Plenty of the best (for the Kind thereof) is digged out of Myndip-hills. Indeed it is not so soft, pliant and equally fusile, as that in Derby-shire, not so proper for sheeting, because when melted it runs into knots, & therefore little known to, and less used by our London∣Plumbers. For being of a harder Nature it is generally transported beyond the Seas, and imploy'd to make Bullets and Shot, for which purpose't is excellent. May Forreigners enjoy wild Lead to kill Men, whilst we make use of tame Lead to cover Houses, and keep people warm and dry therein.
'Tis almost incredible what great summes were advanced to the Bishops of Bath and Welles by the benefit of Lead, since the later end of Queen Elizabeth, Bishop Still is said to have had the Harvest, Bishop Montague the Cleanings, Bishop Lake the Stubble there∣of, and yet considerable was the Profit of Lead to him and his Successors.