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Examples
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Maile on his backe, and having rifled the Barke of all her riches, sunke it into the bottome of the sea.
The Decameron 2004
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Sarazens had sunke his ship in the Sea, they tooke him with them to
The Decameron 2004
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Howbeit such as were first descended downe, made stout resistance against all other followers, with their drawne weapons: but safety of life so far prevayled, that what with the Tempests violence, and over lading of the Squiffe, it sunke to the bottome, and all perished that were therein.
The Decameron 2004
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Strike your sayles, or else determine to be sunke in the
The Decameron 2004
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The neighbours noting this behaviour in her, observing the long continuance thereof, how much her bright beauty was defaced, and the eyes sunke into her head by incessant weeping, made many kinde and friendly motions, to understand the reason of her so violent oppressions; but could not by any meanes prevaile with her, or win any discovery by her Nurse, so faithfull was she in secrecie to her.
The Decameron 2004
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Among the rest was the English ship called the Reuenge, that was cast away vpon a cliffe neere to the Iland of Tercera, where it brake in an hundred pieces and sunke to the ground, hauing in her
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Tercera and S. Michael three more were sunke, which were seene and heard to cry out; whereof not one man was saued.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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They were fiftie in companie, when they departed out of the Hauen of Hauana, whereof, in their comming out of the Channell, eleuen sunke in the same Channell by foule weather, the rest by a storme were scattered and separated one from the other.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Gallions of the Armada, and the Admirall of the Hulkes both sunke, and in many other of the Spanish shippes great slaughter was made.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The prisoners (which our people had taken in the road with two Barkes, and a ship sunke with our ordenance, as they lay all 3. hard before the castle) were sent altogether aboorde the ships except 3. of the principals which the lord
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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