[229] _Wool_ probably means the covering or planking. _Rampire_ (for rampart?) what is now termed the bulwark.
[231] “Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just.”
[233] The term “race” is here repeated: if not a misprint (see note, page 199), can “a race ship” mean one built for speed?
[234] Tumbling home (?); applied to the inclination inward, given to a ship’s topsides.
[235] _Hoy por mi, mañana por ti_: which may be freely translated, “my turn to-day, yours to-morrow.”
[238] This island was probably named after the Latin term “Margaritæ” pearls.
[240] Rare--wonderful: this pearl was found at Santa Margarita; weighed two hundred and fifty carats, and was valued at thirty thousand pounds. Tavernier purchased one at Katifa, in Arabia, for upwards of one hundred thousand pounds. The Ceylon pearls are most valued in England.
[241] Imbargo--embargo: laying on an embargo, means issuing an order to prevent the sailing of vessels.
Footnote 128: “off Sir Christopher, in 1667,” changed to read “off St. Christopher, in 1667,”. St. Christopher was an island during that period, now Saint Kitts.
Obvious printer errors corrected silently.
Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.]
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