Sentence:  Seated on a "peninſula" which <WSD>regardeth</WSD> the maine land ; ſtrong by nature, and fortified by Art : adorned heretofore with magnificent buildings ; and numbered amongſt the paradiſes of the earth, for temperate aire, and delightfull ſituation. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To face toward.