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Hudson wrote on April 22, when he was in the mouth of the Thames, off the Isle of Sheppey: “I caused Master Coleburne to bee put into a pinke bound for London, with my letter to the Adventurars imparting the reason why I put him out of the ship.”
Henry Hudson Janvier, Thomas A 1909
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Coalbrand to be set in a pinke to be carried back againe to
Henry Hudson Janvier, Thomas A 1909
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Coalbrand to be set in a pinke to be carried back againe to
Henry Hudson A Brief Statement of His Aims and His Achievements 1881
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Sheppey: "I caused Master Coleburne to bee put into a pinke bound for London, with my letter to the Adventurars imparting the reason why I put him out of the ship."
Henry Hudson A Brief Statement of His Aims and His Achievements 1881
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Thus by diuiding their squadrons, and spreading the whole sea ouer a mighty way, there could not so much as the least pinke passe but she was espied and brought in.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 07 England's Naval Exploits Against Spain Richard Hakluyt 1584
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a mighty way, there could not so much as the least pinke passe but she was espied and brought in.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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I should have found so speedy occafiions to come overj but coming to Flissing where I thought I should have expected answeare of my letters, & finding an English ship of good force ready to depart, instigated with % great desire to understand of your welfare, I presently imbarqued my selfe, on Munday mominge last; but my trunke I could not get with me on board, but have left it with a pinke which will shortly be in London, whose coming I must expect; for I must send over by the M* thereof some mony which I there owe, being about 12 pounds.
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