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…not History to report to us, That heretofore it all burnt from Cuma and Vesuvius in Campania, or Terra de Lavoro, even to Hstira, not far from Venice; and therefore to have been called by the most ancient Inhabitants thereof, The burnt Country. And indeed Italy is every way disposed for such vast Combustions; As with straitness and narrowness of situation,…
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