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ROCHESTER. Ij
Tnost part they have ever been, they must be sine
that the ship sink not deeper into the water than
they promise ; for otherwise the bows and quarter
will utterly spoil her sailing.
ct That the be slout sided, the same is provided,
and performed by a long bearing floor, and by
sheering * ofs above water, even from the lower
edge of the ports. To carry out her ordnance in
all weather this long bearing ssoor and sheering os
from above the ports is a chief cause, provided
always that your lowest tier of ordnance must be
four feet clear above water when all lading is in;
or else those your best pieces will be of small use
at sea in any grown weather that makes the billows
to rise, for then you shall be enforced to take ia
all your lower ports, or else hazard the ship; as
befel to the Mary Rose, a goodly vesTel, which,
in the days of King Henry VJII. being before the
Isle of Wight, with the rest os the Royal Navy,
to encounter the French fleet, stooped her side,
and took in water at her ports in such abundance
as that she instantly sunk downright, and many
gallant men in her. The captain of her was
Sir Henry Carew, knight, who also perilhed
amongst the rest.
" To make her a good ship for the sea, that is,
to hull and to try well, there are two things espe-
* Curving inwards at the top.
..dally
Tnost part they have ever been, they must be sine
that the ship sink not deeper into the water than
they promise ; for otherwise the bows and quarter
will utterly spoil her sailing.
ct That the be slout sided, the same is provided,
and performed by a long bearing floor, and by
sheering * ofs above water, even from the lower
edge of the ports. To carry out her ordnance in
all weather this long bearing ssoor and sheering os
from above the ports is a chief cause, provided
always that your lowest tier of ordnance must be
four feet clear above water when all lading is in;
or else those your best pieces will be of small use
at sea in any grown weather that makes the billows
to rise, for then you shall be enforced to take ia
all your lower ports, or else hazard the ship; as
befel to the Mary Rose, a goodly vesTel, which,
in the days of King Henry VJII. being before the
Isle of Wight, with the rest os the Royal Navy,
to encounter the French fleet, stooped her side,
and took in water at her ports in such abundance
as that she instantly sunk downright, and many
gallant men in her. The captain of her was
Sir Henry Carew, knight, who also perilhed
amongst the rest.
" To make her a good ship for the sea, that is,
to hull and to try well, there are two things espe-
* Curving inwards at the top.
..dally