British Flags: Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea: With an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National DevicePerrin, William Gordon
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British Flags: Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea: With an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National Device
Perrin, William Gordon
Flags -- Great Britain
Fourthly, If any Squadron or parte of the fleete, by beinge too
forwards a-heade, shall be required to shorten sayle, and to attend
the comeinge up of the Admirall; a Signe appropriated may be, to
heave or wave an Ensigne abroade in the Admiralls Fore-topp, and to
give fire to a great piece withall; And on the contrary, whensoever
any of them keepe too farre a-sterne, to wave out the same flagge
in the Missen-topp.
Fifthly, If upon the discoverye of any straunge fleete or Shyp,
the Generall find itt fitt to have any of the Pinnaces, and best
saylers of his fleete, to stand in with them, and to require them
to come to speake with him; an apte signe may be to give fire to
a piece of Ordinance or two out of his own chase, and withall to
shewe a flagge in his Bolt sprites Topp.
Sixthly, Whensoever a Fleete shall meet with the Enemies fleete,
and after due consultation aborde the Admirall, itt shall be found
fitt to fight, the Admirall may take in his ordinary Ensigne from
the poope of the shyp and hang out another all redd, which is
tearmed the bloudy Colors; that soe all the fleete may dispose
and order themselves to fall on upon the Enemie in such forme and
fashion as they are before hand to be instructed in.
And thes are such necessary Causes, to require any signalls to be
expressed by the Generall himselfe, out of his perticuler Shypp:
It followes, to intimate in some other perticulers, wherin every
perticuler shypp of the fleete is to doe the like; hereby as well
to give notice to the Generall himselfe or any of the rest.
_Admiral._ And what are thes?
_Captain._ If any Shyp of a fleete shall discover any straunge
fleete, or any Squadron of straunge Shypps, or any single Shyp
whatsoever; itt being necessary that not only the Generall, but the
whole Armadoe, should with all expedition, receive advertisement
hereof. A convenient signall to this purpose may be, to shewe
abroade some flagge in that part of that Shyp which pointeth most
upon the discovered Straunger; and if it be a fleete that is soe
discovered, then to hang out two flagges in the same manner,
and withall to give to a great Gunne or two, that so notice may
generally be taken of what is done.
Likewise, whensoever a fleete comeinge out of the Sea, expecteth
a Landfall: the first Shyp of them that maketh Land is to give
present notice therof to all the rest of the fleete; and this she
is to doe, if itt be by daye, by shewinge her Colors abroade,
though itt be (for the time) in the Maine-topp itt selfe,
inclineinge and bendinge them towards that part whence Land is
discovered; and if this discovery happen in the night, she is
to shoote of two pieces of Ordinance and withall shewe a light
abroade; and instantly cast about and stand off, that the residue
of the fleete may take notice and beware.
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