Selected quad for the lemma: tradition_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
tradition_n	england_n	mile_n	perch_n	20	3	15.4149	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08309	Nordens preparatiue to his Speculum Britanniæ. Intended a reconciliation of sundrie propositions by diuers person tendred, concerning the same.	Norden, John, 1548-1625?	1596 (1596)	STC 18638; ESTC S113317	10,881	36

others how performed I yet know not But such an instrumente I haue framed which will giue a distance at one station nere ¼ of a mile and farther as the opposite may cleerely offer it selfe to the eye which instrument will also laye out any thing vpon his true pointe for the apte protracting of many thinges obserued at one station An instrument fit for some purposes but comes short to answere the necessity of this busines In regard therefore of the former difficultie the miles may be obserued without offence as by all men in like trauailes of so generall a worke they haue euer beene according to the accustomed account of euery cuntrey although they bee diuers in diuers quarters of this lande and according to such miles to proportion the places within view at euery station and thence to extract the miles of whatsoeuer computation giuen For the ordinary miles of Englande especially such as are remote any way 30 miles from London contain neer 1 1 2 mile of the greatest account There be sundrye computations of a miles longitude And the true content of an English mile is not any where extant that I know but receiued by tradition whereof one is of 8. furlonges euery furlong 17.1 2 perch euery perch 8. yardes of 3. foot the yard a secōd of 8 furlongs 28. perches the furlong 5. yards the perch a third of 1000 paces geometrical 5. pedū And lastly of 8 furlongs euery furlong 40. perches euery pearch 16 1 2 foote the perch The first contayneth 140 perches 672 paces geometrical 1120 yardes 3360 foot The 2. although vnlike the first in composition of yardes and perches yet it is one with it in the number of yards paces and feet The 3 contayneth 151 17 33 perches 1000. paces 1666 2 3 yardes 5000 foot The 4. last containeth 320 perches 1056. paces 1760. yardes 5280. foote So it exceedeth the first and seconde by 1920. foot which is 384 paces 43 2 33 perches after 16 1 2 foot the perch which amounteth neere to 3 16 of a mile This last I take to be chiefly receyued and is fittest for all the Realme for that it best agreeth with the statute measure of an acre of land for 2. acres in longitude is 320. perches and so is this mile After which if England were measured it would be founde neere 450. miles in length and as much in breadth which mile may be extracted out of the common miles 5 As touching the conceite of some that would haue the distinction of the limits of euery parishe I holde it not so needefull as impossible and I thinke the most of iudgement wil affirme the same 6 Where it is obiected by some that I obserue too many perticularities Some againe thinke I cannot obserue more thē necessarie And where it seemeth also to offend som that I obserue houses other things of small moment and that I omit some of greater worth to be remembred So it may be and my selfe to be excused who passe as a straunger guided by the direction of such as by discretion of men in Aucthoritie are thought fit to yeelde me direct information who yet thorogh their simplicitie or partialitie may miscarrie the most prouident obseruer holding that to bee in their conceites of moment and of the contrarie as their affections leade them for hath not the poorest man his partiall humor And what I obserue is from them if the thing be hidden as some time it is from mine own view for it were not possible to haue accesse to all And therefore if I doe obserue things of no great importance among the rest and omit the greater it is my fault perforce But I take it the offence can not be great to obserue the most things for the meanest may sometime haue vse in the Mappe And can the shadow of it administer greater offence in hauing place in the plot thē the thing it selfe in the field The more things as I take it are obserued the more like is the discription to the thing discribed And my fault were great to omit any were it possible to obserue all But it may be that some deeming best of their owne and their friendes couet only what they affect and reiect the rest And how to moderate the worke herein and yeelde euerie man his desire is a worke of greater skill then I pretend I would gladly please the wise And then I hit what I ayme at 7 To the ouer-curious inspectators that seeme to bring with them a preiudicate censure of the worke I presume not to say much Because euerye publique worke is alwaies publiquely considered and it is lawfull I confesse for all men to vtter their opinions thereof freely as they finde it and to call a fault a faulte And because I cannot iustifie all the Liniaments of so rude a body I will saye with him that findes the fault though in Art he can not mend the same Sir it is a fault and I will mend it if I can But I haue not yet seene the worke of the most absolute artist so perfect But some will hold it as the Shoomaker did Apelles picture who did yet like a workeman in that he reproued the imperfection of the thinge belonging to his owne skill but could not take the Pensill and reforme it if a Paynter had founde the faulte and coulde mend the same there were his praise And hee doeth well I acknowledge that findeth a fault and not ill in condemning the workeman if hee can take in hand the worke and performe it so as none shall reproue it But admit Gentlemen that you in the seuerall places of your abode bee able iustly to controule mine obseruations either in regarde of the vncertaine distances vntrue denominations of places curuing of Ryuers and such like which I confesse are faultes worthie to be called faults Yet hold me thus farre excused that as I cannot haue accesse to euerie perticular nor see record for euerie name But resting perforce vpon the information of other in many thinges by whome I may as your selues might be miscarried So in courtesie in your owne knowne quarters reforme the errors or informe me of them for howsoeuer I may little regarde the vnprofitable reproofes of common reprouers I yeelde with all my heart thankes for the kinde controulment of such as thereby seeke a reformation and wish a perfection in the worke of loue and not the disgrace of the workeman in mallice There are many men of rare perfection in Geographie and of the Mathematikes in this land and by the industrie of many they increase dayly whose kind reproofes I accept as necessarie documents vnto me But I bewayle the ouermuch emulation so vniuersally growne amongst many euen by a vaine conceite of selfe singularitie whereby they strugling to gaine the start one of another in fame discouer more imperfections of the minde which should mannage all their affections then they gaine credite among the discreete by their greatest vauntes Arte