[111] S.P. Dom. James I, xli. The 'book of reformation' referred to at [p. 37]. Northampton also made a report direct to the King, which deals, however, only in generalities.—Royal MSS. 18 A, xxxiv.
[112] Pp. [lxiv] and [29] et seq.
[113] Pipe Off. Dec. Accts. 2247. 'New Building the Victory in dry dock at Woolwich;' ibid. 2248, 'Shipkeepers attending the Victory, now named the Prince Royal'; 'New Building the Victory now named the Prince Royal.'
[114] The relative dimensions were: Prince Royal—length of keel 115 ft.; breadth 43 ft.; depth 18 ft. Merhonour—length of keel 110 ft.; breadth 37 ft.; depth 17 ft. Baker built the Merhonour by contract for £3600.
[115] The Resistance.
[116] The Answer. He does not include the Anne Royal, which had just been finished.
[117] The Moon.
[118] 'There are two kinds of furring, the one is after a ship is built, to lay on another plank upon the side of her (which is called plank upon plank). The other, which is more eminent, and more properly furring, is to rip off the first planks and to put other timbers upon the first, and so to put on the planks upon these timbers. The occasion of it is to make a ship bear a better sail, for when a ship is too narrow, and the bearing either not laid out enough, or too low, then they must make her broader, and lay her bearing higher. They commonly fur some two or three strakes under water and as much above, according as the ship requires, more or less. I think in all the world there are not so many ships furred as are in England, and it is a pity that there is no order taken, either for the punishing of those who build such ships, or the utter preventing of it, for it is an infinite loss to the owners, and an utter spoiling and disgrace to all ships that are so handled.'—Mainwaring, Seaman's Dictionary, s.v. Fur.
[119] Addl. MS. 19889.
[120] Harl. MS. 309, f. 68.