will speak of euery particular contained in each generall. Fire-works are of 3 sorts. 1 Such as operate in the ayre, as Rockets, Serpents, Raining fire, Stars, Petards, Dragons, Fire-drakes, Feinds, Gyronels, or Fire-wheeles, Balloons. 2 Such as operate upon the earth, as Crackers, Trunks, Lanterns, Lights, Tumbling bals, Saucissons, Towers, Castles, Pyramids, Clubs, Lances, Targets. 3 Such as burn in or on the water, as Rockets, Dolphins, Ships, Tumbling bals. Part of either of the three kindes are simple, and part are compounded; part also are fixed, and part moueable. First I will treat of the diuers compositions, and then of the Formers, Coffins, and manner of composing euery of them. _Of the divers compositions of fire workes._ First of the compositions of fire workes, for the ayre; and therein first I will speake of the compositions for rockets, because that all moueable fireworkes haue their motion from the force of them accordingly applied. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _Compositions for Rockets of all sizes according unto the prescription of the noted Professors, Mr _Malthus_, Mr _Norton_, and the French Authour, _Des recreationes Mathematiques_._ _A Composition for Rockets of one ounce._ Take of gunpowder, saltpeter and charcoale, of each one ounce and a halfe, mingle them together, and it is done. Note heere, as I told you before, that all your ingredients ought to be first powdred by themselues, and afterwards mixed very well together. _A Composition for Rockets of two and three ounces._ Take of gunpowder fowre ounces and a halfe, saltpeter one ounce, mixe them together. _A Composition for Rockets of foure ounces._ Take of gunpowder fowre pounds, saltpeter one pound, charcoale fowre ounces, mingle them together. _A Composition for Rockets of fowre ounces._ Take of gunpowder fowre poundes, saltpeter one pound, charcoale fowre ounces, brimstone halfe an ounce, mingle them together. _A Composition for all middle sized Rockets._ Take of gunpowder one pound, two ounces of charcoales; mingle them. _A Composition for Rockets of five or six ounces._ Take of gunpowder two pound fiue ounces, of saltpeter halfe a pound, of charcoale six ounces, of brimstone and yron scales, of each two ounces, mingle them. _A Composition for Rockets of ten or twelve ounces._ Take of gunpowder one pound and one ounce, saltpeter fowre ounces, brimstone three ounces and a halfe, charcoale one ounce, mingle them. _A Composition for Rockets of one pound, or two._ Take of saltpeter twelue ounces, gunpowder twenty ounces, and charcoale three ounces, quicke brimstone and scales of yron, of each one ounce, mingle them.