Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · London : Sidgewick & Jackson, litd · leaf 250
Waist, Quarter-deck, and Poop of the Revenge.(Elizabethan period.) He goes into the subject with great thoroughness andpoints out that allowance must be made for the wind,and how to secure good aim. The cannon are to beplaced so as to be right in the middle of the ports of theship, and care is to… … Sixteenth-Century Three-Masted Ship. By a Contemporary Artist. The date on the stern is 1564. Notice the man in the maintopdowsing main topsail. ■p. 192 THE ELIZABETHAN AGE on it is essential to have a good helmsman that canstirre steadie. The best time to fire at the other vesselis when the latter…
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