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Amelia had been obliged to brace by his afteryards in order not to overrun the Admiral's quarter.
The Rover 1923
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We believing that she intended to rake us, quickly got headsail on the ship, and by squaring away the afteryards, and brailing up the mizen, put her before the wind, all the time blazing away as fast as we could with our guns.
The Boy who sailed with Blake William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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