Then doth each man carrie his portion to the blowing house, where the
same is melted with Char-coale fire, blowne by a great paire of
Bellowes, mooved with a water-wheele, and so cast into peeces of a
long and thicke squarenesse, from three hundred to foure hundred pound
waight, at which time the owners marke is set thereupon. The last
remooue, is to the place of Coynage, which I shall touch hereafter.
I haue alreadie told you, how great charge the Tynner vndergoeth,
before he can bring his Owre to this last mill: whereto if you adde
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.
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