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They told me furthermore that it was moated about , and in the moats great store of fish , whereof the king maketh great gains . It was also told me that the king of China had no king to wage battle withal , besides the Tartars ...
They told me furthermore that it was moated about , and in the moats great store of fish , whereof the king maketh great gains . It was also told me that the king of China had no king to wage battle withal , besides the Tartars ...
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We told him the Pater Noster , and the Ave Maria , and the Creed . He asked for them to be explained to him , and showed great pleasure in hearing them , making a show of learning them from memory ; and he spent much time in this and in ...
We told him the Pater Noster , and the Ave Maria , and the Creed . He asked for them to be explained to him , and showed great pleasure in hearing them , making a show of learning them from memory ; and he spent much time in this and in ...
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The relevant passage in the original version reads simply ' according to what we were told , the viceroy took no notice of the [ Macaonese ) memorial ; on the contrary , he said that he wanted to see us , because he.
The relevant passage in the original version reads simply ' according to what we were told , the viceroy took no notice of the [ Macaonese ) memorial ; on the contrary , he said that he wanted to see us , because he.
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | xvii |
i The Report of Galeote Pereira | 3 |
ii The Treatise of Fr Gaspar da Cruz O P | 45 |
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| Title | Works, Volume 106 |
| Author | Hakluyt Society |
| Publisher | Kraus Reprint, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2009 |
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