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Compare 1587 edition: 1 But forſomuch as his wordes were regarded, neyther with the king nor with his ſubiects,Moſes not regarded. Exodus. 5. that lande was plagued in moſt horrible and terrible maner: and moreouer it was ſignified vnto ſuch as ſought to know what was meant by way of Oracles, that ſorer and more grieuous plagues ſhould after follow, if remedie were not founde the ſooner.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 2Gathelus therefore being certified hereof, and giuing credite to the Oracles aforeſayde, determi|ned out of hande to forſake the countrey,Gathelus lea|uing Egypt, ſeeketh other countreyes. and ſeeke him a new place of abode in ſome other partyes, of the worlde. Wherefore he cauſed a number of ſhippes to be rigged, and all neceſſarie puruey|ance to be prouided,, and when the ſame was once readie and all things ſet in order, he tooke with him his wife and children, and a great multitude of people both Greekes and Egyptians, whom he embarqued in thoſe ſhippes,Gathelus de|pa [...]ting was, Anno mundi. 2453. W.H. 3643. H.B. and hoyſing vp ſayles, departed out of the mouth of the riuer Ni|lus, in the yeare of the worldes creation 2453. when hee had dwelled in Egypt .39. yeares and more.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Beeing thus departed, after ſome trouble in the voyage, they arriued firſt on the coaſtes of Nu|mydia,He was repul|ſed in Barbary whiche is one of the regions of Affrike, now called Barbarie: but beyng put backe from thence by the ſtowte reſiſtaunce of the inhabitauntes, they tooke the Seas agayne, and landed in a part of Spayne, whiche long after was called Luſitania.

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