IN THE YEAR 1613. 
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parte of his bodie, and, w th their shallops (made fast, one to 
another), they towe him to the ships, w th his taile foremost * 
and then they fasten him to the sterne of some ship apointed 
for that purpose, where he is cutt up in manner as followeth: 
Two or three men come in a boate, or shallop, to the side of 
the whale; one man holdeing the boat close to the whale w th 
a boat-hook, and another — who stands either in the boat or 
