By England's Aid; or, the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604)
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Henty George Alfred. By England's Aid; or, the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604)
CHAPTER I. AN EXCURSION
CHAPTER II. A MEETING IN CHEPE
CHAPTER III. IN THE LOW COUNTRY
CHAPTER IV. THE SIEGE OF SLUYS
CHAPTER V. AN HEROIC DEFENCE
CHAPTER VI. THE LOSS OF THE SUSAN
CHAPTER VII. A POPISH PLOT
CHAPTER VIII. THE SPANISH ARMADA
CHAPTER IX. THE ROUT OF THE ARMADA
CHAPTER X. THE WAR IN HOLLAND
CHAPTER XI. IN SPAIN
CHAPTER XII. RECRUITING THEIR FUNDS
CHAPTER XIII. THE FESTA AT SEVILLE
CHAPTER XIV. THE SURPRISE OF BREDA
CHAPTER XV. A SLAVE IN BARBARY
CHAPTER XVI. THE ESCAPE
CHAPTER XVII. A SPANISH MERCHANT
CHAPTER XVIII. IVRY
CHAPTER XIX. STEENWYK
CHAPTER XX. CADIZ
CHAPTER XXI. THE BATTLE OF NIEUPORT
CHAPTER XXII. OLD FRIENDS
CHAPTER XXIII. THE SIEGE OF OSTEND
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A row of ten minutes took the boat with Master Lirriper and the two boys alongside the ketch.
"How are you, Joe Chambers?" Master Lirriper hailed the skipper as he appeared on the deck of the Susan. "I have brought you two more passengers for London. They are going there under my charge."
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"I wouldn't change, if I were the earl, with the queen's majesty," Geoffrey said. "Of course it is larger than Hedingham, but not so beautiful, and it is crowded in by the houses, and has not like our castle a fair lookout on all sides. Why, there can be no hunting or hawking near here, and I can't think what the nobles can find to do all day."
"Now, young sirs," Master Lirriper said, "if you will get your wallets we will go ashore at once."
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