m 



Inuentions 



n orDeuifes. 



Vcfy ncccfury for z\\G€= 



nfralles and Coftatntiyor Lea- 

 ders of men, /IS Tvetbj Sea a- 

 hf La::d: Written b/ 

 U'tSntm Butme. 



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AtLoNDOM 



printed for Thomas f^Voo^cock. 

 \ dwelling in PaulesChurcHyard, 

 ! atthcf^neofiheblack 



andflrangeDeuifes, 15 



tome, and there it nuy reft at your pleafure: andrlicn 

 when that you would iuue Jt fwimmc, then with the 

 Skrewes windc out the things on both the fides, and that 

 will thmft the water out againe at the holc$,and fo it will 

 rife and come Tp aboue the water, andfwinunc as it did 

 bcfbr«,&c. 



^Nd furthermore, you may make aBoate to goe with- 

 out oarcs or Sayle, by the placingof certajnc wheeles 

 on tiie outlide of the Boatc, in that fort, that tlic armcs of 

 thewheclcsmaygoc into the watca, aiid fo Turning ths 



whcclcsbylbme prouifion^dfo the yyhcclcslhail make 

 the Boatc to goc. 



^^Nd alfo.they raakea water Mill in a Boatc, for when 

 rfiatit ridcthat an Anker, the tydcor ftreame will 

 turnc tli« whccles with great force, and thcfe^Miilcsars 

 vfcdjnfr««fr,^f. 



Thtxt^Dmifi, 



j^m 



I in like manner, they may aiakc an engine to know 

 'the way or going of a Ship, for to knowe how <aft or 

 foftiy that any Ship gocth, which isvery nccefTariefor 

 al them that gofcth of k>ngvoyagc$,inanumbc»ofcaufcs. 

 The inftrumcnt is to be made in this manner. Tliere mull 

 be tnade a little fmall Boate.and then there muft bee pla- 

 xrcdawhccle in the Boatc, that the armes thereof muft 

 goe in the water, ahdfoasthcSkip pafifcthor gocth m 

 riicSca, fo flic Mfayof the ^tpdotli tul^ne the whccic by 

 the arau* tfa» gowh ifti tbs-water of the Sea , and fronr 



that 



andfirangeDeuifes, 61 



the forme of cciMinc lighfcsinthcnight,a$thi$,you ha- 

 tting confuJtcdor talked together, that ]f that theydoo 

 Ihcwyoufo many lights, and Handing on fuchnfai'liian 

 or formc,that it (ifimficth fuch a thing is done by the cm- 

 jTiie.orclf; (hatyoumuit iloo fometbing, snil ijifiich a 

 forme, th.it It fijnifietJ) fuch a thing .f<c. acciwdingly vn- 

 to the tokens thr.t you haue agreed vpi^n.&c. And fur- 

 thermore .you n.iyd^uifi. by the formes of lighten in the 

 night.tocaufc your friends to write a letter by.andfc'jy 

 th^it mranes to declare your whole minJe vnro your 

 friendesias this,you hauing agreed vpon them, that ifthat 

 there bcib many l^htcs, andftand after fuch afalliion, 

 thatitfigni(ietht»wi^ht ></,andiffomany liglucs, and 

 in fudia forme, tiiento write5, and 6> foort h vnto the 

 numbers of the letters, according V7) to the forme fit num- 

 ber of the lij5hfej.C>£hc\vcd,arKftl}cnattbe endeofeuery 

 word fo wrifteiii to llicwbut one light fora flop, for the 

 cndcofa word] l6ccj vntiU^thatyouhaue finifhed- And 

 furthermdrcyin hke manrtci-ty hghres in the night is the 

 ra«ftfpc'edicflthingrohaucany tningknowne.that may 

 bctpgiuewarnin^ vnto any countrey to bee in a readi- 

 ncffcvpp»rirbefc«dQinc, as we here in England, doo pre? 

 p.irefortheTfe rhtreof, by tl« firing of the beflkon$,&c. 

 And fill fhei more, it isvfed vntoafiirtherpra^ifc vndcr- 

 rkJath'thckiiTg'of Spayncs dominions, vpon the fouthe 

 ■coaft called y^ndelazta^vvithmthiiilrciie^htiofluberAlrart 

 th^lea hiiiUz^vilUd M^rj Afedtfemtnen»t,a% there is fmail 

 towers all alongfl the coail that they doo keepc watch in, 

 and at the cndc of cuery league or in lefTe diftance, there 

 is oncof tholf fijiall towers : and i| is fo ordevned .imongfl 

 thcm,'t'K&t the)'caii tell whether that any of the Turkes, 

 or Moore? galleys hath been on thecoalt,nnd whatnum- 

 berofGallcyes that there bee of them, and whether that 

 <Jioyi3aBejhndedlori)dch a.ilioare,and whether that tl*y 

 Ijcigoijobr/reniaycuogibili by the very forme and the 

 - .^ I^ numbers 



96 



%^are. Inuentions 



that all flic rcffc(ftcd beanies or .Oiacloncs doo reft vppon' 

 one place.and fo by agicat number of glafll-s to multiply 

 the heate.that in the cnJe it will bee let on fire .md bunic; 

 but you muft be fuie tli.it all the refit dcdbcamcs or liia- 

 dowjs doo red in one place, or tlfe it will be vnto no nur-- 

 pole, and at a great diftance you /liall hauc inuc Ji to dco 

 todccenieorlceit,i5cc. Wherefore youmuft h,..ue die 

 aydc of Geometry, to vie it accordini^ mho tiic dii..inc"e, 

 and to place the glaffes in aframc , v\iiich i doo cmif at 

 this time for brcutric. 



The 110. Deutfe. 



pOr to fee any fmall thing a great dilbnce of from vou, 

 I'rcquiretlitlicaydeoft'Aoglafres^andoiieglailcmiift. 

 bcinadcotpurpofc.anditinaybemade iiifucJi ioir, tl.at 

 you mayfcealnialljcliingagreat difbnccof, as this, to 

 rciJc a letter that iS fct open ncare a quarter of amyle 

 from you, and alfo to fee a nun foure or liue miles from 

 )ou, or to view a Tovvnc or CaftelljOr to fee .my window 

 01 luch like thing lixe or fciucii myles frcni }ou. Ai\A 

 to decla re what nujincr of glaflcs that thcfe muft bee, rhc 

 oncglalfe thatinuftbcmadeofpiirpofc, is like the fmall 

 biirniiis; ■rjallcs r( dut kiiidc of glafTc , and muft bee 

 round,and let ;.i a fr.ime a^ tliofc bcc,but that it muft bcc 

 made vciy larje, ofafootc, or j 4. or k5. inches bioade, 

 and the broader the bctterrand the propcrtie of this glaf.'e, 

 IS tlus.ifthatyoudoobehold any thing thoro\s thegtafTe, 

 then youreycbcingncare vntoit,it/heweth itfclfe.iccor- 

 dingvntothcihiiig, but asyou dtogocbackwaides, the 

 ihinj;;l'liewcth bigger and bigger, vntill that the thing 

 thill fee'iicofcamoniLou.bigncfrc: but if that you doo 

 2D.C f o taiEc b.ncM)5licn it iwiljdcbarc and be fmal '& turnc 

 die fa bion djwnev'iards. But now to vfe this g)a(re,ro fee 

 aluuJltlung a great diftance/thcn doo thiS; t'iic thing or 



-"^ place 



S'-^l No. 6391 {page 327). 



The, forerunner of the Marquess of Worcester's * Century of 

 Inventions.' 



