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Lancaster his allarums, honorable assaultes, and supprising of the block-houses and store-houses belonging to Fernand Bucke in Brasill. : With his braue attempt in landing in the mouth of the ordinaunce there, which were cannons culuering, cannon periall and sacres of brasse, with other sundry his most resolute and braue attempts in that country. From whence he laded of their spoyles and rich commodities he there found fifteene good ships, which was sinemon, sugar, pepper, cloues, mace, callow-cloth and brassel-wood with other commodities. With the names of such men of worth hauing charge within this most honorable attempt lost their liues. Published for their eternall honor.

H. R. (Henry Roberts), active 1585-1616 · 1595 · Imprinted at London : By A[bel] I[effes] for VV. Barley and are to be solde at his shop in Gratious-Streat neer vnto Leadenhall Gate · 4 pictures

Lancaster his allarums is a 1595 English pamphlet by Henry Roberts, printed in London for the bookseller W. Barley, recounting Sir James Lancaster's attacks on Portuguese posts in Brazil for an English readership. Its pictures are small woodcuts: two strips of foliage and flower ornament, a plain page with a single scene of armed men marching beneath a flag, and a marbled bookplate for John Carter Brown, offering designers period ornamental borders and crude figure woodcuts.

Lancaster, James, Sir, -1618 · Brazil -- History -- 1580-1640 · Imprint 1595

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