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Are small ledges laid over one crosse another like a Portcullisse or a prison gate, those which are called the gratings, are betwixt the maine and fore-masts which doe serve for a close fight, and also for the succour of men, either in hot, or foule weather, with a Tarpawling upon them: There are also in many places of the ship gratings made for aire and light, but chiefely over the Ordnance, for the vent of the smoake of the powder, which comes out of the touch-hole in fight.