encompassed

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IV; and the Hakluyt Society Proceedings, 1854, which are really a reprint of The World Encompassed, by Francis Fletcher, the chaplain, in 1628, with the addition of documents contemporary with Fletcher's by unknown writers.

From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

The priests turned pale, but the Abbot devoutly remarked,— "Encompassed by sorrows, Prince, you should humbly submit to the will of the Lord."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various

But it is incorrect to refer to Fletcher’s journal, as the source of the assumed false statements in the World Encompassed.

From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Twiss, Travers

To her astonishment, he led Her from the forest's sheltering spread Into a small and star-lit glade, And, turning to her, softly bade Her fear not, for a warlike band Encompassed them on every hand.

From Indian Legends of Minnesota by Severance, Cordenio A., Mrs.

One might as well try to imagine Drake's "World Encompassed" handed down by oral tradition from the days of Queen Elizabeth to the days of Queen Victoria.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John