THE CLERK OF THE SURVEY Surveighed, AND His RIGGING Cast. OR, A brief view taken of the Book entitled, The Sizes and Lengths of Rigging for all the States Ships and Frigates, lately put forth by Mr Hayward Clerk of the Survey at Chatham; the irregularities whereof are here in part discovered. By George Kendal M.A. Clerk of the Survey at Debtford and Woolwich. Printed for the Author in the year 1656. To his Highness OLIVER LORD PROTECTOR OF The Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. May it please your Highness, THe Survey business hath not without cause been styled the mystery of the Navy, there being no particular thing wherein the State may more closely and subtly be abused then in it; An evidence whereof, the ensuing Tract may be, which discovers in part the irregularity of that Book lately presented to your Highness as yours de Jure, entitled, The Sizes and Lengths of rigging for all the States Ships and Frigates. I conceived it my duty to tender it to your Highness in regard God by his providence hath placed you at the helm of Government, not for the patronising but redressing the grievances of the Nation. Vouchsafe, I beseech you, to accept of this from one who as he hath formerly faithfully served the Commonwealth under your Highness' command in another capacity, desireth to do so also in this wherein he is now set, by discovering fraud and bringing forth truth to ●ight, it being his chiefest aim that Righteousness and justice (which is the surest foundation of peace and tranquillity) may take place, and be established amongst us: I shall submit to your Highness' pleasure to determine, whether this work shall be admitted public view, or be confined as that Rigging book was, or wholly suppressed, and shall remain, Your Highness' most faithful Servant GEORGE KENDAL. To the Right Honourable THE COMMISSIONERS Of the Admiralty and Navy. ALthough I have met with discouragements by false reports that have been made of me for my endeavours to do the State service, yet I cannot see injury done to the Commonwealth, but I must make it known; I have therefore adventured to present to your Honours view some brief observations that I have taken of that Book entitled; The Sizes and Lengths of Rigging for all the States Ships and Frigates. It is reported that the Docking of one of the greater Ships hath been formerly fifty or sixty pounds' advantage to the Carpenter of her: I may safely affirm that if the allowances in that book be made, the Rigging of one of them will be far greater gain to the Boatswain, though he should have sharers with him in it. I leave all to your Honour's consideration, and remain at your Honour's command George Kendal. To the Right Worshipful THE COMMISSIONERS Of the Navy. Right Worshipful, IT immediately belongs unto you to see abuses of this nature (as this small Tract presents unto you) redressed: I have therefore rendered it unto you. That the State should be wronged two or three hundred pound to the Rigging of a Ship, is a thing that requires to be taken 〈◊〉 of, especially considering how many of the great Ships of late years have been, and now are set forth to sea. Were only some running r●pes 〈◊〉 ●…ng, it might be better excused and born with, but for the standing Rigging there can be no pretence. I do suppose no Boatswain would be so simple as to seize up three or four fathoms of a Stay or a Shroud to make himself ridiculous to every one: what becomes then of such overlengths, I leave to consideration. That the State might be righted, and every Ship may have her due allowance and no more, is the only aim and desire of him who is still ready to be at your Worship's Command GEORGE KENDAL. He that would Rig a SHIP or FRIGATE completely, must know as the Length, Breadth, and Depth of the Ship, so the Dimensions of each Mast and Yard; for upon them doth the Rigging principally depend, both for size and lengths: That the size of the Stay should be half the Diameter of the Mast, and the Shrouds half the Stay, is a common rule; yet that is varied from by experienced Seamen, as they find their Ships more or less labour-some in the Sea; but the length may be found out exactly by the doctrine of Triangles, especially of the standing Rigging; for having two sides, and the angle between them, the third may be found out by an ordinary Artist. Having the length of the Mast from the Crosse-trees to the Partners for the Perpendicular, and half the breadth of the Ship for the Base, the hypothenusal, or Side subtending, is the length of the Shroud. Again, having the same part of the Mast, and half the length Keele, or the distance between the Mainmast and Foremast for the two sides of the triangle, the third being found out will be the length of the Stay, making an allowance for the Choler at the head of the Mast; but the Boat-swains have more familiar rules, which comes something near the the truth; viz. the length of the Keel is the length of the Stay in short Ships, in greater the Stay may be shorter a fathom, or more. The Naesby's Stay is near two fathoms shorter than the Keel, the Dunbarres above two fathoms shorter. The length of the Shrouds must be two thirds of the Mast; the Topmast Shrouds the length of the Topmast, from the Crosse-trees to the uppermost part of the Fid-hole; the Topmast Back-staies the length from the Hounds to the Deck: but these rules and the rest, are known to those that are fit to take Charge of Ships, as Boat-swains, I shall therefore name no more. If the Book entitled, The Sizes and Lengths of Rigging for all the States Ships or Frigates be examined by these or the like rules, it will be found very exorbitant in Length, and that much to the State's prejudice. The Sovereign's Main-stay will be found four, if not five fathoms too long, and her Shrouds each pair near three fathoms, which will amount to seven or fifteen pounds worth of Cordage, and the like excess will be found in the rest of the Rigging. But that the damage the State suffers by that Book may more plainly appear, I shall set down a parallel between that in the second Column of the Book, allotted by the Author for the Resolution and Naesby, and what the Naesby was Rigged with at Woolwich at her first setting out; as also between that in the third Column, which amongst other Ships is appointed for the Swiftsure, and that with which the same Ship was Rigged with here at the setting forth in the year 1653, in the conclusion whereof you have the number of fathoms of each size reduced into weight by the Authors own rules, where ●…e view you may see the difference between them. Resolution at Chattam. Naseby at Woolwich Swiftsure at Chattam. Swiftsure at Woolwich. Inch Fathoms Inch Fathoms Inch Fathoms Inch Fathoms Bow-sprit Pendants for Sheats 6 24 5½ 8 5½ 20 3½ 60 Falls for Sheats 4½ 60 4 70 4 56 Clulines 3 46 3 40 3 40 2½ 38 Garnets' 3 52 2½ 52 3 52 2 54 Lifts 3 60 3½ 46 3 60 3 44 Pendants of Braces 4 6 3½ 3 3 5 3 3 Falls of Braces ●½ 60 3 74 2½ 56 2 70 Halliards 4 36 3½ 24 3½ 34 3½ 20 Tie 6 14 slings 6 6 Tie 6 12 slings 5 5 Buntlines' 3 40 2½ 34 2½ 36 2 30 Horse 6 10 4 10 5¼ 9 3 8 Sprit-top-mast. Shrouds 3 28 3 18 2½ 24 2 18 Laniards 1¾ 15 1 12 1¾ 15 1 9 Pendants of Braces 2½ 4 2 4 2 4 1½ 4 Falls of Braces 1½ 40 1½ 42 1½ 36 1 38 Tie 3 4 3 3 3 4 2½ 3 Halliards 2 15 2½ 18 2 12 2 10 Clulines 2 36 2 40 2 36 1½ 40 Pendants of Back-staies 3 6 3 5 2¼ 6 3 3 Falls of Back-staies 2 30 2½ 10 1¾ 30 2 10 Lifts 2 28 2 18 1½ 24 1½ 18 Apparel ropes 2 5 2½ 4 1¾ 5 2 2 Puttocks 3 12½ 3 9 2½ 12 Pendants of Tacles 3 3 2½ 3 Falls of Tacles 2 18 1¾ 13 Foremast Pendants of Tacles 7½ 24 7 18 7 16 6 7 Runners of Tacles 5 87 5 30 5 55 5 28 ● 24 Falls of Tacles 3½ 182 3½ 148 3½ 115 3½ 64 Shrouds 7½ 208 7 176 6½ 178 6 163 Laniards 4 80 3½ 72 4 64 3½ 63 Standing back-staies, alias shrouds 7½ 26 7 22 Laniards 4 10 4 10 Stay 13 16 12 13 12 14 12 12 Laniard 5 12 4½ 10 5 10½ 4½ 9 Tie 7½ 22 7 21 Halliards 6 50 6 48 Jeers 6 90 6 100 6 48 5½ 80 Lifts 3½ 80 3½ 62 3¼ 60 3 60 Apparel ropes 5 15 4½ 18 1½ 15 4½ 12 Breast ropes 7 8 6½ 6 Sheats 6 90 5 74 5 83 4½ 70 Jacks 8 56 7 48 7 40 6 32 Bowlines 4½ 70 4 46 4 50 3½ 54 Bridles 4 14 3½ 6 3½ 12 3½ 5 Pendants of Braces 3½ 8 3¼ 6 3 8 3 6 Falls of Braces 3 60 3 56 2½ 50 2½ 54 Clugarnets' 3 80 3½ 56 3 76 3 54 Buntlines' 3 150 2½ 114 2½ 136 2 84 Runners of martnets, or leech-lines 2½ 48 3 14 2½ 36 2½ 42 Falls of martnets, or leech-lines 2½ 95 2½ 60 2½ 88 Fore-top-mast. Pendants of Tacles. 4 5 3½ 6 3½ 4½ 3½ 6 Falls of Tacles. 2 28 2 34 2 28 2 32 Shrouds 4 70 4 66 3¾ 67½ 4 52 Laniards 2 27 2½ 24 2 27 2 20 Puttocks 4½ 60 3½ 66 4½ 54 4 26 Stay 5 15 4½ 16 5 15 4½ 14 Pendant of the Laniard 3½ 30 3½ 12 3½ 6 3 12 Fall of the Laniard 2½ 18 Tie 5½ 10 6 9 5½ 8 6 8 Runner 5 20 4½ 21 4½ 17 4½ 10 Halliards 3½ 66 3½ 47 3 52 3 44 Standing Back-staies 4½ 36 4 72 3½ 33 4½ 68 Laniards to them 2½ 12 2½ 7 2½ 10 2½ 10 Running Back-staies 4 12 3½ 18 3½ 12 Falls to them 3 48 2½ 24 3 44 Lifts 2½ 46 3 64 2½ 41 2 58 Bowlines 2½ 84 2½ 68 2½ 75 2 60 Bridles 2 14 2½ 10 2½ 14 2 10 Pendants of Braces 3 5 3 4 2½ 5 2½ 5 Falls of Braces 2 75 2½ 66 2 66 2 64 Pendants of the top-ropes 7 14½ 7 15 7 14 7 12 Falls of the top-ropes 5 44½ 4 45 5 38 4 42 Sheats 6 64 6½ 54 6 60 5● 50 Clulines 3 80 3½ 80 3 72 3 78 Apparel ropes 3 10 3 10 3 8 3 6 Buntlines' 3 36 2½ 40 2½ 36 ● 36 Fore-top-Gallant-mast. Pendants of Tacles. 2½ 5 2 4 Falls of Tacles. 1½ 24 1½ 20 Shrouds 2 30 2½ 18 2 22 2 14 Laniards 1½ 18 1 14 1½ 15 1 6 Pendants of Back-staies ●½ 7 2½ 48 2 8 Falls of Back-staies 1½ 70 1½ ● ●½ 68 Puttock's ●½ 16 2 8 2 16 Toprope 3 30 3 30 Stay ●½ 30 2 20 2½ 27 1½ 18 Laniard of the Stay 1¼ 9 1¾ 9 Tye 3 5 3 3½ 2¾ 5 2½ 3 Halliards 1½ 38 2 35 1½ 24 1½ 30 Lifts 1½ 28 1½ 24 1½ 24 1 20 Braces 1 70 1½ 68 1 64 1 60 Pendants 2 3 2 3 1½ ●…3 Clulines 1½ 65 2 70 1½ 46 1½ 60 Bowlines 1½ Bridles 65 1 70 1½ 60 1½ 65 Pendants of Crane-lines Falls of Crane-lines 2 4● 1½ 24 Apparel ropes 2 4 2 3 2 3 1½ 2 Mainmast. Pendants of Tacles 8 40 8 23 7 18 6½ 7 Runners of Tacles 5½ 87 6 30 5 56 5 28 Falls of Tacles ●½ 18● 3½ 152 3½ 115 3½ 66 Shrouds 8 24● 8 240 7½ 216 7 168 Laniards 4 100 ●½ 80 4 90 3½ 64 Standing back-staies, alias shrouds 8 28 ●½ 24 Laniards 4 10 4 10 Stay 16 23 15 20 15 20 15 17 Choler of the Stay 15 11 14 10 13 9 13 8 Laniard of the Stay 5½ 16 5 16 5½ 16 5 12 Lifts 4 90 3½ 72 ●½ 80 3 64 Tacks 9 58 ●½ 40 8½ 46 6½ 32 Sheats 6½ 96 5½ 78 6 90 4½ 74 Bowlines 5 80 4 44 4½ 60 3 44 Bridles 4 24 3½ 14 4 18 3 10 Pendants of Braces 4 1● ●½ 8 3¾ 10 3 6 Falls of Braces 3 84 ●½ 70 3 76 2½ 64 Clugarnets' 3½ 90 2½ 64 3 78 3 60 Tie 8 25 ●½ 23 Halliards 6 80 6 60 Jeers 8 100 6½ 123 7 92 6 96 Apparel ropes 6 34 5 20 5 27 4½ 15 Breast ropes 7 12 ● 8 Runners of martnets or leech lines 2½ 60 2½ 66 2½ 40 Falls of martnets or leech lines ●¾ 120 3½ 14 2¼ 80 2½ 50 Buntlines' 3½ 204 3½ 168 3 176 2 92 Pendants of the Garnet 8 14 7 11 7½ 9 5½ 10 Guy of the Garnet 5½ 18 5 10 5 13 4 10 Fall of the Garnet 4 40 3½ 45 4 38 3½ 30 Maintop mast. Pendants of Tacles 5 12 3½ 8 ●½ 6 3½ 6 Falls of Tacles 2½ 70 2½ 38 ●½ 42 2 36 Shrouds 5 90 4½ 100 4¼ 92 4 78 Laniards 2½ 42 2½ 36 ●¼ 36 2 25 Standing Back-staies 5 40 4½ 136 5 40 4 74 Laniard 3 14 2½ 24 3 12 2½ 14 Running Back-staies 5 17 3½ 18 4½ 16 Falls to them 3½ 60 2½ 24 3½ 48 Stay 7 18 6 24 6 16 5 22 Laniard 4 12 3 20 3½ 12 3 10 Lifts 3 60 3 58 2½ 54 2 64 Pendants of Braces 3 7 3 6 3 6 2½ 5 Falls of Braces 2½ 80 ●½ 68 ●½ 76 2 60 Bowlines 4 80 4 68 ●¾ 66 3½ 64 Bridles 3½ 2● 3½ 14 3 18 3 10 Pendant of the toprope 8½ 2● 8 15 3 18 7 13 Fall of the toprope 5½ 65 5 50 5½ 44 4 45 Sheats 7½ 80 7 56 ●½ 80 6 52 Clulines 4 98 3½ 92 3¼ 84 3½ 84 Tie 8 10 6 10 7 9 6 9 Runner 5 22 5 23 5 20 4½ 12 Halliards 3½ 58 3½ 60 3½ 58 3 54 Apparel ropes 3½ 12 3½ 12 3½ 10 3● 6 Buntlines' 4 58 2½ 84 3 54 2 40 Puttocks 5 80 3½ 84 4½ 63 ● 50 Maintop Gallant-mast. Pendants of Tacles 3 5 2½ 4 Falls of Tacles 2 30 1½ 28 Shrouds 3 36 3 21 2½ 32 2 16 Laniards 1½ 24 1 15 1½ 20 1½ 8 Pendants of Back-staies 3 9 1½ 6 2½ 8 Falls of Back-staies 2 86 2½ 52 1¾ 85 Stay 3 20 2½ 24 3 27 2 20 Laniard of the Stay 2½ 6 2¼ 4 Pendants of Braces 2½ 5 2 3 2 5 1 64 Falls of Braces 1½ 80 1½ 72 1¼ 70 Bowlines 2 76 1½ 72 1¾ 64 1 69 Bridles 1● 12 1½ 8 1¼ 9 Apparel ropes 2 7 2 3 2¼ 6 1½ 2 Toprope 4 36 3½ 34 Flag staff stay 2 24 1 20 1½ 19 Tie 3 7 3 4 3 5 2● 3● Halliards 2½ 60 2 42 2 60 1● 34 Clulines 2 50 2 70 1¾ 48 1● 64 Lifts 2 30 1½ 35 1½ 28 1 22 Puttocks 3 28 3 14 2● 25 Mizon-mast. Pendants of Tacles 5 12 3½ 7 4½ 6 Runners of Tacles 3½ 50 3● 40 Falls of Tacles 3 80 2½ 36 2● 46 Shrouds 5 132 4½ 114 4¾ 95 4 80 Laniards 2½ 48 2½ 35 2½ 40 2 30 Tie 6½ 10 6 8½ Halliards ●½ 50 4 45 3½ 29 3● 37 Stay 5½ 14½ 5 14 4 12 4● 12 Laniard 3 6 3 5 2½ 5 2● 3 Sheet 3½ 22 4 22 3 20 3● 16 Jeer 5 40 5 18 4 27 4 16 Truss 3 40 3 20 2½ 2● 2● 20 Bowlines 3 20 3 18 2 15 2● 12 Brayls 2½ 186 2½ 98 2 129 2 140 2 98 Apparel ropes 5 7 6 6 4 7 4 6 Crosse-Jack-yard. Lifts 3½ 60 3 38 2½ 58 2● 36 Braces 2● 52 2 48 2 48 2 36 Pendants 3 6 2½ 4 2½ 6 Halliards 3● 32 3 30 Mizon-top mast. Pendants of Tacles 3 7 2½ 6 Falls of Tacles 2¼ 30 2¼ 30 Shrouds 3 46 3 40 2½ 42 2● 16 Laniards 1½ 20 1½ 16 1½ 20 Puttock's 3 30 2½ 16 2½ 25 Pendants of Braces 2½ 4 2 3 2 4 2 3 Falls of Braces 2 40 1½ 38 1¾ 40 1½ 34 Bowlines 2 46 2 40 1¾ 42 1½ Bridles 1½ 10 1½ 6 1¾ 10 36 Clulines 2 66 2 36 1¾ 56 2 40 Tie 3 7 3 5 3 7 2½ 3 Halliards 2½ 34 2 28 2 34 2 20 Lifts 2 36 1½ 28 1¾ 30 1½ 22 Toprope 3½ 32 3½ 28 Apparel ropes 2½ 6 2 4 1¾ 6 2 3 Pendant of the Stay 3 18 3 9 2¼ 18 2½ 10 Runners of the Stay 2½ 14 2 13 Parts 2 60 1½ 56 Pendants of Back-staies 2½ 10 3 30 2½ 10 Falls of Back-staies 2 36 1½ 6 1¾ 34 Mizon-top-mast. Pendants of Catropes' 7 36 6½ 32 6 70 4 50 Falls of Catropes' 5 90 3½ 66 Pendant of the Fish-tacle 7 14 8 11 6 9 6 7 Fall of the Fish-tacle 4 35 3½ 44 3½ 32 3½ 30 Stoppers at Bow 7 52 6½ 34 6 28 6 28 Shankpainters 7 40 6½ 30 6 24 6 18 Stoppers for the Stream Anchor 5 12 5 16 4 7 4 8 Shankpainter 5 10 4 6 4 8 Four Boy-ropes 8 100 8 80 7 100 6½ 68 Stream-Anchor Boyrope 5 16 6 30 5 16 4 30 Kedge Anchor Boyrope 5 16 4½ 20 4½ 16 Slings for Ordinance 8 7 8 8 8 7 7 6 Vial 9 36 9 36 9 30 9 30 Passing rope 6 30 6 30 Boat-rope 8½ 60 8 45 7½ 60 7 37 Geust rope 5 50 4 40 5 50 4 36 Pinnace rope 6 50 6 40 6 50 5½ 36 Geust rope 4½ 40 4 40 4 40 4 36 Two of Butslings 5 10 4 9 5 10 5 9 Hogsheads slings 4 8 3½ 7 4 8 3½ 7 Woolding for the bow-sprit 7 80 6 130 6 70 6 50 Stopers at Bits 9 20 8 24 9 20 9 8 Laniards ●½ 15 3 30 3 12 3 12 Pendant of the winding tacle 12 12 8 20 11 11 8 10 Robans for one complete sails of sails 2½ 456 2 400 2● 200 400 2● 273 Earring for one complete sails of sails 2 456 1½ 300 1½ 176 1½ 400 Clurseasings for one complete sails of sails 1½ 334 1● 300 1 108 The total Number of Fathoms of the seaverall Sizes Reduced into weight. size Inch Resolution at Chattam Naseby at Woolwich Swiftsure at Chattam Swiftsure at Woolw. Inch Fathom C. qr. l Fathom C. qr. l. Fathom C. qr. ● Fathom C. qr. l. ¾ 0000 000 0 00 300 0000. 3. 21 0000 0000. 0. 00 0000 0020. 0. 0● 1 0070 000 1 06 361 001 2 09 266 001 0 15 0353 001 2 05 1½ 852 005 3 12 887 006 0 11 1268 008 2 24 0●●● 005 2 06 2 1418 016 3 09 1012 01● 0 ●● 889 010 2 06 1●●● ●●● ● 12 2½ 1570 026 2 00 14●● ●●● ● ●● ●●●● ●●● ● ●● ●●●●● ●●● 2 25 3 158●● ●●● ● 22 0631½ 015 0 00 1116 020 2 00 0638 015 0 17 ●● ●●●● 027 1 17 1513 040 2 17 ●813 021 3 11 0682 018 1 08 4 ●812 038 0 00 0588 027 2 02 0535 025 0 08 0665 031 0 20 ●● 0340 017 1 25 0435 022 1 12 0381 019 2 11 0228 011 2 25 ● 0974 061 1 26 0265 016 2 14 0453½ 028 1 13 0122 007 2 23 5● 0196 014 2 14 0086 0●6 1 18 0097 007 0 26 0176 013 0 15 6 0536 048 3 16 0415 037 3 1● 0631½ 057 2 14 0418 038 0 16 6● 0●06 010 1 16 0273 026 3 04 0264 025 3 17 0114 011 0 15 ● 0274½ 031 1 14 0324 037 0 04 0332 037 3 25 0243 027 3 05 7½ 0360 04● 0 02 0040 005 0 25 0332 043 1 13 0000 0●● ● 0623 101 2 06 0458 074 2 17 0025 003 1 2● 0010 001 1 14 ●½ 0080 012 2 00 ●046 007 0 1● 9 0114 020 0 26 0036 006 1 16 0050 008 3 14 0038 006 2 27 11 0011 002 3 0● 12 0012 003 2 05 0013 003 3 09 0014 004 0 1● 0012 003 2 05 13 0●16 005 2 11 ●●●9 003 0 0● 0008 00● 2 24 14 0010 004 0 0● ●5 0011 005 0 07 0●20 009 0 2● ●020 009 0 2● 00●7 007 3 09 ●6 002 012 1 07 10998 544 2 17 9101● 378 1 21 ●060 377 3 24 6075½ 24 2 1● ●he total of all Sizes Fathoms, C. qr. l. ●f the Resolution. F. 10998. or 544. 2. 17. ●nd the Naseby. F. 9101½. or 378. 1. 21. Differance, F. 1896½ or 166 0. 24. The total of all Sizes, Fathoms, C. q ʳ l. the Swiftsure at Chattam. F 9060. ●● 377. 3. 24 the Ssiftsure at Woolwich F 6075½ o● 224. 2. 13. Differance. F. 298●½ ●● 153 1. 11. The weight of the overplus of C. q. l. The Resolution 166. 0. 24. The Swistsure 153. 1. 11. The Totall is 319. 2. 6 This at 40 shil. a Hundred, comes to 639, l. 2, s. 6, d. Is not not this a vast Sum for the State to lose in Riging of two Ships. I intended to have added a Parallel between the Providences Rigging in the sixth columme, and what the same Ship was Rigged with at Deptford: but because she hath not been wholey 〈◊〉 Rigged here, since I came here into the Service I shall give you only, a Parallel between a few particular Ropes supplied at Deptford, with the like in the Book, whereby you may have a view also of the Exorbitancis of allowances made to the lesser Ships, as well as to the greater. ta Chattam at Deptford. Inch Fathoms Inch Fathoms ●…st. Pendants of Tacles 5 8 5 6 Runners of Tacles 4 24 4 12 Shrouds & back-staies 5 108 5 92 Bowlines 3 40 2½ 36 Lifts 2½ 56 2½ 40 Sheats 4 52 3½ 46 Jacks 5 34 5 26 Buntlines' 2 72 2 36 Fore-top-mast. Bowlines 1½ 60 1½ 44 Clulines 2 60 2 58 Mainmast. Pendants of Tacles 5½ 16 5½ 6 Runners of Tacles 4½ 20 4½ 24 Shrouds & Back-staies 5¼ 130 5½ 114 Stay 10 17 10 14 Jacks 6 30 5½ 24 Lifts 3 70 2½ 43 Clugarnets' 2½ 60 2½ 42 Bowlines 4 45 2½ 34 Jeers 5 30 4 28 Leech-line or martnets 2 80 2 34 Buntlines' 2 95 2 52 Maintop mast. Back-Stayes 3 32 3½ 30 Falls of Braces 2 56 2 46 Bolins 3 48 2½ 40 Clulines 2½ 64 2½ 60 Runner 3½ 18 4 16 Catropes 4 30 3½ 28 Stoppers at Bow 4 24 4 16 Shankpainters 4 20 4 14 Four Boy-ropes 5 72 5½ 68 Boat-ropes 6 40 5½ 35 Genst-ropes 4 35 3½ 30 The total of all Sizes 1526. 1203. Fathoms. C. q ʳ l. 1526. 61. ●. 00. 1203. 46. 1. 03. The Difference is 323 14. 3. 25. When I first drew up the Parallel between the Naseby and the Resolution, I only intended it for the View of those concerned in the regulating of abuses of that nature, and it had gone no further, but that I was told that the Resolution was a bigger Ship, and required more Rigging; broader I am informed it is by two Foot, but not so long by four Foot; Neither do I believe that her Masts and Yards are so long and square as the Nasebies are, she having three Hundred and Ten Yards of Canvas more in her two courses, and one Hundred fifteen yards in her two top Sailes then the Resolution hath. And as the Sails so the Riggings must be proportionable to the Masts and Yards. The Swiftsure is the same Ship for dimensions, though new built, and her Masts and Yards as taunt and square as they were at the first. The Providence is not at all altered. By these may be judged, what the rest are, and I persuade myself, that he that shall undertake to Rig the whole Eight Ships with the quantity allowed for the four first, may do it completely, and save as much Cordage as will be a good reward for his pains, and so the State will save, according to the allowance in the Book, twenty five tuns of cordage, which is worth at the lowest price it can be bought now for, one Thousand Pounds. A thing considerable. After the Rigging of these Ships followeth the Masts, where you have how many Hands the Mast must be of, that will serve for those Ships; this you may know, and know how many Inches are in a Hand, and yet be fare from knowing what lengths any of those Masts will prove, one of twenty one, or twenty two hands, making a Mast of two or three Yards longer than another of the same number of hands, besides the Mast-maker must be advised with, to know what wast in chips he will make of such Masts when he fits them for the Ships, and except the length of Mast and yards be known, there can be no Rigging truly proportioned or cut out for the Ship. In the 17. page, and so on to the 30th, is set down Rigging for the Frigates, and there he hath some borrowed experience, but had he advised with that Master of attendance that Rigged most of the Frigates he there mentions, he would have told him that those Rigging books had been very lame and imperfect, he would have informed him that there was a fare greater difference between the Ruby and the Assurance, for which he allows to both, the same Rigging, then there is between the Speaker, and the Ruby, or between the the Assurance and the Nightingale as may appear by their Masts and quantity of Rigging they were fitted with. Speaker. Ruby. Assurance. Nightingale. Main Mast 30 yard's 28⅔ yards 25½ yards 23½ yards. Weight of Rigging 10 tun. 10 C. 8 tun. 10 C. 6 tun. 3 C. 4 tun. 13 C. He would have told him that the Puttocks he hath inserted in the Foretop Mast and Main topmast rigging, are altogether superfluous, and not at all used; Viz. Inch Speaker. Inch Bristol. Inch Nightingale. Inch Martin. Foretop Mast Puttock's 2. 24 2. 24 2. 24 2. 6. Maintop Mast Puttock's 2½ 34 2½ 32 2. 2● The Puttocks in the lower Masts being sufficient. He would not have allowed the Martin a longer Main-stay, or Main-top-mast-stay than the Nightingale, nor a Choler for the Fore-stay to the Nightingale and Martin, above twice the lengths of either the Speaker or Bristol; he would have given Main-top-mast shrouds to the Martin, as well as Fore-top-mast Shrouds, and in divers other particulars, which will be too tedious to mention, he would have shown him that he had been out of the way. Next to the Rigging of the Frigates follows the Boatswains, and Carpenters stores, with the Anchors and Ground-tacle for the several Ships and Frigates, wherein whether he hath truly Copied out the Boatswains or Carpenters Indents, or no, I know not, in regard I have not had to do with the greater Ships: but in the Anchors and Cables for the Frigates he is as much besides the truth, as he was in their Rigging: the Ruby and Diamond, with the rest of the bigger fourth-rate Frigates, have Anchors of 21 and 22 C. weight, and Cables of 14½ Inches, and 15 Inches, whereas the Adventure and Assurance have their best Anchors but of 13 hundred weight, and their best Cables but of 12½ Inches, and yet in the Book they are all allowed Anchors of the same weight, and Cables of the same sizes. There is one thing more in the Stores, which requires the wit not only of an intelligent Clerk, but of an expert Seaman also to make use of, and that is the two Top-gallent sails, and the Spritsail, and Mizon-top-sails of the Nicodemus and Henrietta Pinnace, which are not only numbered amongst the Stores, but afterward measured out, where the quantity of Canvas for each Ships sails is set down, and yet neither Mast nor Rigging allowed for them, and may we not judge that this allowance was made hand over head. From the Stores he comes to the weight of Cordage, and observations about Rope-makers. If I had an insight into that Trade, I might discover much weakness in that, something to me seems very irrational: to name but one particular in the weight: Can any one give a reason, why a Cablet of 3● Inches should weigh 63 pounds heavier than a Hauser of the same size and number of threads, and a Cablet of 4 Inch should weigh ¾ of a hundred and twenty one l. dat than a Hauser of the same size: But to wave his weights, Is there any proportion observed in the making of Cordage, where a hauser of 1● Inch hath 12 threads more than one of inch, and one of 2 inch hath but 3 threads more than one of 1½ inch and one of 2● Inch but 3 threads more, than one of 2 Inch; or that one hauser of 5● Inch should have but 12 threads more than one of 5 Inch, and one of 6 Inches have 54 threads more than one of 5½ Inch, or that one of 8 Inch should have but 24 threads more than one of 7½ and one of 8½ should have 72 threads more than one of 8 Inches; or is it possible that a Cable of 20 Inches shoul contain as many threads as one of 19 Inches; and one of 13 Inches, if there be any certainty in a rule of proportion, that number of threads will make one of 23 or 24 Inches; certainly that Rope-maker that gave him these observations, played the Wagg with him, to make him to be laughed at. Whether the Boat-maker hath dealt faithfully with him in the dime●…ons of the Ships, Boats, or no, I know not, but I am certain they bear not a like proportion one to the other, the Purveyor can best tell, (if he looks over the stores) whether they be duly prized. As for the quantity of canvas in each Ships Sails, except it be known what depth, and what number of be in every Sail: it cannot be discovered whether the Sail maker hath put in all that cloth into them or no. And as for his weight of each Ships rigging, and Ground-tackle, I may safely affirm, he hath not gone by the rule he himself lays down for the weight of Coardage, I shall instance only in their Ground-tackle, and other coardage, for stores. The weight in the Book. Cast up by the weight in the Book. Tun C. qr. l. Tun C. qr. l. Sovereign 60. 08. 2. 14 53. 17. 1. 04. Resolution 50. 12. 2. 00. 47. 19 1. 21 Triumph 36. 13. 2. 21 31. 00 3. 15. Victory 28. 04. 3. 14. 26. 16. 0. 14. Entrance 22. 03. 0 00. 20. 09. 3. 26. Providence 16. 05. 3. 21. 14. 05. 2. 22. Whelp 8. 07. 2. 07. 07. 01. 2. 09. Smal-pinnace 5. 07. 3. 07. 04. 04. 0. 14. To conclude, by all it doth appear, that whereas the author boasts, that much of this book hath been his own pains, and part borrowed experience, the whole is but a confused collection of things taken upon trust from others without examination of the truth, or reason of them; there being little of either to be found, and whereas he affirms, that one main inducement in committing it to the press, was to give the Right Honourable, the Commissioners of the admiralty satisfaction,— That the Ships are fitted regularly with rigging and stores, in reference to Boat-swaines, and Carpenters, and not hand over head, and without caution. It is evident, that if his rules be observed, there will appear very little, either regularity, or caution. And thus have you The intelligent Clerk Surveyed, and now what doth his work call for, but that Justice should be done upon it, as is usual upon such books, as are either scandalous to, or abusive of the State, (a greater and more subtle fraud being rare to be found) and I doubt not but that they, who are entrusted in management of the affairs of the Navy, will so far take it into consideration, as to do the Common Wealth right in the business. Postscript. To prevent a question that may be made, viz. Whether the Naseby Swiftsure and providence were sufficiently rigged, take notice that the two last were rigged by Mr. Thomas Scot now Master of attendance at Deptford, a man of known intregrity, and ability for the performance of that work. The Naseby was rigged at Woolwich, when there was no Master of attendance there, yet the testimony annexed was given of it by Mr. Arkenstall, one of the Masters of attendance at Chattem, when she was rigged and ready to set sail from Woolwich. These are to certify, that the Naseby Frigate is sufficiently rigged: and that the sizes and lengths of each particular rope in sight, is large enough for service, as far as I am able to judge. Dated at Woolwich this 26th day of April, 1655. Thomas Arkenstall. FINIS. The Author to his Book. FRowns, Scorns, Taunts, Threats, my Book thou must expect, From them, whose falsehood thou dost here detect. All the sworn brothers will at once conspire 'Gainst thee and me, and thus will vent their ire, What? shall a Clerk that's but of yesterday, That sarcely knows the use of Shroud or Stay, Question the lengths of Ropes we give? shall we That have been bred up in the Navy, be Subject to give account for what we do, Or what allowances we make? if so, It will be sad to us, we'll therefore see What friends we have, and they engaged shall be To plead for us. Of them affirm one shall That these are but mere niceties: if all Other Ships rigging books were but perused, It may be said in them the State's abused: Scarce two Ships rigging you'll find to agree, Though of the same dimensions they be. If this prevail not, than another friend, Shall plead it's not a season to attend The regulating this; things of more weight, Require the present time: by this means strait It shall be laid by to another day, Then we are safe, we shall have time to play Our game the better: there's hopes we shall find Some way to put this thing quite out of mind. We'll plead the Author is a busy man, To whom if ears be open, no end can Be made of quarrels: he will yet complain, Of this, and that, and th' other thing again. We'll privately report (though't be untrue) His life is lose, such slanders are not new. Some dirt will stick, if dirt enough we cast, Thus we his credit weaken shall at last. But thou poor Book, wilt scarcely find a friend That dares plead for thee, lest he should offend. Yet be not daunted, time will shortly be When truth, not friends, We shall prevailing see. FINIS.