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much_o as_o the_o name_n of_o this_o malady_n be_v ever_o know_v unto_o the_o african_n before_o 〈◊〉_d the_o king_n of_o castille_n expel_v all_o jew_n out_o of_o spain_n after_o the_o return_n of_o which_o jew_n africa_n into_o africa_n certain_a unhappy_a and_o lewd_a people_n lie_v with_o their_o wife_n and_o so_o at_o length_n the_o disease_n spread_v from_o one_o to_o another_o over_o the_o whole_a region_n insomuch_o that_o scarce_o any_o one_o family_n be_v free_a from_o the_o same_o howbeit_o this_o they_o be_v most_o certain_o persuade_v of_o that_o the_o same_o disease_n come_v first_o from_o spain_n wherefore_o they_o for_o want_n of_o a_o better_a name_n do_v call_v it_o the_o spanish_a pox_n notwithstanding_o at_o tunis_n and_o over_o all_o italy_n it_o be_v call_v the_o french_a disease_n it_o be_v so_o call_v likewise_o in_o
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numidian_a desert_n two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o mile_n eastward_o of_o segelmesse_n and_o a_o hundred_o mile_n from_o mount_n atlas_n have_v four_o castle_n within_o the_o precinct_n thereof_o and_o many_o village_n also_o which_o stand_v upon_o the_o confine_n of_o lybia_n near_o unto_o the_o high_a way_n that_o lead_v from_o fez_n and_o telensin_n to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o agadez_n and_o to_o the_o land_n of_o negro_n the_o inhabitant_n be_v not_o very_o rich_a for_o all_o their_o wealth_n consist_v in_o date_n and_o some_o small_a quantity_n of_o corn_n the_o man_n of_o this_o place_n be_v black_a but_o the_o woman_n be_v somewhat_o fair_a and_o yet_o they_o be_v of_o a_o swart_a and_o brown_a hue_n of_o the_o region_n of_o tegorarin_n this_o great_a and_o large_a region_n of_o the_o numidian_a desert_n stand_v about_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o mile_n eastward_o of_o tesebit_n contain_v fifty_o castle_n and_o above_o a_o hundred_o village_n and_o yield_v great_a plenty_n of_o 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