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the_o vi_o depart_v from_o this_o life_n and_o leave_v paulus_n now_o ready_a to_o his_o second_o voyage_n his_o successor_n clement_n the_o vii_o perceave_v that_o paulus_n still_o furious_o revolue_v and_o toss_v in_o his_o unquiet_a mind_n that_o voyage_n toward_o the_o easte_n send_v he_o ageyne_v with_o letter_n to_o moscovia_n moscoviâ—_n the_o second_o voyage_n of_o paulus_n to_o moscoviâ—_n by_o the_o which_o with_o propense_a and_o friendly_a persuasion_n he_o exhort_v basilius_n to_o acknowleage_v the_o majesty_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n church_n the_o pope_n persuade_v basilius_n to_o acknowledge_v the_o roman_a church_n and_o to_o make_v a_o perpetual_a league_n and_o agreement_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n which_o thing_n shall_v be_v not_o only_o for_o the_o health_n of_o his_o soul_n but_o also_o great_o to_o thincrease_v of_o his_o honour_n and_o further_o promise_v that_o by_o the_o holy_a authority_n of_o his_o office_n he_o will_v make_v he_o a_o king_n and_o 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althowgh_n he_o be_v
of_o the_o city_n be_v enclose_v with_o gate_n rail_v city_n the_o custody_n of_o the_o city_n and_o bar_n neither_o be_v it_o lawful_a for_o any_o man_n rash_o to_o walk_v in_o the_o city_n in_o the_o night_n or_o withowt_n light_v all_o the_o court_n consy_v of_o noble_a man_n court_n the_o duke_n court_n gentleman_n and_o choice_n soldier_n which_o be_v cawled_a owte_n of_o every_o regyon_n by_o they_o be_v town_n and_o vyllagy_n and_o command_v to_o wait_v course_n by_o course_n at_o certain_a moonethe_n appoint_v furthermore_o when_o war_n be_v proclaim_v all_o the_o army_n be_v collect_v both_o of_o the_o owlde_v soldier_n and_o by_o muster_a of_o new_a in_o all_o provynce_n for_o the_o lievetenaunte_n and_o capytayne_n of_o the_o army_n be_v accustom_v in_o all_o city_n to_o muster_v the_o youth_n and_o to_o admytte_a to_o thorder_v of_o soldier_n such_o as_o they_o think_v able_a to_o serve_v the_o turn_n they_o be_v wage_n be_v pay_v they_o of_o the_o common_a treasurye_n of_o every_o provynce_n which_o be_v gather_v and_o partly_o pay_v also_o in_o the_o time_n of_o peace_n although_o it_o be_v but_o little_a treasury_n soldier_n wage_n of_o the_o common_a treasury_n but_o such_o as_o be_v assign_v to_o the_o war_n be_v free_a from_o all_o tribute_n and_o enjoy_v certain_a other_o privilegy_n whereby_o they_o may_v the_o more_o glad_o &_o cheerful_o serve_v their_o king_n and_o defend_v their_o country_n for_o in_o the_o time_n of_o war_n occacyon_n be_v mynystre_v to_o show_v true_a virtue_n and_o manhodde_n where_o in_o so_o great_a and_o necessary_a a_o institituon_n every_o man_n accord_v to_o his_o approve_a activity_n and_o ingenyous_a forwardness_n may_v obtain_v the_o fortune_n either_o of_o perpetual_a honour_n or_o ignominy_n vix_fw-la olim_fw-la ulla_fw-la fides_fw-la referentibus_fw-la horrida_fw-la regna_fw-la moschorum_fw-la &_o ponti_n res_fw-la glacialis_fw-la erat_fw-la nunc_fw-la jovio_n autore_fw-la illâ—_n oculis_fw-la lustramus_fw-la et_fw-la urbes_fw-la et_fw-la nemora_fw-la et_fw-la monâ—es_fw-la cernimus_fw-la et_fw-la flwios_fw-la moschovian_a monumenta_fw-la jovi_fw-la tua_fw-la culta_fw-la revoluenâ—_n coepi_fw-la alios_fw-la mundâ—s_fw-la credere_fw-la democriti_n ¶_o other_o notable_a thing_n as_o concern_a moscovia_n gather_v out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o sigismundus_n liberus_n note_v that_o when_o he_o say_v mile_n he_o mean_v leaque_n from_o whence_o russia_n have_v the_o name_n russia_n russia_n there_o be_v dyvers_a opinion_n sume_fw-la think_v that_o it_o be_v so_o name_v of_o one_o russus_n the_o son_n or_o nevie_v of_o lech_n the_o king_n of_o the_o polon_n other_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v so_o cawled_a of_o a_o certain_a owlde_v town_n name_v russus_n not_o far_o from_o novogoroda_n or_o novogardia_n the_o more_o sum_n also_o think_v that_o it_o be_v so_o cawled_a of_o the_o brown_a colour_n of_o the_o nation_n russes_z the_o brown_a colour_n of_o the_o russes_z but_o the_o moscovians_n confute_v 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writer_n the_o sea_n of_o sina_n ¶_o
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