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He speaks of purchasing "four or five tons of corke, to send this day to the fleet, being a new device to make barricados with, instead of junke."

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

So to the office and at noon home to dinner, and then sent for young Michell and employed him all the afternoon about weighing and shipping off of the corke, having by this means an opportunity of getting him 30 or 40s.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1666 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

That being done, I down to Thames-streete, and there agreed for four or five tons of corke, to send this day to the fleete, being a new device to make barricados with, instead of junke.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1666 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

So to the office and at noon home to dinner, and then sent for young Michell and employed him all the afternoon about weighing and shipping off of the corke, having by this means an opportunity of getting him 30 or 40s.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 44: July 1666 Samuel Pepys 1668

That being done, I down to Thames-streete, and there agreed for four or five tons of corke, to send this day to the fleete, being a new device to make barricados with, instead of junke.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 44: July 1666 Samuel Pepys 1668

So to the office and at noon home to dinner, and then sent for young Michell and employed him all the afternoon about weighing and shipping off of the corke, having by this means an opportunity of getting him 30 or 40s.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

That being done, I down to Thames-streete, and there agreed for four or five tons of corke, to send this day to the fleete, being a new device to make barricados with, instead of junke.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

So to the office and at noon home to dinner, and then sent for young Michell and employed him all the afternoon about weighing and shipping off of the corke, having by this means an opportunity of getting him 30 or 40s.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, July 1666 Pepys, Samuel 1666

That being done, I down to Thames-streete, and there agreed for four or five tons of corke, to send this day to the fleete, being a new device to make barricados with, instead of junke.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, July 1666 Pepys, Samuel 1666