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Frisland the particular Fara islands, or one of them. Sorany or Sorani, of which Sinclair is said to have been duke or lord, Mr Forster considers to have been the Sodor-oe, or southern islands of the Norwegians, or those now called the Western Islands; and traces the corruption from the Norwegian plural Suder-oer contracted Soroer, varied Soroen and transmuted to Sorani.
Zichmni, or Sinclair, was besides this duke of Sorany , a place which lies on one side of Scotland. Of these northern parts, I, Antonio Zeno, have constructed a map, which hangs up in my house; and which, though it be much decayed by time, may serve to give some information to the curious. Zichmni the lord of all these countries, was a man of great courages and famous for his skill in navigation.
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