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"text": "Beynge therfoꝛe ioyfull and gladde of the frendeſhyppe of owre men, he tooke the capitaine by the hand and bꝛought him with certeine of his familiars to the higheſt towre of his palaice, from whenſe they myght proſpecte [translating dispectare] the mayne ſea.",
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"word": "търся"
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"sense": "to search, as for gold",
"word": "etsiä"
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"sense": "to search, as for gold",
"word": "prospecter"
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"sense": "to search, as for gold",
"word": "schürfen"
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"sense": "to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location",
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"roman": "kāntàn",
"sense": "to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location",
"word": "勘探"
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"sense": "to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location",
"word": "prospektera"
}
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"text": "This poynte ſemethe as though it woolde inuade the monte Atlas in Aphrica. Foꝛ it pꝛoſpectethe [translating spectat] towarde that parte of Aphꝛike, whiche the poꝛtugales caule Caput Bonæ Sperantiæ.",
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"text": "All men, whoſe experience by trauaile is a wytnes of the ſingularities of Italye, and ſpaine, are of opinion I am ſewer, that naples, is one of yͤ moſt riche pleaſante and Populus cities in evrope, bothe foꝛ the beautie and fartilitie of the countreye rounde aboute, the magnifical plat and ſcituacion of the towne, pꝛoſpectinge with open caſementes, vppon the heyghte of the highe ſea Tyrenũ, […]",
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"text": "Like Carpenters, within a VVood they chooſe / Sixteene faire Trees that neuer leaues doe looſe, / VVhoſe equall front in quadran forme proſpected, / As if of purpoſe Nature them erected: […]",
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"text": "Beynge therfoꝛe ioyfull and gladde of the frendeſhyppe of owre men, he tooke the capitaine by the hand and bꝛought him with certeine of his familiars to the higheſt towre of his palaice, from whenſe they myght proſpecte [translating dispectare] the mayne ſea.",
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"text": "[…] [Andreas] Veſalius no leſſe taketh part agaynſt him, openyng the window of light, on the clearer ſide, pꝛoſpecting the Sunne, as manifeſtly appeareth by that is gone befoꝛe.",
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"text": "In this meane while Peter of Nauarro made certein cloaſe or couered Barks, with the which approaching in more ſuertie the walles of the Egg Caſtle, he caſt a mine on that ſide which proſpects Pizifalcona, […]",
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"text": "The College of Carmelites is on an high Mount, proſpecting the whole City, it is a fine Building; […]",
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