I. HEe makes Engines which by the help of one man have delivered 500 tunns of water in an houre, about three foot (as hath bin tried at Amsterdam) and others that deliver 1000 tunns in the same time, 6 foot high, with the help of one Horse only. These workes of his doe not only raise three times more water, but three times higher, then the draining Mills of the Low-Countries, and vvithall freeth the vva­ter vvhich hath bin raised, from vvhat remaines behind, vvhich theirs doe not doe, much of the vvater vvhich hath bin by them raised, retur­ning back againe thither from vvhence it came. Hee applies these instruments to the draining of ponds, meeres and all sorts of vvaterish and fenny places, and consequently maketh that Land to beare good grass, vvhich before afforded nothing but rushes, sedge and such other unprofitable materialls, whereby the increase of such Lands is multi­plied to a very vast proportion. Hee dreineth Cole-pits and Metall-Mines at far easier rates and with lesse tireing and jadeing of horses, then by the ordinary way, and performeth such works of this nature, as by the meanes now in use are impossible. Contraryvvise, he hereby drovvneth or vvatereth dry-lands, vvhether for makeing them more strong and defensible, or more fruitfull, then naturally they are. He can also hereby conveigh vvater to tovvnes or Houses, that lie very remote from, and very much above any spring-heads or Rivers. He facilitates the ordinary devices of brevvers and diers in fitting their furneses, and in generall, doth more in all respects of speed, quantity, height, ease, &c. concerning the busynes of draining and drovvning, then by any other meanes and contrivances novv extant, hath bin or can be effected.

II. Hee undertaketh to bore timber with a wooden Augur faster, [Page 3]streighter, of a bigger boare, and vvithall much better Cheape, and the Pipes thus boared (if they be for the conveyance of vvater under ground to great distances) he so layeth and placeth, that they last tvvice or thrice as long, as they are vvont to doe being laid the ordi­nary vvay.

III. He offereth to passe boates over a deepe River, running never so svvift and of great breadth, vvithout the use of oares, sail, or ought else, that by its noise or visibilitie, may give notice thereof: and on the other side of the said River, to fasten piles into the ground, vvithout makeing any noise likevvise; a matter of great use in the entring and takeing of Tovvnes fortified by such Rivers. Where it is to be noted, that this vvay of driving piles, is not so distructive to them as that other of violent knocking, bruiseing and shaking them, must needs be.

IV. Hee maketh beames, for the vveighing of extraordinary vveights, by vvhich the trouble and cost of such vveighings may be much aba­ted; and doth more by Cranes, then is any vvhere usually done.

V. Hee hath expeditious vvayes to cut iron and many secrets of that Nature.

VI. Hee hath contrived better tooles, both for dispatch, cheapenes and exact vvorkeing, for sundrie artificers and Gentlemen versed in the more curious subtil and elegant Mechaniks: As namely savves, vvhere­by ovales, sphaeres, or any portions or segments of them, may vvith one svveepe of the same be taken out of a body of timber or other ma­teriall and consequently all curious and difficult excavations and hol­lovves much desired for dialls &c. may be more easily and more spee­dily made. Also vvashing-bovvles, cupps &c. May be made more quickly and incomparably vvith lesse expense of the materialls, then is ordinarily done.

VII. Hee maketh Instruments for the formeing of Stone, into all man­ner of regular figures, vvhether right-lined, circular, or mixt, and the polishing them so shaped, vvith more ease and beauty then ordinary.

VIII. Hee maketh fulling-Mills, vvhich vvith halfe the force by men or [Page 4]horses, are equivalent in strength and effect to the common ones mo­ved by vvind or vvater. These fulling-Mills he vvas moved to invent, that the busynes of fulling might be moderated and governed at the descretion of the Artist, vvhich requireth another order and degrees of flack or vehement motion, then the unconstant and unruly vvind or vvater vvill allovv. Novv the Art of fulling, is that vvhich gives as it vvere the very Essence to cloath and the faults committed therein, doe frustrate all that vvhereunto the goodnes of the vvoll, spinning and vveaveing might conduce; and are irreparable by the best art of those that handle the cloath aftervvards.

IX. Hee can ad such helpes to a ship already built, as shall inable it to saile more speedily in a calme, or smal gale and more safely in a storme.

X. Hee hath an Artifice to supply the vvant of a Rudder in case it be carried avvay vvith extremitie of vvether and can substitute another device in place thereof that perhaps shall satisfie the Intentions and uses of a Rudder much more effectually. And vvhat advantage vvould such an invention bring to merchants, vvhen their voyages may be made vvith lesse expence of Sea-mens vvages and victualls and lesse subjection to the Casualties of the vvether? And vvhat ad­vantage to vessels of vvarr in vvhom (it is vvell knovvne) svviftnes of saile is of more consequence, then a triple strength othervvise.

XI. Hee can in a manner secure a ship from being boarded by an Ene­mie, and yet have great advantages to board them; vvhich is the bu­synes, of all other, of most importance in Sea-fights.

XII. Hee propoundeth a fort moveable and easily transportable, vvhi­ther the exigence of service requires it, furnished vvith tvvelve pieces of ordnance more or lesse, and all other vvarlike habiliments; vvhere­in the gunners shall be secure from their Enemies shot, and the vvhol soldiery exempt from the Annoyance of smoake: the ordnance being scarce dismountable, the vvhole fort free from being shaken, broken and disordered; the labour of chargeing and dischargeing the Gunnes lessened, the levelling and traversing them upon all lines compleatly performed, vvith smal and easy motions.

XIII. He undertaketh to make a Colonie defensible, vvithin fortie-eight houres after the first landing of the Planters, and vvithin a vveekes time of an extraordinary resistance. Whereas vve see that novv our Europaeans vvhen they vvould occupie any of the better Lands in America, must be guarded vvith some thousands of Men, vvhich must be alvvayes kept in a body and that in a posture of vvarre, to prevent the Assaults of the natives (vvho are most plentyfull upon the richest grounds) vvhich is a mighty discommodity to young beginners, vvho expecting a Land of Canaan and rest, find themselves in a Campe of vvarr; and to them such expence of time and cost are for the most part intollerable.

XIV. Hee can by Carts of a nevv fashion transport great burthens from Place to place; and vvhereas the old ones spoile good vvayes, by ma­king holes, Cartrouts &c. in them; to the extreme prejudice of the poore Cattle that dravv them, to the vexation of the drivers (vvho vvith their horses and carriages are oft times stuck fast in a Bogg, hole or slough) and to the displeasure and irkesomnes of travailers: these nevv Inventions shall plaine, and level, and strengthen the said vvayes, in such sort, as if their vvhole use vvere but to mend, vvhat the others have undone and spoiled.

XV. Neither doth he only take avvay the common loathsome discom­modities of High-vvayes, but can make the vvorst of them viz: the great roades vvithin a mile or tvvo of Londen, or any other great Cit­tie, vvhere vvayes are bad, like pleasant Promenadoes and vvalkes of recreation in all kinds of vveather. For vvant vvhereof most great Citties are so fare from shareing vvith Amsterdam in its Character. 1. From being faire prisons, that they may deservedly be called very foule and unvvholesome jakes and dunghils in comparison of it.

XVI. Hee undertakes to make the Cittie of Londen a very faire svveet and pleasant Cittie; for, besides the aforementioned imbellishing the High-vvayes and rodes about it, he doubteth not but vvithin a vveeks time, to make it so cleane vvithin, that one may vvalke in slippers in all vveathers (except snovv) in the fovvlest streets thereof; [Page 6]and can settle a vvay vvhereby it may be so preserved vvith lesse then half an houres labour a day, and vvith a very slight and cheape provi­sion. So that Houses scarce kept sufficiently cleane vvith tvvo servants, may by his direction be put into that condition by one: to the great preservation of cloaths and shoeleather; as also of health and the invi­tation of Countrey-Gentlemen to live in it, vvho doe for no other rea­son more then its foulenes, abhorr to reside more frequently in it. And besides all this (vvhich may seeme strangest) the very charge of scaven­gers shall be much lessened, and the dirt vvhich in time, being in so great quantities vvashed into the Thames, vvill damm it up, shall be converted to other uses, and that vvater vvhich fovvles the said River shal clense the Land upon all occasiones, and be ready in certaine Re­positories or Cisternes, vvhich he vvill make to run themselves, vvhe­thersoever the necessity of quenching fires calls them. Whereupon the confusion and vvast of breakeing up the streets, opening the vva­ter-pipes &c: Made in such extremities, shal vvholly cease, as being no vvayes requisite.

XVII. Hee vvill order that Bells may be rung vvith far lesse strength and smaler sized ropes then usuall, vvhereby vve might oftner heare the pleasant noise of Bells, vvithout a tumult of Ringers.

XVIII. Hee is sorry to see Corne and fulling-Mills set crosse rivers, so as to hinder the passablenes and navigabilitie of them, and therefore hath invented a Mill, vvherein one horse shall out-grind the strength of a great streame, and others vvherein one man may out-doe one horse. The vvhich besides the other uses, vvould be of no small benefit in besieged Tovvnes, Colonies, &c. vvhere men cannot, or dare not, make use of other Mills.

XIX. Hee hath by his observation found out sure and un-erring markes to knovv vvhere springs are, and hath effectuall vvayes of preserveing and encreasing them, and although they rise in very lovv grounds, he can transmit their vvaters to houses and tovvnes situate upon an hill; and not only bring them to an house, but convert them to many very pleasant and convenient uses therein.

XX. His insight into Gardening extendeth to the nourishing and culti­vatening of out-landish plants and trees here at home, so as to make them prosper and flourish as in their proper soile, hovvbeit vvith lesse and vvorse fruit; to make our domestick more fruitfull; to accelerate the budding and ripening of fruits and flovvers, as also to produce them out of their naturall seasons; to make arbours; and particularly to plant fruit trees vvith advantage upon boggs and fenns, that novv yeeld little profit to their ovvners.

XXI. Hee can discover a certaine vvood (vvhereof there is great store in Engeland) hitherto vvholly neglected and despised, fit for timber, fair, tough and dureable, free from vvormes, not subject to rott ei­ther in the vvet or dry, fitt for vvater-conduits, generally good for all joyners vvorks, particularly for vvainscot, and vvithall very light of carriage.

XXII. Hee maketh a certaine Cement, vvhich may be molded into any fi­gure and being polished is so hard that no ordinary stone-tooles vvill touch it, very beautyfull and dureable and of a very reasonable rate.

XXIII. Hee maketh vvalls as firme and substantiall as those of stone and brick and vvith a little paines as beautyfull (if it be by the Sea-side) and in other places of pebble-stones, gravel, or such like rubbish; and vvith this matter he can counterfeit either brick or stone, at a very ea­sy rate.

XXIV. Hee undertakes to preserve Beefe, Pork, Mutton and Venison a tvvelve moneths time from stinkeing and putrefaction; and can so re­duce tainted meates, that the most discerning palate, after he hath or­dered them, shall never be sensible of any such defect.

XXV. Hee can in all seasons and Countries vvhether excessively intempe­rate in respect of heat, cold, or moisture; vvhere meates vvill either not take salt at all, or suddenly putrifie being salted; remedie both the one and the other Inconveniencie.

XXVI. Where there is occasion of building a fortress by the Sea-side, vvhere all convenient materialls, seeme to be vvanting; he under­takes neverthelesse to find vvherevvithall to make a fort, at least Ca­non-proofe.

XXVII. He maketh up Sea-breaches vvheresoever they happen, more speedily and firmly then by any vvay yet practised.

XXVIII. Hee vvill raise a fountaine out of a Levell-ground: vvhereas the ordinary ones are brought at a vast charge from some adjacent hills, vvhich as they are cheaper then the others; so are they no vvayes infe­rior to them in beauty and high-throvving of the vvater.

XXIX. Whereas it happens upon the draining of Mersh or Fennie grounds that the materialls as turf-lands (vvhereof the bankes used to that purpose are commonly made) are subject either to dry & burne avvay i [...] summer; or to be burnt up by mischeivous people, or to subside and sinke in vvinter, hee [...]an secure such vvorkes, from the [...] Incon­veniencies.

XXX. Moreover he can make these bankes so, as by vvhat they shall prduce to defray the charge of their makeing.