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Where he treats of the Biremis Pijirix 5 the Biremh Vallata 
Omraria Cerealis Siracufia j the Biremis and Tiremis turrit a 5 the 
Triremis vallat&^ &c. 
5» Difcourfeth of feveral forts of the Ancients Striidtnre of 
Ships, and chiefly of the great Veflels buiic by Fhilopater and 
Hiero, the pompous make of both which is here reprelented 3 
as alfo of the nuraeroufnefs and launching of their Ships* 
4^ Enumerateth divers ua-comraon Obfervables in Ships 
both of Ancient and Later timeSj zs in Noah' r Ar\^ the Ships 
oiArgo^ Theoris, Farakn, Salamine ^ Magellan^ Drake ^ &cc^ 
To which he adds that Noble Fregat built in England A. 1^,37^ 
called the Soverain^ of 1637 Tuns, having a keel that was to ^ 
be drawn by 28 oxen and 4 horfesj as alfo a Defcription of 
the Sfanijb Armada of rsSS^called the Invincible % rrot forget- 
m^^^Bucentoro of the Venetians nor the Magele^a of the 
Suedes J a Man of war^ appearing at Sea about 100 years fince^ 
and having fides of that thicknefs, that all bullets ftuck withia 
her boards. In this Chapter is inferred a Relation of a Ship 
found in the time of Pius II, in the Numidian Sea, 12 fathoms 
under water, go foot long and of a proportionable breadth, 
built of ^}'/?r^/ and L^m- wood, and reduced to that hardnefsj 
that it would hardly burn • as it was alfo very hard tacut : No 
figns initof any rottennefs any where 5 its deck cover'd with 
paper^ linnen and leaden plates, faUned with guilt nails, as 
alfo were the boards 5 the whole (hip fo clofe,th^t not a drop 
of water was found foakcd through into any clofe room* The 
Author concludeth it to have lain there about 1400 years. 
5, Relateth, what great Fleets were anciently fee our, and 
what far voyages undertaken: where he taketh particular 
notice of the Expedition of the Argonautesy of Xerxes^ of 
Alexander M^oi J{pme^mdi Cartage^oi the Saxons, Britons ^^c^ 
6^ Defcribech what the Antients obferved in Building their 
Ships, and how they clofed^ rigged and beautified them 5 
where occur feveral relations of divers ways of cementing » 
caulkingj pitchingj and defending Ihips from rottennefs and 
worms; of which I fliallonly mention, what oceafronally he 
alledgeth of a certain cement now ufed by the Indians^ 
S33ade of finely beaten reedsj chalky and oyl, with wht'ch 
