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<blockquote>Of BITHINIA and the Cities thereof. ...erlain with 800000 Tartarians, encountred Baiaset with 500000, where 20000 lost their lives, and Baiaset in his pride of heart taken and •…end up in an

...vided as I said before into the higher and lower part, and hath many faire Cities and Townes in it. In the higher there are Ebrodunum, which hath a Prelate,

...teth the Vn•li. But when Caesar maketh them to be neere unto the Armorican Cities (which is a Maritaine Nation) some thinke that this name belongeth to the L

...Euphrates, in those daies a faire and beautifull Citie, now having almost lost all that splendor and glory it then justly boasted of: Many famous accident [[Category:Cities]]

Cairo is then commonly reputed to be one of the greatest and most famous Cities of the world called by the Arabians el Cahair, •…ted in a beautifull pl ...dered, what doth the place want to make it absolute but onely what it hath lost? which is the vast trade of India, which of late yeeres the Portugalls, Eng

...ike, may be thought to descend from the transmigrations of some of the ten lost Tribes of the Jews. About two hundred years ago, the Caliph of Meccha dispa

...s, which is not wall'd, is known for its Baths. The Dutchy of Barr has the Cities of Barleduc, St. Mihel, and Pont-a-Mousson. Vaucouleurs, one of the adjacen

...ey have not onely lost their wonted libertie, but also many Fortresses and Cities, as Testis, Lori, Clisca, G•ri, and Tomanis, and withall, some of of them

==== '''Cities and Settlements''' ==== The principal cities and settlements of Tripoli include:

...iloa, Mosambique, Mom•…a, and in Ormus in the Persian gulph, lately againe lost. In In•… they have the Castles and Townes of Diu, Daman, Basain, •… ..., Macasar, Cion, Sanguin, Cauripana, Getigan and Supara: the two principal Cities, are Macasar and Bantachia. The South parts are much frequented by the Engl

...e at the Tolkens villany and deceit as the Dutch doe, their voyage will be lost and their commodities to their prejudice remain unsold; this is in briefe t ...ot tell how to get out, and so sit buzzing so long, till at last they have lost their tale, and forgot their number, and so are forced to begin to tell aga

...t, which proved also fatal; for the Admiral coming out of the Streight was lost, as also some at the Molucco's. In 1535 one Simon de Alcazova entred it; bu ...of Plaisance, sent other three Vessels, in 1539, of which the Admiral was lost, one returned back, and the third passed on. Some others there were which w

...a. The people of this Country even untill these times, except it be in the Cities, are rude, rustick, stout, and strong of body. Mercator doth thus describe

...t through a dangerous sedition which arose in the Citie, and thereup∣on i• lost that libertie which it had preserved so many ages, and ha∣ving endurd man

...stitute it in the yeare 1421. Of which Scaliger thus in his description of Cities.<blockquote>If studie from the minde, strength from the body comeIn both wh

...ght with them hither out of Europe; and these are onely they that in these Cities professe Merchandizing, and are found to use some trade alongst this coast ...and the mariners joy: and thus leaving these two piraticall Kingdomes and Cities, with this Maritime coast, I come in the next place to the famous Kingdomes

...ce materials for the finest Chamlets, which are here made in most of their Cities. The whole Country divided commonly into these seven parts, viz. 1. Guzzula ...once stood the 〈◊〉 Ilemerum of Ptolomy. Once reckoned amongst the greatest Cities of the World, at what 〈◊〉 was •a•d to contain 100000 families: si

...the Rhodian and Lician Seas. In this Countrey was anciently accounted 4000 Cities and Townes, those seaven famous amongst the rest to whom Saint Iohn dedicat ...Angora, and in the interim it is to bee noted that these Provinces having lost their former names, are now knowne to us by the name of Caramania, and are

** The Kingdom of SUS, or TESSET, with its Quarters and Cities of ...ich till the Earth and prune Vineyards, Servants; and those which abide in Cities, Courtiers, and Effeminate: And these Arabs are esteemed more civil and ing