on the top ſtood five trees: the firſt was an olive tree, on which hanged a ſhield of the armes of the church of Rome; the ſecond was a pyne aple tree, with the arms of the emperor; the third was a roſyer, with the armes of England; the fourth a braunche of lylies, bearing the armes of France; and the fifth a pomegranet tree, bearing the armes of Spayn

In a stiff wind, the boardsmen run up 12-15 foot boards from side to balance the craft

In any case, I'm talking about that long, rod-shaped, copper hootmalalie from which your racks hang during processing.

xeno- + archaeology → xenoarchaeology