Vulgar words in How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves - Updated to 1900 (Page 1)

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damn x 1
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These had united with the French fleet, consisting of 100 tall ships, and commanded by the Bastard of Bourbon.

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John de Franguemont, the son of the vice-admiral, was slain, the Bastard of Bourbon was taken prisoner, and four, if not six, of the Genoese carracks fell into the hands of the English.

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Ships' guns in those days were known as cannon, cannon royal, cannon serpentine, bastard cannon, demi-cannon, and cannon petro.

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Now, damn me if I do.

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They and frigates carrying 28 guns, generally known in the service by the name of "jackass-frigates," were the worst class of vessels belonging of late years to the British Navy.

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