NEWE, APTE, OR COMPENDIOUS FORMES OR KIND OF ENGINES OR INSTRU- MENT, AND OTHER PRITABLE INVENCONS, WAYES, AND MEANES FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COMMONWEALTH, AS WELL TO PLOUGHE GROUND WITHOUT HORSE OR OXEN, AND TO ENRICH AND MAKE BETTER AND MORE FERTILL, AS WELL BARREN BEAT(, SALT, AND SEA SAND, AS INLAND AND UPLAND GROUND, WITHIN OUR KINGDOMES OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND, AND OUR DOMYNYON OF WALES; AS ALSOE TO RAYSE WATERS FROM ANYE LOWE PLACE TO HIGHE PLACES FOR WELL WATERING OF CITTYES, TOWNES, NOBLEMEN'S AND GENTLEMEN'S HOUSES, AND OTHER PLACES NOWE MUCH WANTING WATER, WITH LESSE CHARGES THEN EVER HATH BENE HERETOFORE ;. AND
Year: 1618

page_text: JAM
ad, Scotland, Fraunce, and
Ireland, Defendor of the Fayth, &c., to all to whom these Present shall
come, greeting.
نده
WHEREAS wee are given to vnderstand that our welbeloved subiecte DAVID
RAMSEY, Gentleman, one of the Pages of our Bedchamber, and THOMAS
WILDGOSSE, Gentleman, have, by their industrye, and att theire greate paynes,
costs, charges, and expences, devised, found out, and brought to pfecton,
divers "NEWE, APTE, OR COMPENDIOUS FORMES OR KIND OF ENGINES OR INSTRU-
MENT, AND OTHER PRITABLE INVENCONS, WAYES, AND MEANES FOR THE GOOD OF
OUR COMMONWEALTH, AS WELL TO PLOUGHE GROUND WITHOUT HORSE OR OXEN,
AND TO ENRICH AND MAKE BETTER AND MORE FERTILL, AS WELL BARREN BEAT(,
SALT, AND SEA SAND, AS INLAND AND UPLAND GROUND, WITHIN OUR KINGDOMES
OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND, AND OUR DOMYNYON OF WALES; AS ALSOE TO RAYSE
WATERS FROM ANYE LOWE PLACE TO HIGHE PLACES FOR WELL WATERING OF CITTYES,
TOWNES, NOBLEMEN'S AND GENTLEMEN'S HOUSES, AND OTHER PLACES NOWE MUCH
WANTING WATER, WITH LESSE CHARGES THEN EVER HATH BENE HERETOFORE ;.
AND TO MAKE BOATES FOR THE CARRYAGE OF BURTHENS AND PASSENGERS RUNN
VPON THE WATER AS SWIFTE IN CALMES, AND MORE SAFF IN STORMES, THEN
BOAT FULL SAYLED IN GREATE WYNES," which said engines, instrumente,
and devyses have not heretofore bene knowne or vsed by any within our
said realmes and domynyons, whereby greate comodetye will arise to our
loveing subiecte: And whereas the sayd David Ramsey and Thomas Wild-
gosse haue humbly petitioned vs that wee would be gracyously pleased, in
consyderačon that they are the firste Inventors and publishers thereof within
our said realmes and domynyons, and the lyke thereof haue not heretofore

page_text: bene made, vsed, or donne within the same; and for that the same Invencions
have bene pfected att theire longe and greate travayle, coste, charges, and
expences, to graunt vnto them our Letters Patente, lycence, and pryvyledg,
for the sole makeing and vsing of the sayde engines, instrumente, devyces and
invenĉons, wayes and meanes, for the purposes aforesaid, during the terme of
thirty and one yeares, with phibicon to all others during that terme to make
or vse the same: Know ye, that we, to the end the said David Ramsey and
Thomas Wildgosse maye reape some fruite of theire owne labors and industrye,
and recompence themselves of the coste, charges, and expences which they
have susteyned and shalbe att, in, and about the saide devises and Invenĉons,
and the putting in vse thereof, to the encouragement of all others in the lyke
lawdable studyes and indeavors, and for dyvers other good causes and con-
sideračons vs herevnto moveing, of our especyall grace, certeine knowledge,
and mere mocyon, have given and graunted, and by these Presente, for vs,
our heyres and successors, doe give and graunte vnto the said David Ramsey
and Thomas Wildgosse, their executors, administrators, and assignes, deputies,
servaunte, and workemen, factors and agente, and all such as shall have power
and authoryty from them in that behalfe, full and free lycence, pryvylege,
power, and authoryty that they only, and none other, shall and maye, from tyme
to tyme,during the terme of yeares hereafter graunted, devise, make, erecte,
exercise, and put in vse, within our said realmes of England and Ireland, and
domynyon of Wales, or any of them, or anye parte of them, or anye of them, the
said newe formes and kind of engines, instrumente, wayes, or meanes for
anye of the vses or purposes before expressed or mencyoned; wherefore owr
will and pleasure is, and wec doe by these Presente, for vs, our heyres and
successors, straightly phibite, charge, and commaund all and every the
subicct of vs, our heyres and successors, and all and every other pson
and psonnes that they or anye of them doo not psume, attempte, or take
in hand to make, devise, or imitate, vse, exercise, practise, or putt in vsc, the
said engins, instrumente, devises, invenčons, wayes, and meanes, or any of
them, or counterfett by the paterne, example, or fashyon of the said engins or
instrumente, any other lyke engine, instrument, or devise whatsoever, within
our said realmes and domynions, or any of them, for the purposes aforesaid,
without the specyall consent and agreement of the said David Ramsey and
Thomas Wildgosse, theire executors, admynistrators, or assignes, or some of
them, firste had or obteyned in writeing vuder theire or some of theire hand
and seale, or hande and seales, vpon payne to have the same and every of
them wholy defaced, throwen downe, destroyed, and broken, and vppon
such payens, penallties, and imprisonment as by the lawes of this our realme,

page_text: or otherwise, can or maye be inflicted vpon them as contempners and breakers of
our royal comaundement; and further, our expresse pleasure and cumaunde-
ment is, that for the avoyding of all subtill, malicious, pverse, and cantelous'
practizes and construccons that maye pretended or attempted to defraud and
abuse the good and true meaning of these our Letters Patent, the interpre-
tačon, correction, and punishement of all manner of offences which shalbo>
coniitted in this behalfe to the disadvauntage and hinderaunce of the said>
David Ramsey and Thomas Wildgosse, theire executors, administrators, or
assignes, shalbe referred to the Pryvy Councell of vs, our heyres and suc-
cessors for the tyme being, by theire honorable dyreccon to be punished\
according to justice; and for the better execucon of this our graunt, lycence,
and privylege, wee doè by these Presente for vs, our heyres and successors,
give and graunte full and free lycence, power, and authoryty vnto the said:
David Ramsey and Thomas Wildgosse, theire executors, admynistrators,
assignes, or deputies, or any of them, att all tymes and from tyme to tyme?
during the said terme of yeares hereafter graunted, with the assistaunce of a
constable or some other officer, by all lawefull wayes and meanes, and in lawefull
and convenyent manner to enter and goc into all and singuler place and
places convenyent for discovery of the sayd offences, and search for all such
engins, instrumente, devises, or inuendons as shalbe by any pson or psons -
whatsoever other then the said David Ramsey and Thomas Wildgosse, theire
executors, admynistrators, deputies, or assignes, or theire factors, workemen,
servaunte, or agente during the said terme, made, framed, erected, countfeited,>
practized, or vsed contrary to the true meaning of these Presente, and yf they
or anye of them shall fynde any such engins, instrumente, devyses, or inven-
čons soe made, erected, framed, counterfeited, practysed, or vsed, contrary to '
the true meaning of these Presente or any opposicon or resistance in the
execucon of anye parte of this our graunte, that they, or some of them, doe thereof
specdely certefye the sayd Pryvye Councell to the end the offenders therein
maye receiue condigne punishement for theire offences; to haue, hould, exercise,
practise, and enioye the saide liberties, pryvyledges, lycences, authoryties, immu->
nities, and all and singuler other the premysses before by these Presente given
and graunted vnto the said David Ramsey and Thomas Wildgosse, theire
executors, admynistrators, and assignes, for and during the terme and ynto the
full end and terme of thirtye and one yeares from the daye of the date of these
Presente nexte ensueing, fully to be compleate and ended, yeilding and payeing
therefore yearely during the said terme vnto vs, our heyres and successors, att
the receipte of the Exchequer att Westminster, the yearely rent or some of
tenn pound of Jawefull money of England, att the Feaste of Saint Michaell

page_text: the Archaungell, the Añunciacon of the blessed Virgin Mary, by euen and equall
porčons to be payd: And to the end the sayd David Ramsey and Thomas
Wildgosse, theire executors, administrators, and assignes, maye the better peced
in the execuĉon of the lybertyes and powers hereby to them given and
graunted, wee doe further hereby, for vs, our heyres and successors, will and
commaund all justices of peace, maiors, sheriffe, bayleiffe, constables, and all
other the officers and mynisters of vs, our heyres and successors, to be from
tyme to tyme ayding, helping, and assisting to the said David Ramsey and
Thomas Wildgosse, theire executors, admynistrators, deputies, and assignes,
in the execučon of these our Letters Patente, according to the purport
and true meaning thereof, as they tender our pleasure and will avoyd our
indignacon and displeasure at theire perills: Provyded allwayes, that yf att
anye tyme hereafter it shall appeare and be made manyfeste vnto vs, our
heyres or successors, that this our present graunte shalbe anye waye pre-
iudicyall to our common welth in parte or in all or otherwise, that wee, our
heyres or successors, shall finde the same to be vsed to the preiudice of vs, our
heyres or successors, or to our or theire subiecte, that then and ymeadyatly
after declaračon thereof shalbe made by vs, our heyres or successors, under the
Pryvy Seale or Greate Seale of vs, our heyres or successors, or by any sixe or
more of the Pryvy Councell of vs, our heyres or successors, in writeing vnder
theire hand signyfyeing the same, these our Letters Patente for soe much as
shalbe soc signyfyed to be preiudycyall shalbe from thenceforth vtterly voyde
and frustrate, yett in the reste shalbe good and of force, any thing in these
Present conteyned to the contrary notwithstanding: And lastly, our will and
pleasure is, that these our Letters Patente, or the Inrollment thereof, shalbe in
all things firme and avayleable in lawe, according to the true meaning of the
same, without anye further or other graunte, lycence, confirmacion, or
tolleracion from vs, our heyres or successors, to be had, payed, obteyned, and
shalbe construed and adiudged in all and every of our courtes of iustice to be
mostea vayleable, vnto the said David Ramsey and Thomas Wildgosse, theire
executors, administrators, and assigns, againste vs, vs, our heyres and successors,
allthoughe expresse mencion, &c.
in wittnesse, &c.
daye of Januarie.
Wittmesse our selfe aft Westminster, the Sevententi
P bře de priuato sigillo, &c.