Of OXFO'^V^SHIXB 
pound, which amounts to above twenty fliillings a bufiieh 
23. Other fanJs there are alfo of very good ufe, to gives, 
confiftency and body to glnfi • the naturally whiteft are at Nettle- 
bed and Shot-over^ but the fineft by much at Fin/iock^nd Leciwell^ 
which when wafl-ed and cleanfed , at leaft equal the former, 
Thefirft of thefe has been tryed with fuccefs at the Glafs-houfe 
at Henlj : and any of the reft, perhaps, might prove as good 
Tarfo as any they have from France^ or is ufed in Italj^ were they 
but in place where they might be tryed. : : ; - ; 
24.. From Sands^l proceed to Lapk aremriu^, cortimonly cal- 
led Free-ftone^ and ufed in Building ; of which we have as great 
plenty and variety in Oxford-Jhire^ peradventure as in any other 
part of England, The Quarry at Heddington^ fcarce two milds 
from Oxford^ fuppliesus continually with a good fort of fione^ and 
fitforallufes but that of fire-^ in which, that of Teynton and 
Hornton excel it. In the Quarry it cuts very foft and eafie, and 
is worked accordingly for all forts of Building ; very porous,and 
fit to imbibe lime and fand, but hardening continually as it lies 
to the weather, 
25. Of it in general, there are two forts ; one that they call 
Free-fione^ and the other Rag-ftone : but thefe again are fubdi^ 
Tided into feveral fpecies^ according as they are cut or put to di- 
vers ufes. The Free-ftone^ if cut cuhically into very great blocks, 
is then by way of eminence called nothing but Free-Jione ; but if 
cut into oblongs or other forts of fquares^ of a lelTer bulk, they 
then call it Afiler \ and the fragments of thefe of inequilateral, 
multangular Figures, Scabbk-burs. The two firft are ufed in 
principal Buildings, and thelaft, if fquared, is fomtimes mixed 
with Afhkr'm Range-work^ or by it felf in that they call Planttn^ 
work. m the meaner Buildings : but when not fquared at all, is 
commonly thrown in amongft Rag-fione for walling ; for which 
only, and making /iwe, that fecond fort is good, except it rifes 
flat in the bed, and then 'tis worth the while to hew it for 
paving. 
26. Of the fione afore-mentioned confifts the grofs of out 
Buildings; hut for Columns^ Capitels^ Bafes^ Window-lights^ Door-- 
tafes^ Cornifiing^ Mouldings^ isrc, in the chiefeft work they ufc 
Burford-Jione^ which is whiter and harder, and carries by much 
a finer Arris^ than that at Heddington: but yet is not fo hard as 
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