TO THE READER .

WHereas diuers ignoraunt in Arethmaticke and Geomatrie , thinke it a hard thing to describe that smal worke of mine , intituled the Terrar , which I set foorth the last yeare , 1582. And the rules thereof so hard , that they cannot be learned without tedious trauel . Truely ( gentle Reader ) were it not for the obscure words of Art , they were most pleasant & easie . And for proofe thereof if thou canst but reade : I haue appointed one whome you may hear off , at the signe of the Lamb near Clements Inne , who shall teach thee so much Arethmaticke , and Geomitry in one day , hauing a good capasity , as shall describe the sayde Terrar , the Map of a Country , or any such like worke , with the vse of the scale . And also he will teach thee any thing mentioned in it , to be taught with as much expedition as thou wouldest wishe . Condemn me not before thou hast tried me , & then report as thou findest me . I know some that would haue none cunning but them selues , who would make mountaynes of their mould hilles . Such will smoothly laugh me to scorne . But I trust the modest minded by proofe will be witnesses of my truth . And as touching the rest of the twentye and fiue deuises which I offer to teach in the sayd Terrar , I promise thee , there is not one amongst them all , but is as easie to be learned as any of the workes herein described Wherefore let not wordes of Art dismay thee , nor those that would haue all men ignorant but them selues discourage thee : but lay hold on slippery time , which once mispent may no way be reuolked . And consider with the Ant , that sommer haruest , wil prouide both foode and fyer for winter cold . And thus fare well in Christ . From Paines End , the 16. of Nouember . 1583.

Whereas the sayd Terrar was solde for two shillinges six pence , contrary to the Aucthours minde , from hence foorth they shall be sold by retaile for sixe pence a peece , you maye haue them at my Printers .

How to 〈…〉 ●●auel of any 〈…〉 at , is de 〈…〉 in the making of ponds vpon high & dry grounds by me already published in print . Which skill is needefull for them that will drayne bogs and weate groundes , for the better finding of the most conuenient currant , to conuay the water away . It is learned with twice reading ouer of tenne lines .

The compasse .

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Note that this figure is set in moste Maps , to describe the windes , viz. The North south , East , and West quarters with their parts . The North point marked with the flower Deluse , commonly standing with the face , or vpper part of the Mappe . So by this compasse to any worke annexed , you may know how it lieth , remembring that the point marked with the flower Deluce standeth North. Then tourning your face with that point you shall looke into the North. So is your back South , your right hand East , and your left hand , West .

THE cankred Carle in fertil soyle , which doth much ground possesse , And suffereth not the Plough-mans toile , his lande to take and dresse . Nor yet himselfe conuert the same , vnto his Countries vse , Deserueth well the shamefull name , of common-weales abuse . And to a Dog I him compare , that in the Manger lies ; Which labouring Stead from prouen share by barking he denies . Yet will not eate of that himselfe , whereof poore Stead is glad . Such members vile in common wealth , were better lost then had .

To draine wet grounds .

First draw a straite ditch , one foote deepe , and foure inches broad , in the most conuenient place of your ground . Then draw from your straite ditch two pearch a sunder , slope drayners as this figure doth represent . Dig them one foot deepe at the least , and one foote broad in the bottome , and not aboue two inches broade at the top , so will the top close vp againe , and the bottome will be hollow , wherin the water will soake into the straite ditch : which ditch , you must fill with stones , or great grauell , and so must you fill fiue foote of the endes of the sloape drainers next to the straite diche , and if stones be plentie to fill the drainers throughout with stones is best . Where you fil them with stones , you may couer them with thick turff , and make it playn , so shal you lose no ground The charges for 10. Acres , is but 26. shil. 8. pence , besides carriages , which charges , the earth that you cast out of the ditch and drayners , being wel spred , wil counteruail for the manuring of the ground .

To draine Bogs .

In the firme ground within two yardes of the bog , draw a ditch from the highest part a long by the bogs side , as the currant goeth and continue your ditch vntill it commeth out at naught , as here is debscribed . Make your ditch as narrow as you can , dig it one foote lower then the spring which feedeth the bog . Then fill your ditch two foot thicke with stones , and vpon the stones , throw in the earth , and couer the top with turffe which you digged out of the ditch , so shall you spoyle no ground , and the water , which was the cause of the Bogge , wil alter his course and runne in the ditch among the stones , and in short time the Bogge will sinke , and prooue firme , and very fruiteful ground .

How to measure a wood , and not to come into it .

Drawe adioyning to the water or wood whereof you would , know the contents either a square , a long square or a triangle , such as you may most conueniently include your desired piece into . Then measure the whole plat , and from the contents therof : deduct the ouerplus , as for example in this long square herafter described . The whol contents is 60. Acres , wherof you must deduct 3. acres for the long square at the East end , 5 Acres for the right triangle on the Southwest part , and 14. for the blunt triangle on the North side . So testeth for the contentes of the wood 38. Acres .

The perfect vse of the scale may be learned by him that can not reade , hauing a good capacity , in the space of 3. houres ▪ yet by it are most straunge workes done , which to the ignorant seeme vnpossible . It is necessary that it be taught by demonstrations for a little shewing in this cause is a great deale better then much reading .

The Scale .

20 60 100

A Computation of yeares , from William the Conquerour . Wherein you may finde the year of our Lord , the Dominicall letter , the leape yeare , the names of the Kings successiuely , what day they began , how long they did raigne , with the daies of their deathes . The dates of Recordes , or euidence , and of what continuance they be : as for example .

I haue a lease for 99. yeares , from Michaelmas , in the 10. yeare of King Henrie the 7. The question is , howe many yeares are to come in the saide lease at Michaelmas 1583. First seeke King Henrie the 7. and then the tenth yeare of his raigne , which you shall finde in the yeare of our Lorde 1494. The which number substract out of 1583. So shall you finde 89. yeares past , and tenne yeares to come . If you cannot substract , then tel from 1494 , vntill you come vnto 1583. And you shall finde as is aforesaid , and thus for all others .

Anno Domini . The dominicall Letter . The names of the kings , & the moneth they begonne . The yeares of the Kinges .

Will . Conquerer .

1066 A October . 14. 1 1067 G 2 1068 F 3 1069 DE 4 1070 C 5 1071 B 6 1072 AG 7 1073 F 8 1074 E 9 1075 D 10 1076 CB 11 1077 A 12 1078 G 13 1079 F 14 1080 ED 15 1081 C 16 1082 B 17 1083 A 18 1084 GF 19 1085 E 20 1086 D 21

He raigned 20. yeres 11 months , 22. days . and died the 9. of Sept. 1087.

William Rufus .

1087 C September . 9. 1 1088 BA 2 1089 G 3 1090 F 4 1091 E 5 1092 DC 6 1093 B 7 1094 A 8 1095 G 9 1096 FE 10 1097 D 11 1098 C 12 1099 B 13

He ra●gned 12. yeares 11 moneths 18. dayes and died the 1. of August . 1100.

King Henry 1.

1100 AG August . 1. 1 1101 F 2 1102 E 3 1103 D 4 1104 CB 5 1105 A 6 1106 G 7 1107 F 8 1108 ED 9 1109 C 10 1110 B 11 1111 A 12 1112 GF 13 1113 E 14 1114 D 15 1115 C 16 1116 BA 17 1117 G 18 1118 F 19 1119 E 20 1120 D● 21 1121 B 22 1●22 A 23 1123 G 24 1124 F● 25 1125 D 26 1126 C 27 1127 B 28 1128 A● 29 1129 F 30 1130 E 31 1131 D 32 1132 CF 33 1133 A 34 1134 G 35 1135 F 36

He raigned 35. yeres , 4. months 11. days , & dyed the 2. of September . 1135.

King Stephen .

1136 FD December . 2. 1 1137 C 2 1138 B 3 1139 A 4 1140 GF 5 1141 E 6 1142 D 7 1143 C 8 1144 BA 9 1145 G 10 1146 F 11 1147 E 12 1148 DC 13 1149 B 14 1150 A 15 1151 G 16 1152 FE 17 1153 D 18 19

He raigned 18. yeres , 11. moneths 18 daies and died the 25. day of October 1154

King Henry . 2.

1154 C October . 25. 1 1155 B 2 1156 AG 3 1157 F 4 1158 E 5 1159 D 6 1160 CE 7 1161 A 8 1162 G 9 1163 F 10 1164 ED 11 1165 C 12 1166 B 13 1167 A 14 1168 GF 15 1169 E 16 1170 D 17 1171 C 18 1172 BA 19 1173 G 20 1174 F 21 1175 E 22 1176 DC 23 1177 B 24 1178 A 25 1179 G 26 1180 FE 27 1181 D 28 1182 C 29 1183 B 30 1184 AG 31 1185 E 32 1186 E 33 1187 D 34 1188 CB 35

He raigned 24 yeres , 9 monethes 2. dayes and died the 6. of Iulie . 1189.

Kin. Richard 1.

1189 A Iuly . 6. 1 1190 G 2 1191 F 3 1192 ED 4 1193 C 5 1194 B 6 1195 A 7 1196 GF 8 1197 E 9 1198 D 10

He raigned 9. yeares , 9. monethes 22 dayes and died the 6. of April 1199.

King Iohn .

1199 C April . 6. 1 1200 BA 2 1201 G 3 1202 F 4 1203 E 5 1204 DC 6 1205 B 7 1206 A 8 1207 G 9 1208 FE 10 1209 D 11 1210 C 12 1211 B 13 1212 AG 14 1213 F 15 1214 E 16 1215 D 17 1216 CB 18

He raigned 17. yeres & 7. moneths . and d●ed the 19. of October 1216.

King Henry . 3.

1217 A October . 19. 1 1218 G 2 1219 F 3 1220 ED 4 1221 C 5 1222 B 6 1223 A 7 1224 GF 8 1225 E 9 1226 D 10 1227 C 11 1228 BA 12 1229 G 13 1230 F 14 1231 E 15 1232 DC 16 1233 B 17 1234 A 18 1235 G 19 1236 FE 20 1237 D 21 1238 C 22 1239 B 23 1240 AG 24 1241 F 25 1242 E 26 1243 D 27 1244 CB 28 1245 A 29 1246 G 30 1247 F 31 1248 ED 32 1249 C 33 1250 B 34 1251 A 35 1252 GF 36 1253 E 37 1254 D 38 1155 C 39 2256 BA 40 1257 G 41 1258 F 42 1259 E 43 1260 DC 44 1261 B 45 1262 A 46 1263 G 47 1264 FE 48 1265 D 49 1266 C 50 1267 B 51 1268 AG 52 1269 F 53 1270 E 54 1271 D 55 1272 CB 56 57

He raigned 56. yeres one moneth , & died the 16. of Nouember 1273.

King Edward . 1

1273 A Nouember . 16. 1 1274 G 2 1275 F 3 1276 ED 4 1277 C 5 1278 B 6 1279 A 7 1280 GF 8 1281 E 9 1282 D 10 1283 C 11 1284 BA 12 1285 G 13 1286 F 14 1287 E 15 1288 DC 16 1289 B 17 1290 A 18 1291 G 19 1292 FE 20 1293 D 21 1294 C 22 1295 B 23 1296 AG 24 1297 F 25 1298 E 26 1299 D 27 1300 CB 28 1301 A 29 1302 G 30 1303 F 31 1304 ED 32 1305 C 33 1306 B 34 35

He raigned 34 yeares 8. moneths 9 dayes , and deposed the 7. of Iuly 1307.

King Edward . 2

1307 A Iuly . 7. 1 1308 GF 2 1309 E 3 1310 D 4 1311 C 5 1312 BA 6 1313 G 7 1314 F 8 1315 E 9 1316 DC 10 1317 B 11 1318 A 12 1319 G 13 1320 FE 14 1321 D 15 1322 C 16 1323 17 1324 AG 18 1325 F 19 1326 E 20 21

He raigned 19. yeres 7. moneths 6. dayes and died the 25. of Ianuary 1326.

King Edward . 3

1327 D Ianuary . 25. 1 1328 CB 2 1329 A 3 1330 G 4 1331 F 5 1332 ED 6 1333 C 7 1334 B 8 1335 A 9 1336 GF 10 1337 E 11 1338 D 12 1339 C 13 1340 BA 14 1341 G 15 1342 F 16 1343 E 17 1344 DC 18 1345 B 19 1346 A 20 1347 G 21 1348 FE 22 1349 D 23 1350 C 24 1351 B 25 1352 AG 26 1353 F 27 1354 E 28 1355 D 29 1356 CB 30 1357 A 31 1358 G 32 1359 F 33 1360 ED 34 1361 C 35 1362 B 36 1363 A 37 1364 GF 38 1365 E 39 1366 D 40 1367 C 41 1368 ●A 42 1369 G 43 1370 F 44 1371 E 45 1372 DC 46 1373 B 47 1374 A 48 1375 G 49 1376 FE 50 51

He raigned 50 yeres 5. moneths 7. dayes and deposed the 21 of Iune . 1377.

Kin Richard . 2

1377 D Iune . 21. 1 1378 C 3 1379 B 3 1380 AG 4 1381 F 5 1382 E 6 1383 D 7 1384 CB 8 1385 A 9 1386 G 10 1387 F 11 1388 FD 12 1389 C 13 1390 B 14 1391 A 15 1392 GF 16 1393 E 17 1394 D 18 1395 C 19 13●6 BA 20 1397 G 21 1398 F 22 1399 E 23

He raigned 22 yeres 14. weekes 2 dayes and died t●e 29 , of September 1399.

King Henry . 4.

1400 DC September . 29. 1 1401 B 2 1402 A 3 1403 G 4 1404 FE 5 1405 D 6 1406 C 7 1407 B 8 1408 AG 9 1409 F 10 1410 E 11 1411 D 12 1412 CB 13 14

He raignd 13. yeres 6 moneths 4. dais , and died the 20. of March . 1412.

King Henry . 5.

1413 A March . 20. 1 1414 G 2 1415 F 3 1416 ED 4 1417 C 5 1418 B 6 1419 A 7 1420 GF 8 1421 E 9 10

He raigned 9. yeres 5. moneths 24. daies and deposed the 13 of August . 1422.

King Henry . 6.

1422 D August . 31. 1 1423 C 2 1424 BA 3 1425 G 4 1426 F 5 1427 E 6 1428 DC 7 1429 B 8 1430 A 9 1431 G 10 1432 FE 11 1434 D 12 1435 C 13 1436 B 14 1437 AG 15 1438 F 16 1439 E 17 1440 D 18 1441 CB 19 1442 A 20 1443 G 21 1444 E 22 1445 ED 23 1446 C 24 1447 B 25 1448 A 26 1449 GF 27 1450 E 28 1451 D 29 1452 C 30 1453 BA 31 1454 G 32 1455 F 33 1456 E 34 1457 DC 35 1458 B 36 1459 A 37 1460 G 38 1461 FE 39

He raignd 38. yeres 6. moneths 16. daies and died the 2. of March . 1460.

Kin. Edward . 4

1461 D March . 4. 1 1462 C 2 1463 B 3 1464 AG 4 1465 F 5 1466 E 6 1467 D 7 1468 CE 8 1469 A 9 1470 G 10 1471 F 11 1472 ED 12 1473 C 13 1474 B 14 1475 A 15 1476 GF 16 1477 E 17 1478 D 18 1479 C 16 1480 BA 20 1481 G 21 1482 F 22 23

He raignd 22. yeres 5. weekes , one day , and died the 9. of April . 1483.

Kin Edward . 5

1483 E April 9 1

He raigned but 10. weekes , and 4. dais

Kin. Richard . 3

1484 DC Iune . 12 1 1485 B 2 3

He raigned 2. yeres 2. monethes 5. daies and died the 22. of August . 1485.

King Henry . 7

1486 A August . 22. 1 1487 G 2 1488 FE 3 1489 D 4 1490 C 5 1491 B 6 1492 AG 7 1493 F 8 1494 E 9 1495 D 10 1496 CB 11 1497 A 12 1498 G 13 1499 F 14 1500 ED 15 1501 C 16 1502 B 17 1503 A 18 1504 GF 19 1505 B 20 1506 D 21 1507 C 23 22 1508 BA 24

He raignd 23. yeres 8. moneths 19. dais and died the 22. of April . 1509.

King Henry . 8.

1509 G April . 22. 1 1510 F 2 1511 E 3 1512 DC 4 1513 B 5 1514 A 6 1515 G 7 1516 FE 8 1517 D 9 1518 C 10 1519 B 11 1520 AG 12 1521 F 13 1522 E 14 1523 D 15 1524 CB 16 1525 A 17 1526 G 18 1527 F 19 1528 ED 20 1529 C 21 1530 B 22 1531 A 23 1532 GF 24 1533 E 25 1534 D 26 1535 C 27 1536 BA 28 1537 G 29 1538 F 30 1539 E 31 1540 DC 32 1541 B 33 1542 A 34 1543 G 35 1544 FE 36 1545 D 37 1546 C 38

He raignd 37. yeres 10 monethes 1 day and died the 28. of Ianuary 1546.

Kin. Edward . 6.

1547 B Ianuary 28. 1 1548 AG 2 1549 F 3 1550 E 4 1551 D 5 1552 CB 6 7

He raignd 6. yeares 5. moneths , 19. dais and died the 6. of Iuly . 1553.

Queene Mary

1553 A Iuly . 6. 1 1554 G 2

King Philip.

1555 F Iuly . 25 1.3 1556 ED 2.4 . 1557 C 3.5 . 1558 B 4.6 .

She raigned 5. yeres 5. moneths 22. daies and died the 17. of Nouember . 1558.

Q. Elizabeth .

1559 A Nouember . 17. 1 1560 GF 2 1561 E 3 1562 D 4 1563 C 5 1564 BA 6 1565 G 7 1566 F 8 1567 E 9 1568 DC 10 1569 B 11 1570 A 12 1571 G 13 1572 FE 14 1573 D 15 1574 C 16 1575 B 17 1576 AG 18 1577 F 19 1578 E 20 1579 D 21 1580 CB 22 1581 A 23 1582 G 24 1583 F 25 1584 ED 26 1585 C 27 1586 B 28 1587 A 29 1588 GF 30 1589 E 31 1590 D 32 1591 C 33 1592 BA 34 1593 G 35 1594 F 36 1595 E 37 1596 DC 38 1597 B 39 1598 A 40 1599 G 41 1600 FF 42 1601 D 43 1602 C 44 1603 B 45 1604 AG 46 1605 F 47 1606 E 48 1607 D 49 1608 CB 50 1609 A 51 1610 G 52 1611 F 53 1612 ED 54 1613 C 55 1614 B 56 1615 A 57 1616 GF 58 1617 E 59 1618 D 60 1619 C 61 1620 BA 62 1621 G 63 1622 F 64 1623 E 65 1624 DC 66 1625 B 67 1626 A 68 1627 G 69 1628 FE 70 1629 D 71 1630 C 72 1631 B 73 1632 AG 74 1633 F 75 1634 E 76 1635 D 77 1636 CE 78 1637 A 79 1638 G 80 1639 F 81 1640 ED 82 1641 C 83 1642 B 84 1643 A 85 1644 GF 86 1645 E 87 1646 D 88 1647 C 89 1648 BA 90 1649 G 91 1650 F 92 1651 E 93 1652 C 94 1653 B 95 1654 AB 96 1655 G 97 98