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Retaken by English forces, her name was changed by “Chinese” Gordon? to Ningpo …
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Dragut, 133 -- Retaken by Doria and Garcia de Toledo, 134 -- Dragut's escape from Jerba, 135 -- He joins the Ottoman navy, 136 -- Attack on
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Stanley Lane-Poole
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Retaken some months later, they were brought to trial; but as men were not easy to replace in that latitude, the court, whilst sentencing all three to suffer the extreme penalty of the law, added to their verdict a rider to the effect that it would be good policy to spare two of them.
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Retaken by Saladin in 1187, and surrendered to Richard Coeur de Lion in 1192, Jaffa was reconquered in 1197 by the Sultan Melek-el-Adel, who had 20,000
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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It's therefore pray'd your honour will cause the said Vessell and Cargo so Retaken to be Seized and Kept in the hands of the Marshall till a final Decree may be made on the premises Pursuant to Said Act, and that the said Thomas Smith, John
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Retaken by any private man of War the Captures shall be
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Capes of Virginia and Retaken again by the means and directions of your suppliants, who requeste that your worships will please to Grant orders that your petitioner and those other seamen belonging to the said ship who were asistant in Retaking her may have their wages according to agreem't, from the time of their being shipt till the said ship _providence_ with her Loading was brought into pascataqua
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Concern'd that she had been taken as a Prize by The Spaniards and Kept in their Custody Eleven days before she was Retaken By them, Whereupon the Quarter master and One hand more went on board the Said Briganteen to take possession of her as a Retaken Vessell.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Thomas Smith is Mas [te] r, the Goods therein Lately Retaken by the sd. private Ship of War Called the _Revenge_,
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Surprized and Retaken from the Enemy, if by a Private man of War
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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