on from the
Note it Sounds_, by its being flatter or deeper, as, _First_, or Treble,
_second_, _third_, _fourth_, &c. as they are in number to _ten_ or
_twelve_ Bells, the last being called the _Tenor_; So must they
successively strike one after another both _Fore-stroke_ and
_Back-stroke_, in a due Musical time or Equi-distance, to render their
Harmony the more Pleasant, and to make the Young Practitioner the better
informed to observe the _Life of Musick_, and indeed of true Ringing,
_Time_; and therefore is called, _Round-ringing_.

2. As in Musick, so in Ringing there are three _Concords_, so called
from their Melodious Harmony and Agreement, which Principally are these;
_Thirds_, _viz._ 1 3, 2 4, _&c._ _Fifths_ 1 5, 2 6, _&c._ _Eights_ 1 8,
2 9, 3 10, _&c._ and these are the more pleasant according to the Number
of Bells they are struck on, and as they are struck, whether separately
or mutually. From hence _Changes_ are made, which is only a Changing
place of one _Note_ with another, so variously, as Musick may be heard a
thousand ways of Harmony; which being so obvious to common Observation,
I shall not go about to demonstrate; for that if two may be varied two
ways, surely by the Rule of _Multiplication_, a Man may easily learn how
many times 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 12 Bells Notes may be varied; which will
run almost _ad infinitum_.

3. For the better observing the Ringing of _Changes_ or _Rounds_, these
three things are to be noted.

1. _The Raising true in Peal._

2. _Ringing at a low Compass_; and

3. _Ceasing in true Peal_; all which three are the most essential Parts
to render a Practitioner _Excellent_.

1. For _Raising a Peal of Bells true_, the modern and best Practice
recommends the _swiftest and quickest possible_, every one taking
Assistance to raise his Bell, as its going requires: the _lesser_ Bells
as _Treble_, _&c._ being by main strength _held down_ in their first
Sway (or pull) to get time for the striking of the rest of larger
Compass; and so continued to be strong pulled till Frame-high, and then
may be slackned: The bigger, as _Tenor_, &c. must be pincht or checkt
overhead, that the Notes may be hard to strike roundly and hansomely.
Observe that all the Notes strike round at one Pull: I do not mean the
first; but 'tis according to the Bigness and Weightiness of your Bells:
However in raising a Peal, do not let one Bell strike before the rest,
or miss when the rest do; this is contrary to the