Recto: Poem 'make use of time comming: one: for that is perished: which is gone.' Verso: 'The Maner of the Marreners Sea Compass or the Merridianes of the World.'

Page 3 and 4 of Edward Barlow's journal.

Page 3 (recto): Includes watercolour of presumably old father time with an hourglass on his head, a scythe and with angel wings. Also is a hand painted on the lefthandside with quill penning the first word 'Make.'

Page 4 (verso): Watercolour image of a compass with an image of a ship at the centre.

Record Details

Item reference: JOD/4/3-4
Catalogue Section: Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1656
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London