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A16508 The arte of shooting in great ordnaunce Contayning very necessary matters for all sortes of seruitoures eyther by sea or by lande. Written by William Bourne. Bourne, William, d. 1583. 1587 (1587) STC 3420; ESTC S109410 64,220 106

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mayster was not well refyned neyther the pouder well wrought And after the burning of some kinde of pouder there wyll remayne certayne whyte burrles or knottes as before is rehearsed that will remaine hard and not consume after the burning and that sygnifyeth that the pouder dothe lacke of the maister or peter And also here is one principall thinge to bee noted that when pouder is drye then the force of it in respecte is as it were double or a quarter stronger than when it is moyste and darkishe whether the pouder bee goode or badde And also that pouder that is verie good and well made yet maye happen to become moyste as manye times by carriage too and fro in rayny weather and also by laying it in some moist places the caske beeyng not very close and tyght that the pouder may growe dankishe And also those kinde of pouders that the peter or maister is not well refyned but left full of salte although that the pouder bee neuer so drye when it is layd vp yet it will giue agayne in rayny heather and become moyst how drye soeuer the place be that it is layde vp in Wherefore there are a number of thinges to bee considered in pouder as touching the shooting in great Ordinance in a number of causes for men of reason maye know by the burning coulour tastyng and the handling of pouder which is good which is badde but to say iustly how much the one sorte of pouder is stronger or weaker than another sorte of pouder is that is harde to knowe although he be the maker of the pouder and hath wayed out perticularly the receiptes of the pouder and the meanes thereof commeth to passe as this by the working thereof and by the meanes of the drying thereof and by the moisting or giuing of it againe and especially if the pouder haue bin long made so that it is a hard matter if a man haue of sundry sortes of pouder to say iustly that thus much in weyghte of this sorte of pouder will doe as muche that is to say to bee equall in force as so much in weyghte of that sorte of pouder vntill that it be putte in proofe in the shooting it in Ordinance And thus I doe ceasse to write any more at this time of Pouder CHAPTER II. To know whether any peece of Ordinance be truelie bored by the helpe of certaine instrumentes TO know whether that any peece of Ordinance be truly bored ther be diuers waies Geometrically for it to be done but some of them be too tedious therefore for an easie way they must make this kinde of instrument of two peeces of small timber or two right staues that must be as long as the hollow or concauitie of the peece which must be made in this forme the 〈◊〉 must be made so fast at y e one end that it be not wider asunder at the one end than it is at the other end so made fast that they swarue not eyther wider or narrower and then putting one of the ●●aues into the mouth of the peece and so measuring or trying the peece rounde about with the staffe that is without the peece with an ynche rule you shall know whether that the core or hollownesse of the peece do 〈◊〉 right in the middle of the mettle and if it doe not you shall see howe much the mettell is thicker on the one side than it is on the other And also it is very good for you when you do meane to trie the peece to prepare rammer head that is made fitte for the peece and to put it vppon the staffe that you do put into the peece and to be made fast vnto the side of the staffe and side of the rammer head in such sort that it may keepe the staffe close vnto the side of the peece which it will do the better if the rammer head be to low and then to haue a peece of a Sheepes skinne made fast or nayled vnto the contrarie side of the rammer heade and so it will keepe the long staffe close vnto the side of the peece as by these two figures following you may perceiue And furthermore they may make this kinde of instrument following of yron or any other stuffe meete for the purpose for to gripe the peece in euery place at your pleasure This instrumente muste bee double the length of the hollow or concauitie of the peece and then you muste put one of the right ones into the mouth of the peece and then griping the instrument together then that parte that is without the peece and that shall shewe you howe many ynches and partes of an ynche the mettall is of thicknes without any fayle and then trying the peece round about in euery place the truth of the thicknes of the mettall shal appeare CHAPTER III. How muche Pouder will serue any peece of Ordnaunce by the weight of the peece and weight of the shot and at the end of this Chapter there is a Table that doth declare the weight of Iron shott TO know how much powder will serue any peece of Ordnaunce there be two speciall points to be obserued that is to say the weight of the shotte of yron and the weight of the mettall of the peece and this is a generall rule the peece hauing a reasonable length that is to say that according vnto the accustomable manner according vnto the names of the peece or peeces all those peeces that haue two hundred weight of mettall or vpwardes vnto one pounde weight of shotte must haue as much Sarpentine pouder as the shotte waieth And all those peeces that haue three hundred weight in mettall vnto one poūd weight of shot doe require as muche Sarpentine pouder as the shotte wayeth and one ninth parte more And all those peeces y e haue vnder two hundred weight of mettall and more thā one hundred and a halfe may haue as much Sarpentine pouder as the shot weieth lacking one ninth part And all those peeces that haue one hundred a halfe of mettall or there about vnto one pound weight of the shotte must lack 2 9 partes of pouder that the shotte waieth And all those peeces that haue but little more than one hundred vnder one hundred a halfe must lacke 3 9 partes of y e weight of the pouder that the shot waieth y t is but ⅔ parts Therfore for the making of Ladels for anye peece or peeces of Ordnaunce this thing must be noted First take the compasse of the shot for the peece y t you do make the Ladel for and then diuide or put the compasse of the shotte into 5. equall parts and thē cut the plate of the Ladel in breadth of three of those fiue partes and put the other ⅖ partes away and then bende the plate for the breadth of the Ladell according vnto the compasse of the shotte so that it may goe easily into the mouth of the peece for ⅗ partes