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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13381	Three bookes of colloquies concerning the arte of shooting in great and small peeces of artillerie, variable randges, measure, and waight of leaden, yron, and marble stone pellets, minerall saltepeeter, gunpowder of diuers sortes, and the cause why some sortes of gunpower are corned, and some sortes of gunpowder are not corned: written in Italian, and dedicated by Nicholas Tartaglia vnto the Royall Prince of most famous memorie Henrie the eight, late King of England, Fraunce, and Ireland, defender of the faith &c. And now translated into English by Cyprian Lucar Gent. who hath also augmented the volume of the saide colloquies with the contents of euery colloquie, and with all the corollaries and tables, that are in the same volume. Also the said Cyprian Lucar hath annexed vnto the same three books of colloquies a treatise named Lucar Appendix ...	Tartaglia, Niccolò, d. 1557.; Lucar, Cyprian, b. 1544.	1588 (1588)	STC 23689; ESTC S101739	292,648	210

THREE BOOKES OF COLLOQVIES CO●CERNING THE ARTE OF SHOOTING 〈◊〉 GREAT AND SMALL PEECES OF ARTILLERIE VARIABLE randges measure and waight of leaden yron and marble stone pellets minerall saltepeeter gunpowder of diuers sortes and the cause why some sortes of gunpowder are corned and some sortes of gunpowder are not corned Written in Italian and dedicated by Nicholas Tartaglia vnto the Royall Prince of most famous memorie HENRIE the eight late King of England Fraunce and Ireland defender of the faith c. And now translated into English by CYPRIAN LVCAR Gent. who hath also augmented the volume of the saide Colloquies with the contents of euery Colloquie and with all the Corollaries and Tables that are in the same volume Also the saide CYPRIAN LVCAR hath annexed vnto the same three bookes of Colloquies a Treatise named LVCAR APPENDIX collected by him out of diuers Authors in diuers languages to shew vnto the Reader the properties office and dutie of a Gunner and to teach him to make and refine artificial saltpeeter to sublime brimstone for gunpowder to make coles for gunpowder to make gunpowder of diuers sortes and of diuers colours to make gunmatches touchwood and fire stones to know the waight and measure of any pellet to make carriages ladles rammers scourers and cartredges for any great peece of artillerie to know the proportioned length due thicknesse and waight of euery great peece of artillerie to know what number of men horses or Oxen wil drawe any great peece of artillerie to make platformes for great ordinance to make gabbions of earth for the defence of gunners in time of seruice to charge euery great peece of artillerie with his due charge in serpentine gunpowder and also in corne gunpowder to shoote well at any marke within point blanke to shoote well at any marke vpon a hill or in a valley without poynt blanke to shoote well at a marke in any darke night to mount morter peeces to strike any appointed marke to tell whether a thing seene farre of doth stand still come towards him or goe from him to make and vse diuers Trunkes and many sortes of fire workes to make mynes to measure altitudes longitudes latitudes and profundities to draw the true plat of any place and to do other commendable things which not onelie in time of warre but also in time of peace may to a good end be practised La possessione delle ricchezze non è sicura se la non si salua con la difensione della 〈◊〉 ●…NTED AT LONDON FOR ●ohn Harrison 1588. HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DROIT ET LOYAL TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE ROBERT EARLE OF LEICESTER BARON OF DENBIGH LORD STEWARD OF HER MAIESTIES HOVSHOLD CHIEFE IVSTICE in Oyer of all her Maiesties Forrests Parkes Chases and Warrens by South Trent and Knight of the most honorable orders of the Garter and Saint Michael in Fraunce and one of the Lords of her Maiesties most Honorable Priuie Counsell DIuers men Right noble most renowmed Earle according to the diuersitie of their natures doe diuersly seeke to excel others as in the auncient Romane state Crassus the rich by wealth Pompei the great by honor Caesar the meeke by friendes Cicero the eloquent by learning Cato the wise by counsell Fabritius the temperate by integritie Brutus the stoute by fortitude and Scipio Affricanus by bountie and liberalitie In all common weales are like dispositions And verily riches wel vsed are ornaments of peace and sinewes of war honors wel gotten true nobilitie are of peerelesse price especially in a comely personage and manly coūtenance friends vnfained a treasure thā the which nothing more trustie what is more sweete than learning highlier to be prised than wisedom rather to be vsed than temperance more valued than magnanimitie neerlier resembling the boūties of God than true liberalitie As eche of these though desired for priuate praise and singled from others is a singuler ornament so being ioyned with more of the rest and imployed to the publike good cannot but make a man to be admired But if al these together were inspired into one as though all the planets had agreed by their gratious aspects and sweete influences to furnish a man at all assaies would not the eyes of all mens minds be as it were dazeled at the bright beames of the right peerelesse nobilitie of such a man especially if they shall see it wholly dedicated to the glory of God the good of the Church and common wealth I dare not apply this directly to your Honor least it may seeme to sauour of flattery But if it may please your wisedome to suruay the excellent giftes wherwith God hath singularly graced your honorable estate if it appeare that you haue imployed your wealth to the good of Gods Church in this are you like the wise rulers of Israel who freely offered precious stones and costly perfumes to the worke of the tabernacle so farre as you haue vsed your honorable estate to countenance the Gospel and the professors thereof therein haue you resembled the prouident Ioseph whom God exalted aboue all Pharaohs house that so he might relieue his olde father Israel and the families of all his brethren wherein your Lordship hath vsed her Maiesties fauour to the building vp of the walles of Gods Church therein haue you liuely represented the right noble Courtier Nehemiah whose countenance was sad be-before Darius his king vntill he had obtained letters leaue furniture to repaire the walles of the holy Citie So oft as your godly policies graue coūsels wise speeches haue directed for the peace of England haue confounded the counsels of our Romish Achitophels haue disapointed the treasons of our Absoloms so often hath your Honor bin found faithfull to your Prince to your Counrie to the Church as Hushai the Archite Dauids friend If by prayer and fasting you haue called for the helpe of God as Ezra if your hand haue bin as the hand of Ioab against the enemies of your Prince and for the people of God in the loe countries if you haue enlarged your heart and hand in gifts to many who haue trauailed to benefite their countrie and profit the Church as Salomō rewarded Hiram those who wrought al skilful workes for the Temple If in all these things God haue inhabled your Lordship in some measure or in most of them in great measure to his glorie the peace of the Church the wealth of the land and honor of the Prince then both haue you wherein to reioyce and the eies of all men whom to behold as a common Patrone of all those who in any zealous desire imploy their paynes to profite their countrey and the Church of God Wherfore licensed to dispose as I will of this English worke made by Master Cyprian Lucar with a dutifull zeale to benefite his natiue soyle I thought it my duetie to offer it to your noble patronage as a present most fit for your Honor most profitable