Le avventure del capitano John Smith, capitano di duecento cinquanta cavalli, e qualche volta Presidente della Virginia . giorno. Capitolo VI IL VENEZIANO ARGOSY vostro argosies con vela portly,come signiors e ricchi borghesi del diluvio.o, come lo sono state la sfilata del mare,Do overpeer il petty traflickersThat curtsy a loro, li fanno riverenza,come si vola da loro con le loro ali di tessuto. Mercante di Venezia. 1600. La mattina è iniziata con temperature calma e chiara e a Giovanni, tohis delizia, esplorato altre due navi in sella a anchorthat aveva pnt in riparo durante il precedente anche-ing. Non appena il sole era abbastanza alto, h

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The adventures of Captain John Smith, Captain of two hundred and fifty horse, and sometime President of Virginia . day. CHAPTER VI THE VENETIAN ARGOSY Your argosies with portly sail, Like signiors and rich burghers of the flood.Or, as it were, the pageants of the sea, Do overpeer the petty traflickersThat curtsy to them, do them reverence, As they fly by them with their woven wings. Merchant of Venice. 1600. The morning dawned calm and clear, and John, tohis delight, espied two more ships riding at anchorthat had pnt in for shelter during the previous even-ing. As soon as the sun was fairly up, he waved hiscloak and shouted with all his might. These franticsignals at last attracted the attention of the smallercraft, a vessel of two hundred tons that was flyinga French flag. The castaway perceived, with breath-less interest, that a boat was being lowered. Thesailors rowed towards him, and then he remembered nomore. They lifted him into their boat and broughthim on board. Here he was taken below and verykindly treated. Later in the day, when he wasrested, refreshed, and furnished with dry clothes, the. ITALY—THE MEDITERRANEAN AND EASTERN EUROPE. AFRICA SMITHS CRUISEWITH CAPT.MERHAM. Walker KCm-kerell * i6oo.] CAPTAIN JOHX SMITH 47 captain sent for him. This gentleman was the ownerof the ship, a private trader, and John noticed that indress and bearing he was much superior to men ofsimilar position. Who are you ? And how comes it that you arein this distress ? he asked compassionately, in French, but with a slight touch of the Breton accent. I am an Englishman, said John, also speaking inFrench, on my way to Vienna, in hope of beingpreferred to some general in Hungary. And hewent on to relate how he had travelled throughFrance by land, not being able to find a ship atSt. Malo, and all that had befallen him among thepilgrims. His preserver scrutinized his face thought-fully. You come from St. Malo, then ? he inquired atlength. I stayed there for a short time at Tonquedec

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