_n of_o patience_n so_o that_o in_o case_n the_o importunity_n of_o friend_n have_v not_o enforce_v i_o in_o a_o manner_n upon_o this_o employment_n the_o necessity_n of_o consult_v my_o own_o fame_n and_o leave_v the_o work_n faâ—r_n behind_o i_o to_o succeed_a time_n will_v have_v persuade_v i_o in_o the_o end_n to_o do_v somewhat_o in_o it_o which_o though_o the_o last_o be_v not_o the_o least_o of_o those_o inducement_n which_o incline_v i_o to_o the_o undertake_n of_o this_o present_a work_n have_v thus_o plain_o and_o ingenuous_o lay_v down_o the_o reason_n which_o do_v induce_v though_o not_o encourage_v i_o unto_o this_o performance_n it_o be_v now_o fit_a i_o shall_v declare_v what_o i_o have_v do_v in_o it_o and_o what_o the_o reader_n may_v expect_v from_o so_o great_a inlargement_n and_o first_o the_o reader_n be_v to_o know_v that_o my_o design_n original_o be_v only_o to_o look_v over_o the_o former_a book_n to_o give_v it_o a_o review_n to_o purge_v it_o of_o the_o error_n which_o it_o have_v contract_v and_o not_o so_o much_o â—o_o make_v a_o new_a book_n as_o correct_v the_o old_a but_o when_o i_o have_v more_o serious_o consider_v of_o it_o 〈◊〉_d find_v sufficient_a reason_n to_o change_v that_o purpose_n to_o make_v it_o new_a both_o in_o form_n and_o matter_n 〈◊〉_d to_o present_v it_o to_o the_o world_n with_o all_o those_o advantage_n which_o a_o new_a book_n may_v carry_v with_o â—t_a the_o great_a pain_n i_o take_v about_o it_o the_o great_a i_o conceive_v will_v the_o benefit_n be_v which_o may_v from_o thence_o redound_v to_o those_o who_o shall_v please_v to_o read_v it_o and_o i_o will_v willing_o so_o fain_o comply_v with_o all_o expectation_n that_o the_o short_a taper_n of_o my_o life_n shall_v give_v light_n to_o other_o in_o the_o consume_n of_o itself_o non_fw-la nobis_fw-la solum_fw-la nati_fw-la sumus_fw-la may_v well_o become_v a_o christian_n mouth_n though_o a_o heathen_a speak_v it_o but_o if_o all_o expectation_n be_v not_o satisfy_v in_o the_o completeness_n of_o the_o work_n as_o i_o fear_v they_o will_v not_o i_o desire_v it_o may_v not_o be_v ascribe_v unto_o any_o neglect_n or_o fault_n of_o i_o but_o to_o the_o want_n and_o difficulty_n which_o i_o be_v to_o struggle_v with_o book_n i_o have_v few_o to_o help_v myself_o with_o of_o my_o own_o nor_o live_v i_o never_o so_o rich_a a_o clergy_n most_o of_o the_o benefice_n of_o these_o part_n be_v poor_a and_o mean_a as_o to_o supply_v myself_o from_o they_o with_o such_o commodity_n the_o great_a help_n i_o have_v be_v from_o oxford-librarie_n which_o though_o but_o nine_o or_o ten_o mile_n off_o from_o my_o present_a dwell_n yet_o the_o charge_n and_o trouble_v of_o the_o journey_n with_o the_o loss_n of_o time_n make_v my_o visit_n to_o that_o place_n less_o frequent_a and_o consequent_o the_o neighbourhood_n thereof_o less_o useful_a to_o i_o than_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o design_n may_v well_o comport_v with_o so_o that_o when_o all_o thing_n be_v consider_v as_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v it_o rather_o may_v be_v wonder_v at_o by_o a_o equal_a reader_n how_o i_o can_v come_v to_o write_v so_o much_o with_o so_o little_a help_n upon_o a_o subject_n of_o such_o a_o large_a and_o diffuse_a variety_n than_o that_o in_o any_o part_n thereof_o i_o have_v write_v too_o little_a and_o to_o say_v truth_n the_o work_n so_o prosper_v in_o my_o hand_n and_o swell_v so_o much_o above_o my_o thought_n and_o expectation_n that_o i_o hope_v i_o may_v with_o modesty_n enough_o use_v those_o word_n of_o jacob_n voluntas_fw-la dei_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la citò_fw-la occurreret_fw-la mihi_fw-la quod_fw-la volebam_fw-la the_o lord_n god_n bring_v it_o to_o i_o as_o the_o english_a read_v it_o in_o the_o pursuance_n of_o this_o work_n as_o i_o have_v take_v on_o myself_o the_o part_n of_o a_o historian_n and_o geographer_n so_o have_v i_o not_o forget_v that_o i_o a_o englishman_n and_o which_o be_v somewhat_o more_o a_o churchman_n as_o a_o englishman_n i_o have_v be_v mindful_a upon_o all_o occasion_n to_o commit_v to_o memory_n the_o noble_a action_n of_o my_o country_n exploit_v both_o by_o sea_n and_o land_n in_o most_o part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o represent_v on_o the_o same_o theater_n upon_o which_o they_o be_v act_v and_o herein_o i_o have_v follow_v the_o example_n of_o the_o great_a annalist_n baronius_n who_o pretend_v in_o that_o learned_a and_o laborious_a work_n a_o sincere_a history_n of_o the_o church_n and_o no_o more_o than_o so_o yet_o tell_v the_o pope_n in_o his_o epistle_n that_o he_o principal_o do_v intend_v the_o same_o pro_fw-la sacrarum_fw-la traditionum_fw-la antiquitate_fw-la &_o autoritate_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la to_o manifest_v therein_o the_o antiquity_n of_o such_o tradition_n and_o for_o defence_n of_o that_o authority_n and_o power_n which_o at_o this_o day_n be_v teach_v and_o exercise_v in_o the_o church_n of_o kome_n and_o so_o much_o i_o may_v also_o say_v of_o myself_o in_o this_o performance_n though_o without_o any_o by-design_n to_o abuse_v the_o reader_n that_o though_o the_o history_n and_o chorogrophie_n of_o the_o world_n he_o my_o principal_a business_n yet_o i_o have_v apprehend_v every_o modest_a occasion_n of_o record_v the_o heroic_a act_n of_o my_o native_a soil_n and_o file_v on_o the_o register_n of_o perpetual_a fame_n the_o gallantry_n and_o brave_a achievement_n of_o the_o people_n of_o england_n exemplify_v in_o their_o many_o victory_n and_o signal_n service_n in_o italy_n france_n spain_n scotland_n belgium_n in_o palestine_n cyprus_n africa_n and_o america_n and_o indeed_o where_o not_o nor_o have_v i_o pretermit_v their_o great_a zeal_n and_o piety_n in_o convert_v to_o the_o faith_n so_o many_o of_o the_o german_a and_o northern_a nation_n franconian_o thuringian_o hassian_o saxon_n dane_n frison_n as_o also_o among_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n together_o with_o those_o of_o lituania_n and_o the_o people_n of_o norwey_n by_o that_o mean_n more_o enlarge_n christ_n kingdom_n than_o they_o do_v their_o own_o and_o as_o i_o have_v be_v zealous_a to_o record_v the_o action_n so_o have_v i_o be_v as_o careful_a to_o assert_v the_o right_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n inherent_a personal_o in_o their_o king_n by_o way_n of_o public_a interess_n in_o the_o subject_a also_o as_o the_o whole_a body_n do_v partake_v of_o that_o sense_n and_o motion_n which_o be_v original_o in_o the_o head_n and_o of_o this_o kind_n i_o reckon_v the_o true_a state_v of_o the_o title_n of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o france_n demonstrate_v the_o vassalage_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o scotland_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n vouch_v the_o legal_a interess_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n in_o right_a of_o the_o first_o discovery_n or_o premier_n seisin_n to_o estotiland_n terra_fw-la corterialis_n newfoundland_n novum_n belgium_n guiana_n the_o country_n near_o the_o cape_n of_o good_a hope_n and_o some_o other_o place_n against_o all_o pretender_n insinuate_v the_o precedency_n of_o the_o english_a king_n before_o those_o of_o spain_n their_o sovereignty_n and_o dominion_n in_o the_o british_a ocean_n with_o the_o great_a benefit_n which_o may_v from_o thence_o arise_v unto_o
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