helmer

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Than did he her heere unfolde, And on his helme it set on hye, With rede thredes of ryche golde, Whiche he had of his lady.

From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

I omit to recite friuolous reportes by them in the Frigat, of strange voyces, the same night, which scarred some from the helme.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Hakluyt, Richard

Out with all your sails, a steady man to the helme, sit close to keep her steady, give him chase or fetch him up; he holds his own, no, we gather on him.

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John

At length we descried her, bare with her, and demanded what the cause was: they answered that the tiller of their helme was burst.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Hakluyt, Richard

In the end they took in their top sayles, righted their helme, and lay under their fore sayle till they had ransacked and searched all places in the ship.

From Henry Hudson A Brief Statement of His Aims and His Achievements by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)