The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part IHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part I
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
4 If it chance to grow thicke, and the wind contrary, either by day or by
night, that the Admirall be forced to cast about, before her casting about
shee shall giue warning, by shooting off a peece, and to her shall answere
the Viceadmirall and the Rereadmirall each of them with a piece, if it bee
by night, or in a fogge; and that the Viceadmirall shall answere first, and
the Rereadmirall last.
5 That no man in the fleete descrying any sayle or sayles, giue vpon any
occasion any chace before he haue spoken with the Admirall.
6 That euery euening all the Fleete come vp and speake with the Admirall,
at seuen of the Clocke or betweene that and eight and if the weather will
not serue them all to speake with the Admirall, then some shall come to the
Viceadmirall, and receiue the order of their course of Master Hall chiefe
Pilot of the Fleete, as he shall direct them.
7 If to any man in the Fleete there happen any mischance, they shall
presently shoote off two peeces by day, and if it be by night, two peeces,
and shew two lights.
8 If any man in the fleete come vp in the night, and hale his fellow,
knowing him not, he shall giue him this watch-word, Before the world was
God. The other shal answere him (if he be one of our Fleete) After God came
Christ his Sonne. So that if any be found amongst vs, not of our owne
company, he that first descrieth any such sayle or sayles, shall giue
warning to the Admirall by himselfe or any other, that he can speake to,
that sailes better then he, being neerest vnto him.
9 That every ship in the fleete in the time of fogs, which continually
happen with little winds, and most part calmes, shal keepe a reasonable
noise with trumpet, drumme, or otherwise, to keepe themselues cleere one of
another.
10 If it fall out so thicke or mistie that we lay it to hull, the Admirall
shall giue warning with a piece, and putting out three lights one ouer
another, to the end that euery man may take in his sailes, and at his
setting of sayles againe doe the like if it be not cleere.
11 If any man discover land by night, that he giue the like warning, that
he doth for mischances, two lights, and two pieces, if it be by day one
piece, and put out his flagge, and strike all his sailes he hath aboord.
12 If any ship shall happen to lose company by force of weather, then any
such ship or ships shall get her into the latitude of [77] and so keepe
that latitude vntill they get Frisland. And after they be past the West
parts of Frisland, they shall get them into the latitude of [78] and
[79] and not to the Northward of [80] and being once entred within the
Streites, al such ships shal euery watch shoote off a good piece, and looke
out well for smoke and fire, which those that get in first shall make euery
night, vntill all the fleete be come together.
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