Tiller.
The Helme, and the tiller is all one, therefore (Vide Helme) only the word tiller is most properly used for that which we Steere the Boate by; as they say, Give me the tiller of the Boat, not the Helme, yet it is all one in use.
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The Helme, and the tiller is all one, therefore (Vide Helme) only the word tiller is most properly used for that which we Steere the Boate by; as they say, Give me the tiller of the Boat, not the Helme, yet it is all one in use.