WATER-WORKES. 



unto rising places, and so suffer it to de- 

 scend against some Stanke, or Damme ; 

 which you must raise as occasion shall 

 bee offered : As this ; if your ground falls 

 so much that the course of the 'water 

 offers to runne into the maine River 

 againe, before you have done with it : 

 Raise a Stanke a foote, two, three, foure, 

 or five, or so many as may stay it to the 

 height you desire, and force the same 

 against the Ground unto your lower 

 Grounds ; and so continue it playing 

 from Stanke, to Stanke, from the begin- 

 ning to the end thereof. 



So, shall you bee sure by raising of 

 these Stankes or Damms, to stay all the 

 substance of substantiall Waters which is 

 forced by your Weares^ or Sluces, into the 

 body of your ground^ there to remaine : 

 where if there were no Stanke or Dammne, 

 the water (running headlong into the 

 lowest part) carrieth the substance so 

 mainly forward, that little or nothing at 

 all wil be left upon the face of the ground 

 to nourish the same. 



Now to furnish you with the present 



understanding, how to make your Flanks 



or Dams; in what place, and how farre 



107 you 



How to 

 governe and 

 lead the 

 Water from 

 your braving 

 Trench over 

 your 

 grounds. 



Howtomake 

 your Stanks 

 or Damms. 



