WATER-WORKES. 



with what difficulty it will bee done. 

 In their beginnings Breadth and Depth 

 is increased by a number of small Brookes, 

 the Commaund therof goeth beyond the 

 estates of the most men : yet there is no 

 River in the Realme (be it Thames, or 

 Severn) where there is any descent, but 

 that I wil steale, by Counter-trench (when 

 the muddy floud is level with the bank) so 

 much water as I desire. 



If you aske mee how broad, and deepe 

 the Trench must be : I would know what 

 quantity of ground you have to drowne : 

 if much, your Trench must be the wider 

 and deeper. I need not putt you in 

 minde to raise a sluce on the mouth of 

 your trench ; if you do it not, common 

 inconvenience will compell you. 



You will never drowne so oft as the 

 floud riseth to the height of the banke, 

 because of your Hay & after-math in 

 Sommer : Therfore as I sayd, you will be 

 compelled for your safety-sake to Sluce 

 your trench. 



As your Trench -royall feedes your 



shelving- groundes and falls into the flat- 



bottome, and rising to the height of your 



first, second and third stanke, with the 



109 rest ; 



Your Trench 

 must be 

 made great 

 or small 

 according to 

 the quantity 

 of ground 

 you are to 

 drown. 



