The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation. [vols. 1-3] made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600. yeres: deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries, &c. of the English ... The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations ... to the south and south-east parts of the world ... By Richard Hakluyt preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford.

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The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation. [vols. 1-3] made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600. yeres: deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries, &c. of the English ... The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations ... to the south and south-east parts of the world ... By Richard Hakluyt preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford.
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Imprinted at London :: By George Bishop, Ralph Newberie, and Robert Barker,
Anno 1599[-1600]
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Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.
Discoveries (in geography), English -- Early works to 1800.
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"The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation. [vols. 1-3] made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600. yeres: deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries, &c. of the English ... The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations ... to the south and south-east parts of the world ... By Richard Hakluyt preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A02495.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 23, 2025.

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De diuite qui pascitur à 50. Virginibus.

DVm fui in prouicia Manzi tansiui iuxta palatium vnius hominis popularis, qui habuit 50. domicellas virgines sibi continuè ministantes, in omnibus pascentes eum sicut auis aui∣culas, & habet semper 5. fercula triplicata; & quando pascunt eum, continuè cantant dulcissi∣mè: Iste habet in redditibus Tagarisrisi 30. Thuman, quorū quodlibet decies millies facit: vnū autem Tagar pondus est asini. Palatium suum duo milliaria tenet in ambitu; cuius pauimentum semper vnum laterem habet aureum, alium argenteum: Iuxta ambitum istius palatij est vnus monticulus artificialis de auro & argento, super quo stant Monasteria, & campanilia, & alia de∣lectabilia pro solatio illius popularis; Et dictum fuit mihi, quòd quatuor tales homines sunt in regno illo. Nobilitas virorum est longos habere vngues in digitis,* 1.1 praecipuè pollicis quibus circueunt sibi manus: Nobilitas autem & pulchritudo mulierum est paruos habere pedes: Et ideò matres quandò siliae suae sunt tenellae ligant pedes earum, & non dimitrunt crescere. Vltra transiens versus meridiem applicui ad quandam contratam, quae vocatur Milestorite,* 1.2 quae pulchra est valdè & fertilis; Et in ista cōtrata eratnus vocatus Senex de monte, qui inter duos montesfecerat sibi vnum murum circume untem istos montes. Infra istum murum erant fontes pulcherrimi de mundo; Et iuxta fontes erant pulcherrimae virgines in maximo numero, & e∣qui pulcherrimi, & omne illud quod ad suauitatem, & delectationem corporis fieri poterit, & ideò illum locum vocant homines illius contratae Paradisum. Iste Senex cùm viderit aliquē iu∣uenem formosum & robustum, posuit eum in illo paradiso; Per quosdam autem conductus de∣scendere facit vinum & lac abundantèr. Iste Senex cùm voluerit se vindicare, vel interficere re∣gem aliquem vel Baronem, dicit illi qui praeerat illi paradiso vt aliquem de notis illius regis, vel Baronis introduceret in paradisum illum, & illum delicijs frui permitteret, & tunc daret si∣bi potionem vuam, quae ipsum sopiebat in tantum, quòd insensibilem redderet, & ipsum sic

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dormientem faceret extra paradisum deportari: qui excitatus & se extra paradisum conspiciens, in tanta tristitia positus foret, quòd nesciret quid faceret: Tunc ad illum senem iret, rogans eum, vt iterùm in paradisum introduceretur; qui sibi dicit, tu illie introduci non poteris, nisi talem vel talem interficias; & siue interfeceris, siue non, reponam te in paradiso, & ibidem poteris sem∣per manere; Tunc ille sic faceret, & omnes seni odiosos interficeret; Etideò omnes reges ori∣entales illum senem timuerunt, & sibi tributum magnum dederunt.

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