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And there nyghe is the fosse of Mennon, that is alle round: and it is 100 cubytes of largenesse, and it is alle fulle of gravelle, schynynge brighte, of the whiche men maken fair verres56 and clere.
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And also it hathe, aboven toward Ynde, the kyngdom of Caldee, that strecchethe fro the mountaynes of Calde, toward the est, unto the cytee of Nynyvee, that sittethe upon the ryvere of Tygre: and in largenesse, it begynnethe toward the northe, to the cytee of
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And it is wel a 15 journeyes of lengthe, and more than two so moche of desert: and it is but two journeyes in largenesse.
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But further entryng in, semeth to haue shooued of the maigne lande on bothe sides, and so to haue won a more largenesse.
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Alexandrie, Babilon, and Memphis, at this daie called Damiate, alias Chairas or Alkair, and the seate of the Soldan, a citie of notable largenesse.
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That cytee of Alizandre is wel 30 furlonges in lengthe: but it is but 10 on largenesse.
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And that see is wel a 6 myle of largenesse in bredthe.
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And certein so notably eared that thei hange downe to their hieles with suche a largenesse that they may lye in either of them as vpon
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And there nyghe is the fosse of Mennon, that is alle round: and it is 100 cubytes of largenesse, and it is alle fulle of gravelle, schynynge brighte, of the whiche men maken fair verres502 and clere.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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That cytee of Alizandre is wel 30 furlonges in lengthe: but it is but 10 on largenesse.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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