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for Indiamen and then for an English frigate and two store ships , had seized a
couple of fishing boats , and with these boats and several others were plying
between the shore and the ships , landing soldiers . An order was immediately ...
for Indiamen and then for an English frigate and two store ships , had seized a
couple of fishing boats , and with these boats and several others were plying
between the shore and the ships , landing soldiers . An order was immediately ...
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Two French soldiers going into the house of an old woman , called Mave
Dempsey , one of them took her silk handkerchief , and was putting it into his
pocket ; when Mave , who was a pious Roman Catholic , presented her beads at
him ...
Two French soldiers going into the house of an old woman , called Mave
Dempsey , one of them took her silk handkerchief , and was putting it into his
pocket ; when Mave , who was a pious Roman Catholic , presented her beads at
him ...
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On board each of the line of battle ships between five and six hundred soldiers
were embarked , and from two hundred and fifty to three hundred on board each
of the frigates . The remaining thirteen sail carried about fifteen hundred soldiers
...
On board each of the line of battle ships between five and six hundred soldiers
were embarked , and from two hundred and fifty to three hundred on board each
of the frigates . The remaining thirteen sail carried about fifteen hundred soldiers
...
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Contents
P435 | 3 |
POPULAR SONGS ILLUSTRATIVE OF | |
Songs relating to the Bantry Bay Invasion 1 The Shan Van Vocht 43 | 43 |
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications ... Volume 21 of Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy society |
| Author | Percy society |
| Publisher | Percy society, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
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