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genoa_n with_o the_o description_n of_o that_o city_n and_o my_o journey_n by_o land_n to_o pavia_n to_o milano_n to_o cremona_n and_o to_o mantova_n with_o the_o description_n of_o the_o city_n and_o of_o my_o return_n to_o paduoa_n chap._n 4._o of_o the_o sepulchre_n of_o petrarch_n at_o arqua_n of_o my_o journey_n to_o vicenza_n verona_n brescia_n and_o bergamo_n in_o italy_n then_o pass_v the_o alps_n to_o chur_n zurech_n solothurn_n geneva_n and_o in_o my_o return_n thence_o to_o berna_n in_o sweitzerland_n thence_o to_o strasburg_n in_o germany_n and_o to_o chalon_n to_o paris_n to_o rouen_n and_o to_o diepe_a in_o france_n and_o final_o of_o my_o passage_n by_o sea_n and_o land_n to_o london_n in_o england_n the_o three_o book_n chap._n 1._o of_o my_o journey_n to_o stand_v through_o the_o unite_a province_n of_o netherlands_n and_o upon_o the_o sea-coast_n of_o germany_n then_o to_o brunswick_n and_o the_o right_a way_n to_o nurnberg_n augsburg_n and_o insprucke_v in_o germany_n and_o from_o thence_o to_o venice_n in_o italy_n and_o so_o by_o the_o mediterranean_a sea_n and_o the_o i_o land_n thereof_o to_o jerusalem_n in_o which_o journey_n i_o slight_o pass_v over_o the_o place_n describe_v in_o my_o former_a passage_n those_o way_n chap._n 2._o the_o description_n of_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o territory_n thereof_o chap._n 3._o of_o my_o journey_n from_o jerusalem_n by_o land_n to_o joppa_n by_o sea_n to_o tripoli_n in_o syria_n by_o land_n to_o haleppo_n and_o scanderona_n and_o of_o our_o passage_n by_o sea_n to_o the_o i_o land_n candia_n chap._n 4._o of_o my_o journey_n from_o candia_n partly_o by_o land_n and_o partly_o by_o sea_n by_o the_o sea_n shore_n and_o by_o the_o i_o land_n of_o the_o aegean_a sea_n pontus_n and_o propontis_n to_o the_o city_n of_o constontinople_n and_o of_o my_o journey_n thence_o by_o sea_n to_o venice_n and_o by_o land_n to_o augsburg_n nurnberg_n and_o stand_v in_o germany_n and_o of_o my_o passage_n over_o sea_n into_o england_n chap._n 5._o of_o my_o journey_n through_o many_o sever_v all_o shire_n of_o england_n scotland_n and_o ireland_n chap._n 6._o of_o the_o manner_n to_o exchange_v money_n into_o foreign_a part_n and_o the_o diverse_a money_n of_o diverse_a part_n together_o with_o the_o diverse_a measure_n of_o mile_n in_o sundry_a nation_n most_o necessary_a for_o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o former_a journal_n the_o second_o part_n the_o first_o book_n chap._n 1._o of_o the_o induction_n or_o preface_n to_o my_o irish_a journal_n and_o a_o compendious_a narratich_n how_o charles_n blount_n lord_n mountioy_n my_o lord_n and_o master_n of_o happy_a memory_n be_v choose_v lord_n deputy_n of_o ireland_n and_o of_o this_o worthy_a lord_n quality_n as_o also_o of_o the_o counsel_n in_o general_a by_o which_o he_o break_v the_o rebel_n heart_n and_o give_v peace_n to_o that_o trouble_a state_n together_o with_o his_o particular_a action_n in_o the_o end_n of_o 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