The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques & discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compass of these 1600 yeeres . d wonderfull works in that region, of other many litlelies (yet not so litle, but they may right wel be writtenof at laisure) all the latter histories of the Indian regionsare full. An excellent treatise of the kingdome of China,and of the estate and government thereof:Printed in Latine at Macao a citie of thePortugals in China, An. Dom. 1590. andwritten Dialogue-wise. The spea
The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques & discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compass of these 1600 yeeres . d wonderfull works in that region, of other many litlelies (yet not so litle, but they may right wel be writtenof at laisure) all the latter histories of the Indian regionsare full. An excellent treatise of the kingdome of China,and of the estate and government thereof:Printed in Latine at Macao a citie of thePortugals in China, An. Dom. 1590. andwritten Dialogue-wise. The speakers areLinus, Leo, and Michael. Linus. Oncerning the kingdome of China (Michael)which is our next neighbour, we haveheard and daily do heare so many re-ports, that we are to request at yourhands rather a true then a large discourseand narration thereof. And if there beought in your knowledge besides thatwhich by continual rumours is waxen stale among us, wewill right gladly give diligent eare unto it. Michael. Because the report of this most famouskingdome is growen so common among us, reducingdivers and manifold particulars into order, I will especiallyaime at the trueth of things received from the fathers 348. A TREATISE OF CHINA 1590. )f the societie, which even now at this present are con-versant in China. First of all therefore it is not un- The situationcnowen, that of all parts of the maine continent this JJ^Jj**1^ringdom of China is situate most Easterly: albeit:ertaine Hands, as our native Japon, & the He of Maniliatand more Easterly then China it selfe. As touchinghe limites & bounds of this kingdom, we may appointhe first towards ye West to be a certaine He commonlyailed Hainan, which standeth in 19 degrees of Northerlyatitude. For the continent next adjoining unto this|le trendeth towardes the East, and that especially, wherehe promontorie of the citie called Nimpo or Liampooeth extend it selfe. Howbeit, from that place decliningNorthward, it stretcheth foorth
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