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HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.

Spaniards with sad shrug, and Dutch with a sorrowful shaking of their heads',\give a tacite assent hereunto.

Skilful. Indeed navigation is much improved, especially since Saint Paul'stime : insomuch, that when a man goes bunglingly about any wmrk in a ship, Ihave heard our English men say, such a man is one of Saint Paul's mariners.For though no doubt they were as ingenious as any in that age to decline atempest, yet modern experience affords fairer fences against foul weather.

6. Advantagious Weapons.

Besides guns of all sorts and sizes, from the pistol to whole cannon , they haveround-double-head-bur-spike-crow-bar-case-chain-shot. I join them together, be-cause (though different instruments of death) they all concur in doing execution,If they be windward of a ship , they have arrows made to shoot out of a bow, withfire-workes at the end, which if striking unto the enemies sails will stick there,

I fire them and the ship. If they lye board and board , they throw hand-granadoeswith stink-pots into the ship, which make so noisom a smell, that the enemy isforced to thrust their heads out of the ports for air.

7. Provisions.

1. Wholsome : our English beef and pork , keeping sweet and sound longerthen any flesh of other countries, even twenty-six moneths to the East andWest Indies.

2. More plentiful than any prince or state in all Europe alloweth : the sea-men having two beef two pork , and three fsh days ; besides, every seaman isalwayes well stored with hooks to catch fsh , with which our seas do abound,insomuch, that many times six will diet on four men’s allowance, and so savethe rest therewith to buy fresh meat , when landing, where it may be procured.I speak not this that hereafter their allowance from the king should be lesse, butthat their loyalty to him, and thankfulnesse to God, may be the more.

8. Accomodation.

Every one of his Majesties ships and friggot officers have a distinct cabin forthemselves, for which the Dutch , French , and Portugals do envy them, who forthe most part lye sub dio under ship docks.

9. Government.