[36] In Henry V's expedition to Harfleur he took with him, among others, two big guns known as the "London" and "the King's Daughter".
[37] Sometimes called Hugget.
[38] Compiled from five authorities, who differ slightly.
[39] Lat., coluber, a serpent.
[40] In 1586 "gunners were provided with milk and vinegar to cool their pieces".
[41] There may have been some 68-pounder carronades in action.
[42] If we except the Neptune, which was built by a foreign Government and eventually acquired by the Royal Navy.
[43] It would perhaps be more correct to call the Lord Nelson and Agamemnon contemporaries of the Dreadnought. They were practically experimental ships offering an alternative type. The cost of thirty of these ships would have been the same as that of twenty-nine Dreadnoughts. The annual upkeep of twenty-nine Dreadnoughts would be less by £15,000 than that of thirty Lord Nelsons.
[44] i.e. Corneilius Van Drebbel.
[45] Sides.