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... escaped out of our hands . Great and doleful was the bloody sight to the view of young soldiers that never had been in war , to see so many souls lie gasping on the ground , so thick , in some places , that you could hardly pass along ...
... escaped out of our hands . Great and doleful was the bloody sight to the view of young soldiers that never had been in war , to see so many souls lie gasping on the ground , so thick , in some places , that you could hardly pass along ...
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... escaped , had their heads cut off by the Mohocks : With the present state of things there . LONDON , Printed by Thomas Harper , for Nathanael Butter , and lohn Bellamie , 1638 . [ Of P. Vincent , who , by the signature A TRVE P ...
... escaped , had their heads cut off by the Mohocks : With the present state of things there . LONDON , Printed by Thomas Harper , for Nathanael Butter , and lohn Bellamie , 1638 . [ Of P. Vincent , who , by the signature A TRVE P ...
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... escaped . The whole work ended , ere the sun was an hour high , the conquerors retreated down toward the pinnace , but in their march were infested by the rest of the Pequets , who scout- ing up and down , from the swamps and thickets ...
... escaped . The whole work ended , ere the sun was an hour high , the conquerors retreated down toward the pinnace , but in their march were infested by the rest of the Pequets , who scout- ing up and down , from the swamps and thickets ...
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... escape without performing what he had undertaken , being in truth no more than he had told me he was to do though ... escaping from them ; and for the more surety , I gave order to have three gentlemen of my own kindred ( two brothers of ...
... escape without performing what he had undertaken , being in truth no more than he had told me he was to do though ... escaping from them ; and for the more surety , I gave order to have three gentlemen of my own kindred ( two brothers of ...
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... escaped , of whom before . This savage , speaking some English , laughed at his own escape , and reported the story of it . Mr. Dormer told him he came from me , and was one of my servants , and that I was much grieved he had been so ...
... escaped , of whom before . This savage , speaking some English , laughed at his own escape , and reported the story of it . Mr. Dormer told him he came from me , and was one of my servants , and that I was much grieved he had been so ...
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