WATER-WORKES. 



(if there bee cause) which you shall 

 easilye finde by trying the temper of 

 your ground, thus : 



If a riding rodde (beeing some-what 

 stiffe) will enter into the ground two 

 foote deepe or more, it sheweth it hath 

 had moysture sufficient by the former 

 drowning ; 



If the rodde will not enter in, but 

 by difficultie, or forceable handling, you 

 may judge it to bee over-dry ed : And in 

 this manner make tryall in what state 

 your ground stands, whether too drye, 

 or sufficiently seasoned. 



If to drye, give it watry sustenance to 

 nourish and revive the dying roote: and, 

 having satisfied your ground, suffer your 

 two-foote-trench to have a continuall course 

 of water, Winter and Summer^ for these 

 reasons following: That is to say; In 

 Summer^ when you would drowne, your 

 trench beeing full, you neede not staye the 

 letting downe of a since out of the maine 

 River: for, so shall you staye the time 

 untill your water rise to the highest of 

 your sluce ; and beeing risen, must have a 

 time to come into your two-foote-trench, to 

 execute what you would have done : where 

 103 otherwise, 



You must 

 double 

 drown in the 

 summer if 

 there be 

 cause. 



