10 LETTERS ON SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS. 



miters, and quantities, of a righte composition to devide in 

 as many partes, and of such thicknes as it should ; and to 

 delyver a thousand at once amorige the enemy es with small 

 chardge of ordynance, or other instrumentes, and to powre 

 as much fire as your Majestic will upon any place. 



A shotte to fire in passinge. 



A shotte for greate ordynance to pierce deeper then any 

 other shotte, and sett on fire whatsoever it strike throughe 

 or sticketh in. A moste noble ingen, specially for sea service. 



A forcible chariot t for service defensive and offensyve. 



A firy chariott with horses, suche as never was knowne or 

 hearde of, for any prynce or man of greate valor or vertue to 

 be in, in the feilde or battayle. 



A firy chariott to be fore? d by engyne of greate service. 



A firy chariott without horses to runne upon the battaile 

 and disorder it, that no man shal be able to abide or come 

 nighe the same, and wil be directed even as men will to 

 tourne, to staye, or come directly backe upon any presente 

 danger, or elies to followe and chase the enemye in their 

 flighte. 



Mynes for fireworke to worke strange effect es. 



Mynes of fire and fireworke, bothe for sea and lande, to 

 overthrowe or make havocke of all whatsoever a man will 

 destroy e. 



A meanes to better the use of small artillery, moste 

 serviceable. 



To make that smalle shotte shall doe greater execution 

 then the shotte that hath hetherto bynne knowne ; yet where 

 1000 are nowe shotte, and not 10 men fall, it will appeare, 

 by good demonstration and experience, that 10 shotte of 1000 

 shall hardly misse, good orders beinge observed. 



A newe invented targett of proof e. 



A targett of proofe, with his rest and loope hole, whereby 

 men are notably defended and encouraged to the attemptinge 

 of manye greate matters in service. Tenne of theis targettes 

 are sufficiente to defende an hundred shotte, as if they were 

 behinde a walle. 



