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This suspicion is strengthened by the fact that after Chu Wan's suicide , Lu Tang , K'o Ch'iao , and others who had been sentenced to death were reprieved , and their sentences commuted in whole or in part .
This suspicion is strengthened by the fact that after Chu Wan's suicide , Lu Tang , K'o Ch'iao , and others who had been sentenced to death were reprieved , and their sentences commuted in whole or in part .
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inhabitants of Ormuz say that the whole world is a ring and Hormuz is the stone thereof . " Wherefore it is commonly said , that the custom - house of Ormuz is a conduit of silver that is always running . The last year that I was in ...
inhabitants of Ormuz say that the whole world is a ring and Hormuz is the stone thereof . " Wherefore it is commonly said , that the custom - house of Ormuz is a conduit of silver that is always running . The last year that I was in ...
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After this function in our ship , two of the captains returned to the town , and the third , who was called Yanlautia , ' stayed with us , being apparently ordered to act as our guide and to accompany us on the whole journey that we ...
After this function in our ship , two of the captains returned to the town , and the third , who was called Yanlautia , ' stayed with us , being apparently ordered to act as our guide and to accompany us on the whole journey that we ...
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INTRODUCTION | xvii |
i The Report of Galeote Pereira | 3 |
ii The Treatise of Fr Gaspar da Cruz O P | 45 |
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