Was ta’en at sea by Dunkirkers.”
(The Bird in a Cage, O. Pl., viii, 267.)
[25] Carvel, caravel, Italian form of ship in the Middle Ages. Word extant in modern Greek καρὰβι.
[26] Faightes = fightes. Waste-cloths formerly hung about a ship to conceal the men from the enemy. Shaks., Merry Wives of Windsor, Act ii, Scene 2: “Clap on more sails: pursue, up with your fights.” Close fights = close quarters.
[27] Bandeleer = leathern cases or belts containing charges for firelocks, used before modern cartouche-boxes were invented.
[28] Chase peeses = chase-guns, which were placed during an engagement at the chase-ports at the bows.
[29] Written on the opposite blank page of the MS. is: “We gave them 3 chase peeces before they woulde strike.”
[30] Drablings = the drabler, or a piece of canvas laced on the bonnet of a sail to give it more drop.
[31] Spardecke. This is a loose term applied to the quarter-deck, gangways, and forecastle.
[32] The paragraphs inserted between brackets are written, in the original, on the opposite blank page.