An accidence for the sea Very necessary for all young sea-men, or those that are desirous to goe to sea , briefly shewing the phrases, offices and words of command, belonging to the building, rigging, and sayling a man of warres, and how to manage a Navy and fight at sea. Together with the charge and duty of every officer, and their shares. Also the names, weight, charge, shot, and powder, all of sorts of great ordinance. With the use of the petty tally - Smith, John 1580-1631 (Printed by T[homas] H[arper] for Benjamin Fisher, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Talbot in Aldersgate street, 1636)
By John Smith. - Dedication to Earl of Northumberland signed B.F., i.e. Benjamin Fisher, the publisher. - Enlarged and rearranged as "A sea grammar" and, later, "A sea-mans grammar". - Printer's name from STC. - Reproduction of the original in the British Library. - Running title reads: An accidence for yong sea-men. - STC (2nd ed.), 22786. - Signatures: A6 B-E E (-A1, D8, blanks?). - With altered prelims