HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.

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Totall of moareings and sea storeWhereof the medium is -

Soe theyearely expence In cordage being 301*. i\ z'. 23*.

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2107

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q. lb.x 17

2 23

it cometh in money at xxx* y' cwt.

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12

Other extraordinary Payments have been made in the above-named Yeare forrepaireing or new building sundry Shipps, as

£■

4071

1609. July 25* for finishing y e Victory

1610. May 15, for building a shipp of 600 tons, in place ofy* Bonadventure, £.5700 allowed, whereof (thoughno shipp were built) there was rec 4

November 24, for finishing y* Prince Royall, besides £.6000formerly paid - -

1612. March 26, for repaireing the Merhonour, Defyance, andDreadnought, and converting his Ma ts timber intoplank - - - -

1614. June 14, for repaireing the Vanguard

161-5. November 30, for finishing y e Merhonour, Defyance,and* Dreadnought, and Vanguard

1616. Feb. 28, for new building y* Elizabeth, Tryumph,Rainebow, and Anthelope, allowed £.28,121, but paidonly - -

1614. 1615. 1616. 1617. For land carriage of timber after£.5000 per annum for 4 yeares* ended in the yeare1617

Totall

Now though this sume were rec d within seaven yeares, yetbecause 2 yeares have passed w ,h out any receipt of thiskinde, we will proportion the expence for a yearely chargeby the medium of, and see it cometh toSoe the whole yearely charge of his Ma M navy that could notkeepe it from decay, is by y* rate aforesaid. For all pay-ments excluding patentees, and not valueing his Ma ts timber 53,004

1700

2500

11,316

3867

7487

3700

2000

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