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HCRAMAN02UPU (MANW:1) A breife <Abstract, Exposition, and> <Demonstration>, of
all <Termes, Parts, z Things> belonging to a Shippe, and the <Practicke of>
<NAVIGATION>. <Aft, or Abaft>. <Is a Sea><|>#terme, properly vsed a<|>#Boord
the <Ship>, to distinguish betwixt thinge(s) don, or placed <from|#wards> the
<Stem>, <towards> the <Sterne> of the <Ship>,as when they say <Come aft: Goe
aft> (or ye like) that is Goe <towards> the<Sterne>: <Hale the Sheate aft:> The
<Mast> hangs <aft>. that is <towards> th e<Sterne>: A Shot raked the <Ship>,
<fore>, z <aft>: that is Came in Before, and went out a|#<Sterne>: Also we vse
to say <Abaft> the <fore|#Mast>: so that this word is not p(ar)ticulerly
lymitted to any part of the <Ship>, but from every pa rtof the <Ship> hath
relation to any thinge(s) don, or placed <towards> the <Ste rne>;in respect of
any that are <towardes> the <Stem>: as for example: When wee (MANW:2) <hoyse>
our <yardes>, we say, Stretch <forewards> the <Maine|#halliards >, whose . . .