Profit, conveniency, and pleasure, to the whole nation being a short rational discourse, lately presented to His Majesty, concerning the high-ways of England : their badness, the causes thereof, the reasons of those causes, the impossibility of ever having them well-mended according to the old way of mending, but may most certainly be done, and for ever so maintained (according to this new way) substantially, and with very much ease : and so that in the very depth of winter there shall not be much dirt, no deep-cart-rutts, or high-ridges, no holes, or vneven places, nor so much as a loose stone (the very worst of evils both to man and horse) in any of the horse-tracts, nor shall any person have cause to be once put out of his way in any hundred of miles riding.

AN ADVERTISEMENT.

TO all Ingenuous Persons, Lovers of Art, who may please to take notice, That there is in the Press, and coming forth, a large New-Book in Folio, (made by the same Author) tending to the Advancement of Musick in General; wherein he hath done an unusual piece of Kindness to all the Lovers and Learners of That Art: in freely com∣municating his long Experience in the said Art, in sundry and very many particulars.

The Title and Matter of the Book, is as followeth: viz.

A Remembrancer, of the Best Practical Musick (both Divine and Civil) that has been known ever to have been in the World. Divided into Three Parts.

The First, or Divine Part,

Shews the necessity of Singing Psalms well, in Parochial-Churches, or not to Sing at all.

Directing unto Two certain and infallible wayes, both how they may be well Sung, and how they may be so continued for ever; to the great illu∣stration

of the Church-Service, and the Glory of God, (the generality being wholly ignorant thereof.)

The Second, or Civil Part,

Treats of the Noble Lute, (ever esteemed the Best of Instruments, but through its former diffi∣culties almost quite laid aside) yet certainly now made easie; and all its occult, and lockt-up secrets plainly laid open, (never before discovered) whereby it is made so easie and pleasant, as any Instrument of worth known in the World.

Giving the true Reasons of all its former diffi∣culties, and also why now it must of necessity be easie, by undeniable Arguments.

Likewise shewing the difference betwixt the French-Lute, and the Theorboe; Directing the most ample way of Playing off the Note (or a Thorough-Bass) upon the Theorboe. And both amplified with divers Suits of Lone-Lessons, fit for all Capacities.

Shewing a General way for procuring Inven∣tion in Young Students or Composers; or playing voluntarily or ex tempore upon it, or any other Instrument.

With two pretty Devices; The one Teaching any Person (Ingenuous) (whether skilfull or not skilfull in the Art) how to translate Lessons from one Tuning to another.

The other an indubitable way how to know which is the best Tuning upon any Instrument: Both done by Example.

In the Third Part,

The Generous Viol in its Rightest Ʋse is treated upon, with something in That Respect more Curi∣ous, than has been ever yet handled by any; with very many Things worthy of Note, too te∣dious here to insert: Being the Product of his more than fifty years Experience and Practice in This Noble and Divine Art, very shortly to come forth.

Here followeth some few necessary Rea∣sons, for this his Advertising Publication.

The First Reason is,

In that he conceives he may do both himself a conveniency by it, and many worthy Persons a kindness, in letting them know there is such a Book in coming forth; which doubtless will be acceptable and beneficial to all who make Sing∣ing of Psalms a piece of their Divine Service, and would gladly do it after the best manner; and especially to Those who have Harmonious Souls, and are Tinctur'd with Tractabilities in Nature to the love of solid Divine, and sober-civil Musick.

The Second Reason is,

Out of a great Respect he has to very many eminent and obliging worthy Persons, (to the num∣ber of between Two and Three hundred) who have already so far encourag'd towards the Print∣ing of This Work, as that they have each of them Subscribed their Names to take a Copy of the said Book, so soon as it shall be Printed and Deliver'd unto them, at the Price of 12 s.

The Third Reason.

Now upon This very last Consideration he be∣gins to conceive, both what a vast Trouble it will be, for himself to Deliver Those Books to each par∣ticular Person, (some of them living more then 200 miles asunder) and likewise, what a long time it must needs be before They can All be ser∣ved with the said Book, after it is Printed:

Therefore,

Upon these Two Considerations chiefly it is, that he thus declares, and makes it his humble and earnest Request, to all Those his loving Friends and Honoured Subscribers, that They will be pleas'd 〈◊〉〈◊〉 consider These two so very great Incon∣veniences; And also adde so much Favour unto their former Kindness done unto him, as to Re∣ceive Their Books at some one of these five fol∣lowing nominated Places, viz. London, Cambridge, Norwich, Nottingham, York.

At each of which Places he will contrive to lay so many Books as may serve All those who have thereunto Subscribed; And likewise procure a certain Friend in each Place both to Deliver out the Books, and also to Receive the Money for them for his Ʋse: viz.

At York,

His Beloved Brother Mr. Henry Mace, the Sub-Chantor of the Cathedral there.

At Nottingham,

His Honoured and worthy good Friend Mr. Will. Graves, Master of Arts, and one of the Aldermen of that City.

At Cambridge,

Himself, or his Wife, at his House in St. But∣tolph's Parish near Queens-Colledge.

At Norwich,

His kind Cousin Mr. Tho. Mace, living in Cuns∣ford-street, a Merchant of that City.

At London,

His loving Friend Mr. James Hart, one of the Gentlemen of His Majesties Royal Chappel, at his House in Three-Faulcon-Court in Fleet-street, near the White-Horse-Inne, between Fetter-lane and Shoe-lane.

And in Conclusion he further adds,

That if any Person be desirous of the said Book, upon the same first-presixed Price of 12 s. and shall so signifie His, or Her mind in two or three lines, subscribing their Name, to the Author, or to any of the abovesaid Persons, at York, Notting∣ham, Cambridge, Norwich, or London; or to any other Friends of His, (several of which they may meet withall in divers parts of England, who out of kindness to the Author and the Work do take Subscription Names for Him;) in This Respect, I say, any Persons thus doing, (before the Book be finished and come forth) may be assured to have Books Reserved for them, at the same Price.

But after it is once out, and all his Subscribers serv'd, the Price will be raised higher, (he not in∣tending to Print very many of them.)

The Book he hopes may be finished by the latter end of August at the farthest; and will be deli∣ver'd in Sheets.

But if any Persons (living remote from Book-Binders) have a desire their Books should be Bound either by London or by Cambridge Binders, if they so signifie their minds to the Author, and in what manner, and with what cost they desire to bestow, they shall have them made ready with what convenient speed may be.

The Author also desireth, that all Letters di∣rected to Him may be sent to London, (and left at Mr. Nath. Thompson's, his Printer, in New-street between Fetter-lane and Shoe-lane) where he

does intend to stay (God willing) till his Book be compleatly Finish'd.

The Persons Subscribing are desired, (together with their Names) to set down their Titles, their places of Abode, and Country. Because (at the present) he does intend to Print all their Names in two or three Pages by themselves; with an Epistle expressing his Thankfulness unto them, both for their generous and free Favour done un∣to him in This particular, and also in that thereby they have become worthy and noble Benefactors to the Publick.

For without such Their Encouragement, he was disswaded by good Friends from adventuring so great an Expence and Trouble (in these hard Times) as he already has been at, and is still fur∣ther like to be.

Lastly, The Author desires this one piece of kind∣ness from all Friends and Lovers of his Art, (be∣cause he has not Printed many of these little Pam∣phlets, and so is in doubt that Intelligence may not come time enough to all such Persons as are or may be concerned in This Musick-Work) that they will be pleas'd to communicate the Business from one to another, as occasion may serve: By the which means, This his Design may happily take such effect, as he has intended it for. And for all which Favours he shall for ever be Obliged, whilst he bears the Name of

Thomas Mace.

FINIS.