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The whole fleete having wayed, did then begin to cut and spread their sayles with great pleasure and crie, saieng altogether , Buen viage, that is to say, a luckie and prosperous voyage.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Well met, Gentlemen, this is luckie that we meet so just together at this very door.

From The Complete Angler 1653 by Walton, Izaak

My matter frameth well, thys is a luckie chaunce.

From Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College by Arber, Edward

Horsemen my skill in horsemanship advance; Towne-folks my strength; a daintier judge applies His praise to sleight, which from good use doth rise; Some luckie wits impute it but a chance ...

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.

This y�ere was verie luckie to the English nation, but yet the armie of the Danes lodged all the winter season in the Ile of Tenet.

From Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England by Holinshed, Raphael