(a) Custome 

 is a great 

 Lord of 

 Command. 



WATER-WORKES. 



of worke in Me (which some men say 

 will either impayre my witt, or hazard 

 my estate (they said so in the execution 

 of my water-workes (but they over-said 

 them-selves, and the most part have given 

 mee satisfaction by maine submission or 

 reconciliation) I doubt not but the rest, 

 in my mechanical undertakings, will doe 

 the like, because some have subscribed, 

 and many offer conditionall pertakings. 



What blessing soever Invention doth 

 raise, your Lordshipp knowes is subject 

 to a hotch-potch of speach ; and untill it 

 bee performed, Envy, Mallice, and all 

 spitefull detraction follows ; so is it with 

 me. But (my good Lord) seeing that (a) 

 Lordly Custome wils that great Lordes 

 should patronize Invention ; I doe most 

 humbly beseech your Lordshipp (on my 

 behalfe) so to doe ; you beeing (next unto 

 my deare Soveraigne and His) heire 

 apparant to my heart ; having intaild 

 my dutifull services to the heirs male of 

 your body ; and for want of such issue, 

 to the heirs male of my Lord of Mon- 

 gomery, for ever, without revocation 

 these affections, proceed not (my honour- 

 able Lord) from any sinister respect 

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