ERECTING CERTAINE BAINAS TO SWEAT, WASH, & BATH IN, NEVER YETT VSED IN ANY OF OUR DOMINIONS, WHICH IN REMOTE PART HAVE BY LONG EXPERIENCE BIN FOUND TO BE OF GREAT ADVANTAGE FOR THE PSERVACON OF HEALTH BY THE SPEEDY REMOVAL OF SEVERALL DISEASES & DISTEMPERS INCIDENT TO THE BODY OF MAN, AND THAT HEE HATH ORDERED & CONTRIVED THE SAME TO BEE ALL TOGETHER AS BENEFICIALL AS ANY OTHER BAINAS ARE IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD
Year: 1678

page_text: greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty & wellbeloved Sir WILLIAM JENNENS, Knight, hath
by his humble peticon represented vnto vs, that hee hath, by his industry &
great expence, attained to the knowledge of "ERECTING CERTAINE BAINAS TO
SWEAT, WASH, & BATH IN, NEVER YETT VSED IN ANY OF OUR DOMINIONS, WHICH IN
REMOTE PART HAVE BY LONG EXPERIENCE BIN FOUND TO BE OF GREAT ADVANTAGE
FOR THE PSERVACON OF HEALTH BY THE SPEEDY REMOVAL OF SEVERALL DISEASES
& DISTEMPERS INCIDENT TO THE BODY OF MAN, AND THAT HEE HATH ORDERED &
CONTRIVED THE SAME TO BEE ALL TOGETHER AS BENEFICIALL AS ANY OTHER BAINAS
ARE IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD;" and the said Sir William Jennens
being desirous to putt in execucon such his skill & knowledge, & and to the
intent hee might receive some reasonable compensacon for his great labour
& expence susteined in the Pmises, hath by bis said peticon humbly besought
ys to grant him our gracious licence for the sole vse, exercise, & benefitt of
the said art or Invenčon for the terme of foureteene yeares, wee have
graciously thought fitt to condescend to his said request.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being willing to give due encourage-
ment to all ingenious & vsefull art & invenčons, and that the said Sir
William Jennens may reap some recompence for his said paines & expences
in the mises, and for divers other good causes & consideračons vs herevnto
especially moveing, of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge, & meere močon,
have given & granted, & by these psente, for vs, our heirès & successors,

page_text: doc give & graunt, vnto the said Sir William Jennens, & to CHARLES STISTED,
of London, Merchant, (att the humble nõiacon of him, the said Sir William
Jennens), their executors, administrators, & assignes, special licence, full
power, sole priviledge & authority, that they & either of them, theire or
either of theire executors, administrators, or assignes, by themselves or by
theire deputies, servante, & agente, or such other psons as they shall
agree with
(& noc other), from time to time & att all times dureinge the terme hereafter
menčoned, shall & lawfully may vse, exercise, erect, & continue the said
bainas before menconed, in such manner as they shall thinke fitt, & shall &
may enioy the said art, experiment, or Invencon, before pticulerly discribed,
& the whole profitt & advantage thereby ariseinge within any place or places
whatsoever in our kingdome of England, dominion of Wales, & towne of
Berwicke-vpon-Tweed, in such manner & according to such rates & limitacons
as to them, the said Sir William Jennens & Charles Stysted, theire executors,
administrators, or assignes, in theire discrecons shall seeme most meete, and
that they, the said Sir William Jennens & Charles Stisted, theire executors,
administrators, & assignes, shall & may have & enioy the sole benefitt, profitt,
comodity, & advantage, from time to time comeing & ariseing by reason of
the said art, experience, or Invenčon, to have, hold, exercise, & enioy the
said licence, powers, privilidges, profitte, & advantages herein-before men-
Coned vnto them, the said Sir William Jennens & Charles Stysted, theire
executors, administrators, & assignes, for & during & vnto the full end &
terme of foureteene yeares from the day of the date of these pseute next &
immediately ensueing, & fully to be compleat & ended, according to the statute
in this case made & provided. And to the end that the said William Jennens
& Charles Stisted, theire executors, administrators, & assignes, may enioy the
full benefitt & the sole vse & exercise of the said art, experiment, or Invencon,
according to our gracious intentions above specified, wee doe by these psente,
for vs, our heires & successors, require & streightly charge & comand all &
every pson & psons; bodies politique & corporate, & all other subiecte what-
soever, of what estate, quality, degree, name, or condicon soever they be, that
they nor any of them at any time dureing the said terme of foureteene yeares
herein-before granted, either directly or indirectly, doe vse or put in practice
the said art, experiment, or Invenĉon, or any part thereof, soc attained vnto by
the said Sir William Jennens as aforesaid, nor shall erect any structure or
make or cause to bee made any instrumente or other materiale whatsoever
touching or relateing to the said experiment or Invenčon, nor shall convert or
cause to be converted from or out of any former shape or fashion, any structure
matter, or thing whatsoever, whereby the art or Invenĉon aforesaid, or any

page_text: part thereof, may bee putt in practice, contrary to the true meancing of these
Psente, nor shall in anywise counterfeite or resemble the same, or any part
thereof, nor shall make, or cause to bee made, any addičon thereto or sub-
straction from the same, whereby to p'tend themselves the inventors or devisors
thereof, without the licence, consent, or agreement of the said Sir William
Jennens & Charles Stysted, or one of them, theire or one of theire executors,
administrators, or assignes, in writeing vnder theire or some of theire hande &
seales, first had & obteined in that behalfe, vpon such paines & penalties as
can or may be inflicted on such offendors for theire contempt of this our
royall comand; and further to be answerable to the said Sir William Jennens
& Charles Stysted, theire executors, administrators, & assignes, according
to the vtmost rigour of the law, for his & theire damages thereby susteined.
And wee doe of our further speciall grace, certaine knowledge, & meere močon,
for vs, our heires & successors, grant vnto the said Sir William Jennens
& Charles Stysted, theire executors, administ" & assignes, by these sente,
that they & and every of them, & theire deputies, servante, & agente, haveinge
first obteined a warrant from the Lord Cheife Justice of our Court of Kinge
Bench at Westii for the time being, & with the assistance of a constable or
any other lawful officer, att convenient times in the day, during the terme
hereby granted, & in lawful manner, may enter into & make search in any
houses, tenemente, place, or places whatsoever within our said kingdome of
England, dominion of Wales, & towne of Berwick, where there shall be iust
cause of suspicon, for & in order to the discovery & finding out of all & every
such pson & psons as shall imitate, or cause to be imitated, or shall vse or put
in practice the said art, experience, or Invenčon, or any part thereof soc
attained vnto as aforesaid, that soe such offender or offenders may be proceeded
against & punished, according to his & theire demerrite, and his & theire
Ptended invenčons, building, & workes then & there found may be seized
vpon & demolished. And, further, wee doc by these our Letters Pattente,
for vs, our heires & successors, will, authorize, & comand all & singuler justices
of the peace, mayors, sheriffes, bailiffes, constables, headboroughs, & all other
officers & ministers whatsoever, of vs, our heires & successors, now & for the
time being, that they & every of them respectively be from time to time,
dureing the terme hereby granted, in their respective offices, & according
to theire & every of theire best skills & endeavoures, favouring, aiding, helping,
& assisting vnto the said Sir William Jennens & Charles Stisted, & either of
them, theire and either of theire executors, administrators, & assignes, deputies,
agente, & servante, in & by all thing in & about the accomplishment of our
royall will & pleasure herein-before declared, & in the execucon of the powers

page_text: & privilidges hereby granted as aforesaid. And, moreover, wee doe, by these
Psente, for vs, our heires & successors, will & comand that our said respective
officers & ministers before menconed, or any of them, doe not nor shall at any
time hereafter, dureing the said terme hereby granted, in any wise molest,
trouble, or hinder the said Sir William Jennens & Charles Stisted, or either
of them, theire or either of theire executors, administrators, or assignes, or
theire or any of theire deputies, servant, or agente, in or about the vse or
exercise of the aforesaid art, experiment, or Invenčon, or any part thereof, or
any thing relateing thereto. Provided allwaies, & these our Letters Pattente
are & shall be, vpon this condicon, that if att any time dureing the said terme
of foureteenc yeares hereby granted it shall be made apeare to vs, our heires
or successors, or any six or more of our or theire Privy Councell, that this our
grant is contrary to law, or Piudicial or inconvenient to our subiecte in
generall, or that the art, experiment, or Invenĉon before menconed is not a
new Invenčon as to the publicque vse & exercise thereof within these our
dominions as aforesaid, & not attained vnto & found out by the said Sir
William Jennens as aforesaid, then, vpón significaĉon & declaračon thereof, to
be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or theire signett or privy
seale, or by the lorde & others of our or theire Privy Councell, or any six or
more of them, vnder theire hande, of such piudice or inconveniency, these our
Letters Patent shall forthwith cease, determine, & be vtterly void, to all
intent & purposes, any thing herein-before conteyned the contrary notwith-
standing; provided alsoe, that these our Letters Patente, or any thing therein
conteined, shall not extend, or be construed to extend, to give priviledge vnto
the said Sir William Jennens & Charles Stisted, theire executors, administra-
tors, & assignes, to imitate any invenĉon or worke whatsoever which hath
heretofore bin found out or invented by any other of our subiect or subiect{
whatsoever, & publickly exercised within our said kingdome of England,
dominion of Wales, & towne of Berwicke aforesaid, vnto whom wee have
allready granted our like Letters Pattente of Priviledg for the sole vse,
exercise, & benefitt thereof, it being our will & pleasure that the said Sir
William Jennéns & Charles Stisted, theire executors, administrators, &
assignes, & all & singuler other psons to whom wee have allready granted our
like Letters Patent or priviledges, shall distinctly vse & practice theire
severall arte, experimente, & invenčons by then invented & found out,
according to the true intent & meaneing of the same respective Letters Patent
& of these presente. And, lastly, wec doe hereby, for vs, our heires &
successors, grant to the said Sir William Jennens & Charles Stisted, theire
executors, administrators, & assignes, that these our Letters Pattente, or the

page_text: inrolement thereof, shall be & continue in all thing a good, firme, valid, &
effectuall grant in the law of the licence, powers, & privilidges hereby granted,
notwithstanding the not describeing or ill describeing the said art, experiment,
or Invenčon, or any part thereof, or of the true nature or vse thereof, or of any
of the materialle or other matters or thing thereto belonging, or any defect,
imperfeccon, or incertainty in these psente, or any act, statute, pvision,
proclamačon, or restriccon heretofore had or made, or hereafter to be had or
made, or any other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the contrary thereof
in any wise notwithstanding.
In witnesse, &c.
of March.
Witnesse our selfe at Westin, the Five & twentieth day
By Writt of Privy Seale.