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The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger, a Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427

Chapter XXVIII

J. Buchan (John Buchan) Telfer translation

“Then he covers his cogge, and caches one ankere.”

In the time of Richard II, a coggo was a vessel employed in the transport of troops, and coggle is a name still given to small fishing-boats on the coast of Yorkshire and in the rivers Muse and Humber (Campe, Wörterbuch; Jal., Gloss. Naut.; Smyth, Sailor’s Word-book).—Ed.

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