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 NavyJ. Murray, 1845 - 495 pages |
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Page 54
... give occasion to their widows and fatherless children to bestow on him their bitter curses . As these complaints came from the Exeter ship , the Mermaid , he left her where she was , to return homewards , while he alone , in the ...
... give occasion to their widows and fatherless children to bestow on him their bitter curses . As these complaints came from the Exeter ship , the Mermaid , he left her where she was , to return homewards , while he alone , in the ...
Page 62
... give confidence to the under- takers of the voyage . In the same year , Queen Elizabeth was pleased to grant another patent to his younger brother , Adrian Gilbert , of Sandridge , in the county of Devon , and his associates , con ...
... give confidence to the under- takers of the voyage . In the same year , Queen Elizabeth was pleased to grant another patent to his younger brother , Adrian Gilbert , of Sandridge , in the county of Devon , and his associates , con ...
Page 69
... give him a passage back , and leave one of his own men as a hostage for his safe return . * Captain Hawkins , punctual to his engagement , embarked him at Plymouth ; but on the passage out , the young man was seized with a disorder of ...
... give him a passage back , and leave one of his own men as a hostage for his safe return . * Captain Hawkins , punctual to his engagement , embarked him at Plymouth ; but on the passage out , the young man was seized with a disorder of ...
Page 93
... made all haste thither to give intelligence , and to bury all the treasure that might be at that place . The English followed , and had no sooner come to anchor at Puerto Rico than the enemy plied them with HAWKINS . 93.
... made all haste thither to give intelligence , and to bury all the treasure that might be at that place . The English followed , and had no sooner come to anchor at Puerto Rico than the enemy plied them with HAWKINS . 93.
Page 99
... give him life and leave once to sail an English ship in those seas . " Having so far gratified his curiosity , and intercepted a party of mules laden with treasure , and stripped them of as much as was convenient to carry away , he ...
... give him life and leave once to sail an English ship in those seas . " Having so far gratified his curiosity , and intercepted a party of mules laden with treasure , and stripped them of as much as was convenient to carry away , he ...
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