The arte of shooting in great ordnaunce Contayning very necessary matters for all sortes of seruitoures eyther by sea or by lande. Written by William Bourne.

CHAPTER. 20

The weight of all manner of cast peeces of Ordnaunce, from the Cannon, vnto the Fauconte, and also the weight of the shotte, and the weight of the Pouder that they doe occupie, with the height of the shot, and length of the peece and all such other like causes, according vnto the names of the peeces, &c.

ANd furthermore, I do thinke it conuenti∣ent, to shew vnto thee the weight of the shot, and the weight of the Pouder that they doe wey, and the length and breadth of the Ladell, and the weight and length of y^e peeces, according vnto their names. And first, for the Cānons, & there be of sundrie sortes. The eldest & biggest sorte of the double Cannons, the mouth of them is in height. 8. ynches and a quarter. The shot is in height 8. ynches, and wayeth about 70. pound of yron, and the weight of the peece is about 8000. & in length, about 12. foote more or lesse, and comporteth in Pouder. 46. pound Serpētine. The length of the Ladel is 24. ynches,

the breadth of the Ladell is. 15. ynches ½ &c.

The ordinarie double Cannons, the peece is. 8. ynches high in the mouth, the shotte is in heigth. 7. ynches three quarters, it wayeth of yron about. 64. pounde, and the weight of the peece is about. 7500. and in length neere about eleuen or twelue foote long, and occupieth in Pou∣der. 42. pounde Serpentine, the length of the Ladell is 23. ynches a quarter, the breadth thereof fifteene ynches ¼ and the compasse of the shotte is foure and twentie yn∣ches.

The French double Canons, the peece is in the mouth seauen ynches three quarters, in heigth the shotte seauen ynches ½ high, and weyeth being of yron about. 58. pound, and the peece weyeth about seauen thousande, and is in length as the other before rehearsed, comporteth in Pou∣der neere fortie pounde Serpentine: the length of their Ladels is but fifteene ynches, for that they doe lade their peeces with three Ladelfulles, and we heere in England but with two, and the bredth of the plate of their Ladell is fifteene ynches, &c.

Demy Cannons.

ANd first the Demy Cannons of the eldest sorte, the peece is sixe ynches three quarters in heigth, in the mouth, the shotte sixe ynches and a halfe in heigth: the shotte of yron wayeth eyght and thirtie pound, and the weight of the peece is neere sixe thousande, and in length eleuen or twelue foote long, and occupyeth in Pouder sixe and twentie pounde Serpentine, the length of the Ladell three and twentie ynches, the breadth of the plate of the Ladell twelue ynches ⅕ partes, and the compasse of the shotte is twentie ynches 3/7 partes.

The ordinary Demy Cannon, the heigth of the mouth is sixe ynches and a halfe, the heigth of the shotte sixe ynches a quarter, the weight of the shotte in yron thirtie three pounde, and the weight of the peece is about 5500. and the peece is in length tenne or eleuen foote, and her charge in Pouder is foure and twentie pounde Serpen∣tine, the length of the Ladell is two and twentie ynches, and the breadth of the plate of the Ladell is twelue yn∣ches.

Some sortes of Demy Cannons, the heigth of the mouth of the peece but sixe ynches, a quarter, the heigth of the shott sixe ynches, the weight of the shotte of yron thirtie pound, and the weight of the peece fiue thousand, or. 5400. the length as afore, her charge in Pouder foure and twentie pounde Sarpentine, the length of the La∣dell three and twentie ynches, the breadth eleuen inches and a halfe.

The French Demy Cannon, and of some other fo∣raine Nations, the height of the mouth of the peece but 6. ynches, the height of the shotte fiue ynches three quar∣ters, the weyght of the yron shotte sixe and twentie pound d. and the weight of the peeces fiue thousande more or lesse, their lengthes of the ordinarie sort, and shooteth in Pouder two and twentie, or three & twenty pound Sar∣pentine, the length of the Ladell sixteene ynches, and three Ladell fulles to charge the peece: the breadth of the Ladell eleuen ynches.

Culuerings.

THe elder sorte of whole Culuerings, called of some Norborow Culuerings, the heigth of the mouth of the peece fiue ynches and a halfe, the heigth of the

shot. 5. ynches a quarter. The weyght of the shotte in yrō 20. pound. The weyghte of the peece. 4800. more or lesse, their lengthes deuided, as. 12. or. 13. foote long, and shoo∣teth in Pouder. 20. pound Serpentine, the length of the Ladell. 23. ynches, the breadth of the Ladell neere tenne ynches. &c.

The ordinarie whole Culuering, the heygth of the mouth of the peece. 5. ynches a quarter, the heygth of the shotte, 5. ynches. The weyghte of the shotte of yron. 17. pounde. The weyghte of the peece aboute. 4500. more or lesse, the length of the peece. 12. foote, and comporteth in Pouder. 18. pounde Serpentine, the length of the Ladell 25. ynches, the breadth. 9. ynches. d. &c.

Culuerings, not so high as ordinarie, the heygth of the mouth of the peece. 5. ynches, the heygth of the shott foure ynches three quarters, the weyghte of the shot. 15. pounde, the weyght of the peece more or lesse. 4300. the length of the peeces diuers, some the ordinarie length, some other∣wise, and occupyeth in Pouder. 16. pound, or theraboutes Serpētine, the lēgth of the Ladel. 24. ynches, the breadth 9. ynches.

Demy Culuerings.

THe elder sort of Demy Culuerings, the heigth of the mouth of the peece. 4. ynches three quarters, y^e heigth of the shot. 4. ynches ½, the weyghte of the shotte. 12. lb. d. of yron, the weyght of the peece. 3200. the length of the peece. 12. foote more or lesse, and their charge in Pouder 12. poūd Serpentine, the length of the Ladell, 22. ynches, their breadth. 8. ynches. d. &c.

The ordinarie Demy Culuering, the heygth of the mouth of the peece. 4. ynches d. the heygth of the shotte 4. ynches a quarter, the weyght of yron shotte. 10. pound, three quarters, the weighte of the peece. 27. hundred or

thereaboutes, the length of the peece. 10. foote more or lesse, and will comport in Pouder. 11. or. 12. pounde Ser∣pentine, the length of the Ladell. 21. ynches a quarter, the breadth. 8. ynches.

Demy Culuerings lower than ordinarie, the heyght of the mouth of the peece. 4. ynches a quarter, the heyghte of the shott. 4. ynches, the weyght of the shotte being of yron is neere. 9. pounde, the weyght of the peeces. 22. hundreth more or lesse, the length of the peece. 9. or. 10. foote more or lesse, and their charge in Pouder. 10. pound or. 10. poūd d. Serpentine, the length of the Ladell. 20. ynches, the breadth. 7. ynches, three quarters. &c.

Sakers.

SAkers of the oldest sorte, the heygth of the mouth of the peece. 4. ynches, the heygth of the shot. 3. ynches three quarters, the weyght of the yron shotte. 7. pounde a quar∣ter, the weyght of the peece. 1800. the length of some of those peeces. 10. foot, and comporteth in Pouder. 7. pound a quarter Serpentine, the lēgth of the Ladell. 17. ynches, the breadth. 7. ynches a quarter.

Sakers ordinarie, the heyght of the mouth. 3. ynches three quarters, the heygth of the shotte. 3. ynches a halfe, the weyghte of the shotte of yron is neere. 6. pounde, the weyght of the peece. 1500. the length of the peece. 8. foote or. 9. foote, and hir charge in Pouder is. 6. pound, or there∣aboute of Serpētine Pouder, the lēgth of the Ladel is. 15 inches thre quarters, y^e breadth. 6. inches. 3. quarters. &c.

Sakers lower than ordinarie, the heigth of the mouth of the peece. 3. ynches a halfe, the heygth of the shotte 3. ynches a quarter, the weyghte of the shotte of yron. 4. pounde three quarters, or neere. 5. pound, the weyghte of the peece. 1300-or. 1400. the length of the peece, 8, foote, or there aboutes, and comporteth in Pouder. 5. pounde, or

5. pounded. Serpentine, the length of the Ladell is fif∣teene ynches, the breadth sixe ynches and a halfe.

Minyons.

THe Minyon is. 3. ynches and a quarter high, in the mouth, the shotte is three ynches hygh, the weyghte thereof of yron, is three pound three quarters, the weighte of the peece, neere aboute. 1000. The length of the peece eyght foote or theraboutes, and shooteth in Pouder three pounde three quarters, or neere foure pound Serpentine, the length of the Ladell thirteene ynches d. the breadth 5. ynches and a halfe, some foraine peeces lower. The or∣dinarie Minyon, the mouth three ynches high, the shotte but two ynches three quarters, and weyeth of yron neere three pound, the weyght of the peece about nine hundred, the length of the ordinarie Minion, & shooteth in Pouder three pounde or thereaboute, the length of the Ladell. 13. ynches, the breadth. 5. ynches. &c.

Faucons.

THe Faucon, the heygth of the mouth of the peece. 2. ynches three quarters, the heygth of the shott. 2. and a halfe, the weyght of the yron shotte. 2. and half a quar∣ter of a pound, the weyght of the peece seauen hundred, or seauen hundred and fiftie pound, the length of the peece seauen foote more or lesse, and occupieth in Pouder two pound and a halfe, and the length of the Ladell is twelue ynches and a halfe, the breadth of the plate of the Ladell is. 4. ynches and a quarter. &c.

Some foraine Ordnaunces not so high as the Faucō, and the mouth of the peece. 2. ynches and a halfe high, the shotte. 2. ynches and a quarter high, and weyeth neere one pound three quarters, and the weyght of those peeces sixe hundred, or sixe hundred and fiftie pounde, the length is

as the Faucon, and the charge is in Pouder neere two pounde, the Ladell is eleuen ynches and a quarter, the breadth foure ynches.

A Fauconet, the peece is. 2. ynches and a quarter high, in the mouth, the shotte two ynches high, and the yron shot weyeth one pounde, and neere halfe a quarter of a pound, and the weight of the peece is aboute. 360. or. 400 and the length fiue or sixe foote, and the charge is of Ser∣pentine Pouder, one pounde and a quarter, the Ladel is tenne ynches long, and the breadth of the plate of the La∣dell. 3. ynches three quarters. And thus much I haue said as touching all manner of peeces that shoote yron shotte, thinking this sufficient for instructions. &c.