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or_o water_n be_v high_a than_o it_o so_o it_o may_v be_v confident_o enough_o say_v that_o the_o water_n be_v above_o about_o and_o in_o the_o earth_n yea_o and_o disperse_v through_o it_o as_o the_o blood_n be_v diffuse_v and_o disperse_v through_o the_o body_n or_o man_n or_o beast_n from_o its_o spring_n the_o liver_n the_o orcum_fw-la as_o we_o may_v say_v of_o it_o this_o earth_n always_o by_o the_o geographer_n of_o old_a be_v divide_v into_o three_o part_n earth_n viz._n europe_n asia_n africa_n not_o know_v any_o further_a but_o suffer_v now_o a_o new_a partition_n or_o division_n since_o the_o day_n of_o columbus_n who_o in_o the_o year_n 1492_o by_o a_o enterprise_n to_o the_o eternal_a memory_n of_o his_o name_n make_v discovery_n of_o america_n america_n add_v by_o our_o modern_a map_n as_o a_o four_o part_n which_o according_a to_o our_o late_a navigator_n and_o discoverer_n shall_v be_v find_v to_o exceed_v the_o other_o three_o in_o extent_n from_o whence_o the_o gold_n 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