A NEW ART, METHOD, OR INVENCON, OF SEPARATING AND REFINING GOLD AND SILVER FROM TYNN BY PRECIPITACON, AND LIKEWISE FOR MELTING AND SMELTING BLACK TYEN OAR INTO GOOD MERCHANTABLE WHITE TYNE, WITH CULM AND SEA COAL, IN A BLAST FURNACE CALLED IGNIFURENS, WHEREBY MUCH MORE GOLD AND SILVER MAY BE OBTAINED, AND MORE WHITE TINN MELTED FROM THE OAE, AND MUCH CHEAPER THEN CAN BE PRODUCED BY ANY METHOD NOW IN VSE, TO THE GREAT ENRICHING OF OUR COUNTYES OF DEVON AND CORNWALL IN PARTICULAR, AND OUR WHOLE KINGDOM IN GENERALL
Year: 1705

page_text: greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved ROBERT LYDDALL, of Truro, in our
County of Cornwall, Gentleman, hath, by his humble peticon, represented
vnto vs that he hath by his great study, paines, and expence, found out and
brought to perfeccon "A NEW ART, METHOD, OR INVENCON, OF SEPARATING
AND REFINING GOLD AND SILVER FROM TYNN BY PRECIPITACON, AND LIKEWISE
FOR MELTING AND SMELTING BLACK TYEN OAR INTO GOOD MERCHANTABLE WHITE
TYNE, WITH CULM AND SEA COAL, IN A BLAST FURNACE CALLED IGNIFURENS,
WHEREBY MUCH MORE GOLD AND SILVER MAY BE OBTAINED, AND MORE WHITE
TINN MELTED FROM THE OAE, AND MUCH CHEAPER THEN CAN BE PRODUCED BY
ANY METHOD NOW IN VSE, TO THE GREAT ENRICHING OF OUR COUNTYES OF DEVON
AND CORNWALL IN PARTICULAR, AND OUR WHOLE KINGDOM IN GENERALL," and,
therefore, hath humbly besought vs to grant him our Letters Patents for the
sole vse of the said Invenčon for the term fourteen yeares.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, willing to give encouragement to
all our arts and invenčons which may be of publick vse and benefitt, of our
especiall grace, certain knowledge, and meer močon, have given and granted,
and by these presents for vs, our heires and successors, do give and grant
vnto the said Robert Lyddall, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
especiall lycence, full power, sole priviledge and authority, that he, the said
Robert Lyddall, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of

page_text: them, by themselves or their deputy and deputyes, servants or agents, or such
others as he, the said Robert Lyddall, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, shall at any time agree with and no others, from time to time and
att all times dureing the terme of yeares berein expressed, shall and lawfully
may vse, exercise, and enioy, within our kingdom of England, dominion of
Wales, and Towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, the said art or invenĉon, in such
manner as to him, the said Robert Lyddall, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, or any of them, shall in their discretions seem meet. And that
he, the said Robert Lyddall, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall
and may have and enjoy the sole profitt, benefitt, comodity, and advantage
from time to time comeing, growing, accrewing, and ariseing, by reason of the
said Invenčon, for and dureing the full term of yeares herein menconed, to
have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and
advantages herein-before granted or menconed to be granted vnto the said
Robert Lyddall, his executors, administrators, and assignes, for and dureing
and vnto the full end and terme of fourteen yeares from the date of these
presents next and immediately ensueing, and fully to be compleat and ended
according to the statute in such case made and provided; and to the end that
the said Robert Lyddall, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every
of them, may have and enioy the full benefitt and the sole vending, vse, and
exercise of the said Invenčon, according to our gratious intention herein-before
described, wee do by these presents for vs, our heires and successors, require
and strictly comand all and every person and persons, bodies politick and
corporate, and all other our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or
degree, name or condicon soever they be, within our said kingdom of England,
dominion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, that neither they or
any of them, at any time dureing the continuance of the said terme of four-
teen yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly do make, vse, or put
in practice the said Invenčon, or any part of the same so attained vnto by the
said Robert Lyddall, as aforesaid, nor shall in anywise counterfitt, imitate, or
resemble the same; nor shall make or cause to be made any addičon there-
unto or substracčon from the same, whereby to pretend themselves the inventer
or inventers, deviser or devisers thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agree-
ment of the said Robert Lyddall, bis executors, administrators, or assignes, in
writing vnder his, their, or some of their hands and seales first and obtained
in that behalfe, vpon such paines and penalties as can or may be justly
inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of this our royall comand,
and further to be answerable to the said Robert Lyddall, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, according to law, for his and their damages

page_text: thereby occasioned. And, moreover, we do by these presents, for vs, our
heires and successors, will and comand all and singular our iustices of the
peace, mayors, sheriffs, bailiffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers
and ministers whatsoever, of vs, our heires and successors for the time being,
that they or any of them do not nor shall, at any time hereafter dareing the
said terme hereby granted, in anywise molest, trouble, or hinder the said Robert
Lyddall, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them, their or
any of their deputyes, servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawfull
makeing vse or exercise of the aforesaid art or Invenčon or anything relating
thereto. Provided alwayes, and these our Letters Patents are and shall be
vpon this condition, that if at any time dureing the terme hereby granted
it shall be made appeare to vs, our heires and successors, or any six or more
of our or their Privy Councill, that this our grant is contrary to law, or pre-
iudicial or inconvenient to our subjects in generall, or that the said Invention
is not a new invention as to the vse and exercise thereof within our said
kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed,
or any of them, or not invented and found out by the said Robert Lyddall as
aforesaid, then, vpon signification and declaration thereof, to be made by
vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their signet or privy seale, or by
the lords and others of our of their Privy Councill, or any six or more of them,
vnder their hands, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine,
and be utterly void to all intents and purposes, anything herein-before con-
tained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. Provided also, that these
our Letters Patents, or any thing herein contained, shall not extend or be
construed to extend to give priviledge vnto the said Robert Lyddall, his
executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate
any invention or work whatsoever, which hath-heretore been found out
or invented by any other of our subiects whatsoever, and publickly vsed or
exercised within our said kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, and towne
Berwick-upon-Tweed, or any of them, vnto whom like Letters Patents or
priviledge have been already granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefitt
thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said Robert Lyddall, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and every other
person and
persons to whom like Letters Patents or priviledge have already granted as
aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practice their severall invenčons by them
invented and found out, according to the true intent and meaning of the same
respective Letters Patents, and of these presents. And, lastly, wee do by
these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said Robert
Lyddall, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters

page_text: Patents, or the inrollment thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid,
sufficient, and effectuall in the law, according to the true intent and meaning
thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudiudged in the most favour-
able and beneficiall sence for the best advantage of the said Robert Lyddall,
Lyddall, his executors, administrators, and assignes, aswell in all courts of
record as elsewhere, and by all and singular the officers and ministers, and
other the subiects whatsoever, of vs, our heires and successors, within our
kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed
aforesaid, notwithstanding the not full and certain describing the nature or
quality of the said art or invenčon, or of the materialls thereto conduceing
and belonging.
In witnes, &c. Witnes our
of July.
By Writt of Privy Seale.