Note 1 — CAP. IX.
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: Crete.
2: Pynson and others say 120 furlongs.
3: Carmel.
4: Carmelite friars.
5: The scale, or ladder, of Tyre.
6: Meaning the sepulchre of Memnon.
7: A shaftment was a measure taken from the top of the extended thumb to the outmost part of the palm—usually taken as six inches.
8: Buried.
9: Whirlpool.
10: This story is said to come from Solinus, and is mentioned in Münster's Cosmographia, and in other books.