THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Fisitors being 

 skilfull mari- 

 ners. 



The names and 

 markes of men 

 taken. 



The Pragma- 

 tics or orders 

 of the Con- 

 tractation 

 house. 



[III. 863.] 



Provision of 

 victuals upon 

 othe. 



called Visitors of the shippes, to know whether the sayd 

 shippe or ships be well tackled : whether they have men 

 sufficient : and in every ship every mans name is taken, 

 and if he have any marke in the face, or hand or arme, it 

 is written by a Notarie (as well as his name) appertaining 

 to the Contractation house, appointed for these causes. 

 Also the Master is bound to bring backe every mariner 

 againe, and to leave none behinde him there, upon great 

 paines, unlesse he be a passenger appointed by the King at 

 the court, and bringeth his licence from thence for the 

 same purpose. 



The ship must be well appointed with ordinance of 

 brasse, and yron, according to The orders of their house, 

 of that there must want nothing, and every ship is 

 appointed according to her burthen in all kinde of artil- 

 lerie, as peeces of brasse and yron, hand-guns, cross- 

 bowes, pikes, swords, daggers, targets, and for all ordinance 

 double shot, with powder, with new cables and ankers 

 sufficient for the voyage. And moreover it is ordeined, 

 that the shippes have double sailes, that is, that they 

 bee thorowly sayled, and moreover all newe sayles of fore- 

 sayle, and maine-sayle, of coarse, and bonnet newe made, 

 and kept in some driefat or chest in the same ship ; that 

 if the weather take the one from them, the other may be 

 in readines. 



Every ship must have their master sworne before the 

 sayd Judge of the Contra tacion, that all this is in 

 a readinesse in the shippe, as also so many newe pipes 

 of fresh water, so many buttes of good rackt wine, so 

 many kintals of bread, so many jarres of oyle, so many 

 jarres or Botijas of vineger, so much flesh, so much fish, 

 and such quantitie of every kinde of victuall, as the burthen 

 of the shippe requireth, wherein every shippe according 

 to her greatnesse is appointed by The ordinances of the 

 house : Also so many gunners, so many mariners, so 

 many gromettes, so many pages, and so many souldiers. 

 Then all these aforesaide matters being under Register by 

 the notarie and all things prepared for the voyage, the 



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