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           of Antangil.       Book two.           37
inside the walls.
       This terrace is furnished all around with magnificent accoudoirs[1] bolstered & supported by artistically worked balusters: From there one can at the same time view the sea, the port, & all the ships, with the square, the city, & for at least ten leagues around, as far as the mountains that border the lake.
       It is in this place where his Majesty & the Senators often come to stroll, as much for the serenity of the air as to please the sight, by the appearance of so many variable objects, magnificent & pleasant.
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Of the good customs & practices of the King.

CHAP. IX.

For insomuch as there is nothing that can so make Kingdoms and Republics prosper as having before one's eyes the fear, respect & obedience that one owes to the divine Majesty, as soon as the King has awakened (since the Kingdom has embraced Christianity) which is precisely five o'clock at all times. A very learned & elegant Bishop enters his chambers, where
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1. Accoudoir: "A form, bench, rayle, &c, whereupon one leanes with nis elbow; a rest. a stay, a leaning, stocke."

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