¶ An Armado, or Navy, of 103. Ships & other Vessels; who have the Art to Sail by Land, as well as by Sea. Morally Rigged, Manned, Munitioned, Appointed, Set forth, and Victualled, with 32. sorts of Ling: with other Provisions of Fish & Flesh. By John Taylor. The Names of the Ships, are in the next Page. Anno Millimo, quillimo, trillimo. LONDON, Printed by E. A. for H. Gosson. 1627. ¶ The names of the Ships, with the number of their Squadrons. 1 The Lordship wh●se Squadron were of Ships & other Vessels, 12. in al. 2 The Scholarship with 10. others in all. 3 The Ladyship, with 12. others. 4 The Goodfellow SHIP, with 12. others. 5 The Appprentice SHIP, with 4. others. 6 The Courtship, with 11. others. 7 The Friendship, with 4. others. 8 The Fellowship, with 5. others. 9 The Footman-SHIP, with 5. others. 10 The Horsemanship, with 4. others. 11 The Surety-SHIP, with 7. others. 12 The Wor-SHIP, with 3. others. 13 The Woodmanship, with 7. others. Besides, there were 7. other needless Ships which were in the nature of voluntaries, or hangers on upon the Navy, ●s namely, The Mary Cary-knave, the Knaves- 〈◊〉, the Superfluous, the Careless, the Idle, the Coxcomb▪ the Braggart. And what man soever he be, that hath, or doth not sail in some one Ship of this my Fleet, Let him come to me and I will Ship him, and allow him double wages TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFULLL, AND truly Generous Sir JOHN FEARNE Knight. Noble Sir, THe world sufficiently knows that you ●nowewhat Ships and shipping are; that you have ploughed the dangerous O can, and surrowed over the rugged bosom of Neptune: yet nevertheless I know that you never 〈◊〉 notice of my old and weatherbeaten 〈…〉, being bu●lt without either timber or Iron, rig'd without ropes or ●●rdage, whose Ordinance are discharged without 〈◊〉 or powder, whose victuals are ●●the bread, drink, fish, flesh, or good Red-herring, whose voyages are 〈◊〉 performed with wind and water, yet ever in action like a perpetual motion; but when you shall please to savour me so much as to peruse and survey my strange Fleet or Armado, you will then perceive that yourself hath sailed in (or at the least) boarded most of my Ships of note: for you are well acquainted with the LORDSHIP, you are a friend to the SCHOLARSHIP, you have laid the LADYSHIP aboard, you have entered the APRENTISHIP, you are well known in the COURTSHIP, you have sailed in the Good- FELLOWSHIP, you love the FRIENDSHIP, you affect the FELLOWSHIP, you know the Footman- SHIP, you are skilled in the HORSEMANSHIP, you have had a principal Cabin in the SURETYSHIP, you have surprised & taken the WORSHIP, and you know what belongs to the WOODMANSHIP, the WARDSHIP, and STEWARDSHIP; I due for some reasons not meddle with all, and I think you have seldom or never had any dealings with them: the some of all is, I most humbly desire your Worship's pardon, for my abrupt Dedication, assuring you that it was only my love and duty that put me on, without any expectance of Patronage, protection or reward: and so with my best wishes for the perpetuity of your present and ever future felicity, I rest, Your Worships to command whilst I have being, IO: TAYLOR. The description how the whole Navy is victualled with thirty two sorts of Ling, besides other necessaries. FIrst, thirty thousand couple of Change-LING, appointed only for the diet of such fellows who had honest parents, and are themselves changed into very Rascals. Secondly Dar-LING, this fish was dearer than fresh Salmon (for it was consecrated to the Goddess Venus) it was of that high price that some men have consumed their whole Lordships, Manners & credit, in two or three years only in this kind of diet, therefore it is not a dish for every man's tooth, for none but brave Sparks, rich heirs, Clarissimoes and Magnificoes, would go to the cost of it. Thirdly, Shave-ling, which was only for the diet of Priests, Monks, & Friars. Fourthly, Fondling, this fish was for Cockneys, and other pretty youths, over whom their parents were so tender, that a man might perceive by their manners, they had been better fed then taught. Fi●tly, Tippling, a dish for all men. Sixtly, Underling, this fish was shipped for witty younger brothers, poor Scholars that hath neither friends or money. Seaventhly, Starveling, this Ling was only for the Bark beggarly, which was man'd with old discarded Servingmen, and maimed cassiered Soldiers and Mariners. Eightly, Strip-LING, provided for Pages, Lackeys, and Footboys. Ninethly, Foo-LING, a dish for every man's diet, Tenthly, Swaddling, against stomach, but yet a dish of good use. Eleventh, Grumb-LING, a discontented kind of fish for the poorer sort of people to chaw upon, for when they do think themselves wronged by their Superiors and dare not utter their minds openly, than they feed upon Grumb-LING. Twelfth, Wrang-LING, this Ling was salted by 16. Pettifoggers, in a long troublesome Term: it is held to be a lasting dish, and will serve the whole Fleet with their posterities, to the second and third generation. Thirteenth, Troub-LING was provided by certain double diligent Constables, to the molestation of their sleepy watch, and the charge of many a man that would quietly have gone to their lodging. Fourteenth, Prowe-LING, is a plentiful fish, upon which many thousands do live, but by using it too much, it chokes a great number: and as fishermen do bait their hooks with one fish to catch others, so is this Ling (for the most part) taken with three other sorts of Ling, as with juggling, Brabbling, Braw-LING, until by hook or by crook it is taken with Ang-LING; I have seen many of these Prowle-LING fishermen end their lives like Swans (in a manner singing) and sometimes making their wills at Wapping, or looking through a hempen window at St. Th●mas Water or the three legged instrument near ●adamg●●n. There were many other sorts of Ling sent to the Navy which (to avoid prolixity) I will but name, as Quarrell-LING was for the diet of some of the Noble Science, some for Roaring boys, and Rough-hewd Tittery tues. The nineteenth sort of Ling was Fumb-LING, which is for their diets who have been long married and can get no children. The twenteeths was Ming-LING, which was for Wine-marchants, Vintners, Brewers, and Apothecaries. jumb-ling and Tumb-LING, for the keepers and Cupid●an haunters of vaulting houses. FidLING, Fuddling, and Stumb-LING from the Schools of Dancing, and Drinking. The twenty sixth sort of Ling was BungLING, which was the fare of Quacksalvers, Mountebanks Ratcatching Watercasters, and also for all bo●●hing Artificers and cobbling Tradesmen. Mumb-LING was for those that had no need of the Tooth-drawer. Ster-LING money was at such a Scant-LING, Why these Ships are called SHIPS. I have little to say to the Reader, because I neither know him or his conditions, therefore to avoid lying and slattry in putting the styles of Christian, Gentle, courteous, friendly, learned or honest, upon the Atheiste, barbarous, hateful, Ignorant, or dishonest, the Reader gets no Epistle at all of me: If he be good and well inclined it is the better for himself, and if otherwise, it shall not be much the worse for me, there's the point: now the reasons why all these words or names of my Moral Navy are called SHIPS, or do all end with the word or syllable SHIP, as Lord SHIP, Lady SHIP, Friend SHIP and the like etc. The reasons I take to be these which followeth, and as I imagine most significate; first the whole life of man is as a SHIP under sail, for, be it either day or night, storm or calm, light or dark, hot or cold, winter or summer, yet the SHIP is in her course ever going on her voyage: so likewise Man, let him go, sit, stand, ride, run, work, play, sleep or wake, yet he is still going onward in his mortal passage. A SHIP is ever in need of repairing, so is a man either in body, mind or goods. A Ship is ever unsteady; a Man is always mutable: Some SHIPS are hard to be steered; some men are harder to be guided. Some Ships bear so great a sail that they bear their Masts by the Board and make all split again; some Men do spread such a Clue in a calm, that a sudden storm half sinks them and tears all. Some SHIPS are so favoured by the wind that they make rich voyages, & quick returns; some men are so fortunate that wealth and promotions do fall in their mouths. Some SHIPS runs through many a storm, with much danger, and yet are so unlucky that they do never make good voyage; some Men (being borne under a three penny planet) can neither by pains, watching, labour or any industry be worth a groat. Some SHIPS by being overladen have been cast away, some men by taking in too much have been forced to cast all away. SHIPS do wallow and heave and set upon the Sea; Men do stumble, reel and stigger on the land. Some Ships have their cracks & imperfections gaily hid with painting; some Men have their bad intents coloured over with hypocrisy, and their diseased carcases covered with good clothes. Some SHIPS do bring profitable commodities, and some bring babbles, toys and tri●les; some Men do enrich a kingdom with their wisdom, authority, and practise in virtue: and some men do disgrace and Impoverish a Monarchy by folly, ill employed power, and sottishness in vanity. Some SHIPS will run to leeward extremely if the wind be scant, and some again will bravely beat it out to windward and weather it, so some Men will shrink from their friends or from themselues, in a storm of trouble or poverty, and some few again will bear up stiff, constantly contemning & opposing the brunts of fortune. Some SHIPS are taken by others and made prizes; some Men are captived by others and made slaves. Some SHIPS are commended more for their Bulk & beauty, then for any good service; and some Men are more applauded for their fortunes, then for any good conditions. If I would insist longer on these comparisons, I could enlarge my Induction to the bounds of a Pamphlet: therefore I will conclude it with King Solomon's similitude, wisdom 5. C. 10. that man's life passeth as a SHIP that passeth over the waves of the water: therefore I wish all men to be provided, as good SHIPS should be: let HOPE be their Anchor, let Faith be their Cable, let charity & love be their Card & Compass, till they come happily to the Haven of GRAVESEND, and from thence to that blessed harbour which hath no END. john Smith of his friend Master JOHN TAYLOR and his Armado. Arm, Arm, Arm, Arm, great Neptune rouse, awake And muster up thy monsters speedily: Boreas unto thy blustering blasts betake, Guard, guard yourselves, from Tailor's policy, Rocks, shoals, Lee-shores, oh help them Goodwin sands, For this new Fleet runs over Seas and Lands. And's now so victua'ld, rigged and yarely plies, It threatens all the waters, air and skies, Truth in his Navy such a power doth lead, The Devil, Hell, vice and all, the Fleet may dread. And well it may, if well you understand, So rare a Fleet, was never made nor man'd. The Master's name was Petrus Vainglorious, his Mate Hugo Hypocrisy, men that have Steered the course in the Lordship many hundred years: The Boatswain and his Mate were Scoff and Derision, with Gripe the Steward, Avarice the Purser, & Laurence Delay the Paymaster; kinsman to Tom Long the Carrier: which three last are thought to be very arrant Knaves, who have spoilt the Government of the whole Ship. In Brief, the Gunner, Cockswaine, Swabber, and Shipboys were plentifully stored with pride, flattery and other the like Gentlemen like virtues. The Ships that went in the same Regiment or Squadron with the Lordship, were these that follow. Namely. 1 The Ambition, 2 The Presumption, two stout Ships of very lofty Sail and great Burden. 3 The Oppression, a Ship of Account and Estimation. 4 The Costly, a Ship of great Charge. 5 The Mutable, a brave Ship, but in no course steady. 6 The Selfelove, a great Ship, but of small service. 7 The Delight, a fair Ship to the eye. 8 The Hopewell, a Ship of great expectation. 9 The Debt, a Ship of great Burden and much Receipt. 10 The Satisfaction, a large long Ship, a very cart, a slug and slow of sail. 11 The Promise: a Ship very unsteady, yet her sails everful. The Scholar- SHIP with her Regiment. THis Ship is a very Ancient Ship, and was built at the first, and hath been ever since Repaired with Infinite cost, pains and Study. She hath been of that worthy Estimation, that the greatest Monarches, Kings, Princes, and Estates of the world, have made it their chiefest felicity to sail in her: all famous Divines and Philosophers have steered her and been steered by her. Some of her greatest Mariners have been much troubled with plurifies, pluralities I would say, and some have been great Merchants a Steeple fair, but it was in the old time when Simo- Money, was as good as ready Mony. The Arts Mathematical & metaphysical have been the Rich Prizes and Purchases of her Painful Voyages: and now at this present (though the world be much altered with her) She tries her fortunes in this adventurous Navy. The Captain's name was Sapience, the Master Experience, his mate Knowledge, and every other officer Correspondent, being muniti●nd and victualled for the enterprise she set sail, with her squadron or Regiment of Ships here under named. 1 The Serious a Ship laden with Gravity. 2 The Foresight a Ship worthy of much regard. 3 The Desert a Ship of great service and small payment. 4 The Industrious▪ a good profitable Ship. Then there attended her five small Pinnaces and Frigates, namely, the Dogmatist, the Captious, the Prejudicate, the Carper, and the Critic. These five were man'd with young Bachelors of Art, Puny Inns of Courtmen, and humorous Poets, who with their continual cudgelling one another with broken verses, had almost beaten Priscian's brains out. All these three were of most especial use and service for the Ladyship whose chief charge and employment was to wear, eat, and drink the best; and withal not to pester, wrong or oppress the Fleet, with good examples of directions, The Goofellow- SHIP with her Regiment. THis Ship is very old, and much out of reparations: She hath been of such use and employment, that she hath sailed into all Countries of the inhabitable world; she only is the greatest traveller, for there is not a Haven or Harbour under the Sun, but she hath cast Anchor in it. Wine Merchants, Vintners, Brewers & Victuallers, have thrust themselves into whole Lordships, by the often returns, lading and unlading of this Ship; yet now she is so weatherbeaten with the storms of Time, and so windshaken with too much use, that through want she is not able to bear half the ●ayle which she formerly hath done. In the golden age, when Saturn reigned, (long before the two wrangling words Thine & Mine, had set the world together by the ears) then was the Good-fellowship in such request, that all estates and conditions sailed in her, than her voyages and quick returns (her lading being for the most part hearty love and true affection) did maintain and keep such unity, that whosoever was not a Mariner or Sailor in her, was esteemed as a Branded stigmatizd infamous person. But at last her Navigators began to steer another course: for some of them had learned the Art of covetousness, and with a devilish kind of bawdry, called usury and extortion, made gold & silver engender and beget yearly so much and so much in the hundred, when Tailors, like so many wicked Spirits, flew from one Country to another, bringing home more fashions than would kill a hundred thousand horses; when for the maintenance of those fashions, the Earth was equally shared & divided amongst the people, (some all, and some not a foot) with Hedges, Ditches, Bownds, Mownds, Walls and Marks; when my Lady Rusty began to take such a thrifty order, that all the meat in the Kitchen should be cheaper, than the washing and Painting of her Visage, (if you allow the powdering of her bought or borrowed Periwig into the bargain) when the world came to this pass, than this Good ship, this Goodfellow Ship being forsaken of her best Pilotts, Masters, and Mariners, all her Sailors in little time declined to be no better than Swabbers, so that through want of skilful managing and reparation, and with extreme age, she is nothnig so serviceable as she hath been, yet as she is, she sets forward with her best ability in this Voyage. The Captain's name was Hercules Dumplin, a Norfolk Gentleman, the Master Giles Gammon, was borne at Rumford, the rest of the Mariners it were needless to name them. The other Ships and vessels that were in the same Regiment with the Good fellowship, were these. 1 THe Drunken Sisse, a great Ship, it is though she was built at Middleborough; but howsoever, she hath made many voyages into England: she is so beloved, that she needs not press any man to serve in her: for all sorts of people do daily come aboard of her, & freely, and voluntarily offer stir their best seru, ce, so that it is a wonder to see how bravely she is man'd; and (many times) women do take their turns at helm, and steer their courses as well as men. She is a Ship contrary to all other Ships, for she rowles, reels and tumbles, most of all when she is in a calm harbour; and the more lading she takes in, the more unstedy she is; for if the Sea be as calm a milke-pan, ●et is she ever tossing, which makes her Mariners Sea-sick, and subject to much casting. Her Ordinance are Gallons, Pottles, Quarts, Pints, and the miser's Gallon: with three hooped pots, Cans, Goddards: in the which Artillery, almost every one hath the skill to charge & discharge, maintaining the fight as long as they can either stand or understand. The Master of her is an Amsterdamed man, his name is Cornelius van Broken gulch; the Master Gunner was one Denis Whirl●poole, a man of Doepe, with Gulf the Purser Swallow the Botswaine, and Swill the Steward. 2 The second Ship in the Regiment with the Good-fellowship,, was the Sow of Flushing, she was a vessel unseemly to the eye, but yet serviceable. 3 The Carouse, a Ship of hot service, and as the Spider sucks the sweetness of the fairest flowers, converting their juice into poison, so the Sailors in this Ship have taken a use to drink other men's healths, to the amplifying of their own diseases. 4 The Quaff, a quick smart Ship, much of the bulk and carriage of the Carouse. 5 The Biss●e of Breda, a small Ship, yet in continual service, her worst fault is, she is so low built, that her Mariners can hardly keep themselves dry. 6 The Sleeper of Rotterdam, a great Ship of exceeding necessary use, and much employment, she is to the whole Regiment, in the nature of an Hospital or spital, for when any of them are wounded, Potshot, jug-bitten, or Cup-shaken, so that they have lost all reasonable faculties of the mind, and in a manner are so mad, that they dare speak felony, whistle treason, and call any Magnifico a mongrel; in such desperate cases as this, the distracted parties are brought aboard the Sleeper, where Time like a good Cloath-worker, with setting a good nap upon their threadbare eyes, their wits that were spent and like Northern Cloth shrunk in the wetting, are speedily recovered. So likewise for the limbs and members of the body, she is the only, Aesculapian Tabernacle; and to speak the truth, St. Winifride's Well, the Bath of Spa●●, are not to be compared to this Ship, for speedy ease and cure: for I have seen many that were so dim-sighted, that they could not see their way at noonday, and others have been so defective in their speech, that they could not speak one wise word; and others so lame of their legs, that they could neither go or stand, and with a few hours lying aboard of this easy Ship, their sights, speech, and legs have been all recovered. 7 The Whiff, a small Pinnace of Varina. 8 The Puff, a Bark of Virginia. 9 The Vapour, a Frigotte of Trinidado. 10 The Snuff, a Carvel of Bermoodoes'. 11 The Bark Beggarly, before mentioned, man'd with old cashired Soldiers, Mariners, and Servingmen, Negligent Tradesmen, with some few Courtiers, whose diet is only Statue- Ling. The Apprentice- SHIP. THis Ship is very slow of sail, so that a man may make two East India voyages, or girdle the terrestrial Globe twice about (as Sir Francis Drake did once) before she can make a return; The Compass whereby she shows her course is for (the most part) in our Troynovantine Ocean, within the sound of Bowe-Bell; instead of a Map or Carte, she is directed by an Indenture, whereby she hath more knowledge in the time to come, than any Witch or Conjurer; for by only looking on it, the least Ship-Boy that's in her can tell when her voyage will be done; she is a vessel that is both singular and single, for none but single persons must board her; and (to avoid double dealing), she hath banished Matrimony out of her quarters for seven years or more; her Mariners do (against their wills) endure much hardness, as hunger, thirst, heat, cold, watching, toil and travel; yet many times they are allowed more Lamb and Ribroste than they would have; yet by patience and long suffering, many of them do chance to be preferred (in time) to sail in the Lordship, Courtship, Surety-ship, or some other bottom of Honour or eminency; for they claim a freedom of all Trades whatsoever, and are so mystical in their diversities of mysteries, that no one man living can describe them: yet for the most part) weight and measure are their guides, by weight from the Scruple to the Dram, to the Tun, to the three Tons, and to the three hundred thousand millions: and by measure from the half quarter Pint to the whole quarter Sack; from less than the Inch to the Ell, to the Furlong, to the Firmament, and down to the bottom of the Cellar, to the Ocean and the Tayle●s hell, who indeed are accounted the best bread men in the Ship, and such as go through stitch with what they take in hand. There are diverse functions which never do come aboard of this Ship, as Cuckolds, Wittols, and others which I could name: but to supply these wants, she is seldom vnfurnished of young lying Knaves, Whores, and thieves, who (as the cockle grows among the wheat) do sail in the Apprentice-SHIP, and share as much benefit as most of her labouring Mariners. She hath small attendance, for indeed she is the only bounden servant in the Navy, only there is a sluggish vessel called the Tedious that sails with her, with four small Pinnaces, as 1 The Lodge. 2 The Diet. 3 The Wash. 4 The Wring. And sometime double, single; or no apparel is allowed to the Sailors when the voyage is ended. The Court- SHIP with her Regiment. Courtship, is a vessel of Royal and magnificent burden, of eminent Command, and invincible force, if she be well man'd, carefully rig'd, discreetly ballaced and wisely steerd; she is of that impregnable strength, that neither the storms of saucy censure, the Gusts of Mallapart babbling, the flaws of Envy, the Tempests of Temporizing tale-bearers, or the smooth calms of Flattery, can make her sail to any other Harbour then the famous Ports and Havens of Virtue, Honour and perpetual happiness. But (to use Sea-tearmes and Phrases) there are a Crew of unprofitable Steale-sharers, peremptory Hot-shots, idle Flat-sheates, and unserviceable useless Loose-guise, that do attempt to board this worthy admired Ship, and so having boarded her, (like Drones) they eat and live upon the labours and deserts of the painful industrious Mariners; these are the youths that after they have foisted themselves into so●e mean place or Office, though it be but a Swabber, Liar or Liars Mate (always provided that they have sworn themselves into good clothes) then let all their acquaintance and friends stand further off, for the●● 〈◊〉: themselves to be no more mortal, so that a man ha● fair better speak to the Material owner of the Ship himself, then to any of these Pucke-foysts: yet there is 〈◊〉 show of zeal in their salutation to any one they meet, for the word God s●●e ye, is as common as the Air 〈◊〉 ●hem, b●t 〈◊〉 ●●f●ct they neither mind God nor the 〈◊〉 ●hey speak to, and (like an Ape for an Apple) they 〈◊〉 kiss their paw, inviting a man to their cabin, but whosoever takes them at their word, they hold him to want manners, and to be a fellow of no breeding. The ignorant Ass that carried the Egyptian Goddess Isis in procession, ●hen the more ignorant people kneeled down to adore the 〈◊〉, the witless Ass thought it had been in reuer●●●●o him: so in like manner these upstart Shipboys. 〈◊〉 once crept into any inferior Office in the Ship, and 〈◊〉 being covered with silk and good borrowed beaten Satin, ●●nde and buttered through with Plush or Velvet, they arrogantly imagine, that all the reverence or respect that men do either for their undeserved place, or gaudy outside, is done to their persons; but I would have them understand that they are honoured and worshipped, with the same devotion as the barbarous Brasilians, Americans and Virginians do adore the Devil withal, which is not for the hope of any good which they eupect, but for fear of the hurt which they suppose the Devil can do them. The conclusion is, that when a storm or tempest comes, the Noble, stout, skilful Navigator stands to his Tackling, and courageously applies himself either to Top and yard, Helm and Lead, from Post to stem, and from Prow to Quarter, when all the service monsieur Mushroom and his Mate can do, is either to eat, sleep, spewe, and stink, and at last for some notorious or meritorious work, they are ducked from the yard arm of State, into the deep sea of disgrace, and turned a shore like Cain's Imps, preferred to their due estates of Runagates and Vagabonds. The Squadron of Ships that went under the command of the Court- SHIP. 1 THe Renown, a Ship of worthy port, strength and burden, man'd with approved and experienced Soldiers and Saylors. 2 The Courage. 3 The Resolution. 4 The Fore-night. 5 The Expedition. 6 The Loyalty. The Perseverance. Six tall Ships of most excellent service and performance. 7 The Compliment. 8 The Brisbe. 9 The Strange. Three Gallant Pinnaces, but of very small use, profit or service. 10 The Oblivious. A Ship of great burden and most plentifully man'd, with those that had forgotten their Parents, kindred, friends, birth, estate, breeding, and indeed such as were so far out of knowledge to know any man, that they had no acquaintance of themselves, and being mere strangers to their own qualities and conditions; and thus was the Courtship appointed and attended; much of her great Ordinance, were Promises, the Powder breath, and airy performance were the Shot, which by reason of the tossing of the billows and unquiet surges of the Sea, did often miss the mark. The Friend- SHIP WAs a Vessel of great account and estimation, David and jonathan, Damon and Pythias, Pylades and Orestes, Alexander and Lodowick, Scipio and Lealius, did most lovingly and unfeignedly sail in her: indeed she was ever free for all comers of what Country, sex, age or estate soever, for the word Friend imports free end, which is as much as the end and intention of Friendship is free: In these latter times, she should have gone to Sea, but there were not men to be gotten to man her, so for a shift they were fain to furnish her with Kindred, Nunkles, and cousins, with here and there a false Brother: Herod, and Pilate went aboard this Ship (with a shameful deal of love from the teeth outward) but their purpose was to destroy innocent blood. It was a merry world when Fidelity was Master of this Ship, Constancy his Mate, and Plain-dealing the Botswaine: but those worthy Mariners are dead, and an old Proverb as sure as Check with them: in a word, the old Ship is decayed and rotten, having only the bare name left, for she is so much past service, that she can hardly steer or bear sail, with an adverse contrary gale, she will fall to Leeward most abominably, yet with a prosperous and fortunate wind, she will spread all her Canvas exceeding fair and hypocritical, and so I'll describe no further, because she is grown to that cheap rate, that a man may have her a Bellingsgate for a box on the care. The Friendship had two very small Pinnaces in her Squadron: named, he is called and esteemed a man of good Footemanship, which word Annagramatized is Foe to Man-SHIP, importing that running away is an enemy or foe to Manhood, valour and resolution, (thus much by way of Paradox.) Let the wind blow where it will, yet all weathers this Ship sails a Trot, her lightfooted, nimble-hee●d Mariners (like so many dancers) capering in the Pumps and vanities of this sinful world, sometimes a Morrisca or Trenchmore of 40. miles long, to the Tune of Dusty my dear, Dirty come thou to me, Dun out of the mire, or I wail in woe and plunge in pain, all these dances have no other music, except now and then he chance to hear an oath, or a curse or two from the Coachman. These Sailors, the most part and best of them are bred in a Kingdom of much fertility and plenty, called Realdine, where after they have all their youth been accustomed to wear Brogues and Trunes, their fare being many times shamrookes, oaten-bread, beans and buttermilk, armed upon stark naked, with a Dart or a Skeene, steeled with the spirit of Vsquabath, than they cross a ditch of eight hours' sail, and land in the most flourishing Kingdom of Triabnie, where by their good Foot-man-SHIP they are turned out of their old habits, into jackets of good Preterpluperfect Velvet, plated with silver or Argentum vi●um, (for the quickness) and all to be embroidered back and side, with the best gold twist, and the best of the silkworm, sometimes with a Court (a Coat of Guard I should say,) or a Coat of Regard, being well guarded, unreguarded, with such a deal of feather Ribbons, and points, that he seems to be a running Haberdasher's shop of small wares. Yet are those men free from Pride, for their greatest Ambition is not to ride but to foot it, or else to sweep Chimneys, or turn Costermongers; this is the altitude of their aim, and the profundity of their felicity, nevertheless they know themselves to be Great men's Trappings, courageous Torchbearers, illustrious Firedrakes, glorious & sumptuous Turmoylers, they are far from the griping sins of Usury and Extortion, and are such Philosophical contemners of the world, that every day they tread it under their ●●ete and trample on it; and they are such haters of wickedness, that they leave it in all places where they come: they are not covetous of other men's land, for they make all the hast they can every day to leave it behind them; they are so much to be trusted, that their words are as good as their bonds, yet in this their humility they may compare with Emperors, for they are as brave as Nero, and can drink with Tiberius: To conclude, the Foot-man-SHIP is man'd with well breathed Mariners, who after all their long, painful, and faithful service, are shipped inthe Barke-beggerly, and brought to an Anchor in the Haven of Cripplegate. There were in the Regiment with the Footemanship 4. small Pinnaces. 1 The Sweat, a vessel of warm employment or hot service. 2 The Moil, a Frigate that will endure much foul weather. 3 The Toil, a Bark for all weathers, Winter or Summer. 4 The Cripple, an old Drumler, quite past service. The Horseman- SHIP with her Squadron. Horsemanship had not so fair a beginning as Footman-SHIP, for Cayno who was the first vagabond and runagate in the world, was also the first that backed and mannadge a Horse (as Polador Virgil saith, 〈…〉 doubt after he had murdered his brother, seeing he could not run from the horror of his conscience, therefore he practised Horsemanship, because perhaps he tho●g●t to ride from himself. This Ship hath more paces than 〈◊〉 hath; and the comparison may hold well for in long vacations, quarter days, against payment of Bon●s absence of true friends, or protracting of Maids marriages, after the Banes hath been thrice asked, in these cases the Lawyer▪ the Landlord, the Usurer, the friends, and the Contracted couple, do think time to be soundred, stark lame, or quite tired, & that his best pace is after 14. miles in 15. days; whilst many a poor (lyent, an vnprouided Tenant, or vnfurnished debtor, or a fellow going to be hanged, they think time is all upon the spur, and that he run● at full speed a wild gallop. And as a Ship at sea sails sometimes by the wind, sometimes before the wind, sometimes with a quarter wind, sometimes with a stone sheate, and sometimes with tack hard a board, and Bolin stretched and sheate close a●te, by all which winds she sails several paces: So Horsemanship hath the Trot, the Amble, the Rack, the pace, the false and wild Gallop, or the full speed, & as several vessels at sea do make up a Navy, as Carracks, Argosies, Hulks, Ships, Barks, Pinnaces, Hoyghs, Drumlers, Frigates, Brigandines, Carnels, Catches, Galleys, Galleons, Gall●● 〈◊〉 foists, Galleyasses, and Asses-Galleys: so this Horsemanship, hath to attend her, her 〈…〉, her Barbary ho●●e, her Naples Courser, her German S●e●de her 〈◊〉 Mare, her Galloway Nag, her 〈◊〉 Hobby, her French C●●uaia, her Welsh Palfrey, her English All, her Smithfield lad, and her Barthlomew Hoby-horse, and 〈◊〉 to all other Ships, which have their Bridle, H●lme or Rudder in their stern or tail, Horseman SHIP is altogether directed and steered by the head, whereby, ●●r want of good managing, many times the Rider makes a headlong voyage (like a man of good forecast 〈◊〉 the horse head. And as Horseman are none of the best Mariners, so Mariners are commonly the worst Horsemen, as one of them being upon a tired Hacken●y once, (his companions prayed him to ride faster, he said he was becalmed. Another mounted upon a foundered ●ade, that stumbled 3. or 4. times headlong, the Sailor imagined that his horse was too much 〈◊〉 a head, or ●●t●ward on (as the sea phrase is) and therefore to b●l●●●e him, that he might go or sail with an even keel, he aligated and soled his ●erkin slee●●● full of stones, and tied them fast to his horse cro●p●r, supposing to make his sleme as deep laden as his head to an ●yd stumbling. Indeed this Horsemanship is never unfurnished of a lad●● trick or two at a pinch or time of need, (and contrary to any other ship in the fairest weather it will heave, set, wi●ce, kick, fling, & curvet, like a Midsummer Morris dancer, or as if the Devil were practising a French 〈◊〉 or ●●rran●o▪ but I cannot blame them to be lusty, 〈◊〉 they we not put to such hard allowance as many poor who had taught their jades no better manners, then to take the wall of his Majesty's Horse, he dismissed them from their Offices, and made two of his own stable Grooms, Senators in their rooms, and after proceeded to the funeral of his Horse, in manner and form following. First, a 100 poor galled Hackneys, and next 300. labouring Asses, all covered with black Cotton, going 2. and 2. every one having 2. bottles of ●●aye on their backs, the only gift of the deceased: then 100 hunting Nags, and 50. Coache-horses, with 10. Horses of State, with each two horse-loaves for diet bread. Then followed the Pleybeians in mourning habit 200. in number; next the stable Grooms, Puruayers, Chikes of the stable, Farryers', Horseleeches, and Gentlemen of the stable, 300. Then went the Saddlers, Charioteeres, Waggoners, Carters, Sumptermen, Littermen and Coachmen, 300. After them Singers, Pagan Priests, Flammines and Archslammines. 70. Then the H●arse richly behung with Scutcheous devices, Mottoes, and Impresses. After them, the Emperor Nero chief mourner, and his Train borne up by Otho, and young Sporus. Next went two old Asses all in black Velvet, as mourners of State or Chevals de du●il. Then followed Agrippina (Nero his mother) with the fair Popeia and the beautiful Act, (two of his Concubines) and after them Galba Nimphid●us Vittelluss, with others: it i● t●ought that Seneca ●at all the while in his study laughing at the Funeral. Lastly a great Troop of straggling attendants: The Hearse being set down in Campus Martius, Otho began this speech which followeth, in blank Verse. INintious death to make an Emperor mourn Fleabit ten Otho's tymeles Exequys, Who might have hued, and borne great Conquerors And been the father of most valiant Colts; Lament ye Meads, whereon this Palsray grazed Ah! strew the streets of Rome with rotten hay. Let Pease, Beanes, Oats, and horsebread must with grief Rust Currycombs, and Saddles rend in sunder, Break stirrop-leathers girths and bridle, break, Fall rack and manger, planks split all in twain, For you shall ne'er support his weight again, You stable Grooms that combed his crisped mane, And oft were graced to make up Otho's train, Sigh, groan, and weep, lament and howl and cry, In litter and horse-dung everlastingly: Think how brave Otho did his breath respire, Who with his heels hath oft struck sparkling fire. Hear Nero speaks. THe bravest beast that ever Emperor backed That thumped the field of Mars with greater grace Than P●gasus bearing Tritonia About the valleys near the Muse's Hills, In battle swifter than the Northern wind But in a triumph flout and f●ll of state, Listing his hooses, as if he scorned the ground, And 〈◊〉 cant to make the air support his weight. As mannerly and moderate at his meat As is a Bride groom on his wedding day, For never would he touch a lock of hay, Or smell unto a heap of provender Until he heard a noise of Trumpets sound, Whereby he knew our meat was served in. But after meals, how he would meditate Upon his Tutors reverend documents, And by himself would practise what was taught him, Offering to run the Ring, and fetch Curvets, To troth in state as we were on his back, And to out do his schoolmaster in Art, The thought of these things (Otho) kills my heart. Otho speaks to the two Asses. THen these poor Animals have cause to weep, Most reverend Asses you have lost a friend, A friend, a father have your worship lost, Who would have given you pensions in your age, And made you Beadsmen, free from Cariages. When he lay speechless, on his death bed, than He pointed to the hayloft with his heels, As who should say, if I die give it them: Then to the Wardens of his Company, (For he was made free of the Blacke-smiths Craft) He turned about, bade them pull off his shoes, And take them as true token of his love. And as he dying showed his love to them, Because his Master did delight in Plays, He wiled that of hi● mane should beards be made, And of his tail, a head-tire for a Devil. One Ass he made his sole Executor, The other Overseer of his will: Grant jupiter they may perform the same To do and oversee, that men may say They were Just Overseers another day. Epitaph. HEre lies the Horse, whose four foot Progeny Did troth in blood before the walls of Troy: Yea in the bowels of the Greeks perdy, And on his breast this Morto, Par ma foy, Kin (by the Sire) to winged Pegasus, And by the Mother to the King of Mules, Whose Uncle was the great Bucephalus, Whose Arms, four Horse shoes, and the fiel was Gules. To conclude, this Horsemanship after many storms, tempests, gusts, and flaws, came at last home to her ancient haven the Bear-garden, richly laden with these commodities following. The Chinegall, the Navellgall, Windgall, Spurgall, Lightgall, and Shacklegall, the worms, the Staggers, the Mallenders and Sallenders, Scratches, Pole-evill, the Anticote and the Pompardye, the Dropsy, the Fever, the Palsy, the Glanders, the Frenzy, the Cough and the Colt-evill, the Yellows, the Fashions, the Splinters, the Spa●ines, the Ringbones, the Quitter-bones, the Curbs, the Rotten-frush, and the Crowne-scabb, the Hidebound, the Haws, the Crestfall, the Viues, the Bloody-riffes, the Cramp, and the Canker, the howkes, the Toothache, the Surfeit, the Tonghurte, the Paps and the Bladders, the tiredness, the lousiness, the Surbate, the Farley, the Pose and the Strangle, the Broaken-winde, the Hoofe-bound, the Botch, the Bots, the Wen in the Groin, the Rot in the Lungs, the Kybes, the Pearl, and the Pin and Webbe, the Cloyed, the Bloodshot, the Wrung in the Withers, the strain, the Prick in the sole, the Loose in the Hoof, the Gravelled, the foundering, and the shedding of the hair, the Horse-hipped, the Wrench, the Necke-cricke, and the Shoulder splat. These are the commodities wherewith the HorsemanSHIP was sraight, which are so shared and divided, that a man cannot light of any horse, young or old, but he is furnished with one, two or more of these excellent guistes. The Ships that attended in the Squadron or Regiment with the HorsemanSHIP, were these, 1 The Rac●, an adventurous vessel of much expectation, and admirable, swiftness. 2 The Post, a vessel of much use, quick return, and exceeding hazard, toil and travel. 3 The Hackeney, a most serviceable Pinnace, that endures all weathers, and is so common, that she is to be hired by any or used by all. The Surety- SHIP with her Squadron or Regiment. THis is a Ship of great antiquity, and makes more voyages than all the rest of the Navy, she is the only Merchant adventurer under the Sun, for they that ●ayle in her, do hazard goods, lands, money reputation▪ friends, kindred, credit, liberty and life; of all which rich commodities (always at her returns) she is so provident▪ that she makes one jail or other her weatehouse, where it is more safely kept under lock and key, than the golden apples of the Hesperideses were guarded by the Dragon; she is so easy to be boarded, that a man need not trouble his feet to enter her, or use any boat to come to her, ●or if all her Mariners should go to her by water, than were a Waterman the richest trade below the Moon; only a dash with a pen, the writing of a man's name, passing his word, or letting his mark (though it be but the form of a pair of Pothooks, a Cross, a crooked billet, or a W. for John Tompson, any of these facile ways hath shipped a man into the Surety-SHIP, during his life and his heirs after him, and though the entrance into her be so easy, yet she is so full of impertinent and needy courtesy, that many men will lend a man a hand into her, with more fair entreaties, requests and invitations, then are commonly used to a Mask at the Court, or a groce of Gossips in the Country, and being once entered, a ten penny nail driven to the head may as soon leap out of an Oaken post, as a man may get a shore again: she is painted on the outside with vows and promises, and within her are the stories of the t●tter'd Prodigal, eating Husks with the Swine, the picture of Niobe, with Allecto, T●siphone and Megaera, dancing lachtimae: Her Arms are a Goose quill or pen, couchant in a sheepskin field ●able, the Motto above Noverint universi, the supporters a Usurer and a Scrivener, the crest a Woodcock, the Mantles red wax, with this other Motto beneath, Sealed and delivered, this Ship hath the Art to make parchment the dearest stuff in the world; For I have seen a piece little bigger than my two hands, that hath cost a man a thousand pound, I myself paid a hundred pound once for a small rotten remnant of it. She is rig'd most strangely, her ●opes and Cables are Conditions whether or to what Port a man would have her. 3 The Fool, a Ship of great burden, and for sail and steerage much like the Kind heart. 4 The Negligence, an Argosy that through want of good foresight, brought the Surety-SHIP in great danger. 5 The Decay, a Ship much broken. 6 The Scapethrift, a small ragged Catch, that hangs or depends upon the whole Regiment. The Wor- SHIP with her Squadron or Regiment. THough the first syllable of this Ships name be, Worse, whereby she is called Worse-SHIP, yet she is a better Ship than many are aware of & indeed she is far too good for every▪ or for any Knave to come aboard of her. In my opinion she doth not belong to any mortal man, for God himself is both Owner and Master of her. Yet many there are who claim an interest in her, as first the Devil would have her belong to him, for which cause he makes many barbarous Nations to adore and WorSHIP him, and to sacrifice themselves, their children, and all that they esteem dearest unto them, to his infernal Hell-hood, and for his better holding and keeping of this Worship, he hath his Ministers and Agents, in the most Kingdoms of Christendom, who with their juggling leagerdemaine, hath gulled, blinded & besotted many thousands of all Estates, ages & sexes, that they will fall down & Worship Stocks, Stones, Blocks, Idols, Images, Relics, dead men's bones, or a piece of bread, as the heathen Idolatrous Egyptians did formerly adore and Wor-SHIP Oynions and Garlic. And as there are many that for desert are worthy Pilots, Steeremen and Mariners in the Worship, and are shipped into her only for their merits, so there are a great many, and more than a good many, that by falsehood and indirect courses, have shipped themselves into her: for as Cornelius Agrippa saith in his Vanity of Sciences, some have gotten the Wor-SHIP by cutting throats in the wars; some by being Great men's Bawds, or Cuckolds in peace; some for marrying of cast Stale Concubines, or Bastards; some by bribery, extortion or oppression; some by false weights and measures; some by the excessive drunkenness of others; some by theft, some upon credit, some for ready money, and some for favour; which is a word crept into the place of merit since the days of Quintilian the Orator: the most corrupted justice will board her; the slothfullest Divine will have a Cabin in her; the carpet Knight will be shipped in her; the most cowardly Captain will enter her; and many of least faith and conscience will lay claim to her: she having store of such false owners, I say no more of her, but commit her to the mercy of Wind, tide, and Time. There went with her in her Regiment, these that follow. 1 The Abuse, an old Ship, too much in use. 2 The Purchase, a vessel all for Simony or ready money. 3 The Mittimus, a dangerous Bark, whose word is, At your peril. ●● after four or five days preparation, and some ten pound charge among men and horses and dogs, besides an infinite deal of toil and trouble, and an innumerable number of oaths & curses: after all this great deal of do, the main purchase can be no more than a poor silly Hare, which is but a dry meat, and will take more butter in the basting, than her carcase is worth. Our ancient Progenitor or first King of this Island (Brute) was so expert in this Woodmanship, that he killed his own father Siluius, shooting him with an arrow, mistaking him for a Hart, a Stag or a Buck: and William the second surnamed Rufus, King of England, was by the like mischance, of a shot made at a Deer, by Sir Walter Tirrell Knight) slain with the glance of an Arrow against a tree, in the New-forrest in Hampshire. I thank Cooper's Dictionary that tells me that Venator is a Hunter, and Venatrix a Huntress or a Woman Hunting, and that Meretrix is a Whore or a Woman Hunted: all these words having derivation from, or Allusion to Venereus Alias Le che-reous, for though Diana the hunting Goddess of Chastity be a Constant Venatrix▪ yet Venus the Queen of Love never fails a right Woodman of a Meretrix. But if Venator and Venatrix should Hunt as much as Meretrix is (or hath been) hunted, I think verily that there had not been (or in time would not be) one Deer left in many of the greatest Forests, Parks and Chases of Christendom. Besides, there is not a perfect Mariner in the Woodmanship but he hath engrafted in him a most Abundant gift of promising, for one of them will swear and vow to give more Dear away to sundry persons▪ then there are under the keeping and command of six or seven of them: and I have heard that one White Buck in a small Park (in a place which I could name within the Walls of Christendom) hath been given away at the least to a 1000 several persons, by one keeper, and the said keeper is so kind that he will never deny a Buck to whosoever will Ask. A Dear friend (whom I love Dear) did promise me a Deer, four years since and four dear journeys I made for my Deer, and still with Delaves and Demurs I was put off from my Deer, with promises, that at such and such a time I should have my Deer, but now I am in despair of my Deer, and I mean to take no more care for my Deer; And so Adieu my Deer; but indeed he that had the bounty to promise me this Deer, hath the grace to blush whensoever he sees me, and therefore I do love him for his modesty and shamefastness, and had it not been for that, and that I do love him indeed, I would long before this time have Sung him A Kerry-Elison that should have made him been glad to have promised me a Brace of Bucks more to have stopped my mouth withal, although in performance my dear had been non est inventus. In a word, of all sort of Deer I hold stolen Venison to be the most honestly gotten, because the theives are so quiet, close, private, & silent at their work, that they have no leisure to swear and curse as men do when it is lawfully taken, and my conceit is that where oaths and curses are most restrained, there most honesty and piety remains. But commonly swearing, execrations, and drinking, are the ceremonious Rites of a Bucks or a Hare's death and obsequies. With the cry of the Hounds; And the Echo resownds Through the Mead, through the sallow, With the Horn, with the hallow, With the Horse loud neigh, and the Buck at a Bay. And with the Deers fall; And Hornesounding Knell, My Pen bids Hunting Woodmanship farewell. The Ships and Pinnaces that served in the Regiment under the Woodmanship, were these. 1 The chanter. 2 The Boweman. 3 The Ringwood. 4 The Slut. 5 The beauty. 6 The daisy. 7 The Kilbuck, with diverse others, all of them being for course or chase. FINIS.