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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.
[Illustration]
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.
[Illustration]
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.
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