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22_o his_o curse_n 23._o seed_n of_o the_o serpent_n 27._o 28_o serpent_n image_n in_o belus_n temple_n 47_o serpent_n honour_v by_o the_o phaenician_o 77._o by_o the_o ophitae_n 135_o worship_v by_o the_o arabian_n 221_o by_o the_o indian_n 565._o by_o the_o egyptian_n 637._o 638._o by_o the_o adeans_n 652._o a_o serpent_n the_o arm_n of_o the_o king_n of_o china_n 451._o tame_n serpent_n 623_o serpent_n in_o brasill_n 912._o 913_o seres_n their_o habitaion_n and_o rite_n 400_o serug_n author_n of_o idolatry_n 45._o 95_o sesostris_n 227_o seth_n his_o nativity_n and_o posterity_n 29._o 30._o art_n ascribe_v to_o he_o 31_o sethiani_n a_o sect_n of_o the_o jew_n worshipper_n of_o seth_n 135_o sem_fw-mi son_n of_o noah_n 36._o his_o posterity_n 37._o the_o same_o with_o melchisedec_n 45_o serapis_n his_o temple_n and_o rite_n 650_o 651_o seriffo_n of_o barbary_n his_o history_n 695_o 696_o severus_n his_o severity_n 71_o severity_n elder_n 99_o seventy_o week_n of_o daniel_n 98_o shark_n a_o fish_n 953._o 954_o shaugh_o tamas_n the_o story_n of_o he_o and_o of_o the_o persian_a trouble_n after_o his_o death_n 585._o 586_o shem_n and_o his_o posterity_n 37_o shemer_n 136._o a_o city_n so_o call_v ibid._n shirley_n viz._n sir_n anthony_n shirley_n his_o travel_n 388._o 389_o sheshack_n and_o shack_v 58_o shomron_n mountain_n 136_o siam_n silon_n or_o zion_n a_o city_n and_o kingdom_n in_o india_n 490._o their_o house_n inundation_n monk_n and_o superstition_n ibidem_fw-la their_o god_n and_o religious_a man_n 491._o &_o sequitur_fw-la their_o feast_n temple_n devotion_n 492._o the_o king_n greatness_n ibidem_fw-la besiege_a 493._o act_n of_o the_o black_a and_o white_a king_n ibidem_fw-la fury_n of_o the_o japander_n there_o ibidem_fw-la they_o wear_v ball_n in_o their_o yard_n 496_o sibyl_n counterfeit_v 35._o 38_o sichem_n 137._o call_v flavia_n caesarea_n and_o naples_n 143._o the_o sichemite_n religion_n ibid._n sick_a person_n how_o use_v among_o the_o jew_n 206_o 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distaste_n queen_n elizabeth_n a_o kind_n of_o crocodile_n vilna_n a_o protestant_a prince_n magnify_v queen_n elizabeth_n the_o
he_o be_v so_o bold_a with_o the_o emperor_n as_o to_o tell_v he_o to_o his_o face_n that_o if_o he_o do_v neglect_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o mahometans_n he_o may_v be_v thereunto_o by_o his_o subject_n compel_v concern_v the_o mufti_n and_o other_o step_n of_o their_o hierarchy_n master_n 1302._o knolles_n write_v that_o the_o turk_n have_v certain_a college_n call_v medressae_fw-la at_o constantinople_n adrinople_n bursia_n and_o other_o place_n in_o which_o they_o live_v and_o study_v their_o profane_a divinity_n and_o law_n and_o have_v among_o they_o nine_o several_a step_n or_o degree_n unto_o the_o high_a dignity_n the_o first_o be_v call_v softi_n which_o be_v young_a student_n the_o second_o be_v calfi_n who_o be_v reader_n unto_o the_o first_o the_o three_o hogi_n writer_n of_o book_n for_o they_o will_v suffer_v no_o print_n the_o four_o be_v naipi_n or_o young_a doctor_n which_o may_v supply_v the_o place_n of_o judge_n in_o their_o absence_n the_o five_o caddi_n judge_n 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