THis Ship having lain in Newman's Dock , in Lymhouse-Hole , about a month , and her Lead-sheathing much commended by all the unprejudic'd that have seen it ; at which , its Enemies being as much offended , they have lately raised another new Objection against it , after all their old Stories of rubbing off by Boats and Lyters , ranging of Cables , lying on Ground , eating of Ruddar-Irons ; and lastly , of rotting the Okam in the Seams , have been fully proved from common Sence and Experience , upon 30 Ships , within these 30 years , to be false or frivolous , in many Papers , Printed and Published by Mr. Hale , from time to time , as they gave him occasion , which they ought as publickly to have answer'd , if he had not fairly prov'd the same , and doubtless they had , if they could have said any thing that would bear a publick Test : But they still run on with new Stories , as false or frivolous as the old ones ; not considering how ridiculous it is , after so much Time and Experience upon so many Ships , so diligently watched for faults by them , to pretend now to new discoveries of defects , never heard of before , as he has heard of late ; they say , the Barnicles or Shells ( as some there must be , tho' in no proportion for size or quantity , as upon a Wood-sheathing ) have eaten quite into the Lead , and cannot be got off , and that therefore this Sheathing won't do : But what ground for this report and conclusion , he cannot imagine ; for if they had seen it before it was cleaned , as was intended , and thought the Shells never so hard to come off , they should not have been so positive ( that discovers too much ill will to it ) that it could not be done , since Scrapers in a very little time , for 15 s. pay , have cleaned the whole Ship , to content as well as at first ; which , if any please to view by Tuesday next ( when she goes out of the Dock ) he doubts not but they will receive full satisfaction in this point , as in all others , of the excellency of this Lead-sheathing , in preference to the best Wood-sheathing hitherto used .

Mr. Hale , the Vndertaker for covering Churches , Houses , &c. as well as Sheathing Ships , lives at the Mill'd-Lead Sign in Orange-street , by Red-Lyon-Square ; and may be heard of at John's Coffee-house in Burchen-lane : or Batson's over against the Exchange ; where a Box of Patterns may be seen of the several sizes , prices and uses of Mill'd-Lead .