The Vale Man's Table. ¶ Herein is taught even for the capacity of the meanest, how to drain moors, & all other wet grounds or bogs, and lay them dry for ever. How to measure without an instrument any roof ground, wood, or water, that you cannot come into. Also here is annexed the compass and the scale, with part of the use of the said compass, and the computation of years from William the Conqueror. TO THE READER. WHereas divers ignorant in Arithmetic and Geomatrie, think it a hard thing to describe that small work of mine, entitled the Terrar, which I set forth the last year, 1582. And the rules thereof so hard, that they cannot be learned without tedious travel. Truly (gentle Reader) were it not for the obscure words of Art, they were most pleasant & easy. And for proof thereof if thou canst but read: I have appointed one whom you may hear off, at the sign of the Lamb near Clement's Inn, who shall teach thee so much Arithmetic, and Geomitry in one day, having a good capasity, as shall describe the said Terrar, the Map of a Country, or any such like work, with the use of the scale. And also he will teach thee any thing mentioned in it, to be taught with as much expedition as thou wouldst wish. Condemn me not before thou hast tried me, & then report as thou findest me. I know some that would have none cunning but themselves, who would make mountains of their mould hills. Such will smoothly laugh me to scorn. But I trust the modest minded by proof will be witnesses of my truth. And as touching the rest of the twenty and five devices which I offer to teach in the said Terrar, I promise thee, there is not one amongst them all, but is as easy to be learned as any of the works herein described Wherefore let not words of Art dismay thee, nor those that would have all men ignorant but themselves discourage thee: but lay hold on slippery time, which once misspent may no way be revolked. And consider with the Ant, that summer harvest, will provide both food and fire for winter cold. And thus far well in Christ. From Pains End, the 16. of November. 1583. Whereas the said Terrar was sold for two shillings six pence, contrary to the Authors mind, from hence forth they shall be sold by retail for six pence a piece, you may have them at my Printers. How to 〈…〉 ●●auel of any 〈…〉 at, is de 〈…〉 in the making of ponds upon high & dry grounds by me already published in print. Which skill is needful for them that will drain bogs and wet grounds, for the better finding of the most convenient currant, to convey the water away. It is learned with twice reading over of ten lines. The compass. compass rose Note that this figure is set in most Maps, to describe the winds, 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 upper part of the Map. So by this compass to any work annexed, you may know how it lieth, remembering that the point marked with the flower Deluce standeth North. Then turning your face with that point you shall look into the North. So is your back South, your right hand East, and your left hand, West. THE cankered Carl in fertile soil, which doth much ground possess, And suffereth not the Ploughman's toil, his land to take and dress. Nor yet himself convert the same, unto his Country's use, Deserveth well the shameful name, of commonweals abuse. And to a Dog I him compare, that in the Manger lies; Which labouring Stead from proven share by barking he denies. Yet will not eat of that himself, whereof poor Stead is glad. Such members vile in common wealth, were better lost then had. To drain wet grounds. First draw a strait ditch, one foot deep, and four inches broad, in the most convenient place of your ground. Then draw from your strait ditch two perch a sunder, slope maintainers as this figure doth represent. Dig them one foot deep at the least, and one foot broad in the bottom, and not above two inches broad at the top, so will the top close up again, and the bottom will be hollow, wherein the water will soak into the strait ditch: which ditch, you must fill with stones, or great gravel, and so must you fill five foot of the ends of the slope drainers next to the strait diche, and if stones be plenty to fill the drainers throughout with stones is best. Where you fill them with stones, you may cover them with thick turf, and make it plain, so shall 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 maintainers, being well spread, will countervail for the manuring of the ground. To drain Bogs. In the firm ground within two yards of the bog, draw a ditch from the highest part a long by the bogs side, as the currant goeth and continue your ditch until it cometh out at nought, as here is debscribed. Make your ditch as narrow as you can, dig it one foot lower than the spring which feedeth the bog. Then fill your ditch two foot thick with stones, and upon the stones, throw in the earth, and cover the top with turf which you digged out of the ditch, so shall you spoil no ground, and the water, which was the cause of the Bog, will alter his course and run in the ditch among the stones, and in short time the Bog will sink, and prove firm, and very fruitful ground. How to measure a wood, and not to come into it. Draw adjoining 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 conveniently include your desired piece into. Then measure the whole plat, and from the contents thereof: deduct the overplus, as for example in this long square hereafter described. The whole contents is 60. Acres, whereof you must deduct 3. acres for the long square at the East end, 5 Acres for the right triangle on the south-west part, and 14. for the blunt triangle on the North side. So testeth for the contents of the wood 38. Acres. The perfect use of the scale may be learned by him that can not read, having a good capacity, in the space of 3. hours▪ yet by it are most strange works done, which to the ignorant seem unpossible. It is necessary that it be taught by demonstrations for a little showing in this cause is a great deal better than much reading. The Scale. 20 60 100 A Computation of years, from William the Conqueror. Wherein you may find the year of our Lord, the Dominical letter, the leap year, the names of the Kings successively, what day they began, how long they did reign, with the days of their deaths. The dates of Records, or evidence, and of what continuance they be: as for example. I have a lease for 99 years, from Michaelmas, in the 10. year of King Henry the 7. The question is, how many years are to come in the said lease at Michaelmas 1583. First seek King Henry the 7. and then the tenth year of his reign, which you shall find in the year of our Lord 1494. The which number subtract out of 1583. So shall you find 89. years past, and ten years to come. If you cannot subtract, then tell from 1494, until you come unto 1583. And you shall find as is aforesaid, and thus for all others. Anno Domini. The dominical Letter. The names of the kings, & the month they begun. The years of the Kings. Will. Conqueror. 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 reigned 20. years 11 months, 22. days. and died the 9 of Sept. 1087. William Rufus. 1087 C September. 9 1 1088 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. years 11 months 18. days 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 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 reigned 35. years, 4. months 11. days, & died 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 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 reigned 18. years, 11. months 18 days 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 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 reigned 24 years, 9 months 2. days and died the 6. of julie. 1189. Kin. Richard 1. 1189 A july. 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 reigned 9 years, 9 months 22 days and died the 6. of April 1199. King john. 1199 C April. 6. 1 1200 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 reigned 17. years & 7. months. 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 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 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 reigned 56. years one month, & died the 16. of November 1273. King Edward. 1 1273 A November. 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 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 reigned 34 years 8. months 9 days, and deposed the 7. of july 1307. King Edward. 2 1307 A july. 7. 1 1308 GF 2 1309 E 3 1310 D 4 1311 C 5 1312 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 reigned 19 years 7. months 6. days and died the 25. of january 1326. King Edward. 3 1327 D january. 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 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 reigned 50 years 5. months 7. days and deposed the 21 of june. 1377. Kin Richard. 2 1377 D june. 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 20 1397 G 21 1398 F 22 1399 E 23 He reigned 22 years 14. weeks 2 days 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 reigned 13. years 6 months 4. days, 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 reigned 9 years 5. months 24. days and deposed the 13 of August. 1422. King Henry. 6. 1422 D August. 31. 1 1423 C 2 1424 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 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 reigned 38. years 6. months 16. days 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 20 1481 G 21 1482 F 22 23 He reigned 22. years 5. weeks, one day, and died the 9 of April. 1483. Kin Edward. 5 1483 E April 9 1 He reigned but 10. weeks, and 4. days Kin. Richard. 3 1484 DC june. 12 1 1485 B 2 3 He reigned 2. years 2. months 5. days 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 24 He reigned 23. years 8. months 19 days 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 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 reigned 37. years 10 months 1 day and died the 28. of january 1546. Kin. Edward. 6. 1547 B january 28. 1 1548 AG 2 1549 F 3 1550 E 4 1551 D 5 1552 CB 6 7 He reigned 6. years 5. months, 19 days and died the 6. of july. 1553. Queen Mary 1553 A july. 6. 1 1554 G 2 King Philip. 1555 F july. 25 1.3 1556 ED 2.4. 1557 C 3.5. 1558 B 4.6. She reigned 5. years 5. months 22. days and died the 17. of November. 1558. Q. Elizabeth. 1559 A November. 17. 1 1560 GF 2 1561 E 3 1562 D 4 1563 C 5 1564 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. 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 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 90 1649 G 91 1650 F 92 1651 E 93 1652 C 94 1653 B 95 1654. AB 96 1655 G 97 98 Robertus pain Descripsit