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mexican_n wheel_n page_n 363_o their_o superstition_n ibid._n map_n of_o africa_n defective_a page_n 178_o monbaze_v a_o country_n page_n 188_o monbaze_v in_o extent_n page_n 189_o a_o merry_a passage_n ibid._n how_o in_o monbaze_n they_o receive_v ambassador_n ibid._n melinde_a a_o town_n &_o kingdom_n page_n 190_o melon_n of_o excellency_n ibid._n the_o prince_n of_o melinde_a a_o grave_a justiciar_n ibid._n mozambique_n a_o kingdom_n page_n 191_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o mozambique_n page_n 192_o magnice_n a_o river_n monopotapa_n a_o empire_n page_n 198_o monopotapian_n idolater_n ibid._n magician_n proceed_n in_o monopotapa_n page_n 199_o mexican_n festival_n and_o dance_n page_n 363_o mexican_n sacrifice_n and_o ceremony_n ibid._n mountain_n burn_v page_n 365.376_o mexican_n mascarade_n call_v quacones_n ibid._n mexico_n by_o who_o conquer_v page_n 367_o the_o king_n of_o mexico_n be_v state_n and_o strength_n ibid._n wealth_n of_o mexico_n ibid._n monkey_n page_n 374_o mine_n in_o potossi_n page_n 375_o mine_n of_o silver_n and_o gold_n the_o nature_n and_o manner_n of_o work_v in_o they_o page_n 383_o n_o nicotiana_n page_n 39_o nahassan_n page_n 40_o nutmeg_n page_n 100_o nestorian_n page_n 126_o number_n of_o nine_o among_o the_o tartar_n page_n 177_o niger_n and_o gambra_n river_n flow_v as_o nile_n page_n 179_o the_o negus_n his_o triumphant_a entrance_n page_n 227_o service_n at_o the_o negus_n table_n page_n 226_o navasse_v a_o island_n page_n 334_o new-found-land_n what_o page_n 349_o o_o oreb_n page_z 11_o ormus_n page_n 30_o 31.13.29_o outor_n page_n 17_o ostander_n page_n 40_o oil_n of_o cinnamon_n page_n 68_o ostriche_n page_n 115_o a_o oraculous_a idol_n page_n 123_o ordinance_n in_o china_n from_o antiquity_n page_n 243_o oximinchus_n famous_a for_o multitude_n of_o religious_a person_n page_n 279_o obsequy_n of_o the_o king_n of_o guinalla_n page_n 326_o a_o order_n of_o knighthood_n page_n 359_o orellana_n the_o great_a of_o river_n page_n 395_o p_o a_o just_a punishment_n of_o the_o perfidious_a page_n 3_o st._n paul_n imprisonment_n page_z 6_o provision_n for_o the_o desert_n page_z 9_o the_o prophet_n city_n page_n 10_o pecher_n a_o haven_n page_n 19_o persia_n and_o the_o bound_n page_n 31_o pitch_n page_n 33_o the_o powerful_a state_n of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n page_n 37_o plucciander_n page_n 40_o place_n in_o the_o indies_n page_n 41_o the_o portugese_n conquest_n in_o the_o east_n page_n 42_o purcelans_n page_n 51_o a_o sad_a fate_n of_o pirate_n page_n 52_o presumption_n of_o the_o portugal_n page_n 55_o a_o strange_a history_n of_o a_o portugais_n captain_n page_n 63_o a_o unheard_a of_o courtesy_n from_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o pirate_n page_n 64_o punishment_n of_o the_o wicked_a ibid._n perfidiousness_n of_o pirate_n page_n 65_o pearl_n fish_v page_n 68_o the_o manner_n of_o pearl_n fish_v page_n 72_o polovis_n the_o devil_n isle_n page_n 71_o subtle_a poison_n page_n 85_o pirate_n how_o take_v page_n 85_o pegu._n page_n 112.108_o 109_o peguan_a army_n page_n 121_o punishment_n for_o crime_n page_n 124_o peguan_o whence_o derive_v page_n 128_o the_o peguan_a creed_n ibid._n the_o peguan_o diet_n page_n 131_o the_o peguan_a salutation_n page_n 132_o the_o peguan_o military_a exercise_n ibid._n the_o peguan_a king_n coronation_n page_n 133_o peguan_a ceremony_n at_o creation_n of_o their_o king_n page_n 135_o the_o king_n of_o pegues_n revenue_n page_n 139_o peguan_a justice_n page_n 140_o a_o peguan_a policy_n page_n 141_o priest_n dispose_v of_o war_n page_n 144_o the_o peguan_a year_n page_n 147_o philosophy_n of_o the_o indian_n page_n 171_o the_o point_n of_o st._n anthony_n page_n 183_o persipolis_n and_o the_o ruin_n of_o structure_n page_n 194_o a_o passage_n magical_a page_n 199_o no_o prison_n in_o monopotapa_n page_n 200_o poison_n common_a and_o dear_a in_o monopotapa_n and_o the_o reason_n page_n 203_o pressed_a john_n mansion_n page_n 220_o pressed_a john_n justice_n ibid._n priest_n sing_v psalm_n in_o state_n page_n 225_o a_o princess_n prisoner_n restore_v to_o her_o lover_n page_n 229_o a_o figurative_a pear_n ibid._n perfume_a meat_n page_n 230_o prostitution_n of_o wife_n page_n 233_o paraguary_n have_v the_o like_a inundation_n as_o nile_n page_n 277_o pyramid_n of_o prodigious_a structure_n page_n 277_o piperons_n giant_n page_n 327_o pit_n the_o high_a mount_n in_o the_o world_n page_n 331_o peru_n why_o so_o call_v and_o the_o description_n page_n 371_o peru_n in_o extent_n ibid._n a_o passage_n so_o cold_a it_o be_v extreme_o dangerous_a page_n 375_o plume_n in_o use_n page_n 380_o peru_n discover_v page_n 387_o peru_n by_o who_o civilise_a page_n 388_o peru_n take_v by_o the_o spaniard_n page_n 390_o paragous_n people_n page_n 392_o q._n quinsay_v page_n 103_o queen_n tyrada_n page_n 104_o quiloa_n a_o town_n of_o antiquity_n page_n 191_o a_o queen_n and_o nine_o son_n massacre_v for_o worship_v the_o devil_n page_n 235_o quite_o a_o province_n page_n 372_o r._n rimadan_n page_n 21_o river_n of_o persia_n page_n 32_o religious_a order_n among_o the_o turk_n page_n 39_o resolution_n in_o extremity_n page_n 91_o continual_a rain_n ibid._n rhubarb_n page_n 106_o respect_n to_o stranger_n page_n 134_o repudiation_n page_n 141_o reward_n of_o valour_n page_n 144_o reconcilement_n page_n 156_o the_o rhinocerot_n of_o the_o escuriel_n page_n 260_o river_n in_o suama_n page_n 194_o manica_fw-la a_o gold_n i_o ibid._n manica_fw-la a_o mount_n and_o the_o ruin_n of_o structure_n there_o of_o strange_a thickness_n ibid._n the_o religion_n of_o the_o abyssins_n page_n 215_o religion_n of_o several_a order_n in_o abissina_n ibid._n river_n in_o abissina_n page_n 216_o reception_n of_o the_o portugal_n ambassador_n at_o the_o negus_n be_v court_n page_n 231_o a_o heroic_a restoration_n of_o captive_a woman_n page_n 236_o religion_n of_o the_o ethiopian_n page_n 245_o religion_n of_o saba_n page_n 253_o a_o miraculous_a cure_n ibid._n religion_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o sarabomians·_n page_n 258_o a_o wild_a rhinocerot_n page_n 259_o religion_n of_o the_o jalofe_n page_n 323_o ravana_n the_o secure_a haven_n page_n 336_o religious_a devour_v by_o savage_n page_n 357_o river_n in_o peru._n page_n 179_o good_a natural_a reason_n from_o savages_n page_n 401_o s._n shipwreck_n of_o the_o author_n in_o candia_n page_z 2_o a_o malicious_a shipwreck_n page_z 3_o sahanir_fw-fr a_o mountain_n page_z 5_o silk_n page_z 5_o the_o sea_n of_o sodom_n page_n 10_o mount_v sina_n page_n 11_o saracen_n whence_o call_v page_n 14_o black_a sand_n page_n 19_o storax_n ibid._n sabea_n ibid._n sequemir_n his_o state_n page_n 20_o salsidas_n devote_v page_n 20.40_o read_v sea_n page_n 23_o sabean_n ibid._n spice_n page_n 24_o suachan_n page_n 25_o santal_n page_n 26_o socotoro_fw-it famous_a for_o ambargris_n page_n 28_o a_o stratagem_n page_n 34_o sumachia_n page_n 35_o samarcant_a page_n 37_o sotismel_n sinbarate_n page_n 37_o selere_n page_n 38_o sophy_n page_n 38_o sacar_n page_n 39_o sanosaraden_n page_n 49_o samorin_n page_n 57_o seraglio_n page_n 85_o sartagan_n a_o town_n page_n 88_o siam_n a_o kingdom_n page_n 103_o statue_n of_o beat_a gold_n page_n 110_o sacrifice_n for_o the_o dead_a page_n 127_o superstitious_a salutation_n page_n 128_o sacathy_n a_o mortiferous_a plant_n page_n 130_o sodomy_n not_o prohibit_v page_n 139_o sacrifice_n of_o proper_a child_n page_n 142_o sugar_n use_v in_o building_n page_n 150_o sinabo_n a_o kingdom_n page_n 163_o serpent_n good_a meat_n page_n 174_o sonderia_n a_o island_n page_n 183_o secora_n ibid._n a_o superstitious_a ceremony_n page_n 191_o the_o state_n the_o negus_n be_v receive_v into_o town_n with_o page_n 224_o scanfourin_n the_o capital_a town_n of_o mongibir_n page_n 234_o salt_n exceed_v precious_a page_n 249_o sorcerer_n page_n 247_o subtlety_n of_o crocodile_n ibid._n a_o star_n in_o ethiopia_n mortiferous_a page_n 250_o salete_fw-la a_o fair_a town_n and_o a_o most_o pleasant_a garden_n there_o page_n 251_o saba_n queen_n ibid._n saba_n or_o sova_n a_o town_n page_n 252_o swine_n for_o carriage_n like_o horse_n page_n 256_o saraboma_n a_o famous_a island_n page_n 258_o sebastian_n king_n of_o portugal_n defeat_v and_o slay_v by_o the_o moor_n page_n 292_o familiarity_n with_o serpent_n page_n 301_o example_n of_o sorcery_n page_n 303_o seraglio_n of_o constantinople_n page_n 306_o temple_n of_o saint_n sophia_n page_n 307_o seraglio_n describe_v page_n 310_o serri_n leonna_n a_o country_n page_n 325_o sarboul_n a_o fruit_n grow_v all_o the_o year_n page_n 333_o freeze_a sea_n page_n 347_o a_o stratagem_n page_n 360_o spanish_a vanity_n page_n 368_o season_n of_o the_o year_n in_o peru._n page_n 372_o sheep_n for_o carrige_n page_n 382_o the_o straight_a of_o magellan_n page_n 392_o sugar_n exceed_v cheap_a page_n 404_o t._n trade_n in_o arabia_n page_n 23_o a_o strange_a tempest_n page_n 27_o trade_n from_o ormus_n page_n 30_o tauris_n a_o town_n page_n 34_o