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Over the waters of unknown seas a small, strange craft boldly made its way, manned by a crew of the hardiest and most vigorous men, driven by a single square sail, whose coarse woollen texture bellied deeply before the fierce ocean winds, which seemed at times as if they would drive that deckless vessel bodily beneath the waves.
Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877
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Beginning with a few small, deckless sloops, they in time gained large and well-armed vessels, and created so deep a terror among the Spaniards by their savage attacks that the latter rarely made a strong resistance.
Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII Charles Morris 1877
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Behold him now in his deckless vessel once more launched on the treacherous sea, steering for the Elizabeth
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Duc de Liancourt, commanding the troops at Rouen, was fain to flee to the coast, hire a deckless craft, and conceal himself under faggots.
William Pitt and the Great War John Holland Rose 1898
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