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lá_fw-fr dove_n il_fw-fr maragnon_n diparte_v e_o dove_n il_fw-fr negro_n allaga_fw-la e'l_o gange_n scorre_v hakluyto_n poi_n senza_fw-it verunrisguardo_fw-it di_fw-it fatica_fw-la o_fw-it di_fw-it danno_fw-mi accolt_fw-ge '_o hà _fw-fr insieme_fw-fr ciò_fw-la c'hà _fw-la potuto_fw-la haver_n dâ—_n typhi_fw-la inglesi_n onde_fw-fr veâ—rassie_a dove_n bella_fw-la sguardo_fw-la e_z la_o dwina_n agghiaccia_fw-it el'obi_fw-la freme_a et_fw-la altri_fw-la membri_fw-la mici_fw-la non_fw-la ben_fw-mi palesi_fw-la ¶_o a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o voyage_n of_o this_o first_o volume_n make_v to_o the_o north_n and_o northeast_n quarter_n 1_o the_o voyage_n of_o arthur_n k._n of_o britain_n to_o island_n and_o the_o most_o northeastern_a part_n of_o europe_n anno_fw-la 517._o pag._n 1._o 2_o the_o voyage_n of_o malgo_n king_n of_o britain_n to_o island_n gotland_n orkney_n denmark_n and_o norway_n anno_fw-la 580._o pag._n 3._o 3_o the_o conquest_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o anglesey_n and_o man_n 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ac_fw-la literarum_fw-la lucro_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la tum_fw-la demùm_fw-la revertebatur_fw-la claruit_fw-la anno_fw-la virginei_fw-la partus_fw-la 1130._o henrico_n primo_fw-la regnante_fw-la the_o same_o in_o english_a athelard_n a_o monk_n of_o the_o abbey_n of_o bath_n be_v so_o diligent_a a_o searcher_n of_o the_o secret_n and_o cause_n of_o natural_a thing_n that_o he_o deserve_v worthy_o to_o be_v compare_v with_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n this_o man_n although_o young_a yet_o be_v of_o a_o good_a wit_n and_o be_v desirous_a to_o increase_v and_o enrich_v the_o same_o with_o the_o best_a thing_n and_o to_o prepare_v himself_o as_o it_o be_v for_o great_a matter_n leave_v his_o country_n for_o a_o time_n and_o travail_v into_o foreign_a region_n he_o go_v through_o egypt_n and_o arabia_n and_o find_v out_o many_o thing_n which_o he_o desire_v to_o his_o own_o private_a contentment_n and_o the_o profit_n of_o good_a letter_n general_o and_o so_o be_v satisfy_v return_v again_o into_o his_o country_n he_o flourish_v in_o the_o year_n 1130._o henry_n the_o first_o be_v then_o king_n of_o england_n ¶_o the_o life_n and_o travail_n of_o one_o william_n of_o tyre_n a_o englishman_n centur._n 13._o primo_fw-la gvlielmus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dominici_n sepulchri_fw-la hierosolymae_fw-la regularium_fw-la canonicorum_fw-la prio_fw-la natione_fw-la anglicus_n vir_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o moribus_fw-la commendabilis_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n 1128._o postquam_fw-la tyrorum_fw-la civitas_fw-la fidei_fw-la christianae_n restituta_fw-la est_fw-la a_o guimundo_n hierosolymorum_fw-la patriarcha_fw-la eidem_fw-la urbi_fw-la primus_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la praeficiebatur_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la tyrus_n civitas_fw-la antiquissima_fw-la phoeniciae_n universae_fw-la metropolis_n quae_fw-la inter_fw-la syriae_n provincias_fw-la &_o bonorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la penè_fw-la commoditate_fw-la &_o incolarum_fw-la frequentia_fw-la primum_fw-la semper_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la locum_fw-la post_fw-la conscripta_fw-la quaedam_fw-la opuscula_fw-la &_o epistolas_fw-la ad_fw-la domâ—num_fw-la migravit_fw-la anâ—_n christi_fw-la 1130._o quum_fw-la duobus_fw-la tantum_fw-la sedisset_fw-la annis_fw-la &_o in_o tyrensi_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sepelitur_fw-la the_o same_o in_o english_a william_n the_o prior_n of_o the_o canon_n regular_a in_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n call_v the_o lord_n sepulchre_n be_v a_o englishman_n bear_v and_o of_o a_o virtuous_a and_o good_a behaviour_n after_o that_o the_o city_n of_o tyre_n be_v restore_v again_o to_o the_o christian_a faith_n guimunde_v the_o patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n make_v he_o the_o first_o archbishop_n of_o tyre_n in_o the_o year_n 1128._o which_o tyre_n be_v a_o very_a ancient_a city_n the_o metropolis_n of_o all_o phoenicia_n and_o have_v be_v account_v the_o chief_a province_n of_o syria_n both_o for_o fruitful_a commodity_n and_o multitude_n of_o inhabitant_n this_o william_n have_v in_o his_o life_n write_v many_o book_n and_o epistle_n die_v at_o last_o in_o the_o year_n 1130._o have_v be_v archbishop_n the_o space_n of_o two_o year_n and_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o church_n of_o tyre_n the_o travail_n of_o robertus_fw-la ketenensis_n robertus_fw-la ketenensis_n natione_fw-la &_o cognomine_fw-la anglus_fw-la degusâ—atis_fw-la primum_fw-la per_fw-la anglorum_fw-la gymnasia_fw-la humanarum_fw-la artium_fw-la elementis_fw-la literarijs_fw-la ultramarinas_fw-la statim_fw-la visitare_fw-la provincias_fw-la in_o animo_fw-la constituit_fw-la peragratis_fw-la ergò_fw-la gallijs_fw-la italia_n dalmatia_n &_o graecia_n tum_fw-la demum_fw-la pervenit_fw-la in_o asiam_fw-la ubi_fw-la non_fw-la paruo_fw-la labour_v ac_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la periculo_fw-la inter_fw-la saracenos_n truculentissimum_fw-la hominum_fw-la genus_fw-la arabicam_fw-la linguam_fw-la ad_fw-la amussim_fw-la didicit_fw-la in_o hispaniam_fw-la postea_fw-la navigio_fw-la traductus_fw-la circa_fw-la flwium_fw-la hibetum_fw-la astrologicae_fw-la artis_fw-la study_v cum_fw-la hermanno_n quodam_fw-la dalmata_n magni_fw-la svi_fw-la itineris_fw-la comite_fw-la se_fw-la totum_fw-la dedit_fw-la stephano_n claruit_fw-la anno_fw-la seruatoris_fw-la nostri_fw-la 1143_o stephano_n regnante_fw-la &_o pampilonaâ—_n sepelitur_fw-la the_o same_o in_o english_a this_o robert_n ketenensis_n be_v call_v a_o englishman_n by_o surname_n as_o he_o be_v by_o birth_n who_o after_o some_o time_n spend_v in_o the_o foundation_n of_o humanity_n and_o in_o the_o element_n of_o good_a art_n in_o the_o university_n of_o england_n determine_v to_o travail_n to_o the_o part_n beyond_o sea_n and_o so_o travail_v through_o france_n italy_n dalmatia_n and_o greece_n and_o come_v at_o last_o into_o asia_n where_o he_o live_v in_o great_a danger_n of_o his_o life_n among_o the_o cruel_a saracen_n but_o yet_o learned_a perfect_o the_o arabian_a tongue_n afterwards_o he_o return_v by_o sea_n into_o spain_n and_o there_o about_o the_o river_n iberus_n give_v himself_o whole_o to_o the_o study_n of_o astrology_n with_o one_o hermannus_n a_o dalmatian_a who_o have_v accompany_v he_o in_o his_o long_a voyage_n he_o flourish_v in_o the_o year_n 1143._o steven_n be_v then_o king_n of_o england_n and_o be_v bury_v at_o pampilona_n a_o voyage_n of_o certain_a english_a man_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o lewes_n king_n of_o france_n unto_o the_o holy_a land_n tantae_fw-la expeditionis_fw-la explicito_fw-la apparatu_fw-la uterque_fw-la princeps_fw-la iter_fw-la arripuit_fw-la stephâ—â—i_fw-la &_o exercitu_fw-la separtito_fw-la imperator_fw-la enim_fw-la conradus_n praecedebat_fw-la itinere_fw-la aliquot_fw-la dierum_fw-la cum_fw-la italorum_fw-mi germanorum_n aliarúmque_fw-la gentium_fw-la amplissimis_fw-la copijs_fw-la rex_fw-la vero_fw-la lodovicus_n sequebatur_fw-la francorum_fw-la flandrensium_n normannorum_fw-la britonum_fw-la anglorum_fw-la burgundionum_fw-la provincialium_fw-la aquitanorum_fw-la equestri_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o pedestri_fw-la agmine_fw-la comitatus_fw-la gulielmus_fw-la neobrigensis_n fol._n 371._o the_o same_o in_o english_a both_o the_o princess_n provision_n be_v make_v for_o so_o great_a a_o expedition_n they_o sever_a their_o army_n enter_v on_o their_o journey_n for_o the_o emperor_n conradus_n go_v before_o certain_a day_n journey_n with_o very_o great_a power_n of_o italian_n german_n and_o other_o country_n and_o king_n lewes_n follow_v after_o accompany_v with_o a_o band_n of_o horseman_n and_o footman_n of_o french_a man_n fleming_n norman_n briton_n english_a man_n burgundions_a man_n of_o provence_n and_o gascon_n the_o voyage_n of_o john_n lacie_n to_o jerusalem_n anno_fw-la
domini_fw-la 1172_o fundata_fw-la fuit_fw-la abbatia_fw-la de_fw-la stanlaw_n per_fw-la dominum_fw-la johannem_fw-la lacie_n constabularium_fw-la cestriae_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la de_fw-la halton_n 1173._o qui_fw-la obijt_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la sancta_fw-la anno_fw-la sequenti_fw-la qui_fw-la fuit_fw-la vicessimus_fw-la annus_fw-la regni_fw-la regis_fw-la henrici_fw-la secundi_fw-la ¶_o the_o same_o in_o english_a in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1172_o be_v found_v the_o abbey_n of_o stanlaw_n by_o the_o lord_n john_n lacie_n constable_n of_o chester_n &_o lord_n of_o halton_n who_o decease_v in_o the_o holy_a land_n the_o year_n follow_v which_o be_v in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o the_o voyage_n of_o william_n mandevile_n to_o jerusalem_n william_n mandevile_n earl_n of_o essex_n with_o diverse_a english_a lord_n and_o knight_n go_v to_o the_o holy_a land_n in_o the_o 24_o year_n of_o henry_n the_o second_o holinshed_n pag._n 101._o 1177._o english_a man_n be_v the_o guard_n of_o the_o emperor_n of_o constantinople_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o john_n the_o son_n of_o alexius_n comnenus_n malmesburiensis_fw-la curopolata_n and_o camden_n pag._n 96._o iaminde_v anglia_fw-it non_fw-it minus_fw-la belli_fw-la gloria_fw-la quà m_fw-la humanitatis_fw-la cultu_fw-la inter_fw-la florentissimas_fw-la orbis_fw-la christiani_n gentes_fw-la inprimis_fw-la floruit_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la custodiam_fw-la corporis_fw-la constantinopolitanorum_n imperatorum_fw-la evocati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la angli_fw-la joannes_n enim_fw-la alexij_fw-la comneni_fw-la filius_fw-la ut_fw-la refert_fw-la noster_fw-la malmesburiensis_fw-la eorum_fw-la fidem_fw-la suspiciens_fw-la praecipue_fw-la familiaritati_fw-la suae_fw-la applicabat_fw-la amorem_fw-la eorum_fw-la filio_fw-la transcribens_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la iam_fw-la inde_fw-la longo_fw-la tempore_fw-la fuerint_fw-la imperatorum_fw-la illorum_fw-la satellite_n inglini_n bipenniferi_fw-la nicetae_n choniatae_n barangi_n curopolatae_fw-la dicti_fw-la qui_fw-la ubique_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la prosequebantur_fw-la ferentes_fw-la humetis_fw-la secure_v quas_fw-la tollebant_fw-la cum_fw-la imperator_fw-la ex_fw-la oratorio_fw-la spectandum_fw-la se_fw-la exhibebat_fw-la anglicè_fw-la vitam_fw-la diuturnam_fw-la secure_v svas_fw-la collidentes_fw-la ut_fw-la sonitum_fw-la ederent_fw-la comprecabantur_fw-la the_o same_o in_o english_a from_o this_o time_n forward_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n be_v repute_v among_o the_o most_o flourish_a estate_n of_o christendom_n no_o less_o in_o chivalry_n then_o humanity_n so_o farforth_o that_o the_o english_a man_n be_v send_v for_o to_o be_v the_o guarder_n of_o the_o person_n of_o the_o emperor_n of_o constantinople_n for_o john_n the_o son_n of_o alexius_n comnenus_n as_o our_o countryman_n william_n of_o malmesburie_n report_v high_o esteem_v their_o fidelity_n use_v they_o very_o never_o about_o he_o recommend_v they_o over_o to_o his_o son_n so_o that_o long_a time_n afterward_o the_o guard_n of_o those_o emperor_n be_v english_a halberdier_n call_v by_o nicetas_n choniata_n inglini_n bipenniseri_fw-la and_o by_o europolata_n barangi_n which_o always_o accompany_v the_o emperor_n with_o their_o halberd_n on_o their_o shoulder_n which_o they_o hold_v up_o when_o the_o emperor_n come_v from_o his_o oratory_n show_v himself_o to_o the_o people_n and_o clafh_v their_o halberd_n together_o to_o make_v a_o terrible_a sound_n they_o in_o the_o english_a tongue_n wish_v unto_o he_o long_a life_n a_o great_a supply_n of_o money_n to_o the_o holy_a land_n by_o henry_n the_o 2._o the_o same_o year_n king_n henry_n the_o second_o be_v at_o waltham_n assign_v a_o aid_n to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o christian_a soldier_n in_o the_o holy_a land_n that_o be_v to_o wit_n two_o and_o forty_o thousand_o mark_n of_o silver_n and_o five_o hundred_o mark_n of_o gold_n matth._n paris_n and_o holens_n pag._n 105._o a_o letter_n write_v from_o manuel_n the_o emperor_n of_o constantinople_n unto_o henry_n the_o second_o king_n of_o england_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1177._o wherein_o mention_n be_v make_v that_o certain_a of_o king_n henry_n noble_a man_n and_o subject_n be_v present_a with_o the_o say_a emperor_n in_o a_o battle_n of_o he_o against_o the_o sultan_n of_o iconium_n record_v by_o roger_n hoveden_n in_o annalium_fw-la parte_fw-la posteriore_fw-la in_fw-la regno_fw-la hen._n 2._o fol._n 316_o &_o 317._o eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la manuel_n constantinopolitanus_n imperator_fw-la habito_fw-la praelio_fw-la campestri_fw-la cum_fw-la soltano_fw-la iconij_fw-la &_o illo_fw-la devicto_fw-la in_fw-la hac_fw-la forma_fw-la scripsit_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la angliae_fw-la manuel_n in_o christo_fw-la deo_fw-la porphyrogenitus_n divinitùs_fw-la coronatus_fw-la sublimis_fw-la potens_fw-la excelsus_fw-la semper_fw-la augustus_n &_o moderator_n romanorum_fw-la comnenus_n henrico_n nobilissimo_fw-la regi_fw-la 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