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IV. Mar Ci Meibomii de Fabrica TB^l'^EMlVM Liber. 
Amftelodami idji. 2>2 4®. 
THis Difcoorfe treats firfl of the Occafion and Original 
ofShippiog, and relacesj that ic began v/ith Oars , and 
then was improved by Sails ^ and ax !aft was ^v^Gtxkd with [he 
ufeof both* 
In the beginning, for Celerity and Fight, they multiplied 
Qares,and,for fome ftrengthj they fortifyed their fliips with 
ftrong Beaksj as Birds of pray have ftrong Wings and a fiiarp 
Beak. 
He afcribes to the «S^f the firfl: invention of Building 
long Ships for War, and the contrivance of filling them with 
Oares in fach a manner^ that no void fpaces might be left . As 
broader and fliorter Ships were built tor burthen 
Gallies he difthiguifties into Monocrota^whQrcin one or more 
rows of men do fit in the fame level or plain ; a?id Polycrota, in 
which the Rowers fit in divers heighrs,one above another,as in 
Amphi- theaters'^ whence the Biremis^ Triremis^ ^uadriremis^ and 
loon to ihtTeff^raconteris, the biggefl: that we read of^ and 
recorded to have been made by Fhzlopater, 
In the A/o«(?rrf^^he confiders the manner of the Sitting of 
the Rowers; and the /^a^^^/^^/jTjfV^/Ta , or the /pace between the 
two Oares ofthe f&mQ Ferfif or Row, referring the Tri«w/?r<^ 
XothiQ Polycrota Galkys where he hath occafion to examine 
the meafore of the great and Romanfoot an d cabin^ as alfo to 
givethemeaningof the words /^^r/f/j (Gr^ro'^©- orrfpoO-} and 
Next he endeavors ta-expiain in the Galleys that are Polj- 
crota ol^,^, 5^ or more tires of Rowers^ ieated in different 
heights, how thofe men could be placed/ And here he pre- 
tends to have been the firit^ that hath perfeited the way of !ef* 
fening the height of the ancient GaileySj by devifing thefe two 
Expedients 5 by the firfl: of which ( faid to have been publifned 
by him 22 years fince) he affirms to have ihewed ^ fo to place 
