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             A Short account of the progress of the mole at Tangier
             Cholmley, Hugh, Sir, 1600-1657.
          
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           Teviot, Andrew Rutherford, -- Earl of, d. 1664.
           Lawson, John, -- Sir, d. 1665.
           Sheeres, Henry, -- Sir, d. 1710.
           Harbors -- Morocco -- Tangier -- Design and construction.
           Morocco -- History -- 1516-1830.
           Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           SHORT
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           PROGRESS
           OF
           THE
           MOLE
           AT
           TANGIER
           ,
           From
           the
           first
           beginning
           of
           that
           WORK
           .
        
         
           HIS
           Majesty
           having
           declared
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Tiviot
          
           Governour
           of
           
             Tangier
             ,
          
           and
           constituted
           certain
           Commissioners
           for
           the
           care
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           about
           the
           year
           1662.
           the
           business
           of
           building
           a
           Mole
           there
           was
           discussed
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           Engineers
           sent
           from
           
             Genoa
             ,
          
           and
           others
           that
           could
           be
           found
           versed
           in
           such
           sort
           of
           work
           ,
           and
           because
           
             Tangier
          
           was
           at
           that
           time
           only
           an
           open
           Bay
           ,
           and
           that
           Chests
           could
           not
           be
           framed
           but
           in
           a
           secure
           Harbour
           ,
           it
           was
           found
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           to
           begin
           the
           Work
           with
           great
           loose
           Rocks
           ,
           after
           the
           manner
           that
           all
           other
           Moles
           are
           built
           ,
           excepting
           the
           New
           Mole
           at
           
             Genoa
             .
          
           Many
           of
           the
           
             Tangier
          
           Lords
           declaring
           such
           a
           Work
           could
           never
           be
           carried
           well
           on
           ,
           but
           by
           way
           of
           Contract
           ,
           they
           gave
           encouragement
           to
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           
             Tiviot
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             John
             Lauson
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Chomeley
             ,
          
           to
           enter
           into
           Articles
           for
           building
           the
           same
           by
           the
           Cubical
           Yard
           .
           Thirteen
           Shillings
           for
           every
           
           such
           Yard
           was
           the
           price
           asked
           ,
           and
           as
           readily
           consented
           to
           ,
           in
           so
           unusual
           a
           work
           there
           was
           no
           other
           measures
           to
           go
           by
           than
           such
           as
           the
           Contractors
           themselves
           laid
           down
           ,
           who
           wanted
           not
           private
           assurance
           to
           secure
           them
           from
           the
           danger
           of
           such
           Accidents
           as
           might
           render
           the
           bargain
           over-hard
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           nor
           were
           they
           indeed
           otherways
           mistaken
           in
           their
           measures
           ,
           than
           from
           such
           contingent
           causes
           as
           could
           not
           be
           foreseen
           at
           first
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           The
           softness
           of
           the
           Stone
           ,
           which
           upon
           opening
           the
           Quarries
           wrought
           to
           half
           loss
           ,
           the
           uncertainty
           of
           the
           Weather
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           bad
           and
           dilatory
           payments
           by
           Tallies
           .
        
         
           This
           Contract
           for
           building
           the
           Mole
           was
           signed
           in
           
             February
          
           1662.
           and
           the
           first
           Payment
           began
           the
           tenth
           of
           
             April
          
           following
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           no
           easie
           matter
           at
           this
           time
           to
           get
           Workmen
           to
           go
           to
           
             Tangier
             ,
          
           because
           of
           the
           ill
           reputation
           the
           place
           had
           ,
           from
           the
           Mortality
           of
           our
           Countrymen
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           sufferings
           they
           at
           first
           met
           with
           .
           Mr.
           
             Cholmeley
          
           by
           the
           Interest
           he
           had
           in
           the
           
             North
             ,
          
           and
           by
           going
           himself
           ,
           prevailed
           with
           about
           forty
           Masons
           ,
           Miners
           ,
           and
           other
           proper
           Artists
           and
           Workmen
           to
           undertake
           the
           service
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           Arrived
           at
           
             Tangier
          
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           
             June
          
           1663.
           
           The
           place
           being
           destitute
           of
           all
           conveniencies
           ;
           much
           of
           that
           Summer
           was
           spent
           in
           providing
           quarters
           for
           Men
           and
           Stores
           ,
           and
           in
           putting
           together
           Engins
           prepared
           for
           the
           weighing
           Stones
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           was
           the
           end
           of
           
             August
          
           when
           the
           first
           Foundation
           of
           the
           Mole
           was
           laid
           ,
           soon
           after
           which
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Tiviot
          
           went
           for
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           at
           his
           return
           ,
           about
           the
           end
           of
           
             December
             ,
          
           found
           the
           Mole
           advanced
           beyond
           his
           expectation
           ,
           but
           Mr.
           
             Cholmeley
          
           being
           obliged
           to
           go
           for
           
             England
          
           in
           
             February
             ,
          
           because
           of
           the
           death
           of
           his
           Elder
           Brother
           ,
           who
           left
           a
           Son
           in
           Infancy
           ,
           had
           not
           been
           long
           there
           ,
           when
           news
           came
           of
           the
           loss
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Tiviot
             ,
          
           chief
           of
           the
           Contractors
           ,
           which
           occasioned
           Mr.
           
             Cholmeley
          
           to
           return
           for
           
             Tangier
          
           so
           soon
           as
           he
           could
           settle
           affairs
           ,
           provide
           himself
           of
           Officers
           and
           Stores
           necessary
           ,
           which
           delayed
           his
           Arrival
           there
           until
           January
           1664.
           
           And
           then
           he
           found
           little
           work
           had
           been
           done
           in
           his
           absence
           ,
           chiefly
           because
           the
           Workmen
           at
           the
           Mole
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           loss
           the
           Garrison
           had
           with
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Tiviot
             ,
          
           were
           forced
           to
           the
           Duty
           of
           Soldiers
           ,
           and
           because
           the
           Water
           Engins
           were
           found
           to
           be
           of
           little
           use
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           frequent
           Levant
           Winds
           ;
           this
           made
           Mr.
           
             Cholmeley
          
           soon
           alter
           the
           Method
           from
           Water
           to
           Land-Carriages
           drawn
           by
           Horses
           ,
           and
           to
           build
           at
           the
           Quarries
           a
           little
           Town
           called
           
             Whitby
             ,
          
           which
           contained
           Stables
           for
           a
           hundred
           Horses
           ,
           large
           Magazines
           for
           all
           sorts
           of
           Stores
           ,
           and
           Quarters
           for
           the
           Workmen
           
           and
           their
           Wives
           .
           He
           also
           advised
           Sir
           
             John
             Lauson
          
           of
           the
           many
           Impediments
           which
           made
           it
           impossible
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Work
           at
           the
           rate
           of
           the
           Contract
           ,
           which
           procured
           an
           Order
           of
           Council
           of
           the
           31
           of
           
             March
          
           1665.
           by
           which
           His
           Majesty
           was
           pleased
           to
           explain
           the
           intentions
           of
           the
           Contract
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           leave
           the
           Contractors
           free
           from
           danger
           of
           loss
           ,
           and
           to
           reduce
           the
           Work
           to
           an
           Account
           ,
           if
           the
           same
           were
           insisted
           upon
           .
        
         
           
             Tangier
          
           was
           at
           this
           time
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Lord
           
             Bellasis
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Mole
           advanced
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Battery
           built
           upon
           it
           which
           did
           secure
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           place
           from
           the
           attempts
           of
           the
           
             Dutch
             ,
          
           but
           Sir
           
             John
             Lauson
          
           also
           dying
           in
           that
           War
           ,
           the
           burthen
           of
           the
           Mole
           was
           left
           to
           Mr.
           
             Cholmeley
          
           the
           only
           surviving
           Contractor
           ,
           whose
           Nephew
           dying
           about
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           left
           unto
           him
           the
           business
           and
           the
           Estate
           of
           his
           Family
           ,
           and
           this
           occasioned
           him
           to
           pass
           into
           
             England
          
           the
           end
           of
           this
           Year
           ,
           having
           put
           the
           affairs
           of
           the
           Mole
           into
           an
           excellent
           Method
           ,
           and
           left
           the
           care
           under
           knowing
           and
           intelligent
           Officers
           .
        
         
           The
           Plague
           and
           the
           War
           did
           occasion
           that
           want
           of
           money
           ,
           it
           was
           impossible
           to
           get
           any
           other
           payment
           than
           Tallies
           anticipated
           from
           24
           to
           30
           Months
           ,
           so
           that
           Money
           could
           not
           be
           had
           but
           by
           additional
           security
           ,
           which
           forced
           Stores
           to
           be
           bought
           at
           the
           worst
           hand
           ,
           and
           the
           business
           to
           be
           carried
           on
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           much
           time
           to
           be
           spent
           barely
           in
           keeping
           Account
           of
           the
           Money
           and
           the
           Interest
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           continual
           Negotiating
           the
           same
           by
           Tallies
           ,
           which
           received
           no
           amendment
           ,
           notwithstanding
           Sir
           
             Hugh
             Cholmeley
          
           his
           daily
           complaints
           .
        
         
           The
           Earl
           of
           
             Sandwich
          
           being
           called
           from
           
             Madrid
          
           in
           the
           Year
           1668.
           had
           Instructions
           to
           call
           at
           
             Tangier
             ,
          
           and
           take
           a
           Survey
           of
           the
           Mole
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           
             August
          
           by
           the
           help
           of
           one
           Mr.
           
             Shere
             ,
          
           and
           at
           his
           return
           to
           Court
           towards
           the
           end
           of
           that
           Year
           reported
           the
           same
           to
           be
           380
           Yards
           in
           length
           ,
           carried
           on
           by
           the
           Conduct
           of
           Excellent
           Officers
           ,
           and
           under
           such
           a
           good
           Oeconomy
           as
           could
           not
           well
           be
           mended
           :
           But
           the
           Work
           of
           the
           Mole
           being
           now
           carried
           into
           so
           deep
           Water
           that
           there
           was
           a
           possibility
           of
           building
           with
           Chests
           ,
           and
           some
           necessity
           appearing
           to
           proceed
           in
           the
           future
           Work
           in
           a
           more
           solid
           way
           than
           the
           Contract
           seemed
           to
           oblige
           ,
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           the
           Work
           was
           reduced
           into
           an
           Office
           by
           Order
           of
           the
           King
           in
           Council
           ,
           dated
           the
           27
           of
           
             August
          
           1669.
           under
           the
           care
           of
           Sir
           
             Hugh
             Cholmeley
          
           as
           Surveyor
           General
           ,
           who
           framed
           the
           method
           for
           governing
           the
           Work
           ,
           and
           issuing
           the
           Money
           under
           such
           Checqs
           ,
           and
           so
           well
           to
           the
           liking
           
           of
           the
           
             Tangier
          
           Lords
           ,
           and
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Treasury
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           greatest
           disquisition
           it
           hath
           not
           since
           met
           with
           one
           single
           amendment
           .
        
         
           Some
           time
           before
           this
           settlement
           there
           was
           noise
           of
           breaches
           at
           
             Tangier
             ,
          
           which
           occasioned
           discourses
           of
           the
           necessity
           of
           building
           with
           Chests
           ,
           and
           obliged
           Sir
           
             Hugh
             Cholmeley
          
           to
           frame
           two
           Chests
           for
           a
           tryal
           under
           the
           Survey
           of
           Mr.
           
             Shere
          
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           had
           lately
           entertained
           ,
           who
           was
           experienced
           in
           such
           Works
           ,
           and
           under
           whose
           care
           they
           were
           sent
           to
           
             Tangier
             ,
          
           from
           whence
           Mr.
           
             Shere
          
           embarks
           for
           
             Genoa
             ,
          
           to
           take
           exact
           observations
           of
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           at
           his
           return
           to
           
             Tangier
          
           gives
           his
           advice
           for
           building
           an
           inner
           Mole
           with
           Chests
           ,
           and
           for
           Protection
           of
           this
           an
           outward
           Work
           in
           dimensions
           much
           greater
           than
           that
           which
           was
           Contracted
           for
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           same
           way
           advised
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           at
           his
           arrival
           at
           
             Tangier
             ,
             April
          
           following
           ,
           to
           proceed
           upon
           the
           repair
           of
           the
           Work.
           The
           Work
           with
           Chests
           seemed
           to
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           superfluous
           ,
           because
           it
           required
           an
           outward
           one
           for
           protection
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           proposed
           to
           be
           made
           of
           Stones
           from
           25
           to
           30
           Tun
           each
           ,
           which
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           continual
           agitations
           of
           the
           Seas
           was
           at
           
             Tangier
          
           wholly
           unpracticable
           :
           He
           therefore
           immediately
           applied
           himself
           to
           the
           repair
           of
           the
           Work
           by
           Artificial
           Pillars
           of
           about
           100
           Tun
           in
           bigness
           ,
           which
           suddenly
           secured
           about
           50
           Yards
           of
           the
           side
           that
           was
           most
           exposed
           ,
           and
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Work
           he
           secured
           by
           one
           of
           the
           great
           Chests
           he
           had
           sent
           from
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           About
           the
           Month
           of
           
             July
             ,
          
           this
           Year
           ,
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           received
           a
           Letter
           from
           the
           Lords
           Commissioners
           for
           the
           Affairs
           of
           
             Tangier
             ,
          
           taking
           notice
           of
           the
           ill
           reports
           they
           heard
           of
           the
           Mole
           ,
           and
           commanding
           the
           matter
           to
           be
           discussed
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Chief
           on
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           be
           proceeded
           in
           the
           way
           should
           be
           generally
           approved
           .
           The
           chief
           Officers
           of
           the
           Garrison
           ,
           the
           best
           of
           the
           Citizens
           and
           Commanders
           of
           Ships
           being
           summoned
           ,
           the
           whole
           matter
           was
           discussed
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           his
           Excellency
           my
           Lord
           
             Howard
             ,
          
           now
           Duke
           of
           
             Norfolk
             ,
          
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Middleton
          
           and
           the
           Mayor
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Shere
          
           being
           also
           present
           ,
           who
           all
           unanimously
           concluded
           the
           present
           practice
           with
           Pillars
           was
           the
           most
           probable
           expedient
           for
           the
           repair
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           the
           same
           resisted
           the
           Storms
           of
           the
           approaching
           Winter
           ,
           the
           work
           ought
           to
           be
           carried
           on
           in
           the
           same
           way
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           purpose
           signed
           a
           Letter
           to
           the
           Lords
           Commissioners
           under
           all
           their
           hands
           .
           The
           Work
           continued
           to
           resist
           the
           Sea
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           following
           ,
           but
           many
           Winters
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           present
           practice
           gave
           satisfaction
           almost
           to
           every
           man
           ,
           excepting
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           himself
           ,
           who
           did
           then
           
           declare
           that
           the
           Work
           was
           such
           as
           he
           was
           able
           to
           carry
           on
           under
           the
           exceeding
           bad
           payments
           with
           which
           it
           laboured
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           could
           not
           be
           of
           lasting
           continuance
           .
           And
           having
           for
           above
           two
           years
           managed
           the
           Work
           almost
           wholly
           without
           money
           upon
           his
           own
           credit
           ,
           was
           forced
           to
           return
           to
           
             England
          
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Year
           1672.
           where
           the
           Wars
           made
           Arrears
           impossible
           to
           get
           ,
           beside
           that
           the
           trouble
           in
           soliciting
           for
           money
           ,
           and
           Accounting
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           caused
           such
           an
           Attendance
           as
           was
           incompatible
           with
           the
           Service
           at
           
             Tangier
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Winter
           ending
           ,
           the
           Year
           1674.
           brought
           news
           of
           some
           breaches
           at
           
             Tangier
             ,
          
           which
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           being
           much
           troubled
           to
           hear
           ,
           and
           assured
           within
           himself
           he
           knew
           to
           cure
           the
           Evil
           ,
           so
           as
           would
           take
           off
           all
           future
           complaints
           ,
           if
           the
           want
           of
           money
           ,
           and
           perplexities
           of
           an
           Exchequer
           Account
           could
           give
           him
           leave
           to
           go
           to
           
             Tangier
             ,
          
           offered
           unto
           the
           Lords
           in
           the
           Year
           1674.
           certain
           proposals
           whereby
           he
           undertook
           both
           to
           repair
           the
           present
           Work
           ,
           and
           to
           carry
           it
           100
           Yards
           farther
           into
           the
           Sea
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           there
           would
           be
           a
           Harbour
           for
           Ships
           to
           ride
           safely
           in
           four
           Fathom
           at
           low
           Water
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           to
           be
           done
           in
           six
           Years
           ,
           for
           the
           Annual
           Establishment
           ,
           and
           though
           he
           could
           not
           give
           security
           for
           the
           whole
           Sum
           ,
           he
           offered
           to
           give
           ,
           from
           Year
           to
           Year
           ,
           security
           for
           the
           Money
           he
           should
           receive
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           punished
           or
           rewarded
           according
           to
           his
           yearly
           performance
           .
           Mr.
           
             Shere
          
           taking
           advantage
           of
           these
           proposals
           ,
           framed
           others
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           undertook
           the
           Work
           at
           10000
           
             l.
          
           less
           in
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           with
           great
           upright
           Chests
           ,
           maintaining
           that
           Figure
           best
           against
           the
           reflux
           Sea
           ;
           whereas
           by
           Sir
           
           Hugh's
           offers
           the
           same
           was
           to
           be
           done
           in
           solid
           Work
           ,
           and
           with
           Chests
           too
           ,
           yet
           so
           placed
           that
           the
           force
           of
           the
           Sea
           should
           be
           wholly
           dissipated
           by
           a
           slope
           and
           gradual
           interception
           of
           the
           Waters
           ,
           after
           the
           imitation
           of
           Nature
           ,
           that
           from
           this
           position
           doth
           in
           many
           places
           guard
           the
           Coast
           meerly
           by
           a
           bank
           of
           Sand.
           At
           the
           same
           time
           the
           Lord
           Privy
           Seal
           gave
           in
           other
           Propositions
           from
           certain
           Artists
           who
           offered
           to
           do
           the
           Work
           at
           a
           much
           cheaper
           rate
           than
           that
           proposed
           by
           Mr.
           
             Shere
             ,
          
           and
           to
           give
           60000
           
             l.
          
           security
           for
           their
           performance
           ,
           but
           Mr.
           
             Shere
          
           had
           the
           preference
           ,
           and
           without
           security
           is
           trusted
           with
           the
           issuing
           and
           paying
           of
           the
           Money
           with
           a
           reward
           of
           2000
           
             l.
          
           if
           he
           performs
           and
           nothing
           if
           he
           fails
           in
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           was
           happy
           in
           the
           greatest
           exigency
           of
           the
           Work
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           most
           severe
           Enquiries
           to
           hit
           upon
           such
           expedients
           for
           the
           repair
           and
           advance
           as
           gave
           satisfaction
           to
           Mr.
           
             Shere
             ,
          
           and
           all
           upon
           the
           
           place
           without
           one
           dissenting
           man
           ,
           and
           this
           after
           Mr.
           
             Shere
          
           had
           been
           at
           
             Genoa
             ,
          
           and
           considered
           the
           way
           of
           their
           practice
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           no
           unusual
           thing
           for
           one
           that
           had
           been
           so
           many
           years
           trained
           in
           the
           Work
           under
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           to
           profit
           himself
           upon
           such
           defects
           as
           he
           might
           have
           observed
           .
           Let
           us
           then
           take
           a
           view
           of
           the
           present
           state
           of
           the
           Work
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           shall
           see
           how
           far
           Mr.
           
             Shere
          
           hath
           exceeded
           or
           come
           come
           short
           of
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           his
           proposals
           ,
           or
           how
           near
           he
           hath
           hitherto
           complied
           with
           his
           own
           undertakings
           .
        
         
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           having
           carried
           the
           Mole
           500
           Yards
           into
           the
           Sea
           ,
           within
           which
           there
           was
           about
           18
           foot
           depth
           at
           low
           Water
           ,
           was
           very
           desirous
           to
           leave
           the
           same
           compleat
           and
           finished
           ,
           that
           so
           it
           might
           have
           had
           comparison
           with
           any
           future
           Work.
           He
           offered
           for
           one
           Years
           establishment
           to
           compleat
           the
           Repair
           ,
           and
           to
           finish
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           well
           on
           the
           inside
           as
           outward
           ,
           and
           to
           carry
           it
           farther
           15
           Yards
           into
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           security
           to
           do
           all
           this
           in
           so
           substantial
           a
           way
           ,
           as
           upon
           view
           and
           Tryal
           should
           be
           judged
           and
           found
           durable
           ;
           and
           in
           case
           of
           failure
           ,
           to
           pay
           back
           the
           whole
           Money
           ,
           or
           as
           much
           as
           should
           be
           judged
           the
           deficiency
           might
           amount
           unto
           .
           But
           it
           was
           concluded
           that
           this
           Repair
           should
           also
           be
           undertaken
           by
           Mr.
           
             Shere
             ,
          
           who
           having
           now
           received
           60000
           
             l.
          
           and
           spent
           three
           years
           last
           Midsummer
           about
           the
           same
           ,
           we
           hear
           hath
           reparired
           the
           old
           Work
           ,
           but
           there
           was
           not
           at
           Midsummer
           one
           foot
           advanced
           into
           the
           Sea
           ,
           nor
           will
           the
           expence
           of
           another
           Year
           ,
           at
           his
           rate
           of
           Work
           ,
           scarce
           finish
           that
           which
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           offered
           to
           give
           security
           to
           do
           for
           one
           Years
           allowance
           ;
           yet
           Mr.
           
             Shere
          
           computes
           he
           hath
           every
           Year
           performed
           his
           complement
           of
           Work
           ,
           which
           was
           30
           Yards
           yearly
           in
           length
           ,
           until
           the
           whole
           were
           finished
           ,
           and
           possibly
           he
           may
           have
           done
           so
           according
           to
           the
           Numerical
           quantity
           of
           Cubical
           Yards
           contained
           in
           the
           Chests
           placed
           ;
           but
           certainly
           there
           is
           much
           more
           Work
           to
           secure
           the
           Foundations
           of
           his
           Chests
           ,
           and
           that
           according
           to
           his
           own
           Proposals
           ,
           than
           barely
           the
           placing
           and
           filling
           the
           same
           :
           And
           what
           Mr.
           
             Shere
          
           hath
           done
           in
           the
           Years
           past
           will
           be
           best
           understood
           by
           the
           Progress
           of
           his
           future
           Work
           ,
           if
           in
           other
           three
           Years
           be
           can
           compleatly
           finish
           ninety
           Yards
           in
           length
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           undertaking
           ,
           then
           may
           it
           be
           concluded
           ,
           the
           past
           Work
           ,
           though
           it
           comes
           much
           short
           of
           what
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           offered
           security
           to
           perform
           ,
           is
           yet
           in
           proportion
           to
           his
           own
           Agreements
           .
           And
           now
           that
           the
           Work
           done
           by
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           is
           compleatly
           finished
           and
           made
           durable
           by
           Mr.
           
             Shere
          
           himself
           .
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           will
           allow
           he
           was
           mistaken
           in
           his
           measures
           ,
           if
           the
           future
           Work
           be
           done
           in
           proportion
           any
           thing
           cheaper
           ;
           but
           if
           it
           shall
           happen
           to
           cost
           
           the
           King
           much
           more
           than
           the
           past
           Work
           now
           repaired
           hath
           done
           ,
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           humbly
           conceives
           the
           way
           of
           building
           is
           nothing
           improved
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           had
           been
           better
           to
           have
           continued
           the
           Work
           in
           the
           old
           way
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           to
           have
           secured
           it
           as
           Mr.
           
             Shere
          
           hath
           done
           the
           past
           Work
           ,
           than
           to
           prosecute
           it
           in
           a
           way
           much
           more
           costly
           ,
           and
           by
           confession
           of
           himself
           no
           less
           durable
           ;
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           was
           for
           building
           with
           Chests
           as
           well
           as
           Mr.
           
             Shere
             ,
          
           he
           differed
           only
           in
           the
           way
           of
           placing
           these
           Chests
           ,
           which
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           proposed
           by
           several
           Rows
           ,
           one
           set
           within
           the
           other
           ,
           gradually
           breaking
           and
           intercepting
           the
           Sea
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Shere
          
           maintained
           ,
           and
           undertakes
           to
           do
           the
           Work
           by
           one
           solid
           Body
           ,
           and
           an
           upright
           side
           ,
           which
           from
           its
           own
           strength
           should
           secure
           the
           Work
           without
           any
           other
           outward
           Work
           or
           Defence
           whatever
           ;
           to
           this
           Sir
           
           Hugh's
           Objections
           were
           ,
           the
           difficulty
           of
           placing
           these
           Chests
           close
           one
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           at
           
             Genoa
             ,
          
           and
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           Works
           falling
           when
           the
           Worm
           had
           consumed
           the
           Wood
           of
           the
           Chest
           :
           By
           what
           hath
           been
           practised
           it
           is
           plain
           the
           Chests
           cannot
           be
           close
           joyned
           scarce
           nearer
           than
           four
           foot
           one
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           which
           occasions
           the
           supplying
           the
           vacancy
           with
           a
           small
           Chest
           ,
           which
           hath
           little
           substance
           ,
           and
           therefore
           must
           occasion
           many
           fears
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           great
           Chests
           ,
           they
           are
           made
           of
           such
           strong
           Plank
           ,
           and
           so
           bound
           with
           Timber
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           for
           the
           Worm
           suddenly
           to
           destroy
           them
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           plainly
           demonstrable
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Chests
           were
           filled
           with
           Sand
           ,
           they
           cannot
           possibly
           give
           way
           whilst
           the
           Wood
           Work
           continues
           unperished
           ,
           and
           therefore
           no
           tryal
           of
           the
           Work
           can
           be
           suddenly
           expected
           ;
           but
           if
           Mr.
           
             Shere
          
           be
           obliged
           to
           secure
           his
           great
           Chests
           by
           other
           lower
           Chests
           set
           outwards
           towards
           the
           Sea
           ,
           then
           whatever
           he
           may
           pretend
           ,
           his
           proceeding
           is
           directly
           according
           to
           Sir
           
           Hugh's
           Proposal
           ,
           only
           in
           the
           way
           of
           a
           far
           greater
           and
           needless
           expence
           by
           all
           the
           cost
           of
           the
           great
           Chest
           ,
           which
           is
           plainly
           demonstrable
           from
           the
           solidity
           of
           the
           old
           Work
           ,
           built
           without
           Chests
           ,
           and
           made
           durable
           by
           means
           of
           such
           an
           outward
           Work
           as
           in
           the
           foresaid
           case
           is
           presumed
           necessary
           to
           secure
           the
           present
           Work
           with
           great
           Chests
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           the
           Intention
           of
           this
           Paper
           to
           diminish
           ought
           from
           Mr.
           
             Shere
             ,
          
           whose
           diligence
           Sir
           
             Hugh
          
           heartily
           wishes
           may
           have
           all
           encouragement
           in
           so
           publick
           a
           Work
           ;
           but
           not
           being
           conscious
           by
           the
           Progress
           since
           he
           left
           the
           Work
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           future
           advance
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           appear
           he
           hath
           any
           ways
           mis-employed
           the
           Kings
           Money
           ,
           he
           thought
           it
           not
           unreasonable
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           his
           own
           Justification
           ,
           to
           set
           down
           this
           short
           Narrative
           of
           the
           whole
           Affair
           .
           Written
           in
           the
           Year
           1669.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

