Note in Ital

* It should frem from hence, that moring artithing was

Before brought to its present perfection: Some naval Commanders had recourfe to Instruments or Machines, similar in use, the perhaps unlike in Construction, to the heavy Dolphins made of lead iron used by the ancient Greeks: which they suspended from Beams or yards fastened to the masts, and which they precipt precipitately eat fall on the Enemies Ships, in order to sink them by beating hole thro' the bottoms of their undecked Friremes, or otherwise damaging them. These are mentioned by Sincydides, Lib. 4. pag. 246. Ed. 1564. folio. & are more fully 2xplained in Schefferi de Militias Navali, Lib. 2. cap. 5. p. 136. Ed. 1653. 4to.

NT3. It is every where in the MS. written Beans.

On each fide of my fhipp along,

And I will lead you on the fea.
A glaffe Ile fett, that may be seene,
Whether you fayle by day or night;

And to-morrowe, I fweare, by nine of the clocke 135
You fhall fee Sir Andrewe Barton knight,

TH

THE SECOND PART.

HE merchant fett my lorde a glaffe
Soe well apparent in his fight,

And

And on the morrowe, by nine of the clocke,
He fhewed him Sir Andrewe Barton knight.
His hatchborde it was gilt' with gold,

Soe deerlye dight it dazzled the ee:
Nowe by my faith, lord Howarde Lay,
This is a gallant fight to fee,

Take in your ancyents, ftandards eke,
So clofe that no man may them see ;
And put me forth a white willowe wand,
As merchants ufe that fayle the sea.
But they stirred neither top, nor maft *

Stoutly they paft Sir Andrew by.
What English churles are yonder, he fayd,
That can foe little curtefye?

Sais

Now by the roode, three yeares and more
I have beene admirall over the fea;
And never an English nor Portingall
Without my leave can paffe this way.
Then called he forth his ftout pinnàce;
"Fetch backe yond pedlars nowe to mee:
I fweare by the maffe, yon English churles
Shall all hang at my maine maft tree,"

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Ver. 5. hatched with gold.' MS.

*i. e. did not falute.