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Show - His Defcription of CnH IN A = may defervedly queftion how thofe Syrian Chaldeans, the great Propagators o Earth; th o quarter utmof thof int penetrat coul the Chriftian Religion it appeared not only congruous, but alfo abfolutely neceflary for the confir- mation of this matter, to adminifter aid to the perplexed Reader in this obfcur dire t thatis work thi o Pharo flimin th b Travel labyrinch of variou him by Geographical Demonftrations 5 from which, if that 1 do not decejve m felf, the Reader fhall clearly underftand that not only the Chriftian Doctrine OFZ\Q};'fo)fth I fhall racher hint atin a few words, then endeavour to defcribe ; con-g:gfielg- our Earsy o Table ;}fl cha o,xon == 2 S Bba - e ---- i S Moo r e e S e p- s bpgost L4 d- _\v_. e S B oe p P uf i i b o f fa m fa f Sarawens Catay : all which appellations ar amongft the Chinefes themfelves, that the names are not {o much as known, as it s hence apparent; for it is an immemorizl cuftom among the Chimefes, that a e et ofte N e _ uf Con an s Antients, as it is to be {eenin Ptoloiny, Sin and Serica 5 the Arabians Sin, and the of the e ot o o s o petieraimn s S il of the adjoining Nations are ; the Spaniards and the Portugals call it China, the The Diversi ith the Scho l rence unto the confufion of the names of it, it is fo much as the great diverfity goadran orm ffom hl Now in refe- fccg;g:f‘:'lfi d; po o M l h a o r g F t i the Mathematicks, it is defcribe i, a Perlo in the form of a Quadrate, although by our Geographers that are better feen in eping is ac ai fincere Inter covered boundsare extended even unto the Frozen Sea, and queftionlefs they are in fome part or other continued to the North pact of America with Anian whitherit be a ftraight or Ifthuos, although unto this very time (as with grea pains it was-fearched after by the Fathers of our Society employed-in China) th limits of thefe vaft Kingdoms and Lands have as yet been dete&ed by no Perfon Onthe Wett it is encompafled partly with Ridges of moft high Mountains partly a Sandy Defart and other Kingdoms, which we thall difcourfe of anon Laftly, on the South it is limited with the Sea, the Kingdomes of Touchinum Cochinchina, Lannr, and others; the Latitude beginneth from 18 Degrees and extendeth it {elf unto 43. thatis, itis diftended by the interval of 1440 Italian miles from South to North, and from the Weft unto the Eaft it almof confifteth of the fame diltance 5 whence the Chinefes do exprefs it in their Map J firengt on the North it hath Tartary adjoining feparated by a Wall, whofe yet un-dif- fopie S the Orthodo merly in Chin yrch enjoinet utmoft bounds of Afiz by the Creatour of the Earthly Globe,{o alfo did it remain ° clean.sh data import.tsv out README altogether unknown unto the Antientseven unto the Year 1220. which Muren Panlits Venetns, firft difcovered unto us under the name of Catay, asafterward fhall be made manifeft.For on the Eaft it is encompafled with the Eaftern Ocean, The bounda etation of thi ne was taugh lto ch1 C HIN A4 the largeft and vafteft of Kingdoms, as it was confined unto the thebefaipsi g be left, an Nature and Art, each being recorded in their proper place . of the Chinefe and alfo to alledge, in refpet to the curious Reader, the more rare curiofities an and fecrets of things obferved to be trealured up in this Nation and others adjacent, not obferved hitherto by any former Authors, with the Prodigies both o clean.sh data import.tsv out README matter) conSocicty, Whic explain thofe things, which as they are controverted, {o likewile do wonderfull render the Readers doubtful and perplexed about the equivocation of the terms e 10 ths undet My bufinefs is only t oS A fhall labou ethnot to give place toany Monarchy in the World ae lory of the ¢ Charity, fo ours great concer and laftly, the Politick or Civil Government, in which regard this Nation feem et hapneth by th the Regions, the Multitude of its great and vaft Cities, and their Inhabitants BSrativg ¢ be had berte and many others, where he (hall find fully defcribed whatfoever relateth unt the fituation of Chira and its Wonders, the Nature, Property, and Fertility o . and had pru cerning which notwithftanding if that the inquifitive Reader defireth farther {atisfadtion, I {hall remit him to have recourfe unto the Hiftory of Father Nichola Trigantins, and Fobn Samedins, asallo to the Atlas Sinicns of Martine Martinius nt from Ching sof little. cop Quarter of th amimtisemmaadige trance the Monument fheweth the Gofpel to have had an en- Chinefes is, into whic Now where the vaft Empire of the i o is, from Egypt, Gracia, Syria; and Chaldea g fiotou ] Y Region fam th an en fro theirorigina derive hav t our Saviour = comin th befor Fables thei an Chinefe th o butallo the Superflition |