De Orbe Novo, The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr d'Anghera Vol. 1 (of 2)

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Introduction 25 been is purely a matter of conjecture. He was also entrusted with a secret message to the Doge and Senate of Venice, where French influences were felt to be at work against the interests of Spain. Travelling by way of Narbonne and Avignon, the ambassador reached Venice a few days after the death of the Doge, Barbarigo, and before a successor had been elected. Brief as was his stay in the city of lagoons, every hour of it was profitably employed. He visited churches, palaces, and convents, inspecting their libraries and art treasures; he was enraptured by the beauty and splendour of all he beheld. Nothing escaped his searching inquiries concerning the form of government, the system of elections, the shipbuilding actively carried on in the great arsenal, and the extent and variety of commercial intercourse with foreign nations. Mention of his visit is made in the famous diary of the younger Marino Sanuto.' Delightful and absorbing as he undoubtedly found it to linger amidst the glories of Venice, the ambassador was not forgetful that the important purpose of his mission lay elsewhere. Delivering his message to the Senate, he crossed to Pola, where eight Venetian ships lay, ready to sail to various ports in the Levant. The voyage to Egypt proved a tempestuous one, and it was the twenty-third of December when the storm-beaten vessel safely entered the port of Alexandria, after a narrow escape from being wrecked on the rocky foundations of the famous Pharos of antiquity. Christian merchants trading in the Levant were at that period divided into two groups, one of which was imder the protection of Venice, the other, in which were comprised all Spanish subjects, being under that of France. The French consul, Felipe de Paredes, a Cata- ^ A di 30 Septembris giunse qui uno orator dei reali di Spagna; va al Soldano al Cairo; qual monto su le Gallie nostre di Alessandria; si dice per pregare il Soliano relaxi i frati di Monte Syon e li tratti bene, e che 30 mila Mori di Granata si sono baptizati di sua volontd, e non coacti.
26 De Orbe Novo Ionian by birth, offered the hospitaUty of his house pending the arrival of the indispensable safe-conduct and escort from the Sultan. In the Legatio Babylonica, Peter Martyr describes, with lamentations, the squalor of the once splendid city of Alexandria, famous for its beautiful gardens, superb palaces, and rich libraries. The ancient capital of the Ptolemies was reduced to a mere remnant of its former size, and of its former glories not a vestige was perceptible.^ Cansu Alguri^ reigned in Cairo. A man personally inclined to toleration, his liberty of action was fettered by the fanaticism of his courtiers and the Mussulman clergy. The moment was not a propitious one for an embassy soliciting favours for Christians. The Portuguese had but recently sunk an Egyptian vessel off Calicut, commercial rivalries were bitter, and the harsh treatmicnt of the conquered Moors in Spain had aroused reUgious antagonism to fever pitch and bred feelings universal exasperation against the foes of Islam. From Rosetta Peter Martyr started on January 26th on his journey to the Egyptian Babylon, ^ as he was pleased to style Cairo, travelling by boat on the Nile and landing at Boulaq in the night. The next morning a Christian renegade, Tangriberdy by name, who held the important office of Grand Dragoman to the Sultan, presented himself to arrange the ceremonial to be observed at the audience with his master. This singular man, a Spanish sailor from Valencia, had been years before wrecked on the Egyptian coast and taken captive. By forsaking his faith he saved ' Writing to Pedro Fajardo he thus expressed himself: Alexandriam sepe peramhulavi: lacrymosum est ejus ruinas intueri; centum millium atque eo amplius domorum uti per ejus vestigere licet colligere meo judicio quondam fuit Alexandria; nunc quatuor vix millibus contenta estfocis; turturibus nunc et columbis pro habitationihus nidos prestat, etc. ' Also spelled Quansou Ghoury and Cansa Gouri; Peter Martyr writes Campsoo Gauro. 3 Cairo was thus called in the Middle Ages, the name belonging especially to one of the city's suburbs. tehistoriques sur V Egypt. Paris, 1811. See Quatremere Memoires geographiques of
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Page 16: CONTENTS Introduction Bibliography
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Page 26 and 27: Introduction 7 Imprisonment in Cast
Page 28 and 29: Introduction 9 virtues of civic pro
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Page 34 and 35: — Introduction 15 butions from th
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Page 42 and 43: Introduction 23 He was the first to
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Page 50 and 51: Introduction 31 On June 30th, Peter
Page 52 and 53: Introduction 33 Isabella of Castile
Page 54 and 55: Introduction 35 nand ended by yield
Page 56 and 57: Introduction 37 did not blind him t
Page 58 and 59: Introduction 39 of his letters (Ep.
Page 60 and 61: Introduction 41 of Utrecht, precept
Page 62 and 63: Introduction 43 ants in Spain was f
Page 64 and 65: Introduction 45 nition from the suc
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Page 81 and 82: 58 De Orbe Novo suading them and, i
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72 De Orbe Novo resembling ours. Bi
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74 De Orbe Novo this is the story a
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76 De Orbe Novo do all those who we
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78 De Orbe Novo ordered one of thes
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82 De Orbe Novo with that cacique,
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84 De Orbe Novo As the time when he
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86 De Orbe Novo me to complete my w
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88 De Orbe Novo planted, and nowher
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90 De Orbe Novo which the smallest
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92 De Orbe Novo a straight line fro
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94 De Orbe Novo sun during the half
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96 De Orbe Novo for they considered
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98 De Orbe Novo them concerning the
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100 De Orbe Novo which they thought
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: 102 De Orbe Novo both men and wom
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104 De Orbe Novo than is needed. It
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; io6 De Orbe Novo with little, for
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io8 De Orbe Novo decision, but Hoje
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• and no De Orbe Novo in with ear
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112 De Orbe Novo from those who Hve
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114 De Orbe Novo are sufficiently f
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BOOK V TO CARDINAL LUDOVICO d'aRAGO
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ii8 De Orbe Novo was known. Thirty
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120 De Orbe Novo by the ancients. H
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122 De Orbe Novo villages, while th
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124 De Orbe Novo serpents, resembli
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126 De Orbe Novo ated, the Adelanta
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128 De Orbe Novo which Roldan impud
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ON BOOK VI TO THE SAME CARDINAL LUD
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132 De Orbe Novo He exhorted his co
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134 De Orbe Novo in battle, so in t
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136 De Orbe Novo ness of the countr
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138 De Orbe Novo The shallowness of
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140 De Orbe Novo Cuba, as the Admir
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142 De Orbe Novo they allowed none
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144 De Orbe Novo A number of men we
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146 De Orbe Novo When his envoys re
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148 De Orbe Novo learned his wherea
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' BOOK VIII TO THE SAME CARDINAL LU
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152 De Orbe Novo They are amiable m
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154 De Orbe Novo that the Spaniards
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156 De Orbe Novo with them, whereve
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BOOK IX TO THE SAME CARDINAL LUDOVI
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; i6o De Orbe Novo part of the glob
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i62 De Orbe Novo sword strokes and
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: De Orbe Novo Profiting by the nor
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i66 De Orbe Novo were not ripe when
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1 68 De Orbe Novo locauna and Guama
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170 De Orbe Novo Here is a more ser
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172 De Orbe Novo public highways; b
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174 De Orbe Novo that the dryads, h
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176 De Orbe Novo shall have finishe
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' 178 De Orbe Novo the French from
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i8o De Orbe Novo The journey, howev
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The Second Decade 187
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BOOK I PETER MARTYR, OF MILAN, APOS
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The Second Decade 191 because its i
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The Second Decade 193 multitude of
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The Second Decade 195 type called b
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The Second Decade 197 because of th
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The Second Decade 199 After conclud
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The Second Decade 201 Their explora
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The Second Decade 203 established.
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; The Second Decade 205 must have h
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The Second Decade 207 had passed be
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The Second Decade 209 while he was
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THE BOOK III chief colonists of Ura
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The Second Decade 215 heard of that
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The Second Decade 217 His Saints ha
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The Second Decade 219 the Spaniards
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The Second Decade 221 will need mor
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your guide. The Second Decade 223 Y
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The Second Decade 225 such an amoun
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The Second Decade 227 so there are
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The Second Decade 229 Seventy miles
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WHILE BOOK V these things were happ
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The Second Decade 233 Negro to rejo
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The Second Decade 235 and he immedi
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IN BOOK VI the general assembly con
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The Second Decade 239 be a continen
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The Second Decade 241 served the ca
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The Second Decade 243 quent conflic
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The Second Decade 245 chickens and
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The Second Decade 247 extreme novel
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The Second Decade 249 Pedro Arias f
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The Second Decade 251 Bobadilla, is
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The Second Decade 255 would have th
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DURING BOOK VIII the reign of King
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; The Second Decade 259 the holy oi
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THE BOOK IX Spaniards decided to na
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fourth Nile? The Second Decade 265
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The Second Decade 267 on the top of
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The Second Decade 269 country in th
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THIS BOOK X continent extends into
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The Second Decade 273 hundred and s
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The Second Decade 275 who have noth
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The Second Decade 277 Holiness plea
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BOOK I PETER MARTYR, OF MILAN, APOS
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The Third Decade 283 of the guides
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The Third Decade 285 Vasco discover
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The Third Decade 287 Mother of God,
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The Third Decade 289 large river wh
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The Third Decade 291 islands of the
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The Third Decade 293 is about twent
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BOOK II INFLUENCED by the advice of
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The Third Decade 297 divers did not
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! The Third Decade 299 beasts had c
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The Third Decade 301 brute beast, s
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The Third Decade 303 Vasco writes t
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DURING BOOK III the thirty days he
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The Third Decade 307 These natives
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The Third Decade 309 pected nothing
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The Third Decade 311 territory prod
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The Third Decade 313 of the plain r
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; The Third Decade 315 received no
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The Third Decade 317 This island is
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The Third Decade 319 cotton in dive
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The Third Decade 321 they prepared
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The Third Decade 323 Leaving Cariai
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The Third Decade 325 by the natives
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The Third Decade 327 they attacked
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igours of cold nor the heats of who
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1 ; The Third Decade 33 We have spo
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The Third Decade 333 less gold is o
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EVERY BOOK V creature in this sublu
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The Third Decade 337 First Decade.
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The Third Decade 339 drive it from
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The Third Decade 341 further states
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The Third Decade 343 afterwards pla
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The Third Decade 345 Some architect
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The Third Decade 347 unbrokenly to
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The Third Decade 349 Let us now ret
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The Third Decade 351 seven leagues
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The Third Decade 353 the adverse cu
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The Third Decade 355 very eyes of a
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The Third Decade 357 pest and may b
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The Third Decade 359 information. A
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The Third Decade 361 Quizqueia. The
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The Third Decade 363 island Cipangu
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The Third Decade 365 as a man's arm
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The Third Decade 367 those of kings
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' The Third Decade 369 and currents
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The Third Decade 371 The cacique of
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The Third Decade 373 we must make a
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; The Third Decade 375 and in the d
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The Third Decade 377 lies so high a
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The Third Decade 379 You will ask m
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The Third Decade 381 obtained from
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The Third Decade 383 maize, agoes,
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The Third Decade 385 For having thu
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The Third Decade 387 "shining"; Hui
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The Third Decade 389 district near
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The Third Decade 39i the case at Pa
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The Third Decade 393 and often made
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The Third Decade 395 that chieftain
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The Third Decade 399 the profoundes
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ah The Third Decade 401 cised.^ Wha
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The Third Decade 4^3 This excellent
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The Third Decade 4^9 that not far f
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The Third Decade 411 felt in readin
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The Third Decade 413 Some few more
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