AN ENGINE, METHOD, AND MILL, WHEREBY HEMPE, FLAX, LYNNEN, COTTON, CORDAGE, SILKE, WOOLLEN, AND ALL SORTS OF MATERIALL WHEREOF ALL MANNER PASTBOARD AND OF PAPER FOR WRITING, PRINTING, AND FOR ALL OTHER SORTS OF VSES, HATH BEENE OR MAY BE MADE, ARE PREPARED AND WROUGHT INTO PAPER AND PASTBOARD MUCH SPEEDIER AND CHEAPER THEN BY THE MILL NOW VSED, BEING A NEW INVENCON, NEVER YETT PRACTISED IN ANY OF OUR KINGDOMES OR DOMINIONS, AND OF GREAT ADVANTAGE TO ALL OUR LOVEING SUBIECTS
Year: 1682

page_text: CHARLES THE SECOND, by the grace of God King of England, Scotland,
France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., to all to whome these presents
shall come, greeting.
WHEREAS by the humble peticon of our trusty and welbeloved subiect
NATHANIELL BLADEN, of the Inner Temple, London, Esquire, we are given
to vnderstand that, with considerable charge and paines, hc, the said Nathaniell
Bladen, hath attained to the art and knowledge of "AN ENGINE, METHOD, AND
MILL, WHEREBY HEMPE, FLAX, LYNNEN, COTTON, CORDAGE, SILKE, WOOLLEN, AND
ALL SORTS OF MATERIALL WHEREOF ALL MANNER PASTBOARD AND OF PAPER FOR
WRITING, PRINTING, AND FOR ALL OTHER SORTS OF VSES, HATH BEENE OR MAY
BE MADE, ARE PREPARED AND WROUGHT INTO PAPER AND PASTBOARD MUCH
SPEEDIER AND CHEAPER THEN BY THE MILL NOW VSED, BEING A NEW INVENCON,
NEVER YETT PRACTISED IN ANY OF OUR KINGDOMES OR DOMINIONS, AND OF GREAT
ADVANTAGE TO ALL OUR LOVEING SUBIECTS;" and whereas the said Nathaniell
Bladen hath humbly besought vs to grant him our Letters Patents for the
sole vse of such his art and Invencon, for the terme of fouretecne yeares,
according to the Statute in that case made and provided.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wec, haveing a more especiall and favour
able regard vnto the art and Invenčon aforesaid, and being willing to cherish
and encourage all laudable endeavours and designes of such our subiects as shall
finde out vsefull and profittable arts, misteries, and invenčons, by granting
and appropriateing vnto them for some terme of yeares the fruite and benefitt

page_text: of theire industry, whereby not onely a marke of our favour may be sett vpon
such theire ingenuity, but alsoe that theire labour and expences in the attaine
ment thereof may in some measure be recompenced and rewarded to them,
of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge, and meere močon, have given and
granted, and by these presence, for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and
grant vnto. the said Nathaniell Bladen, bis executors, administrators, and
assignes, especiall licence, power, priviledge, and authority, that he and they,
by him and themselves, and by his and theire deputies, servants, agents, and
workemen, and such others onely as he, the said Nathaniell Bladen, his execu-
tors, administrators, and assignes, shall agree with, and noe others, shall and may
from time to time and att all and every time and times hereafter dureing the terme
and space of foureteene yeares, next ensueing the date of these presents, vse,
practise, exercise, and enioy the said engine, method, and mill to make pastboard
and paper, soe by him found out as aforesaid, within our kingdomes of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, and our dominions and territories therevnto belonging,
and alsoe shall and may have, receive, take, and enioy the sole benefitt, profitt,
commodity, and advantage of and by such new Invenĉon ariscing, or to be had,
made, acquired, or gotton, to his and theire owne proper vses and behoofes, to
have, hold, and enioy the said licence, priviledge, power, and authority, and
other the premisses by these presents granted or menconed to be granted, and
every of them, to the said Nathaniell Bladen, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, for and dureing the terme of foureteene yeares from henceforth
next ensueiug and fully to be compleate and ended; and to the end the said
Nathaniell Bladen, his executors, administrators, and assignes, may the better
enioy the full and whole benefitt and the sole vse and exercise of the said
Invenčon, wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, streightly
charge, require and comand all and every person and persons, bodies politick
and corporate, of what quality, degree, name, or condicon soever they be, that
neither they nor any of them dureing the said terme of fouretcene yeares
hereby granted, neither directly or indirectly doe vse, exercise, or put in
practice the said art or Invencon soe by the said Nathanell Bladen found
out as aforesaid, nor doc, nor shall make any addičon therevnto or sub-
tracĉon from the same, whereby to pretend themselves the inventors or
devisors thereof, without the lycence, consent, and agreement of the said
Nathaniell Bladen,' 'his executors, administrators, or assigns, in writeing
vnder his or theire hande and scales first had and obteyned in that behalfe,
vpon such paines and penalties as can or may be. inflicted on such offenders
for the contempt of this our comand, and further to be answerable to the
said Nathaniell Bladen, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according

page_text: to law and justice, for his and their damages thereby susteyned; and
further we doc by these psents, for vs, our heires and successors,
give and grant vnto the said Nathaniell Bladen, his executors, adminis-
traf, and assignes, full power and authority that he and they and every of
them, his, theire, and every of theire deputies, agents, and servants, or
any of them, haveing first obtained a warrant in that behalfe from the cheife
justice of the Court of King's Bench of vs, our heires and successors,
for the time being, may, with the assistance of a constable or any other lawfull
officer, aswell within liberties as without, vpon request, att convenient times
in the day dureing the time aforesaid, and in lawfull manner, enter and make
search in any houses or other places where there shall be just cause of
suspicon for discovering and finding out all such persons as shall within the
said terme of foureteene yeares imitate or cause to be imitated or shall vse
or put in practise the said Invenčon soe by the said Nathaniell Bladen
invented and found out as aforesaid, that soe such offenders may be proceeded
against according to theire demeritte; and further we doe by these presents,
for vs, our heires and successors, will, authorize, require, and comand all and
singuler justices of the peace, mayors, sherriffes, bayliffes, constables, head-
boroughs, and all other officers and ministers of vs, our heires and successors
for the time being, that they and every of them respectively from time to
time dureing the said terme hereby granted, in theire respective places, be
favouring, helping, aiding, and assisting vnto the said Nathaniell Bladen, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and to his and theire deputies, agents,
and servants, in and by all things in and about the accomplishing of our will
5 and pleasure herein declared, and in the exercise and exccucon of the powers,
priviledges and authorities herein and hereby given and granted as aforesaid;
and moreover, that they nor any of them doe not att any time molest,
hinder, or interrupt the said Nathaniell Bladen, his executors, administrators,
or assignes, or his or theire deputies, agents, or servants, or any of them, in
or about the exercise of the said Invenčon, or in any matter or thing
concerning the same; provided allwaics, that if att any time dureing the
said terme of foureteene yeares itt shall be made appeare vnto vs, our heires
and successors, or any six or more of our or theire Privy Councell, that this
our grant is contrary to law, or preiudiciall or inconvenient, or not of publick
5 vse or benefitt, or that the said Invenčon is not a new invenčon of the said
Nathaniel Bladen, then, vpon significačon and declaracon to be made
by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or theire signett or privy
seale, or by the lorde and others of our Privy Councell, or any six of them
for the time being, in writeing vnder theire bands, of such preiudice or

page_text: inconveniency, these our Letters Patents, and every thing therein conteyned,
shall from henceforth cease, determine, and be vtterly voyd, any thing herein-
before conteyned to the contrary notwithstanding; and lastly, we doe by
these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said Nathaniell
Bladen, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters:
Patents, or the inrolement thereof, shall be in and by all things good, valid,
sufficient, and effectuall in the law, according to the true intent and meaneing
of these presents, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged most favourably
and beneficially for the benefitt and advantage of the said Nathaniell Bladen,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, aswell in all our Courts of Record
as elsewhere, notwithstanding the not full and certaine discribeing or men-.
Coning the manner and quality of the said engine, method, or mill, or of the
materialle, way, or manner of makeing, vseing, and exercising thereof, and
notwithstanding any other defects, incertainties, or imperfeccons in these
presents conteyned, or any law, act, statute, ordinance, proclamacon, pro-
vision, or restriccon, or other matter or thing whatsoever, to the contrary in
any wise notwithstanding.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse our selfe att Westminster, the Tenth day of
July.
By Writt of Privy Scale.