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… for the general information of men, or of such as were desirous to know fuller of these matters. And yet there is a method sufficient for an exact History. Nor is there any thing Material, or Remarkable; that is not, in brief, at least taken notice of. Lastly, The Subject and Argument so admirable and curious, may excuse other defects. For thou no so much…
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