Excerpt from The History of Jack, and His Eleven Brothers: Relating the Singular Adventures They Encountered in Their Various Travels Sailor. I have; and thanks be to that Divine Power that conducted me through all. I have seen ves of been where the myrrh drops its balm, and seen clou ess skies; none 'of these could wean my affections from my own country; I prefer it to all that I have seen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.