[344] Old French, meien.
[345] Acts of the Privy Council, 14th April 1546.
[346] Spanish, forsado.
[347] State Papers (ed. 1830), 15th July 1546, Lisle to Paget.
[348] Roy. MSS. 14 B xxxiii.
[349] Letters and Papers, i, 5762, Council to Wyndham.
[350] Ibid., 14th Sept. 1539.
[351] Harl. MSS., 309. f. 10. These rules were based on the ordinances issued by Richard I, themselves grounded on customs reaching back to the dawn of Mediterranean navigation.
[352] Probably on ‘look out’ is meant, still the most serious offence of which a sailor can be guilty.
[353] State Papers (ed. 1830), March 1546.