History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce (1874)
Lindsay, William Schaw · London : Sampson Low · leaf 412
dwere of a superior order, the remainder consistingchiefly of boats temporarily built, and of the mostfragile description. Others place the whole fleet atnot more than eight hundred vessels of every sort,and this number is likely to be the nearest to thetruth. There are now no means of… … It is related that when William meditated hisdescent upon England, he ordered for that purpose 1 It will be observed that in this, as in other boats, in the tapestry,the steersman holds the sheet in his left hand. The man at the mast-head may indicate the sailor whom Wace (who heard the story…
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