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XC.

A Merchant-ship. Navis oneraria.

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A _Ship_, 1. is driven onward not by Oars, but by the only force of the Winds. _Navigium_, 1. impellitur, non remis, sed solâ vi Ventorum.

In it is a _Mast_, 2. set up, fastened with _Shrowds_, 3. on all sides to the _main-chains_. In illo _Malus_, 2. erigitur, firmatus _Funibus_, 3. undique ad _Oras Navis_, to which the _Sail-yards_, 4. are tied, and the _Sails_, 5. to these, which are _spread open_, 6. to the wind, and are hoysed by _Bowlings_, 7. cui annectuntur _Antennæ_, 4. his, _Vela_, 5. quæ _expanduntur_, 6. ad Ventum & _Versoriis_, 7. versantur.

The Sails are the _Main-sail_, 8. the _Trinket_, or _Fore-sail_, 9. the _Misen-sail_ or _Poop-sail_, 10. Vela sunt _Artemon_, 8. _Dolon_, 9. & _Epidromus_, 10.

The _Beak_, 11. is in the _Fore-deck_. _Rostrum_, 11. est in _Prora_.

The _Ancient_, 12. is placed in the _Stern_. _Signum_ (vexillum), 12. ponitur in _Puppi_.

On the Mast is the _Foretop_, 13. the _Watch-tower_ of the Ship In Malo est _Corbis_, 13. _Specula_ Navis and over the _Fore-top_ a _Vane_, 14. to shew which way the Wind standeth. & supra _Galeam_ _Aplustre_, 14. Ventorum Index.

The ship is stayed with an _Anchor_, 15. Navis sistitur _Anchorâ_, 15.

The depth is fathomed with a _Plummet_, 16. Profunditas exploratur _Bolide_, 16.

Passengers walk up and down the _Decks_, 17. Navigantes deambulant in _Tabulato_, 17.

The Sea men run to and fro through the _Hatches_, 18. Nautæ cursitant per _Foros_, 18.

And thus, even Seas are passed over. Atque ita, etiam Maria trajiciuntur.