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GUNS OF THE "HENRY GRACE À DIEU."

this assumption, the ship which men are boarding, and which is

the innerlnost of the three lying alongside one nothcr, would lmtarally be tile ,qore;'c/g;, since she lone, except the Hc.J'y Grace d Dieu, has four masts.

The heavy guns of tile He.r!l Gracc d Die., according to an account in 'Arclneologia,' taken from a M,'4. in the Pepysiau Collection at Magdalen oll%e, Canbrillge, were twenty-one in number, and were all of hrass. The following are the types and

P, ObARTAHO JOH' OWeN P..,P, OTH '. -rt WAY.JCq?Z ANNO C) ll BRAS GUN FROM ThE ;; MARX ROE. w

nmnbers of each, with the nmnher and natm'e of the shot carried for them :

Cannon 4 h'-n I 100 : Demi-cann,,n . 3 ,, 60 Culverin 4 ,, 12o Demi-culverin. 2 ,, 70 Saker . 4 ,, 120 Cann,,n Perer (Can,,,,,,} o St,,ne ,,,' Petro) - [ lead 07 Falcon .... 2 Irt,n 100

There were also the following light guns, viz.: port pieces, 14; slings, 4; demi-slings, :; fowlers, ; bassils, 60; top-pieces, '2; hail-shot pieces, 40; and hand-guns, 100. Her complement was made up of 301 mariners, 50 gunners, and 349 sohliers, making 700 in all.

It would be waste of time, in default of .specific information on

'Arch,molt,gia' (Ai, p. Ill.), vi. 2D;.

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