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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d white_a or_o albion_n the_o giant_n from_o its_o high_a rock_n on_o the_o western_a coast_n where_o the_o phoenician_n first_o land_a call_v to_o this_o day_n pen_n or_o from_o the_o whiteness_n of_o its_o shore_n alpin_n in_o the_o phoenician_n tongue_n be_v a_o high_a mountain_n alben_n in_o the_o same_o dialect_n be_v white_a hibernia_n call_v also_o jerna_n have_v its_o name_n from_o its_o situation_n be_v the_o last_o country_n westward_o further_o than_o which_o the_o phoenician_n never_o take_v voyage_n it_o may_v be_v suppose_v to_o be_v call_v ibetnae_fw-la by_o the_o phoenician_n from_o whence_o come_v hibernia_n likewise_o nerne_n from_o whence_o be_v derive_v jerna_n ibernae_a the_o last_o habitation_n aher-nae_a from_o which_o the_o same_o jerna_n and_o it_o be_v remarkable_a that_o till_o the_o discovery_n of_o these_o island_n by_o the_o phoenician_n there_o be_v many_o place_n on_o the_o west_n of_o africa_n and_o spain_n that_o be_v so_o 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jupiter_n
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