Note 529 — Chapter XII
Reading edition
These numbers are given from Richard of Devizes (p. 17), who appears to be the only writer who gives details of the fleet at Messina. The number given subsequently, during the passage of Richard to the Holy Land, by Vinisauf and others, is considerably larger, and probably comprehends vessels of all descriptions.—Sir H. Nicolas’s “Hist. Roy. Navy,” vol. i. p. 77, &c.