[W]hereas in ſmall fragments or plates, the Ice, though it ſink not to the bottom of the water, will oftentimes ſink so low in it, as ſcarce to leave any part evidently extant above the ſurface of the water, in vaſt quantities of Ice, that extancy is ſometimes ſo conſpicuous, that Navigators in their Voyages to Iſland, Greenland, and other frozen Regions, complain of meeting with lumps, or rather floating rocks of Ice, as high as their main Maſts.

The behaviour of the accused was technically assault, but the judge found it de minimis and entered an acquittal.

Squid are best known for their prowess as jetters, reaching speeds of up to 8 m/s , and have been described as "invertebrate Olympians' because of their explosive mode of locomotion.

The firſt Emperor of the Muſlemans was Muhammed Abulcaſim of glorious memory.