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it paft by the joynts of the timber, 1 planks having beea 
beat dowa before. The id ihot with 8/^ powder paft 
through 2 butts & grazed between them. The ?d with 8/^ 
paft 2 butts and 7 inches into the idj but the firftbutt 
was much battled before, where it entred. The 4th 
fliot pafled with 8/^ powder, twobutt^, and in both butts 
through the midft of amaffyftrdiig beam (below) that 
had not been battered. 
The yth experiment was with an iron Demy Cuherin 
having 9/^ bullet in iron, and 4/^ powder , this paft 
one butt (which was torn before) and entered the 2d. 
Cuherin wasfliot 8 times, as faft as they could 
charge it with powder and the iron bullet, and yet was 
but fcarce luke-warm at the breech, a little more in the 
midft, moft at the muzzle, and this laftlcarce fo hot a« 
my hand, and yet the Gamers in charging her, wet 
not at all the fcoop, or fponge. 
The dth experiment was with a brafs demy Culverin-fiit 
breech of her was 13 inches J (tried with a calaper com- 
pas;^ the mouth 9|. The firft fliot with 4/^ powder/ 9 
iron bullet, paft 2 bi^i. The 2d ftiot with ili powder, 
paftalmoft 2 buts: this proved to be the beft mot, be*^ 
caufe the timbers were the ftrongeft. 
