his care and cost, in buying the wood for this seruice, in felling,
framing, and piling it to bee burned, in fetching the same, when it is
coaled through such farre, foule, and cumbersome wayes, to the
blowing house, together with the blowers two or three Moneths extreame
and increasing labour, sweltring heate, danger of skalding their
bodies, burning the houses, casting away the worke, and lastly their
ugly countenances, tanned with smoake and besmeared with sweate: all
these things (I say) being duly considered, I know not whether you
would more maruaile, either whence a sufficient gaine should arise to
counteruaile so manifold expences, or that any gaine could traine men
to vndertake such paines and perill. But there let vs leaue them,
since their owne will doth bring them thither. During the Tinnes thus
melting in the blowing house, diuers light sparkles thereof are by the
forcible wind, which the bellows sendeth forth, driuen vp to the
thatched roofe. For which cause the owners doe once in seuen or eight
yeeres, burne those houses, and find so much of this light Tynne in
the ashes, as payeth for the new building, with a gainefull ouerplus.
A strange practise (certes) for thrifts sake, to set our house on fire.
Others doe frame the Tunnels of the Chimnies verie large and slope,
therein to harbour these sparkles, and so saue the burning. This
casualtie may bee worth the owner some ten pound by the yeere, or
better, if his Mil haue store of sutors. But sithence I gathered
stickes to the building of this poore nest, Sir Francis Godolphin,
(whose kind helpe hath much aduanced this my playing labour)
entertained a Duch mynerall man, and taking light from his experience,
but building thereon farre more profitable conclusions of his owne
inuention, hath practised a more sauing way in these matters, and
besides, made Tynne with good profit, of that refuse which the Tynners
reiected as nothing worth.