William Brand

Welcome aboard!

That's no title. It's practically a FORWARD.

DAY 34: 'The Case of His Excellency the Governour and Council Of the Province of the Massachusettes-Bay in New-England, truly Stated. Phew. One of the longer titles. This is a two sided document on letter sized paper and folded. 1715-CaseofHisExcelency.pdf

Have license to vapour, will vapour.

DAY 33: This is a huge map of Moscow from 1695. 1695-Moscow.pdf

I transcribed it here. I think I have them all correct. GREETINGS AND TITLES: Good Morrow, Master or Mistress God gi' god-den, goodman (good evening) Fare you well, Parson Rishard. Give your worship good morrow. God be wi' you, good wife (woman). How now (where are you going). An't please your worship. Are you well, master? I see you have been fortunate since last we met. Prithee (I pray you) (name) you be early abroad. I pray you It fortuned me to meet Dawlin (Darling) Good day to 'ee, Master. Sharpish in't it. Fellow (equal or companion) To morn Mawther (girl) Bor (neighbor) Goody (wife or nurse) In the even' (evening) OATHS FOR LADIES: Faith (indeed) Marry (to be sure) Marry gypeey Gemini Lud Lord La OATHS FOR MEN: Bastard Bugger Claybrained Clodpoll Confound you or it Cuds Dandypratt Egad - 1670s, I gad, a softened oath, second element God, first uncertain; perhaps it represents exclamation ah. Faith (indeed) Gadzooks - See zooks God Almighty Fegs 'Ot rot me Hell and the devil confound You Yirads Gad's my life Lord B'Gad Damn I'faith Lud 'Odso 'Odslife Faggins Zoodlikes Yah! (cr of defiance) Rip me Burn my vitals Hellsteeth Beggar me Rot my vitals The devil Devil taw it Mother of God God's death By God's dines Gar - God e.g. Begar! by Gar! By the masking 'Slight (God's light) Snoggers 'Sdeath 'Sbud 'Sprecious (God's precious) Stap me vitals 'Steeth 'Slife (God's Life) Stap me 'Sbody (God's Body) 'Stooth 'Sooth 'Sblood (God's Blood) 'Wounds Zlife Zleds Zounds - c.1600, oath of surprise or anger, altered from (by) God's wounds! Zoons Zooks - as in gadzooks'. 1690s, from some exclamation, possibly God's hooks (nails of the cross) or even God's hocks. Cf. godsookers (1670s). The use of Gad for God (cf. egad) is first attested 1590s. Among other similar phraseological combinations (all from 17c.) were gadsbobs, gadslid, and gadsniggers; in all of which the second elements are sometimes said to be mere fanciful syllables. ORDERS, COMMANDS, EXHORTATIONS: Cheerly, good hearts Bestir Fall to't yarely Come hither, sirrah! Have a care (be prepared) Forsooth I'll be sworn By my troth I say 'son of a whore' all the time. I'll have to watch myself at events.

DAY 32: This is an interesting little piece about an uprising of arms at Boston in 1689 and the publication of the surrender. It's set up at 8.5" x 11". 1689-BostonSurrender.pdf

Will photography be allowed at the event? If so, take lots of pictures.

It's a beautiful boat and I hope a compromise that satisfies all parties can be reached.

Amen. It was all her idea to hand stitch it. I would have been happy with machine stitching on something that large, but she said no. She insisted that that much wool and linen should be hand sewn. I didn't argue her generous offer. Thank you. I passed along all the compliments and she's beaming. This would be a good time for me to propose a silk version of my Moorish flag...

Agreed. I love this impression. The day to day, working additions to the hobby round out the vitality of the whole thing. Impressions like Silkie's Hide, Chloe's Coffe House, Bo's Grinding and Ivan Henry's father's Chicken Crier are awesome additions to events. Everyone needs to experience the 'indentured washer woman' at Fort de Chartres to know what I'm talking about.

DAY 31: This is a 1664 drawing of the fortress, chateau and shipyards at Saint Malo. Since I can't be sure of the size of the original, I simply placed it on an 11" x 17" 1664-SaintMalo.pdf

DAY 30: This is an English pamphlet criticizing Louis XIV for his lack of support in the Siege of Vienna in 1683. I've set it two up on an 8.5" x 11". Just print and cut in two. 1683-LettersofGold.pdf

And the crew continues to grow. Congratulations.

Welcome aboard, Cap'n.

Just a few off ebay.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-Pair-Unpainted-Unfinished-REAL-Non-souvenir-Wood-Wooden-Dutch-Holland-Shoes-/260981102172?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc3af965c http://www.ebay.com/itm/WOODEN-SHOES-from-HOLLAND-ca-World-War-Two-/251024089121?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7233a021 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hand-made-wooden-shoes-purchased-in-Holland-never-worn-/320874055309?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab595868d

That is a fantastic impression, believable and well executed. I will look about for one. It would be a shame to ruin a good shoe if an old one may be found.

Thank you, but apart from the design the lion's share of the work goes to my wife. Hand sewing a flag of that magnitude was hell on fingers and eyesight. I'll pass along the compliment.

True, but that was a spur of the moment banner. While it was never intended to be flown, It was intended to be ridiculously huge. You could tent a crew under that thing.

When Tracy hand-stitched this monster out of wool bunting, it felt so heavy we thought it would never fly. Not so. The first time we ran it up the pole at Fort Taylor it filled like a sail. It flapped so much and with so much gusto, that it now needs to be mended in a few places. I'm 100% behind wool bunting, both historically and from experience.

Beautiful work on both pieces.

Welcome aboard! Always glad to have another gunsmith about the Pub. Welcome aboard. Where would the venture be home ported?

Does this event have re-enactor camping?

A chicken crier! That's a great idea for an impression.

This is a great little thesis on Jamaican sloops during the Golden Age. I haven't read it thoroughly, but it has some excellent references. amevans_thesis.pdf