The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt, in his Voyage into the South Sea in the Year 1593

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Fowlers, murderers, etc., were pieces of cannon of the nature of swivels, adapted to close combat. The “cobridge heads” seem to have been bulk heads across the fore and after parts of the vessel.

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