Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · London : Sidgewick & Jackson, litd · leaf 246
form, and only a shortquarter-deck. There was no such thing as triangularsails on the full-rigged ships of those days. Therewas, indeed, a spritsail, which was a squaresail set ona yard depending from the long, steeved bowsprit,and this was the only headsail. The foremast and main-mast each set a… … Sixteenth-Century Ship Chasing a Gallky. By a Contemporary Artist. The lead of the ropes, the parrals round the masts, the rigging andother details are here most instructively shown. p- 100 THE ELIZABETHAN AGE the lower yard on the bigger ships, a round top orplatform from which quick-firing guns…
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