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myself_o see_v fifteen_o kingdom_n of_o the_o negro_n howbeit_o there_o be_v many_o more_o which_o although_o i_o see_v not_o with_o my_o own_o eye_n yet_o be_v they_o by_o the_o negro_n sufficient_o know_v and_o frequent_v their_o name_n therefore_o beginning_n from_o the_o west_n and_o so_o proceed_v eastward_o and_o southward_o be_v these_o follow_v gualata_n ghinea_n melli_fw-la tombuto_n gago_n guber_n agadez_n canon_n casena_n zegzeg_n zanfara_n guangara_n burno_n gaoga_n nube_fw-la these_o fifteen_o kingdom_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n situate_a upon_o the_o river_n niger_n through_o the_o which_o merchant_n usual_o travel_v from_o gualata_n to_o the_o city_n of_o cairo_n alcair_a in_o egypt_n the_o journey_n indeed_o be_v very_o long_o but_o yet_o secure_a and_o void_a of_o danger_n all_o the_o say_a kingdom_n adjoine_v one_o upon_o another_o ten_o whereof_o be_v separate_v either_o by_o the_o river_n niger_n or_o by_o some_o sandy_a desert_n and_o in_o time_n past_o each_o one_o of_o the_o fifteen_o have_v a_o several_a king_n but_o now_o 1526._o at_o this_o present_a they_o be_v all_o in_o a_o manner_n subject_a unto_o three_o king_n only_o namely_o to_o the_o king_n of_o tombuto_n who_o be_v lord_n of_o the_o great_a part_n to_o the_o king_n of_o borno_n who_o govern_v the_o least_o part_n and_o the_o residue_n be_v in_o subjection_n unto_o the_o king_n of_o gaoga_n howbeit_o he_o that_o possess_v the_o kingdom_n of_o ducala_n have_v a_o very_a small_a train_n attend_v upon_o he_o likewise_o these_o kingdom_n have_v many_o other_o kingdom_n border_v upon_o the_o south_n frontier_n of_o they_o to_o wit_n bito_n temiam_fw-la dauma_n medra_n and_o gorhan_n the_o governor_n and_o inhabitant_n whereof_o be_v most_o rich_a and_o industrious_a people_n great_a lover_n of_o justice_n and_o equity_n albeit_o some_o lead_v a_o brutish_a kind_n of_o life_n of_o the_o habitation_n of_o africa_n and_o of_o the_o signification_n of_o this_o word_n barbar_n our_o cosmographer_n and_o historiographer_n affirm_v that_o in_o time_n past_o africa_n be_v altogether_o disinhabit_v except_o that_o part_n which_o be_v now_o call_v the_o land_n of_o negro_n and_o most_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o barbary_n and_o numidia_n be_v for_o many_o age_n destitute_a of_o inhabitant_n the_o tawny_a people_n of_o the_o say_a region_n be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o barber_n be_v derive_v of_o the_o verb_n barbara_n which_o in_o their_o tongue_n signify_v to_o murmur_v because_o the_o african_a tongue_n sound_v in_o the_o ear_n of_o the_o arabian_n no_o otherwise_o than_o the_o voice_n of_o beast_n which_o utter_v their_o sound_n without_o any_o accent_n other_o will_v have_v barber_n to_o be_v one_o word_n twice_o repeat_v forsomuch_o as_o bar_n in_o the_o arabian_a tongue_n signify_v a_o desert_n for_o say_v they_o when_o king_n iphricus_n be_v by_o the_o assyrian_n or_o aethiopian_n drive_v out_o of_o his_o own_o kingdom_n travel_v towards_o egypt_n and_o 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