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The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell, of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining Regions

Note 142 — THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF ANDREW BATTELL OF LEIGH IN ESSEX, SENT BY THE PORTUGALS PRISONER TO ANGOLA, WHO LIVED THERE, AND IN THE ADJOINING REGIONS, NEAR EIGHTEEN YEARS.

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In a marginal note, Purchas says that the King’s wives are called Macomes. Such a title is known neither to Mr. Dennett nor to Mr. Phillips. Macome is probably a misprint for Maconda, the title borne, according to Dapper, p. 522, by the king’s “mother.” Nkondi, according to Bentley, is a title of nobility.

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