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Inuentions 



or Deuifcs. 



ncccfury for allG^ 



a<r.iliss a/id Copt Jinet,0r Le J- 



ders eftnen t .<is wtlbj Sfa 11 



by La -d: Written by 



WtUiitm Bturtie. 



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Printed for Thomas fffftdctfl 

 \ dweliingmPaulcsChurcHyard, 

 at (hcfigneoftheblatk 



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the forme of certaine lightes mthenight,.asthis,you ha- 

 Oing confuJtcdor talked together, that if that they doo 

 ihew you fo many lights, and Handing onfuchnfaihjon 

 or formcjthat it figmficth fuel) a thing is done by the eni- 

 inie.or elf; that you mint tloo fomctbing , sir.d in fuch a 

 .fonnc.that it fignifieth fuch a tbmg.cXc . accordingly vn- 

 ro the tokens that you haue agreed vpbn.&c. And fur- 

 thermore ,you rn.iyd..uifc by the formes of lightes in the 

 night, to caufe your friends to write a letter hy,andfc'jy 

 that rrrcanes to- declare your whole rainde vnro your 

 fricndesms th is, you bauing agreed vponthcin,that if that 

 there be fo many ughies, andftanr! after fuch afallnon, 

 thatitfigmfiethtowrtght //,andiffomany lightcs, and 

 in furhaformc, tijento wnte5, and fo foorth vntothe 

 numbersoff he letters, according vnto the forme & num- 

 ber of the li3htcs.{bfhewed,aiKfibcnattb;e endeof eucry 

 word fo wrirwfi j to flicwbut one light for a flop, for the 

 cndeofawordjd5cc;vntiU;thrtydu.haue fmiftied- And 

 furt!iermorc,m like manner tyngh res in the night is the 

 meftfpcedic ft thing to haue any thing knowne,that may 

 bctpgiue-warnm^ vnto arty countrey tobceinarcadi- 

 neffc vppnthrfeodaine,'a$vrehercin England.doo prc T 

 p-ireforthtrvfe thereof, by tliefiruig of the beakons,6cc. 

 And ftii ihei more, it isvfed vnto a further praftifc vndcr- 

 rwath'thckittg'oFSpaynes dominions, vpon the fouthe 

 coaft called ^indelaz^a^\A\\n th Hraights ofluberalttrt 

 thefca b<MHe;al!ad M*nMediitrr*nttim,y> there is fmail 

 towers all alongft the coafl that they doo keepc watch in, 

 and at thecndeofeucryleagueorin leffe diftance, there 

 is oneof thoCp fmall towers : and it 15 fo ordeyned nmongft 

 them,' tHkt they cati tell whether that any of the Turkes, 

 QT Moores galleys liatli been on thecoart,nnd whatnum- 

 berofGalleyes that there bee of them, and whether that 

 chsyihairiandcdlof i)deh a-ihoarc, and whether that trfty 

 !^ by the very forme and the 

 1 3 number j 



tome, and there it may reft at your pleafure: andfrien 

 when trwt you would haue it fwiminc, then with the 

 Skrewcs windc out the things on both the fides, and that 

 will thruft the water out againe at the holcs,and fo it will 

 rife and come Tp abouc the water, and fwinuuc as it did 

 t>cfbr,&c. 



A Nd furthermore, you may make aBoate to goe with- 

 out oares or Saylc, by the placitigof ccrtamc wheelcs 

 on the outiide of the Boate, in that lor r, t hr.: the armes of 

 the whceles miy goe into the waten, and fo turning tlia 

 v.'heelesby fome prouifion,and fo the whcclci ihall make 

 theBoatctogoe. 



^Ndalfb.tneymakea water Mill in a Boate, fbr\vhen 



that it rule tli at an Anker , the tyde or ftre.imc will 



rurnc t lw wheeks with great force, and t h :fc| M il Ics arc 



Dtuift. 



A Nd in like manner, they may wake an engine to know 

 the way or going of a Ship , for to knowe how <aft or 

 foftJy that any Ship gocth, which is very neccflariefor 

 al them that goeth of Ion* voyagcs.in a number ofcaufcs. 

 The inftrumcnt is to be made in this manner. There mull 

 bs tnadc a little fmall Boate,artd then there muft bee pla- 

 ted a whcelc in the Boate, that the armes thereof muft 

 goe in th water, and fo as the-Stop paflfcthor goeth 10 

 riie-Sea, fo tlie wttyof the SJwjvtfotn turne the whecle by 

 the araui th goeth fn tho-\vtter of the Sea , and from 



that 



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Inventions 



that all the reficcled bttames or /hacloncs doo reft vppon' 

 one place.and fo by agrcat number of glaflcs to multiply 

 the heate.that in the ende it will bee for on fire and burnt: 

 but you muft be fure tli.a all the reflected bcamcsot liia- 

 dowjs doo reft in one place, or tlfc it will be vntono nur-i 

 pofe,and ata threat tliftancc you Hiall haue rnut Ji to dc.'< 

 todecerncoriccit.o'cc. Wherefore youitiuft l^ue the 

 ayde of Geometry, to vie it according MHO tlicdil lance, 

 and to place the glafles in a frame, which 1 doo ciuirut 

 this time for breuitic. 



<) 



The 1 10. Demfc, 



UOr to fee any fmail thing a great diftancc of from vou, 

 irrequireththeaydeoftAoglaflcs,andoneglanc muft 

 bcmadeofpurpofe,anditinayocmadcinfuch ioir, that 

 you may fee a fmall Ailing a great tliftanccof, as this, fo 

 reade a letter that ij'fcf open ncare a quarter of amyle 

 from you, and alfo to fee a niin foure or iiuc miles from 

 you, or to view a Townc or Caftcll, or to fee any window 

 or fuch like thing fixe or fcaucnmylcs froni)ou. And 

 o declare what manner of glaflcs that thcfc muft bee, rhc 

 oncp,lafrc thatmuft bcmadcofpiirpofc, is like the final I 

 burning glafTesrf that kinde of glafle, and mult bee 

 rouncl^inc.1 let i;i a frame a^> thofc bcc,but that it inuil bee 

 nude veiy large, ofafootc, or i 4. or 16. inches broacle, 

 and the broader the bet rcnand the propmie of this piaffe, 

 n this, if thatyoudoobchold any thing thorovs thegfafle, 

 then your eye being ncare vnto it,it fliewe th it felfe accor- 

 ding vnto the ihmg, but as you doo goe back waides, the 

 thingflicweth bigger and bigger, vntill that the tiling 

 thAl fee'iic oia monfli'ou . bigueffc : but if that you doo 

 aoc tf) taice baeiarbdicn it wnHdcbare ond be final , turnc 

 <he fa biond ownevtards. But now to vfe this glafle,fo fee 

 aiuuJltbng a great diftancC, then Joo this, the thing or 

 - place 



]>Jo. 6391 (page 8^7). 



The forerunner of the Marquess of Worcester's 'Century of 

 Inventions.' 



