Good Captayne Bowyer, let our English troops Keepe a strong watch to night: my throbbing heart, Like to a Scritchowle in the midnight houre, Bodes some black scene of mischiefe imminent.
Another example of the wonderful stories put forth to entertain the multitude relates to the discovery and punishment of a witch during the civil war.
London, Printed for Thomas Walkley, and are to be sold at his shop at the Eagle and Childe in Britaines Bursse, 1627.
Captayne Carelell they did ordayne Lieftenant-Generall on the mayne.
Lord Macaulay dates the commencement of English newspapers from this period, when a great many new journals made their appearance.
For there they beheld coming out of their graves three most ghostly and fearfull dead bodyes.
The king approved of this plan, and workmen were commanded to prepare the necessary materials at the small village of Oberendorf, situated about half a mile from the spot.
Parliaments Reare-Admiral so to do) whereupon the said Capt.
Seeing ourselves so wronged, my brother did resolve to go and demand justice in France.
Failing to get restitution, they resolved to go over to the English.
Our Captaynemade a speech of thanksgiving, which should be long to writ it.
That hurron captayne seeing himselfe so basly betrayed, he tooke hold of his hattchett that hunged downe his side, and strook downe a Iroquoit; but the infinit deale tooke his courage and life away.
The Captayne of these of the Sault lost his eye by an arrow.
Having eaten, the ffather calls them againe to councell, & for that purpose borrows some porcelaine from the captayne to make 3 guifts.
We made a litle fort, where it was commanded by our captayne to make no noise.
The chief of them satt by a valliant huron who all his life time killed many Iroquoits, and by his vallour acquired the name of great Captayne att home and abroad.
And as the afforesaid crew shewed such a horrid noise, of a sudaine the captayne tooke hold of the chaine that was about him, thou shalt not be killed by another hand then by mine.
He was adopted into the family of a "great captayne who had killed nineteen men with his own hands, whereof he was marked on his right thigh for as many as he had killed.
And after he had obteyned the victory against Naruaez, he wrote vnto the Captayne that he shoulde sende for the same, for reason required that in all things they should haue their partes.
The Indians graunted to his request, and dayly came among them all the time of their abode there, and some came and dwelte with the Spanyardes, but the chiefest friende was Captayne Maxixca, who neuer went from Cortez.
He lefte also Captayne Aluarado to succour the reste.
Teudilli dispatched the poste to Mexico, to Mutezuma, aduising him of all that he had séene, and demaunded golde of him for to giue vnto the Captayne of that newe people.
Cortes incontinent called that Captayne out of his house, and caused him to be choked, and so was the matter kepte close that his death was neuer knowen, whereby the snare was vndone without any rumour.
Hovve the Souldiers chose Cortes for theirCaptayne generall.
Yet byddys the yerle Doglas uppon the bent, 5 A captayne good yenoughe, And that was sene verament, For he wrought hom both woo and wouche.
It compriseth lodgings for the Captayne and his garrison, and a Chappell for deuotion.
The Captayne all imbrued in bloude, entred the Chaumber of the Duke of Camerino, whom with al the rest of the strangers that were wythin the Castle, hee lodged (without speakynge any worde) in a deepe and obscure pryson.
Ire beyng wythout measure, and anger wythout Brydle or reason, it is not to be wondred, if in al his actes the Captayne ouerpassed the iust measure of vengeance.
And troweth the Captayne to loke for lesse mercy of the Brother of the other twayne that were murdered and of the Dukes kindred whome he kept Prysoner?
A scoler longe: and that in dyuers scoles But he myght be Captayne of a Shyp of Foles But if that any one be in suche maner case.
This daye warrant came to the M{rs} for the pˀsinge[195] of a Surgeon for Captayne Thomas Minn bearinge date the sixth daye of this instant moneth.
Captayne no, T'is England flies, faire Ile of happines, And true diuine Elizas holynes.
By Iesu within this houre, saue you Captayne Tucca.
Zenobia was widow, beinge the Tutrix of hir children, Regent of an Empyre, and Captayne generall of the army.
To the vertuous and obedient, to the Captayne and the Souldiour, to the pollityke and to the learned and graue, finally, to ech wel deseruing wight, I know how to vse the noble princely vertues of curtesie and liberality.
The victorious Captayne after the bloudy battayle, giueth the spoyle of his ennemies to his souldiours, rewardeth them with prisoners, departeth vnto them the whole praye, but the glory and honor of the battel he reserueth vnto himselfe.
Nowe in that tyme the Romanes had for their Captayne generall, a knight called Odenatus, the Prynce of Palmerines, a man truely of great vertue, and of passinge industry and hardinesse in facts of warre.
And therefore our captayne commaunded that thereafter none of vs should enter into the temple.
Then ourcaptayne sayde to him, “Where is Jesus Christus, the sonne of Marie?
Our captayne and we, all raysed with this crye, tooke weapon with all expedition, suspectyng that the Arabians were come to rob our carauana; we asked what was the cause of that exclamation, and what they cryed?
Our captayne answered that he sawe nothing; and we also beyng demaunded, answered in lyke maner.
The first euening that we came thyther to see the sepulchre of Mahumet, our captayne [p.
Yet bides the yerle Douglas upon the bent, a captayne good yenoughe, And that was sene verament, for he wrought hem both wo and wouche.
At Jhone Watsone sone tythandis he couth ass; Opyn, he bad, thecaptayne cummand was.
Throuch owt the land thai past in gud aray; A sembly place so fand thai in thar way, Quhilk Ramswaith hecht, as Jop him selff thaim tald; Fehew was lord and captayne in that hald.
Bothwell yeit that tratour kepyt still; And Ayr all haill was at the Perseis will; The byschope Beik in Glaskow duellyt thar, Throucht gret supple off the captayne off Ayr.
Wallace braid out his suerd with outyn mar; 1110 In to the breyst the bryme captayne he bar, Throuch out the cost, and stekit him to ded.
That captayne hard the reullis off Wallace; Away be sey, he staw out off that place, Lewyt all waist, and couth in Ingland wend.
Alss men tald him quhen the captayne wald pass Hayme to Kynclewyn, quharoff glaid he wass.
And Robert Boid has with a captaynemett Off Berweik, than a sad straik on him set 750 Awkwart the crag, and kerwyt the pissane, Throuch all his weid in sondyr straik the bane.
A captayne thair this fals Eduuard maid: Towart Dunbar, without restyng thai raid; Quhar gaderyt was gret power of Scotland, Agayne Eduuard in bataill thocht to stand.
And it chaunced the same season/ that Abimelech and Phicoll his chefe captayne spake vnto Abraham saynge: God is wyth the in all that thou doist.
Than Abimelech and Phicoll his chefecaptayne rose vp and turned agayne vnto the lande of the Philistines.
Yet byddys the yerle Doglas uppon the bent, A captayne good yenoughe, And that was sene verament, For he wrought hom both woo and wouche.
Yet byddys the yerle Doglas vppon the bent, a captayne good yenoughe, And that was sene verament, for he wrought hom both woo and wouche.
Fye upon the, Captayne Care, And all thy bloddy band!
The captayne sayd unto him selfe: Wyth sped, before the rest, He cut his tonge out of his head, His hart out of his breast.
But in my boat was a Hurron Captayne, who all his life-time had killed many Iriquoits & by his name for vallor had come to be a great Captayne att home and abroad.
I was once a Captayne of 13 men against ye Altignaonan-ton & ye ffrench.
An Iriquoit who was the Captayne in our boat, bade me to be of a good courage, as they would not hurt me.
And ye afforesaid crew shewed such a horrid noise, of a sudden ye Iriquoit Captayne took hold about me--"Thou shalt not die by another hand than mine.
Att camp they weare sleep most of ye night, they being aweary with ye torture of ye Hurron Captayne previously.
They tyed ye Hurron Captayne to a trunk, he resolving most bravely but dessparred to me, and I too dessparred.
A greatCaptayne sent another night, & had ye Elders for to gather at ye grande cabbin.
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