Sentence:  We mett severall gangs of men to our greatest disadvantage, ffor we weare forced to sing, and those that came to see us gave <WSD>porcelaine</WSD> to those that most did us injury. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (nodot=a): strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency; the composite shells, beads, etc.