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... fleets — the English Regent and the French Cordilier , being nearly of the
same size ( say , about a thousand tons ) : they grappled together , took fire ,
were blown up , and all on board , seven or eight hundred in each ship , perished
.
... fleets — the English Regent and the French Cordilier , being nearly of the
same size ( say , about a thousand tons ) : they grappled together , took fire ,
were blown up , and all on board , seven or eight hundred in each ship , perished
.
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... fleets — the English Regent and the French Cordilier , being nearly of the
same size ( say , about a thousand tons ) : they grappled together , took fire ,
were blown up , and all on board , seven or eight hundred in each ship , perished
.
... fleets — the English Regent and the French Cordilier , being nearly of the
same size ( say , about a thousand tons ) : they grappled together , took fire ,
were blown up , and all on board , seven or eight hundred in each ship , perished
.
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The Great Harry also , in the first year of Queen Mary , 1553 , took fire , as is said ,
from the carelessness of the mariners , and was wholly consumed . The
Sovereign now only remained of the four large ships , and Monson says that she
too ...
The Great Harry also , in the first year of Queen Mary , 1553 , took fire , as is said ,
from the carelessness of the mariners , and was wholly consumed . The
Sovereign now only remained of the four large ships , and Monson says that she
too ...
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... she happened to throw it into the fire , on which , while yet hot , she poured
some vinegar , when " it glistened with a bright marqueset of gold . ” This report
being spread abroad , the gold - finers of London assayed the stone , and
reported ...
... she happened to throw it into the fire , on which , while yet hot , she poured
some vinegar , when " it glistened with a bright marqueset of gold . ” This report
being spread abroad , the gold - finers of London assayed the stone , and
reported ...
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... the Island of Flores , observed the Portuguese unlading a large carrack , which
, on the approach of the English , was immediately set fire to . Cross , however ,
having spread his ships along the coast of the island , discovered a second large
...
... the Island of Flores , observed the Portuguese unlading a large carrack , which
, on the approach of the English , was immediately set fire to . Cross , however ,
having spread his ships along the coast of the island , discovered a second large
...
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| Title | Memoirs of the Naval Worthies of Queen Elizabeth's Reign: Of Their Gallant Deeds, Daring Adventures, and Services, in the Infant State of the British Navy |
| Author | John Barrow |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1845 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 juuni 2010 |
| Length | 495 pages |
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