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isidorus_n and_o bdellium_n sylvaticus_fw-la be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n and_o 6._o galen_n compare_v the_o bdellium_n of_o arabia_n with_o that_o of_o scythia_n that_o be_v to_o say_v with_o the_o bdellium_n of_o the_o indies_n for_o a_o part_n of_o the_o meridional_a indies_n be_v call_v scythia_n and_o indoscythia_n give_v some_o advantage_n to_o the_o first_o which_o he_o deny_v to_o the_o second_o pliny_n prefer_v the_o bdellium_n of_o 9_o the_o bactriana_n to_o that_o of_o arabia_n but_o he_o value_v that_o of_o arabia_n above_o all_o the_o rest_n he_o will_v have_v that_o tree_n to_o grow_v in_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o persian_a gulf_n which_o the_o slux_n of_o the_o sea_n cover_v with_o its_o tide_n and_o i_o do_v not_o know_v whether_o it_o be_v not_o the_o same_o which_o strabo_n describe_v without_o 16._o name_v it_o upon_o nearchus_n information_n when_o he_o say_v that_o it_o grow_v in_o the_o island_n that_o be_v before_o the_o euphrates_n that_o it_o smell_v as_o 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suidas_n affirm_v that_o memnon_n be_v phociâ—_n no_o aethiopian_a but_o susian_a pausanias_n though_o he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o very_a sharp_a wit_n have_v but_o partly_o solve_v that_o difficulty_n say_v that_o memnon_n the_o aethiopian_a do_v not_o come_v from_o aethiopia_n to_o troy_n but_o from_o â—_o susa_n eustathius_n and_o the_o scholiast_n of_o pindarus_n who_o be_v call_v triclinius_n write_v that_o memnon_n and_o emathion_n his_o brother_n be_v the_o only_a white_a man_n among_o the_o aethiopian_n though_o virgil_n and_o the_o other_o say_v that_o memnon_n be_v black_a this_o observation_n confirm_v my_o opinion_n for_o although_o the_o poet_n and_o maker_n of_o romance_n have_v make_v bold_a to_o feign_v that_o andromeda_n and_o chariclaea_n be_v bear_v white_a among_o the_o black_n yet_o that_o be_v so_o singular_a and_o rare_a a_o thing_n in_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o nature_n that_o it_o be_v more_o reasonable_a to_o think_v that_o memnon_n be_v white_a 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