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A97368	The art of ringing. [etc. ; pt 2: Artificial fireworks; and The art of gardening] giving exact rules for ringing all sorts of plain changes and cross peals, with directions for pricking; also how to hang bells, with easie directions for every thing which necessarily belongs to that art. Also Artificial fireworks; being directions to order and make moulds, ... rockets, fisgigs, and other curiosities too tedious to mention likewise The art of gardening: giving an account of the tools, or instruments necessary therein; and also what is to be done every month in the year; as likewise how to order cattle, orchards and hop-gardens, &c. To which is added, an excellent receipt to make a valuable liquor agreeable to all constitutions. By J. White, gent.	White, John, d. 1671.	1680-1690 (1690)	Wing W1787; ESTC R220952	29,341	48

suddenly XXV How to make a Dragon or the like to run on the Line spitting of Fire THE body of the Dragon must be made either with Paste board or with fine Rods of wicker being hollow with a place in the Belly to put in two Rockets and must be so ordered that there may come a small Pipe from the Tail of the one to the Head of the other Then make a Place for the Eyes and Mouth to put into each Hole fire which must be made up in rouled Paper and thrust in then on the Top of the back let there be fastened two small Pullies for a Line 〈…〉 which being done your Dragon is finished for firing which must be thus First set it at the Eyes and Mouth always observing that this Receipt must be some slow mixture such as your Stars then fire that Rocket which is placed with his Mouth towards the Tail of the Dragon which will make it seem to cast fire from thence till he come to the end of his Motion and then on a sudden as a Creature wounded with some accident shall return with fire coming forth of his Belly This being well ordered will give good Content to the Beholders of the same XXVI The manner and form to represent St. George fighting with a Dragon in Fire on the Line WHEN you have formed your Figures of Paste-board or Wicket as aforesaid you must make a hollow Trunk through the Body of each Figure for a great Line to pass through and likewise for a smaller Line to draw them to and fro from each other which must be fastned in this manner At the Breast of the Dragon let one end of one Cord be tied which must pass through the Body of the George and turning it about a Pully at the other end fasten it to the back of the George and at the Breast of the George let another Cord be ●ed which must pass through the body of the Dragon or a Trunk on the back and so returning about a Pulley at that end must be pulled strait and fastned to the Tail of the Dragon so that as you turn that Wheel the George and Dragon will run furiously at each other and when you please you may cause them to make a Retreat and come on again But by all means forget not to scope your Line extraordinary well and likewise have a care that your Work be not too heavy above Line but ●hat they may hang in an equal Ballance otherwise they will turn their Heels upward which will be a great disgrace to the Work and Workmen And thus much to the Ingenious I suppose will suffice XXVII How to make a Whale a Mermaid or other to play and swim upon the Water YOU may make Figures of what Shape your fancy best pleaseth The Body must be made of light wicker Rods and in the midst of the Body let there be placed an Axle-Tree having two Wheels coming into the Water yet so as they may not be seen These Wheels must be made hollow to contain a quantity of Sand or Water The use of it is to keep the Body of your Figure upright and able to sink it so far into the Water as is needful and likewise to make it swim more steady Note that these Wheels must be loose and the Axle-Tree fast In the midst of this Axle-Tree place three or four great Rockets one by another with their Mouths all one Way Yet so provided that there may be such a distance between each Rocket that there may come a Vent from the Tail of the first to the Mouth of the second and from the second to the third And to the end that it may continue the longer in Motion you may place divers Lights about the Body to make it the more beautiful every of which Lights extinguishing shall give a Report and so conclude There are divers other fine Works to be performed on the Waters which a judicious Artist may invent XXVIII Of divers other rare Works which are to be performed on the Water THOSE places which are situated upon Rivers or great Ponds are proper to make these Recreative Fires on therefore if you desire to make some of consequence they ought to be built upon Boats or light Timber which may be framed like Beasts or Fishes spitting of Fire upon which may be built Castles Pageants Turrets or other Conceits as you please As if you would present a Castle out of which shall issue a Dragon which shall swim through the Water and that Dragon be encountred by a Horseman which is thus performed Cause a Castle to be framed on light Timber and let the bottom of the Door of the Castle with a ground Plat be two Foot under the brim of the Water the Reasons follow and at a Foot high within the Castle let there be a certain Line tyed which may pass thro' the Body of the Dragon and may be fastened near the Shoar where must be a float sunk so far under Water that the Line may not be perceived then fasten on your Dragon as was shewed before for the Line but so that the Head of this may always be above the Line whereas the other was under then at the appointed time there must be one ready within the Castle to Fire those Parts of the Dragon which is requisite which being done by the help of the Pulleys shall pass it through the Water which so soon as it presents itself Neptune on a Sea Horse shall come and encounter the said Dragon and at last shall overcome it Or you may order the work so that which you please shall have the Victory for that which keepeth Fire longest is supposed to have the best and that which is soonest spent to have the worst You may if you please build upon Boats or Timber Turrets Pageants or Castles as is said to receive or hold diversity of Fireworks that may be made within them which may play out and play divers Fires as Reports Stars Golden Rain Fisgigs Granadoes and Balls of Fire to burn in the Water which will give great content to the Eyes of the Beholders and in the conclusion it may be so ordered that they Fire one another for which End they were made XXIX The manner to compose a Ship of Fire works which being once fired divers Motions will present themselves YOU must make a Mould or Body of a Ship to be made that you may take off the upper Deck to place some Works underneath where you must have a Fire-wheel placed with a Screw on the Axle-Tree this Wheel must be placed in the Stern and must turn a rouler on which must be two girts placed that must pass on each side of the Main Mast and ruin on to the Foreship in this Wheel there must be a hollow spoke and Axle-tree as I have shewed which must be so ordered that the Wheel being spent it may convey Fire to a tire of Guns lying round about which must be fired

after this manner Take your Rocket and on the head you should turn down the Paper you must with a Bodkin pierce two or three holes that when the Rocket hath spent it self the works which ar● in the head may take fire which holes prime with a little Powder-dust and then put on the head with the choaking fitted to your Rocket which must come over the same in such manner that the bottom of the greatest part must come even with the top of the Rocket which tye fast to the Rocket with thread and then put in your works but before you put in your works whether they be Stars or any other works you must put in a little cotton-wool being rouled in Powder-dust to make your Stars to take fire or likewise may blow out Having thus done put in your Stars or other works and if you make more than one tire as you may do of your Stars then you must put more Cotten rouled in Powder-dust among them or between every tire that they may all take fire then take your Cap and fill the hollow place with Cotton because it is light and likewise will fire quickly which being fitted paste it close to the top of the coffin that it may stand upright then must you fit your stick for the poising of your Rocket which ought to be eight times the length of the Rocket without the head You must get the smoothest and lightest you can such as Ba●ket-makers use and then cut one side of it flat at the great end then make two notches on the round side that the one be differing from the other so much as is between the choaking of your Rocket and the end of the Vent for if you should tye it upon the Vent it would loosen the Powder causing it to break in the Firing be careful that you tye not the wrong end of the Rocket uppermost but tye that end downward that is choaked and with a piece of thread that is strong tye it to the lower notch about the choaking When you have ●yed that then tye the other higher and let the ●tick come even with the top of the Roket Then ●oyse your Rocket by laying it on your finger two or three Inches from the month and if you find the stick be too heavy cut it shorter till you find your rocket to ballance your stick for if the stick be too heavy the rocket will be a slug and being too light the rocket will fall before it be half up These things being provided you have your rocket ready to be fired which must be after this manner following 9 The manner of firing Rockets with the description of a Staff for the same YOU must provide a long staff with a Pike at one end to be thrust hard into the ground with a three-legged staff having a hollow hoop at the top to let this long staff slide up and down to the end that having Rockets whose sticks are longer than the staff yet by raising it through the said Iron hoop you may make it four or five foot longer than it would be standing on the ground Now this long staffe must have a sliding place cut with several points which must be near the top and at the bottom there must be a ring of Wyre to let the stick go through which must be made likewise to slide up and down so thrusting the small end through the said Ring your Rocket will ●est upon that part above which must be just opposite in a streight Line so open the Mouth of your Rocket and pull out the End of your Cotton-wick and with a piece of Match fastned in a Linstock give fire to the Wick and by degrees you shall see it fire your Rocket which ordered well will mount very streight and high Thus having shewed the whole order of composing a Rocket with firing of the s●me I will in the next place shew you the order for making of Stars and other work● which are necessary for the heads of your Rockets X. Several Compositions for the ordering of Stars of several Colours IF you will have your Stars of a blue Colour with red then take eight Ounces of Powder mealed of Salt-petre four Ounces and of Sulphu●vive twelve Ounces Meal these very fine and mix them together with two Ounces of Aqua-vitae half an Ounce of the Oyl of Spike and let it be dry before you use it If you will have a beautiful white Fire take four Ounces of Powder twelve Ounces of Salt-petre six Ounces of Sulphur-vive and half an Ounce of Camphire Meal your Ingredients and mix them Now to powder your Camphire you must use a brass Mortar and a Pestle dipping it in Oyl of Almonds so stirring it by degrees it will Powder and then keep it close from the Air till you use it or the Camphire will lose its Spirit If you will have a white Fire and to last long then take four Ounces of Powder one Ounce of Salt-petre eight Ounces of Sulphur vive one Ounce of Camphire and two Ounces of Oyl of Peter meal those which are to be mealed very fine and mix them according to the former Directions XI The order and manner of making the best sort of Stars HAving shewed the Composition for Stars now I will shew you how to make them which is thus You must make little square pieces of brown Paper which fill with your Composition and so double it down rowling it till you make it somewhat round about the bigness of a Nut or bigger according to the size of the Rocket you may put in a dozen on the head of a small Rocket binding them round with a Thread and then draw a Cotten-wick through them being prepared for priming Also there is another way which is thus take a small Rowler about the bigness of an Arrow and roul a length of Paper about it and paste it round letting it dry and then you have a hollow trunk of this Paper fill this with your Ingredients thrusting it hard till it be at the Top and then cut it into short pieces about half an Inch long and then in warm glew dip one of the Ends therein and let them dry to the End that both Ends of your Stars fire not and then put the other End into Powder-dust you may put them on your Rocket in one or two tires putting in Powder-dust between every tire that they may all take Fire The priming is thus made Take Oyl of Camphire soaking Cotten-wick therein and being moist rowl it in fine Powder-dust and then hang it up till it is thorow dry and then keep it close from Air till you use it or the spirit of the Camphire will decay XII The order and making of other several Fire-works for the Rockets as Serpents or Fisgigs Reports Golden and Silver Rain c. THE Serpents or Fisgigs are made about tho bigness of ones little Finger by rowling a Paper upon a small Stone as it was for your Stars