Chapter 6, Item 88d
Pumps
There are three sorts of Pumps. The first is this Common or Land Pump.
The next is the Bur-Pump, or Budge-Pump, because they hold much water; The maner of these are to have a staffe 6 7 or 8 foot long with a Bur of wood, where unto the Leather is nailed, this serveth in stead of a Box. And so two men standing over the Pump do thrust down upon this staffe to the middle whereof is fastned a rope for 6 8 or 10 to hale by, and so they pull it up and down the water.
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Chapter 6, Item 88e
Pumps for seamen
There are also Pumps made of Cane or Latin, which Sea men put down into the Caske, to pump up the drink; for they use no Spickets.
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