Boats and ships  Book III, Chapter 15, Section 2b
 



Dutch pleasure boat
 39. He beareth a duch, or Netherlands pleasure boate.


Pleasure boat
 40. He beareth a pleasure boate sable, the couer or cabbin, or Quilt, with a Banner on the sinister end of it Gules. Were this cabine of the same colour or mettle to the boate, then to terme it a pleasure boat is sufficient; for it is to be conceiued, that all such boates haue couers or shads like cabbins in them, to keep the ladies of pleasure from the heat of the sun, as also from wine and raine, of it chance to fall out soe.


Fireship
 41. He beareth a fire ship.


Lighter
 42. He beareth a Liter or Lighter boate, a Gabott, or a coale boate, haueing one mast, with the saile yard drawne to the midle of it.
These are the least sorts of shipping, that passeth the narrow seas, which are decked to secure the hold, but those that onely are occupied in riuers, or armes of the sea; and follow the trade of fishing, are generally open in the midle of the boate, haueing a cabine at each end, or one at the head or sterne end or one in the midle to keep from the extremity of the weather.


Ferry boat
 43. He beareth a Ferry boate, Mast, and Tackle, with a missen or crosse saile.
This kind of Boate is called by the name of a Smack, or a Caruell, with a missen saile, it is used for the transporting of Burthens, passengers, and all sorts of cattle ouer larg riuers, and Armes of the sea. The mast is light, soone taken vp and downe, haueing the saile fixed all along it, like a banner, which being set vp; is set open to the wind, by an other pole set to the mast foot, and the crosse corner of the saile triangular: by the meanes whereof, it doth with a side wind swim away very swiftly. It is much used by Fisher men in the North seas, and is called a drift saile.
The things belonging to a Boate or Skiffe, are Oares, a Mast, a Saile, a Stay, an Halyard sheat, a Boate hooke, Thoughts, Throules, Rudder, Irons, Bailes, a Traw-pawling, or yawning carlings, carling knees for the davitt, the boate wayles, and a dridge, all which are described else where, in shippings termes.


Ferry boat
 44. He beareth a ferry boat with its mast and tackle seene fore right.


Hull
 45. He beareth the Hull of a ship with a maine mast.
This is more largely blazoned by Mr. Gwilliams thus, the hull of a ship, haueing only a maine mast, and a top without any tacklings: ...


Ships blocks
 In the cheife of this quarter I haue hung two necessary Instruments used much about the ship tacklings, and without which the same would be vnserviceable: they are called generally by the name of pulleys, single and double: but in sea mans termes, called Blocks. They are those small wooden things, haueing sheevers in them (that is) little round wheeles, wherein the runing ropes do run.
There are diuerse kinds of them, as single Blocks, double blocks and blocks with 3. 4. or 5. sheevers in them: and are called by the names of the ropes wherevnto they serue.


Mast
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In the dexter base is the forme of an other mast with it top and topmast, with a streamer, or pendant with a double point, hauing a maine yard and saile fixed therevnto, the end whereof is enwrapt about the mast.
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Three masted ship
  46. He beareth a ship with three masts, shrouded, haueing a saile trussed vp and hoised to the top of the maine mast.


Galley
 47. He beareth a Galley vnder full saile; with seuerall Oares on the side of it. This is a Spanish Beareing; which nation, with the Turks, doe much use this kind of vessell on the Mediteranean, and calmer seas; the Rowers therein being so many captiued slaves (which are termed galley slaues) are chained fast to their seat, lest they should rebell against the Ministers of their oppression. The first that made these galleys, was Jason, which Sesostris, King of Egypt used after him.
Gwilliams named them Galleys, makeing no mention of the oares as if they were things dependent to it, and that with out them they are not galleys, but ships, or small frigotts or pinesses. Haueing both sailes, and so many oares on a side, they go with, or against the wind at pleasure; thereby doe much hurt by piracy, no ship being able to follow them.


Ship in distress
  48. He beareth Aire and Water, in the surges or waues a ship in distresse, haueing all its sailes trussed, and Hoisted vp.


Ship in her ruffe
 49. He beareth a Ship in her Ruffe, vnder full saile and streamers flying.

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Ships stern view
 50. he beareth Aire and water, a ship a stern vnder full saile. This is termed a sterne, because it is so foreshortned that very little of the hull can be seene save the sterne, which is wholly in view.


Ships
 51. he beareth Aire and water, a ship an Head or stem, haueing the sailes full, onely the main saile farthelled vp; fireing a Canon or a Gun at an other ship a stern, with her sailes ridding a peeke. These ships are termed one a Stem, one a Head, because that part is most seene, the Lee-board side being foreshortned.
The other a stern, with it sailes furled, or farthelled, set a crosse; which some men term ridding a peeke, or ridding a Broad peeke; that is when they are a crosse on the midle of the masts, as these are. Ships seldome ride in this maner with their mast yards crossed, but in Rivers; and the reason is, lest riding with the yards streight, some ship or other might by chance come foule vpon them, and break their yards. So that by this we may vnderstand, that this ship rideing in it harbour is set vpon by a Pirat, or an enimies man of war. Some terme the sailes thus: Rideing peeked a peeke, or the sailes piked. When you ride among many ships, pike your sailes yards.


Naval battle
 52. He beareth Aire and water, two ships a stern vnder saile, fireing broad sides at each other.
In a sea fight if it be by Navie against Navie, then the ships are diuided into squadrons, which are distinguished by their colours, as the white, red, Blew, or greene squadron. Each squadron consisting of 12. 16. 20. or more or lesse according to the strength and number of ships in the Navie.
A Fleete of shipps, a saile, or a Navie, all the same.


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