The apologie of Pierce Pennilesse. Or Strange newes, of the intercepting certaine letters, and a conuoy of verses, as they were going priuilie to victuall the Lowe Countries

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  An answer to certain seditious and Jesuitical queres, : heretofore purposely and maliciously cast out, to retard and hinder the English forces in their going over into Ireland. Whereby is fully proved that the British were the first, and most ancient proprietors, and inhabitants of that land (which was at the first called Britain the Less) before the accession of the Irish thither, and that the Irish came in but by the sufferance of the British; of what countrie the Irish at the first were; their often rebellions and defections; the subduing and reducing all of them to obedience, aswel long before the conquest of England, by William the Norman, as since; together also with the names of the new kings, which the Irish have lately elected and made amongst themselvs, with manie other necessarie discoveries of great concernment, fully manifesting the English interest to that land, and the miserable sufferings of the English there, in all ages, by the barbarous and bloudie actions of the Iri

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  An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania; and of the West-New-Jersey in America. : The richness of the soil, the sweetness of the situation, the wholesomness of the air, the navigable rivers, and others, the prodigious encrease of corn, the flourishing condition of the city of Philadelphia, with the stately buildings, and other improvements there. The strange creatures, as birds, beasts, fishes, and fowls, with the several sorts of minerals, purging waters, and stones, lately discovered. The natives, aborogmes [sic], their language, religion, laws, and customs; the first planters, the Dutch, Sweeds, and English, with the number of its inhabitants; as also a touch upon George Keith's new religion, in his second change since he left the Quakers With a map of both countries

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  Strange and wonderful news from Chippingnorton in the connty [sic] of Oxon. : Of certain dreadful aparitions, which were seen in the air, on the 28th of July, which began about half an hour after nine of the clock at night, and continued till near eleven, in which time was seen the appearances of several flaming swords, strange motions of the superior orbs, with the unusual sparkling of the stars, with their dreadful continuations. With the account of the opening of the heavens, and strange appearances therein disclosing themselves, with several other prodigious circumstances, uot [sic] heard of in any age, to the great amazement of the beholders, as it was communicated in a letter, to one Mr. Tho. Colley living in West-Smithfield. And attested by Tho. Brown, Eliz. Greenaway and Ann Gutheridge, who were spectators of the dreadful apparitions

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  Englands defence. : A treatise concerning invasion: or, a brief discourse of what orders were best for repulsing of foreign forces, if at any time they should invade us by sea in Kent, or elsewhere. Exhibited in writing to the Right Honourable Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, a little before the Spanish invasion, in the year 1588. By Thomas Diggs Esq; muster-master general of all her Majesty's forces in the Low-Countries. To which is now added, an account of such stores of war, and other materials as are requisite for the defence of a fort, a train of artillery, and for a magazine belonging to a field army. And also a list of the ships of war, and the charge of them, and the land-forces designed by the Parliament against France, anno 1678. Also a list of the present governors of the garisons of England; and of all the lord lieutenants, and high sheriffs of all those counties adjacent to the coasts. Lastly, the wages of officers and seamen serving in his Majesty's fleet at sea per month

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  A new handling of the planisphere, : diuided into three sections. In the first is a plaine and sensible explication of the circles of the sphere, and such termes as appertaine vnto the doctrine de primo mobili ... The second sheweth how vpon any plaine ... hauing one circle diuided into degrees, and crossed vvith tvvo diameters at right angles, most conclusions of the astrolabe may for all latitudes or countries be readily and exactly performed onely vvith ruler and compasses. In the third, being a supplement organicall, is contained the making of certaine easie instruments for the perfecter working the former conclusions, as to know what degrees and minutes be in any circumference giuen ... Pleasant and profitable generally for all men, but especially such as vvould get handines in vsing the ruler and compasse ... vvithout being at the charge of costly instruments. Inuented for the most part, and first published in English by Thomas Olyuer

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