The second shoote had the wightye yeoman, He shote within the garlande; But Robin he shott far better than hee, For he clave the good pricke-wande.
But he cold neither runne soe fast, Nor away soe fast cold ryde, But Little John with an arrowe soe broad He shott him into the 'backe'-syde.
Thousands wee see which travaile not To warrs; But stay swords, armes, and shott To make at home; And shall not I do then 45 More glorious service, staying to make men?
We had but just crossed the River when Mr. Banks shott three Ducks at one shott, which surprised them so much that most of them fell down as though they had been shott likewise.
Boat in the Water, and Mr. Banks shott an Albetross which measured 10 feet 8 Inches from the tip of Wing to the other.
Upon this I order'd a round shott to be fir'd over their heads, which frightend them to that degree that I believe they did not think themselves safe until they got ashore.
He likewise shott 2 birds that were very much like Ducks, excepting their head and Bill; their plumage were dark brown.
For this reason I fir'd some small shott at one of the first Offenders; this made them keep at a proper distance while they stay'd, which was not long before they all went away.
Here are the same sort of Water Fowl as we saw in Botany Bay, and like them, so shy that it is hardly possible to get within shott of them.
Boat out and Shott several sorts of Birds, one of which was an Albetross as large as a Goose, whose wings when Extended measured 10 feet 2 inches; this was grey, but there are of them all White except the very tip end of their Wings.
Fired 2 Shottat a Brig that was under | American Colours, that went into Port Louis.
At last, when he saw his owne folly, he was perswaded, and layed her well, and bestowed a few shott to good purposs.
He was buried in y^e best maner they could, with some vollies of shott by all that bore armes; and his wife, being a weak woman, dyed within 5.
On euery syde a Rose garlonde They shott under the lyne, Whoso faileth of the Rose garlonde, sayth Robyn, His tackyll he shall tyne.
All this is but presumption: if this be all The shott you make against him your bullets stick In a mud wall, or if they meete resistance They backe rebound & fly in your owne face.
Some few more of his mates we shott & slew That were (out of their English liquorishness) Bold to robb orchards of forbidden fruite.
Captaine, here tis well keepe of push of pike yet peirce like shott of Cannon: a Cup of this upon an onslaught, Captain?
Three or 4 shott dischargd, 2 soldiers slaine, the other falls on his belly.
I had rather be cramm'd into a cannon andshott against their ships then you should prove a witch & tell true now.
Nor will the shott stay there, but with full violence Run through the rancke of frends, disperse and totter The best and fairest hopes thy fame was built on.
In battailes I have lost, and seene the falls Of many a right good soldier; but they fell Like blessed grayne that shott up into honour.
Pray God the enemy be not within one musket shott of us behind their hedges; for I am sure I saw an Harquebuse whip ore the way before us but even now.
Tis well they scaped her heart, lying all the fight little more than pistoll shott from 'em; her Starboard still to the fort & at least 200 Musketts playing upon her.
I was not gon full muskett shott from the house, before I heard the cry and alarem in the towne after mee.
This they wished not to doe att this time, but that ye Hurron had been shott with a ball under his girdle where it was not seen, though he would have died of his desperate wound.
I haue seen two [see Note 14] one in a watery marsh 8 miles of, another shott whose case is yet to bee seen.
I haue one hangd up in my howse wch was shott in a fenne ten miles of about 4 yeares ago and because it was so rare some conjectured it might bee one of those which belonged vnto the King & flewe away.
That bird which I sayd much answered the discription of Garrulus Argentoratensis [see Note 49] I send you it was shott on a tree x miles of 4 yeares ago.
A kind of stork was shott in the wing by the sea neere Hasburrowe & brought aliue vnto mee.
But that small Sconse that Bacon had caused to be made in the night, of Trees, Bruch, and Earth soe defended them that the Shott did them noe damage at all, and was returned back as fast from the little Fortresse.
When, however, the ladies were removed, "upon a Signall given from ye Towne the Shipps fire their Great Guns and at the same tyme they let fly their small-Shott from the Palaisadoes.
John Blake, turner, the flesh of his legg and calfe a great part shott away.
The shott come in at our round house window without damage to any person, after which he filled and bore away, and when was about ¼ mile off fired a gunn to leeward, which wee answered by another to windward.
The Pirate being now in little more than half Pistoll shott from us, wee could discerne abundance of men who went aft to the Quarter Deck, which as wee suppose was to consult.
We could observe abundance of great shott to have passed through the rogues foresaile, and our hope is have done that to him which [will] make him shunn having to do with any Europe ship againe.
Our ships damage is the Mizentopmast shott close by the cap and it was a miracle stood soe long and did not fall in the rogues sight.
Reynolds's boy had the brim of his hatt ½ shottoff and his forefinger splintered very sorely.
Osborne in the round house wounded by a splinter just in the temple, the Captain's boy on the Quarter Deck a small shott raised his scull through his cap and was the first person wounded and att the first onsett.
Their smallshott were most Tinn and Tuthenage [tutenaga, spelter].
But he cold neither runne soe fast, Nor away soe fast cold ryde, But Litle John with an arrowe soe broad 235 He shott him into the backe-syde.
But I will never die till I have given D'Eurre a hundred shott with a pistoll, and to Murat a hundred blowes with a sword.
Hee shott in a harquebuse at birds, wherein hee was so perfect and excellent, as hee did kill larkes as they were flying.
A peece shott into the ayre by chance made him to doubt worse measure, so as hee intreated D'Eurre that he would not use his pistolet.
All wee seaven lay in the house, and had shott and powder, being resolved to dye in that place before we should yeild or be taken.
Sir Andrew hee shott then; hee made sure to hitt his marke; vnder the spole of his right arme hee smote Sir Andrew quite throw the hart.
Simon had a sonne, who shott right well, That did Sir Andrewe mickle scare; In att his decke he gave a shott, 55 Killed threescore of his men of warre.
With that the pinnace itt shott off, 25 Full well lord Howard might it ken; For itt stroke down my lord's fore mast, And killed fourteen of his men.
Linne, to John o the Scales wiffe thus sayd hee: sayd, "Dame, wilt thou not trust me one shott that I may sitt downe in this company?
Harry Hunt came in att the other syde, & att Sir Andrew hee shott then, he droue downe his fformost tree, & killed 80 more of Sir Andirwes men.
William Hall was bered being shottby thefes when he was Constabl at Coblers Hol.
You can tell Charley Shott and Tom Henderson, and all the lot on 'em, as they've paid for their Sunday 'ats.
It was taken for granted that the evicted man would now retaliate by turning Shott out of his highly cultivated farm and well-appointed house.
Shott himself was well-to-do, and promptly determined to become the purchaser of his farm.
He determined to leave Shott undisturbed, and went to bed with that feeling of perfect mental satisfaction which did duty with him for a conscience at peace.
Mrs. Abel had left him free to do exactly as he liked; and he had nearly determined to expel Shott when it occurred to him that by taking the other course he would give a considerable amount of pleasure to the Rector's wife.
There were several bidders at the sale, and Shott was pushed to the very end of his tether.
He lived for thirty-seven years in the house from which Shott had sought to expel him, refusing all orders which exceeded the limited working forces at his command.
Shott took a gulp of whisky to steady his nerve and desperately put the price up fifty more.
Shott put his hands in his pockets, leaned back in his chair, and dolefully shook his head in response to all the coaxings and blandishments of the auctioneer.
He certainly estimated at a large figure the amount of pleasure he himself would derive from paying Shottin his own coin.
Shott was willing enough, and presently the notice was served.
To Shott there came, in due course, a hint from an exalted quarter that it would be to his interests to give Hankin notice to quit.
Well, I didn't know what to do, when one day I sees Charley Shott comin' out o' our churchyard.
So I follows Charley Shottinto the church, and he takes me round to where the old tomb is, in the north transep'.
It made her grind her teeth to think of the way that Miss Shott was talking of her, and it was not long before she made up her mind that she ought to speak to Edna on the subject, and she did so.
But she was saved from further embarrassment, for when Willy, who had been standing in the doorway, had gone to get the blankets, Miss Shott could be restrained no longer.
Miss Shott was about to say something here, but Mrs. Hembold touched her on the arm, and she waited.
The next morning, Willy Croup, who had begun to regret that she had ever said anything about blankets,--but how could she have imagined that anybody could be so cut up at what that old Shott woman had said?
Miss Shott rose in anger and marched out of the house.
I am ready to take the blankets, and to thank you from the bottom of my heart, but I will not have them unless the money Miss Shott put in is given back to her.
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