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12 cloths, below 201⁄2 cloths, deep 151⁄2 ells; a Mizzen below wide with its bonnet 18 cloths, deep aft 20 1⁄2 ells; the spritsail wide 16 cloths, deep 81⁄2 ells.
Otherwise.
If the Mainsail is wide 28 cloths, deep 14 1⁄2 ells, then the bonnet ma y be 3 ells, together 17 1⁄2 ells; the Foresail wide 24 cloths, deep 11 3⁄4 ells, the bonnet 3 1⁄2 ells, together 151⁄4 ells; the main topsail wide above 13
cloths, below 23 cloths, deep 15 ells, the Mizzen wide 2 [one digit is missing] cloths, deep aft 20 1⁄2 ells; the spritsailwide18cloths,deep9ells,theboat’ssaildeep at the Mast 9 ells, above wide 41⁄2 cloths, below a good 5cloths;thespritsailtopsail,abovewide81⁄2 cloths, below 15 cloths, deep 12 ells; the Fore-topgallant sail above wide 5 cloths, below 9 cloths, deep 7 1⁄2 ells; the Main-topgallant sail above 6 3⁄4 cloths, below 10 3⁄4 cloths, deep 9 ells.
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