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The King's fifth of the mines yields annually thirteen millions of crusadoes or half dollars.

From The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) by Jefferson, Thomas

I have houses,   Jewels, and a poor remnant of crusadoes;   Would those would make you charitable!

From The White Devil by Webster, John

It is computed that fifty millions of crusadoes, at least, were carried out of the country by the Portuguese returning to Lisbon.

From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria

Florins, crusadoes, ducats, patards, sols, and deniers fell into it thick as hail.

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de

Thence is it that sovereign houses draw crusadoes, silver daelders, gold lions, and all those miraculous fishes that change, at the fisher’s will, into velvet robes, priceless jewels, exquisite wines, and dainty meats.

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de