A bibliography of English military books up to 1642 and of ...
A bibliography of English military books up to 1642 and of ...
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measure, <strong>and</strong> waight <strong>of</strong> leaden, yron, <strong>and</strong> marble s<strong>to</strong>ne pellets,<br />
mineral! saltepeeter, gunpowder <strong>of</strong> diuers sortes, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
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cause why some sortes <strong>of</strong> gunpowder are corned, <strong>and</strong> some<br />
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sortes <strong>of</strong> gunpowder are not corned : Written in Italian,<br />
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<strong>and</strong><br />
dedicated by Nicholas Tartaglia vn<strong>to</strong> the Royall Prince <strong>of</strong><br />
most famous me- morie Henrie the eight, late King<br />
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<strong>of</strong><br />
Engl<strong>and</strong>, Fraunce, <strong>and</strong> Irel<strong>and</strong>, de- |<br />
fender <strong>of</strong> the faith. &c.<br />
And now translated in<strong>to</strong> <strong>English</strong> by Cypri-<br />
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an Lvcar Gent,<br />
who hath also augmented the volume <strong>of</strong><br />
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with the contents <strong>of</strong> euery Colloquie,<br />
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<strong>and</strong><br />
the saide Colloquies<br />
with all the Corollaries<br />
<strong>and</strong> Tables, that are in<br />
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the same volume. Also the<br />
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saide Cyprian Lvcar hath annexed vn<strong>to</strong> the |<br />
same three<br />
bookes <strong>of</strong> Colloquies a Treatise named Lucar Appendix colle6led<br />
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by<br />
him out <strong>of</strong> diuers Authors in diuers languages, . . .<br />
Printed at London for "John Harrison. 1588.<br />
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Folio.<br />
Second Titlepage.<br />
Lvcar Appendix,<br />
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colle6led by Cyprian<br />
A treatise<br />
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named<br />
Lvcar gen- tleman,<br />
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ovt <strong>of</strong> divers good avthors<br />
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in divers<br />
langvages : To shewe vn<strong>to</strong> the Reader the properties, <strong>of</strong>fice,<br />
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<strong>and</strong> dutie <strong>of</strong> a<br />
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Gunner, <strong>and</strong> <strong>to</strong> teach him <strong>to</strong> make, <strong>and</strong> refine<br />
artificial! Saltpeter : <strong>to</strong><br />
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sublime brims<strong>to</strong>ne for gunpowder, <strong>to</strong><br />
make coles for gunpowder, <strong>to</strong> make gunpowder <strong>of</strong> di-<br />
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uers<br />
sorts & <strong>of</strong> diuers colours, <strong>to</strong> make gunmatches, <strong>to</strong>uchwood<br />
<strong>and</strong> fires<strong>to</strong>nes, <strong>to</strong> know the<br />
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waight <strong>and</strong> measure <strong>of</strong> any pellet,<br />
<strong>to</strong> make carriages, ladles, rammers, scourers, <strong>and</strong> cartred-<br />
for any great peece <strong>of</strong> artillerie, <strong>to</strong> know the proportioned<br />
length, due thicknesse, <strong>and</strong> waight <strong>of</strong> euery great peece <strong>of</strong><br />
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artillerie, <strong>to</strong> know what number <strong>of</strong> men, horses, or Oxen wil<br />
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drawe any great peece <strong>of</strong> artillerie, <strong>to</strong> make platformes for<br />
great ordinance, <strong>to</strong> make gabbi- |<br />
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ges<br />
ons <strong>of</strong> earth for the defence<br />
<strong>of</strong> gunners in time <strong>of</strong> seruice, <strong>to</strong> charge euery great peece <strong>of</strong><br />
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artillerie with his due charge in<br />
serpentine gunpowder, <strong>and</strong><br />
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