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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... prisoners ) ( b ) 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 ...
... prisoners ) ( b ) 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 ...
Page ix
... prisoners in Ceylon : " We have had Strange Change of governments in England since you left it , as King Charles the ... prisoner in 1660. By that time , through wars and punitive expeditions of nearly a hundred and fifty years , the ...
... prisoners in Ceylon : " We have had Strange Change of governments in England since you left it , as King Charles the ... prisoner in 1660. By that time , through wars and punitive expeditions of nearly a hundred and fifty years , the ...
Page xii
... prisoner at his court for twenty years , escaping then to write one of the most truthful and at the same time a fascinating book of travel ever set down . His Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon is still the most interesting ...
... prisoner at his court for twenty years , escaping then to write one of the most truthful and at the same time a fascinating book of travel ever set down . His Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon is still the most interesting ...
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... prisoner one Zelone , 4th April , 1660. I was borne one Tower hill in London , 8th Feb : 1641. My Age when taken was 19 years : 1 Month & 27 dayes . Con- tinewed prisoner thare 19 years 6 month 14 dayes So that I was a prisoner thare 4 ...
... prisoner one Zelone , 4th April , 1660. I was borne one Tower hill in London , 8th Feb : 1641. My Age when taken was 19 years : 1 Month & 27 dayes . Con- tinewed prisoner thare 19 years 6 month 14 dayes So that I was a prisoner thare 4 ...
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... Prisoners to Execution . The Kings Prisoners ; their Misery . He punisheth whole Generations for the sake of one . The sad condition of young Gentlemen that wait on his Person . His Pleasure - houses . Pastimes abroad . His Diversions ...
... Prisoners to Execution . The Kings Prisoners ; their Misery . He punisheth whole Generations for the sake of one . The sad condition of young Gentlemen that wait on his Person . His Pleasure - houses . Pastimes abroad . His Diversions ...
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