Tracts and Other Papers Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and Progress of the Colonies in North America: From the Discovery of the Country to the Year 1776, Volume 3Peter Force P. Force, 1844 - United States |
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... vnto this day . That the Admirall of France , among all the feares and dis- couragements of ciuill wars , neuer gaue ouer the proiect of plantation in Florida . Which heroicall actions , haue not beene vndertaken by so mighty states and ...
... vnto this day . That the Admirall of France , among all the feares and dis- couragements of ciuill wars , neuer gaue ouer the proiect of plantation in Florida . Which heroicall actions , haue not beene vndertaken by so mighty states and ...
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... vnto him . If any man alleadge , that this was done in subtlety , not that they euer meant we should possesse them , but that they might first gaine by vs , and then destroy vs. This makes our cause , much the juster , when God turned ...
... vnto him . If any man alleadge , that this was done in subtlety , not that they euer meant we should possesse them , but that they might first gaine by vs , and then destroy vs. This makes our cause , much the juster , when God turned ...
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... vnto the Canaries , that hee entred into consultation with Sir George Summers , Captaine Newport , and the other of chiefe regarde in the fleete , wherein it was resolued by an vniformitie of consent , to runne southerlie into the ...
... vnto the Canaries , that hee entred into consultation with Sir George Summers , Captaine Newport , and the other of chiefe regarde in the fleete , wherein it was resolued by an vniformitie of consent , to runne southerlie into the ...
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... vnto the maine channell of this dis- course , and to dispell the clouds of feare , that threaten ship- wracks , and sea - dangers : For we are not to extenuate the seas tempestuous violence , nor yet therefore to dispaire of Gods ...
... vnto the maine channell of this dis- course , and to dispell the clouds of feare , that threaten ship- wracks , and sea - dangers : For we are not to extenuate the seas tempestuous violence , nor yet therefore to dispaire of Gods ...
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... vnto Elias the Rauens brought meat , vnto our men the foules brought ( themselves ) for meate : for when they whisteled , or made any strange noyse , the foules would come and sit on their shoulders , they would suffer themselves to be ...
... vnto Elias the Rauens brought meat , vnto our men the foules brought ( themselves ) for meate : for when they whisteled , or made any strange noyse , the foules would come and sit on their shoulders , they would suffer themselves to be ...
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Page 6 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
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Page vii - Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste?