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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers, chapter 15 (search)
eady, and our landmen quartered among the seamen, and twenty-five of them appointed for muskets, and every man written down for his quarter. i.e., assigned to a certain place in the ship. The wind continued north, with fair weather; and after noon it calmed, and we still saw those eight ships to stand towards us. Having more wind than we, they came up apace: so as our captain, and the masters of our consorts, were more occasioned to think they might be Dunkirkers; for we were told at Yarmouth that there were ten sail of them waiting for us. Whereupon we all prepared to fight with them, and took down some cabins which were in the way of our ordnance; and out of every ship were thrown such bed-matters as were subject to take fire; and we heaved out our long-boats, and put up our waist-cloths, To protect the sides of the vessel. and drew forth our men, and armed them with muskets and other weapons, and instruments for fireworks; and, for an experiment, our captain shot a ball o