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A43132 The sizes and lengths of riggings for all His Majesties ships and frigats as also proportions of boatswains and carpenters stores, of all kinds, for eight months sea-service on the coast of England : together with sundry other useful observations, as may appear by the index following / performed by Edward Hayward ... Hayward, Edward, 17th cent. 1660 (1660) Wing H1230; ESTC R19449 27,440 49

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