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Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… them with open arms, hoping that they might serve as decoy-ducks. A rumour seems to have reached the camp that the …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… the same use of their Princess as they did of an owl, as a decoy for alluring the smaller birds. The Emperor not …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth
… her, answered by a fable. A cat wanting food, to decoy the mice from their holes, put on a friar's habit and …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Chenopodium olidum. Ditto. Asphidium spinulosum. Fritton Decoy. " cristatum. Ditto. Altha officinalis. Marshes about …
Roger Whitley's Diary 1684-1697
… dined with us; went after dinner to see the gardens, decoy etc. stayd all night but he would not sup nor was in …
Roger Whitley's Diary 1684-1697
… not long; I went to Wrench & the other workmen at the decoy, the pitts, mucking. 25. Satorday, was a wett day, …