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I am unwilling to entertain any Thoughts of 

 Getia in Macedonia^ or of Olgajfm^ a Place 

 mentioned by Straho in Bythinia^ which comes 

 a little nearer the Name, being both fo re- 

 mote, and the City of Tadmor ill contrived 

 for a Place of Trade, being far from the Sea, 

 and without the Advantage of any River. 

 Yet the Magnificence of the Place fhews 

 they have not wanted Riches among them: 

 And their Salt is a Commodity which ftill 

 brings them in a confiderable Advantage. 

 The Order of the Numeral Letters you may 

 take notice is again inverted ^ but taking 

 them the right way, the Year 558 falls in 

 with the lafl: Year of the Reign of Akxan^ 

 der Severns^ which is of our Lord 234. 



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