Shoot further : Only over- Charge not lb farj as tocndangef 
the Gun. 
5. The right Charge found^ the beft Random is to be fought 
by trying all Randoms^ by degrees at a time. 
To knowj what Gun Shoots fartheji 5 IIL 
I* A Guttj to be prepared of Culverin-Bore ( as being held 
the beft for Shooting far, ) but much longer ( double the Ordi- 
nary length may do well ^ ) is to be placed as in the former 
ExperimentSj and charged with the Ordinary Charge of a Cnl^ 
verin^ or rather with that Quantity, which by the former Ex- 
periments (hall be found the beft ; and being Shot, the fall of 
the Bullet is to be markf^ and diftance meafuredjas hath been 
fuggefted. 
2, Then try lefs, and more Powder in her, as before^ 
5. Then cutoff two inches of the Muzzle with aSaw, and 
try as before, doing every thing in the fame manner : And fo cut 
off ftill for npw tryals, till the Shot begin to fall fhorter than 
before. 
4. The fame may be done with Guns of different Bores- 
Adv^ytifements. 
I. The way to accommodate the Canvas^ C^^r. propofed for L 
finding owi th^ Point-blankcdifiance ^ h^firji to pitch twoftakes 
of the juft height of the upper-fide of the Cylinder of the Peece, 
fome 6 or 8 foot afunder, in the ftreight line between it and the 
upper nide of the Markj by a Jong Ruler, having one end in the 
Peece, after the Peece is duly point at the Mark 5 and then, by 
the Eye looking over the Stakes to the upper-fide of the. Mark,^ 
or rather by a Telefcope, the Paper or Canvas inteVpofed may be 
let down, or placed juft fo, as the undermoft fide may feem to 
touch the upper fide of the Mark, to one that looks at it from 
the top of the firft Stake. 
If this way of Experiment be made for further diftances 
and raifings of the Peece, as high as conveniently may be above 
the Level, and the diftances meafiired as hath been intimated 5 
and then all Randoms above thefe likewife tryed and meafured, 
-the diftance of an Objeoi:, to be Shot at, being known, and o- 
ther neceflary cautions,beneath to be mentioned, carefully ob- 
ferv'd, good Gunners may with great confidence undertake to 
hit the Mark, be the diftance what it will, foit exceed not the 
reach of the Gun. A a a 2 i. The 
