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tarred all winter. But if the ship is placed on timbers too 

 late to be coated in the fall, tar it when spring opens and 

 let it dry thoroughly afterwards. Always buy shares in 

 good vessels or in none at all. Keep your ship attractive, 

 for then capable men will join you and it will be well 

 manned. Be sure to have your ship ready when summer 

 begins and do your traveling while the season is best. 

 Keep reliable tackle on shipboard at all times, and never 

 remain out at sea in late autumn, if you can avoid it. If 

 you attend carefully to all these things, with God's 

 mercy you may hope for success. This, too, you must 

 keep constantly in mind, if you wish to be counted a 

 wise man.J^aj^vou oughtjieyerjbojej: , a, day pass with- . 

 out learning something that will profil^oiuJBe not like 

 those who think it bejQejELththeir~~4ignity-to hear or learn 

 from others such thin^^3ZB-a^--imritfr-ava41r4hem much 

 i if the,y_Jbie:ffi.Jiiem^ as great 



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There remain a few minor matters that ought to be 

 mentioned. Whenever you travel at sea, keep on board 

 two or three hundred ells of wadmal of a sort suitable 

 for mending sails, if that should be necessary, a large 

 number of needles, and a supply of thread and cord. It 

 may seem trivial to mention these things, but it is often 

 necessary to have them on hand. You will always need 

 to carry a supply of nails, both spikes and rivets, of such 

 sizes as your ship demands; also good boat hooks and 

 broadaxes, gouges and augers, and all such other tools 

 as ship carpenters make use of. All these things that I 

 have now named you must remember to carry with you 



