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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.
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E. S. (Edward Sharpe), 17th cent.; United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal.
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1615
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STC 21486; ESTC S116306
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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 Â li s d Such a Busse with her Cabins Cook-roome and other roomes fitted for the sea and to this fishing
Dominions at least an C. able Maisters to take Charge of them And another C. of Marriners to goe with them as their Mates and foure C. Saylors to serue vnder the saide C. Maisters that is in all but 600. Marriners and Saylors For I finde in the 35. page of Englands way to win wealth the Author whereof was a Yarmouth man that the last winter but one There were in that one Towne of Yarmouth 300. idle men that could get nothing to do liuing poore for lacke of employment vvho most gladly vvould haue gone to Sea in Pinkes if there had beene any for them to goe in I haue reported his owne words Fishermen And for the foure hundred Fishermen to serue in the C. Busses they would soone be furnished out of those poore Fishers in Small boates as Traules Cobbles c. which fish all about the Coastes which poore men by those small vessels can hardly get their bread and therefore would holde it great preferment to bee called into such Busses where they may haue meat drinke and wages as before is liberally propounded for such Besides which if neede be there are too too many of those pernitious Trinker-men who with Trinker-boates destroye the Riuer of Thames by killing the Fry and small Fish there euen all that comes to Net before it bee eyther meate or Marketable Which Trinkermen if they will not offer themselues may by order and authoriry of our State be compelled to giue ouer that Euil and to follow this good Trade Landme for a Seminary But for the saide 6. C. Land-men to serue in these C Busses we neede not study where to finde them if such shoulde not seeke for seruice in these Busses the verie streets of London and the Subburbs will soone shew afford them if it were so many thousand I thinke Idle Vagrants so extreamely swarme there as all knowe So much for men Nets Nettes will be the hardest matter to prouide at the first yet I vnderstand that the before named Knight Sir William Haruey had in few weekes or moneths prouided all his Nets for his great Busse And my selfe was offered Nettes for halfe a dozen Busses if I would haue had them the last Sommer and if there were now 100. Busses in building I am informed of one that will vndertake to furnish them all with Nets And after these Busses shall once be seene many for their owne gaine will prouide for Hemp twine all necessaries to the making of Nets enough And doubtles Scotland and Ireland will presently afford good helpe in this behalfe Caske Caske will be plentifully serued by Scotland and Ireland though we should make none of English Timber Timber Plank And for all the great and pittifull waste of our English VVoods yet will England afford Timber Plank enough for many Busses but to spare England a while Ireland will yeeld vs Busses enough besides many other good Shippes if need be and Scotland will help vs with Masts but if we would spare so neare home we may help our selues out of Virginia and Sommer-Islands I wis the Dutch who haue no Materials in any Dominions of their owne haue made harder and deerer shifts for their multitudes of Ships of all sorts If they had shifted off the building of Ships because they had no Timber or other shipping stuffe of their owne in their owne Lands what a poore naked seruile people had that free people beene ere this day Touching Vtterance and Sale of Herrings when we Vtterāce or Sale shall haue them I am informed that there is yearely vttered and spent in his Maiesties owne Dominions at least ten thousand Last of Herrings which being serued by our selues will keep in the Land aboundance of Tresure which the Dutch yearely carry out for the Herrings which they catch on our own coasts and sell to vs. Now if such a Busse as aforesaide get yearely C. Last of Herrings as aforesaid then an hundred Busses taking yearely C. Last a peece doe take in all ten thousand Last of Herrings So then his Maiesties owne Dominions wil vtter all the Herrings which C. Busses shal take in a year And then if wee shall haue 500. Busses more I am perswaded we may in France and in Danske in other forraigne parts haue as good and ready sale for them as the Dutch haue for theirs for I heare that the Dutch could yearely vtter double so many as they doe sell if they had them But if that should not bee so surely it were too great pouerty for English mindes like Horses that know not their owne strength to feare to set foote by the Dutch or by any other people vnder Heauen or to feare to speede woorse in any Market or place then they and yet not be driuen to beat down the Markets neither except the Dutch should prooue more froward and food then I can yet mistrust but if they should I will not bee perswaded to thinke but that the worser part would fall out to their share at last If there will bee imployment but for 1000. Busses me thinke they should thanke vs as for many other benefits so for this that wee will bee contented that they share with vs by vsing onely 500. Busses to fish frendly in consort as it were with other 500. Busses of ours But if they should alleadge that they now hauing a thousand shall haue in that case imployment for the other 500 why then perhappes wee may in friendly manner cope with them and buy of them the other 500. of the said Busses I thanke God I neither hate nor enuy the Dutch nay for good and due respects I preferre them to all other forraigne Nations in my loue and they acknowledging vs as they ought wee shall I hope doe them no wrong and they must doe vs right I haue herein bin longer then I meant onely because there came euen now to my minde some reports that I haue heard but doe not beleeue of very foule and insolent dealing of their Busse-men with our poore weake Fisher-men vppon our Coastes But if it were true as I doubt it at least yet I would not hate nor speak euill of a whole State for the sawcie presumptions of a particular man or of a few men and those perhappes prouoked thereto by our owne Double-Beere of England Pirats Enemies It is too true that all seas are too full of Pirats and that amongst them which wee haue great cause to lament our English abound who are too ready to iustifie their lewd errors with the want of imployment It is true also that men are not to get their liuing by sinful violent and vnlawfull courses yet I would they were stript of that colour and pretence which a good fleete of Busses would doe Beside such a fleet of Busses will by Gods grace be soone able to maintaine about them a guard of strong warlike ships wel appointed to defend them And in time of