Memorials of the Professional Life and Times of Sir William Penn ...: From 1644 to 1670, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1833 - Admirals |
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... ships and 2 ketches , 1 hoy , 1 dogger - boat . N.B. Those captains marked with an asterisk , had commanded ships in the Downs ' fleet , in 1653 ; some of the others had probably been lieutenants , promoted on that occasion , as Capt ...
... ships and 2 ketches , 1 hoy , 1 dogger - boat . N.B. Those captains marked with an asterisk , had commanded ships in the Downs ' fleet , in 1653 ; some of the others had probably been lieutenants , promoted on that occasion , as Capt ...
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... ships , vessels , goods , monies , and wares , which you shall take and seize upon by virtue of the power granted to you by these instructions , be preserved without embezzlement , and delivered to the com- missioners , that so they may ...
... ships , vessels , goods , monies , and wares , which you shall take and seize upon by virtue of the power granted to you by these instructions , be preserved without embezzlement , and delivered to the com- missioners , that so they may ...
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... ships here , and seized upon eight Dutch ships we found here . The islanders here much desire commerce with strangers , our English merchants trafficking to those parts being generally great extortioners . I humbly represent to your ...
... ships here , and seized upon eight Dutch ships we found here . The islanders here much desire commerce with strangers , our English merchants trafficking to those parts being generally great extortioners . I humbly represent to your ...
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... ship , Gloucester , to attend the fire - ships . 26th , Tuesday . — Weighed again ; but in regard the wind blew hard at east , and that the leeward ships could not get out at St. Ellens , the Portland was sent with orders for them all ...
... ship , Gloucester , to attend the fire - ships . 26th , Tuesday . — Weighed again ; but in regard the wind blew hard at east , and that the leeward ships could not get out at St. Ellens , the Portland was sent with orders for them all ...
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... ships . " 3. If any one see a ship or ships in the day more than our own division , you are to put abroad your ensign and keep it out till ours is out ; and then to strike it so many times as you see ships : if by night , by firing of ...
... ships . " 3. If any one see a ship or ships in the day more than our own division , you are to put abroad your ensign and keep it out till ours is out ; and then to strike it so many times as you see ships : if by night , by firing of ...
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Page 521 - Given under my hand and seal at this day of ' AD Form of Warrant of Committal.
Page 359 - Penn, and having regard to the memory and merits of his late father, in divers services, and particularly to his conduct, courage, and discretion, under our dearest brother James, duke of York, in that signal battle and victory fought and obtained against the Dutch fleet commanded by the Heer Van Opdam, in the year 1665...
Page 563 - Son William, if you and your Friends keep to your plain way of preaching, and keep to your plain way of living, you will make an end of the priests to the end of the world.
Page 352 - Commander-in-chief about the tenth ship from the van; the second in command about the twelfth from the rear, leaving the van of the enemy unoccupied ; the succeeding ships breaking through in all parts, astern of their leaders, and engaging the enemy at the muzzles of their guns.
Page 418 - I find the Duke of Albemarle at dinner with sorry company, some of his officers of the Army: dirty dishes and a nasty wife at table, and bad meat, of which I made but an ill dinner.
Page 421 - Barking steeple, and there saw the saddest sight of desolation that I ever saw; every where great fires, oyle-cellars, and brimstone, and other things burning. I became afraid to stay there long, and therefore down again as fast as I could, the fire being spread as far as I could see it; and to Sir W.
Page 286 - To church, where I found that my coming in a perriwigg did not prove so strange as I was afraid it would, for I thought that all the church would presently have cast their eyes all upon me, but I found no such thing.2 9th.
Page 422 - I home late to Sir W. Pen's, who did give me a bed; but without curtains or hangings, all being down. So here I went the first time into a naked bed, only my drawers on; and did sleep pretty well: but still both sleeping and waking had a fear of fire in my heart, that I took little rest.
Page 11 - The Laws of England are so interwoven with the power and practice of Monarchy, that to settle a Government without something of Monarchy...
Page 259 - Now, after all this, I can say, that, besides the pleasure of the sight of these glorious things, I may now shut my eyes against any other objects, nor for the future trouble myself to see things of state and show, as being sure never to see the like again in this world.