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" Norroway ; for she was so strong, and of so great length and breadth, all the wrights of Scotland, yea, and many other strangers, were at her device, by the king's commandment, who wrought very busily in her, but it was a year and a day ere she was complete... "
The Pageant of the Forth - Page 95
by Stewart Dick - 1911 - 258 pages
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History of Marine Architecture: Including an Enlarged and Progressive View ...

John Charnock - Naval architecture - 1801 - 956 pages
...all the wrights of Scotland, yea, and many other strangers, were at her device by the king's command, who wrought very busily in her, but it was a year and a day ere she was compleated. To wit; she was twelve score foot of length, and thirty-six foot within the sides; she...
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Public Characters, Volume 8

Biography - 1806 - 672 pages
...length and breadth, all the wright* £carpentrr#) of $coiland, yea and many other strangers, were ut her device, by the king's commandment, who wrought very busily in her, bul it was a year and a day ere she was complete. " From ihe time she was afloat, and her masts and...
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Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 ..., Volume 8

1806 - 666 pages
...strong, and of so great length and breadth, all the wrightt (carpenters) of Scotland, yea and many other strangers, were at her device, by the king's commandment,...but it was a year and a day ere she was complete. " From the time she was afloat, and her masts and sails complete, with two anchors offering thereto,...
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Liber facetiarum, being a collection of curious and interesting anecdotes

Liber - Anecdotes - 1809 - 372 pages
...was so strong, and of so great length and breadth, all the wrights of Scotland, yea, and many other strangers, were at her device, by the king's commandment,...she was complete: to wit, she was twelve score feet in length, and thirty-six feet within the sides ; she was ten feet thick in the wall, and boards on...
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The Ship-builders' Complete Guide: Comprehending the Theory and Practice of ...

Charles Frederick Partington - Shipbuilding - 1826 - 164 pages
...yea, and many other strangers, were at her device Early Marine Architecture, by the king's command, who wrought very busily in her, but it was a year and a day ere she was completed. To wit ; she was twelve snore foot of length, and thirty-six foot within the sides ; she...
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Beauties of English and Scottish history

English and Scottish history - 1828 - 488 pages
...was so strong, and of so great length and breadth, (all the wrights of Scotland, yea and many other strangers, were at her device by the king's commandment, who wrought very busily in her • but it was year and day e'er she was compleat.) To wit, she was twelve score foot of length, and thirty-rsix foot...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 24

1834 - 508 pages
...feet of length, and thirty-six feet within the sides. All the wrights of Scotland, yea, and many other strangers, were at her device by the King's commandment,...but it was a year and a day ere she was complete. This great ship cumbered Scotland to get her to the sea. From that time that she was afloat and her...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 13

Periodicals - 1839 - 272 pages
...that all the wrights of Scotland, yea and many strangers, were at her devices by the king's command, who wrought very busily in her; but it was a year and a day ere she was completed. To wit, she was twelve score foot of length, and thirty-six foot within the sides , she...
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Lives of Eminent Men of Fife

James Bruce - Fife (Scotland) - 1846 - 242 pages
...was so strong, and of so great length and breadth (all the Wrights of Scot. land, yea, and many other strangers, were at her device, by the king's commandment, who wrought very busily in her; but it was year and day ere she was complete), to wit, she was twelvescore foot of length, and thirty-six foot...
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The History of Perth: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time

Thomas Hay Marshall, Henry Adamson - Perth (Scotland) - 1849 - 574 pages
...feet of length, and thirty-six feet within the sides. All the wrights of Scotland, yea and many other strangers, were at her device, by the king's commandment, who wrought very busily in her; lutit was year and a day ere she was complete. This great ship cumbered Scotland to get her to the...
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