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our_o go_v to_o quincay_v to_o accomplish_v the_o time_n of_o our_o exile_n and_o what_o befall_v we_o there_o out_o of_o the_o fear_n i_o be_o in_o left_a come_n to_o relate_v in_o particular_a all_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o see_v within_o the_o large_a enclosure_n of_o this_o city_n of_o pequin_n they_o that_o shall_v chance_v to_o read_v they_o may_v call_v they_o in_o question_n and_o not_o to_o give_v occasion_n also_o unto_o detractor_n who_o judge_v of_o thing_n according_a to_o the_o little_a world_n they_o have_v see_v may_v hold_v those_o truth_n for_o fable_n which_o my_o own_o eye_n have_v behold_v i_o will_v forbear_v the_o delivery_n of_o many_o matter_n that_o possible_o may_v bring_v much_o contentment_n to_o more_o worthy_a spirit_n who_o not_o judge_v of_o the_o riches_n and_o prosperity_n of_o other_o country_n by_o the_o poverty_n and_o misery_n of_o their_o own_o will_v be_v well_o please_v with_o the_o relation_n thereof_o howbeit_o on_o the_o other_o side_n 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and_o pention_n also_o twelve_o tutons_n dignity_n that_o be_v sovereign_a above_o all_o other_o who_o as_o i_o have_v already_o declare_v the_o vulgar_a call_n the_o beam_n of_o the_o sun_n under_o these_o twelve_o tutons_n there_o be_v forty_o chaem_n or_o viceroy_n beside_o many_o other_o inferior_a dignity_n as_o judge_n major_n governor_n treasurer_n admiral_n and_o general_n which_o they_o term_v anchacy_n aytaos_n ponchacy_n lauteas_n and_o chumbim_n whereof_o there_o be_v above_o five_o hundred_o always_o reside_v at_o the_o court_n each_o of_o they_o have_v at_o the_o least_o two_o hundred_o man_n in_o his_o train_n which_o for_o the_o most_o part_n to_o strike_v the_o great_a terror_n be_v of_o divers_a nation_n namely_o megores_n persian_n curazen_n moem_n calaminhams_n tartar_n cauchins_n and_o some_o braamas_n of_o chaleu_n and_o tanguu_n for_o in_o regard_n of_o valour_n they_o make_v no_o account_n of_o the_o native_n who_o be_v of_o a_o weak_a and_o effeminate_a 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lose_v in_o the_o gallion_n where_o manael_n de_fw-fr souzad_n sepulveda_n also_o perish_v a_o little_a further_o to_o the_o northward_o of_o this_o island_n of_o lequio_n there_o be_v a_o great_a archipelago_n of_o small_a island_n from_o whence_o be_v draw_v a_o great_a quantity_n of_o silver_n which_o in_o my_o opinion_n &_o by_o what_o i_o gather_v out_o of_o a_o petition_n which_o ray_n lopez_n de_fw-fr vilhalobos_n general_n of_o the_o castillian_n present_v to_o jorge_n de_fw-fr castro_n at_o that_o time_n captain_n of_o ternate_a shall_v be_v those_o whereof_o the_o inhabitant_n have_v some_o knowledge_n and_o which_o they_o call_v the_o island_n of_o silver_n and_o yet_o i_o can_v see_v with_o what_o reason_n that_o may_v be_v because_o both_o by_o what_o i_o have_v observe_v and_o read_v as_o well_o in_o the_o write_n of_o ptolemy_n as_o other_o geographer_n not_o any_o one_o of_o they_o have_v pierce_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o siam_n and_o the_o island_n of_o sumatra_n 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