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Second Reading

About Thursday 15 June 1665

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When I went to Chatham Dockyard I learnt the general name for rope was big stuff and small stuff. Big stuff above 3 inches diameter and small stuff smaĺler. Rope was woven hemp. Maybe the trousers he talked of were similar to corduroy.