Weapon barrels pointed deck-wise between clenched knees, eighteen or so of us sat across from one another on one of many twinpropped whirlybirds, flying fore and aft, right and left of us in tight flight formation, the cool wind whipping through the four portholed windows about our whowhopwhop! sounding bird like April winds back home, the gook sky clear as a polished robin's egg, but for a few sparse clouds floating about.

His company must do his minions grace, / Whil'ſt I at home ſtarue for a merrie looke: / Hath homelie age th'alluring beauty tooke / From my poore cheeke?

[E]ls is he chary and wary to lay himſelfe open to any daunger, if the finall end of his endeauour and toile bee not plauſible in his demurring judgement.

Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.