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At the same time Woodard discusses the history of Woodes Rogers who, after gaining acceptance from King George, put together his own flotilla of ships and mounted a campaign to stop these pirates and chase them down one by one.
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At the same time Woodard discusses the history of Woodes Rogers who, after gaining acceptance from King George, put together his own flotilla of ships and mounted a campaign to stop these pirates and chase them down one by one.
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Woodes bee, that the one will not easily take fire, and the other will neither bend, rotte, consume, nor be eaten with wormes.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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Contayning the Art of Planting, Grafting and Gardening, either for pleasure or profit; together with the vse and ordering of Woodes.
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It was with crews such as these that many of the boldest and most remarkable early voyages were made, and they required a man of Woodes
The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers Philip Gosse 1919
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The grumbler followed, but, no sooner was he alone with stout Woodes, than the captain sprang upon him with the agility of a leopard.
Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Charles Haven Ladd Johnston 1910
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Woodes Rogers went off to inspect his privateersmen -- all indulged in a glass of Madeira to pledge "good luck and good health" to the staunch seaman from Bristol.
Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Charles Haven Ladd Johnston 1910
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Alsoe I give my goodes as followeth: That fforty poundes wch is in the hand of good-man Woodes I give my wife tenn poundes, my sonne Joseph tenn poundes, my daughter
The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete Azel Ames 1876
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Now, not only was this in direct opposition to the realities of the case upon which he built, as first reported (I believe) by Woodes
Autobiographical Sketches Thomas De Quincey 1822
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While working with Obama on the Woodes and Annenberg foundations they gave money to groups with that type of concept to educate children with those concepts.
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