ABSTRACT
Out with all sailes: a steady man to the helme: sit close, to keepe her steady. The use to strip themselves into their short sailes, or fighting sailes, which is only the fore-saile, the maine and fore-top sailes; because the rest should not be fired nor spoiled, besides, they would be troublesome to handle, hinder our sight, and the using our armies He makes ready his close fights, fore and aft. They hang out a flag of truce, hale him amaine abase his flag: strike their sailes, and come aboard with their captaine, purser, and gunner, with their commission, cocket, or bills of loading. To passe a fort, some will make both ship and sailes all black, but if the fort keepe but a fire on the other side, and all the peeces point blanke with the fire. To conclude, as many stratagems, advantages, and inventions to be used, as find occasions and therefore, experience must be the best tutor'.
