be called slothfulnesse or sluggishnesse in them, as some will have it, but a decay of their spirits, by long and tedious hard labour, sleight feeding, and ill lodging, which is able to wear out and quell the best spirit of the world. [Sidenote: _What materialls grow in the Iland fit to build with, which may be call’d the Elements of Architecture. And first, for Timber._] The _Locust_ is a tree of such a growth, both for length and bignesse, as may serve for beams in a very large room: I have seen many of them, whose straight bodies are above fifty foot high, the diameter of the stem or body, three foot and halfe. The timber of this tree is a hard close substance, heavie, but firme, and not apt to bend, somewhat hard for tooles to cut; brittle, but lasting. _Mastik_, not altogether so large as he, but of a tougher substance, and not accounted so brittle. The _Bully-tree_ wants something of the largnesse of these, but in his other qualities goes beyond either; for, he is full out as lasting, and as strong, but not so heavie, nor so hard for tooles to work. The _Redwood_ and _prickled yellow wood_, good for posts or beams, and are lighter then the _Locust_; both are accounted very lasting, and good for building. The _Cedar_ is, without controul, the best of all, but by reason it works smoth, and looks beautifull, we use it most in Wainscot, Tables, and Stooles. Other timber we have, as the _Iron-wood_, and another sort, which are excellent good to endure wet and drie; and of those we make Shingles, which being such a kinde of wood, as will not warpe nor rive, are the best coverings for a house that can be, full out as good as Tiles, and lie lighter upon the Rafters. [Sidenote: _Stone fit for Building._]