9 is 72 set down 2 under 8 and carry 7 and work as the other Line Lastly add up the two Lines saying 3 set it down then 2 and 8 is 10 set down a Cipher and carry 1 then 1 that I carried and 5 is 6 and 4 is 10 set down a Cipher and carry 1 saying 1 and 5 is 6. 23 times 100 is 2300 A Pattern to mark Linnen by One pound 2 ounces 12 penny weight Troy is equal to 16 ounces or one pound Averdupois Or 1 l. Averdupois is equal to 14 â…— ounces Troy One ounce Troy is 5 shillings Silver 8 grains Troy is one shilling in Gold If the Date of the year when an antient Book was printed or a man born in the year of our Lord 1616 what is his age this year 1681. Do this by Substraction from 1681 take 1616 rests 0065 Say take 6 from 1 that I cannot do but must borrow 10 to put to the 1 makes 11 then again 6 from 11 and there remains 5 now one that I borrowed and 1 is two so two from 8 and there rests 6 then 6 from 6 and 1 from 1. A Table shewing the Length of the longest artificial day in any place of the World having the height of the Pole  Day Poles height H. M. 0 12 0 6 12 20 12 12 42 16 12 58 20 13 12 24 13 30 27 13 42 30 13 56 32 14 06 34 14 16 35 14 22 36 14 28 37 14 34 38 14 38 39 14 44 40 14 52 41 14 58 42 15 04 P.h. H. M. 43 15 12 44 15 18 45 15 26 46 15 34 47 15 42 48 15 52 49 16 0 50 16 10 51 26 20 52 16 30 53 16 42 54 16 54 55 17 8 56 17 22 57 17 36 58 17 52 59 18 10 60 18 30 P.h. Days H. M. 61  18 54 62  19 20 63  19 50 64  20 24 65  21 10 66  22 18 ½ 66  24 0 67  20 0 68 42 1 16 69 52 16 25 70 64 13 46 71 74 0 0 72 82 6 36 73 89 4 58 74 96 17 0 75 104 1 4 76 110 7 27 77 116 14 22 78 122 17 6 79 127 9 55 80 134 4 58 81 139 31 36 82 145 6 40 83 152 2 6 P.h. D. H. M. 84 156 3 3 85 161 5 23 86 166 11 23 87 171 21 47 88 176 5 29 89 181 21 58 90 181 6 39 The use of this Table Suppose the height of the Pole at London be 52 Degrees how many hours is the longest day Look for 52 in the first Column and against it is 16 hours 30 minutes the length of the longest day Of the four Quarters of the Earth In Europe is Old England c. In Asia is Jerusalem c. In Africa is Egypt c. In America is New England c. Some remarkable times since Adam Year of the World  1 Adam created the 6th day 130 Seth born 395 Methuselah lived 969 years 930 Adam's age 930 years 1656 Noah's Flood 1948 Abraham born 2108 Isaac born 2287 Joseph in Egypt 2046 Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed 2047 Circumcision instituted 2843 London built 2369 Job's time 2433 Moses and Aaron in Egypt 2552 Israelites murmur for Water 2591 Joshuah died 2919 David born  Solomon 7 years and an half in 3012 building the Temple 3029 Rehoboam Solomon's Son 3278 Hezekiah's good Reign 3405 The Captivity 3932 Virgin Mary born Year of Christ  1 Christ born 30 Christ baptised 33 His Resurrection 60 Paul carried to Rome 68 Jerusalem destroyed 92 First of the ten persecutions 304 The last of the ten 665 Printing first in England 1128 Mens hair like Womens 1605 Powder Treason 1607 Bible translated 1665 A great Plague at London 1666 87 Parishes in London burnt 1678 Popish Plot. 1681 A great Dearth A Register of the sufferings and Martyrdom of the Prophets and Apostles according to the Testimony of Scripture and other Historical Records Isaiah was sawn asunder with a wooden Saw Jeremiah was often persecuted and imprisoned yea he was thrown into a deep Dungeon where it is said he stood in the mire to the head and at length was stoned to death in Egypt Ezekiel was slain in Babilon by the Duke of the People Daniel was thrown among the hungry Lions yet the Lord preserved him The three Children were thrown into the fiery Furnace but the Fire did them no harm Micah was thrown down and his neck broken Amos was smitten with a Club on the Temples of the head and so brained Zachariah was stoned to death John the Baptist was beheaded of Herod the Tetrarch Stephen was stoned to death James was beheaded by Herod Agrippa Peter was crucified at Rome with his head downwards under Nero. Paul was likewise beheaded at Rome under Nero. Andrew was crucified by Aegeâ—â— King of Edessa James Alphaeus was thrown down from on high and brained with a Club. Thomas was slain at Calamina a City of Judea he was run through with a Dart or Spear Philip was crucified at Hierapolis in Asia Bartholomew was slain in Judea it is said his Skin was pulled over his ears and after all beheaded Matthew was run through with a Sword in Aethiopia Simon was crucified Jude was slain John was scourged and often persecuted it is said that Domition the Emperor caused him to be thrown into a Tun of scalding Oil yet took no harm Matthias was knockt on the head with an Ax and afterwards beheaded Mark the Evangelist had a Rope tied about his neck by which he was drawn through the Streets of Alexandria until his flesh was rent in pieces and in the end he was burned to ashes Barnabas had a Rope tied about his neck by which he was pulled to the Stake and burned He that is born after the Flesh persecuteth him that is born after the Spirit as it is at this day and so it will be until he Christ Jesus reign in the hearts of people through their obedience to his Grace in which Grace the Righteous know his Reign and the Government is upon his Shoulders in their hearts for he is worthy for ever and ever An exact way to measure round Timber by one that can multiply Co. F. Parts 10 0 055 11 0 066 12 0 077 13 0 093 14 0 108 15 0 124 16 0 141 17 0 159 18 0 179 19 0 200 20 0 221 21 0 243 22 0 267 23 0 292 24 0 318 25 0 343 26 0 374 27 0 403 28 0 433 29 0 465 30 0 497 31 0 531 32 0 566 33 0 602 34 0 639 35 0 677 36 0 176 37 0 756 38 0 798 39 0 840 40 0 884 41 0 929 42 0 974 43 1 021 44 1 070 45 1 119 46 1 169 47 1 220 48 1 273 49 1 327 50 1 381 51 1 437 52 1 496 53 1 552 54 1 612 55 1 671 56 1 732 57 1 795 58 1 860 59 1 923 60 1 988
say do not this or that to day These words are used Gen. 30.27 I have learned Experience saith Laban that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake Again Gen. 44.5 Is not this the Cup in which my Lord drinketh and whereby he divineth That is proveth or maketh trial or experience what manner of men ye are The Heathen people were very superstitious in these observations some days they counted unlucky others lucky as our Astrologers do now some unfortunate to begin Battle and some days unfortunate to marry and as they were superstitious in observing unlucky signs as they called them so likewise in the means used to avert the evil portended The means were either words or deads thus if an unlucky bird so called or such like came in their way they would fling stones at it And of this sort is the scratching of a suspected Witch which at this day amongst the simpler sort of people is thought to be a means to cure Witchcraft By words also they thought to prevent the evil signified by such signs when they say This evil light on thine own head Vid. apud Theophrast Character D. Kinchien radic My people ask Counsel at their stocks and their Staff teacheth them for the Spirit of Fornication hath caused them to err and they have gone a whoring from under their God Hos 4.12 Ezek. 21.21 Lev. 18.26 31. Eccles 24.5 6 7. The manner of the Moons Eclipse THe word Eclipse is as much as to say as to want light and to be darkned or in part hidden from our sight When the Sun and Moon are opposite one to the other diametrically and the Earth in the very midst between both that is when a right line drawn from the center of the Sun to the center of the Moon passing through the Center of the Earth for the Body of the Earth and water being thick and not transparent casting his shadow to that point which is opposite to the place of the Sun will not suffer the Moon to receive any light from the Sun from whence she borroweth her light as the Astronomers write And note that every time she is at the full she is opposite to the Sun and yet the Earth is not at every such full diametrically betwixt her and the Sun for then she should be Eclipsed at every full which indeed cannot be unless she be either in the head or tail of the Dragon so called being two opposite places in the Skies or Heavens Now the Moon is Eclipsed in part when the Sun the Earth and the Moon be met in one self diametral line but the Moon is declining either on the one side or the other But note that the Eclipses of the Moon may be universal because the Earth is far bigger than the Moon and thereby able to shadow the whole Body The manner of the Suns Eclipse THe Eclipse of the Sun is when the Moon is betwixt the Sun and the Earth which chanceth in a conjunction or new of the Moon and yet not in every conâ—unction but when it falleth in one of the two opposite parts of Heaven called the head or tail of the Dragon which may chance as is said before either totally or in part totally in respect of those parts of the Earth whereon the Shadow directly falleth for seeing the Moon is far less than the Earth she cannot shadow all the Earth and therefore the Eclipse of the Sun cannot be universal but yet to some part of the Earth it may be total or dark to some partly and to others nothing at all A Tide Table shewing the time of full Sea in the principal Havens in England or near thereunto Names of Havens H. M. Points of the Compass Quinborow Southhampton Portsmouth 0 0 South North Redban Aberden 0 45 s w by w n e by e Gravesend Downs 1 30 s s w n n e Dundee St. Andrews Scilly 2 15 s w by s n e by n London Tinmouth Hartelpoole 3 0 s west n East Barwick Ostendfount 2 45 s w by w n e by n Frith Leith Dunbar Narbe 4 30 w s w e n e Foymouth Gernsey Lizard 5 15 w by s e by n Foy Lin Humber Way Dartmouth or Plimouth Antwerp 6 0 East West Bristol Lanion Foulness 6 45 e by s w by n Bridgewater Texel Milford 7 30 e by e w n w Portland Peterport Hague 8 15 s e by e n w by n Orkney Pool Orwel Shelens 9 0 s East n w Deep Lux Lenoyes Needles 9 45 s e by s n w by n Bolyn Dover Harwich Yarmouth 10 30 s s e n n w Callis Rye Winchelsey Calsho 11 15 s by e e by w The Vse of this Table Add the Hours and Minutes right against each Haven to the Moons coming to the South and the whole result will be the time of the Tide or high water By this Table you may see what point of the compass the Moon is in at the time of the Tide or full Sea The Moons coming to the South is found in an Almanack The Characters of the seven Planets Saturn ♄ Jupiter ♃ Mars ♂ Sol ☉ Venus ♀ Mercury ☿ Luna ☽ The Characters of the 12 Signs Aries ♈ Taurus ♉ Gemini ♊ Cancer ♋ Leo ♌ Virgo â™ Libra ♎ Scorpio â™ Sagitarius â™ Capricornus ♑ Aquarius â™’ Pisces ♓ To find what sign the Sun or Moon is in What sign is the Sun in the 6th day of September 1681. First find the day of the month by an Almanack and right against it is 24 d. 0 m. in â™ the Moon at the same time is in 17 d. 25 m. in â™ Do so another time Circles of the Sphere Note that the aforesaid 12 signs in the Zodiack so called are only as a supposed Circle or Circles divided into 12 equal parts in the Firmament whose breadth is about 23 d. 30. m. on each side of the equinoctial Line towards the two Pole Stars the whole Circumference or round the World of this Circle is 360 Degrees and every Degree upon the Earth is 60 miles Secondly Every one of these 12 Signs are divided into 30 Degrees and every Degree into 60 Minutes c. Thirdly The outmost side of this Circle or Circles towards the North Pole is called the Tropick of Cancer one of the said 12 signs the which when the Sun is in about the 11th of June the days are at the longest Fourthly And the other side of this Circle next the South Pole is called the Tropick of Capricorn the which when the Sun is in about the 11 of December the days are at the shortest Fifthly In the middle of this Circle or Circles or Zodiack may be said to be the equinoctial Line into which when the Sun cometh about the 10 of March and the 10th of September the days and nights are equal throughout the World Lastly The Sun is a whole year in passing through all these signs and the Moon in one Month and that neither of them come so near
as patience Nation except when s goes before ti as question bestial S is not sounded in Island U is not sounded in tongue guile guest buy con╌duit U always follows q as question AE oe sound like e in all words Ll mm tt and cc in the middle of words divide them as ac╌cord wil╌ling at╌tend c. Of words that are alike in sound yet unlike in their signification A Assent or agree Ascent of a hill Aunt Father's Sister Ant or Pismire Acts or Laws Ax cutteth Allay assuage Alley in a Garden B Ball to play with Bawl to cry Bruite fame Brute beast Bolt the Door Boult Meal C Cannons Guns Canons Rules Caviller brawler Caulier horseman Censure judging Censer for Sacrifice Cote for Sheep Coat to wear Clause or sentence Claws of a Lion Cosen or cheat Cousin kinsman D Deer or Buck Dear costly Due or debt Dew on the grass Disease sickness Disseise put out Doe a beast Dough for bread E Endued with Virtue Endows with portion Errand sent out Arrant knave F Flie from enemies Flie as a bird Felloes of a wheel Fellows companions Flower of wheat Floor of a barn Fare good chear Fair or Market G Gall on the Liver Gaull on horse-backs H Haven for ships Heaven for godly Hale out of Door Hall and Snow Heir of an Estate Air of wind Hare swift beast Hair of the head Host of lodgers Host or Army Hugh a mans name Hue or colour Hue and cry after one I Inn to lodge in In to a place L Lettice the hearb Lattise window Loose untie Lose out of pocket M Manure the land Manor or farm Marshal of an Army Martial warlike Merry glad Marry or marriage Mary a maid Meet right Mete measure Message sent out Mesuage a house Medlar a fruit Medler a busie body N Neigh as a horse Nay denying O Oh expression of grief Owe to be in debt Hour a time Our goods Oar of a boat Ore of Silver P Pale in the face Pail for milk Pair of Gloves Pare an Apple Power of God Pour out drink Poor needy Pray to God Prey of a thief Prophet of truth Profit gain Q Quarrel fall out Quarril of Glass R Reign of a King Rain or Snow Rein of a Bridle Reason for truth Raisin a fruit Roe a beast Row of Trees Rite Ceremony Right not wrong S Slight naughty Sleight cunning Seize to lay hold Cease to be quiet Seller doth sell Celler for bear Sore with pain Soar on high Sole of the foot Soul of man Stair to go up by Stare with the eyes Succour relief Sucker sucketh Some a few Sum of Money Sound a Bell Swound to faint Son of a father Sun in the sky T Tail of a bird Tale or story Tares in wheat Tear to pieces Tears in the Eyes Thyme the Hearb Time of the day V Vain idle Vein bleedeth W Write with a pen Wright for Carts Great Letters should begin words in these six several cases First in the beginning of any matter Secondly after a full stop in writing Thirdly in the beginning of a verse Fourthly in proper names of men and Women Fifthly in names of Art or Offices or any word of note in a Sentence Sixthly in the personal pronoun I. One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Cipher 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 How to number Figures by these little Tables thousands hundreds tens ones    6 4 is sixty four   1 6 is sixteen  1 0 0 is one hundred 3 7 6 4 Example The figure next to the Right hand is always in the place of ones as in the Table is 4 ones that 's four The next is the place of tens that is 6 tens or sixty The third place is hundreds in this Table it is 7 hundred The fourth place is thousands that is 3 thousand 7 hundred sixty and 4. 3 7 6 4. Or read nine figures thus Millions Thousands Ones 243 532 433 243-532-433 That is 2 hundred 43 millions 5 hundred 32 thousand 4 hundred 33. Read by threes all sorts of Figures How to read a number of Figures Read 276-547-698-432-679 say 276 thousand thousand thousand thousand then to the next three figures saying 547 thousand thousand thousand so to the next saying 698 thousand thousand or millions 432 thousand 679. Another way 1 7 unites 2 6 tens 3 5 hundreds 4 4 thousands 5 7 ten thousands 6 3 C thousands 7 5 millions 8 6 ten millions 9 8 C millions 10 5 thousand millions 11 6 ten thousand millions 12 4 C thousand millions 13 3 millions of millions 14 7 ten millions of millions 15 6 C millions of millions Read them by threes as 673 millions of millions 465 thousand millions 864 millions c. The seven Numeral Letters I is one 1 V five 5 X ten 10 L fifty 50 C a hundred 100 D five hundred 500 M a thousand 1000 IV four 4 IX nine 9 XIX nineteen 19 XIV fourteen 14 XXIX twenty 29 XL forty 40 XLIV forty four 44 XLIX forty nine 49 LIX fifty nine 59 LXIX sixty nine 69 XC ninety 90 M.DC.LXXXI is 1681. The Date of the year begins on the 25th day of March so called XCIX 99 CIX 109 CXIX 119 CXL 140 CLXX 170 CXC 190 In one mile in length is Furlongs 8 Poles 320 Paces 1056 Ells 1408 Yards 1760 Feet 5280 Inches 63360 In a square mile is Acres 640 In one Acre is half Acres 2 Roods 4 Square poles 160 Square yards 4804 Square feet 43560 How to measure Board or Glass Measure the breadth and length in inches and multiply them together and that Product divide by 144 and the Quotient shews the number of feet How to measure square timber Multiply the breadth in inches by the thickness and that product by the length in inches the which divide by 1728. and the Quotient shews how many solid foot is in the piece of Timber How to measure round Timber Multiply the half of the thickness by half the compass in inches and that product by the length the which divide by 1728 and the Quotient shews the number of feet in the stick of Timber How to gage Vessels If it be a square Vessel find the product of inches by square Timber measure and the product divide by 288 and the Quotient shews the number of Gallons the which divided by 36 shews how many Barrels is in the Vessel Or if it be a round Vessel that bellies in the middle measure the breadth at Bung and at the Head and add them together and half thereof multiply into half the length of the vessel and the product divide by 288 for Ale or Bear 231 for Wine or 272 for Salt or Corn the product shews half the number of Gallons in the said Vessel How to measure a Brick Wall by the Rod or Pole of 16 ½ feet Multiply the breadth in feet by the length and the product divide by 272 the Quotient shews the number of Rods is in the Wall
parts of a shilling that is 12 pence and divide that product by the Numerator 6. Example How many square Quarters of a foot is in a solid foot of Timber The square of a ¼ of a Foot is three Inches multiplied in its self Divide 1728 by the Inches in a square Foot by 27 and the Quotient is the Answer Example And in an Inch also is 64 squa◠quarterns of an Inch. A Table to reduce Links into Roods and Poles Links R. P. 100000 4 0 90000 3 24 80000 3 8 70000 2 32 60000 2 16 50000 2 0 40000 1 24 30000 1 8 20000 0 32 10000 0 16 9375 0 15 8750 0 14 8125 0 13 7500 0 12 6875 0 11 6250 0 1 5625 0 9 5000 0 8 4375 0 7 3750 0 6 3125 0 5 2500 0 4 1875 0 3 1250 0 2 624 0 1 The use of this Table If you have a number of Links cut off from the Acres in your first Product bring them to the first Column and against them are the Roods and Poles Or take the nearest number and substract Ten hundred thousand or a thousand thousand is a Million To know when it is the middle of the day by the Sun At twelve a clock cut a notch in a Window by the shadow of a stansion or Door post To reduce 5267 Poles into Acres Roods and Poles That is a r p 32 3 27 How to measure any parcel of Land small or great by a Chain and the Rule of Multiplication which may be very useful for the new planter in America the way being in a pocket Book Suppose the length of a piece of Land be 9 Chains and 50 Links the Breadth 6 Chains 25 Links Note that the Chain is called Gunter's Chain being 4 Poles in length and is divided into 100 Links and at every ten Links is a brass Ring price five or six shillings Multiply the Chains and Links as whole numbers and from the product always cut off 5 figures next the Right hand and those to the left hand are Acres  a. r. p.  That is 5 3 30 00000     100000 parts of a Pole Secondly The remaining Figures that is cut off from the 5 Acres must be multiplied by 4 because so many Rood is in an Acre and 5 figures cut off also from that Product and the other are Roods Lastly Multiply the five figures so cut off from the Roods by 40 because there is 40 Pole in a Rood and then cut off five figures from the last product and the Left hand figures are Poles as in the Example appeareth Note that if in your Lengths or Breadths the Links are under 10 add a Cipher to the Left hand How to reduce any number of Chains and Links into feet That is 351 Feet 12 parts 597 Feet 30 parts Always cut off 2 figures from the product towards the Right hand and they are parts of 100 and them on the Left are feet That is 351 12 100 597 30 100 Note that if the number of Links be under 10 place a Cipher to the Left hand as before To know how far it is to a Steeple or Tree that you cannot measure to by reason of water or wood c. Choose two places to stand in to see the same as suppose 20 yards distant for which distance draw a Line on Paper and divide it into 20 parts then lay the edge of a Quadrant at one standing the Quadrant lying flat to point to the other standing and mark how many degrees the sight of the Tree may cut to make an Angle which mark at the end of the Line on the Paper do so at the other standing and bring it to the Paper Lastly draw both the Lines at length till they touch each other and that will shew the distance in yards to be measures by your first Line Note that if the Tree be far distant let your standings be the farther off each other And for want of a Quadrant the square corner of a Board may serve if it be exact square at one corner If you are upon the Land you may take the distance of a Ship at Sea by two standings as before But if you are upon a Ship Mast at Sea or upon a high Tower near the Sea then spie through the sights the Ship observing how many Degrees and Minutes makes the Angle which note upon Paper and let down into the Sea a Line and Plummet the which Line measure into yards and lay it down also on Paper by the Line of equal parts Note that the Angle at the water is a perfect square as one should always be Then draw your Lines to a point as before so that by this Rule the ingenious may find the distance of several Towns and Castles one from another and also their heights and breadths though you cannot come at them by reason of Water or an Enemy c. Note that if the Plummet cut one one quarter of your Quadrant on the right side in taking of sight then twice the distance from your standing to the bottom of the Tree is the height Or if it cut so much of the Left side then half the distance is the height Remember that the sight to the top of the Tree must be as a streight Line to the Ground it may reach 6 7 or 8 foot backward if you stand upright to take the sight How to make black Ink. Take Rain water two Quarts Galls bruised six ounces let them stand one week in the Sun then put in Gum Arabick and Coperas of each four ounces heat it over the fire and stir it with a stick often This Table is called multiplication Table which all have learned by heart that are skill'd in Arithmetick 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18   3 9 12 15 18 21 24 27    4 16 20 24 28 32 36     5 25 30 35 40 45      6 36 42 48 54       7 49 56 63        8 64 72         9 81 How to read this Table Begin at the figure 2 in the second Line and 2 in the first and say 2 times 2 is four 2 times 3 is 6 c. Then begin at 3 in the third Line saying 3 times 3 is 9 and 3 times 4 is 12 3 times 5 is 15 and so to the end Multiply 20 by 5 Thus the Cipher in the 20 set down under the Line then 2 times 5 is 10 set it down so 5 times 20 is 100. Multiply 69 by 87 set it thus Work thus Say 7 times 9 is 63 set down 3 and carry in mind 6 then 7 times 6 is 42 and 6 I bear in mind is 48 set down 8 and bear in mind 4 which 4 set down having no further to carry it Then say 8 times
rate of 6 l. per annum Interest upon Interest the question is what those yearly payments ought to be Multiply the number against 10 in the last Table by 1600 the pounds and work as before Note that Product is multiplied by 240 the pence in one pound Example Answer Every payment ought to be 217 l. 7 s. 9 d. the inclosed 3 is 6 shillings A Table shewing how many years purchase a Lease or Annuity is worth presently at Interest upon Interest at 6 l. in the hundred And shewing how to discount any Lease in being and the true value of the Reversion after any number of years Ye Lease Years Months Parts 1 0 11 0 2 1 9 9 3 2 8 1 4 3 5 9 5 4 2 5 6 4 11 0 7 5 7 0 8 6 2 5 9 6 9 6 10 7 4 3 11 7 10 7 12 8 4 6 13 8 10 3 14 9 3 6 15 9 8 5 16 10 11 3 17 10 5 8 18 10 9 9 19 11 1 3 20 11 5 7 21 11 9 3 22 12 0 5 23 12 3 6 24 12 6 6 25 12 9 4 26 13 0 0 27 13 2 5 28 13 4 9 29 13 7 1 30 13 9 2 31 13 11 1 32 14 11 0 The Use of this Table Suppose a Lease to continue 10 years and you would know how many years purchase it is worth in ready Money Look in the Table for 10 years of a Lease to the Left hand and against the same you have 7 years Rent and 4 Months rent and 3 parts of a Months rent of the said Lease Let the rent be what it will viz. 7 years is 70 l. and the 4 Months is 3 l. 6 s. 8 d. and 3 10 of a month is about 30 s. so added together is about 73 l. 8 s. 8 d. ready Money of a Lease of 10 l. a year Again Suppose a Lease to be 30 years that you would buy let the Rent as aforesaid he what it will Look for 30 in the first Column and against it is 13 years 9 months and 1 10 of a month purchase or the Rent present possession But suppose there be a Lease of 5 years more or less before you commence look in the Table against 5 years and you find 4 years 2 months 5 10 purchase substract this out of the Sum against 30 viz. 13 9 2. Example  y. m. p. Years 30 13 9 2 Years 5 4 2 5  9 6 7 And so much is the Reversion after 5 years purchase worth the remainder of 30 years A perpetual Almanack K. C. II. 33 Year March 31 1681 Thursday 1 8 15 22 29 Friday 2 9 16 23 30 Saturday 3 10 17 24 31 Sunday 4 11 18 25  Monday 5 12 19 26  Tuesday 6 13 20 27  Wednesday 7 14 21 28  First Draw it upon Paper as before Secondly Write the 12 Months in a long piece of Paper every Month in the same compass as March is writ in in the Almanack and cut between each double Line to slip it through that but one Month may be seen at a time Thirdly Upon a long piece of Paper write the days of the week twice over at length to slip as the other Lastly Do so also for the year 1681 1682 c. and for the Kings Reign And at the bottom write the Explanation thus Explanation If the day of the Month begins on a Thursday the next Thursday after is 8 the next is 15 the next 22 c. The Friday is the 2d day of the month the next Friday is the ninth c. Or you may place them according as the Months and days are in the Scripture as the first Month or March so called second Month c and first day of the week or Sunday so called Example How many miles nearer the Sun is Pensilvania than Old England England about 50 d. N. Latitude Pensilvania 40 d. N. Latitude Difference 10 Degrees An. 10 times 60 is 600 miles difference Vincent Wings Opinion concerning the Sun Moon and some Stars called Planets First That the Sun is as fixed and the Stars called by him Saturn 25 Miles Eeach of them wheels in a Minute Venus 70 The Earth 60 Mars 48 Jupiter 26 Mercury 95 The Moon 32 Secondly That the Sun giveth both Light and Heat to all the Planetary Bodies encircling him Thirdly That the Moon retains the Earth for her Center and the Earth would seem like a Star at Saturn Fourthly That the Sun and the fixed Stars shine with their own proper Light Fifthly That the Earth is carried about the Sun and the Moon about the Earth Sixthly The thickness of the Earth is 6872 miles its Compass 21600 miles the out side is 148450906 square miles and the whole Earth is 510131305785 Cubical or square miles like a Die. The Distance in miles from London to these great Towns and which way they bear Bedford N. 40 Bristol W. 94 Bath W. 88 Barwick N. 250 Buckingham N. W. 43 Bangor N. W. 175 St. Asaph N. W. 160 St. Davids W. 200 Landass W. Hartford N. Worcester N. W. Shrewsbury N. W. Warwick N. W. Wells W. Winchester S. W. Caunton S. W. Stafford N. W. Rochester S. E. 26 Oxford N. W. 47 Norwich N. E. 80 Newcastle N. 200 Nottingham N. W. 93 Northampton N. W. 52 Lancaster N. W. 180 Lincoln N. 100 Lichfield N. W. 95 Leicester N. W. 76 Launoester W. 176 Kendal N. W. 184 Peterborrow 61 Ipswich N. E. 55 Huntington N. 47 Hereford N. W. 103 Glocester N. W. 89 Ely N. 51 Exeter W. 138 Durham N. 190 Darby N. W. 96 Carlile N. W. 217 Colchester N. E. 42 Cambridge N. 45 Coventry N. W. 76 Chester N. W. 144 Chichester S. W. 49 Canterbury S. E. 46 Oukham N. 60 Dorchester S. W. 102 Gilford S. W. 25 Windsor W. 19 York N. 150 The Distance in Miles betwixt some Shire Towns  Miles  Oxford to 52 Cambridge Coventry 48 Cambridgo Bristol 48 Oxford York 108 Barwick Shrewsbury 113 York Oxford 118 York Nottingham 59 York Coventry 68 Chester Yarmouth 16 Norwich Lancaster 52 Cockermouth Coventry 44 Shrewsbury Worcester 72 Carmarthen Shrewsbury 70 Bristol Bristol 60 Exeter Barstable 32 Exeter York 95 Northampton Bedford 25 Peterborrow Buckingham 16 Oxford A Table shewing the hour of the day by a plain walking Staff divided into 10 equal parts Hour Be. noon  11 10 9 8 7 6 5   12        Hour Af. noon  1 2 3 4 5 9 7 Ju. 11 Ju. 11 5 b half 6 7 b half 9 c three quarters 13 b half 19 a stands for a part 30 b half 57 a stands for a part 1 21 5 b half 6 7 b half 10 13 c three quarters 19 b half 30 59 M. 21 Ju. 2          13 5 c three quarters 6 b half 7 c three quarters
10 a stands for a part 14 20 a stands for a part 32 65 a stands for a part 11 23 6 a stands for a part 6 c three quarters 8 a stands for a part 10 c three quarters 14 c three quarters 21 b half 35 78 b half Ap. 30 A. 2 7 7 b half 9 11 b half 16 23 40 108 20 13 7 c three quarters 8 a stands for a part 10 12 c three quarters 17 b half 26 b half 48 196 9 23 8 c three quarters 9 a stands for a part 11 14 19 b half 30 a stands for a part 62 a stands for a part  Mch. 30 S. 2 10 10 b half 12 a stands for a part 15 c three quarters 22 a stands for a part 36 b half 92 a stands for a part  20 13 11 a stands for a part 12 14 18 26 46 182  10 23 13 13 c three quarters 16 21 31 a stands for a part 62 c three quarters   F. 28 O. 2 15 16 8 c three quarters 24 c three quarters 39 97 a stands for a part   18 13 17 b half 18 b half 22 29 c three quarters 51 110   8 23 20 b half 21 c three quarters 26 36 70 c three quarters    Ja. 29 N. 2 24 25 b half 31 46 110    19 13 28 29 c three quarters 37 59 208    9 21 32 34 b half 44 76 829    D. 30 D.  36 39 51 97     21 1 39 42 b half 56 b half 117     11 11 40 43 c three quarters 59 829     The Use of this Table Cut marks in a Staff for 10 parts and when the Sun shines set it upright on the Ground and measure the Shadow into parts and find them in the Table and the Figure above it at the top of the Table tells you the hour of the day Deafness THe most common cause of Deafness in the Ears comes of stop-age of Wax and Dust in the Ears that hardeneth against the Drum therefore pick them not but have them well washed with a Syringe with warm Beer and Water at going to bed which I have proved by helping above one hundred people I do believe It 's good to drop into the Ear a night or two before they are cleansed a little Oil of bitter Almonds or the Fat of a silver Eel so called if these do not cure try no further Urine The signs thereof 1. Red Urine signifieth heat of the Blood 2. White rawness and indigestion in the Stomach 3. Thick like puddle excessive labour or sickness 4. White or red gravel in the bottom threatens the Stone in the Reins 5. Black or green commonly death Scurvy The signs thereof Is through a Melancholy humour which makes the Gums swell and exulcerated loosening also the sinews and Teeth the mouth stinketh the Thighs and Legs are often full of blew spots like bruises the colour pale the feet are swollen as in a Dropsie and a pain in the soles of them and so will the fingers ends sometimes Dropsie The signs thereof There are three sorts through the coldness of the Liver 1. The watery Dropsie the Body is full of phlegmy blood or oak Water between the skin and the Flesh and the Body doth suck it up as a Spunge sucks up Water an ill colour of the face 2. Is wind and water lying between the Guts and the Stomach the Body waxes lean 3. If more wind than water it 's a Timpany A good Diet Drink for all that are inclining to the Scurvey or Dropsie or others to be taken in the Spring and Fall Take Fumitory green or dried red Dock Roots water Cresses and common Scurvy grass of each one handful Fennel Seed one Ounce and half a peck of Pippins sliced boil all these half an hour in 10 Gallons of Water strain it and add to the Water of Horseradish one handful sliced and bruised Liquorish one ounce Rasons in the Sun half a pound then boil them half an hour in the said water and put in half a pound of Munks Rubarb sliced Sea Scurvy grass half a Peck Sena two ounces and one pound of Sugar and boil it a little the said water being the wort of one peck and an half of Malt work it with yest as other drink and drink every morning about half a pint A Drink that hath cured wounds and Sores when many other Medicines could not Take Bugloss Self heal Yarrow Sanicle Ox Eye the three sorts of Plantane red Briar Leaves mix the juice with white wine and take five spoonfuls three times a day and only wash the Sore with it or get the vertue of the hearbs by boiling To provoke Urine Boil Twitch Grass Roots in skim'd Milk and drink the Milk in the morning For a stuffing Cold and Coughs Take Hysop Pennyroyal Fennel Parsley roots pithed Elecompany Liquorish a Fig some Rasons in the Sun Rue Rosemary boil all these in Hony take it often on the end of a Liquorish stick Convulsion and Mother-fits Take one quart of Spring water and half a handful of Savin and one handful of purple coloured Hartsease bruised steep them in the water two hours strain it and sweeten it with Hony take every morning half a pint for a man or Woman and every night take as much as will lie on a shilling of this powder that is single peony roots and the best poudered Sugar Pain in the Side Anoint it well with Melilot Ointment or Salve and lay on a Tobacco Leaf and at night take one of Matthew's Pills with the decoction of Field Thyme For a Cancer in a Womans Breast Take 4 ounces of Lapis Calaminaris being red hot quench it in one pint of White Wine quench it so three times then take two ounces of Lapis Tuty and quench it twice in red Rose water beat them small and put them both in a glass to the Wine when you use it shake the bottle always and wet double Cloaths therein twice or thrice in a day and apply to the Breast Fundament sore or pained Anoint it with Oil of Roses Take no Purge or Aloes except Manna Keep the Body not bound and eat much Bread and Butter If too loose eat Cinnamon and Sugar Strain not too much and when it bleeds it will be quickly well use not many things Stomach How to cleanse it from Choler without a Vomit and the party have a looseness by reason thereof Take Five spoonful of the Sirup of Rubarb dissolve it in a draught of new Whey drink it and two hours after dine with boiled meat and drink posset Ale instead of
their Land Deut. 18.12 14. Lev. 19.26 Therefore what man of sense will believe that all the Art of earthly men can procure one thing out of earthly things that may be but as the quantity of a pease that shall have power being put into a pound or two of melted Lead to change it into most fine Gold or that this one thing shall have also power as an outward Medicine to cure all diseases in the Bodies of the wicked that they may get strength to be wicked still But most happy is he that above all searching he seeketh after and waiteth upon God that he may give unto him that white Stone and in it a new name written which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth Rev. 2.17 Now before I conclude I shall recite some of the words of two of these Philosophical Writers as Geber and Villa Nova Saith Geber For wheresoever we have spoken plainly there we have said nothing but where under Riddles and Figures we have put something there we have hid the Truth Villa Nova saith The Alchymists of latter time are for the most part mockers and whiles by Sophistications they seek rather to seem wise than to be they deceive the yielders to them but the ancients not profiting according to their own Covetousness have wrapped up this Art in Riddles shewing rather their own Ignorance than Science c. Eph. 5.11 And have no fellowship saith the Apostle with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them Eph. 4.17 18. Yet the word Philosophy has signified a love to Wisdom and the way to holy Living and not vain and impracticable things See Pythagoras his works and the Speech of Palamedes at his Execution manifesteth that some of them sought after Righteousness For saith he I never hurt or injured any but on the contrary have advantaged all that conversed with me to my utmost ability communicating what good I could gratis and not for gain O that all called Christians was but come so far into a righteous Life as this Palamedes who was called a Heathen as his Speech declareth then would England be happy and all other Nations Note that if William Lilly and the rest of the Astrologers do not study to be acquainted with the seven Planetary Angels of the Magicians why did he write thus viz. For though Philosophy and Philosophers teach us that Comets have a matter or Ethereal Substance of which they are created yet those learned men wanting Angelical conversation are deceived Above all things saith he let the Artist rather judge by the strength of his reason guided by Art upon the Configurations of the Planets than by ill digested Aphorisms c. Nor are the secundian Intelligences viz. what Angel then governs to be omitted in Consideration for the judging of future Events c. There is in the Art of Astrology saith â—â—e which some ignorant persons are pleased to villifie Arcanum quoddam equivalent To prophesie c. Woe to the rebellious Children saith the Lord that take Counsel but not of me and that cover with a covering but not of my Spirit that they may add sin to sin Isa 30.1.9.6 Josh 9.14 But the most sure word of Prophecy is by Astrologers neglected 2 Pet. 1.19 Many also of them which used curious Arts brought their Books together and burned them before all men and they counted the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of Silver so mightily grew the World of God and prevailed Act. 19.19.20 A Rule for a Baker When the Bushel of Wheat is worth 3 s 4. the peny wheaten Loaf weighing 20 ounces what shall the peny Loaf weigh when Wheat is 5 s. the Bushel How much Cloath of 3 Quarters broad will serve to line 9 Yards of 7 Quarters broad Of the right placing of points in Writing Comma Semicolon Colon Period Interrogation Admiration Continuation Perenthesis A Comma is the most frequent point and of least force it is to be set when the least stop of the voice is as But when the Husbandmen saw the Son they said among themselves this is the Heir come let us kill him c. When there is a stop somewhat bigger set or as They that would destroy me being mine Enemies wrongfully are mighty Then I restored c. When the sense and sentence is perfected and full then write as Pray without ceasing In every thing give thanks Quench not the Spirit After a Question asked set this as Whose Ass have I taken Whom have I defrauded After a wondring admiring or crying out set this point as O wretched man that I am O death where is thy sting When you must divide a word at the end of a Line and with a part of it begin the next Line then at the end of the Line where the first part of it is you are to set down this point or when by way of Elegancy two or more words are put in one as Self-love A Perenthesis is when some words may be left out and yet the sentence perfect as I know that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing Of the Globe of the Earth the Pole-Stars and some hints of Dialling THe Globe of the Earth on which we dwell is supposed to be 2 third parts water or Sea and the other third part Land and two third part inhabited Seeing the Earth and Water is coâ—pared to a Globe or as a round Ball being in the Air by the wonderful work of God That it so remaineth held up by Gods hand only appeareth by what follows that is to say There is two fixed Stars called the two Poles of the World the North Pole and the South Pole opposite one to the other the Earth being in the middle or betwixt them and a Line supposed to be held from the one to the other Star The Sun Moon and Stars moves round them and the Earth continually The Sun giving Light to one place of the Earth at all times * The People in New England and New Jersey are rising out of Bed when we in England are at Dinner so that we differ six hours in time the Sun making the day c. for mans outward sight to guide him in outward things and to refresh the Earth as the Son of Righteousness Christ Jesus causeth his Spiritual Light to shine in the hearts of all men to light them out of Darkness or Sin Joh. 1.9 Luk. 1.78 So that all earthly things presseth to this Earth upon every part thereof to the middle or Center from whence they sprung Now to make it more plainly to appear Suppose I draw a crooked line to represent some part of the Earth upon which we dwell in England and extend a doted Line to see which of the two Stars or Poles is above our dwelling or Horizon so called Now he that travels 60 miles Northwards the North Star will be a degree higher or Southwards the contrary but altereth not to go Eastward or Westward directly
and 360 of these degrees is round the Earth or Globe as is supposed This North Pole is elevated above our dwelling about 52 degrees 30 Minutes Therefore a man may travel until the South Pole seem to be over his head So being these two Stars are as fixed they are of great help to those that go over the Sea together with the help of a needle placed in the Sea-man's Compass which needle turning upon a point will not be still until it points at one end to the Iron-Mines in the North because of its being touched by a Load-stone that draws always towards the North and the place to which they are travelling to if it bears South or S.S.W. the Compass will shew The height of the Pole in degrees and Minutes are taken by a Quadrant like this Figure following on which Lines may be drawn to find the hour of the day I have only placed the 12 hours ' and by this Table following you may place the rest A Table for the Latitude of 52 Degrees for the Quadrant Hours D. M. D. M.  12 60 0 38 30 11 1 59 43 36 38 10 2 53 45 31 37 9 3 45 42 26 7 8 4 36 41 18 8 7 5 27 17 9 17 0 6 18 11   5 7 9 32   4 8 1 32   Place the hour Lines by the Degrees on the Edge of the Quadrant and to find the hour of the day place a Bead upon the string and on the Edge of the Quadrant is set M for March next A for April betwixt these two or any two Months that the time is when you would know the hour of the day as suppose it is the 15th of March set the Head at the 25th because the Month you must suppose to begin on the 10th of each Month then let the Sun shine through the sights and the Bead will shew the hour of the day In Sun Dials the Stile or straight wire that shaddows every hour Line should point directly to each of these two Stars like as the doted Line which if you can so place upon any flat or upright thing you may with ease draw the hour Lines by the shadow thereof at length by another Sun Dial rightly placed when the Sun shines at any time of the year or by a Clock if it goes right that day as you draw the Lines Or do thus to place a Stile upon and upright Wall that is Southward Just at 12 a Clock set one end of a stick against a Wall and at the other end let a Line and 2 Plummet hang till the shadow of the stick and string hang in a straight Line upon the Wall being held square wise mark both ends of the shadow upon which place your stile that the distant of the lower end from the Wall may be 37 Degrees 3 Minutes and draw the hour Lines as before and when the days are at the longest you may add more hour Lines set the stile square wise from the Wall stile The 37 Degrees 30 Minutes must be taken from the Quadrant for the height of the Stile and ready to fasten upon the Shadow if this stile is placed upon a Board fastened to the South Wall it will serve for a Northern Dial on the other side of the Wall turning the Stile upside down and draw the hour Lines as before And Direct East or West Dials You may place the stile as before by setting a Board Southward by a Wall to find the place by a stick and Plummet and take it away as soon as you have fastened the Stile from the Dial. stile Set the stile upright and exactly North and South at 12 a Clock and draw the hour Lines as before But being that there are so many Books already printed concerning Dialling I shall forbear at this time to write any further thereof that this Book also may not be too big The 32 Winds or Seaman's Compass which are placed round a Circle which they learn by heart in this I have only placed the 4 Winds Now the point or wind any Land bears to may be found in a Table in some Almanacks and the same point may be found in the Compass North. N by E N N E N E by N N E N E by E E N E E by N East S by E S S E S E by S S E S E by S E S E S E by S South S b W S S W S W by S S W S W by W W S W W by S West N by W N N W N W by N N W N W by W W N W W by N North. The Five Senses are 1. Seeing 2. Hearing 3. Smelling 4. Tasting 5. Touching The Compass of some Islands  Miles Compass of England 1532 Scotland 1100 Ireland 948 Isle of Man 91 Isle of Anglesey 58 Isle of Wight 57 Isle of Garnsey 36 Islle of Jersey 28 Acres of several Nations by V. Wing  Acres England 29568000 Scotland 14432000 Ireland 18000000 United States 3599000 Seventeen Provences of the Low Countreys 10791000 France and its 32 Provences 82879000 Eight Kingdoms of Spain 670000535 Italy 44257000 To know when it is Leap-year Divide the present year by 4 what remains shall be for Leap-year o for past 1 2 or 3. Example One remain it 's first after Leap-year To rate Town Taxes Suppose A. hath an Estate worth 35 pounds a year payeth 5 s. 10 d. to a Subsidy or Tax what shall B. pay whose Estate is worth 100 pounds per Annum Answer 16 s. 8 d. If 35 l. pay 70 d. what shall 100. l. That is 16 s. 8 d. Suppose a Tax or rate of 39 l. is laid upon a Town for certain uses whose value of the Town Rent is 900 l. per Annum I demand every mans proportion of what he shall pay according to his Rent If one man in the said Town be worth 100 l. per Annum what shall he pay to the said Rate Reduce the 39 l. into farthings and say If 900 l. give 37440 q. what 100 l. give the Answer To measure Timber of three equal sides being at the end like this Figure following And one side is 16 Inches and the doted Line or perpendicular ten Inches Multiply half the doted Line 5 into the base or one side and that product by 62 if it be the length in Inches and the last product divide by 1728 the Inches in one foot as in round and square Timber measure and the Quotient shews the number of Feet To measure Timber having 5 6 or 7 equal sides Multiply half the Compass by half the thickness and that product by the Length in Inches and work as before To measure a Cone or Spire Steeple Multiply half the Compass at the bottom thereof by half the thickness and that Product by the third part of the length shews the Content in Inches the which divide by 1728 as before To measure part of a Circle First To find the half of the arch Line
two marks in sight and lay them on the same Paper by the Line of equal part in this Book do so at all the other corners till thou hast closed up the Plot or Wood the which you may with ease measure into Acres by the same Line of equal parts upon your Paper Example Note that if your Quadrant be too little join 2 Quadrants together or do it by a board c. for want of a plain Table So your plot upon the paper makes 3 Triangles and to measure one of them multiply for one Triangle the longest doted Line by half the middle doted line or perpendicular gives the content work so the other two Triangles and add them together and the work is done Of Longitude and Latitude 1. THE Longitude of a place is the distance thereof from the Fortunate Islands beyond Portugal which is called the Primary Meridian from whence the Longitude of all places upon the Earth are numbred in the Equinoctial toward the East 2. The Equinoctial Circle is the middle distance between the two Poles in which the Sun is in about the 10th day of March and the 10th day of September making the days and nights of equal length all over the world 3. The Latitude of a place is the distance thereof from the Equinoctial Circle which is numbred in the Meridian towards one of the Poles or the height of the Pole above our Horizon or Dwelling A Table of the Longitude and Latitude of some of the chief Cities and Towns in the World Names of Cities Long. Lat. D. M. D. M. Alexandria in Egypt 60 30 30 58 Amsterdam in Holland 29 30 52 20 Antwerp in Brabant 28 45 51 12 Athens in Greece 52 15 37 42 Babylon in Chaldea 70 0 35 0 Bethlehem in Judea 65 45 31 50 Bononia in Italy 35 0 43 49 Brandeburgh 37 20 52 30 Cambrid 24 35 52 17 Compostella in Spain 14 45 43 0 Constantinople in Greece 58 0 43 0 Cadiz in Spain 18 30 36 10 Cracovia in Polland 44 30 49 57 Damascus in Syria 73 15 34 00 Dublin in Ireland 71 50 53 11 Elsbenburgh in Denmark 36 45 56 03 Ephesus 58 30 38 18 Edinburgh in Scotland 21 35 57 00 Gant in Flanders 26 45 51 04 Geneva in Sabaudia 30 45 45 54 Granata in Spain 18 15 37 30 Hall in Saxony 30 00 51 38 Hierusalem 70 45 32 10 Lisbon 14 15 38 45 London 24 20 51 32 Lyon in France 29 45 45 00 Leyden 29 00 52 07 Madrid in Spain 21 30 40 45 Mansfield 35 50 51 40 Marbon in France 25 05 41 50 Naples in Italy 38 45 40 42 Ninive in Assyria 80 30 35 50 Oxford 22 20 51 46 Prague in Bohemia 38 15 50 06 Paris in France 26 45 48 50 New-Jersey   40 00 Rome 36 30 42 02 Roterdam in Holland 27 35 51 55 Salamanca in Spain 18 45 41 12 Stockholm in Sweden 39 50 58 50 Thessalonica 53 15 41 32 Tredagh in Ireland 17 35 53 11 Valence in Spain 22 05 39 55 Venice 36 15 45 15 Vienna 40 45 48 24 Vraniburgh in Denmark 36 45 55 54 Warsevia in Poland 46 15 52 20 Worms 31 30 50 25 York in England 23 20 54 00 A Table shewing the bearing distance and number of miles from London to most chief Cities in the World  Way Dist Alexandria in Egypt S e by e 2169 Amsterdam in Holland e by n 0266 Athens in Greece s e by e 1642 Antwerp in Brabant East 0248 Barwick North 0267 Babylon e s e 2724 Bethsaidae s e by e 2369 Barmoudas w s w 3409 Callicut in East-India s e by e 5214 Callis in France e by s 0086 Constantinople e s e 1547 Dublin in Ireland n w by w 0296 Dantzick e n e 0961 Damascus e s e 2404 Edinburgh in Scotland North 0328 Ephesus e s e 1808 Florence s e 0802 Franckford East 0448 Hamburgh e n e 0538 Hierusalem s e by e 2352 Isleland n n w 0930 Joppa s e by e 2318 Lisbon in Portugal s s w 0985 Middleburgh in Zeland East 0205 Mentz in Germany East 0410 Millam s e 0645 Moroc in Barb. Tanger s s w 1449 Mexico w by s 6844 Naples s e by e 1051 Ninive e s e 2635 Paris in France s s e 0215 Philippi in Macedonia e s e 1395 Pargue in Bohemia East 0700 Quinzai the greatest e by s 7272 Rome s e by e 0887 Spiers e by s 0430 Strawsborough e by s 0432 Toledo in Spain s by w 0934 Troy e by n 1605 Tumes s w by w 6045 Venice e by e 0744 Civel s by w 0950 York North 0150 To know whether water may be conveyed by a Pipe laid under the Earth from a Pond or Fountain to your dwelling TAke a Staff or Pole long enough and set it upright in the water of the Pond and mark how many foot is above water then set another Pole of the same length at the place where you would have the Water conveyed and at the top of your first Staff or Pole place the left Edge of a Quadrant and through the sights spie the top of the other Pole and if the Plummet cut any Degrees the Water cannot be conveyed so as to run of it self through a Pipe Having the length of a Close to find the breadth of an Acre Suppose the length of a Close be 50 Pole divide 160 by 50. Another way to measure Land Paving Hangings Seeling Tiling c. by Multiplication the Pole yard Ell c. that you measure with being first divided into 100 parts Example If a piece of Land be 20 Poles and 25 parts or a quarter of a Pole both ways or length and breadth multiply them as whole numbers thus Always cut off from the Product 4 figures next the right hand and it is parts of a Pole and them toward the â—eft are Poles As 410 Poles 0625 10000 parts of one Pole How to lay out an Acre of Ground Poles breadth Length of the Acre Poles Feet 1 160  2 80  3 53 5½ 4 40  5 32  6 26 11 7 22 14 8 20  9 17 13 10 16  11 14 9 12 13 5½ 13 12 5 14 11 7 15 10 11 16 10  17 9 7 18 8 4½ 19 8 7 20 8  21 7 10 22 7 4½ 23 6 15½ 24 6 11½ 25 6 11 26 6 2½ 27 5 15¼ 28 5 11½ 29 5 8½ 30 5 5½ 31 5 3½ 32 5  33 4 14 34 4 11½ 35 5 9½ 36 4 7¼ 37 4 5¼ 38 4 3½ 39 4 2 40 4  41 3 15 42 3 13¼ 43 3 12 44 3 10½ 45 3 9 46 3 8 47 3 7 48 3 5 49 3 4 50 3 3 51 3 2 52 3 1 53 3 1½ 54 2 16 55 2 15 56 2 4 57 2 13 58 2 14 59 2 12 60 2 11 61 2 10 62 2 9¼ 63 2 9 64 2 8¼ 65 2 8 66 2 7 67
year when it begins 27 Date of an old lease how cast up 58 Distance and the heigths of places found by a Quadrant 50 Distance found by latitude 95 168 179 180 Day longest in all the World 59 Distance in Miles from London and bearing distance to most great Towns 97 183 Distance between some Shire Towns 99 Division a Rule so called 194 171 Deafness and the common cause 101 Dropsy the signs thereof 103 Diet drink very safe 103 Divinations 10 sorts forbidden 252 Davids Mournings who can sing 257 Dialling a secret thereof 150 Days all to be kept holy 306 Dropsy in the beginning 103 Dogs biting 129 E Earth the 4 quarters 61 Earth and Water as a Globe 144 Eye the nature of it 119 Eye-Salve 123 Eyes stiff blood-shot or bruised 123 Eyes clogged with humors 122 Eyes of a Horse sore 121 Ear what to put therein for an Imposthume 120 Expences what by the year 213 Embalming the Egyptians way 265 Epistle of Paul to the Laodiceans 268 Executors who may be 296 Effigies of Persons to burn no sign of a Christian-Spirit 270 Eclipse of the Sun and Moon 226 227 F Figures any number to read 24 Fractions single their value 42 Fractions how to reduce them 43 Fundament pained 107 Fluxes dangerous 110 Fortune-telling by the hand 221 Feasts that Christ allows of 304 Furniture what superfluous 305 Fatness to keep from it 378 Feavers 125 G Glass-windows how measured 28 206 208 Globe of the Earth in Gods Hand 144 Gaging of Vessels 29 361 Gold and Silver weights 58 34 Globe or Bullet to measure 38 Goods to find their Price 32 212 Gunters line the use 195 206 Godfathers so called 267 Glâ—anings of the field to whom 287 Goods are free-hold as well as Lands 295 Gangrene in the flesh 386 Geometrical Problems 161 H Hour of the day by a staff 100 And by a Quadrant 148 Health how to preserve it 130 House on fire what to do 264 Hearbs to preserve their Juice 110 And whether hot or cold c. 258 Headach 129 110 Hardned in evil a few words 269 Head scabby or scal'd 380 Heat of the stomach 376 I Islands their Compass in Miles 155 Interest upon Interest 85 Idols 216 236 238 243 241 Jacobs promise unto God 234 Iron to souder it 289 Inkblack 53 and red 290 Inventary of Goods 302 Judgments of God on persecutors 325 Itch 370 Jaundies yellow 378 Imposers upon Conscience a few words 329 L Letters for reading 1 Letters for writing 344 Letters numeral 27 Letters writeen and not sounded 19 Letters great when to write them 23 Letters c. how to copy them 199 Linnen how to mark it 57 Leafes and Annuities to purchase 93 Leap-year how to find it 157 Line of Cords and line of equal parts 164 Longitude and latitude of Cities 179 Land of several shapes 36 Links to reduce into poles and acres 45 Law-terms with advice 293 Lands passed 10 manner of way 296 Latin names for Mony and days 297 Laws against Gods Law are void 299 Latin Bible how to English it 387 Lead-plaister 376 Land how to measure any parcel thereof great or small by a Chain and Multiplication very useful for the new Planters in America c. 47 177 Levil ground how known 185 Lime water to dry sores 375 Latin words divided 394 M Mat. the first 14 verses divided 5 Mens names divided 7 Million how much it is 46 Middle of the day to know 46 Multiplication 193. 187 42 54 Measures in a mile 27 Measures in an acre 27 Martyrdom of the Prophets and Apostles 63 Measuring of paving tyling c. 186 Mother fits 382 105 Medicines good for Men are for Beasts 363 Medicines how to change them 364 Medicines that purge gently 113 Medicines that purge violently 114 Matthews Pill so called 124 Mineral Kingdom so called 263 Musick outward not for Christians 266 Magna Charta of England 295 Moloch the Idol described 303 Mead how to make it 365 Melancoly black the signs 382 Mother-fits the signs 372 Melilot Salve 374 Mouth sore 381 386 May-Pole what to write thereon 345 Mony cast up by Counters 398 Moons Influence 407 Moons Eclipse 226 O Observations for a Countryman 116 Oaths no safety to Magistrates 273 Obstructions the signs 371 383 Outward pains 384 P Poles to reduce into acres 46 Price of Goods how known 32 212 Pain in the side c. 106 129 Purge very safe 115 Physick for the Poor 124 Pearl in the Eye 121 Purge for a Countryman 127 Painting the Face poudering the Hair c. 245 Plot ground on paper 177 166 164 Pole stars 59 144 Philosophers Stone 132 262 Planets 7 their Characters 230 Pleasant Pictures 241 238 Phylacteries what they were 335 Pills to work upon any humor 367 Purge if it work too little c. 369 Pleurisie 106 385 Physical Characters 384 Protestants not now for persecution 325 Purge in a Feaver 369 Q. Quadrant how to make it 148 R. Reduction 197 168 34 Rot in Sheep 112 363 Rood of Grace so called 236 Respect of Persons 256 Rickets 377 Ringworm 371 Rupture 372 S Stops or points in writing 142 Scripture hard words divided 11 Substraction 193 36 58 Square quarters in a solid foot 43 Sun rising and setting 80 Stars V. Wings opinion of them 95 Scurvy the signs thereof 102 Stone 108 379 Sciatica 109 Spitting how caused in a Feaver 369 Swelling sudden 110 Syrups how to make and keep them 111 Sneezing pouder 112 Sheep for the Rot in them 112 Surveying of Land 37 47 186 Soothsayer somewhat described 224 Sight dim 124 Senses are five 155 Steeple how to measure it 161 Square Rule how to prove it 164 Sea-mens Guide 153 146 183 Shires and Parishes in England 201 204 Square of round Timber to find 207 362 Speech of one called a Heathen 138 Secret writing called Transhand 213 Suns Eclipse the manner of it 227 12 Signs their Characters 230 Saul and the Witch 253 Sepulchres or Tombs 265 Swearing at all forbidden 273 A Story remarkable 285 Salts of Hearbs how to make them 368 Soap or white Ball Soap 338 Scurvy 103 371 372 379 Sweating the way thereof 385 Surfeit water 373 Spuare to divide 401 Sores very foul 374 Syrup of Roses purging 376 Sin the cause of sorrow 235 250 264 Stars not to resolve Christians doubts 139 Stitches and pains in the sides 129 Seecp procured 125 Starch to make 339 Shortness of breath 378 T Timber square to measure 28 211 Or having 5 6 or 7 equal sides 160 Round Timber 28 66 210 Tyling to measure 40 186 Town-Taxes to rate them 157 Times Remarkable 61 Taylers Rule 141 Throat sore 109 Terms provoked 108 Tables for a Shop-keeper 191 212 Tyde Table 228 Titles given to Persons and Places 255 Tythes no Gospel maintenance 272 Tyrant his 4 works 288 A Test better than Oaths 339 Terms the signs 383 Triangles how to divide them 402 403 434 Tooth-ach 127 Throat sore 373 V Vertuous Womans price 250 Vniformity in Religion c. 313 Vrine the signs thereof 102 Vniversities in the World 203 Vrine how to Provoke it 105 Vlcers in the Bladder or Kidneys 129 W Words divided into Syllables 3 Womans names divided 9 Words alike in sound yet unlike in their signification 21 Weights and Measures their difference 34 58 Walls how to measure them and to reduce into standard measure 29 30 Wood-Book and to value Wood 70 Wood-ground how to measure it 177 Water whether it can be conveyed 185 Wound-drink 104 Whitloe or take Orpin bruised 109 Web in the Eye 120 Wounds Vlcers and Inflammations c. 129 Weather the signs thereof 233 Wars not to be by Christians 290 A Will with Advice 300 296 Worms 381 369 Witnesses to the Truth from p. 313 to 330 Wind in the stomach 373 Y Yard square what it may hold 41 You why spoken to one Person 291 FINIS Errata PAge 23. l. 3. read Quary of Glass p. 57. Suppose the cross line out p. 67. against column 36. r. 716. p. 75. l. 26. r. Heathen p. 115 22. r. dram p. 117. l. 5. r. sow p 126. l. 16. r. Hellebore one ounce p. 156. l. 8. r. Scotland 18000000. p. 248. Margent l. 2. r. Godwyn p. 262. l. 30. r preferring p. 188. against N 18. r. 8. 14½ against N. 25.6 6. ½ against N. 35.4.9 ½ p. 318. l. 7. r. kind p. 29. l. 9. about Ganging r. the amenndmets in p. 361. Some other small errors not noted in the Errata have escaped the Press which the understanding Reader may easily correct with a Pen. FINIS
the two Pole Stars as 60 Degrees which makes that the Earth is so very cold against them as in Greenland so called where there is Ice all the year being only inhabited by wild Beasts and Fowls in abundance Signs of Rain 1. SUn rising seems bigger 2. Sun rising with a Circle 3. Setting in a black Cloud 4. Sun or Moon looking pale 5. Sky red in the morning 6. Often change of the Wind. 7. No dew morning or night 8. Many small Clouds North West at Evening 9. Wind long in the South 10. Few Stars seen 11. Moons Horns thick at rising 12. Stars seem bigger 13. Many Stars and Wind East in Summer Signs of fair Weather 1. The Sun looks bright 2. Mists in the Water 3. Rain-Bow after Rain Signs of Frost 1. Many Stars and the Wind East Signs of Wind. 1. Sun and Moon look red 2. Sky red in the morning 3. Murmuring of Wind in the woods 4. Shooting of Stars 5. A Circle about the Moon at the Full. These Signs of the Weather are not so fallible as Astrological Predictions And People sometimes are saying we want Rain and sometimes fair weather all signs fail Oh! But the greatest want is the want of Obedience to the Talent or measure of Gods Grace in every heart that would lead People into Temperance in all things in fruitful seasons and out of that mind that seldom thinks that they have Apparel Meat Drink and Furniture good enough and that makes waste of any of Gods good Creatures as too many do when the poor wants * Jacob vowed that if God will be with him and will keep him in the way that he goes and will give him bread to eat and raiment to put on he will give the tenth unto the Lord Gen. 28.20 22. Even â—o will the seed of Jacob at this day give the Tenths or more if need be of the increase of Godâ— Blâ—ssings upon their outward Estate unto the Lord that is unto the poor and Fatherless and Widdows that wants relief Mat. 25.40 2 Cor. 9.7 So that now if it shall please God to cause a Famine it is but just upon many who regard not nor lay to heart the many warnings and threatning Judgments that hangs over our heads which God hath shewed to many in the midst of many Mercies yet but few regard with their whole heart to seek after Righteousness by departing from iniquity in the fear of the Lord because Sin is the chief cause of sorrow that comes upon Man and Beast and makes the Earth to mourn Oh that People should still resist the strivings of Gods good Spirit as in every Age Gen. 6.3 that would lead them out of all evil into favour with God Deut. 28.2 3 4 5. Are people willing to forget that the sins of the people have in all ages brought Gods Judgments upon them Which makes the Righteous rejoyce because many will learn Righteousness when Gods Judgments are in the Earth Isa 26.9 Though the Righteous in some outward things bear a share of the Judgment yet have they true Content Peace and Joy being redeemed from the Earth and all visâ—ble things so as to set their hearts upon them 1 Kin. 8.35 36 37. Zeph. 1.3 Deut. 28.47.32.4 Jer. 30.15 Psal 5.12.38.25 Prov. 11.10 An Image called The Rood of Grace IN the beginning of the Reformation in King Henry 8th's time one Cromwel was greatly in favour with the King and was made one of his Privy Council c. He brought to light and suppressed many Popish Idolatrous Images and other superstitions of the Church of Rome for which they sought his death which the King afterwards lamented c. One Rood of Grace or Image wherein a man stood inclosed with a hundred Wires within the Rood to make the Image goggle its Eyes nod its head hang the Lip move and shake its Jaws according to the value of the gift offered if it were a small piece of Silver then would he hang a frowning Lip if it were a piece of Gold then should his Jaws go merrily Thus were poor peoples Souls seduced and their Pockets pick'd by these Idolatrous forgers until Cromwel caused the said Image to be carried publickly to Pauls in London where the People tore it in pieces Then in Queen Maries time Daughter to the said King Henry the 8th Bishop Bonner put out a Mandate to the Priests within his Diocess commanding that comely Roods or Images should be again set up in all Churches c. the same injunction was published in other Diocesses for at Cockram in Lancashire the Parishioners and Wardens had agreed with a Carver to make them a Rood to set up in their Church at a certain price which the Carver did but the Rood being made of an ugly grim Countenance they disliked it and refused to pay the Workman that made it whereupon by Warrant he brought them before the Mayor of Lancaster who was a favourer of the Protestants and a man against Idols when they came before the Mayor he asked them why they did not pay the man according to their agreement they replied they did not like the grimness of its Visage saying they had a man formerly with a handsome Face and they would have had such another now Well said the Mayor though you like not the Rood the poor mans labour has been never the less and it's pitty he should lose but I tell you what you shall do pay him the Money you promised him and if it will not serve you for a God you may make a Devil of it at which they laughed and so departed How pleasant Pictures become Idols in the Heart AN Image or Idol saith Paul 1 Cor. 8.4 is nothing c. that is it is nothing to thee but if thou set it in thy Heart and affectionate it or any other Picture thou bows to it and this is Idolatry Thou shalt make thee no graven Image saith God neither any similitude of things that are in Heaven above neither that are in the Earth beneath nor that are in the Waters under the Earth thou shalt not bow down to them c. Exod. 20.4 5. Though we make them say some people we do not bow to them or worship them Answer If thou art covetous after them and hast inordinate affection to them thou hast set them in thy heart and this is Idolatry Ezek. 14.2 Col. 3.5 And worships and serves the Creatures more than the Creator c. Rom. 1.25 Set your affections on things above not on things on the Earth Col. 3.2 My Son give me thine heart and let thine eyes observe my ways Prov. 23.26 So that he that has given his heart to God his affections will not be set upon liknesses for so his mind may be drawn from God who is to have the whole heart We may read that the Heathens did wonderfully adore the likenesses of things c. yet being no example to a Christian whose heart and Treasure is only in God and