The courtship of Miles Standish . THE, MARCH OPMII>E/S STANDISH Saw the flash of the sun on breastplate and saber and musket,Straightway leaped to their feet, and two, from among them advancing,Came to parley with Standish, and offer him furs as a present;Friendship was in their looks, but in their hearts there was of the tribe were these, and brothers gigantic in stature,Huge as Goliath of Gath, or the terrible 0g> king of Bashan;One was Pecksuot named, and the other was called their necks were suspended their knives in scabbards of wampum,Two-edged, trenc
The courtship of Miles Standish . THE, MARCH OPMII>E/S STANDISH Saw the flash of the sun on breastplate and saber and musket,Straightway leaped to their feet, and two, from among them advancing,Came to parley with Standish, and offer him furs as a present;Friendship was in their looks, but in their hearts there was of the tribe were these, and brothers gigantic in stature,Huge as Goliath of Gath, or the terrible 0g> king of Bashan;One was Pecksuot named, and the other was called their necks were suspended their knives in scabbards of wampum,Two-edged, trenchant knives, with points as sharp as a arms had they none, for they were cunning and , English! they said,—these words they had learned from the tradersTouching at times on the coast, to barter and chaffer for in their native tongue they began to parley with Standish,Through his guide and interpreter, Hobomok, friend of the white man,Begging for blankets and knives, but mostly for musket
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