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woman_n ibid._n the_o change_n of_o their_o name_n often_o 394.50_o 60._o their_o game_n at_o card_n &_o dice_n etc._n etc._n 395.20_o their_o superstiion_n etc._n etc._n 395.40_o &_o 396._o their_o cruelty_n to_o their_o own_o child_n 396.10_o and_o self_n ibid._n their_o sect_n ibid._n the_o jesuit_n hope_v many_o of_o they_o be_v save_v ibid._n chinchintale_v the_o province_n 76_o 30_o chincille_n a_o indian_a beast_n who_o hair_n make_v cloth_n 966.40_o chingis_n chan_n his_o vision_n to_o conquer_v all_o the_o world_n 111.20_o choose_a emperor_n ibid._n his_o law_n 111.50_o his_o second_o vision_n 112_o 40._o his_o death_n 113.20_o chingis_n the_o great_a king_n of_o tartary_n be_v a_o smith_n 45.50_o chingis_n signify_v the_o sound_n of_o iron_n ibid._n cingischan_a his_o victory_n 77.50_o he_o consult_v with_o his_o soothsayer_n 77.60_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o with_o a_o reed_n 78.1_o slay_a and_o bury_v 78.10_o his_o successor_n all_o bury_v by_o he_o 78.20_o the_o tartar_n go_v to_o bury_v their_o prince_n kill_v all_o they_o meet_v ibid._n cingis_fw-la chan_n ancestor_n to_o the_o crim_n tartar_n 637.40_o chiutaiso_n a_o chinois_n much_o further_v the_o jesuit_n in_o china_n 335.10_o etc._n etc._n his_o letter_n to_o his_o master_n ricius_fw-la 344.10_o chircasâ—es_n tartar_n near_o lituania_n more_o civil_a and_o comely_a than_o the_o other_o tartar_n some_o acknowledge_v the_o king_n of_o polonia_n and_o be_v christen_v 442.20_o chololla_o a_o city_n go_v to_o in_o pilgrimage_n by_o the_o indian_n the_o description_n 1120._o &_o 1123.20_o chrinisin_n silkworm_n 442.50_o christian_n which_o cross_v ink_n upon_o their_o hand_n 21.1_o christian_n in_o china_n 359.60_o but_o decay_a 400.1.10_o call_v terzaâ—_n in_o persiâ—_n 400.20_o some_o new_a make_v in_o china_n 406_o christian_n in_o china_n the_o sum_n of_o their_o religion_n 267.30_o &_o 269.50_o a_o christian_a martyr_a in_o china_n 269.50_o christian_n in_o cathay_n &_o rebat_fw-la 311_o 1._o 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