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Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
15-Jun-20 - 05:57 PM
Thread Name: Maritime work song in general
Subject: RE: Maritime work song in general
“Ah, alas, O I. Ah, hei, heu, eheu, oh, vae, atat.
The fhout and noise that mariners make doing any thing together, as in hoifting the anker.
I Celeufma, vel celeuma, f.*
He that maketh such a noife.
I Celeuftes, m.
They that keepe fhip onely for their living of meate and drinke.
I Diaturei, m.
To cheare, or encourage.
I Exhortor, hortor.
A horfe collar, whereby he draweth in the cart. I Helcium,n.
A chearing, or encouraging.
2. Hortatio, f.
He that holdeth the ftern,a maifter or governour of fhip.
2. Gubernator, m.
Harke firra. I Heus, eho, ehodum, interiect.
He that draweth a fhip, or barge by a rope, or that draweth packes into a fhip
I Helciarius,m.
The perfon of a cooke, or mariner, or fuch like in a comedie, or rather a meane, or mixt perfon, which is neither fervile, nor altogether free.
I Melon.**
A fhip boy, drudge, or flave in a fhip.
I Mefonuata,f.
They which take fhippe, & inftead of paying their fare, do the duties of Mariners.
I Nautebibatæ, arum, m.
He that giveth a figne when one fhould paufe. The mafter rower. I Paufarius.”
[Riders Dictionarie, 3rd ed, Holyoke, 1612]
[Riders Dictionarie Corrected, Holyoke, 1617]
*See also: shout.
** Note the social status of the 17th century mariner in commedia dell'arte.