Yes . The valley was as full o ' forges and fineries as a May shaw o ' cuckoos . All gone to grass now ! ' ` What did they make ? ' said Dan . ` Guns for the King 's ships -- and for others . Serpentines and cannon mostly . When the guns were cast , down would come the King 's Officers , and take our plough-oxen to haul them to the coast . Look ! Here 's one of the first and finest craftsmen of the Sea ! ' He fluttered back a page of his book , and showed them a young man 's head . Underneath was written : ` Sebastianus . ' ` He came down with a King 's Order on Master John Collins for twenty serpentines -LRB- wicked little cannon they be ! -RRB- to furnish a venture of ships . I drafted him thus sitting by our fire telling Mother of the new lands he 'd find the far side the world . And he found them , too ! There 's a nose to cleave through unknown seas ! Cabot was his name -- a Bristol lad -- half a foreigner . I set a heap by him . He helped me to my church-building . ' '
I thought that was Sir Andrew Barton , ' said XXXXX .
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