'The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, through the Black Sea, and the country of Colchis. Containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan. To which is added, the coronation of the present King of Persia, Solyman the III.' [‎407] (396/594)

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(The Verfes of the Alcoran) to
true Faith and the true Knowledge;
time they rvanderd in manifefi Error
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