The kalender, […] hath late deſcry'd / That evill affected planet Mars, ally'd / To temporizing Mercury, conjoyn'd / I'th'houſe of Death; […]

Though we cry up the great advantage we have above all other animals, in being capable of religion, yet those animals, we despise for want of it, herd most socially together; except such carnivorous creatures which necessity separates.

The First is the City of Candy, so generally called by the Christians, probably from Conde, which in the Chingulays Language signifies Hills, for among them it is situated […]

Bureau of Ordnance's first reaction when they learned of this was to recommend disciplinary action against any U.S. Navy officer who'd made alterations, ostensibly for improper maintenance of the Mark 14, which, they continued to insist, was absolutely fine. Meanwhile, back in the real world, the newly-promoted Rear Admiral Lockwood had taken over command of U.S. submarine efforts in the most active part of the Pacific Campaign. With summer of 1942 approaching, his forces had fired off more than a year's production of Mark 14s in around six months, and had precious little to show for it.