The mariners magazine, or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts containing the description and use of the scale of scales, it being a mathematical ruler, that resolves most mathematical conclusions, and likewise the making and use of the crostaff, quadrant, and the quadrat, nocturnals, and other most useful instruments for all artists and navigators : the art of navigation, resolved geometrically, instrumentally, and by calculation, and by that late excellent invention of logarithms, in the three principal kinds of sailing : with new tables of the longitude and latitude of the most eminent places ... : together with a discourse of the practick part of navigation ..., a new way of surveying land ..., the art of gauging all sorts of vessels ..., the art of dialling by a gnomical scale ... : whereunto is annexed, an abridgment of the penalties and forfeitures, by acts of parliaments appointed, relating to the customs and navigation : also a compendium of fortification, both geometrically and instrumentally / by Capt. Samuel Sturmy.

PROP. I. The Wind is fair.

The Wind is fair, though but little; he comes well, as if he would stand; there∣fore up a hand and loose fore Top-sail in the Top, that the Ships may see we will Sail; Bring Cable to the Capston, have up your Anchor, loose your Fore sail in the Brailes; put abroad our Colours, loose the Misne in the Brailes. Is all our men on board? Those that be on Shore may have a Towe, and be blest with a Ruther; ••f ••r we will stay for no man. Come my Hearts, have up your Anchor, that we may ha•••• a good Prize. Come, Who say Amen? One and all. Oh brave Hearts, the Anc••or 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a Peck; have out fore Top-sail, have out main Top-sail, hawl home the Top-sa•••• Sheets. The Anchor is away, let fall your Fore-sail, hoise up your fore Top-sail, hoise up your main Top-sail; up and loose the Main-sail, and set him; loose Sprit-sail, and Sprit-sail Top-sail. A brave Gale. Bring the fore-Tack to the Cat-head, and trim our Sails quartering; hoise up our small Sails; have out the Misne Top-sail and set him. Now we are clear, and the Wind like to stand; hoise in our Boats before it is too much Sea; aboard Main-tack, aboard Fore-tack, a Lee the Helmne handsomly, and bring her to easily, that she may not stay. Breace the Fore-sail and Fore-top-sail to the Mast, and hawl up the Lee-Bowlings, that the Ship may not stay; pass Ropes for the Boot on the Lee-side, and be ready to clap on your Tackle, and hoise them in; stow them fast. Let go the Lee-Bowling of Fore-sail, and Weather-Braces. Right your Helmnes, hale aft the Fore-sheet, trim the Sails quartering as before: Let go the Sprit sail Breales, and haft of the Sheets; and hoise up the Sprit-sail Top-sail, and other small Sails. Set the main Stay-sail, and fore Top-sail, Stay-sail and Misne Stay-sail, and main Top-sail, Stay-sail and leese in your Boonets, that we may make most of our way. To our Station, and clear your Ropes. Come, get up our steering Sails. The Lee steering Sails of Main-sail, and Main-top-sail, Fore-sail and Fore-top-sail only; for they will set fairest, and draw most away. I have on purpose omitted several Words, by reason I would not trouble the Reader with such indiffe∣rent things as is conceived by all Mariners to be done; as Cooning the Ship, Breasing, Vereing, and haleing aft, and hoising, looring, and the like: but it is to be suppo∣sed all to be done at the same time. Thus have you a brave Ship under all her Sails and Canvas, in her swiftest way of Sailing upon the Sea. Now let us have her right before the Wind.