I am from hence induc't to
be of opinion that these tympana were made according to such and such
proportions, suitable to such and such notes.
Mersennus, or Kircher, sayes, that one may know what quantity of
liquor is in the vessel by the sound of it, knowing before the empty
note. I have severall times heard great brasse pannes ring by the
barking of a hound; and also by the loud voice of a strong man.-(The
voice, if very strong and sharp, will crack a drinking glass.- J.
EVELYN.)
[I have been favoured with a confirmation of this note of Evelyn from
the personal experience of my old friend. Mr. Brayley, who was present
at a party on Ludgate Hill, London, many years ago, when Mr.
Broadhurst, the famed public vocalist, by singing a high note, caused
a wine glass on the table to break, the bowl being separated from the
stem.-J. B.]
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After the echos I would have the draught of the house of John Hall, at
Bradford, Esq., which is the best built house for the quality of a
gentleman in Wilts. It was of the best architecture that was commonly
used in King James the First's raigne. It is built all of freestone,
full of windowes, hath two wings: the top of the house adorned with
railes and baristers. There are two if not three elevations or ascents
to it: the uppermost is adorned with terrasses, on which are railes
and baristers of freestone. It faceth the river Avon, which lies
south of it, about two furlongs distant: on the north side is a high
hill.
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