[Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 by Julian S. Corbett]@TWC D-Link bookFighting Instructions, 1530-1816 PART II 21/30
The steward shall not deliver any candle to any private man nor for any private use. 23.
Whosoever shall steal from his fellows either apparel or anything else shall be punished as a thief. 24.
In foul weather every man shall fit his sails to keep company with the fleet, and not run so far ahead by day but that he may fall astern the admiral by night. 25.
In case we shall be set upon by sea, the captain shall appoint sufficient company to assist the gunners; after which, if the fight require it, in the cabins between the decks shall be taken down [and] all beds and sacks employed for bulwarks.[8] *The musketeers of every ship shall be divided under captains or other officers, some for the forecastle, others for the waist, and others for the poop, where they shall abide if they be not otherwise directed.[9] 26.
The gunners shall not shoot any great ordnance at other distance than point blank. 27.
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