WATER-WORKES. 



Hee gave mee such assurance for the 

 safe continuance thereof; that hee under- 

 tooke to maintaine it with twelve pence 

 a yeare, during his life. 



After hee had prepared it ready for the 

 foundation, hee planted some thousand 

 stakes in the bottom of the Brooke to carry 

 the maine Syll. When the Syll was 

 lodged uppon the Pile of Stakes, I began 

 to suspect the foundation, and told him a 

 great part of the water would undermine 

 the Syll, and that I should hardly indure 

 the want therof at my Drowning-time s ; 

 especially in Sommer. 



Hee grew teasty, hott, and peremptory; 

 and sayd it was not the Maisters manner 

 to controule ; but, to examine : and that 

 all his Water-ivor kes were according to the 

 Venetian foundation, built altogether uppon 

 Piles : but the Venetian-fashion forced mee 

 to want water ten yeares space, which was 

 out of my way two thousand poundes. 



The reason was this; the water under- 

 mining the Syll, it forced the Earth 

 beyond the postes, which were placed in 

 the firme ground ; and having gotten the 

 upper hand of the main-Land it could 

 not bee holp untill the Sylle were rais'd 



G 89 againe. 



