IN CONTRIVEING AN ENGINE CONSISTING OF SCREW WHEELES, LONG TUMBLERS, AND PROPER TO RAISE, LIFT VP, OR LETT DOWNE WITH EASE AND SPEED THE GREATEST WEIGHT SOME SCORES OF FATHOMS, PROPER FOR WEIGHING OF SHIPPS GUNNS, ANCHORS, AND RAISEING THE HEAVIEST STONES TO THE TOP OF THE HIGHEST BUILDINGS, CRANEING OF GOODS, BOARING OF TYMBER, POUNDING AND GRINDING OF METTALLS OR OTHER HARD SUBSTANCES
Year: 1693

page_text: WILLIAM AND MARY, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whome these
presents shall come, grecting.
"
WHEREAS GEORGE NATION, JOHN DEWEE, and THOMAS PUCKLE, of
London, Merchants, have, by their humble petition, represented vnto vs that
they have, at great expence and with much industry, attained to a peculiar
art and invention IN CONTRIVEING AN ENGINE CONSISTING OF SCREW WHEELES,
LONG TUMBLERS, AND PROPER TO RAISE, LIFT VP, OR LETT DOWNE WITH EASE
AND SPEED THE GREATEST WEIGHT SOME SCORES OF FATHOMS, PROPER FOR WEIGHING
OF SHIPPS GUNNS, ANCHORS, AND RAISEING THE HEAVIEST STONES TO THE TOP
OF THE HIGHEST BUILDINGS, CRANEING OF GOODS, BOARING OF TYMBER, POUNDING
AND GRINDING OF METTALLS OR OTHER HARD SUBSTANCES;" which will be of
great advantage to our subiccts, and have humbly prayed vs to grant them
our Letters Patents for the sole vse thereof.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, being graciously pleased to conde-
scend to that their request, of our especiall grace, certain knowledge, and
meer močon, have given and granted, and by these presents, for vs, our
heires and successors, doe give and grant vnto the said George Nation, John
Dewee, and Thomas Puckle, their executors, administrators, and assignes,
speciall.lycence, full power, sole priviledge and authority, that they, the said
George Nation, John Dewee, and Thomas Puckle, their executors, admi-
nistrators, and ass, and every of them, by themselves or their or any of their
deputy and deputies, servants or agents, or such others as the said George
Nation, John Dewee, and Thomas Puckle, their executors, administrators,
or assignes, or any of them, shall at any time agree with, and noe others,

page_text: from time to time and at all times during the terme of yeares herein
expressed, shall and lawfully may vse, exercise, and enioy the said In-
vention within any part or parts, place or places whatsoever, of, in, or
belonging to our kingdome of England, dominion of Wales, and towne of
Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and all and every or any of our kingdomes and domi-
nions whatsoever, in such manner and according to such reasonable and
lawful rates and lymittačons as to them, the said George Nation, John
Dewee, and Thomas Puckle, their executors, administrators, and assignes,
or to any of them, shall in their discretions seeme meet; and that they,
the said George Nation, John Dewee, and Thomas Puckle, their executors,
administrators, and assignes, shall and may have and enioy the sole benefitt,
profitt, comodity, and advantage, from time to time comeing, growing, and
ariscing by reason of the said Invention, for and dureing the full terme 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 George Nation, John Dew Dewee, and Thomas Puckle,
their 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 this case made and provided; and to the end that the said
George Nation, John Dewee, and Thomas Puckle, their executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, and every of them, may enioy the full benefitt and
the sole vse and exercise of the said Invention, according to our gratious
intentions herein-before declared, wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires
and successors, require and strictly comand all and every person and persons,
bodies politique and corporate, and all other our subiects whatsoever, of what
estate, quality, or degree, name or condicon soever they be, within all and
every our kingdomes and dominions, that neither they nor any of them, at
any time dureing the continuance of the said terme of fourteen yeares
hereby granted, either directly or indirectly do vse or putt in practice the
said Invention, or any part of the same, soe attained vnto by the said
George Nation, John Dewee, and Thomas Puckle, as aforesaid, nor shall in
anywise counterfeit or resemble the same, nor shall make or cause to bo
made any addition thereto or substraccon from the same, whereby to pretend
themselves the inventers or devisers thereof, without the lycence, consent, or
agreement of the said George Nation, John Dewee, and Thomas Puckle,
their executors, administrators, or assignes, in writeing vnder their or some
of their hands and seales first had and obtained in that behalfe, vpon such
paines and penalties as can or may be iustly inflicted on such offenders, for

page_text: their contempt of this our royall comand, and further, to be answerable to
the said George Nation, John Dewee, and Thomas Puckle, their executors,
adm", and assignes, according to law, for their or any of their damages
thereby occasioned. And moreover, wee doc by these presents, for vs, our
heires and successors, will and command all and singular our justices of the
peace, mayors, sherriffs, bayliffs, 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, dureing
the said terme hereby granted, in anywise molest, trouble, or hinder the said
George Nation, John Dewee, and Thomas Puckle, or any them, their or any of
their executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of their deputies, servants,
or agents, in or about the due and lawfull vse or exercise of the said Inven-
tion, or any thing relateing thereto Provided allwaies, and these our
Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this condičon, that if at any time
durcing the terme hereby granted, it shall be made appeare to vs, our heires
or successors, or any six or more of our or their Privy Councill, that this
our grant is contrary to law, or preiudiciall or inconvenient to our subiects in
generall, or that the said Invention is not a new invention as to the publick
vse and exercise thereof within this our kingdome, and not invented and
found out by the said George Nation, John Dewce, and Thomas Puckle, 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 or their Privy Councill, or any six or more of them,
vnder their hands, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine,
and be vtterly void to all intents and purposes, anything before herein contained
to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding: Provided also, that these our
Letters Patents, or anything herein contained, shall not extend, or be con-
strued to extend, to give priviledge vnto the said George Nation, Jobn
Dewee, and Thomas Puckle, their executors, administrators, or assignes, or
any of them, to vsc or imitate any invention or worke whatsoever which hath
been heretofore found out or invented by any other of our subiects whatso-
ever, and publickly vsed or exercised within our said realmes and dominions,
or any of them, vnto whome 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 George Nation, John Dewee, and Thomas
Puckle, their executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and singular
other person and persons to whome like Letters Patents or priviledges have
been already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practise their
severall inventions by them invented and found out, according to the true

page_text: intent and meaning of the same respective Letters Patents and of these
presents. And lastly, wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and suc-
cessors, grant vnto the said George Nation, John Dewec, and Thomas Puckle,
their executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patents,
or the inrollment thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firme, valid,
sufficient, and effectuall in the law, according to the true intent and meaning
thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged in the most favourable
and beneficiall sence, for the best advantage of the said George Nation, John
Dewee and Thomas Puckle, their executors, administrators, and assignes, aswell
in all courts of record as elsewhere, and by all and singuler the officers and
ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, in all and singuler our
realmes and dominions whatsoever, and amongst all and every the subiccts
of vs, our heires and successors, notwithstanding the not full and certaine
describeing the nature or quality of the said Invention, or the materialls
thereto conduceing and belonging.
In witnesse Sve Witnesse ourselves at Westminster, the Seventeenth
day of January.
By Writt of Privy Scale.