The book of British ballads . if. the Cinque Ports. Before the reign of Henry III. the sea-ports of Winchelsea and Ryewere added to the original five by royal charter, and allowed equal privileges; theirgreat seals are represented at the bottom of the next design, which represents a vesselof the time of Henry VI., copied from a manuscript of that period in the Harleian col-lection. The ships in use between the Norman times and this period were of verysmall build, being little larger than our modern sailing boats, and having but onemast, the sail of which was regulated by theman at the helm, as
The book of British ballads . if. the Cinque Ports. Before the reign of Henry III. the sea-ports of Winchelsea and Ryewere added to the original five by royal charter, and allowed equal privileges; theirgreat seals are represented at the bottom of the next design, which represents a vesselof the time of Henry VI., copied from a manuscript of that period in the Harleian col-lection. The ships in use between the Norman times and this period were of verysmall build, being little larger than our modern sailing boats, and having but onemast, the sail of which was regulated by theman at the helm, as we see it in the ship ofWilliam the Conqueror. William is said tohave brought over his troops in 700 vessels ofconsiderable size, besides more than three timesthat number of smaller dimensions, — a proof oftheir inability to hold many persons. Thefleet of Richard I. assembled in the harbour ofMessina, to the number of thirteen large ves-sels, fifty-three armed galleys, and a hundredcarricks. Ancient representations of theseshi
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