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Aboute that See growethe moche alom and of alkatram. 94 Betwene Jerico and that see is the lond of Dengadde; and there was wont to growe the bawme; but men make drawe the braunches there of, and beren hem to ben graffed at Babiloyne; and zit men clepen hem vynes of Gaddy.
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Aboute the sea coaste towarde the weste, ther bordereth vpon them the Maces: whiche shaue their heades in the crowne, and clyppe them rounde by the sides.
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Aboute that Islande do the cattle masters dwelle, and are muche giuen to hunting, and those that be occupied with tilthe of the grounde haue also mines of gold.
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Aboute this ryvere, ben manye briddes and foules, as sikonyes, that thei clepen ibes.
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Aboute the bodie thei sette vp three sparres of woodde slopyng, and restyng one vpon another at the toppes.
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Aboute the seconde, twenty Markes, and aboute the thirde litle or nothing.
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Aboute this ryvere, ben manye briddes and foules, as sikonyes, that thei clepen ibes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Aboute that See growethe moche alom and of alkatram. 540 Betwene Jerico and that see is the lond of Dengadde; and there was wont to growe the bawme; but men make drawe the braunches there of, and beren hem to ben graffed at Babiloyne; and zit men clepen hem vynes of Gaddy.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Aboute three of the clocke in the afternoone the winde scanted, and wee minded to haue gone to Zante, but we could not for that night.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Aboute this tyme the Councells at Westminster lost a principle supporter, by the death of John Pimm, who dyed with greate torment and agony, of a disease unusuall, and therfore the more spoken of, morbus pediculosus, which rendred him an objecte very lothsome, to those who had bene most delighted with him.
Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various
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