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border_v in_o the_o west_n sus._n sus._n with_o the_o atlantick-sea_n in_o the_o south_n with_o the_o lybick_a island_n take_v in_o a_o part_n of_o nun_n in_o the_o east_n confine_v with_o the_o territory_n of_o dara_n and_o in_o the_o north_n with_o the_o other_o sus_n belong_v to_o barbary_n ¶_o the_o chief_a inhabitant_n be_v all_o extract_v original_o from_o the_o african_a breberians_n and_o be_v divide_v into_o tribe_n or_o family_n which_o they_o call_v gemy_n as_o we_o say_v before_o signify_v a_o maslin_n people_n the_o first_o of_o these_o be_v the_o offspring_n of_o the_o ydausquerit_n call_v by_o a_o special_a name_n hilela_n who_o possess_v many_o city_n and_o fort_n as_o ydiauzon_n merit_n deudysdud_n deuseniz_n yndeuzel_n arrahala_n ydeunadayf_n argan_n deuquinsus_n aytiakoli_fw-la and_o tizitit_fw-la among_o which_o the_o chief_a place_n be_v ydeunadayf_n lie_v about_o fifty_o mile_n from_o taradan_n to_o zahara_n on_o the_o south_n ydeuquinsus_n and_o argon_fw-la which_o all_o make_v but_o one_o only_a gemie_n or_o family_n name_v quincina_n and_o be_v consociate_n with_o the_o soldiery_n of_o the_o house_n of_o hilela_n ¶_o this_o country_n afford_v great_a store_n of_o grain_n wheat_n and_o barley_n and_o in_o some_o place_n store_n of_o orange_n lemon_n and_o several_a sort_n of_o such_o brisk_a or_o sharp-relishing_a fruit_n as_o be_v frequent_a in_o spain_n and_o portugal_n it_o breed_v also_o plenty_n of_o cattle_n and_o such_o store_n of_o horse_n that_o they_o be_v reckon_v up_o by_o thousand_o extuka_n extuka_n extuka_n extuka_n a_o territory_n of_o the_o wide-spreading_a sus_n in_o which_o be_v reckon_v to_o be_v above_o forty_o city_n and_o castle_n be_v inhabit_v by_o the_o african_a breberians_n of_o miceamunda_n the_o chief_a place_n of_o which_o be_v targuez_n strengthen_v with_o a_o fort_n lie_v on_o a_o rise_a hill_n the_o residence_n for_o the_o xeque_n or_o lord._n their_o neighbour_n be_v the_o other_o breberians_n that_o 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sun_n and_o contain_v about_o four_o
the_o densans_n be_v stout_a and_o warlike_a borgia_n feed_v many_o artificer_n but_o more_o husbandman_n ¶_o one_o part_n of_o this_o territory_n stand_v under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o arabian_n government_n their_o government_n another_o under_o the_o king_n of_o kouko_n and_o labez_n the_o three_o the_o turk_n lay_v his_o claim_n to_o but_o paskare_o anno_fw-la fifteen_o hundred_o sixty_o two_o be_v rend_v from_o the_o king_n of_o tunis_n by_o the_o practice_n of_o one_o tachea_n a_o marabout_a who_o make_v himself_o master_n they_o can_v never_o be_v reduce_v to_o the_o former_a government_n the_o territory_n of_o biledulgerid_n biledulgerid_n biledulgerid_n the_o territory_n of_o biledulgerid_n or_o beledulgerid_n which_o be_v a_o single_a province_n yet_o give_v denomination_n to_o all_o numidia_n as_o we_o say_v before_o signify_v date-land_n extend_v to_o the_o realm_n of_o tunis_n beginning_n at_o teskare_o so_o reach_v to_o the_o coast_n belong_v to_o the_o isle_n 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delphocat_n and_o gaoga_fw-la and_o place_n it_o on_o the_o west_n side_n of_o the_o nile_n and_o spread_v it_o to_o the_o negro_n country_n ¶_o lybia_n interior_n or_o inward_a lybia_n according_a to_o ptolemy_n have_v in_o the_o north_n lybia_n the_o border_n of_o inward_a lybia_n the_o two_o mauritania_n that_o be_v the_o caesarian_a mauritania_n and_o the_o tingitana_n country_n tangâ—ian-moors_n country_n the_o east_n a_o part_n of_o marmarica_n and_o ethiopia_n below_o egypt_n in_o the_o south_n inward_a ethiopia_n and_o in_o the_o west_n the_o atlantic_a ocean_n but_o the_o modern_a lybia_n which_o contain_v a_o part_n of_o interior_n lybia_n agree_v not_o with_o the_o ancient_n lybia_n bound_n but_o be_v by_o the_o late_a geographer_n include_v within_o other_o border_n as_o hereafter_o ¶_o the_o new_a lybia_n have_v for_o north_n confine_n the_o desert_n of_o numidia_n lybia_n the_o border_n of_o the_o modern_a lybia_n or_o biledulgerid_n with_o a_o part_n of_o their_o nun_n eastward_o egypt_n the_o city_n elockat_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o gaoga_n conterminate_a to_o the_o south_n negro-land_n the_o west_n wash_v with_o the_o atlantic_a ocean_n along_o who_o coast_n it_o reach_v from_o that_o part_n of_o nun_n which_o belong_v to_o biledulgerid_n or_o numidia_n to_o the_o river_n of_o zenega_n or_o niger_n which_o divide_v the_o whites_n and_o black_n black_n a_o partition_n between_o the_o whites_n and_o black_n but_o to_o set_v forth_o the_o bound_n thereof_o more_o accurate_o its_o northern_a confine_n range_v all_o along_o with_o that_o negro-land_n that_o have_v the_o river_n zenega_n which_o pass_v on_o by_o these_o country_n in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o long_a narrow_a towel_n almost_o to_o the_o nile_n it_o be_v a_o tract_n of_o sixty_o spanish_a mile_n ¶_o the_o original_a of_o the_o name_n lybia_n the_o grecian_n derive_v from_o a_o woman_n 6._o the_o original_n of_o the_o name_n of_o lybia_n herodotus_n aldrete_n antigue_v lib._n 3._o cap._n 6._o a_o native_a of_o that_o country_n call_v lybia_n some_o from_o a_o great_a lady_n lybia_n the_o daughter_n
stand_v two_o large_a portugal_n house_n each_o have_v a_o exceed_a great_a and_o tall_a tree_n call_v talbassero_n before_o the_o door_n who_o interwoven_a bough_n that_o afford_v a_o pleasant_a shade_n make_v a_o delightful_a arbour_n whereinto_o they_o frequent_o go_v and_o eat_v and_o sleep_v there_o north-east_n from_o thence_o appear_v magar_n magar_n magar_n where_o the_o king_n of_o cayor_n many_o time_n keep_v his_o residence_n emboul_n emboul_n and_o seven_o mile_n far_a eastward_n emboul_n where_o the_o king_n palace_n be_v divide_v from_o the_o city_n with_o palisadoe_n interweave_v with_o band_n and_o palmito-bough_n and_o on_o the_o inside_n plant_v with_o many_o vine_n before_o the_o court_n lie_v a_o great_a plain_n rayer_n the_o court_n of_o rayer_n where_o they_o use_v to_o break_v and_o exercise_v horse_n set_v round_o with_o tree_n into_o this_o none_o may_v enter_v but_o such_o as_o be_v appoint_v because_o the_o king_n be_v chief_a wife_n therein_o have_v their_o 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