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  • Just weatherd the small Rockey key on which the Pretious Stones are founde; wee had the wind att S. and B.E. and S.S.E., a fine topp saile gaile and fair weather. wee Steares away N. and b.

    Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898

  • June 81, haveing a good fresh gaile att S. and B.E. and S.S.E. wee stands over thiss bay, cald the bay of the Gorgony, which Isle of

    Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898

  • They say that, just after passing the head of East Harbor Creek, the boughs and bushes "tore" their "very armor in pieces" (the same thing happened to such armor as we wore, when out of curiosity we took to the bushes); or they came to deep valleys, "full of brush, wood-gaile, and long grass," and "found springs of fresh water."

    Cape Cod 1865

  • I suppose, then, by Wood-gaile they mean the Bayberry.

    Cape Cod 1865

  • # posted by GAILE GUEVARA : April 29, 2007 2:33 PM eric, the couch is even more fabulous in person. the leather is worn so the colour is amazing. and it's comfy! snazzy is right judy..the kitchen is so cool - stainless countertops, amazing cabinets that i'd love to know where they came from. and gaile, given what these folks produce, this environment sure helps!

    Fuel 2007

  • Lymmo, which lieth in 12° South Lattd. by our prissnars wee understood shee had brake her mayne yard and was putt into Payta, [47] butt standing to and throw under the Shore wee saw a sayle to windwd. as farr as wee could descerne. wee stood after her all night and the next morning was within a league of her, the wind blowing a brave fresh gaile. by 12 aclock was up with her and found her to be the saime shipp thay tolde us of. wee had all manner of cloth in her, thred,

    Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898

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