soldier, mariner, or gunner, 5s., together with 5s. for victuals, and the hmar monthly wage of a boy, '2.. 6d., together with 5s. for victuals. It also shows that the men were alh)wed con. duct money to the port of emharkation at the rate of 6d. per twelve miles: that the profits of prizes were to he divided, one-half, together with one vessel of 200 tons or more, and all orduauce and "tpparel" (? movable fittings) going to the king, and the rest to the captors in stipulated proportions; and it appcars to show that, as head money, a sum of 4s. for each captaiu and soldier, and of 90d. for each mriuer and gmner, was payMlc to the admiral, although this is m-,t quite clear. The "dead shares" were non-existent men. something like the widows' men of a later date. lay on their behalf was allowed, and the pay so granted was divided among the really existent ship's compauy. Tlfis extra pay took the place of the "rewards" of an earlier period. But it does not appear certaiu that, after the reign of Henry VIII., the seamen participated in the dead qhares.

In the earlier years of Elizabeth, the seaman's lunar monthly pay was Os. 8d. In 1586, on the representation of Hawkyns, this was raised to 10s., and other pay was raised in proportion, so that a etqtaiu's pay, which had q heen ls. 8d., became 2s. 6d. a day, hesides certain ki.'J?o, - alloxvances which varied accordlug to ship and circmnstauces. The practice of allowing dead shares contiuued; hut little, if any, of the proceeds - : -----'" can have gone to the men, seeing that masters ^r rLz^s and master-gunuers each received a whole (lead s^.. share, boatswains pr. bahly the same; quarter-(From sket,'binllarlcian masters half a dead share; some of the gunners M.,'t. 167. folio 3Jb.) one-third of a dead share, -and so ou. But the suhject is still in much ohscm'ity.

was discharged from it on February 25th, 16:16 (0. S.), having served in the ship for o years, 12 months, 0 weeks, and 3 days. For many purposes, the naval month reu,ai,ed twenty-eight days until after the begimfing of the nineteenth century. At present, in the 1k'avy, I month equals 30 days; 2 months equal 61 days; 3 months equal 9t days; 4 months equal 121 days; 5 months equal 152 days; 6 months equal 1.'42 days; 7 monlhs equal 212 days; 8 months equal 243 days; 9 months equal 273 days; 10 months equal 303 days; 11 months equal 334 days; and 12 months (I year) equal 365 days, nnless otherwise provided.

D,,m. Eliz. clxxxv. 33, ii.