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HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.

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Is the discharging out of the serviceable shipps the names of all such as neitherdoe nor ever did give attendance aboard, but were ever intended to be borneas dead payes, namely these :—

The two principall masters which were added to the antient number men.

of foure since the yeare 1588, and the other two which must beeemployed at sea, to whome we allow no assistants, because weefinde that a late errected office, and of ill consequence to theservice - 4

All the pursers of the navy who till their place were vendible, hadno allowance in harbour save in the royall shipps, and are stillcullered under the names of cookes, these are - 23

All the cookes except in the 4 royall shipps, because in the smallnumber of shippkeepers, and in the rest they weaken the guard,and neither dresse meate, nor doe other service, and seldome come

aboard, these are - - 13

All the carpenters whose names only are borne upon the shipps, tomake their places staple, and of price, though they neither lodge,eate, nor ever worke aboard, these are - 30

All these dead paye, which are allowed for men altogether unknownein the shipps, or otherwise employed, and these are no fewer (aswee found by a muster there to bee) than - - 36

Soe the whole number of names to bee strooken out of the

ordinary charge of wages and victualls are in all - 188

Which number deducted out of 389 entered in the bookes,there remaine for this true guard of the shipps, whereofwee abate not one man - - 201

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By takeing away pursers and cookes, wee remove also the number of theirservantes, who are of all trades and conditions, and entertayned only for theproffitt of their masters, who receive halfe their waiges, and by which meanes,(as the boateswaines complaine) there bee not left two marriners in a shipp fittto bee trusted, or able to doe service in any time of need.

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