A sea grammar vvith the plaine exposition of Smiths Accidence for young sea-men, enlarged. Diuided into fifteene chapters: what they are you may partly conceiue by the contents. Written by Captaine Iohn Smith, sometimes gouernour of Virginia, and admirall of Nevv-England.

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A sea grammar vvith the plaine exposition of Smiths Accidence for young sea-men, enlarged. Diuided into fifteene chapters: what they are you may partly conceiue by the contents. Written by Captaine Iohn Smith, sometimes gouernour of Virginia, and admirall of Nevv-England.
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Smith, John, 1580-1631.
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London :: Printed by Iohn Hauiland,
1627.
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Naval art and science -- Early works to 1800.
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"A sea grammar vvith the plaine exposition of Smiths Accidence for young sea-men, enlarged. Diuided into fifteene chapters: what they are you may partly conceiue by the contents. Written by Captaine Iohn Smith, sometimes gouernour of Virginia, and admirall of Nevv-England." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A12469.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.

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CHAP. IIII. The names of all the Masts, Tops, and Yards be∣longing to a Ship.

THe Boul-spret, the Spretsaile yard, the Spretsaile top-mast; the Spretsaile top saile yard; the fore Mast, the fore yard, the fore top-mast, the fore top-saile yard, the fore top gallant Mast, the fore top gallant saile yard, Cores, Would∣ings, Gromits, and, Staples for all yards. The maine Mast, the maine Yard, the Maine Top. The

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maine top Mast; the maine top-saile Yard. The top gallant Mast, the maine top gallant saile Yard. The Trucke is a square peece of wood at the top wherein you put the Flag-staffe. The Misen, the Misen Yard, the Misen top mast, the Misen top saile yard. The Crosse Iacke. In great ships they haue two Misens, the latter is called the Bonauenture Mi∣sen. A Iury Mast, that is, when a Mast is borne by the boord, with Yards, Roofes, Trees, or what they can, spli∣ced or fished together they make a Iury-mast, woulding or binding them with ropes fast triced together with hand∣spikes, as they vse to would or binde any Mast or Yard.

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