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| 10 | 17 | Surbus had not been a View more quotes about particularly">particularly important captain, but he had been the master of a fleet of seven, now mine. |
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| 10 | 14 | A scribe, at a large table before the five thrones, was droning the record of the last meeting of the council. |
| 10 | 15 | There are commonly about one hundred and twenty captains who form the council, sometimes a few more, sometimes a few less. |
| 10 | 16 | Admittance to the council is based on being master of at least five ships. |
| 10 | 17 | Surbus had not been a particularly important captain, but he had been the master of a fleet of seven, now mine. |
| 10 | 18 | These five ships, pertinent to council membership, may be either the round ships, with deep holds for merchandise, or the long ships, ram-ships, ships of war. |
| 10 | 19 | Both are predominantly oared vessels, but the round ship carries a heavier, permanent rigging, and supports more sail, being generally two-masted. |
| 10 | 20 | The round ship, of course, is not round, but it does have a much wider beam to its length of keel, say, about one to six, whereas the ratios of the war galleys are about one to eight. |