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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… could find a gun, and he that could had neither powder nor ball nor sword" (1132.ii.). Remembering the alarm of a negro …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan
… is dated 24 April 1618, and addressed to President Ball at Bantam. In it he speaks of "the hard fortune fallen … his country. If letters be so hard to be delivered, argued Ball, trade will be harder to be procured, and cannot be …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… a very fine treat, and "afterwards entertained them at a ball composed of a suitable number of masqueraders, very …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… in the West Indies, so did not end the day without a ball in the evening, "excellently well danced," and a "sumptuous banquet," which is a very important part of a ball, "with the rarest wines and other pleasant liquors fit …
Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts in the Archives and Collections of Milan
… that the duke exposed himself so much, that a cannon ball would one day carry off his head (No. 278). When at last …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… more ado, the English Admiral fired three rounds of ball cartridge; one ball cut the shrouds, and placed the ship in peril. Then the … Three of them were killed. Percy was wounded by a musket-ball, and, along with five others, was taken alive. As soon …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… the King, though in bed, gave his orders and directed the ball with as quick and lively a spirit as if he had been at …