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was a fpecies of ordnance of two inches and a half bore, weight of the fliot two pounds ; that the demi- culver in was another fpecies of four inches bore, weight of the fhot nine pounds and a half. And the mynion, another of three inches and a half bore, weight of the lliot four pounds. "2. The Adventure, of four culver ms of brafs, eleven demi-culve- rins of the fame, and five, fakers of the fame, with two brafs jfot> ler- halls and four brafs fowler -chambers" The above authority ftates that the culverm was a fpecies of ordnance of five inches and a half bore, weight of the Ihot feventeen pounds and a half. The fowler is not defcribed by Monfon, but is mentioned by Mr. Lodge in his Illuftrations of Britifh Hiftory, Vol. i. p. 4. in an account of " Or- den~nce and Artilery." Temp. Hen. 8. as follows : <( Fowlers with their apparell, with two chambers" The facar, according to Monfon, was a piece of ordnance of three inches and a half bore, weight of Ihot five pounds and a half. "3. The Advantage, of fix demi-culverins, eight fakers and four my mom, all of caft-iron. " 4. The Amity of Harwich [a], a dmmler, of four demi-culverins and two fakers of caft-iron. " 5. The St. Andrew, of fix culver ins, feven demi-culverins^ three fakers, and one mynion ; three fowler-halls, feven fowler -chambers, [ J " Dromunder. Navigiigenu?apudveferes,quod Latini ii}feriorisaeviZ>nw<w.f nee non Dromundos dixere. Vide Du Frefne, in GloflT. Et Caffiodorus. Lib. v. Epift 17. Gall. vet. Dromond. Angl. Drumbler. Vid. Nicod. Lex. Angl. A Graeco JfOjo-o;, curfus, derivat SpeJmannus, et cum illo quicquid fere eft criticorum. Solus indiverfa abit Verelius, qui exinde, quod Dromunder apud nos naves oncrarias tantum defignare videtur, eas a Gothico Droma, lento gradu procedere, derivat." Jphannis Ihre GloiTariuin Suio-Gotliicum in Verbo.