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Is a saile or any other thing, made of Cantas or the like, which is spread over any part, or all of the Ship, above the Deck, to keep away the Sunne, that thereby in hot countreyes, men may take the ayre, and yet not be so subject to the beames of the Sunne; in all hot voyages, this is of insinite use, both to keep men from the Sunne by day, and the dewes by night, which in some places are wonderfull infe∣ctious.