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Show A Difcourfe of Forelt- Trees. Chap.XXXI. 33. And thus we have feen howfor Honfe-boot > and Ship-boot, Plow boot, Hey-boot, and Fire-boot, the Planting , and Propagation of Timber and Foreft Trees is requifite , fo as it was not for nothing, that the very Nave (which the Greeks generally apply d to Timber) van, by Senechdoche , was taken always pro Materia; fince we hardlyfind any thing in Nature more univerfally x/efuls or, in comparifon withit, deferving the name of Asaterial. 34. Laftly to complete this Chapter of the univerfal Ufe of Trees, and the Parts of them, fomething1 could be tempted to fay concerning Staves, Wands @c. Their Antiquity, Ufe, Divine, Dome: flick, Civil, and Political; the time of Cutting, mannerof Seafonang, Forming, and other curious particulars ( how dry foever the SubjcG may appear ) both of Delight and Profit : but wereferve it for {ome morefit opportunity , and perhaps, it may merit a peculiar Treatife, as acceptable , asit will prove divertifant, In {tead of this, we will therefore gratifie our Reader with forme no incorfiderable Secrets : But firlt we will begin with a few plain Direttions for fuch Perfons and Couxtrey Gentlemer , as being far diftant from, or unhandfomely impos’d upon by common Paizters, maybe defirousto know howto Stop, Prime, and Paint their Tizber-work at home, and fave the Expenfe of Work by any of their Servants indu’d with an ordinary Capacity. Putty to {top the chaps and cracks of wrought Timber, is made of White and Red=lead, and fome Spaxnifh- white (not much ) temperd, and bruifed with fo much Lix-feed Oy! as will bring it to the Confiftence of a Paft.. Then, Your firlt Priming fhallbe of Oaker and Spaxifh- wbite, verythins ly ground: The second with the fame,a little Whiter; but it mattersnot much. The third ard Jatt, with White-lead alone; fome mingle little Spanifh-white with it, but it is better omitted, If you defire it exquifite,inftead of Lix./eed-Oyl, ule that of Wall nuts3 But the ordinary Stone-colour for grofie work, expos'd to the Air, may be ofJefle Expenfe, with the more ordinaryOy/,to which you may addalittle Char-coal inthe Grinding. Blew, ismade of Indigo, witha {mall addition of Red-lead, ot Verdigreefe tor a dryer, unlefle you will ufe drying-Oyl , whichis muchpreferrable , and is made of Lin-feed Oyl boyl'd with a little Umber bruifed {mall : 1 {peak nothing here of Smalt and Byce, which is onely done by Strewing. Green, with Verdigreece ground with Lin-feed Oy/ pretty thick, and then temper’d with Joyners Vernifhina glaz'd Pot of Earth(the beft to preferve your Coloursin) till it run fomewhat thin 3 and juft touchit with your Brajh, when you layit on, having Prim’d it the second timewith White, Nete, that every Primer mutt be dry, before you go it over again, If you will Re-waile, as theyterm it, and fhadow, er Vein your Stone-colour, there is a Colour call'd st adowing. Blac k3 or you may nowand thenlightly touch it witha little Red lead 5 or work with Umber. It Chap.XXXh A Difcourfé of Foret-Trees, It will alfo behove you to havea good fmoot h S/zt , and a pif: ble Muller well polith'd, which maybe bough t at London 5 as likewilea dozen oflarge, and lefier Brufhes, and Glaz'd Pots; andto grind the Colours perfe@ly well. The Spanifh-wh ite requires lit tle labour 5 the Shadowing Black, none at all. When you have fioith'd, wath your Brufbes with warm-Water and alittle sope: Preferve your Oylin Bladd youleave, plunge the Potsintofair Water ers; and what Colour , little cover'd in it, which will keep them fo asthey may ftand a from growing dry, till you have oceafion for them, That you may not be altogether ignorant of the charge, and Price of the Ingre dients , which fel: domevaries : Cleer, and fweet Lin-feed Oylisufually had for 4., per Gallon, Spruce-Oaker, of all forts to Prime with> 35. per Pound, Spaxifh white, for half a Penny : White lead 3 d. per Pound. Vert-de-Greece, clean and, bright, 3.5. per Pound , Black to fhas dow with, exceeding chea Pp» Foyners Vernifh, 6d. per Pound, So as for farther direction of White lead fix pound , Span, white fix pound , Spruc e-Oker three pounds, Vert:de-Greece half a pound Vernifh one pound, Shadowing-black half a pound, ec, will ferve onefora pretty dealof Work, and eafily infor you fhould provide for a greater, or lefler occaf m what quantities ion, Wewill next impart a Receipt fora cheap no eather will fetch out, and that may be Black-dye, fuch yet as of #/é both within and without doors , upon Wainfcot, or any fine Timber,as 1 once apply'd it toa Coach with perfec fuccefle. Take of Gals, grofly contus’d ina boyle them in three quarts of White-wineStone Mortar one pound Vinegar to the diminutionof ove part, two remaining : With this, rub the Wood twile over; Then, take of the Si/k Diers black, liquid (cheap, and eafie tobehad ) aconyenient quantity, mix it at difcretion with Lampblack and Aqua vite, fufticient to make it 2 Strammer : With this die over your thin enough to paffe if at any timeit beftain’d or {potted with Work again 3 and dirt , ec, rubbing it only with aWollen cloth dip'd in Oy!, it will not prefent you with a veryfair and noble polifh onely recover, but . Thereis a Black which Joyners ule to tinge their Pear-tree with 9 and make it re-. femble Ebony, and likewife Fir, and other Woods for Cabinets. Pj Gure-Frames, &c. whichis this. . Take Log-w oed q. s. boy) it in ordinaryLye, and witht his paint them over : when’tis dry, workit over a black and trong Size : That alfo dry, rub fecond time with Lampoff the dulty Sootineff adhering to it, with a foft Brufh, or Cloth s then melt fome Beeswax, mixin g It with your Lamp-black and Size , and when this is cold, make it upinto a Ball, and rub over your former Black : Laftly, with a Polifhing brufh (made offho rt {tiff Boars Briftles ; and patton with uf, Wyre) labour it till the Lufire be to your lik- The black Patty, wherewith they ftop, and fill uperacks and Dd fifures, |