The art of gunnery. Wherein is described the true way to make all sorts of gunpowder, guu-match [sic], the art of shooting in great and small ordnance: excellent ways to take heights, depths, distances, accessible, or inaccessible, either single or divers distances at one operation: to draw the map or plot of any city, town, castle, or other fortified place. To make divers sorts of artificiall fire-works, both for war and recreation, also to cure all such wounds that are curable, which may chance to happen by gunpowder or fire-works. This treatise is composed for the help of all such gunners and others, that have charge of artillery, and are not well versed in arithmetick and geometry : all the rules and directions in this book, being framed both with and without the help of arithmetick. By Nathanael Nye mathematician, master gunner of the city of Worcester.

CHAP. 7.

How to make Granadoes to cast with mens hands.

HAving taught how to make Grana∣does for the Morter-peece, and that in an easier and plainer way then any ever before me hath done to my knowledg: I will shew how to prepare some small Gra∣nadoes for the hand, the effects whereof are no lesse esteem then the other, chiefly in as∣saults; whether it be for the offendants or defendants; First of all fill these small shels with fine Gunpowder, then make a Fuse of

[illustration] two men making grenadoes

one pound of Gunpowder, six ounces of Salt-peeter, and one of Charcole, or if you would have them of lesse durance, you may take of the composition made for the Fuses of great Granadoes, knock the Fuse up to the head within one quarter of an inch: which is onely to finde it by in the night, stop well the rest of the hole in the Granadoe, (if any chinks are open) with soft wax: then coat

it with pitch and hurds, least it should break with the fall, and be sure when you have fi∣red the Fuse, suddenly to cast it out of your hand.