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seusacen_n beni-gebara_a beni-yerson_a benigualed_n beni-guazual_a guarga_n beni-achmed_n and_o beni-guarrued_n garet_n town_n tarforagello_n fetis_n â—arfoquirato_fw-la melille_n casasa_fw-mi tezzote_n and_o meggio_n mountainâ—_n alkude_n eguebdenon_n benisahia_a azgungan_n beneteusin_n and_o guardan_n cus_n or_o chaus_n town_n teurert_n hadagia_fw-la garsis_n dubdu_n meza_n sophroy_n mezdega_n benihublud_o ham-lisnam_a mehedia_n tezerghe_n umengiveaybe_o and_o gerceluin_n mountain_n matgara_n cavata_n megeze_n baronis_fw-la beniguertenage_n beniriftere_n and_o siligo_fw-la 3_o tunis_n tunis_n proper_o rivers_n guadelbarbar_n magrida_n megerada_fw-la and_o cap_n or_o cape_n mountain_n zogoan_n gueslet_n benitefren_n nefuse_v town_n tunis_n the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o whole_a goletta_n town_n goletta_n the_o chief_a marsa_n or_o marca_n nebel_n of_o old_a napolis_n of_o barbary_n cammort_n arriane_n and_o arradez_n once_o a_o roman_a colony_n carthage_n town_n carthage_n 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ufaran_a town_n it_o have_v four_o fortify_v but_o not_o name_v river_n one_o and_o that_o but_o small_a aka_fw-mi town_n none_o only_o three_o village_n dara_n dara_n contain_v town_n banesbick_a quiteva_n sizeri_n tagumadert_n tenzeda_n tragadell_n tenzulin_n tameguerut_n temerguit_fw-la tabernast_n and_o assa_n rivers_n dara_n mountain_n atlas_n in_o part_n tafilet_fw-la itata_fw-la town_n itata_fw-la tafilet_fw-la prop._n town_n tafilet_n sugulmesse_n sugelmesse_n town_n segelmesse_n teneghet_n tebubassan_n manuun_n mazalig_fw-ge abuhinam_n and_o kasayr_n beside_o 350_o city_n more_o great_a and_o small_a not_o name_v river_n ziz._n monutain_n mezetazu_n telde_n queneg_v matgara_n retil_o tebelhelt_n togda_fw-la forkala_fw-la tezerin_n berrigumi_fw-la benibesseri_fw-la guachde_v fighie_n terebit_fw-la tegorarin_n messab_n tekort_n guargula_n zeb_n town_n zebbell_n gastir_n and_o tamarakrost_n beside_o 12_o small_a fort_n and_o 26_o village_n helet_n and_o some_o fort_n on_o the_o river_n fez._n none_o name_v but_o fort_n essuoihila_n humeledegi_n and_o ummelhesen_n three_o very_o populous_a and_o 12_o village_n four_o village_n 10._o three_o small_a one_o and_o 4_o village_n six_o small_a one_o and_o 15_o village_n eight_o of_o considerable_a strength_n beside_o 15_o hamlet_n three_o fortify_v place_n three_o fair_a one_o the_o river_n ghir_n three_o strong_a one_o four_o village_n eight_z three_o and_o fifty_o fortress_n and_o 100_o village_n six_o stronghold_n beside_o village_n tekurt_n the_o turaffilum_fw-la of_o ptolemy_n guargala_n zeb_n peskare_o nefta_n teolocha_n and_o deusca_n biledulgerid_n proper_a biledulgerid_fw-la city_n teusar_n kafza_n nefzara_n teoreque_fw-la three_o good_a fort_n 26_o village_n jasliten_v town_n jasliten_v gademez_n town_n sixteen_o wall_v and_o ninety_o two_o village_n fassen_n town_n augele_n beside_o 58_o wall_v city_n and_o a_o hundred_o open_a village_n numidia_n or_o biledulgerid_n ancient_a numidia_n by_o ptolemy_n 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megerada_n or_o magrada_n call_v bagrada_n near_o carthage_n under_o which_o also_o a_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o tunis_n may_v be_v comprise_v the_o numidia_n which_o now_o we_o know_v be_v that_o part_n of_o africa_n numidia_n modern_a numidia_n which_o by_o some_o be_v place_v between_o lybia_n and_o the_o mountain_n atlas_n africanus_n leo_fw-la africanus_n and_o likely_a take_v in_o no_o little_a share_n of_o ptolomy_n ancient_a description_n for_o some_o endeavour_n to_o make_v out_o that_o its_o border_n extend_v far_o take_v in_o most_o part_n of_o bugie_a and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o tunis_n and_o a_o good_a share_n of_o the_o caesarian_a mauritania_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o dara_n ¶_o the_o spacious_a dominion_n of_o this_o vast_a country_n numidia_n name_n name_n the_o arabian_n call_v biledulgerid_n from_o the_o chief_a province_n thereof_o or_o according_a to_o anani_n guaten-tamar_a both_o signify_v date-land_n so_o name_v from_o the_o abundance_n of_o that_o fruit_n which_o that_o country_n produce_v more_o than_o any_o other_o part_n of_o africa_n ¶_o numidia_n take_v its_o beginning_n eastward_n at_o the_o city_n of_o elokar_n border_n border_n five_o and_o twenty_o spanish_a mile_n from_o egypt_n stretch_v westward_o to_o nun_n who_o utmost_a confine_n border_n the_o atlantic_a ocean_n its_o northern_a boundary_n be_v the_o skirt_n of_o mount_n atlas_n the_o south_n the_o desert_n of_o lybia_n ¶_o the_o most_o eminent_a region_n which_o this_o world_n of_o ground_n contain_v territory_n territory_n be_v tesset_n dara_n tafilet_n segelmesse_n zeb_n and_o biledulgerid_n this_o last_o as_o we_o say_v give_v the_o denomination_n to_o all_o numidia_n but_o there_o be_v other_o country_n within_o this_o its_o spread_a circuit_n especial_o westward_o as_o shall_v appear_v hereafter_o ¶_o biledulgerid_n bigness_n bigness_n or_o numidia_n reckon_v in_o length_n six_o hundred_o mile_n in_o breadth_n where_o at_o wide_a three_o and_o fifty_o the_o chief_a people_n which_o now_o plant_v this_o large_a country_n on_o the_o west_n be_v according_a to_o marmol_n the_o musamades_n hilel_n zaragans_n and_o quicimas_n and_o the_o mean_a sort_n be_v call_v gemis_fw-la signify_v a_o masseline_n of_o several_a nation_n ¶_o
matgara_n matgara_n beyond_o the_o forementioned_a highway_n there_o be_v many_o handsome_a fort_n on_o the_o river_n fez_n the_o chief_a they_o call_v helet_n the_o residence_n of_o the_o governor_n who_o have_v enhance_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o merchandise_n yearly_a to_o thirty_o thousand_o ducat_n retell_v or_o arratama_n the_o dominion_n of_o retell_v border_n on_o matgara_n and_o reach_v southward_o along_o the_o river_n fez_n thirty_o mile_n distance_n from_o the_o river-countrey_n of_o sugulmesse_n on_o the_o east_n confine_v with_o a_o inhabit_a mountain_n and_o in_o the_o west_n on_o a_o sandy_a plain_n which_o the_o arabian_n make_v their_o rendezvouz_n when_o they_o come_v out_o of_o the_o desert_n there_o be_v many_o fortify_v place_n or_o sconce_n retell_v have_v abundance_n of_o date_n yet_o covetous_a and_o narrow-hearted_n inhabitant_n who_o by_o the_o arabian_n under_o who_o they_o submit_v be_v handle_v like_o slave_n essuoihila_n humeledegi_n and_o ummelhesen_a 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and_o africa_n with_o the_o nile_n establish_v among_o the_o asiatic_a territory_n but_o the_o modern_a who_o since_o disterminate_v these_o two_o quarter_n of_o the_o world_n with_o the_o arabian_a gulf_n have_v total_o reduce_v and_o carry_v over_o into_o africa_n as_o no_o small_a region_n thereof_o ¶_o egypt_n according_a to_o diodorus_n strabo_n and_o other_o have_v that_o appellation_n from_o their_o first_o king_n egyptus_n the_o son_n of_o belus_n the_o assyrian_a monarch_n who_o seclude_v his_o brother_n danaus_n settle_v the_o government_n of_o that_o realm_n upon_o himself_o and_o then_o reign_v sixty_o eight_o year_n the_o country_n before_o call_v nilea_n aeria_n and_o osserina_n though_o other_o assert_v this_o denomination_n spring_v from_o nilus_n who_o ancient_a name_n be_v egyptus_n and_o as_o this_o country_n have_v confound_v chronologer_n with_o the_o strange_a vicissitude_n and_o main_a alteration_n of_o its_o government_n name_n the_o ancient_a name_n so_o have_v it_o puzele_v they_o with_o the_o numerous_a variety_n of_o its_o denomination_n berosus_n call_v it_o oceania_n from_o prince_n from_o a_o
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have_v a_o vast_a extent_n but_o scatter_o inhabit_v show_v only_o a_o hundred_o and_o four_o village_n occasion_v from_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o land_n be_v incapable_a to_o receive_v the_o nile_n annual_a tribute_n unless_o it_o rise_v above_o two_o and_o twenty_o foot_n which_o happen_v so_o rare_o that_o the_o great_a part_n lie_v unculture_v and_o indeed_o the_o fertile_a yield_v not_o great_a reward_n to_o the_o husbandman_n than_o the_o pitiful_a return_n of_o fennel_n and_o cummin_n the_o kassiffe_n of_o cherkeffi_n lie_v on_o the_o same_o shore_n but_o over_o against_o benesuef_n have_v only_o forty_o two_o village_n scarcity_n of_o corn_n some_o small_a quantity_n of_o fennel_n and_o cummin_n sugar_n and_o rice_n deny_v they_o from_o the_o infertility_n of_o the_o soil_n the_o kassiffe_n of_o kattia_n last_o and_o indeed_o controvert_v whether_o a_o kassiffe_n or_o not_o for_o the_o divan_n or_o council_n of_o grand_a cair_n will_v not_o allow_v it_o to_o be_v number_v with_o the_o rest_n because_o it_o contain_v but_o three_o fort_n or_o castle_n of_o defence_n and_o be_v so_o unfruitful_a and_o sandy_a that_o except_v a_o few_o date_n nothing_o be_v find_v but_o zanto_n zeguessi_n allow_v here_o but_o ten_o allow_v allow_v only_o ten_o of_o these_o kassiffe_n viz._n saet_n baera_n garbia_n menufia_n mansura_n giza_n fium_fw-la ebenesuef_n manfelat_fw-la and_o minio_n to_o each_o of_o which_o except_v saet_n he_o allot_v three_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o village_n to_o these_o principal_a ten_o he_o subjoin_v diverse_o lesser_a one_o viz._n galiup_o mesela_n fazackur_n elova_n kattia_n terrana_n ensy_n aceut_n and_o brin_n ¶_o beside_o the_o former_a part_n egypt_n divide_v in_o two_o part_n some_o only_a will_v divide_v as_o the_o nile_n cut_v it_o into_o two_o almost_o even_a part_n of_o east_n and_o west_n egypt_n to_o which_o other_o have_v add_v the_o nether-egypt_n call_v also_o delta_n δ_n from_o the_o form_n of_o the_o greek_a letter_n which_o the_o nile_n by_o branch_a into_o a_o right_n and_o left_a arm_n make_v and_o the_o upper_a egypt_n which_o be_v that_o tract_n of_o land_n from_o the_o south-angle_n of_o delta_n to_o the_o cataract_n but_o another_o sort_n of_o writer_n make_v a_o upper_a middle_a and_o low_o who_o first_o part_n take_v in_o thebes_n the_o second_o heptapolis_n the_o seven_o town_n and_o the_o three_o delta_n this_o justinian_n subdivide_v into_o the_o first_o and_o second_o and_o ptolemy_n into_o the_o great_a the_o lesser_a and_o the_o three_o triangle_n haythen_a make_v it_o have_v five_o province_n province_n five_o province_n name_v 1._o sahyf_n 2._o demesor_n 3._o alexandria_n 4._o resint_fw-la and_o 5._o damiette_n or_o damiata_n strabo_n say_v that_o of_o old_a it_o be_v divide_v into_o thirty_o seven_o part_n by_o the_o greek_n term_v monoi_n ptolemy_n enlarge_v to_o forty_o and_o herodotus_n reduce_v it_o to_o twenty_o eight_o part_n thirty_o seven_o part_n but_o thirty_o seven_o seem_v the_o most_o convenient_a as_o agree_v with_o that_o 13._o that_o on_o the_o senthside_n of_o the_o city_n of_o alexandria_n near_o the_o lake_n mareotis_n wherein_o the_o sepulcher_n of_o king_n maeris_n and_o his_o wife_n be_v pyramidally_n build_v with_o a_o colossus_n of_o stone_n on_o each_o side_n and_o adjoin_v thereto_o be_v the_o labyrinth_n so_o fame_v in_o the_o midst_n whereof_o be_v thirty_o seven_o palace_n belong_v to_o the_o thirty_o seven_o jurisdiction_n of_o egypt_n whereof_o ten_o in_o thebais_n ten_o in_o delta_n and_o seventeen_o in_o the_o middle_a region_n unto_o which_o resort_v the_o several_a precedent_n to_o celebrate_v the_o festival_n of_o their_o god_n who_o have_v therein_o their_o particular_a temple_n moreover_o fifteen_o chapel_n contain_v each_o a_o nemesis_n and_o also_o to_o advise_v of_o matter_n of_o importance_n concern_v the_o general_a welfare_n the_o passage_n thereunto_o be_v through_o cave_n of_o a_o miraculous_a length_n full_a of_o dark_a and_o wind_a path_n and_o room_n within_o one_o another_o have_v many_o door_n to_o confound_v the_o memory_n and_o distract_v the_o intention_n lead_v into_o inexplicable_a error_n now_o mount_v aloft_o and_o again_o reâ—descending_v not_o seldom_o turn_v about_o wall_n insold_v within_o one_o another_o in_o the_o form_n of_o intricate_a maze_n not_o possible_a to_o thread_n or_o ever_o to_o get_v out_o without_o a_o conductor_n the_o building_n more_o under_o the_o earth_n than_o above_o be_v all_o of_o massy_a stone_n and_o layâ—d_v with_o that_o art_n that_o neither_o cement_n nor_o wood_n be_v employ_v through_o the_o universal_a fabric_n the_o end_n at_o length_n attain_v to_o a_o pair_n of_o stair_n of_o ninety_o slep_n conduct_v into_o a_o stately_a portico_n support_v with_o pillar_n of_o theban_a stone_n the_o entrance_n into_o a_o spacious_a hall_n a_o place_n for_o their_o general_a convention_n all_o of_o polish_a marble_n adorn_v with_o the_o statue_n of_o their_o god_n and_o hero_n with_o other_o of_o monstrous_a resemblance_n the_o chamber_n be_v so_o dispose_v that_o upon_o their_o open_n the_o door_n do_v give_v report_n no_o less_o terrible_a than_o thunder_n the_o first_o entrance_n be_v of_o white_a marble_n within_o throughout_o adorn_v with_o marble_n column_n and_o diversity_n of_o figure_n dedalus_n be_v say_v to_o have_v imitate_v this_o in_o that_o which_o he_o build_v at_o crete_n yet_o express_v hereof_o scarce_o the_o hundred_o part_n who_o so_o mount_v the_o top_n shall_v see_v as_o it_o be_v a_o large_a plain_a of_o stone_n and_o withal_o those_o thirty_o seven_o palace_n environ_v with_o solid_a pillar_n and_o wall_n consist_v of_o stone_n of_o a_o mighty_a proportion_n at_o the_o end_n of_o this_o labyrinth_n there_o stand_v a_o square_a pyramid_n of_o a_o marvellous_a breadth_n and_o answerable_a altitude_n the_o sepulchre_n of_o king_n ismande_v that_o build_v it_o see_v herodotus_n there_o be_v four_o very_a eminent_a labyrinth_n one_o in_o egypt_n another_o in_o lemnos_n a_o
great_a that_o people_n shall_v loose_v their_o hear_n by_o it_o though_o it_o be_v true_a the_o water_n rush_v downward_o two_o hundred_o foot_n roar_v like_o the_o breach_n of_o the_o sea_n in_o a_o tempest_n from_o hence_o then_o slide_v in_o a_o gentle_a current_n over_o the_o plain_n of_o egypt_n to_o cairo_n where_o the_o haven_n of_o bulach_n towards_o villamont_n carry_v in_o breadth_n two_o mile_n then_o leave_v cairo_n behind_o he_o he_o part_v into_o two_o and_o after_o into_o more_o branch_n the_o inhabitant_n for_o distinction_n sake_n have_v call_v the_o tract_n of_o land_n eastward_o garbiah_n and_o the_o place_n southward_o near_o the_o angle_n or_o point_n of_o damiata_n chargnia_n these_o branch_n or_o arm_n make_v the_o several_a mouth_n of_o nile_n which_o the_o ancient_n have_v especial_o note_v to_o be_v seven_o but_o ptolemy_n set_v down_o nine_o which_o two_o be_v miss_v and_o pliny_n increase_v they_o to_o eleven_o whereof_o four_o be_v want_v the_o name_n of_o the_o suppose_a seven_o remain_v be_v these_o the_o heraclean_n call_v also_o canopean_n and_o naucratian_n the_o bolbitian_n sebennitian_n pathmetian_a by_o strabo_n name_v fatnian_n and_o by_o euterpe_n by_o in_o his_o euterpe_n herodotus_n bucolian_n the_o mendesian_n tanitian_n and_o pelusian_n the_o two_o want_v be_v dialcos_n and_o pineptimi_fw-la but_o if_o we_o take_v the_o nile_n the_o what_o ever_o be_v or_o be_v their_o number_n ancient_a or_o modern_a map_n vary_v among_o themselves_o for_o whereas_o ptolemy_n have_v set_v forth_o nine_o hondius_n in_o his_o map_n of_o africa_n make_v but_o eight_o and_o in_o that_o of_o europe_n ten_o ortelius_n in_o the_o map_n of_o the_o turkish_a empire_n set_v down_o eight_o in_o that_o of_o egypt_n eleven_o and_o maginus_fw-la in_o his_o map_n of_o that_o country_n have_v observe_v the_o same_o number_n and_o if_o we_o inquire_v far_o we_o shall_v find_v the_o same_o diversity_n and_o discord_n in_o divers_a other_o thus_o we_o may_v perceive_v that_o this_o account_n have_v be_v always_o different_a concern_v these_o ostiaries_n of_o nile_n nilus_n as_o he_o be_v at_o present_a we_o shall_v find_v nine_o mouth_n great_a and_o small_a the_o chief_a and_o most_o remarkable_a be_v the_o canopean_a now_o style_v rosetta_n from_o its_o neighbourhood_n the_o pelusian_n by_o some_o take_v for_o the_o ostiary_n be_v damiata_n but_o seem_v rather_o the_o tanitian_n from_o its_o near_a adjacency_n to_o tenez_n the_o bolbitian_n know_v by_o very_a few_o the_o sebennitian_n now_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o sturioni_fw-la the_o pathmetian_a retain_v the_o old_a name_n the_o mendetian_a and_o damiatian_a by_o some_o be_v suppose_v the_o same_o though_o other_o call_v it_o migri_fw-la the_o tanitian_n at_o this_o day_n know_v to_o some_o by_o the_o name_n of_o kalixen_n and_o to_o other_o of_o tenez_n or_o tanez_n pineptimi_fw-la be_v take_v for_o that_o which_o in_o the_o map_n in_o name_v brule_n last_o diolcos_n that_n be_v want_v sanutius_n style_v damanora_n modern_a geographer_n much_o abate_v this_o number_n bellonius_fw-la peter_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr valle_n his_o journal_n maginus_fw-la guil._n tyrius_n bellonius_fw-la attest_v there_o be_v but_o three_o or_o four_o to_o wit_n the_o rosettian_a and_o damiatian_a and_o two_o other_o little_a rivulet_n run_v between_o these_o but_o poor_a in_o water_n we_o come_v now_o to_o the_o description_n of_o the_o country_n wherein_o for_o method_n sake_n we_o will_v begin_v with_o the_o city_n ¶_o egypt_n as_o we_o declare_v before_o be_v at_o present_a by_o the_o turk_n divide_v into_o three_o part_n egypt_n description_n of_o the_o westerly_a part_n of_o egypt_n we_o will_v take_v our_o view_n from_o the_o westerly_a call_v erriff_n extend_v to_o the_o point_n of_o the_o sea_n by_o barca_n a_o country_n belong_v to_o barbary_n and_o reach_v from_o thence_o to_o rosetta_n contain_v all_o the_o place_n between_o the_o two_o arm_n of_o nilus_n from_o alexandria_n 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