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THE TABLE The Contents of the Chapters—Continued. page described. Jesus dishonoured by hypocriticall Christians. The Foxe preacheth, prayeth, preyeth, payeth for all at last.
§ 3. Their shipwrack in which Faria and most of them were drowned; the miserable wandrings of the rest to Nanquin: their imprisonment, sentence and appeale to Pequin; rarities observed in those places and wayes; of the beginnings of the China Kingdome, and of their admirable Wall.90 China Hospitals and Prisons entertaynment to wracked Portugals. Wonderfull Lake. Nanquin more then wonderfull. Palace. Admirable Chappell. Serpent-statue. Gods of fire, tempests, Sea-fish. Monstrous holies. Smoking flaxe not quenched. China Legend. First stories of Nations usually fabulous. China wall described. § 4. Mindo Salt pits: Mines of Coretumbaga, Copper-workes; Idolatrie and Christianitie; China Trades, and River Faires; their comming to Pequin, triall and sentence. Rarities of Pequin.105 Land pits with Sea-motions. Cyclopes. Pluto. God-generation. Earthquake. China trades and belly-provisions. Strange Water-faire or moveable River-Citie. River-riches. High-wayes. Theatricall Court; Justice & Mercy. Pequin the Worlds wonder. § 5. Foure buildings incredibly admirable in Pequin, and divers of their superstitions: their Hospitals and provisions for the Poore. The Kings revenues and Court; their Sects.117 Prison larger then any Citie in Christendome: Pequin rarities. Serpents head broken shadowed. Q. of Heaven, Porters of Hell. Whole-lie holies. Q. of heaven and her Chamberlions, Idols, &c. Provisions for all sorts of Impotent; against dearth. Kings Court. China Sects. § 6. Their remoove to Quansie, quarrels, miseries; Tartarian huge Armie, and losse at the siege of Pequim,
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