An Historical Relation of Ceylon: Together with Somewhat Concerning Severall Remarkeable Passages of My Life that Hath Hapned Since My Deliverance Out of My Capitivity |
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Page viii
... The Knox Coat of Arms & ( c ) Handwriting and Signature of Robert Knox , as they were unable to trace these illustrations at the time of going to Press . INTRODUCTION Those were turbulent times both in England and Ceylon viii ILLUSTRATIONS.
... The Knox Coat of Arms & ( c ) Handwriting and Signature of Robert Knox , as they were unable to trace these illustrations at the time of going to Press . INTRODUCTION Those were turbulent times both in England and Ceylon viii ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page ix
... England and Ceylon . Eight years before Knox and his father sailed out of the Downs in the Anne Frigate , Charles 1 who had tried to rule by the Divine Right of Kings , had been defeated in battle and executed by Cromwell . Knox was too ...
... England and Ceylon . Eight years before Knox and his father sailed out of the Downs in the Anne Frigate , Charles 1 who had tried to rule by the Divine Right of Kings , had been defeated in battle and executed by Cromwell . Knox was too ...
Page x
... England and Europe . We have no doubt that the book would have been John D'Oyly's constant companion for his espionage on the Kandyan Kingdom two hundred years later . History of the MS . Knox bequeathed his book , his autobiography and ...
... England and Europe . We have no doubt that the book would have been John D'Oyly's constant companion for his espionage on the Kandyan Kingdom two hundred years later . History of the MS . Knox bequeathed his book , his autobiography and ...
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... England to India , London , 1773. Ives : " Mr. Knox in his history reports many strange things of their religion and customs , none of which I had an opportunity of seeing . He says that " they have various ways of treating their dead ...
... England to India , London , 1773. Ives : " Mr. Knox in his history reports many strange things of their religion and customs , none of which I had an opportunity of seeing . He says that " they have various ways of treating their dead ...
Page xvi
... England : And that she shalbe dispeeded for England by the 10th of January come two yeere at the furthest : Which being made known to the Captaine , hee consented thereunto , and promised to subscribe theis conditions on behalf ofe of ...
... England : And that she shalbe dispeeded for England by the 10th of January come two yeere at the furthest : Which being made known to the Captaine , hee consented thereunto , and promised to subscribe theis conditions on behalf ofe of ...
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