At that city, Linschoten, a writer of good credit, assured us, that he himself saw them land, supped with the two brothers that very night, beheld the younger with his stumps, and had the story from their mouths, as well as from the rest of the company.
Original: Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563-1611), Voyages.
First English translation: 1598, rpt. by Hakluyt society 1885.
Notes: “At that city, Linschoten, a writer of good credit, assured us, that he himself saw them land.”
The article is loosely adapted from chapter CXII, “Of certaine memorable Things”, vol. II, pg. 179-181 in the reprint.
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SENTIMENTAL PERFUMERY.
A sentimental Perfumer recommends it to the fine ladies, to furnish their toilets with the following articles:
Self knowledge:—A mirror, shewing the full shape in the truest light.