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  • This king, because he loved renomee and would have his name spread through the world, he founded a city in which he edified a temple of his false gods, and named that city after his name Costi, which after, to increase his fame, the people named it Fama Costi, and yet unto this day is called Famagosta; in which city he and the queen lived in great wealth and prosperity.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900

  • When he was come into the house, she bashfully demanded of him, if he was not named Antigonus of Famagosta, because she knew one like him so called?

    The Decameron 2004

  • Famagosta, and there most graciously welcommed both by the King and

    The Decameron 2004

  • To cut off further tedious circumstances, forthwith he returned to Famagosta, and going before the King of the country, thus he spake to him.

    The Decameron 2004

  • ‘Give her to me for my wife,’ he said to the old man, ‘and let us all go together to Famagosta.’

    The Grey Fairy Book 2003

  • Then he died and was buried by his wife Cassandra, and he was mourned in Famagosta for many years.

    The Grey Fairy Book 2003

  • For twelve years Fortunatus and Cassandra and their two little boys lived happily in Famagosta.

    The Grey Fairy Book 2003

  • Once upon a time there lived in the city of Famagosta, in the island of Cyprus, a rich man called Theodorus.

    The Grey Fairy Book 2003

  • Fortunatus took the cap and put it on his head, and then, without thinking, wished himself back in the ship that was starting for Famagosta.

    The Grey Fairy Book 2003

  • The hasty conference in the Palazzo Reale, developed the fact that the citizens of Famagosta, too furious for any considerations of expediency, had been with difficulty restrained from storming the Citadel and demanding the Queen's instant release: and now that any trained force, however small, was upon their side, the critical moment had come.

    The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

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