doth strike or hitte the ground or water by that proportion the shotte shall rise againe although that it flyeth not so farre in that proportion as long as the shotte hath force or drifte in his flying that is to say if the shott do strike or hitte any thing glauncingly that then it shall glance in that proportion from youwardes and if do strike or hitte anye thing directly then it shall be driuen directly backe agayne if it doe not enter or sticke fast in the thing that it hitteth euen like the shadowe of the Sunne or anye other thing in the water or glasse or such other like As for exāple this If you shoote anye peece of Ordnaunce towardes the water and lay the peece at the poynte blanke and the peece be but little higher than the water then shall the shotte runne grazing in this forme to rise againe by that proportion that it doth hitte the water and so to runne till that the great force be decayed as this example doth shew And furthermore if you doe mount the peece at much aduantage then it will not graze at all if it do graze then it will be made in this manner And furthermore if you doe shoote at any Shippe vpon the water and you do shoote in that peece that do lye very high and the shippe or marke neere hand so that you must giue your leuell downewards then if you doe giue your leuell shorte of the shippe the shot will flye ouer the Shippe by the meanes of the direct hitting of the water for that the shot doth glaunce from the water by that proportion that it doth hitte the water as by this example So that you may iudge by this example by what proportion the shotte doth graze either vppon the water or the lande but the water is the more certayner and truer if it bee smooth and calme for that the water is not harder in one place than it is in another as the ground is or may bee and the directer that it hitteth eyther the ground or the water the more it doth kill the force of the shotte and by this meanes it will flye the lesser way and the more glauncingly that it doth hitte eyther the ground or the water the oftner it it doth glaunce or graze and the further it flieth c. CHAPTER 24. Howe to batter the walles of any Towne as well by night as by day ALthough it hath not beene commonly vsed yet notwithstanding it may be easily done for to plant their Ordnance so that they may batter or beat down the walles of a Towne as well by night as by day although the night be neuer so darke And also there shal no light appeare vnto the enimie as thus First after that your Ordnaunce is placed for your batterie and you haue begunne to batter then the peeces being made ready for to shoote at the wall or place that you do mean to shoote at and that you would continue for to shoote at the place all the night then take a plommet of leade vpon a line or string the peece being right vpon the marke that you do meane to shoote at then with a plōmet and the line first plome the middle of the mouth of the peece downe to the grounde and looke where the leade falleth to the ground there make a mark vpō the ground and then in like manner plome the very middle of the taile of the breeche of the peece vnto the grounde and there make a mark also vpon the ground and then draw a right line from the one place vnto y e other as long as you list then that right line wil lye right vpon the mark thē take a large great Quadrant set out with degrees parts of degrees the Quadrant for to haue a rule fastned vnto it and then the peece being laid ready for to shoote at the marke hauing the true height of the marke that is to say that the hollow or concauitie of the peece doe lye right vpon the marke neither higher nor lower then put the rule into the mouth of the peece and looke at what degree or place that the plummet line dothe hang vppon then note that in some Booke or paper and then when that the night is come and that you doe meane to shoote as well by night as by day then first with your plommet of leade vppon a line then plome the mouth of the peece right vppon the line that is vnder the peece and that will laye the peece right vppon the marke and then in like manner take the Quadrante and putte the rule into the mouth of the peece and then koyne the peece vppe and downe till that the plommet line doth fall vppon that degree and place that it did before and then that in like manner will giue the peece the true heigth of the marke without any fayle And for the see whether that the plommette line doth hang vppon the degree or place that it did before and also to knowe by the line and the plommette with the lyne vppon the grounde vnder the peece for to laye the peece ryghte vppon the marke there muste bee prepared a close Boxe lyke a Lan-Lanterne made with boordes with a dore or a lidde for to open and shutte to the intente to see how the plommet doth hang and so forthe as for example supposing that at the seege of a Towne the Ordnaunce being placed and had battred al the day to cōtinue that they shoulde not make vp their breach in the nighte and furthermore that the breach shoulde be made wyder in the morning then they wente vnto the middle batterie called the persers and there tooke a plommet of leade and a lyne the peeces beeing all charged and leuelled vnto the breache and markes appoynted and firste the plommet at the middle of the mouth of the peece and then righte vnder the plommet they do driue in an yron pinne and then in like manner at the tayle of the peece they plome the peece and righte vnder the plommet they driue another pinne into the ground and for that they could not draw a perfite line they made a line or string fast longer than the length of the distance of the two pinnes by two yardes and the line or threed did come righte ouer the head of those two pinnes and so passed a yard further at both the ends than the two pinnes thus they did lay euery peece at that plate and then the peeces lying still ready to haue fire giuen vnto them then they take their Quadrant beeing very large of two foote in the semy Dyametre that is to say from the Senter of the circle end euery degree was set out in foure partes and put the rule into the mouth of the peece and the plommet line did hang at one degree and a quarter iust and that they did note in a booke for remembrance and this being done they shotte off theyr peeces And now
when that the nighte was come and the same very darke and the mornyng very foggy or that they could not see the walles of the Towne yet they battered the walles of the Towne as perfitely all the night and as well as though it had bin by day for euery time y t they had charged all their peeces they did this first they did plome the mouth of the peece and likewise at the taile of the peece right vppon the line that was vnder y e peece right vpon the mark and then they toke their Quadrant and put their rule into the mouth of the peece thē koined the tayle of the peece vp and downe till that the plummet line did fall vpon that degree and place that it did before the nighte and that was at one degree and a quarter iust and thus when they had laid all their peeces then they shotte them off and charged them agayne and so contiūed all the night long And so in this manner they may in like case handle the two side batteries but and if that it chance that the battering peeces doe lie vppon hygher ground than the place that is battered then y e rule that is fastned must be vnto that place wheras the plommet is made fast vnto for that the degrees goeth downewards towardes the lower ground as you may see by these two figures CHAPTER 25. How to plant Ordnaūce by night to batter the walles of any Towne or displace any Ordnaunce in any Bulwarkes or any such other like as well by night as by day YEt furthermore there maye be meanes founde that if there be any Ordnaunce placed that doth damage or hurte you and that you maye not come at it by no meanes in the daye for to displace their Ordnaunce but vnto your greate hurt and losse both of men and Ordnaunce yet you may displace them by nighte neere as well as by day both for to place youre Ordnaunce in the night and also for to shoote perfitly vnto the place in the night although the nighte bee neuer so darke and then if that you doe see cause when that you haue beaten or displaced theyr Ordnaunce you maye carye awaye youre Ordnaunce before it is daye as thus First prepare an Astrolobe the larger the better and then two stakes or pinnes of yron like to a foote long or there aboutes according vnto your discretion and also a sledge or beetle to driue those stakes or pinnes into the grounde and then viewing the grounde meete for the purpose a reasonable distance from the place that you doe meane to beate in the nighte goe into that place in the daye tyme and firste where you doe meane for to lay your Ordnaunce there dryue in one of youre stakes and then in lyke manner goe backawardes about twentye foote and stande so that you maye see the marke that you doe meane to shoote at ouer the toppe of the sticke that you haue dryuen and then there in that very place dryue your other stake and then goe a little backewardes more and viewe whether that the two stakes stand as one right line vnto the marke and if that they doe not you maye amende them and sette them ryghte then take youre Astrolobe and holde that vppon youre thombe by the ringe and then turne youre Athilleyday or Rule wyth the two sightes that is on the backe side of the Astrolobe vppe and downe tyll that you maye see that place that you doe meane to shoote at thorough the two syghtes of the Athilleyday holdyng that vppe before youre eyes winking wyth one of youre eyes standing at that place where you doe meane for to place youre Ordnaunce that is betweene the two stakes then looke vppon the Athilleyday or Rule wyth the two sightes at what degree and place that the ende doth pointe vnto then remēmber to write that degree and place it in some Booke or Table for that it is finished then in the nyghte you may bring your Ordnaunce vnto that place between the two stakes and then place one of your peeces righte betweene the two stakes and then take a threed or line and make that fast vnto the two stakes and that shall lay the peece right vpon the marke And then for to place the rest they must doe this First on the one side measure out iust how many foote you doe meane to lay your peeces in distance asunder then from the line of the stake measure it truly and there make a marke or driue a stake and then at the other end at that certayne distance there in like manner driue another stake then betweene those two stakes place another peece and then make a line fast vnto those two stakes and that in like maner shal lay the peece right vppon the marke and then you may place another peece vppon the other side of the peece and so forth And then when your Ordnaunce is all charged then plome the middle of the mouth of the peece right vpon the line vnderneth the peece and then in like manner the middle of the taile of the peece to be plomed that it stand right ouer the line vnderneath the peece and then take your Quadrant with the rule fastned vnto it and put the rule into the mouth of the peece and then koyne the peece vp and downe till the plommet line do fall vpon that degree and place that the Athilley day did pointe vnto vppon the Astrolobe and that shall giue the peece the true height of the marke As for example suppose this after the breach in the wall of the Towne was made sautable there the flanckes lay so that they coulde not come neere vnto the breache neyther could they plant their Ordnaunce for to displace those flanckes but that they shoulde bee beaten from their Ordnaunce to their great losse and hinderance therefore firste they prepared an Astrolobe of the largest sort two pinnes of yron made sharp at the endes to goe into the ground and then they caused an assaulte to be giuen vnto the contrary side of the towne and whilest they helde them play there then two or three chose out thyr groūd meete for their purpose and ther droue one pinne and then they went backe twenty foote and right against that pinne they droue another pinne so euē that the two pinnes and the place of the bulwarke where the flankers lay were all there vpon one right line and then one of thē tooke the Astrolobe hanging it perpendicularly vpright then they turned the Athilley day vp and downe till hee mighte see thorough both the sightes the very place that the flanckers lay and then they departed and wente their way and looked vpon what degree the poynte of the Athilley day stoode vpon and found it to be vpon iust two degrees and a halfe and that they wrote in a booke for remembrance and then after a night or two when they saw their time the nighte being very darke then they carried three
ynches d. high doth wey 58. pound A shot 7. ynches three quarters high doth wey 64. lb. A shot 8. ynches high doth wey 71. pound A shot 8. ynches a quarter high doth wey 78. pound A shot 9. ynches high doth wey 101. pound A shot 10. ynches high doth wey 138. pound A shot 11. ynches high doth wey 184. pound A shot 12 ynches high doth wey 240. pound A shot 13. ynches high doth wey 305. pound A shot 14. ynches high doth wey 380. pound CHAPTER IIII. To dispart any peece of Ordnaunce truely OF all thinges belonging vnto a Gunner the chiefest is to bring the mettall of hys peece euen for else hee shall neuer shoote iust to his marke which Gunners call disparting of their peeces and there be many wayes to do it Nowe to disparte your peece do this take a string such a one as will not stretch then gird your peece about hir tayle or great ende in the very biggest place of the peece then measure the line iustly how many ynches the peece was in the compasse and then looke howe many 22. ynches there be in the cōpasse take so many 7. ynches for the Dyametre highte or thicknes of the circle for in al circles being perfect round as timber stone or any other mettall looke howe many 22. ynches there be in the circumference or compasse so many times 7. there is in the Diametre or height then the height or thicknes of y e breech of y e peece beeyng knowen looke how many ynches and partes of an ynche it commeth vnto then lay that vnto the mouth of the peece and looke howe muche of that doth remayne ouer then take halfe of that for your dispart But some doe vse to gird them as afore is saide and do put that into three equall partes but that is not the exacte way although it dothe goe somewhat neere the matter Some also wyll take a priming yron and put it into the tutchhole and then lay it vnto the mouth of the peece and looke what it commeth vnto more than the measure they will take that for their dispart but that maye deceiue them as it is generally false Wherefore this is a verye good way to take youre rule of two foote long and then laye that crosse the tayle of the peece then take a plummet of lead vpon a line or a string First holde the plumbe line on the one side close to the peece that the line touche the peece without any bending then on the other side as circumspectly as you can that the plummet line touch the side of the peece without any bending and then laye that measure to the mouthe of the peece and looke what the ouermeasure commeth vnto take halfe of that for youre true dispart Nowe for youre better instructions by thys figure Now as concerning chambred peeces for the disparting of them there can be no perfecte writing for it must be considered and handled according vnto the forme of the Chamber and fashion of the hall of the peece whether it be Sling Foller Portepeece or Baces but any reasonable man when hee doth see the peece and the Chamber may easily know what he must doe as touching those matters CHAPTER 5. How to giue leuell with any peece of Ordnaunce to make a shotte as the most sortes of Gunners vse to doe although there be no Arte in it FOr the making of a shotte that is to saye to giue leuell vnto anye marke assigned with a peece of Ordnaunce without the right line according vnto the accustomable manner that Gunners vse for that they doe not knowe the distance vnto the marke and therefore doe but giue a gesse what aduantage will reach the marke and if that it be with an ynch rule then thus they doe First by their iudgmentes they doe giue that so manye ynches aduantage as they suppose will reach the marke and then by the first lighting or falling of the shot hee doth see whether it be shorte or gone ouer the marke and if it be shorte then at the next shooting hee will giue the peece more aduantage by the ynch rule and if it bee ouer then he will giue the peece lesse aduauntage with the ynche rule and so by diuers times shooting off the peece at a marke they will finde howe many ynches and partes will keepe the length of the marke And if they doe not shoote with an ynche rule then they will giue the peece the aduauntage by some assigned place beyonde the marke that they doe shoote at and if the shotte doe light shorter then they will giue the peece more aduantage at the next shotte and if the shotte be farther then the mark then they will giue the peece lesse aduantage at the next shotte And so by often shooting at the marke they will hitte the length of the same and then knowing at what marke the peece must bee mounted vnto righte ouer the marke then they alwayes mounte the peece vnto that aduantage and they shall alwayes keepe the length of the marke with that peece at that marke the peece to bee laden alwayes equally with Pouder But by this order of shooting hee shall neuer become cunning although he shoote a thousand shootes for that there is no methode or order in the doing thereof but onely with that peece at the marke for if you doe shoote with another peece at that marke although the peece dothe shoote that shotte and that weighte in Pouder the peece maye shoote vnder or ouer by the meanes of the length of the same or the bignesse or smalnesse of the breech and the mouth of the peece in mettall And to bring that peece vnto any other place they must doe as at the first to proue what will reach the marke and therefore this kind of shooting is to no purpose but onely in a Towne or Castell in the time of seruice for him that hath the charge of Ordnaunce to proue what the peece will doe at euery marke as touching the keeping of the length of the marke wherby they may the better shoote at their enemies when they doe serue otherwise it will be to no great purpose for as often as you doe alter or chaunge your peece or take that peece away to serue in an other place so oft you are to seeke and to proue the thinge newe againe whether you doe vse to shoote with the ynch rule or by the degrees in the Quadrant for if you doe shoote with the ynch rule then the length of the peece wil alter it as is shewed in the 8. chapter following And if you shoote by the degrees in y e Quadrant then the highnesse or lownesse of the ground shall cause them to erre as I doe shew in the thirteenth Chapter Wherefore if I were worthy to giue counsell I could shew them how to vse the matter that they might atteyne to know the length of the marke at the first shotte but I neuer saw it so handled
whereby they should atteine it for all the proofes that haue beene made as yet by Englishmen are no proofe but altogether to cause them that did see the proofe to committe further errour as touching the distance vnto the marke or hitting the length of the marke CHAPTER 6. What a degree is c. FUrthermore wheras this book is nam◠The Arte of shooting in great Ordnaunce so in like manner I thinke it conuenient to shew you what the word Arte meaneth or signifieth which is the describing of a way or methode how to atteyne to the certayntie of any matter Which as hitherunto I haue not seen any such book althogh it hath been very neer two hundred yeeres since the first inuentiō of Ordnaunce and excepte there bee any better booke in some mens hands such as I haue not seene as it is like ynough that there may be there is no Arte in any of them yet I haue seene a number of bookes that haue beene written concerning Ordnance but surely they that wrote thē were not seene in any part of y e Mathematical science neither good Machanisians but in respect vtterly voyd of any science in comparison no good order described in the shooting of Ordnaunce to knowe what distance the shotte is deliuered from the peece neyther haue they knowen what instruments haue meaned And although they haue named degrees in their bookes yet it appeareth vnto me that they haue not knowledge what a degree signifieth for that they haue named a Quadrant a Triangle and other food and foolish by names Wherefore they that haue written those bookes that the Gūners haue amongst them were vtterly vnlearned in any manner of science which were in the beginning in the time of King Henry y e eight made by Flemmings for in the wars in those daies the King sent ouer into Flaunders and those parts thereabout to haue Gunners to serue him in the warres the Gunners haue no other bookes but such as were written by them wherefore I do thinke it good to shew vnto you what a degree is A degree is a parte or deuision of a whole circle into 360. equall parts as the the auncient fathers aforetime haue taught and especially in Astronomy And it is very profitable for Gunners to knowe the vse of them The Quadrant that they doe occupie is the fourth part of a circle deuided into 90. equall parts according vnto y e fourth part of the Heauens for the zeneth or pricke in the Heauens ouer the Crowne of your head downe to the Horizon is deuided into 90. equall partes according vnto the Quadrant As for example If there were a perpendicular line let downe out of the Heauens vnto the earth then should the earth be a right line and make a square angle vnto the furthest parte of the Horizon that you can see and so passe vnto the Heauens as doth the Quadrant and then the best of the Rander is 45. of these deuisions called degrees as some mens opinion hath been and that is half 90. and the said 45. degrees be the best of the Rander in some cases and that is with the winde but otherwise it is not as it is further declared in the 5. Chapter And for better example I haue placed this figure CHAPTER 7. Howe to make a shotte vpon the right line and also to know how much ground any peece of Ordnaunce doth driue or conuey the shot at the mount of euery degree of the Rander FUrthermore any peece of Ordnaunce being truly disparted as is declared in the fourth Chapter they may know at al times how for to shoote iust vnto the mark especially within point blank point blanke is the direct fleeing of the shot without any descending from the mouth of the peece vnto the mark y e mouth of the peece to stand directly with the Horizon so that it be vpon a plaine and leuell ground as far as y e peece may cast hytting any thing that standeth directly as hygh as the mouth of the peece laying the hollowe or concauitie of the peece against the thing that you doe shoote at c. And to shoote at anye marke vppon the right line you shall doe it by this meanes your peece being truely disparted and the dispart sette vppon the mouth of the peece bringe the middle of the tayle of the peece to the toppe of your disparte vppon the mouth of the peece and the marke that you doe shoote at all three vppon one right line by the sight of one of your eyes and then foreseeing that the peece standeth vppon a leuell grounde and the one wheele to bee as nimble as the other this doone there is no doubte but you may shoote as neere the marke with a Cannon as with a Hargabus or Caliuer This is most certaine Therefore it is very necessary to know how far any peece wil conuey the shot vpon the right line that is somewhat hard to do for there is seldome any grounde but is higher in one place than in another and then if the peece should bee layd close vnto the ground it woulde graze before that it were at the end of the right line and then if the peece be in her carriage the shotte will not graze before that it were descended as much as the height of the carriage And for to set vp any thing certaine at the end of the right line it were too tedious therefore in my opinion this is one of the best wayes in the finding what distance any peece conuayeth or driueth the shotte vppon the right line or any degree of the Rander as thus Repaire vnto a very leuell ground as a plaine marrish that is iust water leuell and then to finde the right line or point blanke rayse a butte or banke in that plaine grounde and then sette vppe a marke the iust height of the peece that lyeth in the carriage and take a quadrant with a rule fast thereunto and put the rule into the mouth of the peece and coyne the breech of the peece vp and downe vntill the plummet hang at the corner of the Quadrant and then shall the Concauitie of the peece lye right with the Horyzon neyther higher nor lower then shoote off the peece against the butte if the shotte bee vnder the marke it is more then the right line then you must bringe the peece neerer vnto the butte banke or marke but if it be the iust height of the marke then remooue the peece farther off from the marke and so remoouing the peece for wardes and backwardes you shal finde the true right line of the peece By this order you may trye the true right line of all manner of peeces of Ordnaunce And whereas the opinion of diuers Gunners is the one contrarie vnto the other some holding an opinion that the longer peece doth ouershoote the shorter and some that the shorte doth ouershoote the longer the troth is that the longer peece doth shoote further than the
is thirtie skore more then the peece can reach vppon the right line therefore you must mount the peece till it be able to reach the marke and that is at the mount of foure degrees as it doth appeare by the examining of the seauenth Chapter and there you shall finde it to appeare to be at the mounte of foure degrees nowe that being knowen take your Quadrant and take the number of degrees that the hill is in height higher then the ground that you stand vpon and that is done as before is declared and then you finde that the marke is fiue degrees higher than the grounde that your peece lyeth vpon then adde that number vnto the other and that maketh in all nine degrees iust for that the peece is moūted foure degrees for to reach the marke and fiue degrees for the height of the marke whiche is higher grounde than that the peece doth lye vpon then laying the peece right vppon the marke there is no doubt but that you must needes make a perfite shotte and to lay the peece right vpon the mark the peece being mouuted as before is said then take a plummet of leade vpon a small line or string and lette that be holden vp at the breech at the very end of the peece euen at the very middle of the tayle of the peece then stand directly behind the peece and wind the peece till you doe see the midle of the mouth of the peece and the marke all three vpon one right line by the sight of your eye winking with one of your eyes and there is no doubt but your peece doth lye right vpon your marke and so forth And nowe in like manner if you doe mak a shotte towards a valley and the marke more then the peece will reach vppon the righte line then knowing the distance vnto the marke mounte the peece till it be able to reach the marke then turne your Quadrant that the sight go downewards the plummet hanging at libertie then you may see how many degrees the ground is lower then the ground that the peece doth lye vpon and rebate so many degrees as that number commeth vnto and laying the peece right vpon the marke there is no doubt but you shall make a perfite shotte as by an example with that peece and at that distance before rehearsed to a marke in a valley the ground being lower at the marke you shoote at by three degrees then that ground that the peece doth lye vpon now you must mount the peece foure degrees to reach the marke and then you must rebate three of those degrees for the lownesse of the marke and then you may conclude that the peece being mounted but one degree it doth shoote that distance that it did at nine degrees And the reason thereof is most manifest for that the one is vp the hill and the other downe the hill And furthermore with that peece and at that distance before spoken of and also at that number of degrees downe the hill that the other was vp the hil that was at fiue degrees now foure degrees will reach the marke vpon a plaine leuell ground but for that it is downe the hill you must rebate fiue degrees Wherefore you may conclude that the peece must bee leuelled with the Quadrant one degree vnder the poynt blaucke that is to saye lower then the Horizon by one degree for that the deepenesse of the valley is the cause thereof Wherefore in mine opinion it is better for Gunners to vse to giue leuell with an ynch rule as I do afore declare in the eight Chapter for I doe know that this is the cause that hath deceiued a greate number that are meanly seene in those matters and for lacke of considering of those causes that may happen or chaunce hath discouraged many that would haue been wel seene in those matters CHAPTER 14. Howe to make a perfite shotte vpon the lande at the brode side of a Shippe that is vnder sayle and going FUrthermore for the making of a perfite shotte vpon the lande at a shippe that is vnder sayle in a Riuer the chiefest matter is to haue good Pouder that the peece may goe off so soone as shee hath fire giuen vnto her and to shoote at her brode side doe this First before she commeth to you view at what proportion she commeth that is to say whether that she commeth in the middle or vnto any of the sides or vnto any other proportion then your peeces beeing truely disparted lay your peece against some marke vpon the further side of the Riuer that being done then koyne vp the tayle of the peece till the top of the dispart standeth with that proportion which the ship commeth vpon that being done then it is good for you to haue another imagined marke somewhat neerer the Shippe besides that marke which the peece lyeth vpon like a twentie foote according vnto the way of the Shippe for if that the Shippe haue fresh way then giue fire vnto the peece or peeres twentie or thirtie foote before that the Shippe commeth vnto your thwart marke that the peece lyeth right against and this being discretely done there is no doubt but you shall make a perfect shot And furthermore if it be vppon the Sea coast where there is no land seene vpon the further side then take a thwart marke by some Cloude that is alow neere the Horizon And furthermore if that any shippe doe go directly from you wards or else come directly to youwards then it is a small matter to make a perfect shatte that is to say if that her head or sterne be towards your Ordnaunce c. CHAPTER 15. Howe to make a shotte out of one Ship vnto another that although the Sea be wrought or out of a Galley to a Shippe AS for Gunners that do serue by the Sea must obserue this order following First that they doe foresee that all their great Ordnaunce be fast breeched and foresee that all ther geare be handsome and in a readinesse And furthermore that they bee very circumspect about their Pouder in the time of seruice and especially beware of their limstockes candels for feare of their Pouder their fireworks their Ourum which is very daungerous and much to bee feared Then furthermore that you do keepe your peeces as neer as you can dry within and also that you keep their tutchholes cleane without any kinde of drosse falling into thē And furthermore it is good for the Gūners to view their peeces and for to know their perfect dispart and marke it vpon the peece or else in some Booke or Table and name euery peece what it is and where she doth lye in the ship and name how many ynches and half ynches and quarters of ynches the dispart commeth vnto and then in time of seruice although that you haue no time to set vppe your disparte you may consider of it and doe it well ynough And furthermore if