MAny desart places are in this countrie, and it is poore in gold and siluer, but in ma∣ny places rich in corne, fruits, honie, wax, geese, hens, capons, hares and stags. And although there be no riuers that water it, yet the land continues alwaies fresh and in good estate, for that two or three foot vnder the ground it is stonie, from vnder the which there [ F] flowes springs of water and little brookes.
The estates, empires, & principallities of the world Represented by ye description of countries, maners of inhabitants, riches of prouinces, forces, gouernment, religion; and the princes that haue gouerned in euery estate. With the begin[n]ing of all militarie and religious orders. Translated out of French by Edw: Grimstone, sargeant at armes.
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- The estates, empires, & principallities of the world Represented by ye description of countries, maners of inhabitants, riches of prouinces, forces, gouernment, religion; and the princes that haue gouerned in euery estate. With the begin[n]ing of all militarie and religious orders. Translated out of French by Edw: Grimstone, sargeant at armes.
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- Avity, Pierre d', sieur de Montmartin, 1573-1635.
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- 1615.
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- World history -- Early works to 1800.
- Geography -- Early works to 1800.
- Orders of knighthood and chivalry -- Early works to 1800.
- Monasticism and religious orders -- Early works to 1800.
- Europe -- Early works to 1800.
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"The estates, empires, & principallities of the world Represented by ye description of countries, maners of inhabitants, riches of prouinces, forces, gouernment, religion; and the princes that haue gouerned in euery estate. With the begin[n]ing of all militarie and religious orders. Translated out of French by Edw: Grimstone, sargeant at armes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A23464.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 31, 2025.
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