An accidence for the sea [electronic resource] : Very necessary for all young sea-men, or those that are desirous to goe to sea , briefly shewing the phrases, offices and words of command, belonging to the building, rigging, and sayling a man of warres, and how to manage a Navy and fight at sea. Together with the charge and duty of every officer, and their shares. Also the names, weight, charge, shot, and powder, all of sorts of great ordinance. With the use of the petty tally.

Author
Smith, John, 1580-1631 [Browse]
Uniform title
Sea-mans grammar [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Printed by T[homas] H[arper] for Benjamin Fisher, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Talbot in Aldersgate street, 1636.
Description
[10], 62 p.

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Summary note
eebo-0018
Notes
  • By John Smith.
  • Dedication to Earl of Northumberland signed B.F., i.e. Benjamin Fisher, the publisher.
  • Printer's name from STC.
  • Running title reads: An accidence for yong sea-men.
  • With altered prelims.
  • Signatures: A⁶ B-E E (-A1, D8, blanks?).
  • Enlarged and rearranged as "A sea grammar" and, later, "A sea-mans grammar".
  • Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
References
STC (2nd ed.) 22786.
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