I happened to have a pointed peice of iron in my pouch which answered by cuting in twopeices to renew boath giggs.
Gass, McNeal, Whitehouse and Goodrich accompanyed them with a view to procure some pack or lash ropes in exchange for parts of an old sain, fish giggs, peices of old iron, old files and some bullets.
Their orniments consists of beeds, Shells and peices of brass variously attached to their dress, to their ears arround theire necks wrists arms &c.
Whether an Affaire of such a nature and consequence may be transacted in diverse peices and by diverse Councells, and how a proper Result cann be instantly arise out of such a kind of management.
At Paris in breaking great robbers, for the better exemple they do not strangle them at all; but after they have broken all their bones to peices almost, they leave them to dy on the rack.
Their best peicesware transported during the seige of the Rochel; they have never bein brought back yet.
This book at least hath 500 several peices gold and silver currant in France.
Their was 2 also iron peices carrieing 32 pound ball, a peice casten in King James the 4't his tyme, carried with him to Floudoun, and taken then and keipt ay to Charles the I.
The[re] ware hinging their as Trophees several peices of armour that they had taken from the french in their wars wt them.
In working small work and carving I believe they use mostly peices of Jasper, breaking small pieces from a large Lump they have for that purpose; as soon as the small peice is blunted they throw it away and take another.
We have seen many of their Sleeping places, where there has been only some branches or peices of Bark, grass, etc.
A large peice of Coral rock was sticking in one Hole, and several peices of the Fothering, small stones, etc.
Hamper no mark nor number | 2 Cases marked D N | 1 Cag marked D N | 2 Peices of Cordage | 1 small Bale.
The peices [sic] are all called chef d'oeuvres by connoisseurs.
The oldest are thought the best, I cannot tell why, though some of the oldpeices are very good.
I went on fatigue down in the thicket in the forenoon and at noon I was taken not well and did not go in the afternoon our men fired three field peices at the enemy but what execution they did we canot determine nothing more.
Johanna,[11] where they mett a small Junke, put her a shore and tooke 40 peices out of her, and had one of their men killed.
Kidd left upwards of three hundred and Eighty peices of Eight, all the rest is in Debts outstanding which is much less than my Charges.
Richley Loded aboute Three months ago, and is Expected Home with one Hundred and fifty Thousand Peices of Eight on Board.
Sawlkins returnes this answer, that in case he would bring out one hundred thousand peices of Eight he would meete him, with one hundred men against his, to fight him for the money, or Elce resolved to die in that Place.
That the said Mr. Glover had likewise Informacions from severall persons that they heard one George Crawford of Foxford say that he had seen Eight peices of Muslin with some of the Passengers which came out of the Sloop.
Take a Calves head, cleane it and wash it very well, put it a boyling till it be three quarters boyled, then cut off the flesh from the bones, and cut it in peices as big as Walnuts.
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