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Inhabbitance on't, save fishermen and those that dive for Pearles. her's good tree's for mast and timber, And for many other uses to furnish a shipp. wee carreen'd the greate shipp by the small barkque cal'd the _May flower_, built a house on shoare to putt our Rigging and saile in.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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It lieth alonge W.S.W. 90 leagues, till wee come up to a key cal'd St.Francisco. [38] wee turn'd in up within 3 leagues of the shoare, with both shipps. wee Indeavord to stand in with the land in the night, to gaine the land winde. about the fift day att night after wee had been outt of the Gorgony, wee fortun'd to loose company, which brede greate disturbance on borde the Greate
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Land, [100] and about 3 a clock in the morning about the 12 of feb. [101] the Master cal'd out Land. wee saw twas Barbados, and which was comfortable to us all to have so good a land fall. we went downe the N.E. side, luffing upp for spikes rode, [102] wheir we saw shipping ride.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Porte wee saild alonge N.N.W. 3 dayes, about 8 leagues of Shoare, to another bay lying about 24 degrees South lattd, A Bay cal'd by the name of Capt.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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S., a stronge currant. when wee had by our Judgement 60 leagues offing, wee had thoughts to goe to a parcell of Keys cal'd the galloper, which lieth 100 leagues in the offing from the Isle of
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Coxon concludes to goe upp to the goulden Islands and to travill over land to Pannamau, otherwise to a place which the Indians tolde us of, cal'd Toca Mora. all our English concluded to goe, but capt Lessoone and capt Jno.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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I cal'd at unkle Joshua's as I went along, as I generally do, when I go in town, it being all in my way.
Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 Anna Green Winslow 1881
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As he and I were parting, a lusty Country lasse being among the people, cal'd him faint hearted lout, saying, "If I had begun to daunce, I would haue held out one myle though it had cost my life."
Kemps Nine Daies Wonder Performed in a Daunce from London to Norwich William Kemp 1833
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You haue bin alwaies cal'd a merciful ma [n] partner.
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You are lookt for, and cal'd for, askt for, & sought
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