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the_o same_o time_n with_o livonia_n in_o the_o rest_n at_o other_o time_n and_o upon_o other_o occasion_n sect_n vi_o concern_v spain_n with_o portugal_n  _fw-fr d._n m._n  _fw-fr miles_n situate_v between_o 08_o 05_o of_o long._n its_o great_a length_n be_v about_o 620._o 21_o 30_o between_o 36_o 15_o of_o latit_n breadth_n be_v about_o 480._o 44_o 30_o it_o be_v divide_v into_o 3_o class_n viz._n 1._o towards_o the_o n._n and_o w._n ocean_n 2._o towards_o the_o mediterran_n sea_n 3._o towards_o the_o middle_a part_n 1._o class_n comprehend_v biscay_n chief_a town_n bilbo_n or_o bilboa_n e._n to_o w._n asturia_n oviedo_n gallicia_n compostella_n n._n to_o s._n portugal_n lisbon_n andalousia_n sevilla_n w._n to_o e._n 2._o class_n comprehend_v grenada_n idem_fw-la murâ—â—â—_n idem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la catalonia_n barcelona_n e._n to_o n._n w._n 3._o class_n comprehend_v arragon_n caragoca_n navarre_n pamplona_n old_a castille_n burgâ—_n n._n to_o s._n new_a castille_n madrid_n leon_n idem_fw-la s._n of_o asturia_n of_o all_o these_o in_o order_n §._o 1._o biscay_n a_o lordship_n contain_v ipusco_n ch._n t._n tholoss_n e._n to_o w._n biscay_n proper_o so_o call_v bilbo_n â—â—lava_fw-la vitoria_n southward_o §._o 2._o asturia_n a_o principality_n contain_v asturia_n 〈◊〉_d viedo_n chief_a town_n oviedo_n westward_n asturia_n de_fw-fr santillana_n santillana_n eastward_o §._o 3._o gallicia_n a_o kingdom_n contain_v the_o archbishopr_fw-la of_o compostella_n chief_a town_n idem_fw-la s._n w._n to_o n._n e._n bishopr_fw-la of_o mondonedo_n idem_fw-la lugo_n idem_fw-la n._n e._n to_o s._n w._n upon_o the_o minho_n orense_n idem_fw-la territory_n of_o tuy_n idem_fw-la §._o 4._o portugal_n a_o kingdom_n contain_v the_o provin_n of_o eutre_fw-fr minho_n douro_n chief_a town_n braga_n w._n to_o e._n tralos_n montes_n miranda_z beira_n coimbra_fw-la n._n to_o s._n estrema_fw-la dura_fw-la lisbon_n entre_fw-fr taâ—o_n guâ—â—ianâ—_n evora_n the_o kingdom_n of_o algâ—ave_n tavira_n §_o 5._o andalousia_n a_o province_n contain_v the_o bishopric_n of_o
people_n be_v mighty_o stain_v by_o many_o notorious_a vice_n which_o reign_v among_o they_o particular_o those_o of_o revenge_n and_o lust_n jealousy_n and_o swear_v to_o all_o of_o which_o they_o be_v so_o excessive_o give_v that_o even_o a_o modest_a narrative_n will_v seem_v incredible_a as_o for_o the_o female_a sex_n a_o vulgar_a say_v go_v of_o they_o that_o they_o be_v magpie_n at_o the_o door_n saint_n in_o the_o church_n goat_n in_o the_o garden_n devil_n in_o the_o house_n angel_n in_o the_o street_n and_o syrenes_n at_o the_o window_n the_o present_a language_n of_o italy_n be_v a_o dialect_n of_o the_o latin_a which_o be_v the_o ancient_a language_n of_o this_o country_n language_n almost_o every_o province_n and_o city_n have_v its_o peculiar_a idiom_n but_o that_o of_o tuscany_n be_v reckon_v the_o pure_a and_o best_a polish_a of_o all_o other_o and_o be_v that_o which_o person_n of_o quality_n and_o learning_n usual_o speak_v paternoster_n in_o italian_a run_v thus_o 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