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broad, and 53 161 houses that pay tribute, and 71600 

 men of warre. 



13 The provhice of Som hath 7 great cities, and 11 

 small, and 105 townes and castles, and is 200 leagues 

 broad, and hath houses that pay tribute 139567, and men 

 of warre 345632. 



14 The province of Essiran hath 11 great cities, and 

 75 small, and 80 townes and castles, and is 440 leagues 

 broad, and hath great houses that doe pay tribute 1242 13 5, 

 and 339000 men of warre. 



15 This lake lieth behinde Siam, and before Champa, 

 and doth joyne with the Lappians, and from thence 

 commeth all the water that serveth the kingdome of 

 China : and the Indians & the Chinians doe report this 

 lake to be the whole world, and so they paint the sea, the 

 moone, and the starres within it. 



16 The province of Cansay hath 13 cities, and a chiefe 

 citie, and 73 townes and castles, and is 260 leagues broad, 

 and hath great houses that pay tribute 1393629, and 

 12700 men of warre. 



17 The province of Cuausa hath 12 great cities, 45 

 small, and 51 townes and castles: it is 260 leagues broad, 

 and hath great houses that pay tribute 1306390, and 

 men of warre both footmen and horsemen 100 100. 



18 The province of Vanam hath 14 great cities, and 

 36 small, and 34 townes and castles, and is 88 leagues 

 broad, with 589296 great houses that pay tribute, and 

 1 5 100 men of warre. 



Garjsons i^ The province of Fuckin hath 8 great cities, and 



against the ^^^ principall city, and 54 townes and castles, and two 



^ ' great cities of garison, to keepe watch upon the Japons, 



and is 200 leagues broad, and hath 5009532 great 



houses that pay tribute, and 4003225 men of the kings 



guard. 



20 The province of Canton hath 40 great cities, and 

 7 small, and 77 townes and castles, and a city that 

 putteth forth hundreds of ships for the keeping of 

 Cauchinchina, and is 380 leagues in breadth, and hath 



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