"Hoise" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the fleet should happen to be scattered by weather, or other mishap, then so soon as one shall descry another, to hoise both topsails twice, if the weather will serve, and to strike them twice again; but if the weather serve not, then to hoise the maintopsail twice, and forthwith to strike ...
— Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland • Edward Hayes |
