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nemorensian_a lake_n which_o be_v now_o call_v lago_n di_fw-it nemo_n the_o lake_n juturna_n or_o regillus_n now_o call_v lago_n de_fw-fr s._n prassode_n the_o lake_n fucinus_n now_o call_v lago_n di_fw-it marsos_n pliny_n also_o describe_v the_o pontine_n or_o pomptine_n lake_n in_o latium_n which_o be_v now_o call_v the_o lake_n aufente_n there_o be_v also_o the_o fundane_a lake_n the_o tiburrine_n the_o coecubian_n and_o the_o simbruine_n lakes_n the_o river_n be_v tiber_n which_o i_o have_v delineate_v in_o the_o general_a description_n and_o divers_a other_o river_n which_o have_v lose_v their_o name_n do_v run_v into_o the_o sea_n with_o it_o the_o other_o river_n of_o latium_n as_o they_o be_v ancient_o call_v be_v numicius_n loracina_fw-la stura_n nymphaeus_n and_o vfens_n moreover_o beside_o the_o 7._o hill_n aforesaid_a whereon_o rome_n be_v seat_v albanus_n be_v most_o famous_a in_o all_o greek_a and_o latin_a writer_n the_o mountain_n caecubus_n which_o reach_v to_o the_o 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