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A11223 Britaines busse. Or A computation aswell of the charge of a busse or herring-fishing ship As also of the gaine and profit thereby. With the States proclamation annexed vnto the same, as concerning herring-fishing. By E.S. E. S. (Edward Sharpe), 17th cent.; United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal. 1615 (1615) STC 21486; ESTC S116306 23,527 48

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BRITAINES BVSSE OR A COMPVTATION aswell of the Charge of a Busse or Herring-Fishing Ship As also of the gaine and profit thereby With the States Proclamation Annexed vnto the same as concerning Herring-Fishing By E. S. LONDON Printed by William Iaggard for Nicholas Bourne and are to be sold at his shop at the South entry of the Royal Exchange 1615. Britaines Busse DIuers Treatises haue bene published heere in England some long since some very lately all of them inviting to the building and employing of English Fishing shippes such as our neighbour Hollanders call Busses Principally to fish for Herrings with which kinde of Fish Almighty GOD of his rich bounty blessed be his name therefore hath abundantly stored his Maiesties Streames on the coasts of England Scotland and Ireland aboue all the knowne parts of the world Foure Bookes I haue seene of this Subiect One called the Brittish Monarchy written An. Dom. 1576. which is nere 40 yeares past The second intituled Hitchcocks new-New-yeares gift printed about 30 yeares since The third named Englands way to win wealth and to encrease Ships and Marriners published within these 2. yeares whose Author I haue heard was trained vppe from his youth and very expert both in Nauigation and Fishing The fourth styled the Trades Increase now newly come abroad In all which foure Bookes but especially in the two last the Necessity Faculty Profit and Vse of that Fishing trade is proponed and handled After I had read three of the former Bookes and before the fourth and last came to light I was much affected with the businesse And the more I consider it the more is my affection confirmed and encreased And out of vehement desire to see this worke which I conceiue to tend so much to Gods glory To the honour of our noble King To the generall strength safety and commodity of all his Maiesties large Kingdomes and Dominions And to the priuate and peculiar benefite and aduancement of euery priuate Vndertaker therein I say out of vehement desire to see this worke in hand the prosperity thereof I enquired as often as conueniently I could what Busses or Fishing Ships were in building on our Coasts or were bought or vsed by any English At length I was informed and that very truely that one Roger Godsdue Esquire of Bucknam Ferry in Norfolke had begun to apply himselfe to this worthy work and had on the Stockes at Yarmoth fiue Busses whereof I vnderstand one is since that time launched and that the other foure are in good forwardnesse But when vpon enquiry after the Gentleman I heard him to be a man of such vndoubted honesty and integrity besides his other vertues and worth Methought I did see God beginning this good businesse in a good hand Soone after I heard that another worthy gentleman namely Sir William Haruie Knight had on the Stockes at Lyme-house in the yard of M. Steuens Shipwright another very faire large Busse neere as big as any Flemish Busse which Busse I did after see my selfe when she was in launching and she is now in the Thames before Radcliffe But beside these two Gentlemen I haue not yet heard of any English that haue yet applyed themselues that way Now because after many considerations of that matter I perceiued that none of the foure Treatises before mentioned had set downe in very plaine particulars the exact charge of Building Manning Victualling and furnishing of such a Busse and of the gaine or profite which by Gods blessing in probability may redounde yearely to the particular Owner and Aduenturer of such a Shippe And conceiuing Hope that the publication of such particulars might be some furtherance of the Action I resolued to bestow my best labours to get such Particulars and to that end I trauailed and conferred with such both Ship-wrights Marriners Fishermen Net-makers and others as I thought to bee able to informe me in the Premisses that so I also might bring Straw or Morter to that noble Building Or that I might picke or teaze Occam or do somwhat that am not able to do much And for that vpon conference with some experienced in this Herring Fishing I am informed that a Busse of thirty fiue Last that is of seauenty Tunne is of a very good and meete size or scantling wherewith in a foure months fishing yearely to make the gaine or profite by Herring onely Heereafter in particular set downe besides her imployment yearely also Cod-fishing c. I haue therefore here imparted such Instructions as I could attaine vnto 1. FIrst of the precise dimentions or proportions of such a Busse of 35 Last That is of 70 Tun. 2. Secondly the vttermost Charges of such a Busse and the particular of all her Mastes Yardes Sailes Flagges Pullies Shiuers Tackling Cables and Anchors together also with her cock-boat and oares 3. Thirdly the particulars of her Carpenters store and of her Stewards store and of her weapons and the charge of them all 4. Fourthly the particulars of her Herring Nets and of the VVarropes and other Ropes Cords and lines Corke Pynbols or Buyes belonging to those Nets with the particular charges of them all 5. Fiftly the particular Tooles and Implements vsed in dressing and packing of the saide Herrings and their particular prizes 6. Sixtly the charge of one hundred Last of Herring Caskes or Barrels and of Salt needefull for the packing of C. Last of Herrings 7. Seuenthly the particular charge of foure months victuals for 16 persons to serue in the saide Busse and the particular charge of Physicke and Chirurgerie helpes for those xvi persons 8. Eightly the particular vtmost wages of the saide xvi persons for the saide foure months 9. Lastly the gaine or profit by Gods blessing hoped for by such a foure months Herring-fishing Afterwards is also set downe the yearely Charges of repayring the saide Busse and of her apparrell and Furniture And also of the said Nets c. Together with the rest of the second yeares Charge and Gaine By which second yeares Charge and Gaine you shall see the charge and gaine of euery year following so long as the Busse lasteth which by Gods blessing and good vsage may well be twenty yeares at least HE that will giue a probable estimate of any Charge must tye himselfe to some particular proportions which hee must admit as the very iust allowances But I would haue none to imagine that I intend these particulars to be such as may not be varied If any be so vaine to make scornfull constructions I holdsuch fellowes not worth the thinking on A Busse of 35 Last that is of 70 Tunnes must be on the Keele in length 50 foot And on the Maine beame 17 And her Rake on the Stem forward 16 And her Rake on the Sterne-post Eastward on 7 And her wast from her lower edge of her Deckledges vnto her Ceelings 13   li s d Such a Busse with her Cabins Cook-roome and other roomes fitted for the sea and to this fishing