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A Diver, 5. can swim also under the water like a Fish. Urinator, 5. etiam natare potest sub aquâ, ut Piscis.

LXXXIX.

A Galley. Navis actuaria.

A Ship furnished with Oars, 1. is a Barge, 2. or a Foyst, &c. Navìs instructa Remis, 1. est Uniremis, 2. vel Biremis, &c. in which the Rowers, 3. sitting on Seats, 4. by the Oar-rings, row, by striking the water with the Oars, 5. in quâ Remiges, 3. considentes pre Transtra, 4. ad Scalmos, remigant pellendo aquam Remis,

The Ship-master, 6. standing in the Fore-castle, Proreta, 6. stans in Prora, and the Steers-man, 7. sitting at the Stern, and holding the Rudder, 8. steer the Vessel. & Gubernator, 7. sedens in Puppi, tenensque Clavum, 8. gubernant Navigium.

XC.

A Merchant-ship. Navis oneraria.

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.

XCI.

Ship-wreck. Naufragium.

When a Storm, 1. ariseth on a sudden, they strike Sail, 2. Cum Procella, 1. oritur repentè contrahunt Vela, 2. lest the Ship should be dashed against Rocks, 3 or light upon Shelves, 4. ne Navis ad Scopulos, 3. allidatur, aut incidat in Brevia (Syrtes), 4.

If they cannot hinder her they suffer Ship-wreck, 5. Si non possunt prohibere patiuntur Naufragium, 5.

And then the men, the Wares, and all things are miserably lost. Tum Homines, Merces, omnia miserabiliter pereunt.

Nor doth the Sheat-anchor, 6. being cast with a Cable, do any good. Neque hic Sacra anchora, 6. Rudenti jacta quidquam adjuvat.

Some escape, either on a Plank, 7. and by swimming, or in the Boat, 8. Quidam evadunt, vel tabula, 7. ac enatando, vel Scapha, 8.

Part of the Wares, with the dead folks, is carried out of the Sea, 9. upon the Shoars. Pars Mercium cum mortuis a Mari, 9. in littora defertur.

XCII.

Writing. Ars Scriptoria.