Certain new inventions and profitable experiments necessary to be known of all Farmers, and others, that endeavour to procure benefit to themselves, and plenty to the Commonwealth.  
WHereas many men in this land have found by good experience that Wheat, Beanes, Peason, and other corn and seeds of divers sorts, being set at convenient depth and distance, do yield a wonderful great increase and benefit, more than by being sown the common way, and thereupon many of them have attempted divers ways for the speedy dispatching of that work, but have failed hitherto in their attempts and enterprises.  
These are to certify all men, that are desirous to reap the benefit of such practice, that now there is an Engine or Device brought to perfection, which doth excel all practices heretofore known for the setting of corn, as much as printing excelleth writing for expedition; and is to be seen at Mr. Huffs house, at the sign of the Claw in the street called the Bowling alley, near to Westminster Abbey.  
Whosoever hath any friends in the counties of Somerset, Gloucester, or any other country, where they do generally set their Beans and Pease by one at once, he may do them a friendly office, to inform them of this new invention.  
All Farmers, which have such great Farms, that they cannot possibly set their corn, may be there instructed in several experiments for the ordering of Seed-corne, where dung is wanting, that it will yield an increase almost double to the common way, though it be sown after the accustomed manner.  
Also they may be instructed, how to choose and order some particular grounds, that the purchase of them may be clearly recovered at one crop: Whereby any man may gain as much yearly by a small quantity of Land, as others get by thrice as much used the ordinary way.  
Also they may be instructed in many notable experiments, for the improving of divers sort of Land, whereby they may get a good advantage to themselves, and procure an inestimable benefit to the Commonwealth, being generally practised.  
As also how to convert to the best uses, divers things, which have in all ages heretofore been fond cast away, whereof one load will be as effectual for the enriching of barren land, as twenty loads of dung.  
Those that love themselves or the common good, are invited and desired to learn the knowledge of this new invention for the expeditious setting of corn, against the time of dearth and scarcity; For, when corn is at an high price, any Farmer that usually soweth twenty quarters of corn yearly, may set the same Land with three quarters, and may have a fare better increase at harvest, then if he had sown the whole twenty quarters, so that he may sell seventeen quarter of seed corn, put forty or fifty pounds in his purse, though he pay his workmen at an higher rate, than they have for their common employments, by which means he shall not want workmen: and besides the corn thus spared, being used for bread-corne, in the same country, will keep that wealth at home, which must otherwise have been exhausted in buying corn brought from foreign parts. So that this skill well learned before hand, may be a better prevention against dearth, than all Storehouses and provisions heretofore devised.  
Whosoever shall procure dearth or scarcity the people will curse them, but blessing shall be upon the heads of those that endeavour to cause plenty.  

April. 6. 1640.  
Those that dwell in any country fare distant, and desire to reap the benefit of these new inventions, may join many together in the charge, and send a capacious man to the place above appointed, who shall presently receive full satisfaction, concerning the truth, and certainty of all the experiments above menrioned.   
FINIS.   

Gabriel Plattes (that made the 2 Books I sent you.) hath a Book ready for the Proses of these experiments, I have read it over & seen his Engine but— more of that hereafter; if you think fit./