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Volume 2 · 53 words · 1778 Edition

a sea-port town of Sussex in England. It is a pretty large and populous town; but ill built, inhabited chiefly by fishermen, and has a pretty good harbour. W. Long. o. 10. N. Lat. 50° 50'. It was at this place king Charles II. embarked for France, 1651, after the battle of Worcester.