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shares and a half; for the George, of Falmouth, being of the burthen of 140tons, twenty dede shares and a half; for the Nicholas, of Hampton, of theportage of ten score tons, twenty-two dede shares ; for the Martenet, of sevenscore tons, twenty-two dede shares and a half; for the Genet, of the portageof 70 tons, twenty-two dede shares and a half; for the Christopher Davy, ofthe portage of 1 60 tons, twenty-two dede shares and a half; for the Sabyen, ofthe portage of 120 tons, twenty dede shares.
“ And for the victualling and refreshing the said ships with water, and othernecessaries, the said admiral shall, over and above the said ships, have twocrayers, the one being of three score and fifty tons, wherein there shall be themaster, twelve mariners, and one boy ; and every of the said masters and mari-ners shall have for his wages five shillings, and for his victual money five shil-lings, for every month, accounting the month as above ; and every of the saidtwo boies shall have for their month’s wages two shillings and sixpence, andfor their victuals five shillings, and either of the said masters shall have threedede shares ; and the other crayer shall have a master, ten mariners, and oneboy, being of the burthen of 55 tons, with the same allowances.
“ Also the said soldiers, mariners, and gunners, shall have of our sovereignlord conduct money , that is to say, every of them, for every day’s journey fromhis house to the place where they shall be shipped, accounting twelve miles forthe day's journey , sixpence; of which days they shall have evidence, by theiroaths, before him, or them, that our said sovereign lord shall appoint and assignto pay them the said wages and conduct money.
“ And forasmuch as our said sovereign lord, at his costs and charges, victu-alled the said army and navy, the said admiral shall therefore answer our saidlord the one half of all manner of gains and winnings of the warre, that thesame admiral, or his retinue, or any of them, shall fortune to have in the said,voyage by land or water, all prisoners being chieftains , or having our said sove-reign lord’s adversary’s power, and one ship Royal , being of the portage of200 tons, or above, with the ordnance and apparel of every such prize that shallfortune to be taken by them in the said war, reserving to our said sovereignlord all artillery contained within any other ship, or ships, by them to betaken. In witness whereof, &c.”
[Rymer, Vol. xii. p. 326.]
N. B. In theHARLEiAN MS. 309, p. 36, is the abstract of a second patenr, or indenture, madebetween King Henry the Eighth and the said Sir Edward Howard, bearing date 18th March, 4°.Regis: it varies not, in the smallest degree, from that just given, except that the number of persons tobe employed amounts to 10,032 men.