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ganges_n above_o four_o thousand_o mile_n and_o as_o for_o they_o that_o will_v have_v the_o river_n gihen_n to_o be_v nilus_n do_v dream_n of_o a_o impossibility_n because_o the_o river_n nilus_n be_v far_a distant_a from_o tigris_n and_o euphrates_n than_o ganges_n be_v be_v beget_v in_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o moon_n in_o ethyopia_n almost_o as_o farrâ—e_v off_o as_o the_o cape_n of_o good_a hope_n which_o our_o east-indian_a ship_n do_v double_a and_o fall_v into_o the_o mediterranean-sea_n whereas_o euphrates_n spring_v as_o we_o have_v say_v out_o of_o the_o mountain_n of_o armenia_n and_o fall_v into_o the_o gulf_n of_o persia_n the_o one_o rise_v south_n which_o be_v nilus_n and_o run_a north_n the_o other_o rise_a north_n which_o be_v euphrates_n and_o course_v south_n threescore_o &_o three_o degree_n one_o from_o the_o other_o eden_n final_o this_o country_n abound_v with_o all_o kind_n of_o fertility_n and_o happiness_n though_o not_o in_o that_o exquisite_a manner_n 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