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" All the powder of the Revenge to the last barrel was now spent, all her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and the most part of the rest hurt. "
Elizabethan Literature - Page 124
by John Mackinnon Robertson - 1914 - 256 pages
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The Naval Chronicle, Volume 2

James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - 1799 - 714 pages
...many ravenous hounds, but escaped. All the powder of the Revenge to the last barrell was now spentr all her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and the most part of the rest hmrt. In the beginning of the fight she had but one bun* drcd free from sicltnas ; and fourscore and...
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The British Admirals: With an Introductory View of the Naval ..., Volume 3

Robert Southey - 1834 - 378 pages
...the words of the old relation) as the light grew more and more, so by much more grew our discomforts. All the powder of the Revenge to the last barrel was...best men slain, and the most part of the rest hurt." The Spaniards had reinforcements of soldiers from the other squadrons, " all manner of arms and powder...
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Ships and sailors, ancient and modern, by C.C. Cotterill and E.D. Little

Charles Clement Cotterill - 1868 - 380 pages
...morning, bearing with the Revenge, was hunted like a hare amongst many ravenous hounds, but escaped. ' All the powder of the Revenge, to the last barrel,...hurt. In the beginning of the fight she had but one hundred free from sickness, and fourscore-and-ten sick, laid in hold upon the ballast— a small troop...
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English Seamen Under the Tudors, Volume 2

Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1868 - 336 pages
...Revenge, she was hunted like a hare amongst many ravenous hounds, but escaped." the best men slain, and most part of the rest hurt. In the beginning of the fight she had but one hundred free from sickness, and fourscore and ten sick, laid in hold upon the ballast. A small troop...
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Sea Fights, from Sluys to Navarino ...

Laura Valentine - 1868 - 314 pages
...ravenous hounds ; but escaped."* The sun rose. All the Revenge's powder to the last * Sir W. Raleigh. barrel was now spent ; all her pikes broken ; forty of her best men slain ; and the greater part of the remainder wounded. At the beginning of the fight she had, as we have said, only...
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Sea fights and land battles: from Alfred to Victoria

Laura Valentine - 1869 - 638 pages
...ravenous hounds ; but escaped."* The sun rose. All the Revenge's powder to the last • Sir W. Raleigh. barrel was now spent ; all her pikes broken ; forty of her best men slain ; and the greater part of the remainder wounded. At the beginning of the fight she had, as we have said, only...
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Life of Sir Walter Ralegh

Louise Creighton - 1877 - 306 pages
...so the men of the Revenge decreased. At last " all the powder of the Eevenge to the last barrel was spent, all her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and the most part of the rest hurt." Unto them " remained no comfort at all ; no hope, no supply either of ships, men, or weapons. . . ....
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Tourist's guide to North Devon and the Exmoor district

Richard Nicholls Worth - 1879 - 160 pages
...distant. "All the powder of the Revenge to the last barrell was now spent, all her pikes broken, fortie of her best men slain and the most part of the rest hurt .... the masts all beaten ouer board, all her tackle cut asunder, her vpper worke altogither rased,...
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Stories of the Sea Told by Sailors

Edward Everett Hale - 1880 - 334 pages
...morning, bearing with the " Revenge," was hunted like a hare amongst many ravenous hounds, but escaped. All the powder of the " Revenge," to the last barrel,...hurt. In the beginning of the fight she had but one hundred free from sickness, and fourscore and ten sick laid in hold upon the ballast. A small troop...
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Tourist's guide to Devonshire. 2 pt., South and North

Richard Nicholls Worth - 1880 - 290 pages
...distant. "All the powder of the Revenge to the last barrell was now spent, all her pikes broken, fortie of her best men slain and the most part of the rest hurt .... the masts all beaten ouer board, all her tackle cut asunder, her vpper worke altogither rased,...
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