HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.

243

3. By our allowance to the gunners, wee take away the excuse of their per-petuall absence, and of the wast of the stoare, and yet give them means rather.to exercise their proffesion in their shipps than to riott abroard.

4. Our increase to. the clerkes of the checque, and others, are proportioned tothe services of the place, and not to the persons, or the excesse of the times,our end being to encourage all that are, or may bee made honest, and to enablethe governours to punish and reforme all abuses hereafter. And to conclude,wee make all our increases out of his Ma r ’ saveings, and not out of his purse,and soe increase his honour without burthen to his state.

To the officers clerkes that have all the trust, and take most pains in the,service, wee have given noe increase, but leave them in suspence till his Ma ,y ,by your Honours advice, bee resolved whither it bee fitt to governe the navy bythem.

To other attendants, namely, the chirurgeon, housekeeper, and porters, weedoe add nothing, but make their wages rateable to that they had before, onlywee now shew their faces, which then were but shaddow'ed in dead payes.

To the boatswaines of the yard, (who are necessary servantes) as wee add totheir labour the keepeing of the pluggs, soe wee add to their reward five markesyearely, for which wee default .£.12 paid before, as wee thinke (without need)for that worke alone.

Havcing thus delivered our propositions and reasons, by which it may appearehow his Ma ,)r may save many thousands in the yearely expence of his navy,there remaineth only a temporary charge and provision, which will in honourfall upon his Ma' 1 ', by dischargeing soe many shipps at once, namely,

The Charge of reasonable Pensions to those aged and impotent Servants whichare unfitt to be continued in their Places, and these are only six.

John Austin, master, aged and blinde.—John Auale, boateswaine, aged andblinde.—Thomas Butler, gunner, aged, and heretofore a man of great service,and may still bee an instructor to others.—Richard Shaw, gunner, aged andunserviceable.—'John Cawston, gunner, maymed in service.—John Etridge,gunner, aged and sickley..

The