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By speaking of the mettle of a peece of Ordnance, is com∣monly meant, not the quality, but the quantitie of the mettle whereof it is made: (as to dispert the mettle: Vide dispert: (When they say, the Peece is laid under-mettle, that is, with her mouth lower then the breetch; or contrary, she lies over-mettle if the mouth lie higher then
the breetch: and if she lie point-blancke, then they say, she lies right with her mettle: So that it is seemes, because the breetch hath most mettle, they doe more singularly attribute the word mettle to that, then any other. If a Peece have much mettle in any part, they say, she is well fortified, and so contrary.