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A46301 An account of two voyages to New-England wherein you have the setting out of a ship, with the charges, the prices of all necessaries for furnishing a planter and his family at his first coming, a description of the countrey, natives, and creatures, with their merchantil and physical use, the government of the countrey as it is now possessed by the English, &c., a large chronological table of the most remarkable passages, from the first dicovering of the continent of America, to the year 1673 / by John Josselyn, Gent. Josselyn, John, fl. 1630-1675. 1674 (1674) Wing J1091; ESTC R20234 110,699 292

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they_o cast_v not_o their_o very_a skin_n but_o only_o the_o superfluous_a thin_a skin_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o very_a skin_n for_o the_o very_a skin_n be_v baste_v to_o the_o flesh_n so_o lobster_n and_o crab_n the_o earthworm_n these_o be_v very_o rare_a and_o as_o small_a as_o a_o horse_n hair_n but_o there_o be_v a_o bug_n that_o lie_v in_o the_o earth_n and_o eat_v the_o seed_n that_o be_v somewhat_o like_o a_o maggot_n of_o a_o white_a colour_n with_o a_o red_a head_n and_o be_v about_o the_o bigness_n of_o one_o finger_n and_o a_o inch_n or_o a_o inch_n and_o half_a long_a there_o be_v also_o a_o dark_a dunnish_v worm_n or_o bug_n of_o the_o bigness_n of_o a_o oaten-straw_n and_o a_o inch_n long_o that_o in_o the_o spring_n lie_v at_o the_o root_n of_o corn_n and_o garden_n plant_v all_o day_n and_o in_o the_o night_n creep_v out_o and_o devour_v they_o these_o in_o some_o year_n destroy_v abundance_n of_o indian_a corn_n and_o garden_n plant_n and_o they_o have_v but_o one_o 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