WATER-WORKES. 



Take upp the Sluce which commaunds 

 the Stanke-royall, and in one houre, my 

 Ever-lasting Trench conveyes the Trench- 

 royll and all the hand-maid Brookes, into 

 the maine River: and (for ought I have 

 heard) after I gave it passe, it had peace- 

 able progres into Severne without examina- 

 tion. 



I will acquaint you with a manner of 

 drowning which you may very well like 

 off. 



If you will handle two or three hun- 

 dred Acres of Ground you shall dayly 

 drowne Winter and Sommer for ever, 

 some part shelving or descending and the 

 rest Flat-bottome, devides by Defending- 

 Trenches : For, cleare Water will supple 

 your Shelving-Ground if it continue there- 

 on sixe or seaven dayes ; But, ther's a 

 discretion to bee used ; Therefore I ad- 

 vise, as you drowne the Shelving-Ground 

 with cold and cleare Water in the cold 

 of Winter, suffer none to fall into the 

 Flat-bottome ; but, your Muddy-flo uds : For 

 you well know, that the water passing 

 downeward, doth indure most violent 

 labour in running : and beeing sodainly 

 taken away, it doth sodainly drye, and 

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