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gandyn *, the clerk of the ships, doth say, that before the saidship shall be laid in the dock, it is necessary that her mast betaken down, and bestowed in the great storehouse at Erith ; andalso he saith, that if the Great Henry be not housed over, in suchwise that the same may be sufficiently defended from snow, rain,and sun, it shall be utterly destroyed within few years ; and alsohe esteemeth, that the charge to house it will amount to the sumof ioo marks, and above.
The Sovereign. Item, the Sovereign, being of portage 800 tons, lyeth in a dockat Woolwich ; the same being in such case, that she must be new, made from the keel upwards ; the form of which ship is so mar-
velous goodly, that great pity it were she should dye ; and therather, because many things there be in her that will serve rightwell.
The Gabriel Royal. Item, the Gabriel Royal, being of portage 650 tons-f-,lyeth upon the east side of Eryth, and is in such case, that if evershe shall be meet to do service, either in peace or war, where shehath five waales, she must be taken down, overloppe and all, untothe lowest waale, save two, and from thence builded new. Herfashion and proportion is so evil, insomuch that where she is nowof portage as above, she must be brought to 500, or there-about.
The Mary Rose. Item, the Mary Rose, being of portage 600 tons, lying in thepond at Deptford, beside the storehouse there, which must berepaired, and calked from the keel upwards, both within andwithout.
The John Baptist, and Barbara. Item, the John Baptist, and the Barbara, everyof them being of portage 400 tons, do ryde both together in acreke of Deptford parish, and be much what in one estate, forthey must be calked from the lowest to the highest, within theborde and without; and the same must be done in all goodly haste,for else it will be hard to keep the Barbara above the water; andthe charge of dressing the said twain ships is esteemed that it will
* From whom, ’tis not improbable, the term Brigantine is derived, as the inventor of that particularclass of shipping.
f By the preceding list, p. 91, 800 tons.
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