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About noone, we had scant sight of Castel nouo, which Castell a fewe yeeres past the Turke tooke from the Emperour, in which fight were slaine three hundred Spanish souldiers, besides the rest which were taken prisoners, and made gallie slaves.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Captaine Bassa, who is Admirall of the seas, his name is Vchali, he would not receiue vs into his house, but into his gallie, to deliuer our present, which was as followeth: Foure pieces of cloth, and two siluer pots gilt and grauen.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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When the gallie that he came in was arriued, all the other shippes of the hoste hanged banners aloft in their toppes and on their sayle yerdes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Admirall, sent by her ambassadour M. William Hareborne, and deliuered vnto him aboord his gallie in the Arsenal.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Besides these they tooke about 900. gallie slaues prisoners.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Caius Volusenus within fiue daies after his departure from Cesar, returned vnto him with his gallie, and declared what he had séene touching the view which he had taken of the coasts of Britan.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (3 of 8) Raphael Holinshed
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[Sidenote: Caius Volusenus sent ouer into Britaine.] same, he sent one Caius Volusenus with a gallie or light pinesse to surueie the coasts of the Ile, commanding him (after diligent search made) to returne with spéed to him againe.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (3 of 8) Raphael Holinshed
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That night againe the King had me into his gallie, and the spaniels did hunt the duck.
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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But entring into his gallie, as nothing discouraged with these newes, he rowed a flight shot or two from the shore, and forthwith returned, and then going vp into an high place like a pulpit, framed and set vp there for the nonce, he gaue the token to fight vnto his souldiers by sound of trumpet, and therewith was ech man charged to gather cockle shells vpon the shore, which he called
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (3 of 8) Raphael Holinshed
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Then they winding their gallie, came up into our sterne, and with the way that the gallie had, did so violently thrust into the boorde of our captaine's cabbin, that her nose came into its minding to give us all their prowe and so to sinke us.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909
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