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The large ship was a galliass, of about 400 tons and 300 men, well appointed with brass guns both large and small, some of their shot being as large as a mans head; and the two caravels were both well appointed in men and ammunition of war.— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07
The galliass has sailed already, but the Sun waits for the— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
And squadrons as flakes of spray; when galleon and galliass that shadowed the sea— Poems and Ballads (Third Series) Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III
Sir Ludar, the _Gerona_, "-- here he pointed to a large galliass that lay at anchor in the bay --" is ready, and sails to-night for the— Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess
The Sun, a ship of 600 or 700 tons, with a galliass of above 400 tons, are left to scour the coast of China, to make what booty they can, and to return next monsoon.— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

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