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CO'ITON MSS. Fitus, B. 8. p. 219-

II cads of an intended Publication in Sin WalterRaleigh’s Hand Writing.

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Cap. 1.Cap. 2.Cap. 3.

Cap. 4.

Cap. 5.Cap. ().Cap. 7-Cap. 8.

Cap. 9-

Cap. 10.

Cap. 11.

Cap. 12.

The Fare.

The antiquities of sea-fight.. Their weapons of elder times.

The great fleets used in those days.

That those princes and states used many commanders at oncein their sea warrs.

The office of an admiral, or sea general, the antiquity, and whenbrought into form.

The law of the sea, ancient and modern.

The art of warr by sea.

The building and victualling of ships.

What fashion ships, and of what burthen are fittest for the w arr.

What ordnance, and how many for each ship.

The considerations of the times of the year in invasions by sea,divers in diver’s countries.

The reason of the victories of the English upon the Spaniards,both by sea, and in the Indies.

That it is not the great trade w’hich the Hollanders have, thatmakes them so powerfu.ll at sea.

That the English, who might have mastered the world by sea,have lost that advantage, by the negligence, ignorance, andcovetousness of private persons.

That the English may in a short time recover this power.'

That the Portugueze may be beaten easily out of the East,and the Spaniards out of the West, with no great charge.

Cap. 13.