[25] The men were expected to bring their own swords and knives.
[26] See Sir W. Monson's "Naval Tracts."
[27] The mortality among the sailors was very great.
[28] Circa 1670.
[29] The punishment would have been no less severe a century earlier.
[30] Monson.
[31] Ibid.
[32] Monson.
[33] Ibid.
[34] Captain John Smith.