how Alphonso, a Portuguese, being wrecked on the coast of Guinney, and being presented by the king thereof with his weight in gold for a cat to kill their mice, and an oyntment to kill their flies, which he improved, within five years, to £6000 on the... Sir Richard Whittington: Lord Mayor of London - Page 128by Sir Walter Besant, James Rice - 1881 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
| History - 1790 - 522 pages
...recorded, " how Alphonfo, a Portuguefe, being wrecked on the coaft of Guinney, and being prcfented by the king thereof with his weight in gold for a cat, to kill their mice, and an oyntment to kill their flies, which he improved, within five years, to 6000 1. on the place, and returning... | |
| Thomas Pennant - London (England) - 1790 - 556 pages
...recorded, " how dlphonfo, a Portuguese, being wrecked on the coaft " of Guinney, and being prefented by the king thereof with his " weight in gold for a Cat, to kill their mice, and an oyntment " to kill their flies, which he improved, widiin five years, to " £. 6000 on the place, and... | |
| G. H. Wilson - Abnormalities, Human - 1807 - 430 pages
...country, for in adescription of Guinea, published in 1665 it is recorded, how Alphonso, a Portuguese, being wrecked on the coast of Guinea, and being, presented by the king with his weight in gold for .a cat to kill'their mice; and an ointment to kill their flies ; this he... | |
| Shropshire gazetteer - 1824 - 1028 pages
...country, for in a description of Guinea, published in 1665, it is recorded, that Alpbonso, a Portuguese, being wrecked on the coast of Guinea, and being presented by the king with his weight in gold for a cat to kill their mice; and an ointment to kill their flies; this he... | |
| Percy Society - English literature - 1848 - 414 pages
...of Guinea, 1665, it is recorded " how Alphonso, a Portuguese, being wrecked on the coast of Guinney, and being presented by the king thereof with his weight in gold for a cat to kill their mice, and an oyntment to kill their flies, which he improved, within five years, to £6000 on the place, and returning... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Chapbooks - 1849 - 210 pages
...of Guinea, 1665, it is recorded " how Alphonso, a Portuguese, being wrecked on the coast of Guinney, and being presented by the king thereof with his weight in gold for a cat to kill their mice, and an oyntment to kill their flies, which lie improved, within five years, to £6000 on the place, and returning... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Chapbooks - 1849 - 208 pages
...of Guinea, 1665, it is recorded " how Alphonso, a Portuguese, being wrecked on the coast of Guinney, and being presented by the king thereof with his weight in gold for a cat to kill their mice, and an oyntment to kill their flies, which he improved, within five years, to £6000 on the place, and returning... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pages
...rat, — " How Alphonse, a Portuguese, being wrecked on the coast of Guinea, and being pre-I'ntcil, by the king thereof, with his weight in gold, for...to kill their mice, and an ointment to kill their dies, which he improved within five years, to six thousand pounds on the place, and, returning to Portugal,... | |
| 1858 - 786 pages
...country, for in a description of Guinea, published in 1665, it is recorded how Alphonso, a Portuguese, being wrecked on the coast of Guinea, and being presented by the king with his weight in gold for a cat to kill their mice, and an ointment to kill their flies ; this he... | |
| 1860 - 782 pages
...country, for in a description of Guinea, published in 1665, it is recorded how Alphonso, a Portuguese, being wrecked on the coast of Guinea, and being presented by the king with his weight in gold for a cnt to kill their mice, and an ointment to kill their flies ; this he... | |
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