The "Inigo Jones" Ms.

VII . ASTRONOMY , which teacheth a Man to know the Course of Snn Moon and Starrs . NOTE I pray you , that these Seven are contain'd under Geometry , for it teacheth Mett and Measure , Ponderation and Weight , for Every thing in and upon the whole Earth for you to know ; That every Crafts man , work ' s by

Measure . He y ? buys or sells is by weight or Measure . Husbandmen , Navigators , Planters and all of them use GEOMETRY ; for neither GRAMMAR , LOGICK nor any other of the said Sciences , can Subsist -without GEOMETRY , ergo , most Worthy and Honourable . You ask me how this Science was Invented , My Answer is this : That before the General ! Delugewhich is commonlCalled NOAH'S Floodthere was a

, y , Man called LAMECH , as you may read in ° . IV . Chapter of Genesis ; who had two Wives , the One called ADA , the other ZILLA ; By ADA , he begat two SONS , IABAL and IUBAL , by ZILLA , he had One SON called TUBALL and a daughter called Naamah : These four Children found the begining of all Crafts in the World : IABAL found out GEOMETRY , and he Divided Flocks of Sheep , He first built a House of Stone and Timber .

HIS Brother IIJBAL found the ART of MUSICK He was the Father of all such as Handle the Harp and Organ . TUBAL-CAIN was the Instructer of Every Artificer in Brass and Iron , And the Daughter found out the ART of Weaving . THESE Children knew well that GOD would take Vengeance for SIN either by Fire or Water ; Wherefore they Wrote their SCIENCES that they

had found in Two Pillars , that they might bo found after NOAH ' s Flood . ONE of the Pillars was Marble , for that will not Burn with any Fire , And the other Stone was Laternes for that will not drown with any Water . Our Intent next is to Tell you Truely , how and in What manner these STONES were found whereon these SCIENCES were Written

THE Great HERMES ( Sumamed TRISMAGISTUS , or three times Great ) Being both King , Priest and Philosopher , ( in EGYPT ) He found One of them , and Lived in the Year of the World Two Thousand and Sevent y Six , in the Reign of NINUS , and some think him to be Grandson to CUSH , which was Grandson to NOAH , he was the first that began to Leave off Astrology . To Admire the other Wonders of Nature ; He proved , there was but One GODCreator of all ThingsHe divided the Day into Twelve Hours . He is

, , also thought to be the first who Divided the ZODIACK into Twelve SIGNES , He was to OSYRIS King of EGYPT ; Andis saidto have Invented Ordinary Writing , and Hierogliphiks . the first Laws of the Egyptians ; And Divers Sciences , and Taught them unto other Men . And at the Building of Babilon Masonry was much made of ; And the King of Babilon the Mighty NIMROD , was a Mason himselfe , As it ' s reported

by Antient Histories , And when the City of NINEVE , and Sfuudi 0 ther Cities of tlie East ' were to le Built > NIMB 0 I ) tne MDCCCX . King of Babilon Sent thither Masons at the request of the King of NINEVE his Cousin ; And when he sent them forth , He gave them a CHARGE in this Manner . That they should be true to one anotherand Love trueltogether ; And

, y that they should serve the Lord truel y for their Pay , so , that their Master might have Honour , and all that belong unto him , And Severall other Charges He gave them ; And this was the First Time that Ever any MASON had any Charge of his CRAFT . MOREOVER when ABRAHAM and SARAH his Wife , went into EGYPTand there taught the Seven Sciences to the EGYPT

, - "' ^ ° . IANS ; He had a Worth y SCHOLLAR whose name was MixiLvni . * E"clyde , and He learned right well , and became a Great Master of the Seven Sciences ; and in His Days , it Befell , That the Lords and the Estates of the Realm , had so many Sons ; And they had no competent Livel yhood to find their Children .