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The Sea-Voyage choose

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[UK] Fletcher Sea-Voyage IV i: Ye had best come search us, A Seaman is seldom without a salt Eele.
at eel, n.1
[UK] Fletcher Sea-Voyage IV iii: I could like ’em [i.e. Amazons], though they were lewdly given, If they could say no; but fie on ’em, They gape like Oysters.
at oyster, n.
[UK] Fletcher Sea-Voyage IV i: We are unprofitable, and our Ploughs are broken; There is no hope of Harvest this year, Ladies.
at plough, n.
[UK] Fletcher Sea-Voyage IV i: I had rather serve hogs, there’s more delight in’t; Your greedy appetites are never satisfied.
at serve, v.
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