t impertinent to speak something of the _Properties_
wherewith a _Young Ringer_ ought to be qualified, and then
proceed to the _Peals_. _First_ then, before he is entred
into a _Company_, it is presupposed, that he is able to _Set
a Bell Fore-stroke and Back-stroke_, as the terms are: Next,
that he know how to _Ring Round_, or _Under-sally_: Then, that
he may be complete, it is convenient, that he understand the
_Tuning of Bells_; for what is a _Musician_, unless he can
_Tune_ his _Instrument_, although he plays never so well? To
do which, let him learn on some _Instrument_, or _Wyer-Bells_,
to know a _Third_, _Fifth_, and _Eighth_, which are the
principal _Concords_: Or otherwise, let him get a _Pipe_
called a _Pitch-pipe_, which may be made by any _Organ-maker_,
to contain _eight Notes_, or more, (according to his pleasure)
with their _Flatts_ and _Sharps_, which will be very useful in
the _Tuning of Bells_. And then this is a general Rule, begin
at the _Tenor_, or _biggest Bell_, and count 3 _whole Notes_,
then a _half Note_, or _Sharp_, 3 _whole Notes_, then a
_half Note_, or _Sharp_; and so on, until you come to the
_least Bell_ or _Treble_. For example on _four Bells_, 1:234,
here the 432 are _whole_ _Notes_, and the _half Note_ or
_Sharp_ is between 1 and 2. On _Five Bells_, 12:345 the 543
are _whole Notes_; and the _half Note_ or _Sharp_ is between
2 and 3. On _Six_, 123:456 the _half Note_ or _Sharp_ is
between 3 and 4. On _Eight Bells_, 1:2345:678, one _half Note_
or _Sharp_ is between 5 and 6, and the other between 1 and 2.
On _Ten_, 123:4567:8910; here one _half Note_ is between 7
and 8, and the next between 3 and 4. On _Twelve Bells_,
12:345:6789:10 11 12. Here one _half Note_ or _Sharp_ is
between 9 and 10, the next between 5 and 6, and the other
between 2 and 3, which last is made contrary to the former
Rule, it being but _two whole Notes_ from the next _half Note_
to it; the reason is this, the _Ninth_ is one _whole Note_
below the _Eighth_, therefore the 2 must be a _whole Note_
below the _Treble_, otherwise they would not be a true _Eighth_,
therefore the _half Note_ is put between 2 and 3. Now he that
hath these Rules, and a good ear to judge of the _Concords_,
may at any time cast his Verdict (as to Bells, whether they
are well in _Tune_ or not) amongst the chief of the _Company_.

Of the _Changes_.

A _Change_ is made between _two Bells_ that strikes next
to each other, by removing int