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In the foreward go the 8 Pilots before with a Chaus, which hath foure knaues, and ech knaue carrieth a sinew of a bul, to the end that if occasion requireth, the bastonado may be giuen to such as deserue the same.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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