[215] In Taylor’s works, 1630, we have a description of a satée: “A satie, which is a ship much like unto an argosey, of a very great burthen and bignesse.”
[216] Meson, an old form of the word “mizzen”.
[217] Stay-sail = a triangular sail hoisted on a stay.
[218] “Tender” is a word used for a stay or a spar, or any kind of beam.
[219] Cervi is an Italian translation of the Greek form ἐλαφόνησος, or stag island, in the Bay of Kolokythia.
[220] Yale = yawl or jolly-boat.
[221] These raw-hide shoes are still worn by Greek peasants, and called τσαρόυκια.
[222] I.e., buyer.
[223] Æn., 2, l. 79.
[224] Iphigen. in Taur., Act v, p. 1205.