The Noble Traytour: A Chronicle, Volume 2Smith, Elder, 1857 |
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Page 89
... fleet her Majefty fent to the Indies , now two years fince : and there is talk of the Spaniard fitting out , and that the Frenchmen hath hired small craft ; and people are beginning to ask where is Captain Drake ; for men are apt to ...
... fleet her Majefty fent to the Indies , now two years fince : and there is talk of the Spaniard fitting out , and that the Frenchmen hath hired small craft ; and people are beginning to ask where is Captain Drake ; for men are apt to ...
Page 90
... fleet was off the coast , and every man was ordered to his charge . And the good Knight fighed when he remembered how he had no fer- vice for his country , refolving to seek fome post as was honourable . And Squire Beronfaw befought him ...
... fleet was off the coast , and every man was ordered to his charge . And the good Knight fighed when he remembered how he had no fer- vice for his country , refolving to seek fome post as was honourable . And Squire Beronfaw befought him ...
Page 93
... fleet coming from the Indies unscathed , William being on board . And he fell on his knees there on the fands , giving God Almighty thanks for having fo answered his prayers , and brought his child home ! And there were others there who ...
... fleet coming from the Indies unscathed , William being on board . And he fell on his knees there on the fands , giving God Almighty thanks for having fo answered his prayers , and brought his child home ! And there were others there who ...
Page 94
... fleet , now anchored in the haven . There was one with him who held his horse ( taking it on to Southampton ) , while he got into a little cock which a fisherman plyed towards the Admiral's ship . He was an active man , or an eager one ...
... fleet , now anchored in the haven . There was one with him who held his horse ( taking it on to Southampton ) , while he got into a little cock which a fisherman plyed towards the Admiral's ship . He was an active man , or an eager one ...
Page 95
... fleet had done great damage to the Queen's enemies , destroying his towns of St. Jago and St. Dominick , and taking Carthagena and other places in the Gulf of Florida . But Sir Francis fighed that the plunder was little ; the Spaniards ...
... fleet had done great damage to the Queen's enemies , destroying his towns of St. Jago and St. Dominick , and taking Carthagena and other places in the Gulf of Florida . But Sir Francis fighed that the plunder was little ; the Spaniards ...
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