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and_o position_n of_o place_n chap._n ii_o of_o estotiland_n and_o the_o several_a province_n which_o it_o contain_v 1._o the_o first_o province_n of_o the_o continent_n of_o america_n towards_o the_o north_n be_v call_v estotiland_n for_o what_o reason_n i_o must_v plain_o confess_v i_o can_v so_o clear_o discover_v unless_o perhaps_o our_o neighbour_n the_o duchess_n happen_v to_o have_v the_o first_o name_v of_o it_o and_o that_o it_o bear_v any_o signification_n of_o its_o easterly_a lie_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o other_o province_n it_o contain_v all_o those_o region_n of_o the_o mexican_n or_o northern_a part_n of_o america_n which_o lie_v further_a towards_o the_o north_n east_n on_o which_o side_n as_o likewise_o more_o direct_o eastward_o it_o be_v wash_v all_o along_o with_o the_o main_a ocean_n or_o north-sea_n have_v on_o the_o south_n canada_n or_o new_a france_n westward_o and_o to_o the_o northwest_n it_o be_v not_o yet_o full_o discover_v but_o suppose_v either_o to_o 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whole_a province_n contain_v these_o particular_a country_n if_o i_o may_v so_o call_v they_o or_o prefectship_n as_o some_o other_o do_v viz._n first_o estotiland_n more_o proper_o so_o call_v second_o terra_fw-la corterialis_n three_o new-found_a land_n and_o four_o certain_a island_n near_o adjoin_v to_o the_o continent_n which_o they_o call_v baccaleos_n 2._o estotiland_n special_o so_o call_v be_v the_o most_o northerly_a region_n of_o all_o america_n towards_o the_o east_n lie_v betwixt_o the_o abovesaid_a hudsons_n sreight_n which_o it_o have_v on_o the_o north_n and_o terra_fw-la corterialis_n on_o the_o south_n the_o soil_n of_o the_o country_n be_v say_v to_o be_v reasonable_o good_a and_o well_o store_v with_o natural_a commodity_n i_o mean_v such_o as_o be_v of_o necessity_n and_o may_v be_v expect_v in_o such_o a_o cold_a northerly_a quarter_n as_o flesh_n fowl_n and_o good_a store_n of_o
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pasto_n so_o call_v from_o its_o situation_n in_o a_o valley_n of_o rich_a pasturage_n 10._o st._n sabastian_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr plata_fw-la in_o the_o southeast_n confine_n of_o this_o province_n so_o name_v from_o the_o mine_n of_o silver_n which_o be_v find_v thereabouts_o 11._o almaguer_n 12._o madrigal_n i_o shall_v say_v both_o of_o they_o situate_a in_o a_o barren_a soil_n but_o that_o no_o soil_n may_v be_v count_v barren_a that_o bear_v gold_n chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o peru._n 1._o peru_n in_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o america_n be_v ancient_o a_o great_a and_o mighty_a kingdom_n as_o mexico_n in_o the_o northern_a and_o fall_v under_o the_o power_n of_o the_o spaniard_n much_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o mexico_n do_v viz._n through_o the_o dissension_n and_o difference_n among_o the_o people_n themselves_o the_o manner_n and_o occasion_n brief_o thus_o huayna_n capac_n the_o last_o inca_n or_o king_n of_o peru_n have_v beside_o 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