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" We are as near to heaven by sea as by land' — reiterating the same speech, well beseeming a soldier, resolute in Jesus Christ, as I can testify he was. "
The History of North America - Page 443
edited by - 1903
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Voyages of Drake & Gilbert: Select Narratives from the "Principal ...

Richard Hakluyt - 1909 - 234 pages
...more tempest ; the same is usual in storms. Monday, the 9. of September, in the afternoon, the frigate was near cast away, oppressed by waves, yet at that...resolute in Jesus Christ, as I can testify he was. The same Monday night, about twelve of the clock, or not long after, the frigate being ahead of us...
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Longfellow's Country

Helen Archibald Clarke - 1909 - 344 pages
...his hand, cried out unto us in the Hinde (so oft as we did approach within hearing) 'We are as neare to heaven by sea as by land.' Reiterating the same...beseeming a soldier, resolute in Jesus Christ, as I can testifie he was. "The same Monday night, about twelve of the clocke, or not long after, the Frigat...
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Sir Walter Raleigh

Frederick Albion Ober - 1909 - 346 pages
...his hand, cried out to us in the Hinde (so oft as we did approch within hearing) : ' We are as neere to Heaven by sea as by land!' Reiterating the same speech, well beseeming a souldier resolute in Iesus Christ, as I can testifie he was. "The same Munday night, about twelve of...
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The Cambridge History of English Literature: Prose and poetry: Sir Thomas ...

Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1909 - 608 pages
...These were the last words of this good Englishman before he went down. A speech, says the narrator, 'well beseeming a soldier resolute in Jesus Christ, as I can testify he was.' Meanwhile, the valiant Martin Frobisher had also been battling with the icy approaches to the north-west,...
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Sir Walter Raleigh

Frederick Albion Ober - 1909 - 346 pages
...his hand, cried out to us in the Hinde (so oft as we did approch within hearing) : ' We are as neere to Heaven by sea as by land!' Reiterating the same speech, well beseeming a souldier resolute in Iesus Christ, as I can testifie he was. "The same Munday night, about twelve of...
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Voyages and Travels: Ancient and Modern

1910 - 412 pages
...more tempest; the same is usual in storms. Monday, the 9. of September, in the afternoon, the frigate was near cast away, oppressed by waves, yet at that...resolute in Jesus Christ, as I can testify he was. The same Monday night, about twelve of the clock, or not long after, the frigate being ahead of us...
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A Ship of Solace

Elinor Mordaunt - 1911 - 308 pages
...yet at that time recovered; and giving forth signs of joy, the General — Sir Humphrey Gilbert — sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried out to...resolute in Jesus Christ, as I can testify he was." The Delight, the Admiral ship of the little fleet, which had started off so bravely, had been lost...
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A Ship of Solace

Elinor Mordaunt - 1911 - 338 pages
...General — Sir Humphrey Gilbert — sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried out to us in the Hindy so oft as we did approach within hearing : ' We are...resolute in Jesus Christ, as I can testify he was." The Delight, the Admiral ship of the little fleet, which had started off so bravely, had been lost...
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The Life of Sir Humphrey Gilbert: England's First Empire Builder

William Gilbert Gosling - 1911 - 362 pages
...his hand, creid unto us into the Hinde (so oft as we did approach within hearing) ' We are as neere to heaven by sea as by land.' Reiterating the same speech, well beseeming a souldier resolute in Jesus Christ, as I can testifie he was. "The same Munday night about twelve of...
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An Anthology of English Prose: (1332 to 1740)

Annie Barnett, Lucy Dale - 1912 - 268 pages
...away, oppressed by waves, yet at that time recovered, and giving forth signs of joy, the Generall, sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried out to...to heaven by sea as by land," reiterating the same speeche, well beseeming a soldier resolute in Jesus Christ, as I can testify he was. On the same Monday...
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