Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6788

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                <emph style="bf">Commentary:</emph>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> Mr Baker, mentioned in this and other pages on ship-building, was the shipwright Matthew Baker (1529/30–1613). For further details see: ‘Matthew Baker and the art of the shipwright’ in
                <ref id="johnston_1994"> Johnston </ref>
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          <head xml:space="preserve"> [b].) Length of mastes by calculation in feet, & tenths of a </head>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> The ships:
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            depth: breadth: </s>
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            of
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            the </s>
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            mayne </s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> The tonnes here were
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            found by cubicall proportion.
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            The which Mr Bakers rule
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            doth
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            bring forth
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> The caracte taken by Sr John Burrows 1592. voyadger 2.
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            198.
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            depth. bredth. lengthe. lengthe of the maste. circuit at the parteners. mayne yard.
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> Tonnage by judgement & report. 1600. tonne.
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            by the former rule of Baker. 1457. </s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> The Prince
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            1610.
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            launched
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            Sept. </s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> length. 132f. by the keele (21f rake of the poste, 45f rake of the stern)
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            beake end
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            summe: 220f
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            bredth. 44f
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            width. 18f. maide. likely to draw 19f </s>
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