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A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CONSTANTINOPLE.
COnstantinople seems to have the advantage of most Cities in the World for situation,* 1.1 either in re∣spect of the pleasantness of its pro∣spect; or for security against the at∣taques of an enemy, it being natu∣rally fortified, and might be made impregnable by art; or for its nar∣row passage into Asia; as if, in all changes and revolutions of govern∣ment, designed by God for the chief seat of Empire and command. The high hills, upon which it is seated, add much to the beauty and glory