The birds figure in the arms of Lisbon.
[24] The evidence taken by the Commissioners is embodied in a voluminous report.

State Paper Office, Dom.

James I., vol.xli.

1608.
[25] The Earl of Northampton, Privy Seal, was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports; hence his moving in the matter.

Pett says he was his "most implacable enemy." It is probable that the earl was jealous of Pett, because he had received his commission to build the great ship directly from the sovereign, without the intervention of his lordship.
[26] This Royal investigation took place at Woolwich on the 8th May, 1609.