Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.179
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.179
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c10.179
∗ Query, from captured vessels containing foreign (non-Indian) women? The words are as follows: "*As escravas que me diz que lhe mande, tomáose de prezas, que as Gentias d'esta terra são pretas, e mancebas do mundo como chegão a dez annos.*"