fire wheeles which forceth the rest of the worke C C The screws fastened on the axeltree of each wheele which forceth the rowlers D D The two wheeles which are placed on the rowlers and fitted to the screw which force them P P The two girts on which the figures are placed CHAP. XXIX How to represent the forme of an army of an hundred men marching which shall present and fire at one certaine place appointed THe ground of all these motions are wheele workes wherefore to proceed you must provide a rowler of two foot long or more which must be made and placed as the forementioned to be drawne by two screwes fastened to the fire wheeles in regard of the great weight they are to draw also they must be somewhat large wheeles with rockets of the second size which is five ounces in each rocket placing about each wheele 20. or more which having provided you must likewise get you so many figures of souldiers which must bee cut by a Carver and ought to have the joynts loose of the right arm of each with a wyer or detent to come down from the arm to the thigh of each and likewise another which may move that and come to the foot then place these on severall girts so that they may stand ten in ranck and file and may be an inch between each to the end they touch not at the feet but every file may run in a severall groofe then placing small peeces in their hands which must bee ready loaded and primed set them going and within two foot of the end of their march let there bee a crooked peece of iron stuck up between each file so that they may stand iust in a straight line to the end that when the souldiers move to that place the detents or wyers are forced against those pins which draw back the arm and so puls the trickers of each Peece in that ranck so that the whole ranck will fire altogether if they bee well ordered and as these have fired and past another ranck moveth forward to the same place performing the same thus continuing till they have all performed the like which being finished and all past they shall make a second march orderly without firing This being well and carefully ordered shall not faile and will be a very rare work to behold but will prove extraordinary costly to the owner thereof The form of this you shall finde in the ninth figure by the letter R E represents the whole frame with all the parts thereof F F are the two fire wheeles being placed one at each end of the rowler G G the screwes being fastned to each fire wheele which move the two wheeles placed on the rowler H H the two wheeles being placed at each end of the rowler I I two rowlers about which the girts do passe which carry the whole body of men K K the girts on which the figures are placed each girt having upon it ten so that in the whole there will be an hundred L represents the figure of a man standing in that posture as hee ought to bee made M Is the detent which is fastened to the right arme and is to slide on a joynt being fastened to the thigh so that it may move the arme N another detent which moveth the former as it passeth by the pin O the pin which putteth by the said detent as it commeth to it q q the said pins in their right places CHAP. XXX How to present musick playing by the help of fire with anticks dancing CAuse an instrument to bee made representing the Virginals and to it fit a Barrell set with severall tunes as I shall shew you in another Treatise hereafter then let there be a wheele with teeth fastned on this barrell and a fire wheele with a screw on the axeltree as I have shewed before which screw may be so fitted that as it moves round the barrell one way so it may move another wheele being placed on the side which wheele shall move certain anticks as the musick playeth This and many more may bee performed by the motion of wheele work The form of this is expressed in the tenth figure by the letter A B the fire wheele fixed on the axletree which moveth a screw C the screw moving a wheele placed on the top of it and another on the side D the wheele fastned to a barrell set with tunes E the wheele placed on the side which hath a pinion at the end of the axeltree marked F which carrieth about the wheele G on which there are placed foure anticks this wheele moveth foure pinions marked H on which is placed foure other anticks I is the barrell set with tunes K the pallats which causeth the jacks to move L the jacks which passe up to the strings M a board or frame covering the strings on which is placed the anticks Having spoken sufficiently of the order of motions performed by wheele work I come now to shew some things that may bee done on the Line CHAP. XXXI How to make a Dragon or any other creature to run on the Line by the help of fire LET your Dragon be made either of pasteboard or else of fine rods such as your Basketmakers use which must bee made hollow with a place in the belly to put in two rockets and shall bee so ordered that there may come a small pipe from the tayle of one to the head of the other then make a place in the eyes and mouth to put into each hole fire which shall be made up in rowled paper and thrust in then on the top of the back let there bee fastned two small pulleys for the line to run in which being done your Dragon is finished to firing which must be thus first fire it at the eyes and mouth alwayes noting that this receipt must be some slow mixture such as your starres then fire that rocket which is placed with his mouth toward the tayle of the Dragon which will make it seem to cast fire from thence till hee 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 which being well ordered will give great content The form of this you shall finde in the tenth figure by the letter B. B represents a dragon to bee forced with rockets which are placed in the belly C a place made to put in a rocket which must be put in at the tayle with the mouth of the rocket outward D is a conveyance from the tayle of that rocket to the mouth of the next which commeth out at the belly E E two small brasse pullees fastned in a frame on the back for the line to run in CHAP. XXXII Another way for making a fiery Dragon to passe on the line without the help of fire IN the former Chapter I spake of a Dragon of a small size of a foot in length or thereabout
now I come to speak of those of a greater magnitude which cannot so easily bee forced with fire in a straight line without some artificiall help for Art must bee alwayes as a handmaid attending on Nature to help her in her work therefore having prepared a large dragon you must make divers hollow truncks of wood within the body which shall bee to cast out fire and on a sudden divers small bals of fire other times a great number of small fisgigs Now to make this run on the line you must have a hollow trunck fastned on the back between the wings of your dragon which must bee somewhat bigger than your cord with a small hole thorow each end the use of those small holes is to fasten a small cord which must be so fastned that one end thereof must bee fastned at the head of the Dragon and so passe over a pulley which pulley shall bee fastned at the end of the line and returning thorow that hollow trunck in the back it shall be put over another pulley at the other end of the line and so making a return shall be fastned to the hole in the hinder part of the trunck Now one of these pulleys shall have a handle or winch to turn it about which shall cause the dragon to move and shall be a help to the drawing of it backward and forward at your pleasure after this manner you may form many works on the line which otherwise cannot be done The form of this is set down in the eleventh figure by the letter A. fig 10 A representeth the dragon ready finished with all his works B C the manner of the hollow trunck which the cord must passe thorow B the place for fastning of a small cord which must passe over the pulley marked D. D the manner of fastning that pulley which must bee at the further end of the line o o o o the manner of the passing of the sayd line which is thorow the hollow trunck and so over the pulley marked E and then fastned to the other end of the trunck marked G. F a handle or winch belonging to one of the pulleys which maketh the dragon move forward and backward as occasion profereth H H the great line on which the dragon passeth and is only for keeping it steaddy in the motion CHAP. XXXIII How to represent S. George fighting with a Dragon in fire on 〈…〉 HAving prepared your figures artificially made you must make a hâ—llow tâ—â—nck thorow the body of each fiâ—â—â—e foâ— a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to passe thorow 〈◊〉 likewâ—se for a smaller linâ— to draw them 〈◊〉 from each other which mâ—st bee fastned in â—â—is manner at the breast 〈◊〉 â—he dragon let one end of one cord be 〈◊〉 which shall passe thorow the body of the George and returning it about â— pulley at the othâ—r end fasten it to the back of the George and aâ— the breast of the Georgâ— let â—nâ—â—her cord be tied which shall passe thorow the body of thâ— dâ—â—gon oâ— a trunck on the back and so returning about a pulley at that 〈◊〉 shaâ—â— be pulled straight and fastned to the tayle of the dragon 〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉 you turn that wheele the George and dragon will runne furiously at each other and when you please you may cauâ—â— theâ— to make a retâ—eat and come on againe divers times but in all th 〈…〉 forget not to 〈◊〉 your line extraordinary well and likewise have 〈…〉 that yo 〈…〉 not too heavy above the line but that they may hang equâ—â—râ—â—â— â—theâ—wise they will turn their heeles upward which 〈◊〉 beâ— a great disgrace to the work and workman there might bee 〈◊〉 wâ—â—tten upon this same subiect but to the ingenious I think it iâ—â—ufficient thâ—y may order their workâ— according to their own fa 〈…〉 e is the ground of the matter The manner of this is repr 〈…〉 eleventh figure by the letter B. C represening the George D the dragon E the small line fastned to the head of the dragon and passeth thorow the body of the George fig 11th F the pulley which guideth the said line G the place of fastning the other end of that line H another line fastned to the breast of the horse which passeth thorow the hollow trunck of the dragon I the pulley about which it passeth and is fastned to the tayle of the dragon K the place of fastning the said line to the dragon L L the great line which guideth these two figures M the winch or handle fastned to one of the pulleys and is for the moving them forward or backward CHAP. XXXIV How to make a trunck of fire which shall cast forth divers fire bals PRovide a trunck of foure inch boare and two foot long with a hollow place in the bottom of two inch boare as much deep to the end it may be put on a strong post let there be a bottom left between the two boares which shall be two inches thick so that there will be twenty inches left for your work which shall bee filled as followeth first fill it with corne powder one inch then put in your ball which shall be five inches and a halfe and round about it put powder dust till you come to the top then fill it two inches and a halfe with slow mixture and on that two inches of corn powder then put in another ball and after it slow mixture which shall be filled to the top and so reserve it for your use note that you must turn three places for arming of it which must be done either with iron hoops or else with cords to the end the violence of your corn powder burst it not your upper ball shall be made after this manner Having made ready a case of canvas fill it with this mixture following Take 1 l. of salt peter ½ l. of powder dust ¼ l. of sulphur vive 2 â„¥ of camphire 1 â„¥ of oyle of peter Mix these very well till it become somewhat tough and then fill your ball and arm it leaving foure vents into which you shall put foure small sticks till such time you have coated the manner of coating is to dip the ball in a mixture of pich rosin tallow and sulphur but this is for bals of longer continuance the coating for â—his ball shall be as followeth The receipt for coating ½ l. of pitch ¼ l. of vernish 1 â„¥ of sulphur vive 2 â„¥ of powder dust Melt your pitch and sulphur and then poure in your vernish and powder dust and while it is hot dip in your ball and then cast a little fine powder dust over it and so let it coole a little and then dip it lightly againe and so you have it ready when you use it pull out your foure sticks out of the vents and fill them with powder dust and so put them in The lower ball which is last fired shall be full of starres with powder dust intermixed to break the ball these shall be primed
lesser tower of the same fashion with a Vane on the top or such a like Figure which having provided let there be a place made close to the battlements or within one inch of them to lay your conveiances which let be of brasse which is for your reports which must be placed betweene each battlement and shall have little pipes of brasse to give fire to each report which must be screwed into the great conveiance which conveiance let be filled with your composition for rockets of 1 l. which is one pound of powder to 3â…“ â„¥ of coale dust and by this meanes you shall have them all fire in order without any confusion which having spent it selfe shall give fire to another conveiance which shall be placed further in with a strong wall betweene so that the fire of one doe not offend the other the use of this conveiance is to place divers rockets on so that they may fire one after another and shall take fire as soone as the reports are ended Now for the foure large towers you shal provide foure pieces of wood turned and fitted to slide in exactly and shall have divers smooth holes boared round thorow the out side of your tower and the wood till they meet with the hollow which passeth from the top to the bottome or within an inch which hollow shall bee one inch and a halfe diameter and must be filled with a very slow mixture to the end it may continue as long as the worke is a burning then place some Fisgigs round in those little holes so that the mouths may be inward and primed which will take fire one after another and flye out on every side of your Castle which will give great content for the manner of firing this I could wish that it were first fired at the foure uper towers and that through one of the corners may bee a hole which may goe to the uper conveyance that so those reports may fire next and at the end of that conveyance shall be another to passe downe to the lower tier of reports and at each corner of that conveyance shall be a hole to passe into those lower towers so that by that time all the reports are fired the towers shall be all on fire then at the end of that conveyance as I said before let your conveyance for your rockets bee placed which taking fire orderly will conclude the worke These and the like are for the pleasure of princes and great personages rather then for the vulgar The forme of this Castle is laid downe in the eight Figure by the letter A. B B B Expresseth the angles of the lower tower C C C The angles of the higher tower D D The conveiance that fires the reports E The conveyance passing to the rockets F F F The Fisgigs placed round each angle G G Reports placed on the battlements H H Rockets placed farther in with a wall betweene CHAP XXVII How to represent divers motions in a Castle of fire-worke CAuse a frame to be made placing thereon two Castles that they may stand about twelve foot distant one from another this frame must bee so ordered that it may bee hollow underneath which being done let the dores of those Castles bee placed the one opposite to the other at each end of the said frame and just within each doore let there bee a figure 8 rowler of wood foure inches diameter which shall have iron pevikts or points to runne upon that they may runne the more easie and let those roulers be put full of small pinnes and a girt put round about them to the end that the rowlers moving circular may draw the girt in a straight line then placing some antike Figures on the girt so that they may move about with it place your fire wheeles upon the axeltree of each rowler providing another rowler at each end to make it slide more easily so firing the said wheeles you shall see the antikes come one out of one doore and the other at the other doore meeting in the midst and when they come at the contrary end they make a returne with their heads downeward and come up againe at the same doores they went first out of which will continue running so long as the fire wheeles continue And when the wheeles stand still the reports shall goe off on each tower one against another which shall be done after this manner let one of the spoakes of both your wheeles be hollow and also part of the axeltree which let be filled with powder dust and the rocket which fires last shall be placed over that spoake which hath the vent with a piece of cotton wicke to fire it so will it runne downe thorow the axeltree which as I said must be hollow and must have paper pasted over it so that as soone as the fire comes there it breakes thorow the paper and fires a traine which is laid round about it which traine passeth to a standing conveyance which goeth up to the battlements and so giveth fire to those reports which having past each corner the lower tower shall fire as it passeth and from thence passe to an inner conueiance which shall fire so many rockets as may be well placed about it this being well and orderly performed will give great content The forme whereof is expressed in the eight Figure N B B. B B Represents the two Castles ready fitted with the frame A A The two doores opposite B The two figures moving forward C C The two fire wheeles which causeth this motion C Represents the frame for this motion D D The two fire wheeles fixed on their axeltree E E The Roler each wheele is fixed to F F The other Rolers which guide the girts G G The girts passing from one roller to the other H H The figures placed on the girts fig 9th CHAP. XXVIII Another way to performe the same motions and will not be so violent as the former PRepare your Castle with the frame fitted as the former onely upon the axeltree of each rowler let there bee a small wheele with teeth and likewise must there bee a screw upon the axeltree of each fire wheele which must be so fitted that they may draw these wheeles about which if they be well fitted will move them with great facilitie and whereas the other fire wheeles were placed on each side these must be placed behinde or underneath which you please or finde most commodious Now you must note that your fire wheele moving once about moveth but one tooth of your other wheele by reason of the screw which drawes him so that if you make tenne teeth in the said wheele your fire wheele shall make tenne revolutions for one of your rowler by this meanes it will move after a farre more easie manner then the former The manner of this is represented in the ninth Figure A A R. A A Represents the two Castles ready placed R The frame for the motion B B Two
presse till they be dry and when they be dry cut out a semicircle in paper which shall fit round about the said cap and shall serve to paste on the cap to the coffin the forme whereof is expressed in the fourth figure by the figure 14. and 15. so have you all things ready to the finishing of your Rocket which must be done as followeth CHAP. 6. The manner of finishing a Rocket WHen your Rocket is driuen as I have shewed you with the paper turned downe you shall first prime it which must be with cotton wicke made for the said purpose which you shall put up into the vent leaving a peece to hang lower than the mouth of your Rocket by three or foure inches which being done tye a piece of paper over the mouth to the end it fall not out now having primed your Rocket you may proceede to the heading of it and that is done after this manner Take your Rocket and on the head where I told you you should turne downe the paper you must with a bodkin pierce two or three holes to the intent that the Rocket having spent himselfe your workes which are on his head may take fire which holes prime with a little powder dust and then put on his head with the choaking fitted to your Rocket which must come over the Rocket in such manner that the bottome of the greater part must come even with the top of the Rocket which tye fast to your rocket with threed and then put in your workes but before you put in your workes whether they be starres or any other workes you must put in a little cotton wooll being rowled in powder dust to the end your stars may fire and likewise may blow out which having done put in your starres or other workes and if you make more than one tire as you may doe of your starres then must you put more cotton rowled in powder dust amongst them or betweene every tire to the end they may all take fire then take your cap so provided as I have formerly shewed 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 in such manner that it may stand very upright then must you fit on your sticke for the peasing of your Rocket which ought to be about eight lengths of your Rocket without the head You must get the smoothest and lightest you can such as basket makers use which when you have got you must make very strait and then cutting one side of it flat at the great end make two notches on the round side provided that the one be differing from the other so much as is betweene the choaking of your Rocket and the end of the vent because if you should tye it upon the vent it would loosen the powder and so cause it to breake in the firing Now that you tye not the wrong end of your fig 3. Rocket uppermost as some foolishly have done for want of better instructions you must alwayes tye the end downewards which is choaked and with a piece of strong thred tye it fast to the lower notch just about the choaking so shall you be sure your stickes shall not fall off neither will it indanger the hurting of your rocket When yoâ— have tyed that then proceed to the tying of it higher which as I say must be somewhat highâ—r than the top of the vent and let your sticke come even with the top of your rocket which having done pease your rocket which must be after this manner Lay it on your finger two or three inches or more from the mouth and if you finde the stick be too heavy cut it shorter till you finde your Rocket to ballance your sticke for the sticke being too heavy causes your rocket to slugge and being too light it makes a rocket fall before he is halfe up these things being provided you have your rocket ready to be fired which must be after this manner CHAP. VII The manner of firing Rockets with the description of a staffe for the firing of them PRovide a long staffe with a pike at one end which must be thrust hard into the ground and a three legged staffe with a hollow hoope at the top to let this long staffe slide up and downe to the end that having rockets whose stickes are longer than your said staffe yet by raising it through the said iron hoope you may make it foure or five foot longer than it would be standing on the ground Now this long staffe must have a sliding peece cut with severall points which must be neere the top and at the bottome there must be a ring of wyer to let the sticke goe through which must be made likewise to slide up and downe so thrusting the small end through the said ring your rocket will rest upon that part above which must be just opposite in a straight line so open the mouth of your rocket and pull out the end of your cotton wicke and with a peece of match fastened in a Linstocke give fire to the said wicke and by degreees you shall see it fire your rocket which being well ordered will mount very straight and high now having shewed the whole order of composing a rocket with the firing of the same I will shew you an order for making of your starres and other workes which are necessary for the heads of your rockets and first of all I will shew you the making of divers sorts of starres with their compositions and since wee cannot make them without the compositions I will first set downe the compositions and then proceed to the manner of making them CHAP. VIII Divers Compositions for starres A Composition for starres of a blew colour with red TAke of powder mealed 8 â„¥ Salt peter 4 â„¥ Sulphur vive 12 â„¥ Meale these very fine and mixe them together with 2 â„¥ of aqua vite and â— 2 â„¥ of oyle of spicke which let be very dry before you use it Another Composition which maketh a white fire and beautifull Take powder 4 â„¥ Salt peter 12 â„¥ Sulphur vive 6 â„¥ Camphire â…“ â„¥ Meale your ingredients and mixe them now to powder your Camphire you must dip your pestle in oyle of Almonds or such like oyle you must not use your wooded pestle for this because that oyle will soake into it which is an enemy to some workes therefore take a brasse pestle and morter and dipping the pestle in oyle of Almonds put it to your Camphire and so stirring it by degrees it will powder which when you have done keepe it very close from ayre till such time as you use it otherwise the Camphire will lose his spirit and become of no use Another white fire which lasteth long Take powder 4 â„¥ Salt peter 1 l Sulphur vive 8 â„¥ Camphur 1 â„¥ Oyle of peeter 2 â„¥ Meale those which are to be mealed very fine and mixe
and so fasten him on the top of your rocket alwayes putting a little paper about the top of your rocket and in it put a little powder dust and so set on your report and tie it fast on with the mouth towards the head of the rocket so that the rocket having spent himselfe you shall see a large star appeare and when it is neere the ground you shal heare the report the order thereof you shall finde described in the fourth figure 1 Is the report ready finished 2 The rocket with the report on the head 3 The report fastned on the head of the rocket 4 The paper to fasten the report to the rocket which must first bee tied to the rocket and likewise to the report 8 Representeth a fisgig finished 9 The choaking as I have shewed which must bee silled upward with corn powder 10 The mouth of your fisgig which upon occasion you may fill with your starre mixture to put on the head of your rockets 11 Representeth a fisgig with a bladder which must be tyed on to the head of them in such manner that the neck of the bladder may go into the fisgig and so be fast tyed that they stirre not the use of them is only to fire in your hand for being fired with a little powder dust in the mouth of it and so cast away from you it will fly to and fro without ceasing till it hath spent it selfe and by reason of the bladder which is tied to it it will not stick fast to the ground as others do which have no bladders 12 Representeth a cracker fastned to the top of a rocket so that the rocket having spent himselfe it taketh fire and maketh many reports the manner of fastning him is thus you must first tie on your rocket leaving the stick so much higher than the top as will suffice to tie on your cracker which must be tied about the said stick in such manner that the nose of it may come into the head of your rocket which being primed with some powder dust will take fire 5 Representeth a rocketh with severall works whether starres or serpents and must be with a large coffin on the top with his cap. 6 Is the coffin which as J have shewed you must bee somewhat bigger than your rocket 7 Is the cap which must be taper 13 Sheweth the fastning of the stick which must not bee higher than your rocket beside the large coffin All which I have formerly described with the form and manner of making them and their severall uses so that I have fully layd down the whole order of finishing a rocket for the ayre Now it resteth to shew what other works may bee done by the sayd rockets which are many for all sorts of Fire works for pleasure do wholly depend upon them except the water bals and to proceed I will first describe unto you the order of making the runners on the line which must bee done in manner following CHAP. XIII How to make a runner on the line YOV must provide a small rocket mould which must be halfe an inch or more with rowlers and rammers according as I have described save only that your mould must have no needle nor your rammers hollow when you have provided them make up your cases after the form which I have shewed you some longer and some shorter which must be used as followeth your short ones must be beaten up to the top which must not bee above foure inches your longer which must bee 5 ½ inches must bee likewise filled foure inches high and the rest to be filled with corn powder within halfe an inch of the top Receipt for runners which must be choaked close and tied up the receipt for these sorts must be only fine powder dust Now when you have driven them as is shewed you may proceed to the finishing of them which must be in this manner you must rowle a peece of paper about the head of your shorter rocket which must be left open to give fire to the next which paper must be five inches broad and being rowled on you must first try if the mouth of your other rocket will easily go in which when you have done draw forth your other rocket which you tried and binde your paper fast to the top of your short one in such manner that foure inches may remaine hollow above the top of your rocket which is to be filled with powder dust about two inches high then put in your longer rocket with the mouth inward so farre as it may touch your powder dust and tie the paper fast about the choaking as you shall finde described in the fift figure after you have done this proceed to the putting on of your cane which must bee after this manner you must first provide canes of such bignesse as will fit your line and cut them three inches long or somewhat better and then notch them with three notches which when you have so provided first tie it to your longer rocket which is to fire last and then doubling them together in such sort that the nose of the first come farther out than the tayle of the second tie it to them both the reason of this is because otherwise if it were tied to them both together and not to one severally so soon as the first were fired the cane will grow slack and often fall off and never make his return and againe if you should not put the mouth of the one farther out than the tayle of other it would fire your other rocket and so make a confusion therefore that you may the better understand what I have shewed you I have set down in this fift figure the whole order of finishing a runner for the line A Is the short rocket B Is the longer which must be beaten foure inches with powder dust and one inch with corn powder C C Your two rockets joyned the mouth of one to the tayle of the other in such sort that there may be two inches between them D The coffin of paper which joynes those two together and must bee filled with powder dust lightly put in E E The rockets doubled with the cane tied on F The cane which must be three inches long or more G The cord that passeth thorow the cane H A peece of cork on the end of the line CHAP. XIV The manner of firing your runner NOW having thus finished your runners you must provide a line which may bee a hundred yards or more as your ground will permit so fastning your cord at the farthest of your distance provide a peece of board or cork with a hole of the bignesse of your line which must bee put on the end of your line to the end that your rocket may not rest against any thing that may hinder it in the retrogade motion alwayes provided you sope your line very well for feare of firing then put on your runner at the other end with
shall appeare in his perfect colours and shall continue so a long while FIrst cause a board to be made foure square of what dimension you please which let be ½ an inch thicke and cause a Painter or some drafts man to trase out what Armes or other figure you please upon the said board also let there be another which shall bee an inch and ½ thicke and of the same breadth which fasten to the other with some small tackes till you have boared so many holes as you have occasion for which shall behalfe an inch asunder and likewise halfe an inch boare then boare your holes thorow your inch board and let them enter an inch into the thicker planke then make foure square holes one at each corner in the thicker planke to receive foure square pieces of wood which must be an inch square which glue fast into foure holes opposite to the other in the thinner planke to the end it may slide to and fro then fasten an iron rod in the midst of the thinner so that it may come thorow the thicker planke and be fastened to a piece of wood which may turne upon a joynt to the end you may draw the thinner square neerer as your fire consumes and must draw it too foot at least then provide a small arrow of two foot long and upon it rowle so much paper till it fill your small holes exactly then fill so many as you have holes already provided in your square and put them thorow the thinner piece and the ends thereof into the thicker which let be glued fast into the bottome of that so that they may stand very fast and likewise let them passe so easily thorow the other holes that the board may slide nearer or further to or from the fire at pleasure then fit a piece of past-board so that it may come close about these rouled lances and may fit as exactly as the board doth at the other end and let this come within halfe an inch of the firing end then prime them all with quicke powder dust and cover it over with paper which having performed you are ready against such time as you have occasion to fire it which must be after this manner observing which side the winde is stand on that side and fire it at the lower corner so that by the helpe of the winde you shall have it all fire at once which having burnt a while will come to the past-board and fire it so that falling away there will be represented a Coat of Armes in colours close to your fire which may be drawne in by one standing behinde so that it shall seeme alwaies to be standing in one place and the light not to grow shorter till the last The forme of this frame is presented in the seventh figure C D. A The frame without the scutcheon or letters B The backe side of the frame with an iron rod passing thorow it and fastened to the other part and the moving part which slideth to and fro as occasion proffers D The frame finished ready to put in your lances F Represents the face of the frame or thinner board G The inner part of the fixed piece with holes boared in each alike to put in your lances of rowled paper filled with slow composition CHAP. XXIV How to represent an antike dance by the helpe of fire which shall move in a circular forme CAuse a board to bee made of two foot square so that one side of it may bee hollowed or grooved to lay your rockets in then cause another board to bee made of the same largenesse so that it may sit close on the other the rockets lying betweene and in the center of the same board place a brasse socket which must passe thorow the other for the center pinne to enter into it then place your antike figures on the top of the said board with wiers passing thorow both to the end they may be turned about in their motion by certaine pinnes placed in another board which must stand fixed so that moving about the said board the pinnes take hold of the wiers which come thorow and turne them backward and forward but in regard of the extraordinary violence of this motion it will teare all in pieces unlesse you have a great care in making all things to runne very exactly which must bee tried before you come to use it The order of this is represented in the seventh Figure by the letter E. A B C D The bottome board which stands fixed with a socket to put on a long pole and hath a small pinne standing at each corner E E E The under board which moveth in which is placed the rockets F F The uper board which is fastened to the other wherein the rockets are placed G G The wiers passing thorow both boards which are fastened to the foot of each anticke H H The other wiers which stand fast in the fixed board and are to turne about the antickes passing by them CHAP. XXV Another way for making an anticke dance which is not so violent as the former TAke one of your large sort of wheeles and fasten it on an iron axeltree so that the wheele move the axeltree with his motion then let there bee a screw filed on the said axeltree which may bee fitted to a small wheele of tenne teeth or thereabouts as you please for the more teeth there is in the wheele the slower it goeth and easier et contra which wheele let it be so fastened to an axeltree on which the board bearing the antickes must stand that the fire wheele turning about verticall may move your worke hirozontall which will move so slow that the fire wheele will be tenne times about before your Motion will move once about which being done neatly will prove a worke of great contentment The forme whereof is expressed in the seventh Figure by the letter F. A The fire wheele placed on an iron axelrree and made fast to it B The screw made on the said axeltree or filed out of the same stuffe C The wheele which the aforesaid screw must be fitted to runne with which must have so meny teeth as you intend the fire wheele shall move about for once of your motion D The square board on which the antickes stand and is fastened to the axeltree which hath the wheele E A place for a light to burne so long as the worke indureth F F F The detentes or pieces which come thorow the board from the foot of each anticke G G G Certaine pinnes standing upright in the fixed board to the end that the others passing by may be turned about CHAP. XXVI How to compose a Castle of fire worke with the manner of placing the workes in a true order PRepare a Castle of wood or plate of what largenesse you please the which shall bee made foure square with round towers and battlements and on the top or inner part of that worke let there bee a
a Siren on the water C The wheeles which are loose on the axeltree being hollow and filled halfe with sand or water D D The rockets placed in the axeltree which is fast There are many other workes to be performed on the water by manuall art or the helpe of the hand some of which I will shew the rest I shall leave to the iudgement of judicious workemen in that art in regard there are sea fights which are performed by gallies placed on the water with the helpe of Mariners acted and likewise Castles placed both on the water and on the shoare all which doe represent some former story of the like yet know this there are many motions to be wrought by hand after a more secret manner which will cause more admiration and is done by certaine lines placed under the superficies of the water the ground of which I will shew you CHAP. LXI How to represent a Dragon issuing out of a Castle which shall swimme thorow the water and be incountred by a horseman from the shoare CAuse a Castle to be made on certaine timber so as it may flote if it be in a flowing and ebbing water and let the bottome of the doore of this Castle with the ground plat be two foot under the horizon of the water the reasons follow and at a foot high within the Castle let there bee a certaine line tyed which may passe thorow the body of the Dragon and may bee fastened neere the shoare where you shall have a floate likewise sunke so farre under water that the line may not be perceived then fasten on your Dragon as I have formerly shewed you for the line but so that the head of this may alwaies be above the line where that was under then when the time appointed comes there shall be one ready within the Castle to fire those parts of the Dragon which is requisite which being done by the helpe of those pullies shall passe it thorow the water which so soone as it presents it selfe Neptune as being displeased to see so monstrous a creature within his bounds shall come and encounter the said Dragon page 66 and 67 and at last shall overthrow him you may order your 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 Many rare things may be done in this for the pleasure of Princes which are to be acted on the water which for brevity sake I omit onely I shall shew you the order of composing two sorts of workes the one to be acted on the land the other on the water The forme of this worke is represented in the 17 Figure by the letters C D. G Representing the Castle floating on the water out of which the Dragon issueth E The Dragon comming forth of the Castle D Neptune comming towards the said Dragon to encounter him F The pully which causeth these motions by meanes of drawing them to and from each other the manner of fastening the line for drawing them I have shewed you before in the 33 Chapter CHAP. LXII An order for a generall piece of fire-worke for land and is for the pleasure of a Prince or some great person CAuse a frame to be made of wood which let be eight square or more properly eight sided which is the best figure for this purpose and let it bee forty yards from one side to the other there place two Castles the one opposite to the other which Castles shall be eight foot square these Castles shall be fitted with motions as I have formerly shewed you some comming out against others some moving on the walles all which may bee performed by the helpe of large fire wheeles which must be at the least sixe foot diameter with large Rockets for the same purpose as I have formerly shewed you then on the foure adjacent sides you shall place foure other wheeles two running horizontall and two verticall and on the other two sides you shall place rockets some flying upright and others circular at each angle or corner there shall be placed a torch of a beautifull fire and slow so much for the sides now you shall come to fill up the vacuum betweene the sides alwaies noting that from one Castle to the other passeth a frame of wood the use whereof I have formerly shewed then before the midst of this frame there is placed on the one side two square cases of rockets and betweene these cases toward the bottome and somewhat before there is placed anticke motions and to the angles of each Castle are placed two lines with runners which take fire and passe to and fro note the end of those lines must be perfect wyer or else the fire would burne them then on the same side behinde the motions shall stand aloft a frame with the Kings name or the like then on the other side of the frame within the vacuum shall be placed three standing wheeles whereof the one shall cast forth rockets into the ayre the other two are for reports and fisgigs these three wheeles shall stand in a triangular forme and shall have a frame passe from the one to the other and betweene the angles of these wheeles shall be placed two mortar pieces which shall bee to cast fire bats with divers workes in them The manner of this is represented in the 18 Figure CHAP. LXIII Another order for a generall worke and is to be acted on the water HAving a place appointed for your worke which must be in some spacious River you shall seeke the most convenient place on the shoare for placing a Castle which shall bee made to represent some City or Fort lying on the water this Castle shall be furnished with all manner of workes as well fire bals as rockets with divers small Ordnance to give a more grace to the worke this being provided you shall also make another Castle on the water on certain boats chained and lying at anchor these shall bee set at a reasonable distance from the other about twenty score or as your place will permit in this Castle likewise you shall provide workes as in the other onely this Castle may not be so big as that on shoare then you shall provide divers small ships which shall be ready to make a sea fight these shall be so divided that the greater part may belong to the smaller Castle on the water and likewise for surprising that on the land likewise you may have motions passing from one Castle to another as I have formerly shewed you for the water amongst the rest you shall have some small fire ship such as I have shewed you which shall have divers motions now there are many actions to be performed by these workes as casting bals from one Castle to the other with the morter pieces likewise sending backe rockets to each other with divers onsets on each side for surprisals all
the mouth of the rocket towards you which must bee primed with powder dust and pull your line very straight which is a great help to the running of a rocket so fastning your cord you may fire your runner which being well ordered will run to the farthest of your line making his return with a report at last so have you finished the runner fig 5th CHAP. XV. How to compose a wheele NOW I will shew you the order of composing a wheele which is a prime work being well ordered of which some are movable and some immovable of the movable some move horizontall and some verticall which is toward the zenith and first of the movable wheele You must provide a wheele of such diameter as you please which must be made into squares according to the circumference of your wheele and to proportion your wheele into a just number you may allow five inches or better for every side so that your wheele being 14 inches diameter the circumference will be as 7 to 22 which is 44 inches circumference so being divided by 5 there will bee 8 squares Figure 5. N 1. or more properly 8 sides which will every one containe 5 inches and 3 10 which is the cord of 45 degrees these sides must bee hollowed with a groofe fitting your rockets and at the ends of every side it must bee filed with notches to fasten your binding that it slide not when you binde fast your rockets the form whereof you shall finde in the fift figure N 1. A Sheweth the 8 sides B The places of fastning C The screw which fastneth the wheele to some post Note alwayes that as your wheele doth increase in diameter so you must increase in the proportion for that rocket which forces about a wheele of 14 inches will not force a wheele of 18 inches nor that rocket which forceth one of 18 inches will not force one of 24 inches but that you may come to a neere proportion I will satisfie you so neere as I can first seek the diameter of your wheele which imagine to bee 18 inches I take the third thereof which is 6 so that your rocket for 18 inches diameter must be 6 inches long and your wheele of 24 inches diameter will require rockets of 8 inches yet as your wheele encreaseth you may alter this proportion by dividing it into more sides Now having provided your wheele with your rockets of a just size you shall proceed to the finishing of it which must bee after this manner you must joine your rockets one to another in such sort as I shewed you for your runners that is with the mouth of the one to the top of the other and so proceed till you have fastned so many as will serve your wheele alwayes leaving so much space between each rocket as may suffer them to come round about your wheele without breaking any which when you have done proceed to the tying of them on to your wheele which must be so ordered that you tie them where the notches are to the end they faile not in firing by sliding off In tying theâ—â— on you must provide that you leave a little distance between the first and the last which must be parted with a bolster of paper well soaped to thâ— end that the first fire not the last and so cause a great confusion Now for the manner of placing them it is according to the workmans pleasure which must be either horizontall or verticall for the horizontall wheele you must provide a post fastned in the ground and screw your wheele to the top of it for the verticall you must screw it on the side of the post so having fired them you shall see one run parallell to the horizon and the other to the zenith as you shall see described in the fift figure N 2 Representeth the horizontall wheele N 3 Representeth the verticall wheele There are many other works which do wholly depend upon the wheele of which I will set down some few CHAP. XVI How to make a ground wheele HEre I will declare unto you the manner of making a paire of wheels to run upon a plain horizon provide two wheels such as are spinning wheels of one bignesse which must bee fastned to a small axeltree in such manner that they may not move about the axeltree and on the middle of the axeltree fasten a fire wheele which let bee so much lesse than the other that it touch not the ground so that being fast upon the same axeltree it cannot run unlesse it carry the other with it which being set on a plain horizon will run a great way without ceasing now that you may make it return you may provide your wheele in such manner that it may have rockets on both sides so that one side being spent it may give fire to the other which being fastned with their mouthes the contrary way will make a return with a swift motion The form of these ground wheeles you may see represented in the fift figure N 4. A A the two wheeles fastned to the axeltree C C the axeltree on which the three wheeles are all fastned B the fire wheele which is represented of a lesser diameter than the other two CHAP. XVII Another manner of ground wheeles THere is another kinde of ground wheeles and that is made so that the wheeles may move about the axeltree but this sort is not moved about by a wheele in regard the axeltree must stand still but it is made after this manner you must make your axeltree somewhat broad about the midst of it and in that place you shall boare two holes into which you shall put two rockets which must bee so close one to the other that they may almost touch and must bee so joined together that one having spent himselfe the other may take fire after the manner of your line work to the end that being fired it may run first one way and then the other taking fire may make his return by a second motion now the rockets which you put into this place must alwayes bee proportioned according to the bignesse of your wheele which if you perform according to the direction you shall have your desire The form of this wheele is expressed in the fift figure N 4. A A the two wheeles being loose upon their axeltree B B the axeltree in which the rockets are put C the place for the two rockets to be fastned which must be so ordered that the mouth of one may joyne to the tayle of the other It is especially to be noted that these wheeles must run upon a very plain horizon such as the place for the game of Pall Maile at St. Iameses or some other very smooth place by reason that after the first firing of a rocket his violence is over and so a small thing will stay him There are also sundry sorts of wheeles which do perform divers offices some for displaying of a Coat of Armes and