Take my word for it, — if indeed I can be a fair witness, — the man who has written a book is above the unwriting average, and as such should be ranked mentally above them […]

This northernmost outpost of the Matsu archipelago is a remote place that sees few visitors. The largest island in the township is Tungyin (dōngyǐn) and to the west of that is Hsiyin (xīyǐn). Between the two is a barely habitable rock called Chungchu Island (zhōngzhù dǎo).

[…]a ſtronger then I commeth after me / whos ſhue latchett I am not worthy to ſtoupe doune and vnloſe.

Hughes takes a flutter on the nearest six, nickel bets on thirty-one to thirty-six.