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london_n henry_n maurice_n fellow_n of_o jesus_n coll._n ox._n isaac_n may_v merchant_n of_o amsterdam_n clement_n mayo_n esq_n edmond_n meadow_n esq_n ro._n mien_n esq_n postmaster_n of_o scotland_n sr._n richard_n meredith_n bar._n of_o denbishire_n ionas_n more_o esq_n of_o the_o tower_n of_o london_n john_n meriton_n d._n d._n rector_n of_o st_n michael_n cornhill_n london_n roger_n meredith_n esq_n secretary_n of_o the_o king_n embassy_n in_o holland_n sr._n tho._n midleton_n bar._n of_o denbishire_n john_n millington_n esq_n of_o newich_n edward_n mill_n of_o the_o temple_n walter_n mill_n m._n d._n adiell_n mill_n citizen_n of_o london_n william_n molyneux_n of_o dublin_n owen_n morgan_n esq_n will._n morton_n d._n d._n dean_n of_o xt._n church_n dublin_n will._n moses_n esq_n of_o london_n luke_n mott_n fellow_n of_o caius_n coll._n camb._n james_n earl_n of_o northampton_n george_n earl_n of_o northumberland_n james_n ld._n norreys_n francis_n viscount_n newport_n and_o baron_n of_o high_a archoll_n charles_n ld._n north_n and_o grey_n baron_n of_o kirtling_n and_o rollston_n andrew_n newport_n esq_n sr._n john_n napper_n bar._n of_o luton_n bedfordshire_n georg_n neale_n m._n d._n of_o leeds_n yorkshire_n jasper_n needham_n m._n d._n london_n walter_n needham_n honorary_a fellow_n of_o the_o king_n coll._n of_o physician_n sr._n paul_n neile_n of_o codnor_n in_o derbyshire_n goddard_n nelthrop_n esq_n of_o charter-house-yard_n london_n edward_n nicholas_n esq_n of_o hitcham_n edward_n nicholas_n esq_n john_n nchol_n esq_n secretary_n to_o the_o ld._n chancellor_n john_n nicholls_n esq_n of_o trewane_n in_o cornw_n will._n nicolson_n fellow_n of_o queen_n coll._n oxon_n will._n nott_n bookbinder_n to_o the_o queen_n majesty_n tho._n novel_a m._n d._n london_n james_n duke_n of_o ormond_n ld._n lieutenant_n of_o ireland_n and_o chancellor_n of_o the_o university_n of_o oxon._n thomas_z earl_n of_o ossory_n awbrey_n earl_n of_o oxford_n john_n ld._n bp._n of_o oxon_n sr._n thomas_n ogle_n of_o lincolnshire_n will._n oliver_n bookseller_n in_o norwich_n rich._n owen_n d._n d._n rector_n of_o st._n swithin_n and_o of_o st._n mary_n bothaw_n london_n sr._n henry_n oxenden_n bar._n of_o dean_n in_o kent_n college_n in_o oxford_n which_o have_v subscribe_v be_v all_o soul_n coll._n tho._n james_n d._n d._n warden_n brazen-nose_n tho._n yate_n d._n d._n principal_a bailioll_n john_n venn_n mr._n christ_n church_n john_n ld._n bp._n of_o oxon_n dean_n corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la dr._n newlin_n precedent_n edmund_n hall_n stephen_n penton_n principal_a exeter_n arthur_n berry_n d._n d._n rector_n jesus_n john_n lloyd_n d._n d._n principal_a st._n john_n will._n levinz_n m._n d._n precedent_n lincoln_n tho._n marshal_n d._n d._n rector_n magdalen_n henry_n clark_n m._n d._n precedent_n merton_n sr._n thomas_n clayton_n warden_n new_a coll._n dr._n beeston_n warden_n oriel_n robert_n say_v d._n d._n provost_n pembroke_n john_n hall_n d._n d._n master_n queen_n tim._n halton_n d._n d._n provost_n and_o vicechancellor_n trinity_n ralph_n bathurst_n m._n d._n precedent_n university_n obadiah_n walker_n master_n wadham_n gil._n ironside_n d._n d._n warden_n william_n ld._n herbert_n earl_n of_o powis_n charles_n earl_n of_o plymouth_n james_n earl_n of_o perth_n william_n ld._n bp._n of_o peterborough_n william_n ld._n paget_n sr._n tho._n page_n provost_n of_o king_n coll._n cambr._n justinian_n pagit_n esq_n allington_n painter_n esq_n will._n palliser_n d._n d._n reg._n prof._n in_o dublin_n thomas_n papilion_n merchant_n in_o london_n richard_n parr_n d._n d._n of_o camberwell_n george_n payn_n fell._n com._n of_o clare_n hall_n camb._n robert_n payn_n esq_n will._n peachey_n esq_n of_o new-grove_n sussex_n robert_n pease_n merchant_n in_o amsterdam_n will._n peisley_n esq_n of_o the_o temple_n john_n pell_n d._n d._n mr._n pell_v of_o st._n martin_n ludgate_n lond._n sam._n pepys_n esq_n sr._n philip_n percival_n bar._n of_o ireland_n ralph_n petley_n esq_n high_a sheriff_n of_o kent_n william_n pett_n citizen_n of_o london_n alexander_n pitfeild_n of_o hoxdon_n middlesex_n esq_n robert_n pleydall_a esq_n robert_n plott_n l._n l._n d._n of_o university_n coll._n oxon._n sr._n
stand_v as_o they_o be_v before_o wherein_o be_v their_o wife_n child_n etc._n etc._n but_o all_o the_o man_n of_o war_n he_o take_v with_o he_o and_o place_v himself_o and_o they_o in_o ambush_n who_o rise_v up_o at_o the_o approach_n of_o vng-chan_n slay_v he_o and_o all_o his_o follower_n and_o present_o seize_v upon_o the_o kingdom_n cause_v himself_o to_o be_v call_v gingis-chan_n and_o from_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o his_o reign_n either_o incite_v or_o encourage_v as_o all_o author_n agree_v and_o himself_o always_o pretend_v by_o some_o divine_a or_o at_o least_o supernatural_a apparition_n he_o design_v war_n upon_o all_o his_o neighbour_n and_o the_o enlargement_n of_o the_o dominion_n and_o name_n of_o tatar_n he_o also_o set_v up_o a_o new_a religion_n if_o it_o be_v not_o the_o same_o which_o be_v begin_v by_o sagomorbar-chan_n who_o be_v take_v for_o a_o great_a prophet_n of_o who_o we_o know_v very_o little_a but_o wherein_o it_o consist_v i_o find_v not_o any_o satisfactory_a account_n he_o believe_v a_o providence_n and_o set_v up_o mesquitas_fw-la to_o comply_v with_o mahometanism_n but_o as_o a_o arabic_a author_n say_v it_o be_v like_o a_o branch_n break_v off_o the_o great_a tree_n of_o the_o musselmans_n law_n and_o be_v extreme_o detest_a by_o they_o he_o compel_v none_o to_o his_o law_n and_o give_v great_a indulgence_n than_o they_o to_o the_o christian_n and_o some_o of_o his_o successor_n either_o manga_n or_o kublai_n be_v actual_o baptize_v with_o his_o whole_a family_n and_o many_o of_o his_o chief_a officer_n who_o obtain_v great_a victory_n against_o the_o saracen_n but_o afterward_o they_o return_v to_o their_o former_a impiety_n which_o be_v continue_v by_o they_o to_o this_o day_n the_o first_o thing_n gingis-chan_n do_v victory_n his_o victory_n be_v subject_v to_o himself_o all_o the_o neighbour_a scythian_n which_o he_o easy_o do_v partly_o by_o force_n partly_o promise_n and_o subdue_v to_o the_o tatar_n government_n all_o cathay_n eastward_o to_o the_o great_a ocean_n and_o as_o far_o as_o the_o volga_n or_o edil_n westward_o he_o also_o extend_v his_o dominion_n very_o far_o into_o india_n and_o persia_n yet_o live_v he_o not_o many_o year_n but_o at_o his_o death_n divide_v his_o conquest_n among_o his_o son_n and_o after_o he_o have_v show_v they_o by_o a_o bundle_n of_o arrow_n which_o as_o long_o as_o bind_v fast_o together_o none_o of_o they_o can_v break_v but_o the_o young_a break_a they_o all_o when_o sever_v exhort_v they_o to_o unity_n among_o themselves_o and_o obedience_n to_o his_o elder_a son_n he_o give_v he_o the_o ancient_a kingdom_n and_o of_o his_o conquest_n as_o far_o as_o bactria_n or_o chowaresme_fw-fr and_o make_v he_o supreme_a over_o all_o his_o successor_n be_v ogtai_n successor_n his_o successor_n or_o as_o we_o call_v he_o hoccota-chan_n who_o life_n also_o be_v short_a beside_o he_o he_o have_v many_o son_n particular_o one_o call_v tuschai_n who_o some_o call_v 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