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the_o king_n of_o siam_n in_o the_o year_n 1687_o and_o 1688._o wherein_o a_o full_a and_o curious_a account_n be_v give_v of_o the_o chinese_n way_n of_o arithmetic_n and_o mathematic_a learning_n tome_n ii_o illustrate_v with_o sculpture_n do_v out_o of_o french_a by_o a._n p._n gen._n r._n s.s._n london_n print_v by_o f._n l._n for_o tho._n horn_n at_o the_o royal_a exchange_n francis_n saunders_n at_o the_o new_a exchange_n and_o tho._n bennet_n at_o the_o half-moon_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n mdcxciii_o to_o the_o reader_n i_o have_v almost_o no_o other_o hand_n in_o this_o volume_n than_o the_o collect_v the_o piece_n thereof_o some_o be_v translation_n which_o be_v not_o i_o in_o some_o other_o i_o only_o have_v hold_v the_o pen_n whilst_o the_o substance_n thereof_o be_v dictate_v unto_o i_o if_o there_o be_v any_o which_o appear_v too_o foreign_a to_o a_o relation_n of_o siam_n they_o be_v not_o so_o to_o my_o voyage_n the_o history_n of_o which_o will_v perhaps_o have_v 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