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For the prouision allowed vs for foure dayes, was scantly sufficient for one day.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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The care of prouision for meate and drincke, appareille and householde, they betake to the women.
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But wee were not of abilitie so to doe, hauing in a maner spent all our prouision.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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For we were euery day eight persons of vs spending our waifaring prouision, for the Tartars seruants would all of them eate of our victuals.
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These al being of the part called Libye, liue for the moste parte a wilde lyfe abrode in the fieldes like beastes, making no household prouision of meate, ne wearing any maner of appareil but gotes felles.
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Afterward, assembling his warlike troupes, they marched with one accord against the Kythayans, and waging warre with them a long time, they conquered, a great part of their land, and shut vp their Emperour into his greatest citie: which citie they had so long time besieged, that they began to want necessary prouision for their armie.
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Whilest we made this diligent prouision within the Citie, the Turks without made no lesse preparation of all things necessary, fit to batter the fortresse withall, as in bringing out of Caramania and Syria with all speed by the Sea, many wool packs, a great quantitie of wood and timber, diuers pieces of artillery, engins, and other things expedient for their purpose.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Yet it pleased God that we arriued in Ceylon the sixth of March, where we stayed fiue dayes to water, and to furnish our selues with other necessary prouision.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Also we tooke a ship of 250. tunnes laden with wines for the Kings prouision, which wee caried out to the Sea with vs, and there discharged the said wines for our owne store, and afterward set her on fire.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Captaine, and other gentlemen of the Iland, hauing their buskins and stockings torne from their legges, with labouring in the bushes day and night to make that sudden prouision.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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